New Gilded Gashapon Content:

• "Fhuuu" the Angel's Dollification[/*]
• Shazia the Dream's Dollification[/*]

• Fixed keychains being misplaced on Loie the Inker's Dollification.[/*]

• A button leading to the Counterpact wiki has been added to the main menu.[/*]

New Content:

• "Voyager" the Loadout's Dollification[/*]
• Loie the Inker's Dollification[/*]

• Dolly the Puppet can no longer be selected through the number keys if she is not enabled.[/*]
• Fixed an issue where standing on the Security Cell as it times out would sometimes result in picking it up instead of it being properly reset.[/*]
• Fixed an issue where hovering above the matchmaking popup with vertical margins would cause the popup to constantly move.[/*]
• Character filters no longer apply when equipping items.[/*]

• Bestowal's description now properly states that it is from the Lunar New Year 2024 event.[/*]
• Work In Progress' spinning sawblades now have a separate event feed icon.[/*][list]
• This will not retroactively apply to demos from before this patch.[/*]

Balancing Adjustments:

• Lunar New Year Firecrackers now detonate at a slightly faster speed.[/*]
• The warning radius of Lunar New YearFirecrackers now grows at a much slower speed.[/*]

• Snail Pulse now properly drops a heal pickup upon being destroyed again.[/*]
• Decorative fireworks are no longer affected by demo playback speed.[/*]

It may be a little late, but it's finally here. The Lunar New Year event is now live, and will end on March 6! During the event, you can obtain a variety of items from the Lunar New Year Gashapon and "scare" your enemies away with firecrackers!

New Gilded Gashapon Content:

• SYS.TR the Bulwark's Dollification[/*]

• Bestowal [u](Common Holiday Recourse Weapon Skin)[/u][/*]
• Hot Temper [u](Common Holiday Outfit)[/u][/*]
• Auspicious Invitation [u](Uncommon Holiday Loadout Outfit)[/u][/*]
• Sycee [u](Common Holiday Chair)[/u][/*]
• Yellow Apricot Blossom [u](Common Holiday Pet)[/u][/*]
• Four Blessings [u](Common Holiday Emote)[/u][/*]

• Lucky Lantern Keychain[/*]
• Mandarine Keychain[/*]
• Koban KOunter[/*]

• Only one instance of Snail Pulse will spawn per floor.[/*]
• Graverobber's healing treasure now has a higher initial healing rate and minimum healing rate, but a quicker healing rate decay.[/*]
• Heartbeats now inflicts double heal fatigue when healing allies with its attack.[/*]
• Work In Progress spinning sawblade now deals more damage per hit.[/*]
• Work In Progress oil now reveals hidden players.[/*]

• Fixed misplaced keychains on Shiniko the Reaper's Dollification.[/*]
• Work In Progress spinning sawblades are no longer instantly destroyed in demo playback.[/*]
• Players should no longer appear to be stuck in respawning due to packet loss.[/*]
• Autobalancing is no longer executed on servers with custom team limits.[/*]

• The sound of Work In Progress spinning sawblades has had its volume decreased.[/*]

Thank you for playing Counterpact! Hopefully, you continue to enjoy the game. This update brings quite a few bug fixes and quality of life features, as well as a new weapon for Loie the Inker!


New Content:

• New Loie the Inker weapon: Work In Progress[/*][list]
• This [u]Defense[/u] weapon may not pack as much of a punch as some of her other weapons, but it can still cut through the competition (quite literally)! The sawblades it shoots penetrate enemies when initially shot, and can deny a small area upon hitting the environment. You can shoot oil at your enemies to make them slip into the sawblades, causing them to be ignited when they get hit![/*]

• The lower difficulties of the Gilded Spire no longer increase enemy attack delay, but instead decrease enemy health.[/*][list]
• The intention of this change is to emphasize the bullet hell focus of the Gilded Spire, as there seems to be common misunderstandings about what the Gilded Spire actually is, which in turn seems to lead to inefficient playstyles.[/*]

• Players who have not completely connected no longer appear on the scoreboard or in disconnect messages.[/*]
• Melee attacks no longer hit intangible enemies.[/*]
• Supernova missile detonation is now properly affected by delta time.[/*]
• Fixed an issue where the first unfavorited inventory emote and chair (the latter always being the Kitchen Chair) were being used as the default items in their respective menus.[/*]

• The AutoCam now prioritizes following the Security Cell in the Keepaway mode, so long as the Security Cell is not at "home".[/*]
• The "PlayerBypass" setting can now be added to the "Server" section of the INI to allow server hosts to set a player limit larger than 16.[/*][list]
• This setting is "secret" as large player numbers may have adverse effects; server hosts are responsible for any issues that are caused by using this setting.[/*]
• For security purposes, the internal limit is still capped at 50 players.[/*]

Bug Fixes:

• "NPC" no longer appears after Wardens are suddenly removed.[/*]
• Fixed an issue where some localization tags were not properly being sent by the account server.[/*]
• The Shop and Gashapon popups for new players no longer appear when the player is in the Gilded Spire, but has not yet selected a character.[/*]
• Custom settings will now properly set the collision masks for custom assets.[/*]

• Unarchiving all items now displays a confirmation popup.[/*]

After a little over two years of development and a considerable widening of the game's initial scope, Counterpact has finally launched! One last thank you to everyone who was here before launch; it was because of your collective efforts that the game was able to grow as much as it did. Of course, the game will continue to grow!

For those of you who may have just found the game for the first time: Welcome! Hopefully you enjoy the game, and maybe even stick around for a while! There's a lot to check out with even more content to come over time, including six holiday events a year!

Since Counterpact is no longer in its development phase, the Development Gashapon is finally gone. It had a nice, long run (a year and a half!), but it's finally time to put it to rest. New Development Gashapon items are no longer obtainable; the only way to get them is by trading with other players.

Lastly, this is technically an update, so there are some patch notes to share with you all...



New Variety Gashapon Cosmetics:

• Class Clown[u](Uncommon Reaper Outfit)[/u][/*]
• Malevolence[u](Uncommon Angel Outfit)[/u][/*]
• Delicate Silk[u](Uncommon Inker Outfit)[/u][/*]
• Clown[u](Common Emote)[/u][/*]

• Graverobber can now dig up treasures on platforms.[/*]
• Graverobber treasures now land on platforms.[/*]

• Fixed an issue with Antique Lifeguard shields and enemy outlines.[/*]
• Items with unique recycling returns no longer cause the large font to be used for the price in the Shop.[/*]
• Fixed an issue where the last used emote and last used chair were being improperly set after an inventory adjustment if the last used emote or chair was not favorited.[/*]
• Damage areas no longer discredit players for KOs.[/*]
• Searching for multiple terms no longer causes no items to appear after recycling an item.[/*]
• Fixed an issue where attacks and abilities would sometimes be disabled upon spawning.[/*][list]
• Previously, this was most easily circumvented by clicking outside of the game window, then clicking back in.[/*]

• The shop button now indicates when new items are in stock, and the new items themselves are indicated within the shop.[/*]
• When obtaining enough Eclipsium, new players will be pointed to the shop and gashapon with brief explanations.[/*][list]
• This will also appear for older players as well; however, it should only appear once.[/*]

Note: Unless there are any glaring issues that suddenly come up, this will be the final update before Counterpact's official launch on December 31! To those of you who have stuck around all this time, thank you for your support. However, this does mean that the Development Gashapon will be leaving soon, and the items within will no longer be obtainable. Hopefully you are satisfied with what you have.




Bug Fixes:

• Performing actions within your inventory properly returns you to your previous page again.[/*]
• Delta time no longer negatively affects jump height.[/*]
• Certain visuals no longer cause underwater bubbles to fade out "randomly".[/*]
• Clients should no longer timeout while downloading larger maps directly from the server.[/*]

• Unfathomable Fury's attack damage has been reduced.[/*]

• Lifeguard's shield is now affected by item attribute filters, such as the Antique filter.[/*]
• Unique item icons have been added for Eclipsium bundles.[/*]
• Eclipsium bundles (and other items with "abnormal" recycling returns) now display how much is gained when recycling them on their item icons.[/*]
• Delta time has been implemented for important aspects of the game.[/*]
• The "Search" button has been removed from the inventory; text searching will now be performed automatically.[/*]
• Players can now search for multiple terms in their inventory by separating each search term with commas.[/*]
• Spacing has been added to Shortcake's background, better displaying the details on the sides of the background.[/*]
• The space between the edges of the water fountains and the ground on Treecave Greenhouse have been made solid.[/*][list]
• This is to prevent smaller players from going under the edge of the fountain and getting "stuck".[/*]

The end of another year is closing in, and that means a lot of things... but to those of us who have been split into identical counterparts, it means the Festive Season is upon us again, running until January 2! Of course last year's items and the Holiday Rush metagame will be returning, but there are a fewnew items this event brings too! And just like with the Halloween event, this year the items will be in their own gashapon. There is also a set of festive weapon skins to collect for a cheaper price, so be sure to check those out too! Don't forget the stocking stuffers; every player who logs in during the event will get a freeFrozen KOunter!

There's something special about this particular event though; this will be the last holiday event of Counterpact's development phase! That's right, the game will be launching very soon (by the end of the month, most likely)! It has been a long journey, but for those of you who stuck around after all this time, thank you very much. However, this also means the Development Gashapon will finally be leaving us soon, so be sure to complete your collection while you still have the chance because thoseitems will not be returning!

Without further ado, the patch notes...

New Content:

• A new Power Struggle map, Shortcake, has been added.[/*]
• New Donator Rewards Shop items:[/*][list]
• Frozen KOunter[/*]
• Silver Bell Keychain[/*]
• Dreidel Keychain[/*]
• Snowflake Keychain[/*]

• Fixed the map boundaries on Treecave Greenhouse.[/*]
• Internet issues should no longer result in menu options being duplicated in trading menus.[/*]
• Natural Logarithm's unique Rerouted Power effect no longer appears when weapon skins are disabled.[/*]

• A button to toggle overlays during demo playback has been added.[/*]
• A button to toggle the AutoCam during demo playback has been added.[/*][list]
• This button was added to the demo control dock itself, with the intent of being more convenient than opening the menu.[/*]

Balancing Adjustments:

• Tower of Hell (Gilded Gauntlet): Napalm can now be triggered in place of the speed upgrade if the conditions are met.[/*]
• Closing In (Gilded Gauntlet): Floor 4 no longer adds another set of Wall Cutters.[/*]

• Holiday event decorations are now properly synchronized in demos.[/*][list]
• This fixshould retroactively apply to demos.[/*]

• Industrial Agriculture [u](Common Bulwark Outfit)[/u][/*]
• Pest Control[u](Common Watcher Outfit)[/u][/*]
• Cold Hearted[u](Common Dream Outfit)[/u][/*]

• Treecave Greenhouse, made by StarlessElaine, has been adopted as an official map.[/*]
• Dollification: Eye Blaster is now compatible with decorations and keychains.[/*]

Balancing Adjustments:

• Gilded Gauntlet 3 (Closing In) now spawns an extra set of Wall Cutters on floor 4, instead of increasing the Wall Cutter size again. The extra set of Wall Cutters travels in the opposite direction.[/*]
• The explosion radius of Space Gun missiles has been decreased.[/*]
• Hypnotic Chain's pull strength now decreases slightly with each pull.[/*][list]
• This only applies to the currently-bound enemy; when binding a new enemy, the pull strength is reset.[/*]

• No-Warden Areas no longer prevent players from removing Wardens.[/*]
• Fixed an issue where the list of current spectators was not being properly wrapped.[/*]
• Heartbeats nibs are now properly synchronized when hitting enemies.[/*][list]
• This bug had no effect on the weapon's functionality; it only interfered with visual clarity for remote players.[/*]

• Cheerful Gorgon Girl[u](Uncommon Watcher Outfit)[/u][/*]
• Budget Sprite[u](Common Reaper Outfit)[/u][/*]
• Consolation[u](Common Angel Outfit)[/u][/*]
• Flicker of Inspiration [u](Common Inker Outfit)[/u][/*]

• The menu button prompt no longer appears while spectating with the automated camera.[/*]
• Gilded Gauntlet weapon skins now include unique projectile sprites for attacks.[/*]
• Default emotes can now be bound to custom keyboard shortcuts.[/*]
• A button has been added to the in-game menu to toggle the automated camera while spectating.[/*]

New Content:

• The Gilded Gauntlet has been added.[/*][list]
• The Gilded Gauntlet is a series of challenges within the Gilded Spire that each offer extra difficulty beyond that of a standard Blinding run. Gauntlets will typically offer the standard Blinding rewards (65 Eclipsium and a gilded weapon), on top of rewarding the player with an Essence Remnant when the player completes a Gauntlet for the first time with a weapon within a given week.*[/*][list]
• [u]* Weapon skins are not counted separately.[/u][/*]

• Fixed an issue where pausing in the Gilded Spire would result in objects being hidden.[/*]
• Viewing an empty offer on a Trade Post now properly wraps the text.[/*]
• Mode-specific overlays are now properly hidden after a round ends.[/*]
• Intangible players are no longer able to be subdued.[/*]
• Players are no longer granted increasing rewards while playing with custom settings.[/*]
• Players are no longer able to bypass custom character limits after a round has ended.[/*]
• Disabling decorations no longer causes the game to crash when a weapon with a keychain attached is spawned.[/*]
• Pressing ESC while a menu or popup is already open in the Gilded Spire no longer opens up the in-game menu.[/*]

• Scythe's and Soul Crusher's dash now only heals on hit for the amount of damage taken during the dash, as opposed to granting a small amount of extra healing should the damage reset threshold not be met.[/*]
• Graverobber now charges its dash quicker, but the dash inflicts less damage and lacks the damage reset mechanic Shiniko the Reaper's other weapons possess.[/*]
• Shazia the Dream's grapple strength while carrying a flag has been reduced.[/*]
• Hypnotic Chain's subduable application speed has been increased.[/*]
• Orbital Support now provides significantly less healing for the user.[/*]
• Intervention's attack damage has been slightly decreased.[/*]
• Intervention's Spirit gain rate has been slightly decreased.[/*]
• Unfathomable Fury's initial attack damage has been increased.[/*]
• Unfathomable Fury's spirit gain rate has been increased.[/*]
• Unfathomable Fury's overheat rate now decreases as it becomes overheated.[/*][list]
• The initial overheat rate is now higher than the previous rate.[/*]
• The final overheat rate is now lower than the previous rate.[/*]

• Holiday event names in item descriptions are now displayed in different colors.[/*]
• The Emote Bubble emote now appears as an empty emote bubble.[/*]
• An option has been added to cause allies to flicker when they are completely Hidden.[/*][list]
• This option is enabled by default.[/*]

It's the most wonderful time of the year again: Halloween! The Halloween event is now active until November 6, and that includes the metagame* and items that came along with it last year. For those of you who already got everything from the event last year, there's still a bitof new content to collect! The metagame now awards the Purple Pumpkin Bucket Charm Memento, and a few new Halloween-themed cosmetics have been added to the gashapon. Better yet, these items are now in their own gashapon!... until the end of the event, of course. Lastly, for the duration of the event, everyone who logs in will get a free Pumpkin KOunter! Happy Halloween!

New Content:

• New Donator Rewards Shop items:[/*][list]
• Heart Keychain[/*]
• Skull 'n' Bones Keychain[/*]
• Green Gem Keychain[/*]
• Purple Gem Keychain[/*]
• Pumpkin Keychain*[/*]
• Grim Lantern Keychain*[/*]
• Lil' Ghosty "Keychain"*[/*]
• Fruit Punch KOunter*[/*]
• Pumpkin KOunter*[/*]

• Getting a KO streak with a character who does not yet have voicelines no longer results in particles not being randomized.[/*]

• Direct map downloads have been re-enabled.[/*][list]
• This feature was deactivated over a year ago and is somewhat slow; using URL downloads is still recommended, as that is much faster and more stable.[/*]

Bug Fixes:

• Offensive Gilded Spire enemies no longer stop moving if the player positions themselves a certain way.
• Fixed an issue that was causing the trade post confirmation's text to overflow.
• A measure to prevent outfits and weapons from not being properly initialized has been implemented.
• Fixed account mutes not working properly.
• Archiving items no longer causes items of the same type to be archived if they are currently involved in trading.
• Corrected some strings that were not properly converted to the localization system.
• Restarting a demo no longer causes adverse issues, such as game crashes.
• Fixed an issue that was causing account server errors and messages to not be properly interpreted.
• Fixed a bug that was causing KOunters with backgrounds (such as the Scoreboard KOunter) to put extra space between it and status effect icons.

• Napalm now causes slight heal fatigue to be inflicted upon taking damage.[list]
• The amount of heal fatigue inflicted depends on the current level of Napalm.

• Voiceovers have been implemented for "Fhuuu" the Angel and the Gilded Spire enemies.[list]
• Voiceovers will be implemented for other characters as they become available; all voiceovers will be available by launch.

New Variety Gashapon Items:

• Falling Fashion [u](Common Holiday Loadout Outfit)[/u]*[/*]
• Bountiful Harvest[u](Common Holiday Bounty Hunter Weapon Skin)[/u]*[/*]
• Maple Leaf[u](Common Holiday Emote)[/u]*[/*]
• Pumpkin Pie[u](Common Holiday Chair)[/u]*[/*]
• Candy Apple[u](Common Holiday Pet)[/u]*[/*]

• Internal changes have been made regarding the synchronization of status effects.[/*][list]
• The impact of this should be relatively unnoticeable on the surface, but it does improve synchronization and will result in less total packet size.[/*]
• Due to this change, previously recorded demos are now incompatible with the current version of the game.[/*]

Balancing Adjustments:

• The Eclipsium reward for playing on servers with custom settings has been significantly reduced.[/*]
• The reworked Hypnotic Chain now inflicts the subduable status more slowly against targets with an imbalance buff.[/*]

• Fixed manually switching to a specific map not working if the rotation only consisted of one map.[/*]
• Orbital Support no longer inflicts acid or knockback on allies.[/*]
• Subduing no longer inflicts attack damage.[/*][list]
• This had very little gameplay impact; it would simply cause the damage counter to display more damage than the total health of the victim, though it would also award that extra bit of damage to the score.[/*]

• The appearance of the Model 9 outfit has been redone.[/*][list]
• Due to issues surrounding the original appearance of the outfit, the original appearance will not be making a return under any circumstance.[/*]

Note: Due to certain internal changes, previously recorded demos are no longer playable.


Balancing Adjustments:

• Unfathomable Fury cooling rate has been slightly increased.[/*]
• Hypnotic Chain's subdue rate is now affected by the user's distance from their target.[/*][list]
• This rate scales based on current distance, with the rate being faster the closer the user is to the target.[/*]
• At a distance of half of the maximum chain length, the subdue rate will match the previous subdue rate.[/*]
• If the user is right next to the target, the rate will be slightly faster.[/*]
• If the user is the maximum distance away from the target, the rate will be significantly slower.[/*]

• The refined sheen and Gilded glitter effects have been disabled until further notice due to compatibility issues.[/*]
• The Random Team button is no longer selectable when playing a demo.[/*]
• The Vote Skip button is no longer selectable when playing a demo.[/*]

• The ball is now affected by motion-inflicting map entities, such as launch areas.[/*]
• Item searches and the current page are now retained if the popup is reopened, such as when archiving items.[/*]
• Items can now be searched for by their abbreviations.[/*][list]
• Due to the way this is implemented, certain words that are often excluded from abbreviations (such as "the") are still counted in abbreviations in this instance.[/*]

Hopefully you've all been enjoying the prestigious sport of Sportsball! But in our haste to celebrate the Summer season, it looks like we forgot a few key things... This is just a little update to help solidify Sportsball as everyone's favorite pastime. Check out the little list below for the changes!

Balancing Adjustments:

• Most maps now spawn goalposts for the Sportsball metagame, allowing players to more easily score goals.[/*]
• The Sportsball is now suspended in the air upon spawning until a player hits it.[/*]
• The Sportsball now spawns higher above the captured flag in Capture the Flag.[/*]
• Players now receive less healing (except from fountains and heal beacons) when under the effects of an imbalance buff. (For real this time!)[/*]
• Unfathomable Fury now overheats at a slightly slower rate, and cools off at a slightly faster rate.[/*]
• Graverobber healing treasures now have a reduced initial healing rate, but the healing rate will decay at a slower rate.[/*]

• Demos no longer appear to increase your Eclipsium.[/*][list]
• This didn't actuallyincrease your Eclipsium, so attempting to use this "extra" Eclipsium would result in the account server rejecting your request.[/*]

• Sunny Sunny is now properly labelled as a Summer Solstice item.[/*]
• The Sportsball now spawns in Keepaway whenever a team reduces their timer by half of a minute.[/*]
• Server messages related to Sportsball are now colored orange.[/*]
• Unfathomable Fury now displays how much overheat is in effect on the overlay.[/*]
• The Keepaway overlay now displays when the flag is overheating.[/*]
• Refined items now have an added sheen effect.[/*]
• Gilded Spire rewards that are not explicitly labelled as Gilded items now have an added glitter effect.[/*]

Summer's finally here yet again, and the second annual Summer Solstice event is now under way! This event will run until July 9! You can obtain a handful of new Summer-themed items, and kick around an unspecific ball in the Sportsball metagame! Of course, the items from last year are returning too. Better yet, all of the Summer Solstice items are now in their own gashapon machine, so it'll be easier to get them!... Well, "easier" in the sense that you're guaranteed to get Summer Solstice items.

All players who log in during the Summer Solstice event will also get a FREESummer Throwback KOunter!*
* This KOunter will be untradable.

There's other non-Summer stuff too, namely a lotof balancing changes, so be sure to read those.

New Summer Solstice Gashapon Items:

• Tools of the Trade [u](Uncommon Holiday Graverobber Weapon Skin)[/u][/*]
• Fastball [u](Common HolidayPower Surge Weapon Skin)[/u][/*]
• Sundae Mourning[u](Rare HolidayGrowing Pain Weapon Skin)[/u][/*]
• Rash Decisions [u](Common HolidayKilling Lights Weapon Skin)[/u][/*]
• Scuba Tank [u](Common HolidayBulwark Outfit)[/u][/*]
• Polarizing View [u](Common Holiday Outfit)[/u][/*]
• Sunny Sunny [u](Common Holiday Pet)[/u][/*]
• Sun [u](Common Holiday Emote)[/u][/*]
• Ice Cream [u](Common Holiday Emote)[/u][/*]
• Kiddie Pool [u](Uncommon Holiday Chair)[/u][/*]
• Ice Cream Truck [u](Rare Holiday Chair)[/u][/*]

• Summer Throwback KOunter[/*]
• Beach Day KOunter[/*]
• Retro Neon KOunter[/*]

• Scythe and Soul Crusher dash lifesteal has been reduced.[/*]
• The duration of burning from Firewall's attack has been significantly reduced, but hitting a burning enemy will now increase their burn duration.[/*]
• Eye Blaster attack delay has been reduced.[/*]
• Unfathomable Fury will now overheat from attacking, resulting in significantly weaker attacks. The weapon automatically cools when the user stops attacking.[/*]
• Unfathomable Fury no longer grants passive health regeneration.[/*]
• Heartbeats nibs now pass through allies if their entire healing capacity was not used on said allies. Their healing capacity will be reduced based on how much health was healed.[/*]
• All of Shazia the Dream's weapons now deal reduced damage while hidden.[/*]
• Players now receive less healing (except from fountains and heal beacons) when under the effects of an imbalance buff.[/*]
• Players can now regain respawn immunity if they touch their fountain.[/*]
• Shazia the Dream's chain will now disconnect from enemies who currently have respawn immunity.[/*]
• The speed boost granted by Graverobber is now reduced while holding a flag.[/*]
• Dropping a flag for any reason in Capture the Flag now instantly deducts some time from the reset timer.[/*]
• Spawn immunity is now kept while touching a fountain in maps without respawn areas.[/*]

• Fixed players being KO'd if their Warden touches an elimination area.[/*]
• Fixed Shazia the Dream's chains being misaligned.[/*]
• Fixed the Random Team button putting players on the larger team.[/*]
• Fixed Supernova missiles moving through walls in specific situations.[/*]

• Shiniko the Reaper's difficulty is now listed as 3 stars.[/*]

One of the biggest lies we are all told is "work is its own reward." Shiniko never believed this either. Sure, being a reaper can be fun sometimes, but nobody's payingher to do it. Luckily for her, she knows just where to go to get a more tangiblereward...

Shiniko the Reaper now has a new weapon available in the shop, Graverobber. This is a [u]Support [/u]weapon that lacks the offensive power of the Scythe, but allows Shiniko to dig up treasures by dashing into the ground! She'll dig up a different treasure depending on the distance of her dash, and each treasure provides a nice little "permanent" boost to whoever picks it up.

Speaking of loot, a few new items have been added to the Variety Gashapon! You can see them in the list below! There are also a few other important things in that list too, like some Keepaway adjustments, so maybe it's worth the read.

Balancing Adjustments:

• Liftoff missiles now cost only 1 ammo.[/*]
• Liftoff attack delay after shooting a missile has been decreased.[/*]
• Various adjustments have been made to the Keepaway mode:[/*][list]
• When a player drops the flag due to being KO'd, the flag will only be obtainable by the enemy team. This effect lasts for 5 seconds.[/*]
• A trail now follows the player currently holding the flag.[/*]
• If the flag is picked up by an ally (including the player who dropped it) after deliberately being dropped, that player will now receive amplified damage for 5 seconds.[/*]

• The game resolution no longer gets stuck at the default resolution when switching to fullscreen.[/*]
• Players are no longer credited for a KO if they deal knockback to an enemy at the same time that another player inflicts the final damage.[/*]
• Fixed an issue where players could not bounce the ball with their body again until they hit it with a projectile.[/*]
• Fixed player-based special effects sometimes not triggering for network players.[/*]
• Natural Logarithm's Rerouted Power effect is now displayed to all players.[/*]

• Every player who obtained Quick Thinking during the Lunar New Year 2023 event will also receive Cat-Like Reflex.[/*]
• During networking hiccups, the game will now attempt to keep players moving.[/*][list]
• This is intended to make aiming easier against high latency players.[/*]
• This is an experimental change, and may be reverted if it is too disruptive.[/*]

• Galactic[u](Uncommon Loadout Outfit)[/u][/*]
• First Class[u](Common Loadout Outfit)[/u][/*]
• Speedometer [u](Common Pet)[/u][/*]
• Riddled[u](Common Emote)[/u][/*]

After a year and a half of hard work, Counterpact has finally left its alpha phase! The core features of the game have been implemented, so the next couple of months will focus on adding enough content for launch. But don't worry, the game will continue to receive content updates after launch!
What elsedoes this mean? Unfortunately, it means those neat little Alpha Charm mementos and Alpha emotes are no longer being given out. It also means our beloved Alpha Egg pet has left the Development Gashapon. But now... now the Beta Charm memento and Beta emote are being given out in its place! And the Beta Egg pet has joined the Development Gashapon! Get it while you can, because this announcement alsobrings a more concrete launch date set in July! When exactly in July? Not sure yet. Just wait.
All that aside, there are some other far less important things in this update. You can read those changes below.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed slot and character filters applying in item confirmation popups.[/*][list]
• This issue would typically cause these confirmations to fail, as they depend on the items being shown.[/*]

• Antiqueness can now be removed from items.[/*][list]
• When selecting the option, the "Yes" button will be locked for 3 seconds to avoid accidental removals.[/*]
• This cannot be undone.[/*]

Provided all is well with this update, this will be the final alpha update for Counterpact. Potential patches aside, the next update will mark the end of the alpha phase, bringing Counterpact into its beta phase! Thank you to everyone who has been part of the community so far. Do note that the Alpha Charm memento and Alpha emote will stop being given to new players at the start of the beta, and the Alpha Egg pet will be removed from the Development Gashapon at the start of the beta.

Balancing Adjustments:

• Players are now immune to enemy damage and knockback after respawning; this immunity is lost after leaving their spawn area.[/*]

• Hypnotic Chain no longer appears as a Support weapon on the scoreboard.[/*]
• Restarting demo playback no longer causes an extra chat window to appear.[/*]
• Fixed an issue that prevented built-in localizations from being automatically loaded.[/*]

• The Experimentation Room has been added, allowing you to freely test items and game mechanics without reward or consequence of failure.[/*]
• The "Enter" key can now be used to automatically select "Yes", "Confirm", or solitary "Close" options in popups.[/*]
• The "Enter" key can now be used to purchase the currently selected item in the Shop, roll the currently selected Gashapon machine, or skip the animation of a Gashapon machine.[/*]
• When not in a game or in the map editor and while there are no popups, pressing "Escape" will now instantly return to the main menu.[/*]
• A "Restart" button has been added to the Gilded Spire in-game menu.[/*]
• Descriptions now appear for each Shop category.[/*]
• Players can now ignore other players' chat messages through the in-game menu.[/*]
• A button has been added to the in-game menu to more easily allow players to vote to skip the current map.[/*]
• When another player creates an Offer on your Post, the resulting popup notification will now let you immediately open the Post.[/*]
• The following entities have been added to the map editor:[/*][list]
• Conveyer belt (pushes players either left or right, but does not affect their actual speed)[/*]
• Jump modifier (if a player jumps while standing in a jump modifier, their jump height will be affected)[/*]
• No-slide area (players cannot slide down slopes while in these areas)[/*]
• Damage area (players repeatedly take damage while in these areas)[/*]

• Alternate weapons with the Exclusive rarity obtained before October 14, 2022[/*]
• Exclusive playtester rewards obtained before October 14, 2022[/*]
• Summer Solstice items obtained in 2022[/*]
• Autumn Equinox items obtained in 2022[/*]
• All instances of Quick Thinking obtained in 2023[/*]

Balancing Adjustments:

• Flags are now locked for 15 seconds at the start of a Capture the Flag round.[/*][list]
• This is to prevent players from grabbing flags before enemies load into the map or have time to set up defenses.[/*]

• A Keepaway mode has been added.[/*][list]
• This mode sees both teams fighting over a single Security Cell (which is locked from pickup for 15 seconds at the start of a round). Similar to Capture the Flag, players pick up the Security Cell by simply touching it. However, unlike Capture the Flag, they must hold it for as long as they can, protecting it from the enemy team. The Security Cell can be manually dropped similar to an Essence Cell. While a player is holding the Security Cell, their team's timer will count down. The first team to run out their timer wins the round.[/*]
• Due to the current workload and the work involved in creating a map, there is currently no existing map for this mode. However, players are now able to create maps for this mode.[/*][list]
• Note to map makers: Though certain precautions have been taken, similar to Capture the Flag, this mode is likely to work far better on a completely enclosed map.[/*]

• When applying tools, favorited items are no longer put in front of the tool in the confirmation popup.[/*][list]
• This bug would result in the tool not being applied or consumed, as the positioning of the items is expected to be consistent by the account server.[/*]

• Over the Glowing Sea, made by StarlessElaine, has been adopted as an official map.[/*]
• Shazia the Dream's default role is now listed as Offense.[/*][list]
• This does not include any mechanical changes; this is purely for the sake of clarity.[/*]

New Weapon: Heartbeats

• [u]Support[/u] weapon for Loie the Inker[/*]
• Attack: Has less maximum damage, but is able to hit allies. If it hits an ally, it heals them for a percentage of their maximum health, with the percentage correlating to how charged the attack was.[/*]
• Ability: Ink does not amplify damage enemies receive, but instead instantly inflicts them with heal fatigue. Repeated hits with ink will increase the enemy's heal fatigue. Successful hits will also heal the user for a small amount of health per hit.[/*]

• Eye Blaster Warden's attack range has been increased.[/*]
• Eye Blaster Warden's wakeup speed has been decreased.[/*]
• Bounty Hunter's Subdue timer now pauses while attacking.[/*]

• Unfathomable Fury and Furious Gamble bombs are now properly paused when the menu is opened in the Gilded Spire.[/*]

• Character demonstrations have been finished.[/*]
• Demos no longer perform post-round cleanup.[/*][list]
• This is referring to the point after each round where all players and projectiles are removed and mode objectives are reset in preparation for the next round.[/*]

Balancing Adjustments:

• Bounty Hunter has been buffed.[/*][list]
• The speed at which Outlaw status is applied has been significantly increased.[/*]
• Outlaw status' damage amplification has been increased.[/*]
• The maximum rope length while already bindingan enemy has been increased.[/*]
• If an enemy marked as an Outlaw is KO'd, the user will receive Miscellaneous score based on the enemy's Outlaw status.[/*]
• Outlaw status now decays at a slower rate.[/*]
• At full Outlaw status, the Outlaw's health is displayed to all allies.[/*]
• A sound now plays if your marked Outlaw receives damage.[/*]

• Font smoothing is now correctly applied to capture zone names and heal beacon indicators.[/*]

• The in-game event log (in the upper right corner) has been revamped.[/*][list]
• Mode-related events are now emphasized more, and now display the Counterpact icon.[/*]
• Player names within each event will now be separately colored, depending on which team they're on.[/*]
• The weapon or status effect that inflicted a KO is now shown.[/*]
• Note: Certain aspects of event log icons are not final, and are subject to change in the future.[/*]

New Weapon: Bounty Hunter

• [u]Support[/u]weapon for Shazia the Dream[/*]
• Attack: The attack is largely the same as the Hypnotic Chain's attack, but is significantly weaker while the rope is thrown out.[/*]
• Ability: Subdues enemies at a much slower rate. However, binding an enemy will mark them as an Outlaw, and this Outlaw status increases the longer the enemy is bound. An enemy marked as an Outlaw takes increased damage from their enemies. Furthermore, the user's pull strength is increased based on the bound target's Outlaw status. Only one enemy can be marked as an Outlaw; binding a new enemy will remove the Outlaw status from the previous enemy. The Outlaw status will also be removed from an enemy if the user is KO'd, or will gradually be reduced over a period of inactivity.[/*]

• April Showers*[u](Common Holiday Inker Outfit)[/u][/*]
• May Flowers*[u](Common Holiday Weapon Skin for Lifeguard)[/u][/*]
• Bamboo Shoot*[u](Common Holiday Weapon Skin for Liftoff)[/u][/*]
• Root for the Team*[u](Common Holiday Weapon Skin for E-Laminator)
  [/u][/*]

• Halo Spirit no longer increases when "healing" allies who are currently overhealed.[/*][list]
• This should have very little impact on a typical game featuring less organized teams. However, the impact should be more noticeable in a coordinated setting, such as a tournament.[/*]

• Quick Draw ink mark handling has been revamped.[/*][list]
• An enemy hit by the ink will now appear to be marked immediately, instead of waiting for a response. Furthermore, this revamp fixes the uncommon issue of having multiple targets marked at once due to high latency.[/*]

• Players now receive a warning if they may be suffering from a lost connection to the server.[/*]
• Cosmetic slots can now be individually disabled.[/*][list]
• These settings are purely client-sided, and are intended for players who find cosmetics too confusing or cluttered.[/*]
• These settings do not retroactively apply to active cosmetics while playing; changes will only take place when players respawn, so these settings are best adjusted before joining a server.[/*]

Due to various circumstances, development on Counterpact has been very slow over the past month. However, the game is still in active development, and the pace of development is picking up again as these circumstances clear up. Your understanding and patience are appreciated.

Miscellaneous:

• Linked Steam accounts can now be converted to Counterpact accounts.[/*][list]
• This will allow the user to log into their account on any platform. However, the user will no longer be able to automatically log in through Steam. This cannot be undone.[/*]

It's been a while since we discovered the Gilded Spire. Though many of us continue to visit the Gilded Spire to this day, attempting (and often failing) to plunder her treasures, we are all due for a little change. Check out what the Gilded Spire has to offer now!


New Weapon: Intervention

• [u]Defense [/u]weapon for "Fhuuu" the Angel[/*]
• Attack: Does not heal allies, but has increased damage. Each hit will grant a unique shield to the user, which will block a flat amount of damage. If the user already has a shield, subsequent hits will increase the shield's strength (to a maximum of 50).[/*]
• Ability:Spirit will not heal the user and nearby allies. Instead, it will temporarily disable the user and transform them into a violent windstorm. Enemies caught in the windstorm will take a small amount of damage and will be pushed away with great force. The user will also regenerate some health for the duration of the ability.[/*]

• Opening the in-game menu during Gilded Spire will now pause the game.
  [/*]
• The Gilded Spire's threat selection logic has been revamped.[/*][list]
• The new threat selection logic should give the Gilded Spire more of a dynamic feel overall, as it is both less strict and less black-and-white about the player's performance. It should also make the difficulty feel a bit more consistent between different Offense or Defense weapons.
  [/*]

• SkillIssue(Common Emote)[/*]
• Ice Cube(Uncommon Chair)[/*]
• Urban Ninja(Common Reaper Outfit)[/*]
• Your Biggest Fan(Common Bulwark Outfit)[/*]
• Eye on the Prize(Common Watcher Outfit)[/*]
• Sweetie(Common Inker Outfit)[/*]

• Fixed Lifeguard dashes preventing Napalm from igniting the user upon getting hit.[/*]
• Self-damage from explosive jumping is now maximized when achieving maximum explosive jump height via lenience.[/*]
• Fixed being able to respawn partially inside the wall in the Gilded Spire.[/*]
• When the mouse lock option is enabled, the cursor is no longer locked to the window while using the map editor.[/*]
• Android: Fixed an issue where touching the inventory emote button while having no inventory emotes available would repeatedly play the "invalid" sound.[/*]
• Android: Fixed being unable to type in the recovery popup's text boxes.[/*]

• Adjusted the appearance of the Counterpact Icon Emote.[/*]
• The Gilded Spire text has been converted to the localization system.[/*]
• Damage taken by Wardens is no longer scored as damage received.[/*]

New Variety Gashapon Items:

• Grave Fortune*[u](Common Holiday Weapon Skin for Hypnotic Chain)[/u][/*]
• Quick Thinking*[u](Common Holiday Outfit)[/u][/*]
• Friendly Lantern*[u](Common Holiday Pet)[/u][/*]
• Mandarin Mandarine*[u](Common Holiday Pet)[/u][/*]
• Wsh*[u](Rare Holiday Chair)[/u][/*]

• Static charge effects are now properly synchronized.[/*]

• Chat messages now have a maximum length of 150 characters.[/*]
• Counterpact accounts can now be recovered in the case of a forgotten password.[/*]

Balancing Adjustments:

• Static Charge is no longer capable of completely blocking damage; the player will now take a minimum of 1 damage from all sources.[/*]
• Killing Lights attack now has less attack damage while Hidden.[/*]
• Explosive jump timing is now more lenient when attempting to achieve the maximum velocity.[/*]
• Team shuffling logic has been adjusted in an attempt to make teams feel more even by trying to "even out" the total round scores between teams.[/*]

• Static Charge shocking effects now appear while sitting.[/*]
• More network stability adjustments.[/*]
• Flags will be instantly reset if the holder goes inside a spawn area.[/*][list]
• This will apply to Holiday Rush Ornaments as well, causing them to be shattered instead.
  [/*]

• YellowAfterlife's Mouselock Extension has been added to the game, providing more reliable mouse locking to the game window when the option is enabled.[/*]
• The server browser no longer shows game servers until they have been pinged (unless they are using a conflicting version).[/*]
• Video settings will no longer be reduced if the game window is not in focus.[/*]
• Game servers will not switch maps if there is only one map in the rotation.[/*]
• New game server commands have been added:[/*][list]
• [u]getrounds[/u]Displays how many rounds are left before the map changes.[/*][list]
• This command can be used by all players.[/*]

Balancing Adjustments:

• There is now a 1.50 second delay between an objective being completed and the Ornament spawning in the Holiday Rush metagame.
• Back Alley Invitation:
  [list]
• The user is no longer prevented from becoming hidden while the Sapped Bonus is in effect. However, there will be an added delay before becoming hidden.
• Attacks performed while hidden will not receive the benefits of the current Sapped Bonus.
• The delay before the Sapped Bonus starts decaying has been increased.
  

• Fixed the Holiday Rush Ornament spawning for the wrong team.
  

• Killing Lights now displays an "Expiry" meter.
• Added themed Decorations (for Decorated items) for the Festive Season event.
• Adjusted how flag interactions are depicted on the client side, as to prevent confusion regarding whether the flag was actually picked up or not.
  [list]
• This applies to the Holiday Rush Ornament as well.
  

Happy Festive Season everyone! As you could probably guess, this update marks the start of the Festive Season. This holiday event will run until January 2! The Festive Season celebrates Winter Solstice, Christmas, and the New Year. You'll find multiple cosmetics for each of these holidays in this event! This update also brings a Christmas-themed metagame that will last for the duration of the event, and a new Christmas-themed weapon that will be permanently available in the shop! All players will also receive the Gift Scythe upon logging in!

New Weapon: Killing Lights

• Defense weapon for Shazia the Dream
• The weapon forgoes the pick potential Hypnotic Chain possesses, in favor of sustained presence and knockback-based area denial.
• Attack: Knockback on hit has been increased significantly, but the attack animation will briefly pause upon hitting an enemy; this pause also affects attack delay.
• Ability: Chaining an enemy will not subdue them; instead, the user's Static Charge will gradually increase until it reaches the target's maximum health. Static Charge grants armor to the user. If the user takes damage while they possess a Static Charge, some of the Static Charge will be lost, but a pulse of electricity will be released, damaging and knocking back any nearby enemies. The pulse's damage and knockback is dependent on how much Static Charge was consumed. Static Charge will automatically be lost after not chaining any enemies or taking any damage for 5 seconds.
  

• Fresh Overwear (2023) (Common Holiday Outfit)*
• 2023 (Common Holiday Emote)*

• Snow Thrower (Common Holiday Weapon Skin for Soul Crusher)
• Chimney Sweep (Common Holiday Weapon Skin for Firewall)
• Gift of Giving (Common Holiday Weapon Skin for Lil' Clinic)
• Festive Wrath (Common Holiday Weapon Skin for Unfathomable Fury)
• Brain Freeze (Common Holiday Reaper Outfit)
• Overnight Shipping (Common Holiday Watcher Outfit)
• Miss Cocoa (Common Holiday Pet)
• Snowflake (Common Holiday Emote)
• Cheers! (Common Holiday Emote)
• Magic Sleigh (Rare Holiday Chair)
  

• A Christmas tree spawns near the middle of the map. Whenever an objective is complete, an ornament appears somewhere on the map for the team that completed the objective!
  [list]
• Only one ornament will appear at a time.
• Maps that are too small or do not contain a valid objective will not be able to trigger this metagame.
  

• Back Alley Invitation now initially deals less attack damage, but will have its attack damage penalty (compared to Hypnotic Chain's attack damage) completely removed at 100% sapped bonus.
• Obtaining more than 100% sapped bonus will not increase the attack damage further.
• Halo's allied heal upon attack has been increased.
• Recourse's allied heal upon attack has been decreased.
• Recourse's attack damage has been increased.
  [list]
• Recourse seemed to be a better option than Halo in most, if not all scenarios. These balance changes aim to establish Halo as having a larger, unmatched focus on direct healing, while shifting Recourse a little more towards combat support.

• Fixed Lil' Clinic Wardens attempting to target allies through walls.
  [list]
• Allies would not actually be healed through walls as the Warden would immediately stop targetting them; however, this was still an issue as it would prevent valid allies from being healed.

• Player healthbars no longer cover players when wearing certain outfits.
• Items of rarities that inherently prevent certain actions (trading, recycling, or refining) will now display the unavailable actions in their descriptions.
• All item information has been added to the localization system.
  

Balancing Adjustments:

• Flags dropped in or next to an elimination zone are now instantly reset.
• The default goal for Capture the Flag is now 3 captures.
  

• More networking adjustments.
• Shutting down a server while a player is holding a flag no longer causes a fatal error.
• Fixed Soul Crusher's description incorrectly stating it has a shorter attack delay.
  

• Shazia Doll now has animations.
• Added a Spawn Area map entity.
  [list]
• Spawn Areas allow players to freely switch characters or change their arsenals, just as they could if they were standing next to their fountain.
  

New Gashapon Cosmetics:

• Development Hypnotic Chain (Common Limited Dream Weapon Skin)
• Shazia Doll (Uncommon Limited Pet)
  [list]
• This item is currently a work in progress. Animations will be added in the future.
  

• A Capture the Flag mode has been added.
  [list]
• Due to the current workload and the work involved in creating a map, the only available map for this mode is Twilight Fountain (which will likely be temporary, as the map was built for Power Struggle). However, players are now able to create their own Capture the Flag maps.
  

• All projectiles are now cleared upon the start of the next round.
• Eye Blaster Warden and Growing Pain Warden have had their detection range reduced.
• E-Laminator's maximum knockback has been increased.
  

• Even more attempts at increasing game server stability.
• Movement interpolation has been reworked.
  [list]
• This should result in little to no visible change for most players, but higher latency players (typically those with throttled connections) will now appear to have smoother movement.
  

• New music composed specifically for Counterpact by miguelangell960 has been added.
• Game servers can now be locked behind a password.
  [list]
• These servers can still be listed in the browser, but will show a padlock icon to denote they are locked behind a password. Players will not be able to join unless they input the correct password.
  

New Weapon: Supernova

• Defense weapon for "Voyager" the Loadout
• The weapon is fairly slow, but has great area denial properties.
• Attack: Shoots an incendiary grenade; the explosion deals no direct damage, but has high knockback and briefly ignites any enemies caught in it. The explosion can also ignite the user if they are caught in it.
• Ability: Shoots a unique missile that cannot hit enemies directly, and will not detonate when hitting the environment. Instead, the missile will stick to a wall (if it hits one). After sticking to a wall, the missile will explode after a short time, dealing devastating damage in a large area. The missile can travel further than a standard missile before fizzling out. The ability cannot be used until the previous missile has detonated or fizzled out.
  

• Fixed a map editor error caused by deleting an image with a higher image index while using an image with a lower image index for the current tool.
• More networking adjustments. What else is new?
  

• The arsenal configuration menu has been revamped.
  [list]
• The most notable change is item icons are now shown on the menu itself, and the item's description appears if you hover over the item slot.
• This revamp also fixes the "bug" that made it look like no weapon or outfit was equipped if the item in those slots was discarded somehow (via recycling, trading, etc.).
  

Bug Fixes:

• Added more network stability measures in an attempt to prevent servers from unexpectedly crashing when dealing with clients who have extremely unstable connections.
• Fixed decorations on the Invisible Chair not appearing.
• Removed a leftover debug function (that wasn't internally marked as debug by accident) that would copy the entire array of Chinese unicode characters to the player's clipboard upon loading the main menu.
  

• Team shuffling now takes each player's score for the previous round into consideration, and tries to balance teams accordingly.
• Twilight Fountain's layout has been adjusted slightly.
  [list]
• Two platforms were added to each spawn room, allowing all characters to leave through the top.
• The healing strength of the underwater heal beacon has been reduced to 50%.
• The healing strength of the side heal beacons have been reduced to 33%, and they have been moved further away from the center.
  

• The default game server timeout duration has been increased to 10000ms (10 seconds).
• Added an option for game server hosts to disable team shuffling.
• Added an option for game server hosts to disable "even" team sizes.
  [list]
• When disabled, players can join either team regardless of team sizes, and players will not be autobalanced.
  

Balancing Adjustments:

• Hypnotic Chain's base subdue time has been increased.
• Hypnotic Chain's yank strength has been decreased.
  

• The exact cause of the "corrupted data" issue has been pinpointed, and the issue itself has very likely been fixed.
• Map timers and game mode timers now run off of delta time to compensate for low strength game servers.
  

• The word wrap logic now breaks up words that themselves are too long to be display.
  [list]
• This will likely only be noticeable in the in-game chat.
  

A new alpha for Counterpact has been released. This update contains the following changes:

Balancing Adjustments:

• The player holding the Trick or Treat candy will no longer receive the reward if their team loses.
  [list]
• This is to discourage players from not participating in gameplay after getting the candy by hiding in areas that are either far from the objective(s) or are difficult to reach.

• Fixed Trick or Treat candy not being given during the first round after a game server is launched.
• Fixed an error that would appear when attempting to load a map in the map editor.
• The game is now compiled differently for Linux, as to avoid corrupted data coming from the game servers after extended uptime.
  [list]
• There is no guarantee as to whether this will completely prevent the issue, though testing seemed to indicate it could be the fix.
• If this presents any issues with actually playing the game on Linux, please report said issues.

• The Pumpkin Bucket Charm's required candy for maximum glow has been increased from 15 to 25.
  [list]
• Likewise, the ghostly aura emanating from the eyes now starts at 26 candy collected instead of 16.

Happy Halloween everyone! For those of you who started playing after Counterpact was released in Early Access, welcome to Counterpact and thank you for playing! I hope you've been enjoying the game so far. I hope all Counterpact players also enjoy this update, as the first (of hopefully many) Halloween update is upon us.

This update includes the following changes:

New Variety Gashapon items:

Party Topper (Common Holiday Outfit)

• The Spooky Ghost! (Common Holiday Pet)
• Lil' Jill (Common Holiday Pet)
• Eternally Screaming Skull (Rare Holiday Pet)
• Ghost (Common Holiday Emote)
• Pumpkin (Common Holiday Emote)
• Boo! (Common Holiday Emote)
• Giant Pumpkin (Common Holiday Chair)
• Enchanted Broomstick* (Rare Holiday Chair)
  [list]
• * Despite being classified as rare, players will have increased chances to pull this item this year. This increased chance is equivalent to that of an uncommon outfit.
  

• The first player to score a KO after a round starts will receive the candy.
• The player holding the candy receives passive (but slow) health regeneration, a small speed boost, and a small amount of armor!
• If an enemy KO's you while you're holding the candy, they'll steal it from you!
  [list]
• If you are KO'd by an uncredited source while holding the candy, it will be taken from you, and it will be given to the next player to score a KO.
  

• Steam users can no longer set their display name in-game. Instead, their display name on Steam will automatically be used.
• In-game activity is now displayed through Steam's rich presence.
• Players can now register accounts linked to their Steam account.
  [list]
• Note you will not be able to merge Steam logins and normal Counterpact accounts, so please log into your normal Counterpact account if you already have one.
• Currently, there is not a way to change your account credentials. When these options are added, you will also be able to convert your Counterpact account into a Steam-linked account and vice versa.
  

• Back Alley Invitation has received the following nerfs:
  [list]
• Maximum attack speed has been reduced.
• Maximum lifesteal has been reduced.
• Starting from 100%, Sapped Bonus now increases more slowly as it gets closer to 200%.
  

• Fixed the in-game menu appearing instead of the character select menu when entering the Gilded Spire.
• Fixed an issue with game server socket refreshing.
• Fixed certain Decorated animations on weapons not scaling properly when previewing them in the arsenal menu.
• Added some measures to reinforce game server stability.
  

• Launched another official game server located in Singapore. This server is named "Counterpact Official - Southeast Asia".
• An "Alert" emote has been added to the default emote menu.
• Refined items now display two sparkles instead of one. These sparkles are also slightly more transparent now, to set them apart from Gilded Spire reward sparkles more.
• The maximum length of account passwords has been increased to 32 characters.
• Back Alley Invitation's attack sound now increases in pitch as the Sapped Bonus gets higher.
• The movement speed of moving chairs has been increased.
• Game server hosts now have an option to disable metagames correlating to events.
• By default, video settings will automatically be reduced if the game is running at slower speeds. An option has been added to disable this feature.
• The GUI Smoothing option no longer applies to the in-game chat or the arsenal previews.
• The direct map download feature has been removed; game server hosts must now provide download URLs for each map.
  [list]
• This was done for optimization purposes, as the map file's raw data had to be kept in memory in order to facilitate direct map downloading.
  

Hello everybody!

Last Friday, Counterpact was opened to the public through Early Access. Since then, there has been a much larger turnout than I was expecting. It has been fun playing with you all so far, so I want to say thank you for playing! I hope you are enjoying the game, and I hope to continue seeing you all.

With that said, you may have noticed some persistent issues occurring while trying to play (especially today). I just want to make it clear that I am aware of these issues, and they are being worked on. I am asking for your understanding and patience regarding these issues; please keep in mind the game is in Early Access.

• The official servers have been frequently crashing today. This event was unprecedented, and only started occurring today. I am unable to determine the exact source of these crashes at this time, but I will be switching hosts for the official servers soon. Hopefully, this should make the official servers more reliable, as well as provide myself some insight into why they were crashing to begin with. In the meantime, if an official server crashes again, the best place to notify me is the official Counterpact Discord server .
  
• Game servers may send garbage data, resulting in odd behavior or fatal errors on the players' ends. This is a fairly old issue that I thought I fixed before opening the game to the public; apparently it wasn't fixed. This is also a high priority, but this issue doesn't seem to occur as often.
  
• "Autobalance" (automatically moving players to team when one team has two or more players than the other team) was previously a low priority, but with the game becoming public, it has become a more pressing issue since many new players seem to not realize there is an imbalance in teams whenever one occurs. Unfortunately, autobalance will not be implemented in the next update, but it will be implemented in the update following that one. For now, please do remember there is a "team deficit" buff that powers up players on the smaller team, so even on a smaller team you will not be defenseless.
  

A new alpha for Counterpact has been released. This update contains the following changes:

Balancing Adjustments:

• Back Alley Invitation has been somewhat reworked with the following adjustments:
  [list]
• The sapped bonus no longer provides extra attack damage, but instead provides faster attack speeds.
• The sapped bonus now provides a movement speed increase.
• The sapped bonus now decreases at a slower rate, and the pause until decreasing starts is now longer.
• The sapped bonus lifesteal has been decreased.
• The attack's knockback has been reduced.
• The attack's base damage has been increased.
  

• The Back Alley Invitation's sapped bonus will no longer stop decreasing if it is higher than the maximum health of the currently chained enemy.
• Fixed game servers in the server browser not being pinged if another server failed to be pinged.
• Implemented measures to prevent game servers from rejecting new connections after a period of time.
  

• The "Join Team Dawn" and "Join Team Dusk" buttons on the in-game menu now show the text above the team symbols.
• Font outlines are now smoother by default.
• Added an option to adjust the quality of font outlines.
• Added an option to toggle thick font outlines.
  [list]
• This option is particularly useful if you have to reduce the quality of font outlines, but do not like how thick font outlines look as a result.