Killing Floor 2 Update Adds PvP Mode

**Shawn Zipay** · 04-07-2016, 05:56 PM

Killing Floor 2 was updated today with a "Revenge of the Zeds" content update. This update includes, among other things, a new PvP mode.

Highlights

New PVP Gamemode - Versus Survival
New Map - Prison
- with new map achievements
New Offperk Weapons - Sharpshooter perk and remaining weapons will follow
- LAR
- Crossbow
Live Update system
- This will allow us to update many game values for game balance without shipping a new client or server build
Game Conductor System
- The game will dynamically dial in the gameplay for the appropriate amount of challenge based on the players in the match.
- On HoE difficulty, the GC only throttles up from the baseline, never below
Item Crafting System
- Existing items can be broken down into crafting material that matches its rarity. Master crafted and Precious items can not be broken down. Combining the materials will create a random new item of the next highest rarity.
- Craft Weapon Skins or Cosmetic Accessories
  - 10 Common Material > 1 Uncommon Item
  - 10 Uncommon Material > 1 Rare Item
  - 10 Rare Material > 1 Exceptional Item
  - 10 Exceptional Material > 1 Master Crafted Item
Over 70 new community workshop items shipped in the following new Supply Crate and USB series
- Horzine Supply Crate | Series #3
- Horzine Supply Crate | Series #4
- Horzine Supply Crate | Series #5
- Horzine Supply Crate | Series #6
- Tactical Horzine Encrypted USB
- Predator Horzine Encrypted USB
- Emergency Issue Horzine Encrypted USB
- Street Punks Horzine Encrypted USB
- Horzine First Encounter Encrypted USB

VS Survival Additions

Added the ability to play as Zeds (Part of Vs Survival)
- Alpha Clot
- Slasher Clot
- Gorefast
- Bloat
- Husk
- Crawler
- Stalker
- Siren
- Scrake
- Fleshpound
- Patriarch
Alpha Clot abilities
- Slashing Attack
- Grab
- Commanding Shout (Roar)
Slasher Clot abilities
- Slashing Attack
- Heavy Attack
- Roll
- Leap
Gorefast abilities
- Light Attack
- Heavy Attack
- Area of Effect Attack
Bloat abilities
- Slashing Attack
- Puke
- Lay Mines
Husk abilities
- Cannon
- Flamethrower
- Melee Attack
- Suicide
Crawler abilities
- Light Attack
- Heavy Attack
- Suicide
- Leap Attack
Stalker abilities
- Light Attack
- Heavy Attack
- Dodge
- Siren abilities
- Scream
- Vacuum
- Bite
Scrake abilities
- Light Attack
- Heavy Attack
- Whirlwind
Fleshpound abilities
- Light Attack
- Heavy Attack
- Rage Mode
Patriarch abilities
- Melee Attack
- Chain Gun
- Tentacle Grab
- Missile Strike
- Heal
- Mortar Barrage

General

Third person character animations should now look better when characters are looking about and aiming
Headshots now impart force on the ragdoll from the direction of the blow
All Zed attacks impart some force to players
Removed recoil kick when jumping and firing (does not affect boomstick jumping)
New Crate and USB opening animations and rarity sound fx
Weapon Skin Icons have been re-worked
Players can now equip weapon skins directly from the new item UI
Depth of Field has been added to the gear menu
New 9mm sounds
Revised gamepad controls
Adding alternative gamepad control presets (Default - 0, Quick Draw - 1 , Jumper - 2, Southpaw - 3: not named ingame yet)
UI: Kill messages for zed kills on the HUD (Default is off, see gameplay options)
Players will now drop their best weapon on death if the weapon they have out cannot be dropped
Zed time post process effect has been tuned to avoid bloom getting blown out in some lighting scenarios
Flashlight brightness has been tuned
Items purchased from the ZedConomy Store are now tradeable, but not marketable.
Welder removed from the weapon selection menu - now only available from the prompt to bring up welder at door - This should allow players to select the healer more reliably
General optimization pass, some users may notice performance gains

Balance

Increased speed of AA12 elite reloads
Decreased cost of AA12 (1700 > 1500)
Increased speed of equip and putaway for welder
Increased speed of equip and putaway for healer by 2x
Speed of healing others and yourself has been increased
Increased speed of equip and putaway of all weapons by 60%
Fleshpound will no longer perma-rage, and Scrake will no longer insta-rage when they are among the last few remaining Zeds

Bugs

Possible fix for “Phantom Projectiles” issue with projectile weapons
Fixed some issues with the Husk sprinting animations
Fixed some spectating UI issues
Fixed rubberbanding/jittering when grabbed by Zeds & Patriarch tentacle
Fixed an issue with using HOLD iron sights keeping you in ironsights after letting go
Fixed Berserker attack speed UI display
Possible fix for trader not filling ammo when you only need a few bullets
Fixed an issue where you could stand on top of dosh bling
Fixed some issues with FLEX on KF-VolterManor
Fixed some pathing issues in the Birthday room of KF-Bioticslab
Fixed some issues with rarity and conditions of weapon skins
Fixed an issue where Rack Em’ Up UI would persist after death or perk swap
Fixed an issue where you couldn’t break zed limbs in real time

Known Issues

You cannot parry player controlled zeds in Versus
May be some clipping issues with some of the new cosmetics
May be some pathing issues with KF-Prison

SDK/Mod Workshop

Added support for .int and .ini to the manual upload tool (GUI upload support will follow at a later date)

Special note on FLEX:
We feel we are close to returning FLEX functionality to the game. We are keeping a close eye on performance and crashes related to it. We have turned FLEX off completely for this build as in the process of fully testing a new build of this functionality and it was not ready for this release.

Special note on Versus Survival:
Our internal testing focused mostly on human teams around the same level (1’s, 12’s and 25’s)

New Languages Supported Thanks to Steam Translation:

Czech
Danish
Hungarian
Portuguese
Turkish
Ukrainian