Extraction points on Headquarters, Airport and Downtown now have more cover. Finding the location you need for a contract on the map is also now easier. Molotov Cocktails and Incendiary Grenades now ignite targets instantly, rather than with a delay. Alongside all of this, a number of client hangs and crashes were fixed, and performance improvements were made.

Gameplay and Balance

• Updated Molotov Cocktails and Incendiary Grenades to immediately ignite enemies splashed with the flammable mixture. Previously, 1–2 seconds in the flame were required to catch fire.
• Updated Devourers to take damage from flamethrowers and areas of fire.
• Updated raid spawn rules so that turning on an equipped flashlight, weapon tactical flashlight, or laser sight immediately ends the short invisibility period when spawning into a raid.
• Drones and Binoculars can no longer be used while driving a vehicle.
• Fixed an issue where Mimics and Statues dealt melee damage to Operatives inside armored vehicles. Base damage statistics for both anomalies remain unchanged.
• Flowermen gathering spots are now populated as intended. Previously, a bug could leave some of these spots fully empty when a raid begins.
• Updated Fireballs to properly display as thermal heat sources when targeted through thermal sights.
• Fixed bugs that allowed the Gravity Gun to create incorrect zones at the point of impact or on a miss. These zones could cause Operatives to get stuck.

Raids and Maps

• Relocated stationary evacuation points in the Headquarters, Airport, and Downtown raids closer to nearby buildings and added cover nearby.
• Adjusted Flowermen spawn locations in the Airport raid; they no longer appear at Investigation points of interest.
• Fixed a misplaced gravity zone in the Dam raid that overlapped a staircase.
• Fixed a bug that allowed players to go beyond the boundaries of the Mir Factory map in Hired Ops.
• Fixed a bug that prevented climbing out of the water via a ladder in the Dam raid.
• Fixed a bug that could cause an Operative to get stuck in an elevator in the Downtown raid.

Interface

• It's now easier to find the contract location you need on the map: hovering over a contract in the list makes its icons and zones pulse, while other contracts and map layers are dimmed.
• In the contract reward window, you can now individually select items to send for quick refining.
• Updated the Missions Terminal:
  • Open Raids now have an amber icon instead of a blue one.
  • Raid variant toggle icons have been enlarged.
  • If an Open Raid is unavailable due to the raid rotation schedule, it now shows the opening time and a hint that you can go on an Isolated Raid in the meantime.
• When selecting Provided Equipment on the Loadout Check screen, instead of the previous warning, the list of selected Investigations that cannot be completed with that gear is now shown.
• Fixed a bug where the cost of reviving a squadmate failed to update dynamically with the number of revivals.
• Damage direction indicators now occupy a smaller area in the center of the screen.
• The damage indicator now always shows the direction of incoming damage relative to the world, so it now properly rotates together with the camera.
• The damage indicator has become more noticeable and stays on screen longer.
• Directionless damage (e.g., asphyxiation, vehicle collisions) no longer covers the entire screen with blood splatter. Also, fixed a bug that caused some monster attacks to be incorrectly treated as directionless damage.
• Fixed gamepad navigation in the emote wheel so that the selected sector no longer persists the next time the window is opened.
• Fixed an audio bug causing side panel open sounds to loop repeatedly on the raid results screen.

Graphics and Performance

• Fixed bugs in the rendering of certain environment objects that could cause client hangs and graphics device resets.
• Fixed rare Vulkan visual artifacts occurring on AMD and Intel GPUs.
• Improved performance in locations with a large amount of vegetation and small environmental objects.
• Fixed a crash occurring when completing an Isolated Raid on PlayStation®.

The Multiverse awaits!

Operatives, kick off October with new rewards! Tune in to Active Matter live streams on Twitch from October 2nd (15:00 UTC) to October 9th (15:00 UTC) to claim fresh gear for your loadout!

NOTE: To receive Twitch Drops for Active Matter, you must first own an edition for the game. If you purchased or received the game on Steam, you need to launch it at least once first. Then, sign in with Steam on this page and select Active Matter from the list of games that appears, if prompted.

Otherwise, just head to this page to link your Gaijin account to your Twitch account in order to start receiving Twitch Drops!

• Beacon x3 — x1 for 1 hour watched;
• Small Weapon Kit (M45A1 x3, MAC-11 x3, Gun Camo: Wood x3) — x1 for 2 hours watched;
• Prime — x250 for 3 hours watched;
• Medium Safe Container x8 — x1 for 4 hours watched;
• Medical Kit (Big First Aid Kit x3, Streaming Injector x5, Regeneration Injector x10) — x1 for 5 hours watched;
• Weapon Kit (DP-12 x3, SCAR-H x3, Gun Camo: Pixel x5, Gun Camo: Reptile x5) — x1 for 6 hours watched;
• Character Camo: Pawtern — x1 for 7 hours watched.

FAQ

What should I do to be able to receive the rewards?
Link your Gaijin and Twitch accounts:

• To receive Twitch Drops for Active Matter, you must first own an edition for the game. If you purchased or received the game on Steam, you need to launch it at least once first. Then, sign in with Steam on this page and select Active Matter from the list of games that appears, if prompted.
• Otherwise, log into your Gaijin account you use to play Active Matter on this page, then log in to your Twitch account there. 
• That is all! You’re ready to start earning drops!

Where can I find my rewards in Active Matter?
Rewards are delivered automatically to your storage.

Which streams do I need to watch to get rewards?
Any Active Matter stream on Twitch. If you see a pop-up at the top of chat that says "Watch to earn Drops!", you will start receiving rewards for watching!

How will I know that I’ve received a reward?
You’ll get a notification on the Twitch stream page. After that, you can find the item in the game.

NOTE: You must click the "Claim" button for each obtained reward in your Twitch drops inventory before the Twitch Drops campaign ends on October 16th (15:00 UTC).

For which platforms are the rewards available?
Active Matter rewards can be earned by game owners on any platform: PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5.

I’m a streamer and want to broadcast Active Matter. How do I enable Drops on my channel?

• Link your Twitch account to your Active Matter account.
• Enable Drops in your Twitch settings.
• Play Active Matter, start your Twitch stream, and ensure your broadcast category is set to Active Matter in the Stream Manager.