Plazma Burst 2.5

Plazma Burst 2.5 (also referred to as Plazma Burst 3) is the temporary name for the upcoming game in the series. Eric Gurt plans to add many new features, weapons and even 2.5D terrain.

It's unknown when the project will be released. Eric says the game is about 16% done, and will take some time to finish.

Level editor

 * All doors will have HP and can be destroyed . However, this will be disabled by default, and map author would have to enable it via engine mark.
 * There will be a Skin Editor . It allows to mix different character's limbs, as well as recolor them. It has been hinted at that limited editing of skin parts themselves may be possible.
 * Maps made in PB2 will work in PB2.5 . To what degree is unknown.
 * Custom lamp colors.


 * New textures and decorations.
 * Friendly fire and team damage factor can be configured individually for every team in maps in PB2.5.

Weapons

 * More than 16 different kinds of swords . Each sword has different stats, such as damage, swing rate, range, etc.


 * Guns that fall on characters or the player will do damage and can even kill. This depends on the size and weight of the gun.


 * The pre-v1.17 Alien Pistol will return as its own weapon.


 * The game will now display the exact amount of damage dealt by each shot . This can be turned off in game settings.


 * Jetpacks, or at least some jetpack/booster-like equipment/items/abilities . Although it's unknown what would jetpacks look like and what exactly would they do, it's known that selfboost technique will somehow be considered a jetpack, along with double jump.


 * Some community-created content will be added later on.


 * When switching between weapons, there is now an animation of a character putting a weapon on their back, then taking out another weapon . The heavier the weapon, the longer the switch takes. This is to prevent instantly switching weapons, especially heavy weapons such as the CS-BNG.
 * Fan art weapons from Plazma Burst 2 will be making their way into Plazma Burst 2.5.


 * Ammunition. The map maker can decide which ammo type to use, whether it be infinite, cooldown, limited, or unlimited with reloading.


 * Magazine weapons now have reloading animations.
 * Throwable grenades are returning.
 * Added collision check for projectiles and weapons. Bullet damage/speed will no longer decrease on gun collision.
 * A "blaster" effect for projectiles.
 * All projectiles have hit points now. Damage needed to destroy projectiles depends on guns: for example, the Assault Rifle C-01r needs 3 hits, and the Pistol C-01p needs 2 hits to destroy rocket. Beam weapons do damage to rockets/plasma/grenades/bullets without knockback. Explosions damage hitpoints and change speed and direction of projectiles (including bullets).
 * Projectile spawn offset instead of spread for certain weapons. This means that bullets, instead of coming from the middle of the player, actually spawn at the barrel of the gun.
 * Pistols can be dual-wielded . This seems to cause major balancing issues, though . Other weapons can be dual-wielded in the level editor, depending on map author's preference.
 * At least 5 brand new weapons have been added, and most of the Plazma Burst: Forward to the Past weapons are returning, as well as the previously mentioned old Alien pistol.
 * Bullet drop, which affects both bullet weapons and energy projectile weapons.
 * Bullet-bullet intersections. This allows bullets to interact with one another. However, the bullets are not destroyed. Other projectiles can interact with each other as well.

Misc

 * Water will be 3D and will have more realistic splashes . However, it will remain static, meaning it can't flow down to another area.
 * At least one new game mode, Team vs Team . This is likely a credits-based game mode that is planned as a main mode for Multiplayer . In this mode, the players are expected to be able to buy weapons (and likely ammo) using money they have earned by killing enemies (or/and completing some special objectives), as well as being able to buy equipment such as jetpacks.
 * A coop Campaign has been confirmed.
 * Indirect illumination & sun light effects. Ambient lighting completely removed.
 * Player bounding box (AKA hitboxes) improvements have been added. They should let player's movement feel more based on player's body instead of the bounding box.
 * A clan system has been confirmed.


 * Moving lights/lamps are possible.
 * Multiplayer with server side sync. Sync for projectiles, characters, and more has been completed.

AI

 * AI optimizations and trajectory predicting for grenade launcher-like weapons.


 * AI players are now able to make ricochet shots that can hit opponents hiding behind impenetrable walls.


 * AI can calculate possible damage for penetration-based weapons in PB2.5.


 * AI in PB2.5 can perform wall-jumps.


 * Computer-controlled players can swim.


 * Al players can use jetpacks.


 * AI players can gather information from other allies and make blind shots on targets.


 * Dynamic lighting has been added to every bullet, grenade, explosion, muzzle flash, as well as swords. These can all illuminate dark areas. Explosion light is based on explosion color.


 * AI can throw grenades now, and can dodge explosives.


 * AI can do blind shots with rocket/plasma/grenade weapons expecting to deal indirect damage with explosions by aiming at walls near enemies.


 * AI are able to use the X button to dodge enemy projectiles.


 * Advanced pathfinding for AI, allowing them to move upwards at will or travel the map.

Possible/undecided features

 * A possibility to make sloping surfaces . However, this is making calculations 30% slower, so this may not be a feature appearing in the release.


 * The Falkok ship may be a usable vehicle in PB2.5.