Elevated Functions

The YouTube trailer thumbnail.

The Elevated Functions Update is an update that's divided into 3 main individual parts: The Lab Update, The XANA Rework Part 2 and the Elevator Update.

It was released on the 11th of August 2024.

A trailer was published on YouTube alongside it.

Lab Update

This part reworks the supercomputer interface, the Supercomputer itself and adds new features like the Scanner boxes and the Laptop.

Interface Rework

The interface has been completely reworked. Opening more than one program at once is now possible, as well as resizing and dragging program windows around. For more information on the programs, see the Interface Programs page.

Hologram Projector

The holomap will now automatically change to the holosphere when Sector 5's Maze is open. Additionally, it can be interacted with through a program in the interface.

Supercomputer Rework

The supercomputer will now have 14 extra ports dedicated to quantum circuit boards. The status of the supercomputer can be checked through a new program in the interface.

Circuits can be damaged during the Men in Black Attack or when a Xanafied player sabotages them. If all the circuits are broken, the supercomputer will begin to meltdown. Returning to the past back to a state where all the circuits are fixed or replacing all of them will stop the meltdown sequence and prevent a game over.

Broken circuits will cause several problems:

• Virtualization deterioration (Causes increased tiredness and DNA Issue chance)
• Vehicle corruption (Causes Overvehicles to become unavailable outside of Sector 5)
• Computing speed decrease (Causes double cooldown on Powers)

Turning off the supercomputer will now also unpower the scanners fully, making devirtualization deadly. Players in Lyoko will get a warning message to tell them about the danger.

Scanner Changes

Scanners have had many changes. They now incorporate a new health diagnosis mode which can be accessed via program in the interface and have scanner boxes.

Health diagnosis mode will give feedback on any DNA or Annex issues that the scanned warrior possesses, same way as a health scan in a Tower does.

Scanner boxes have been added and can break if a scanner's process is used while empty (50% chance) or if a xanafied warrior sabotages it. 

Scanners with damaged boxes:

• Cannot run diagnosis
• Will not open when a warrior is devirted from them
• Will not restore full health when virting
• Have increased chances of giving you DNA issues.

The Laptop

A laptop has been added in this update to allow more players to control the supercomputer and to have some programs available everywhere.

The laptop is an item that's unlocked through progressing in the gameplay, the requirements will not be revealed yet, but know they're related to completing advancements.

Laptops can be connected to various devices to unlock more programs in them, like the lab interface and scanner boxes. In the future, more places will be available for laptops to connect to.

XANA Rework Part 2

This part adds new mechanics that affect XANA and its attacks.

Player & XANA Levels

Players will now have levels and experience associated with them, which will be reflected in their experience bar. The maximum level a player can have is 20, while the minimum is 1.

XANA's level controls how many attacks it can trigger at once. It's calculated based on the average level of the players online. Players can gain levels deactivating towers and stopping core attacks.

Average Player Level	XANA Level	Activated Tower Cap	Software Error Cap	Can attack the core?
1-5	1	1	0	No
6-10	2	1	0	Yes
11-15	3	2	1	Yes
16-20	4	3	3	Yes

Weapons, Items & PVP

PVP has been enabled on Earth for players that are on opposing factions (XANA and the Lyokowarriors). This means that xanafied people will be able to hit and knock out lyokowarriors and vice-versa.

To enhance this PVP, various items scattered around Kadic have been added to use against enemy players and spectres. Other useful items have also been added to counteract attack effects.

The items added are:

• Shovel (Weapon & Cuts roots)
• Axe (Weapon & Cuts roots)
• Baseball Bat (Weapon)
• Food Tray (Weapon & Deflects beams)
• Watering Can (Weapon)
• Mirror (Deflects beams)
• Mask (Prevents pollen poisoning)
• Jacket (Prevents freezing during snowstorms)
• Headphones (Prevents hearing deadly music)
• Parasol (Prevents sunburns during heatwaves)
• Rubber Boots (Prevents lightning strikes during thunderstorms)
• Screwdriver (Allows you to repair elevator panels)

Awareness

Awareness is a new mechanic that measures how aware the outside world is of XANA's presence/involvement in current events. It naturally fades away, but most attacks increase it slightly over time. If it reaches 100%, the players are prompted to use the return to the past to avoid Lyoko getting discovered.

Awareness can be checked through the new Threat Control program in the interface and using the Television when no attacks are active. News regarding awareness will appear orange.

Software Errors

A new kind of attack has been added. These attacks are debugged through the interface in Sector 5 and later fixed from the interface in the lab with the Diagnosis program.

 All the new attacks in this category are:

• Scanner Bug  (The scanners' destination becomes random)
• Superscan Obfuscation (The Superscan can no longer provide the number or sector of activated towers)
• Superscan Indetermination (The Superscan can detect activated towers, but not who activated them)
• Energy Stagnation (Towers will no longer grant energy on deactivation. Energy transfers become impossible)
• Energy Suppression (No free energy on virt)
• Virtual Protection Weakening (Towers and Core take double damage)
• Maze Lockdown (Sector 5 timer is halved to protect data further)
• RTTP Control (The RTTP begins activating by itself)
• Rising Sea (Locks a sector after the timer ends, everyone inside is sent to the Frontier)
• Visual Terrain Obfuscation (Virtual Map becomes unable to show terrain correctly)
• Visual Entity Mask (Virtual Map becomes unable to show entities)
• Regeneration Suppression (Disables healing using towers)

Attack Changes

• Spectres can now be defeated, they will reappear in their origin location after a certain amount of time if their tower is still activated.
• The Men In Black attack will no longer require a return to the past, since it will now damage circuits in the supercomputer periodically.
• The Elevator lock attack has been removed.
• Scanner bug and RTTP attack have been moved to software attacks.
• Xanafied players will now be able to perform super jumps with Sneak+Jump and shoot beams with the Swap Offhand key (F by default).
• Xanafied players will now lose their possession when they are sent to the Frontier

Elevator Update

This part reworks the factory elevator and removes the TP based “elevators of sadness” in Sector 5.

Factory Elevator 

• The elevator's speed has been greatly increased.
• The elevator's size has been doubled and the model's quality has been improved.
• The elevator's panel menu has been translated to all languages.
• Left clicking the elevator buttons will now immediately move it in the direction of the pushed button.
• Calling the elevator while moving will now give feedback.
• Exterior elevator panels now have code animations and passwords.
• Xanafied players can now destroy exterior elevator panels if they punch them, which prevents the elevator from being called.
• The elevator now has a hatch opening animation if locked.
• Elevator cables have been added so the elevator is no longer floating and you can see it move.

Skid Elevator

The skid elevator will automatically come when you're waiting on a platform and leave when standing on it.

Sector 5 Dome Elevator

The sector 5 dome elevator will begin cycling when the key is pressed. After that, it will cycle all the maze exits until it's done. Once it's complete, it will check if there's any player riding it, then go to the celestial dome if that's the case.

Advancements

Plenty of new advancements have been added, and some have been changed. And, with new advancements, Veterans will be purged.

Added:

• Second in command
• Mechanician
• Tech Support
• Hotfix
• Absolute Solver
• Escapist
• Crash Course
• What's up, doc?
• Close call
• Telomere Restoration
• Biology of Theseus
• Sabotage
• Time Leap Machine
• Eat This, Sucker!
• Wonderful Idea
• Cataclysm
• Lucky Charm
• Second Chance
• Spectromania
• Strange call but OK
• School Equipment

Changed:

• Handyman
• The New Einstein

Removed:

• Weird placement but OK

Bugfixes

• Fixed some towers lacking the tower interior biome.
• Fixed scanner rescuing you from game over if it happens while devirtualizing.
• Fixed scanners not regenerating health when manually devirtualizing.
• Fixed core terminal not being able to create a vehicle if you're too far to its left.
• Fixed “acceeder” instead of “acceder” in the spanish translations of the Hiroki advancement.
• Fixed mountain tunnel not having the Sector 5 dome biome
• Fixed scanner being able to be activated and exiting it quickly (It will now result in the scanner process failing instead of transfering you while outside)
• Fixed overvehicle passengers being considered “in towers” when exiting a waytower or tunnel sequence.

Misc changes

• Code TERRA has been added as a valid alias for code EARTH.
• If custom sector Music is implemented through a resourcepack, the delay when playing it has been removed.
• Diagnosing DNA issues in a tower or a scanner before fixing them is now a required step of the resolution process.
• The lab, scanner room and supercomputer room have been reworked.
• The elevator entrance has been moved closer to the factory's entrance.
• Items in inventories will no longer be collected automatically, instead, they'll work like vanilla containers that regenerate over time.
• The scanner room hatch can now be used to access the supercomputer room if the elevator is not operational.

Known Issues

• Older/Low spec PCs might fail to load the resourcepack ("Resource reload failed"). We're looking into fixing this issue but in the meantime try installing ModernFix (included in the recommended modpack.)
• The factory elevator will leave the player behind sometimes after locking and unlocking the elevator due to barriers being left behind. This bug is purely visual.
• Communication Card player icons and devirt models will disappear or have incorrect UV while using shaders or not using the recommended pack.
• Program windows will disappear if you're too far very soon. This is intentional to prevent client lag. If you still want them to render when far away, increase the entity distance in your minecraft's visual settings.
• Arenas (including SpeedArenas) at the arcade do not work.

Trivia

• A new easter egg advancement has been added in this update.
  • The advancement is related to a hidden program and location to connect your laptop to.
• A hidden scanner mode, Injection, has been added in this update, although it's not fully functional yet and is limited to admins.
• An Operator state/Class meant to represent Jeremie's role was meant to come with this update, however the implementation proved to be not fun and the idea was scrapped.
• Jeremification was meant to come with this update; however, it was delayed due to time constraints.
• 11 of the new advancement's names are easter eggs.
• This update has one of the highest staff participation count out of all updates.
• A new hidden weapon has been added that's still not available during regular gameplay.