Dead Ahead: Roadside: iPhone vs Android

- The Precious Stash, Hero Stash and Office Tower Stash headers now come alive: a flock of birds flies across the Precious Stash sky and city windows light up in the other two. - Better tablet support: the Office Tower victory scene on the roof fills the screen width, and the stash, Achievements, Zombiepedia and Skins backgrounds reach the screen edges without seams. - Highlighted heroes and enemies now get one clean outline around the whole body, with no outline lines crossing over it. - Companion passive stats now show whole numbers (for example +11% instead of +11.00%). - The privacy consent window now also links to the Terms of Use. - Fights with big crowds of enemies run more smoothly. - Fixed the game sometimes getting stuck on the loading screen when Game Center sign-in did not respond. - Fixed the SMG, Double Barrel, Machine Pistol, Nailgun, Heavy Pistol and Revolver appearing behind the hero's body in the inventory. - An ad debug button no longer pops up when you shake your phone. - Fixed minor bugs.

- New "Rooftop cargo" tooltip: tap the chest at the top of the Office tower progress bar to see the special reward for beating the boss on the top floor. - Companions have new sounds for building and confirming a build, plus a special sound when a level-up reaches a milestone. - Beating the boss on the top floor of the Office tower now gives 5 Hero keys instead of 2 Legendary keys. - Better tablet layout: menus and windows now use the full screen width instead of a narrow phone-sized panel, including Inventory, Merge, Skins, Collection, Star Challenge, Tasks, Achievements, Settings, Item Acquisition, AFK Rewards, Rates, companion info, Energy and ticket purchase windows, the 7-day Sign-in Event, the challenge and Office tower cards and stashes. - The companion list now uses the full width of wide screens such as tablets and fits more companions in each row, and the companion Exchange and Signal Rockets rewards windows get wider too. On phones, the Exchange grid no longer cuts off its last column. - Shop on tablets: tabs slide in from the edge of the screen, Greens, chest and value pack cards are wider, and the Crates and Legendary Crate cards keep their buttons and description at normal size. The Greens pack pictures are no longer cut off at the edges. - On tablets, buttons in Yes/No popups keep their normal size and spread apart instead of looking stretched or crowded in the center. - Skill choice windows on level-up and at the angel and demon encounters now always register your tap, even if your finger slides a little. On tablets, skill options slide in from the edge of the screen, and skill choice cards (including Angel Blessing) and the pause screen skill lists are wider and stay centered. - Long location names on chapter reward cards now wrap instead of running into the cards next to them. - The Copy button in Settings now copies only your User ID. - In Office tower and Lair fights, hits no longer knock the hero, companions or enemies off the left edge of the screen, and your party can no longer be knocked far off the road. - When you open several chests or stashes at once, the reward window again shows what each one gave instead of one combined pile. - Fixed health bars sometimes filling up to full when temporary HP from a dart landed right after a hit. - Optimization and minor bug fixes.

- When a newer version of the game is required, the loading screen now tells you so and shows an Update button that takes you straight to the App Store. Your progress is saved. - On the Companions screen and in the companion info window, your companion now shows off each of its skills in turn, with the same effects as in battle. Between skills it looks around, and now and then it runs past a scrolling location background. The skill icon switches to the skill being shown. - Every so often, the companions in your slots run together while the location scrolls past behind them. - A golden shine now plays around a companion when it levels up. - On the Skills screen, your hero now stands on the level track at his current level and walks to his new spot after he levels up. The track also continues past the max level. - Reward popups now combine rewards of the same kind into one pile and add up bonuses to the same stat. The popup scrolls when the rewards don't fit on screen. - At the start of a run, your hero and companions now stay together in line while the screen fades in. Then the camera smoothly closes in as they form up. - Your hero now shows up in his equipped gear and skins as soon as a run or a challenge floor opens. - Unlinking an account in Settings now asks you to confirm first and warns that your progress will then stay only on this device. - If you link an account that's already tied to another game profile, the switch prompt now shows the chapter and hero level of both profiles. It also warns you if your current progress isn't linked to any account and would be lost for good. - Companion screens, the companion summon scene and the loading screen fit wide screens better. - Improved the menu tab sounds. - Companion Search level now grows only from the Signal Rockets you launch, including ad summons, instead of from every companion you own. Exchanging companions no longer lowers it or locks party slots, and you keep your current level. - While Signal Rockets are still locked, the companion odds details now show a 100% chance for the companion the rockets are waiting for. - The burning car deal ("Give life, take skill") no longer offers skills that raise max HP, such as Super Life. - Attacks that are already under way when the attacker gets killed (for example by reflected damage) now land in full, along with status effects like stun and freeze. The same goes for a boss's rage splash that lands after the boss dies. - Enemies in challenge battles can no longer be knocked up onto the wall or off the floor. - Fixed counterattacks sometimes hitting twice. - Fixed the game sometimes getting stuck while loading when your device is almost out of free storage. - Fixed the menu getting stuck, with Back not working, after you closed the Star Challenge rewards. - Fixed minor bugs and improved performance.