Alpha Testing

So I've started doing some alpha testing on Survivalist: Invisible Strain, and gotten a lot of really great feedback already, which I'm going to be busy working on over the next few weeks.

I'll be giving out keys in groups of 100 every now and then once I feel I've made enough improvements and need some fresh testers (first batch is already gone, sorry!). If you want to get involved the best way is to email me and ask to be put on my mailing list. Here's my email address:

When I'm ready to do another round of testing, I'll email everyone on the list and let you know.

Keep in mind it is just alpha testing so there's still a lot of stuff that doesn't work. If you mostly just want to play a fun game it's better wait a bit longer.

Another way to keep up with what's going on is join the Discord channel, which has really taken off.

Anyway, I figured I ought to start putting patch notes on these news posts so here's the changelist so far:

v13

Fix for not being able to set people to guard concrete watchtowers and pillboxes
Removed comma from inventory weight
Fix for not being to target your zombified ex-community members
Fix AI attacking you if you shoot their zombified ex-community members
Fix for MoveToAndDeposit crash
Fix for rabbit slide crash
Fix for sometimes spawning behind barricades on edge of map
Fix for conversation AI getting stuck after a teammate gets bitten
Unequip save tokens when you use them
Hint text that you can add wood to fires that have burned out
Flatten ground around campfires and tents
Fix for fire and smoke effects from a previous game remaining when you load a new one
Don't take more resources than we need to finish a building
Make it possible to demolish individual fences while under construction
Some more fixes to try and stop AI communities from starving

v12

Fix for inventory items not being highlighted
Fix for changing weapons interrupting speech
Some fixes and tweaks to melee combat behaviour
Fix for not being able to lie about killing someone in a rebellion quest
Fix for getting stuck in a house after vaulting over some bins
Fix for being able to lead looters far from their bases when they try to shake you down
Fix for watchtowers spawning next to obstructions, sometimes trapping characters
Fix for character icons sometimes showing the wrong character
Various fixes for AI communities dying due to running out of food in the winter
Made raiders less likely to have guns, helmets and molotovs, and the higher strain hordes a little smaller
Made wind-up radios a little more common
Made encouragement effect last longer
Made refugees easier to recruit
Repopulate AI communities over time if they have lost members

v11

Fix for memory leak when pause menu is open
Stop your guards in watchtowers from using up ammo shooting targets that are too far away to get an accurate shot
Tweaked the way ranged weapon accuracy is calculated so higher skill levels are a bit more accurate at long range
Allow farming with 0 skill
Fix for farmers not depositing harvested seeds in buildings
Fix for some props such as workbenches being invulnerable, meaning looters would attack them forever, ultimately causing a massive slowdown
Fix for looters staring at campfires instead of attacking you
Fix for zombies getting trapped if blocked on 3 sides
Fix for characters not attacking enemies if they are sitting round a fire
Fix for not being able to build concrete buildings
Increased watering can weight to take into account the amount of water it carries
Fix target body location resetting when you switch targets

v10

Fix for crash when hovering over wood in inventory

New zombie sounds (test)
Fix for cooks getting stuck going into and out of houses unable to deposit seeds they harvested
Fix for save tokens not being removed if you press F9 to save, and then reload
Fix for crash when melee attacking a rabbit
Fix for occasional crash in notification when someone dies
Fix for sometimes taking someone's pants by accident when looting a corpse ;)
Fix for pip cam going crazy when you sprint while at x4 speed
Upgraded to Unity 2019.1.10f1
Fixed a bunch of memory leaks

Added smoothed mouse look (can be switched off on the Rotate Camera/Pitch Camera rows of the controls settings screen)
Added a toggle for mouse acceleration
Fix for invert not being saved, on controls settings screen

Fix for occasional crash when selling items
Fix for occasional crash in character customization screen
Downgraded 'Screen position out of view frustum' error to warning, that sometimes happens when you look at the sky
Fix for crash if there's an error while loading a savegame
If raiders can't get to you, let them pause to get food/drink if needed
Fix for 'Character is crouching while in UncrouchAnim' crash
Fix for crash in LeaveBuildingAndMoveTo
Remain targeting the same body location when switching between targets

Fix for error referring to invalid gold after paying someone to skin a rabbit
Fix for crash when mining a boulder
Fix for crash in controls settings when pressing multiple buttons at the same time

Fix for campfires not being usable if you create them on top of a piece of trash
Partial fix/added logging for overfilled watering can bug
Fix for exploit using arrow buttons on trading screen
When you start a new sandbox game, save the game once immediately for free
Allow melee weapons to do leg attacks at skill level 0
Slightly decreased mouse sensitivity when switching targets
Crash fixes

Fix for crash when someone in another part of the map picks up a corpse
Fix for crash when clicking Load Latest Save after dying, if there are no savegames to load
Fix for crash when using a save token from the corpse of a zombie
Fix for skin color slider not working on character creation screen
Added mouse sensitivity slider in Controls screen

Fix for error when saving settings file for the first time

Various fixes

Sandbox Mode, etc