Tutorial Changes Patch
Early Access Patch 003: The Tutorial Patch - 16th May 2020
One of our biggest hurdles is players not being properly taught mechanics of the game or struggling with commands. We're implementing interactive tutorials so players can understand the mechanics better.
Tutorials
Movement Tutorial shows players how to move units with the current command system
Combat Tutorial shows players how combat works and the intricacies of aiming in Miner's Mettle
Old video tutorials have been removed
Economy, Units and Facilities and Camera Controls are other tutorials being worked on and are expected within the next few days
Camera Controls
Added the option to invert camera height in Settings
Added the option to invert aiming controls in the Settings (both X and Y axes separately)
Unified inverting camera rotations for all 3 views under one option
Changed the positioning of your units relative to the screen when the camera is locked onto a unit, it is now more central to the screen – Thank you Zpajro, and others
Note: Some settings may be inverted by default and you’ll need to go in and change your settings if you desire
Game play
Removed Brutal difficulty from Horde Mode, Hard is difficult enough and we’ll come back and further refine difficulty levels upon feedback
AMPs were getting damaged through shields, this has been fixed – Thank you McKaby and others
Removed some old code relating to right click movement, which is not ready from prime time but would occasionally fire, causing confusion – Thank you Square
Miscellaneous
Added this change log on startup so player can see what’s been added and what’s been fixed recently
Reset our Discord link in the main menu to never expire
V-Sync settings were not shown as being saved even though they were – Thank you KuseBlack
Maps show information such as size, biome, number of mineral nodes, when selecting a map during solo Horde
We're trying out this new patch note format, since this one is a larger one with multiple changes. You'll see a very similar screen when starting up the game too, so it's easier to find patch notes in the future. In terms of what's next for us, we're continuing work on the other tutorials, we've fixed the camera stuttering issue (turned out to be really simple and we were trying over complicated solutions), and other bug fixes and QoL stuff.
The patch is 1.2GB and you may need to restart Steam in order to start the download. Thank you!
One of our biggest hurdles is players not being properly taught mechanics of the game or struggling with commands. We're implementing interactive tutorials so players can understand the mechanics better.
Tutorials
Movement Tutorial shows players how to move units with the current command system
Combat Tutorial shows players how combat works and the intricacies of aiming in Miner's Mettle
Old video tutorials have been removed
Economy, Units and Facilities and Camera Controls are other tutorials being worked on and are expected within the next few days
Camera Controls
Added the option to invert camera height in Settings
Added the option to invert aiming controls in the Settings (both X and Y axes separately)
Unified inverting camera rotations for all 3 views under one option
Changed the positioning of your units relative to the screen when the camera is locked onto a unit, it is now more central to the screen – Thank you Zpajro, and others
Note: Some settings may be inverted by default and you’ll need to go in and change your settings if you desire
Game play
Removed Brutal difficulty from Horde Mode, Hard is difficult enough and we’ll come back and further refine difficulty levels upon feedback
AMPs were getting damaged through shields, this has been fixed – Thank you McKaby and others
Removed some old code relating to right click movement, which is not ready from prime time but would occasionally fire, causing confusion – Thank you Square
Miscellaneous
Added this change log on startup so player can see what’s been added and what’s been fixed recently
Reset our Discord link in the main menu to never expire
V-Sync settings were not shown as being saved even though they were – Thank you KuseBlack
Maps show information such as size, biome, number of mineral nodes, when selecting a map during solo Horde
We're trying out this new patch note format, since this one is a larger one with multiple changes. You'll see a very similar screen when starting up the game too, so it's easier to find patch notes in the future. In terms of what's next for us, we're continuing work on the other tutorials, we've fixed the camera stuttering issue (turned out to be really simple and we were trying over complicated solutions), and other bug fixes and QoL stuff.
The patch is 1.2GB and you may need to restart Steam in order to start the download. Thank you!