Wild West Dynasty – Update on the Beta Branch

Howdy Partner!

We're back! We have a new update for you that we'd like to test on the beta branch before releasing it into the wide-open spaces of the prairie. So, without further ado:

How do I play on a beta branch?

• A quick guide:
  
• Prerequisite: You must have Wild West Dynasty in your library – of course.
  
• Open your games library. Right-click on Wild West Dynasty.
  
• Open the ‘Properties’ menu.
  
• Click on the ‘BETA’ tab.
  
• Use the drop-down menu and select ‘Public Staging Branch’. This is the beta version of the game.
  
• Click ‘Close’.
  
• Steam should now download this version of the game.
  

[h2]Changelog:[/h2]

[h3]Added[/h3]

• The ability to move settlers to different houses
  
• A panel to manage houses in Management tab
  
• The ability to have more than one settler in one house
  
• The ability to assign a house to yourself
  
• Indicator in radial menu showing that crafting multiple is RMB
  
• Resource list the player needs for buildings in the building wheel
  
• Added more save slots and the ability to label them. Saves can now be deleted.
  
• The ability to name horses
  
• The ability to destroy just tents
  
• The ability to paint the roof triangle on a house
  
• Added 32 new investigation recipes (for cooking)
  
• More saddles are available for purchase at Four Nines
  

[h3]Changes[/h3]

• Removed Annie's mail from the ground
  
• Horse options to mount/dismount and a horse menu
  
• The map is centring on the player when opened
  
• Local transport now does not cost any money (in range of a city)
  
• Transport system has been updated – after removing a city, every transport will be updated. If the destination for a transport is a removed city – the transport will be cancelled and will return to the starting point.
  
• Removed the seeds tutorial/tip
  
• Removed Ed's and Roger's tutorial/tip
  

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

• Annie now marks her promised location.
  
• All fires supply warmth now
  
• The first fire should not have the Analyse option
  
• Created a marker for “can be eaten” for NPCs in the menu. It is a checkmark instead of an X.
  
• Granger’s behaviour when dead
  
• Items stacking is now working
  
• All the buildings are now destructible. Including the warehouse! And the Barn!
  
• Fixed an issue where post-processing was not working in animal’s buildings (barn/pigsty/ranch/stable)
  
• Fixed an issue where the detection of animal buildings was not working properly (player could not see name or health of the building)
  
• Fixed an issue where the Barn was not showing its name and health and could not be destroyed
  
• Fixed wrong names displayed on animal’s buildings
  
• Fixed an issue with loading map state after save/load
  
• Fixed an issue with loading Granger’s state
  
• Fixed an issue where the Barn’s marker was not visible on the map after loading a saved file
  
• Fixed an issue where the Windmill marker was not visible on the map after loading a saved file
  
• Fixed an issue where the Mine marker was not visible on the map after loading a saved file
  
• Fixed the de-synchronisation of animals
  
• Fixed an issue with roof material in winter
  
• Food now is updated on a daily basis, instead of every hour (food loses 40 points of condition per day)
  
• Fixed an issue where items prepared with the cookbook were not transferred into rotten food if their condition reached 0
  
• Granger, Owl and Grama Lucy now offer things to buy after reaching a certain point in the storyline
  
• Fixed an issue with scroll in the Journal and notes panel
  

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