Cataclismo News

• +1,900 Steam reviews.
  
• 3,152 all-time peak players.
  
• 205,981,033 horrors were killed.
  
• 952 shared blueprints and 315 community levels.
  

• Optimized the save slots panel since it was consuming tons of resources while active, harming the performance in Endless mode’s advanced waves. No excuse to withstand 100 nights!
  

• Fixed an exploit caused by overhanging structures altering horrors' aggro.
  
• Detect and remove pieces that can’t be adequately manipulated in the Level Editor.
  
• Iris' skills now work as intended in Skirmish 4.
  
• Solved an error causing levels from the Level Editor not to reset properly. We’re aware that this is still happening at the community levels, but we’re working on it.
  
• Market prices will not reset when players restart a level.
  
• Better scroll functionality in the Level Editor’s wave panel.
  

• You can now invert the Level Editor’s terrain camera axis in global settings.
  
• No more floating decorations in Shacks.
  

It's not even been a month since Cataclismo launched into Steam Early Access and already it is celebrating reaching 120,000 sales. This means it joins the pantheon of titles like They Are Billions and Thronefall showing that people remain very hungry for games that let them build grand structures in order to face off against oncoming hordes. Now the first major update is here for the game, and it looks set to give the community exactly what it wants.

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• Veteran system. Units can now level up and become veterans in every mode, getting diverse bonuses and different skins. This adds a new layer of depth and complexity to the gameplay, which many of you asked for.
  
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• Mass recycling. Dragging over buildings lets you mass recycle. One of the most requested features without a doubt whatsoever.
  
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• Expandable building menu. The construction menu UI can now be expanded, making it easier to navigate.
  
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• Speedier camera. Now you can move the camera faster by holding Shift while you move it. For those who asked for a more agile experience (this is only getting started!).
  
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• Save/Load from pause. Access your save/load files from the Options Menu.
  

• Updated unit and building oxygen maintenance cost to make economy management harder on higher difficulties.
  
• Improved Sirena catapult damage calculation, with the rock doing less damage as it destroys structures and worns out.
  
• Sirena’s attacks won't deal any damage if it has been killed.
  
• Stone stress support changes, making stone stress rules more permissive.
  
• Minor tweaks on spikes cost and stone pillars HP.
  

• Added a floating popup to clarify if a blueprint can’t be placed entirely due to missing requirements (resources, piece availability, terrain…).
  
• Blueprints show resources terrain filter and safe area in case it's required by any piece.
  
• Units selection panel is now disabled when entering the blueprint mode.
  
• You can now add units to your current selection using Ctrl + area selection with the mouse left button.
  
• Wave anticipation feedback improvements, with arrows indicating the wave’s direction in Map View.
  
• The survival progression panel now shows information about the required nodes for blocked nodes.
  
• Survival nodes can be hidden if not available and their conditions are not met.
  
• Completed Skirmishes now show a green mark.
  
• Gatherers performance UI is now shown even if they can't be built due to restrictions.
  
• Adjusted Sirena health bar position.
  
• Pause mode enabled for Entities Editor.
  

• Scenario pieces can be piece-picked as they were their non-scenario equivalent.
  
• Improved recycle / building modes switch flow in Entities Editor.
  
• Improved unit placement in Entities Editor.
  
• Undo/Redo buttons are now showing up in the entity editor if coming back from the wave editor.
  
• Unit deployment improvements.
  
• Improved horror navigation and obstacle detection.
  
• Smaller enemies can now pass through Abominations.
  
• Improved egg spawn generation.
  
• Blood puddles and body blood optimized.
  
• Units now serialize their targeting type, keeping it even if you exit the game and enter again. This is especially useful for advanced Endless runs with lots of units.
  
• Terrain and procedural generation improvements and fixes.
  

• Added an explosion sound as separated from explosive horror.
  
• Fixed some blueprint-related and recycle-related issues.
  
• Fixed some piece deletion issues.
  
• Events involving camera movement won’t move to the final position if it’s been skipped.
  
• Fixed production queue resource consumption issues.
  
• The mounted tactical version shows their real upgrade cost now.
  
• Fixed Level Editor flow issues related to canceling the edition of an ongoing game.
  
• Removed neutral Citadel from Entities Editor.
  
• Fixed Waves Editor time issues with waves.
  
• Fixed some skip narrative events issues.
  
• Fixed Fury horror onboarding playing again if you reloaded the scenario.
  
• Fixed some survival maps serialization issues.
  
• Explosive horror sound is no longer playing after death in Fast Forward mode.
  
• Fixed loading sound issues in mission 10.
  
• UI text elements fixes.
  
• Fixed UI missing behavior in Community Levels section.
  
• Fixed some UI elements behavior issues.
  
• Added and fixed gameplay missing translation keys.
  
• Added and fixed Photo Mode missing translation keys.
  
• Added missing video thumbnails in some tutorials.
  
• Economy buildings enabled feedback visuals fixed.
  
• Iris visuals fixes.
  
• Revised some objects that could not be removed after being placed.
  

• General stability improvements.
  

1. Open Steam.
   
2. Right-click on Cataclismo in your library.
   
3. Go to Properties and then Beta.
   
4. Use this password: dwu276gydwg782ed2ddf.
   
5. Select "public_test_3" from the drop-down list.
   
6. Wait for the game to update the files (if nothing happens, restart the Steam client).
   
7. Launch the game.
   

• Fixed the “black screen issue”, caused by players having their gStats (Global Stats) file corrupted after an unexpected game closure.
  

• Now, resetting the gStats file doesn’t restart the achievements progression, letting everyone keep their current achievements.
  

• File deletion flow has been revised. No saves or maps will be deleted unless players lose (defeat or surrender) and abandon a level. Endless levels can only be erased from the mode’s menu.
  

• Enemies shouldn’t get stuck again in any valid path from any game mode.
  

• If disk space can't be measured, the player will be shown an appropriate warning but will be able to play at their own risk.
  
• Fixed the egg soft lock, which consisted of Opal Abominations and its eggs preventing additional enemies from appearing.