Tunguska: The Visitation - Final Cut News

Woah, what a journey! I don't know if anyone still remembers back in Dec 2022, I announced the Dead Zone DLC about second and third playthoughs:

https://steamcommunity.com/games/1601970/announcements/detail/3646258449553423625

I'm proud to say that this idea has finally come to fruition! The whole thing began with a fan suggesting that after completing the game once, you should be able to bring your skills, stats, and some gears to a second playthrough. And now, the idea became two new game modes, a whole bunch of new guns and gears, new enemy types, and much more! You can read the details here:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2426340/Tunguska_Dead_Zone/

Now, you can play the Nightmare and Dead Zone mode FOR FREE by applying the beta code "deadzonebeta" in your Steam's "Betas" window. Please note that currently only English and Chinese language are available. I'm hoping to get the rest translated by the time the DLC releases :)

There are two ways for you to play:

1. If you have already completed the first playthrough, you can load the save from before you left Tunguska. You should now equip whatever best gears you want to bring with you on your body (backpack is not included - only the gears on your body. If you want to bring ammo, you can put them in the pockets). And then simply go to your car and leave Tunguska. You will then be asked to confirm to start a new game. Your gears will be in another locker next to Sidor, so just go talk to him to retrieve your stuff.

You will also inherit all your skill points and character stats. The golden spoon, if you managed to earn it in previous playthrough, can be bought directly from the Continental Rangers. Your XP goal for level-up will be reset to up to 1/4 of the current value, plus a 2x-3x XP gain speed in NG+, lets you get back on track to earn more skill points quickly.

Oh also, for those who maxed out the perm serums, your tolerance will be reset to a certain degree as well, so you can increase your stats some more!

2. Or, you can just start a new game (Nightmare or Dead Zone mode) from the main menu by clicking the "New Game+" button. You will, of course, receive no gears/stats/skills from the previous playthrough. It'll be a brand new game. So yea, if you believe in your talent, go for it :)

Finally, a few words of caution: Don't forget to turn off Steam Cloud and backup your saves! They are located at:
C:\Users\\AppData\LocalLow\RotoristWorkshop\Tunguska

And like always, I'll be here watching the community forum and Discord for any bug reports or balancing suggestions, and of course, ideas! I still have a few weeks before the scheduled official launch of the DLC. Thank you and I'll talk to you soon :)

Dear Ghoul Hunters,

Thank you all for patiently waiting as the Dead Zone DLC undergoes development! I have finally collected enough in-game footage to create a Steam page for it, with a video showing off a few weapons, and some screenshots of the new elite ghouls! You can take a quick peek here:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2426340/Tunguska_Dead_Zone/

I plan to release the DLC some time in June, and until then I will keep uploading new screenshots and updating the description to reflect whatever new stuff I'll be adding.

Now, in a few days, I will start a free Early Access for the DLC, where you can try out the entirety of the DLC. I have made the NG+ gameplay very very difficult, so the goal of this Early Access is to gather feedback and finetune the difficulty :) Please keep an eye on my announcements - the opening of EA is IMMINENT!

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Also, I updated the game to 1.67-9 version with the following changes:

- In Ravenwood, you can now use the boat at your house to travel to either the Rangers camp or Lake Kraken church. Should save you a bit of running time. You just need to enter the boat from a different angle to hit the trigger for either travel directions.

- When a full-auto gun's durability reduces, it'll start shooting a bit slower and irregularly.

- Successful melee attack will now increase your fitness skill a little bit.

- Greatly reduced the price of backpack extensions sold by merchants. But Jian Jun is still a cutthroat - his extension still costs 15000.

- You can now secretly raise your relationship with the Mongols by delivering food orders. Once you reach 100%, Jian Jun (if he's still alive) will sell you poison that you can apply to your melee weapons for an extra caustic damage.

- Increased the size of colliders for the buttons in the character creation page

- Fixed a problem with NPC able to stand on top of some trees

- The old mill can spawn humans

- The rangers and mongols will now hide inside buildings during visitation

- No-flinch perks are a bit overpowered. Made it so that you'll still flinch for 30% of the time. This is to balance for when NPCs have that perk - they become way too powerful

- The helmets and armors with special effects will become less effective as durability goes down.

- Fixed a bug where money spent via guides is not counted in the accomplishments

I apologize for my mistake - last night while fixing one bug, I accidentally wrote the code to double an essential character's health by 2 each time you load the game. This small patch is to fix that bug. Thank you for your patience!

- Added a new container: Ingredient Jar. You can store serum ingredients in it. It will be a quest reward from Haruko after you get her recipe book back (requires new playthrough if you have already completed that quest)

- Fixed several bugs related to my code refactoring for the Dead Zone DLC. Symptom including essential NPCs having lower health, the border patrol guards having too much health, and DLC items showing up unexpectedly

With all the code change I committed, there might be other (hopefully not!) issues. Please let me know if you notice anything unusual. Thank you for your patience!