WarSphere News

- improved accelerator physics
- made enemy type prisoner available in map editor
- added default floor darkness as ambient setting of editor
- missing preview image warning in editor now actually prevents saving

When starting a community map, players can now choose between:
- Online play: use the map creators robot and compete on the map leaderboard
- Offline play: use your own robot/archive entry and play offline / without leaderboard

- Implemented option to update existing steam workshop maps through map editor publish dialog
- When creating a new map in map editor, the global default enemy hp setting is now 80%. It can be changed easily though through map editor => goals/rules. 80% is the new default value, since most community maps are more fun if enemies go down more easily.
- some gui / hud improvements

• Steam workshop integration improved
  
• Community maps now also show recent workshop items, not only subscribed ones
  
• Main menu now displays a box with options to start endgame modes + shows 3 newest community maps
  
• Implemented leaderboards for community maps
  
• Selected archive of map creator is published together with map, so everyone can play with the original archive entry of the creator, making leadboards and best times more meaningful
  
• Improved overall GUI of community maps, now also displaying the map name set in steam workshop
  
• integrated steam workshop voting system
  

• Fixed bug where published community maps where hidden in the workshop by default
  
• Warning in map editor when trying to save map without preview image
  
• Fixed bug in editor where info text would overdraw other text
  
• map editor now automatically assigns kill-all goal when adding first enemy and removes the goal once all enemies deleted.
  
• Daily random time trial for now offline.
  
• minor improvements
  

[h2]Exploration [BETA] mode is final and becomes RPG Mode[/h2]

• Exploration mode is now called RPG mode
  
• RPG mode is now integrated in the main game loop. Added 2 new difficulties to select in order to play RPG mode.
  
• Removed "exploration" main menu button and replaced it with "Continue RPG mode", where you can select your saved characters to continue a run
  
• RPG mode now also covers the main story of the game, including act 5 in case you have the DLC
  
• Progression in RPG mode now also increases profile stats (not all, but some)
  
• One time migration will be performed to get characters from old exploration mode to the new mode
  
• Implemented unlimited character slots
  
• Added button to support character deletion
  
• 2 new achievements for beating the game on RPG mode: Projected Anger and Projected Hatred
  
• In RPG mode inventory items are now only lost after death. Manual exit and loading keeps inventory items. Equipped loadout will stay after death.
  
• Crafting is now only possible after finishing at least one act in the current session. When loading existing characters, initially crafting will be unavailable
  
• Crafting items will no longer be predetermined per char, but are randomized after each act, even if the same act is finished multiple times
  

[h2]Other stuff[/h2]

• new setting for mouse speed override / mouse sensitivity
  
• Improved GUI text and tool tips in several places
  
• Warning is now shown when trying to launch WarSphere without steam client running instead of just exiting silently
  
• Steam inventory service is now finally working. Unique names can now be provided to contest winners as steam inventory items
  
• Fixed rare random generation bug in act 4 where a normal dungeon entrance could have blocked the boss dungeon entrance
  
• Achievements in profile stats: Now displays achievement count (unlocked/total) instead of achievements points, which was a more obscure figure
  
• Fixed favorite word combination bug where new run setup showed different combinations than AI Core item
  
• Fixed bug where crafting item stats window would still be displayed after craft operation was completed