Dustwind News

Hi everyone! Today, we're publishing another update with lots of fixes and additions, while also still being off 50% for the duration of the Steam Summer Sale. Enjoy!

Changelog:

• Added a water tile
  
• Added new ‘Take vehicles’ flag to location change scripts so vehicles don’t get left behind in campaigns
  
• Added the ability to include custom audio files in campaigns
  
• Added voice acting support. Refer to the editor manual for details!
  
• Added scripts for playing custom music and sound effects
  
• Added ‘Clear’ button to script debug log
  
• Added recruit unlock objective feature, allowing you to add/remove recruits via objectives in campaigns
  
• Added ‘UnitSeenBy’ script trigger
  
• Added some new script conditions: ‘IsVehicle’, ‘IsTimerFinished’, ‘CheckZoneEnabled’, ‘CheckEntityEnabled’, ‘CheckUnitIsInSquad’, ‘CheckTeamRelation’, ‘CheckUnitSeenBy’
  
• Added ‘Wander’ AI behavior
  
• Added DamageZone zone-type
  
• Added a default tagname for the player character in campaigns: PLAYERCHARACTER’
  
• Added a custom switch entity
  
• Added silent weapons feature
  
• Added neutral team sneak detection flag
  
• Modified the main campaign maps: you can now take the car to any mission and back to base without losing it.
  
• Rebalanced Titan race: 2k base cost, lower max offense stats, resistances more like Valkyrie. You will have to modify your old Titan characters!
  
• Made function key actions rebindable(selection, quicksave/load)
  
• AI improvements
  
• Modified dialogue ID in exported campaign text files, you will need to re-export it!
  
• Modified light emitter “night light” setting into "DayTime restriction"
  
• Improved the script engine logic, response execution has been slightly delayed, to avoid problems where the result of one script makes another script also trigger when it should not have for the original state
  
• Improved the item editor, shots are no longer capped at 10
  
• Improved map editor UI
  
• Improved AI door link reliability
  
• Fixed some bugs in the recruit system. Dead recruits no longer revive after world map travel. You can no longer take the same recruit multiple times. Dead recruits get permanently removed from the list.
  
• Fixed an error when debugging scripts
  
• Fixed faces not working for races with no gender
  
• Fixed health bars not being clamped
  
• Fixed some bugs when custom items are deleted
  
• Fixed ‘Show in inventory’ custom item flag not working
  
• Fixed some bugs when unit definitions included in wave-systems are deleted
  
• Fixed custom items only working on the map they were created on in campaigns. You will have to re-save the maps with custom items to apply the fix!
  
• Fixed a random crash
  
• Fixed a bug in turret behavior
  
• Fixed spawn point radius over-extending
  
• Fixed custom timers not being shown ingame
  
• Fixed plungers not working as bow ammo
  
• Fixed DisableEntity response not triggering zone exit events
  
• Fixed ragdolls not properly handling zone enter/exit events
  
• Fixed the numbering on tasks in the PDA
  
• Fixed MP chat history length causing errors
  

New update is now live!

Changelog:

• New feature: player-made campaigns now have the option to let the player create their own character to play as
  
• New feature: player-made campaigns can include custom portraits and item images
  
• New map editor feature: custom item editor. Copy and modify existing items or create your own from scratch using existing assets
  
• Added new debug options for console(F11): objective and script debugging to help you get your maps working perfectly
  
• Added changeUnitTeam and changeTeamRelation script response for campaigns
  
• Added quicksave(F7) and quickload(F8) buttons
  
• Improved map editor layout: campaign tools are now better integrated
  
• In the map editor right clicking on a unit in the unit list will cycle through the placed instances
  
• Added default key binding(mouse button 4) to pan camera control and added a mention in the tutorial (very useful in the map editor)
  
• Inventory is now auto-sorted
  
• Improved pathfinding around turrets
  
• Improved pathfinding for TeamNavZones: friendly units can now also walk in them
  
• Improved vehicle persistence in campaigns
  
• Topic name references are now validated in the map editor
  
• Added a new map error for map editor when campaign preview file is over the 1MB limit of steam
  
• Fixed saving on Solo missions not working
  
• Fixed loot action not ending after the animation and blocking other actions until the character is moved when trading
  
• Fixed dead units still acting as trader/recruit master
  
• Fixed navmesh indicator not working on large maps
  
• Fixed revived units turning into bonepiles when they were fully looted while incapacitated
  
• Fixed some memory leaks
  
• Fixed a nasty bug that happens when leaving the tutorial
  
• Fixed some bugs in the car exiting code
  
• Fixed getting stuck under destroyed vehicles
  
• Fixed Aimboy description saying “head” for all limbs
  
• Fixed dead turrets/barricades blocking building new ones
  
• Fixed item info window damage row, now it shows the full damage of the attack instead of damage per shot
  
• Fixed hit-chance distance penalty not being applied to heavy weapons
  
• Fixed location name labels in PDA
  

Finally we publish new update. It contains some small improvements and bugfixes. Here is the changelog:

• Added difficulty selection popup to “Start main campaign” button and difficulty selector to in-game settings
  
• Added persistent player storage crate to safely store items in campaigns
  
• Made regular crates semi-persistent so loot won’t replenish when the location is visited again
  
• Fixed an issue causing the loading screen to hang for a long time
  
• Improved AI performance
  
• Fixed barracks preview fire/explosion resistance values being swapped
  
• Unnamed new saves will now save as the current date/time as the name instead of “new save”
  
• AutoSaves will now include the mission name in the filename so you can reload any mission
  
• Fixed a critical bug when loading a save-file from world map
  
• Improved tutorial: looting info expanded
  
• Fixed barricades not working correctly on slopes
  
• Lowered path penalty of barricades so AI will attack it if it’s in the way
  
• Improved turret shooting behavior, no reset when target dies, cooldown bugfix
  
• Improved unit shooting behavior, if the target dies while aiming, a replacement target will be picked instead of going idle
  
• DestroyEntity script can now detonate traps
  
• Separated EU,AUS regions again, so you can have a better connection
  
• Fixed ingame status effect tooltips not working
  
• Fixed a bug on which a “Talk to the ARCHITECT” objective would not show
  
• Fixed certain characters appearing too early when returning to base
  
• Fixed a few bugs that made campaign advancement impossible
  
• Bonepiles are now removed once their inventory is empty
  
• Changed script overlay in map-editor so the texts overlap less
  
• Fixed a bug in chat
  
• Fixed terrain editing tools not being able to paint the very edge of the terrain
  
• Fixed a bug in the map editor related to dropped item tagnames
  
  

This whole package is NOW ON SALE! Save 15%! Get DUSTWIND NOW and over the upcoming week!

As you may already know, we recently added a story campaign over the last BIG update. In addition to that, we also included a beefed-up map editor allowing players to create their own shareable Dustwind campaign adventures.

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We released a new patch to fix some issues with the latest big update!

• Fixed campaign video playback crashing on windows 7
  
• Added overwrite popup for new save when it already exists
  
• Fixed a bug where the “Save the Civilians”-Mission didn’t complete properly
  
• Fixed certain characters appearing too early when returning to base
  
• Fixed titan .50cal/pulsecannon not having min range
  
• Fixed a bug on the sniper trader that let you trade more roasted meat than you have
  
• Fixed the Architect’s chest in the Base where defensive objects would not cost anything
  

Thank you for your feedback, we hope that you will have a lot of fun with the game!