Brigand: Oaxaca News

Finally finished version 6.0. Thanks big time to William Shakesman. Pretty sure there are no more major bugs in Panama like main characters cloning themselves or broken objectives. I still need to balance things and add a few more secrets and features.

I also balanced the Baron AR and Harbinger Sniper a bit.

SOURCE CODE:
-Decreased scope zoom slightly (Baron AR was too powerful).

SCRIPTS:
-Fixed Cooper cloning bug in PANAMA.
-Fixed Roadkill Autodoc job in PANAMA.
-Fixed bug with Expert Cribber's shop in PANAMA.
-Fixed bug when offering 3 rum punches to Samuel in PANAMA.
-Fixed bug when smoking duskflower with a smoking pipe in PANAMA.
-Fixed bug where Ballistic refuses to join on first map in PANAMA.
-Fixed bug where Hutch remained in Culebra Cut after Ch. 1 in PANAMA.
-Fixed bug where Bella would become hostile after attacking the defecting thugs in Lago Miraflores in PANAMA.
-Added new rowboat desination (Gamboa South, same map but near player home), also fixed some boat bugs.
-Androids now drop emtpy fuel cells instead of full ones (to encourage the Recharge Cells ability).
-Fixed bug with intimidating Jimmy the Barkeep.
-Changed music in finale when/if Dr. Lee dies.

RESOURCES:
-Updated tinWallB.dds ("Zac is Sykick" graffiti).

STORY FILES: (requires starting a new game)
-Fixed cloned Bella bug in PANAMA.
-Added another rowboat near the player's house.
-Increased Harbinger Sniper damage by 2 (it's expensive).
-Changed Dr. Lee's faction to Ronin in finale (much harder now).
-Changed AA Guns' faction to Ronin in finale (much harder now).

I've already fixed the last major bugs a few days ago and uploaded them. Then I got the flu and couldn't get out of bed for 3 days. i'll do a few more things tomorrow and then list all the changed from the last week.

But don't worry about starting a game right now. It's no big problem.

Thanks to a couple people (and I forgot your Steam names), I fixed a couple of major script bugs in Panama. One of them allowed you to completely skip the Chapter 2 finale and jump straight to Ch. 3, and that's not cool. I will post a major update on Monday since I don't have to work. Thank God for American imperialism.

Two weeks after the expected launch date, Brigand: Panama is up on Steam. There will probably be a couple of logistical script bugs because I do not want to limit player freedom, and there's always something people do on Youtube videos or Steam discussions that I would never have thought of.

Panama is an entirely new story with a new player character -- it doesn't change the original story at all, so start a new game and select the "Brigand - Panama" story.

It's about half the length of Oaxaca, but it's hard right from the beginning. Also, there are lots of new features, such as a woodcraft ability that lets you craft bamboo into throwing spears, smoking pipes, and fishing rods. There are also traps. A whole poopoo platter of traps. And a lot more items, baddies, and characters. There will be an update next weekend for sure.

Thanks to the Steam Team for being patient with my dumb ass.

Also, thanks to MAAU for the serious shout-out, even though I don't understand a word of it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixllzrRFENU

I fixed a few bugs that would be spoilers if I posted them, thanks big-time to megacdman. But most importantly, you can now shove your teammates out of your way if you walk into them and the Team Command is not set to Hold. If you want the complete list, check the Updates.txt file in the game folder.

PANAMA EXPANSION UPDATE:

If you really want to play the Panama expansion right now, you can get it on itch.io and move it to Steam's game folder (achievements work if Steam is open): https://blancaster45.itch.io/

You can also get improved character skins on itch, which I can't do here because the DarkBASIC Pro Steam DLL won't allow Steam Workshop commands. But if there's enough user-made content and I figure out the Steam DLC, I'll just make a free community DLC pack on Steam. This will be much later.

If the Panama DLC doesn't work by next weekend I have another game plan, which will mean less money for me and the 12 people who bought it will need a refund. But just wait until next weekend. Aaand, that's the plan for now.