New beta (1.0.3h beta 1) now available for testing
UPDATE: Saved games in this beta are not backward-compatible with the last official release, so if you want to try the beta, be sure to start a new game.
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Patch 1.0.3h is now available in our beta branch! (Instructions below on how to get it.)
[h2]IMPROVEMENTS:[/h2]
* New music track, a fingerstyle guitar version of the old High Hunt theme; plays when hunting mule deer and moose at night.
* Reduced amount of RAM memory used by the game. Should allow the game to run more reliably on computers with less RAM.
* Mates will come closer to player-wolf when sleeping (that distance is still affected by personality).
* Small alert appears now if you unlock the cursor (to allow free cursor movement independeng of wolf controls) -- we suspect that some players do this inadvertently (by tapping the comma key) and then are confused when the wolf controls do not work properly.
[h2]GENERAL BUGS FIXED:[/h2]
* Player-wolf sometimes jumps on slopes that are not steep enough to warrant a jump.
* Cougar swims underwater.
* Fresh carcasses turn gory a bit too quickly when predators start eating them.
* Amethyst snow cover is inconsistent between near and far areas during Fall season.
* Amethyst: Gap in one area of mountain slope on Basic graphics mode.
* Cougar chases player-wolf farther than it really should.
* Sometimes a lot of coyotes converge on carcasses.
* Typo in Cinnabar pack name.
* In rare situations, things go awry when loading an autosave, trying to place animals far away from the terrain, causing bad performance and game crash.
* If audio volume is set to zero, some audio still plays when starting a game.
* Lost River: Various rock and collider issues.
* Thin white border on some dream images.
[h2]To get the beta build:[/h2]
1) In the Steam app, go to your Library, then right-click on the WolfQuest: AE name in the left column and choose Properties.
2) Then go to the Betas tab and select the WQ current Beta option in the pulldown. No password is necessary. Steam should then start downloading it. Later you can switch back to the public version in that Betas tab, by selecting NONE in that pulldown.
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Patch 1.0.3h is now available in our beta branch! (Instructions below on how to get it.)
[h2]IMPROVEMENTS:[/h2]
* New music track, a fingerstyle guitar version of the old High Hunt theme; plays when hunting mule deer and moose at night.
* Reduced amount of RAM memory used by the game. Should allow the game to run more reliably on computers with less RAM.
* Mates will come closer to player-wolf when sleeping (that distance is still affected by personality).
* Small alert appears now if you unlock the cursor (to allow free cursor movement independeng of wolf controls) -- we suspect that some players do this inadvertently (by tapping the comma key) and then are confused when the wolf controls do not work properly.
[h2]GENERAL BUGS FIXED:[/h2]
* Player-wolf sometimes jumps on slopes that are not steep enough to warrant a jump.
* Cougar swims underwater.
* Fresh carcasses turn gory a bit too quickly when predators start eating them.
* Amethyst snow cover is inconsistent between near and far areas during Fall season.
* Amethyst: Gap in one area of mountain slope on Basic graphics mode.
* Cougar chases player-wolf farther than it really should.
* Sometimes a lot of coyotes converge on carcasses.
* Typo in Cinnabar pack name.
* In rare situations, things go awry when loading an autosave, trying to place animals far away from the terrain, causing bad performance and game crash.
* If audio volume is set to zero, some audio still plays when starting a game.
* Lost River: Various rock and collider issues.
* Thin white border on some dream images.
[h2]To get the beta build:[/h2]
1) In the Steam app, go to your Library, then right-click on the WolfQuest: AE name in the left column and choose Properties.
2) Then go to the Betas tab and select the WQ current Beta option in the pulldown. No password is necessary. Steam should then start downloading it. Later you can switch back to the public version in that Betas tab, by selecting NONE in that pulldown.