Public Beta for Patch 1.0.7m - UPDATED with Beta 5
This beta is now available for Windows computers in the WQ:AE Public Beta branch (see instructions at bottom of this post.) In this beta, game saves and wolves ARE backward-compatible with the last released version (1.0.7la), so switch back and forth without any problems. Multiplayer is also compatible with 1.0.7k, so you can play with other players who have 1.0.7la.
NOTE: Beta 4 has debug code to help us understand why the floating scents occasionally freeze up and stop moving in the wind, so if this happens to you, please press F11 to submit a bug report.
[h2]Public Beta: v1.0.7m Beta 1[/h2]
[h3]BUGS FIXED:[/h3]
* Player-wolf and NPCs sometimes have trouble finding the shortest path to nearby object like carcass or food chunk.
* In certain circumstances, game gets stuck on black screen when Raise Pups quest ends.
* Some invisible obstacles in Amethyst.
* On some graphics cards, wet aspen leaves look bluish.
* Dead pup lying on ground has one eye open.
* Mule deer and cougar can't reach their maximum flee speeds.
* Ranger crew cleared logs from Slough Creek wagon trail, and did it properly this time.
* Animals sometimes have no-glow areas in Scent View.
* There are some whitebark pine trees in Lamar Valley.
* On Basic Vegetation mode, there are no willow bushes in Lamar Valley
* Light snow appears oddly on leaves of creekside aspens in Amethyst.
[h2]Beta 2[/h2]
[h3]IMPROVEMENT:[/h3]
* Switched to colorblind-safe colors for Slough Creek territory map (somehow still had original colors from Amethyst).
[h3]BUGS FIXED:[/h3]
* Elk mother circling wolf and calf without attacking, and several other elk pathfinding bugs.
* Sometimes birds are motionless in sky.
* HUD resizes when launching the game each time.
* One spawn location for handbag is too close to a tree to be picked up.
* Controls Remapper fails after specific sequence of remappings.
[h2]Beta 3[/h2]
[h3]BUGS FIXED:[/h3]
* Wolf won't stop moving after grabbing hare or newborn ungulate.
* One type of fescue grass has poorly-chosen LOD settings.
* Typo.
[h2]Beta 4[/h2]
[h3]BUG FIXED:[/h3]
* When joining multiplayer game, sometimes camera doesn't swing around behind the player-wolf.
[h2]Beta 5[/h2]
[h3]BUG FIXED:[/h3]
* Popup dialogs (in Age Perks, when overwriting a save, etc.) don't appear when they should, so player can get stuck.
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[h3]TO GET THE BETA BUILD[/h3]
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.
NOTE: Beta 4 has debug code to help us understand why the floating scents occasionally freeze up and stop moving in the wind, so if this happens to you, please press F11 to submit a bug report.
[h2]Public Beta: v1.0.7m Beta 1[/h2]
[h3]BUGS FIXED:[/h3]
* Player-wolf and NPCs sometimes have trouble finding the shortest path to nearby object like carcass or food chunk.
* In certain circumstances, game gets stuck on black screen when Raise Pups quest ends.
* Some invisible obstacles in Amethyst.
* On some graphics cards, wet aspen leaves look bluish.
* Dead pup lying on ground has one eye open.
* Mule deer and cougar can't reach their maximum flee speeds.
* Ranger crew cleared logs from Slough Creek wagon trail, and did it properly this time.
* Animals sometimes have no-glow areas in Scent View.
* There are some whitebark pine trees in Lamar Valley.
* On Basic Vegetation mode, there are no willow bushes in Lamar Valley
* Light snow appears oddly on leaves of creekside aspens in Amethyst.
[h2]Beta 2[/h2]
[h3]IMPROVEMENT:[/h3]
* Switched to colorblind-safe colors for Slough Creek territory map (somehow still had original colors from Amethyst).
[h3]BUGS FIXED:[/h3]
* Elk mother circling wolf and calf without attacking, and several other elk pathfinding bugs.
* Sometimes birds are motionless in sky.
* HUD resizes when launching the game each time.
* One spawn location for handbag is too close to a tree to be picked up.
* Controls Remapper fails after specific sequence of remappings.
[h2]Beta 3[/h2]
[h3]BUGS FIXED:[/h3]
* Wolf won't stop moving after grabbing hare or newborn ungulate.
* One type of fescue grass has poorly-chosen LOD settings.
* Typo.
[h2]Beta 4[/h2]
[h3]BUG FIXED:[/h3]
* When joining multiplayer game, sometimes camera doesn't swing around behind the player-wolf.
[h2]Beta 5[/h2]
[h3]BUG FIXED:[/h3]
* Popup dialogs (in Age Perks, when overwriting a save, etc.) don't appear when they should, so player can get stuck.
______________________________________________
[h3]TO GET THE BETA BUILD[/h3]
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.