WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition News

v1.1.2b - Released 15 April 2024
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NOTE:[/h2]
* In Hellroaring Mountain, the Enchanted Dreams achievement had two problems: The visual effect of the Enchanted Forest area extended out farther than the achievement trigger zone, so you might think you were in the right area but wouldn't get the achievement after sleeping. And the wrong dream images were used. This is corrected now, and if you've already unlocked this achievement, you can go back to the Enchanted Forest anytime and sleep to see the correct special dreams.

[h2]HELLROARING MOUNTAIN IMPROVEMENTS:[/h2]
* Reduced number of wolverines on the map a bit.

[h2]GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS:[/h2]
* Reduced persistence of competitors at carcasses (had increased that a bit recently).

[h2]HELLROARING BUGS FIXED:[/h2]
* Two dens (both with a dead log above the dirt hole) had the same ID, which caused problems when loading saves: Den Memory only recognized one of the two, and your mate and pups would sometimes decide that they belonged at the other den and head off cross-country towards it. This is fixed now, but may cause some problems still when loading those saves.
* Enchanted Dreams achievement uses wrong set of dream images.
* NPC wolves can fall off of bridges.
* Pup pathfinding troubles at several dens.
* Invisible dirt mound collider at one den.
* Some dirt dens become invisible at too close of a distance.
* On Basic Sky & Vegetation mode: Several dense clusters of trees.
* Minor visual issues with den holes.
* Scent post on southwest hex is beyond border. (Fixed in new games.)
* Tall grass patches in a few unhelpful spots.
* Various terrain, vegetation, and water issues.
* Foxes are not afraid of wolverines.

[h2]OTHER BUGS FIXED:[/h2]
* In Lost River DLC map, several achievements that involve sleeping don't work.
* Multiplayer: After host transfer, new host's wolf is cloned.
* Sometimes mate goes into den and comes back out repeatedly.
* Typos.

v1.1.2a - Released 12 April 2024

[h2]IMPROVEMENTS:[/h2]
* Refinements to elk behavior when fleeing wolf: increased speed a bit, increased spacing between elk, reduced excessive jostling. Should be noticeably smoother movements now.
* Many minor fixes and improvements to Hellroaring terrain, rocks, and water.
* Added more colliders around the large basalt boulder fields. Those are not meant to be entered.
* Reduced the slowdown effect somewhat on wolves in deep snow.
* Tweaks to leucistic elk texture.

[h2]BUGS FIXED:[/h2]
* Some very old save files are corrupted when loading into game now. (Those saves should work now.)
* Sometimes danger music does not stop after crossing back into park.
* Snowshoe collectible object does not emit airborne scents.
* Can't pick up traffic cone at one spot.
* On low graphics quality settings on Mac, some big rock outcrops are pink.
* Wolverine coat looks bad without fur enabled.

We're delighted to announce this game update, v1.1.2, released 11 April 2024, for WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition!

[h2]NEW: HELLROARING MOUNTAIN DLC MAP[/h2]
Hellroaring Mountain rises above the Yellowstone River in north-central Yellowstone, several kilometers west of Slough Creek. The largest granite mountain in the park, Hellroaring overlooks the Black Canyon of the Yellowstone and, further south, the rolling hills leading up to the Blacktail Deer Plateau. This DLC is available for purchase for USS10. In the game, start a new game, select Hellroaring Mountain Preview, and click the Purchase button (or the Preview button to load the map for a 10 minute test session).

Features:
* 8x8 kilometer map (almost 30% larger than the other WQ:AE Yellowstone maps).
* Most of the map is within Yellowstone National Park, where wolves are protected, but the map extends about a kilometer north of the park boundary into the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness.
* The full arc of quests, from learning to hunt through raising pups. (That currently brings you to Endless Summer, but once the Saga is completed, it will be available here as well as in other maps.)
* Wolverines. These feisty competitors are mainly found in the high country north of the Yellowstone River. They will put up a fierce fight over carcasses.
* All the animals found in other Yellowstone maps, except beavers. (They don't live in this area, not enough slow creeks.)
* Fifteen new achievements.
* Over 30 new dreams featuring Hellroaring animals and landmarks,

[h2] IMPROVEMENTS:[/h2]
* Elk Hunt: Adjusted elk speed logic so it's easier to catch up to the herd and stay with the herd without excessive sprinting.
* Elk Hunt: Adjusted damage dealt by elk to wolves -- it's now higher when elk have high stamina and gradually drops as those drop. (This was already occuring, but now the min and max effects are much greater. The goal is to reward patience, chasing the herd to tire them out, and to identify the weaker elk -- the latter has been too quick and easy to do.)
* Elk Hunt: Reduced odds of stumbling on most elk (but greatly increased them for bull and spike elks, the odds were extremely low for them.)
* Multiplayer: Reduced rival wolf multiplier during den raids a bit, when there are only two players in the game.
* Modest reduction in size of rival wolf raiding partly in multiplayer, based on number of players in the game.
* On all maps, moved rival pack homesites so hexes can be claimed, and NPC wolves should usually not be beyond world borders. (Only applies to new games).
* Increased minimum number of dispersal groups on each map.
* Reduced maximum health penalty a bit for elk in April and May.
* Revised some code for toggling den scent glow in different seasons (should not have any visible effect).
* Cougar: Increased movement speed during charge attack.

[h2]BUGS FIXED:[/h2]
* Fix some packs missing homesite on upgrade save to pp
* Persistent packs: Disbanding packs sometimes are not instantly removed when jumping ahead to next year.
* Dispersal wolves move back and forth between hexes to much.
* Summer pup can carry grizzly bear skull, though it's awfully big for them.
* Lost River: Dispersals still getting into ranch area.
* Pups will circle predators at too long of a distance.
* Cougar charge attack has an indefinite duration.
* Idle music plays for a second when doing emotes while moving.
* Some cougar vocalizations are too quiet.
* HUD becomes visible after screenshot when HUD is hidden by dreams.
* File sync misses info when game starts with sync disabled.
* World Map locator maps don't update when moving to another map.
* Chat panel disappears when HUD is hidden.


See all patch notes at our Knowledge Base.

In this beta, game saves are not backward compatible with the last released patch, v1.1.1g. Multiplayer games are also NOT backward-compatible, so you can only play with those who have this beta.

See bottom of this page for instructions on opting into the beta.


[h2] IMPROVEMENTS:[/h2]
* Elk Hunt: Adjusted elk speed logic so it's easier to catch up to the herd and stay with the herd without excessive sprinting.
* Elk Hunt: Adjusted damage dealt by elk to wolves -- it's now higher when elk have high stamina and gradually drops as those drop. (This was already occurring, but now the min and max effects are much greater. The goal is to reward patience, chasing the herd to tire them out, and to identify the weaker elk -- the latter has been too quick and easy to do.)
* Elk Hunt: Reduced odds of stumbling on most elk (but greatly increased them for bull and spike elks, the odds were extremely low for them.)
* Multiplayer: Reduced rival wolf multiplier during den raids a bit, when there are only two players in the game.
* Multiplayer: Modest reduction in size of rival wolf raiding partly in multiplayer, based on number of players in the game.
* On all maps, moved rival pack homesites so hexes can be claimed, and NPC wolves should usually not be beyond world borders. (Only applies to new games).
* Increased minimum number of dispersal groups on each map.
* Reduced maximum health penalty a bit for elk in April and May.
* Revised some code for toggling den scent glow in different seasons (should not have any visible effect).

[h2]BUGS FIXED:[/h2]
* Fix some packs missing homesite on upgrade save to pp
* Persistent packs: Disbanding packs sometimes are not instantly removed when jumping ahead to next year.
* Dispersal wolves move back and forth between hexes to much.
* Summer pup can carry grizzly bear skull, though it's awfully big for them.
* Lost River: Dispersals still getting into ranch area.
* Pups will circle predators at too long of a distance.
* Cougar charge attack has an indefinite duration.
* Idle music plays for a second when doing emotes while moving.
* Some cougar vocalizations are too quiet.


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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.

The upcoming Hellroaring Mountain DLC map is really shaping up -- but as with so many things, the closer you get to completion, the more little things you notice that need further attention.

So it is with this map, which has ten rivers (about three times more than any other map), each of which need some tender loving care. I'd thought they were finished last week, but taking a closer look, I decided that I wasn't satisfied with their appearance, so I spent a few days tweaking the water shader effects. Today's video looks at that process and offers a sneak preview of the new achievement icons by Loach and special Hellroaring dream images that Susan has been working on. We don't do specific release dates but it shouldn't be too much longer!

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The WolfQuest saga will continue! Stay tuned for more news in upcoming devblogs about it and other new features!

Once the game is completed on PC/Mac, we will consider porting the game to other platforms.

We do not announce specific release dates. We will release them when they are ready.