WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition News

[h3]NEW:[/h3]
Elk will stumble occasionally when fleeing from wolves, giving nearby wolves a moment of opportunity to bite while the elk is down. Chances of stumble are higher when elk is low on stamina or health, or running downhill. Elk take damage from stumbling (varies from a little to a lot).

[h3]IMPROVEMENTS:[/h3]
* Wolf bio allows more text (1500 characters, about 250-300 words). The bio is now editable in Pack Info.
* New musical cue when player injury heals.
* Adjusted some odds for competitor den raids to try to balance out variety of attackers.
* When pup is sick, companionship (boosting the pup's odds of recovery) now won't have any effect when the player-wolf's wakefulness drops to zero. (Put on your oxygen mask first, parents!) Companionship effect increased a bit to compensate.
* Elk run faster to catch up when they fall behind the herd.
* Updated "End Ironwolf Run" alert to mention Jump Ahead to Next Year option.
* Sync lowest difficulty with current difficulty when using the Jump Ahead option.
* Changed texture around burrow den near Gravel Fan to match the den texture better.
* Reduced volume of wind-in-grass sound effect.
* Tweaked pup version of Bronze Forehead to be more clearly a black coat.
* Increased odds of carcass spawning when player-wolf is very hungry.
* Multiplayer: When a player-wolf is killed by large prey, the prey is now more likely to wander some distance away from the player, so the player can revive themselves safely.
* Multiplayer: Season is now indicated in preview panel for Pack Life and Territory Quest games.

[h3]BUGS FIXED:[/h3]
* Carcass confrontation music keeps playing after competitor leaves carcass.
* If player is in Find New Den subquest when pups near 15 lbs, rendezvous sites do not appear on map when they should.
* Wolf ear customization twitches in Family Tree viewer.
* Bull elk antlers change form upon dying, if bull was spawned in earlier season.
* Cryptic message appears if player tries to log into account that hasn't been activated yet.
* Eagle gets stuck when trying to swoop kill something in certain areas.
* Birds land when trying to circle their target in certain areas.
* Mate can't fight because it's carrying a meat chunk and won't drop it.
* Wrong texture assigned to Frosty NPC coat.
* Wrong coat banner image (displayed during courtship) assigned to 1091 coat.
* Snow accumulation issues on beaver lodges.
* Small white specks on base of tail on some wolf coats.
* In Main Menu, sometimes Secondary Howl 6 won't play audio.
* In very specific circumstance, game freezes after going into My Wolves.
* In very specific circumstance, buttons in Main Menu are disabled and not clickable.
* Buy DLC alert stays onscreen sometimes after leaving wolf customization.
* Coyote howl is silent.
* Pups can have trouble navigating through the roots of the northeast tree-root den.
* Sometimes bark emote has no audio.
* Multiplayer: Game gets stuck if player has Options menu open when another player submits a bug report and window appears asking player to submit one as well.
* Controller: Can't navigate around some Wolf Customization panels.
* Controller: Can't navigate to Finish Quest in Establish Territory Quest panel.
* Scent view breaks if you switch into it the instant you wake up.
* Problems ensue when a pup somehow gets an injury, when that isn't technically allowed.
* Wolf preview in Family Tree doesn't show Blind Eye when it should.
* Multiplayer: Client players cannot move after joining a game.
* Elk sometimes get confused and stop running when the run into a steep slope or wall. (Partial fix, more refined improvements to come in the future.)
* Blind Eye visual glitch when wolf is panting.
* Grizzly bears chase too slowly.
* Mate sometimes get stuck walking into a rock when it's trying to find some privacy.
* Game freezes if player goes to sleep just as a popup window appears.
* Short Tail modification isn't visible on wolves inside den.
* Sometimes game will duplicate wolves when syncing with the server.
* Move to New Den subquest is indented below wrong quest.
* Black smear on left edge of 870Fs mouth
* Hole in the rocky outcrop of Lake McBride.
* Terrain edge visible in one den entrance.
* Wolf canter animation plays too fast.
* Dead wolves don't get Short Tail body mod when they should.
* Ride of the Wapiti music restarts when switching intensity levels.
* Some spring/summer aspens have too much specular lighting on leaves.
* In the northeast root den, ground behind the den doesn't quite meet the terrain.
* Terrain and water issues.

The next patch, 1.0.8n, is out in public beta now! This has a bunch of fixes and a few notable things. First, the wolf bio now allows more text -- about 250-300 words (1500 characters or 27 lines of text, whichever you hit first). And you can now edit the bio during gameplay in Pack Info.

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This patch also features something new: elk will now occasionally stumble and fall to the ground when fleeing from wolves. If you're alert and spot a stumble, or lucky and the elk you're chasing stumbles, you'll have a brief opportunity to attack and bite the elk while it's on the ground. Elk take damage from stumbling -- the amount of damage varies from a little to a lot (but they do not suffer visible injuries). Elk are more likely to stumble when they are low on health or energy, and when running downhill. Keep an eye (or ear) out for the sound of a stumble so you can get in there for a bite. You'll need to be quick -- they only stay down for a few seconds at most.

This beta also increases the changes of non-wolf competitor raids on your den. We've seen reports that such raids seem to be less frequent than in the past, not sure why, so please submit reports about this matter if you test the beta.

Read the complete patch notes for this beta.

The next patch, v1.0.8n, is now in public beta! Available on Steam for Windows and MacOS. Instructions for opting into public beta at bottom of this post.

This beta IS compatible with the last patch, 1.0.8l. You can do multiplayer games with players who have 1.0.8l, and you can switch back to 1.0.8l anytime and your game files will not break. (However, if you are hosting with 1.0.8n and some players in the game have 1.0.8n, there may be minor visual glitches with the elk stumbling. No need to report those.)

[h2]BETA 10[/h2]

[h3]NEW:[/h3]
Elk will stumble occasionally when fleeing from wolves, giving nearby wolves a moment of opportunity to bite while the elk is down. Chances of stumble are higher when elk is low on stamina or health, or running downhill. Elk take damage from stumbling (varies from a little to a lot).

[h3]IMPROVEMENTS:[/h3]
* Wolf bio allows more text (1500 characters, about 250-300 words). The bio is now editable in Pack Info.
* New musical cue when player injury heals.
* Increased odds of den raids by grizzlies, cougars, and coyotes.
* Elk run faster to catch up when they fall behind the herd.
* Updated "End Ironwolf Run" alert to mention Jump Ahead to Next Year option.
* Sync lowest difficulty with current difficulty when using the Jump Ahead option.
* Changed texture around burrow den near Gravel Fan to match the den texture better.
* Reduced volume of wind-in-grass sound effect.
* Tweaked pup version of Bronze Forehead to be more clearly a black coat.

[h3]BUGS FIXED:[/h3]
* Wolf cantor animation plays too fast.
* Carcass confrontation music keeps playing after competitor leaves carcass.
* If player is in Find New Den subquest when pups near 15 lbs, rendezvous sites do not appear on map when they should.
* Wolf ear customization twitches in Family Tree viewer.
* Bull elk antlers change form upon dying, if bull was spawned in earlier season.
* Cryptic message appears if player tries to log into account that hasn't been activated yet.
* Eagle gets stuck when trying to swoop kill something in certain areas.
* Birds land when trying to circle their target in certain areas.
* Mate can't fight because it's carrying a meat chunk and won't drop it.
* Wrong texture assigned to Frosty NPC coat.
* Wrong coat banner image (displayed during courtship) assigned to 1091 coat.
* Snow accumulation issues on beaver lodges.
* Small white specks on base of tail on some wolf coats.
* In Main Menu, sometimes Secondary Howl 6 won't play audio.
* In very specific circumstance, game freezes after going into My Wolves.
* In very specific circumstance, buttons in Main Menu are disabled and not clickable.
* Buy DLC alert stays onscreen sometimes after leaving wolf customization.
* Coyote howl is silent.
* Pups can have trouble navigating through the roots of the northeast tree-root den.
* Sometimes bark emote has no audio.
* Multiplayer: Game gets stuck if player has Options menu open when another player submits a bug report and window appears asking player to submit one as well.
* Controller: Can't navigate around some Wolf Customization panels.
* Controller: Can't navigate to Finish Quest in Establish Territory Quest panel.
* When wolf has blind eye, a bit of the eye is still visible when wolf is panting.
* Dead wolves don't get Short Tail body mod when they should.
* Ride of the Wapiti music restarts when switching intensity levels.
* Tweaked pup version of Bronze Forehead to be more clearly a black coat.
* Some spring/summer aspens have too much specular lighting on leaves.
* In the northeast root den, ground behind the den doesn't quite meet the terrain.
* Terrain texturing issues
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[h2]BETA 11[/h2]

[h3]IMPROVEMENTS:[/h3]
* Multiplayer: Season is now indicated in preview panel for Pack Life and Territory Quest games.

[h3]BUGS FIXED:[/h3]
* Game freezes if player goes to sleep just as a popup window appears.
* In Wolf Customization, the genetic coat color readout is displayed on all panels.
* Short Tail modification isn't visible on wolves inside den.
* Multiplayer: Wolf bio in Pack Info doesn't reliably update when switching among wolves.
* Sometimes game will duplicate wolves when syncing with the server.
* Move to New Den subquest is indented below wrong quest.
* Black smear on left edge of 870M's mouth
* Hole in the rocky outcrop of Lake McBride;
* Terrain edge visible in one den entrance.
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[h2]BETA 12[/h2]

[h3]IMPROVEMENTS:[/h3]
* Adjusted odds of elk stumble to reduce effect of slope (since Amethyst has much more sloping terrain than Slough Creek, thus stumbling was more common in AM than in SC). This might have altered overall odds some, please send feedback.
* Adjusted some odds for competitor den raids to try to balance out variety of attackers.
* When pup is sick, companionship (boosting the pup's odds of recovery) now won't have any effect when the player-wolf's wakefulness drops to zero. (Put on your oxygen mask first, parents!) Companionship effect increased a bit to compensate.
* Added an Undo Edits button on the Wolf bio in Pack Info, in case of accidental edits or deletions.

[h3]BUGS FIXED:[/h3]
* Elk sometimes get confused and stop running when the run into a steep slope or wall. (Partial fix, more refined improvements to come in the future.)
* Blind Eye visual glitch when wolf is panting.
* Grizzly bears chase too slowly.
* Mate sometimes get stuck walking into a rock when it's trying to find some privacy.
* Terrain and water issues.

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[h2]BETA 13[/h2]

[h3]IMPROVEMENTS:[/h3]
* Increased odds of elk stumbling a bit.

[h3]BUGS FIXED:[/h3]
* Multiplayer: Client players cannot move after joining a game.
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[h2]BETA 14[/h2]

[h3]BUGS FIXED:[/h3]
* Wolf's turning radius is too large.
* Problems ensue when a pup somehow gets an injury, when that isn't allowed.
* Regression with Blind Eye mod and wolf panting.
* Wolf preview in Family Tree doesn't show Blind Eye when it should.
* Bug with controller and the Undo Edits button on Pack Info Bio.
* Terrain tweaks.
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[h2]BETA 15[/h2]

[h3]IMPROVEMENTS:[/h3]
* Increased odds of carcass spawning when player-wolf is very hungry.
* Multiplayer: When a player-wolf is killed by large prey, the prey is now more likely to wander some distance away from the player, so the player can revive themselves safely.

[h3]BUGS FIXED:[/h3]
* Scent view breaks if you switch into it the instant you wake up.
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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.

[h3] IMPROVEMENTS:[/h3]
* Building Character DLC: You can now assign eye customizations to grown-up playable pups.
* Adjusted mate behavior so they won't eat small carcasses at the den if they are already full (Hunger meter is 100% or higher).
* Reduced major injury stamina penalty to -5, to avoid infinite stamina issue on wolf with all possible negative stamina modifers.
* Reduced volume of eating audio a bit.
* Reduced rim lighting on wolf fur (looks a bit velvety in some areas).
* Modest increase in odds of coyote raids on den.

[h3]BUGS FIXED:[/h3]
* Building Character DLC: When Short Tail and Cut Off Tail are selected, tail movement is a bit slinky, especially in the main menu.
* In non-Story multiplayer games, problems ensue if a player with Good Memory joins the game.
* Some coats have thin white lines when viewed at certain angles and distances.
* Corneal Edema effect disappears when wolf is panting.
* Wolves don't close their eyes when they die.
* Game can lock up in rare situations where multiple tutorial tips are triggered simultaneously.

The next patch, v1.0.8m, is now in public beta! Available on Steam for Windows and MacOS. Instructions for opting into public beta at bottom of this post.

This beta IS compatible with the last patch, 1.0.8l. You can do multiplayer games with players who have 1.0.8l, and you can switch back to 1.0.8l anytime and your game files will not break.

[h2]BETA 1[/h2]

[h3]IMPROVEMENTS:[/h3]
* Adjusted mate behavior so they won't eat small carcasses at the den if they are already full (Hunger meter is 100% or higher).
* Reduced major injury stamina penalty to -5, to avoid infinite stamina issue on wolf with all possible negative stamina modifers.
* Reduced volume of eating audio a bit.
* Reduced rim lighting on wolf fur (looks a bit velvety in some areas).

[h3]BUGS FIXED:[/h3]
* In non-Story multiplayer games, problems ensue if a player with Good Memory joins the game.
* DLC wolf 1091 "Mouse" has thin white line on cheek.
* Corneal Edema effect disappears when wolf is panting.
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[h2]BETA 2[/h2]

[h3]IMPROVEMENTS:[/h3]
* Building Character DLC: You can now assign eye customizations to grown-up playable pups. (Sorry about that, was an oversight.)
* Modest increase in odds of coyote raids on den. Please F11 and send reports about it.

[h3]BUGS FIXED:[/h3]
* Building Character DLC: When Short Tail and Cut Off Tail are selected, tail movement is a bit slinky, especially in the main menu.
* Wolves don't close their eyes when they die.
* Thin white lines on some wolf coats.
* Game can lock up in rare situations where multiple tutorial tips are triggered simultaneously.
_________________________

[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.