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31 Mar 2017Developer post
Folk Tale Alpha 30
Overview Folk Tale Alpha 30 rolls ten patches from the experimental build into the main stable version on Steam. Please see the incremental patch links at the bottom of this post for more info. Players can now optionally pause gameplay by pressing spacebar to toggle tactical mode
31 Mar 2017Developer post
Folk Tale Alpha 30
Overview Folk Tale Alpha 30 rolls ten patches from the experimental build into the main stable version on Steam. Please see the incremental patch links at the bottom of this post for more info. Players can now optionally pause gameplay by pressing spacebar to toggle tactical mode
31 Mar 2017Developer post
Experimental (0.5.3.4)
EXPERIMENTAL BUILD (0.5.3.4) The primary changes in this patch are memory/loading time optimizations and bug fixes. Where can I get it? Experimental Build: What's new? Optimization: Memory footprint size reduced by 50% Optimization: Map loading times improved Audio: Added bandit
31 Mar 2017Developer post
Experimental (0.5.3.4)
EXPERIMENTAL BUILD (0.5.3.4) The primary changes in this patch are memory/loading time optimizations and bug fixes. Where can I get it? Experimental Build: What's new? Optimization: Memory footprint size reduced by 50% Optimization: Map loading times improved Audio: Added bandit
27 Mar 2017Developer post
Experimental (0.5.3.2)
EXPERIMENTAL BUILD (0.5.3.2) The primary changes in this patch include an engine upgrade that may deliver performance improvements, improvements to mechanics, and making monsters respawn in several maps to increase game longevity. Where can I get it? Experimental Build: Please no
27 Mar 2017Developer post
Experimental (0.5.3.2)
EXPERIMENTAL BUILD (0.5.3.2) The primary changes in this patch include an engine upgrade that may deliver performance improvements, improvements to mechanics, and making monsters respawn in several maps to increase game longevity. Where can I get it? Experimental Build: Please no
10 Mar 2017Developer post
Experimental (0.5.3.1)
EXPERIMENTAL BUILD (0.5.3.1) The primary changes in this patch include economy enchants on Blacksmith recipes (e.g. +20% efficiency), a change of font for improved clarity (especially Russian), and a smaller fishing hut. Where can I get it? Experimental Build: What's new? Player:
10 Mar 2017Developer post
Experimental (0.5.3.1)
EXPERIMENTAL BUILD (0.5.3.1) The primary changes in this patch include economy enchants on Blacksmith recipes (e.g. +20% efficiency), a change of font for improved clarity (especially Russian), and a smaller fishing hut. Where can I get it? Experimental Build: What's new? Player:
02 Mar 2017Developer post
Experimental (0.5.3.0)
EXPERIMENTAL BUILD (0.5.3.0) The primary changes in this patch include building fires and crime, a remake of the barracks to have a smaller footprint, and numerous bug fixes. Where can I get it? Experimental Build: What's new? Player: Building fires can now break out, either by a
02 Mar 2017Developer post
Experimental (0.5.3.0)
EXPERIMENTAL BUILD (0.5.3.0) The primary changes in this patch include building fires and crime, a remake of the barracks to have a smaller footprint, and numerous bug fixes. Where can I get it? Experimental Build: What's new? Player: Building fires can now break out, either by a
17 Feb 2017Developer post
Experimental (0.5.2.2)
EXPERIMENTAL BUILD (0.5.2.2) The primary changes in this patch include villagers no longer needing to travel to fulfil their needs, the addition of the watchtower military building, and numerous improvements to the garrison system. Where can I get it? Experimental Build: What's n
17 Feb 2017Developer post
Experimental (0.5.2.2)
EXPERIMENTAL BUILD (0.5.2.2) The primary changes in this patch include villagers no longer needing to travel to fulfil their needs, the addition of the watchtower military building, and numerous improvements to the garrison system. Where can I get it? Experimental Build: What's n
15 Feb 2017Developer post
Experimental (0.5.2.1)
EXPERIMENTAL BUILD (0.5.2.1) This is a micro patch containing fixes for bugs introduced in yesterday’s 0.5.2.0 release, as well as adding in palisade gates. ONLY SAVE GAMES CREATED WITH VERSION 0.5.2.x WILL SHOW IN THE LOAD SAVED GAME DIALOG. SEE DEVELOPER NOTES BELOW FOR MORE IN
15 Feb 2017Developer post
Experimental (0.5.2.1)
EXPERIMENTAL BUILD (0.5.2.1) This is a micro patch containing fixes for bugs introduced in yesterday’s 0.5.2.0 release, as well as adding in palisade gates. ONLY SAVE GAMES CREATED WITH VERSION 0.5.2.x WILL SHOW IN THE LOAD SAVED GAME DIALOG. SEE DEVELOPER NOTES BELOW FOR MORE IN
14 Feb 2017Developer post
Experimental (0.5.2.0)
EXPERIMENTAL BUILD (0.5.2.0) The primary changes in this patch include the addition of lore books for things like crafting recipes and journal entries, constructible palisades, part of an ongoing overhaul of crafting and loot, and a new dungeon (kobold mines) linked into the sand
EXPERIMENTAL BUILD (0.5.2.0)
The primary changes in this patch include the addition of lore books for things like crafting recipes and journal entries, constructible palisades, part of an ongoing overhaul of crafting and loot, and a new dungeon (kobold mines) linked into the sandbox Haven map.
ONLY SAVE GAMES AND WORKSHOP MAPS SAVED WITH THE CURRENT VERSION NOW SHOW IN THE LOAD SAVED GAME DIALOG. SEE DEVELOPER NOTES BELOW FOR MORE INFO.
Where can I get it?
Experimental Build:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/224440/discussions/0/541906348034355622/
What's new?
Player: UI: Added Lore books (e.g. journals, crafting recipes)
Player: Heroes: Added mass heal ability to Willow
Player: Heroes: Updated Olga’s mesh to address her pea head
Player: Heroes: Updated Olga’s ability effects
Player: Heroes: Updated Fenrin’s AI
Player: Bosses: Chow: Updated AI, abilities and animations
Player: Bosses: Rekkar: Some basic configuration
Player: Buildings: Added placeable palisade under military construction options
Player: Buildings: Blacksmith: Research has been consolidated into fewer options
Player: Buildings: Blacksmith: Conversion recipe added for producing steel ingots
Player: Buildings: Woodcutter’s Hut: Conversion recipe added for producing charcoal
Player: Buildings: All: Crafting: The recipe and queue items now show full tooltip info
Player: Crafting: Recipe costs have been overhauled
Bug Fixes
Fix: Well handle was showing above the ground when first placing the building
Fix: Potential fix for jittery debris
Fix: Locked crafting recipes that appeared in red never turned white when related research was completed
Fix: Fixed alignment issue with gold in marketplace dialog
Fix: Editor: Inspector: Character spawn point inspector minimum height wasn’t being set correctly making it hard to access at the bottom of the scroll list
Fix: Black fade between cutscenes had a glitch in the bottom right corner
Map Changes
Maps: Campaign: Added Kenny’s Journal and Crafting Recipe
Maps: Campaign: Shirebrook: Added book
Maps: Campaign: Shirebrook: Added Gideon’s Grandmother’s Ring Side Quest
Maps: Campaign: Desecrated Cathedral: Added Mordrich’s Journal
Maps: Sandbox: Haven: Added Kobold Mine dungeon
Maps: Sandbox: Cold Peak: Fixed some overlapping terrain geometry causing problems with new palisade system
Balancing
All spider dens in sandbox and campaign village maps have been level capped at 5. No more OP spiders!
Campaign: Shirebrook: Rabbits are now capped at level 1
Important/Breaking Changes
If level designers have used any of the individual Blacksmith research items, you should update maps to use Armorsmithing, Weaponsmithing, Shield Making and Prospecting only. In time we will be removing the deprecated research options such as Axes, Crossbows etc.
For Level Designers
Editor: Wave Spawners, Spider Dens, Spawn Points: Added max level cap field
Editor: The old lights have been deprecated and replaced with a single configurable light
Editor: The old light planes have been deprecated and replaced with a single configurable plane
Editor: Workbench: Added optional automatic sparkles to WorkPointTriggerCustom
Editor: Workbench: Made WorkPointTriggerCustom work with more objects including skeletons
Editor: Workbench: Added LootCreateRecipe node
Editor: Workbench: Added Lore node
Editor: Workbench: Added PartyExperienceAdd node
Editor: Workbench: Added WireConnector node
Editor: Workbench: Added validated single line input for LootCreateItem node customName field
Editor: Workbench: CharacterExperienceAdd now adds a +10 XP notification above characters
Editor: Workbench: Added stun and knockdown item suffix abilities
Editor: Workbench: Added activationAnimation field to InstantiateCharacterAt node
Loot: Added Armor_Helmet_Plate
Loot: Added Crafting_Recipe_Hunting and Crafting_Recipe_Stonecutter, updated bow recipe icons
Loot: Added Dead Rabbit
Loot: Added Eviction Notice
Loot: Added Flask Of Swamp Water
Loot: Added Gift Wrapped Bomb
Loot: Added Heart
Loot: Added Toadkin Back Juice
Loot: Updated Armor_Plate_Common_Helmet icon to match City Watch helmet
Loot: Updated all icons for Armor_Cloth_Gladefolk_? set (Willow’s default gear)
Loot: Updated Stone Block inventory icon to match topbar icon
Kits: Characters: Werewolf: Added Fu Dog
Kits: Characters: Kobolds: Added Kobold Campaign
Kits: Buildings: Goblin: Added Grublin Weapon Rack
Kits: Dungeons: Classic: Added Withering Dead Weapon Rack
Kits: Dungeons: Dwarf City: Added House Hraun Weapon Rack
Kits: Dungeons: Glade: Added Gladefolk Weapon Rack
Kits: Dungeons: Ice Palace: Added Glacian Weapon Rack
Kits: Dungeons: Terrains: Ruins: Added Toadkin Weapon Rack
Kits: Systems: Added new fog systems
Kits: Terrains: Cemetery: Added haunted ghost fx
Kits: Terrains: Cemetery: Added new wall window pieces
Known Issues

The telescope on the Workshop building is pink
Cannot place turrets - working on a fix as a priority!
Willow’s mass heal visual effect isn’t clearing up if it is cast right before using a portal to another map. If this happens, please save your game, exit to the main menu, and load.
Load times will have increased due to some additional code we’ve added to experimental to help track down a serialization bug
Kenny can get stuck again during his attack if you complete his dialogue while he’s stunned
Developer Comments
0.5.2.0 invalidates older save games. Level designers should open their maps, save and then republish to steam with this version for them to show up in the load custom game dialog. Subsequent patch versions of 0.5.2.x will not require this step. Only when the version increases to 0.5.3.0 will it be required again.
The addition of conversion recipes to the Blacksmith and Woodcutter’s Hut are exploratory at this stage and will feed into the crafting recipe overhaul.
For level designers, when using LootCreateRecipe, the base recipe must use items named ‘Base Recipe X’ where X is the item type such as sword, axe, cloth armor, plate. If you wish the recipe to be unlocked once a piece of research is completed, add ‘Research Weaponsmithing’ or similar to the cost field. For examples, please see the lore books in Lilith’s office in the Desecrated Cathedral.
0.5.2.1 is also now available and adds the palisade gatehouse:
http://steamcommunity.com/games/224440/announcements/detail/254854514729682534
0.5.2.2 is also now available and adds the watchtower:
http://steamcommunity.com/games/224440/announcements/detail/254854514736627592
Original post
14 Feb 2017Developer post
Experimental (0.5.2.0)
EXPERIMENTAL BUILD (0.5.2.0) The primary changes in this patch include the addition of lore books for things like crafting recipes and journal entries, constructible palisades, part of an ongoing overhaul of crafting and loot, and a new dungeon (kobold mines) linked into the sand
EXPERIMENTAL BUILD (0.5.2.0)
The primary changes in this patch include the addition of lore books for things like crafting recipes and journal entries, constructible palisades, part of an ongoing overhaul of crafting and loot, and a new dungeon (kobold mines) linked into the sandbox Haven map.
ONLY SAVE GAMES AND WORKSHOP MAPS SAVED WITH THE CURRENT VERSION NOW SHOW IN THE LOAD SAVED GAME DIALOG. SEE DEVELOPER NOTES BELOW FOR MORE INFO.
Where can I get it?
Experimental Build:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/224440/discussions/0/541906348034355622/
What's new?
Player: UI: Added Lore books (e.g. journals, crafting recipes)
Player: Heroes: Added mass heal ability to Willow
Player: Heroes: Updated Olga’s mesh to address her pea head
Player: Heroes: Updated Olga’s ability effects
Player: Heroes: Updated Fenrin’s AI
Player: Bosses: Chow: Updated AI, abilities and animations
Player: Bosses: Rekkar: Some basic configuration
Player: Buildings: Added placeable palisade under military construction options
Player: Buildings: Blacksmith: Research has been consolidated into fewer options
Player: Buildings: Blacksmith: Conversion recipe added for producing steel ingots
Player: Buildings: Woodcutter’s Hut: Conversion recipe added for producing charcoal
Player: Buildings: All: Crafting: The recipe and queue items now show full tooltip info
Player: Crafting: Recipe costs have been overhauled
Bug Fixes
Fix: Well handle was showing above the ground when first placing the building
Fix: Potential fix for jittery debris
Fix: Locked crafting recipes that appeared in red never turned white when related research was completed
Fix: Fixed alignment issue with gold in marketplace dialog
Fix: Editor: Inspector: Character spawn point inspector minimum height wasn’t being set correctly making it hard to access at the bottom of the scroll list
Fix: Black fade between cutscenes had a glitch in the bottom right corner
Map Changes
Maps: Campaign: Added Kenny’s Journal and Crafting Recipe
Maps: Campaign: Shirebrook: Added book
Maps: Campaign: Shirebrook: Added Gideon’s Grandmother’s Ring Side Quest
Maps: Campaign: Desecrated Cathedral: Added Mordrich’s Journal
Maps: Sandbox: Haven: Added Kobold Mine dungeon
Maps: Sandbox: Cold Peak: Fixed some overlapping terrain geometry causing problems with new palisade system
Balancing
All spider dens in sandbox and campaign village maps have been level capped at 5. No more OP spiders!
Campaign: Shirebrook: Rabbits are now capped at level 1
Important/Breaking Changes
If level designers have used any of the individual Blacksmith research items, you should update maps to use Armorsmithing, Weaponsmithing, Shield Making and Prospecting only. In time we will be removing the deprecated research options such as Axes, Crossbows etc.
For Level Designers
Editor: Wave Spawners, Spider Dens, Spawn Points: Added max level cap field
Editor: The old lights have been deprecated and replaced with a single configurable light
Editor: The old light planes have been deprecated and replaced with a single configurable plane
Editor: Workbench: Added optional automatic sparkles to WorkPointTriggerCustom
Editor: Workbench: Made WorkPointTriggerCustom work with more objects including skeletons
Editor: Workbench: Added LootCreateRecipe node
Editor: Workbench: Added Lore node
Editor: Workbench: Added PartyExperienceAdd node
Editor: Workbench: Added WireConnector node
Editor: Workbench: Added validated single line input for LootCreateItem node customName field
Editor: Workbench: CharacterExperienceAdd now adds a +10 XP notification above characters
Editor: Workbench: Added stun and knockdown item suffix abilities
Editor: Workbench: Added activationAnimation field to InstantiateCharacterAt node
Loot: Added Armor_Helmet_Plate
Loot: Added Crafting_Recipe_Hunting and Crafting_Recipe_Stonecutter, updated bow recipe icons
Loot: Added Dead Rabbit
Loot: Added Eviction Notice
Loot: Added Flask Of Swamp Water
Loot: Added Gift Wrapped Bomb
Loot: Added Heart
Loot: Added Toadkin Back Juice
Loot: Updated Armor_Plate_Common_Helmet icon to match City Watch helmet
Loot: Updated all icons for Armor_Cloth_Gladefolk_? set (Willow’s default gear)
Loot: Updated Stone Block inventory icon to match topbar icon
Kits: Characters: Werewolf: Added Fu Dog
Kits: Characters: Kobolds: Added Kobold Campaign
Kits: Buildings: Goblin: Added Grublin Weapon Rack
Kits: Dungeons: Classic: Added Withering Dead Weapon Rack
Kits: Dungeons: Dwarf City: Added House Hraun Weapon Rack
Kits: Dungeons: Glade: Added Gladefolk Weapon Rack
Kits: Dungeons: Ice Palace: Added Glacian Weapon Rack
Kits: Dungeons: Terrains: Ruins: Added Toadkin Weapon Rack
Kits: Systems: Added new fog systems
Kits: Terrains: Cemetery: Added haunted ghost fx
Kits: Terrains: Cemetery: Added new wall window pieces
Known Issues

The telescope on the Workshop building is pink
Cannot place turrets - working on a fix as a priority!
Willow’s mass heal visual effect isn’t clearing up if it is cast right before using a portal to another map. If this happens, please save your game, exit to the main menu, and load.
Load times will have increased due to some additional code we’ve added to experimental to help track down a serialization bug
Kenny can get stuck again during his attack if you complete his dialogue while he’s stunned
Developer Comments
0.5.2.0 invalidates older save games. Level designers should open their maps, save and then republish to steam with this version for them to show up in the load custom game dialog. Subsequent patch versions of 0.5.2.x will not require this step. Only when the version increases to 0.5.3.0 will it be required again.
The addition of conversion recipes to the Blacksmith and Woodcutter’s Hut are exploratory at this stage and will feed into the crafting recipe overhaul.
For level designers, when using LootCreateRecipe, the base recipe must use items named ‘Base Recipe X’ where X is the item type such as sword, axe, cloth armor, plate. If you wish the recipe to be unlocked once a piece of research is completed, add ‘Research Weaponsmithing’ or similar to the cost field. For examples, please see the lore books in Lilith’s office in the Desecrated Cathedral.
0.5.2.1 is also now available and adds the palisade gatehouse:
http://steamcommunity.com/games/224440/announcements/detail/254854514729682534
0.5.2.2 is also now available and adds the watchtower:
http://steamcommunity.com/games/224440/announcements/detail/254854514736627592
Original post
23 Jan 2017Developer post
Experimental (0.5.1.1)
EXPERIMENTAL BUILD (0.5.1.1) The changes in this micro patch are primarily bug fixes and balancing. Where can I get it? Experimental Build: What's new? Player: Selected non-primary heroes (i.e. those heroes whose portraits are not highlighted with the green box in the top left of
EXPERIMENTAL BUILD (0.5.1.1)
The changes in this micro patch are primarily bug fixes and balancing.
Where can I get it?
Experimental Build:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/224440/discussions/0/541906348034355622/
What's new?
Player: Selected non-primary heroes (i.e. those heroes whose portraits are not highlighted with the green box in the top left of the screen) now use AI for their abilities
Player: Updated Russian language files
Bug Fixes
Fix: Application was taking too long to exit to desktop
Fix: Camera could freeze after exiting a cutscene or panning to heroes/units during long play sessions
Fix: Character voice volumes weren’t responding to the Secondary Voices sound setting
Map Changes
None
Balancing
Reduced duration of Lilith’s Torment ability from 30s to 10s
Doubled the damage of Borgle’s Power Shot ability from 35 to 70
Increased damage of Borgle’s Rain Of Arrows ability from 25 to 40
Increased Borgle’s base attack rating from 10 to 14 to increase his DPS
Reduced damage of Lilith’s tomes from 25 to 20
Important/Breaking Changes
None
Known Issues

Load times will have increased due to some additional code we’ve added to experimental to help track down a serialization bug
Kenny can get stuck again during his attack if you complete his dialogue while he’s stunned
Original post
23 Jan 2017Developer post
Experimental (0.5.1.1)
EXPERIMENTAL BUILD (0.5.1.1) The changes in this micro patch are primarily bug fixes and balancing. Where can I get it? Experimental Build: What's new? Player: Selected non-primary heroes (i.e. those heroes whose portraits are not highlighted with the green box in the top left of
EXPERIMENTAL BUILD (0.5.1.1)
The changes in this micro patch are primarily bug fixes and balancing.
Where can I get it?
Experimental Build:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/224440/discussions/0/541906348034355622/
What's new?
Player: Selected non-primary heroes (i.e. those heroes whose portraits are not highlighted with the green box in the top left of the screen) now use AI for their abilities
Player: Updated Russian language files
Bug Fixes
Fix: Application was taking too long to exit to desktop
Fix: Camera could freeze after exiting a cutscene or panning to heroes/units during long play sessions
Fix: Character voice volumes weren’t responding to the Secondary Voices sound setting
Map Changes
None
Balancing
Reduced duration of Lilith’s Torment ability from 30s to 10s
Doubled the damage of Borgle’s Power Shot ability from 35 to 70
Increased damage of Borgle’s Rain Of Arrows ability from 25 to 40
Increased Borgle’s base attack rating from 10 to 14 to increase his DPS
Reduced damage of Lilith’s tomes from 25 to 20
Important/Breaking Changes
None
Known Issues

Load times will have increased due to some additional code we’ve added to experimental to help track down a serialization bug
Kenny can get stuck again during his attack if you complete his dialogue while he’s stunned
Original post
20 Jan 2017Developer post
Experimental (0.5.1.0)
EXPERIMENTAL BUILD (0.5.1.0) The primary changes in this patch are focused on bug fixes, campaign tweaks, balancing, and some new things for level designers (part of our work on Act III). ONLY SAVE GAMES CREATED WITH THE CURRENT VERSION NOW SHOW IN THE LOAD SAVED GAME DIALOG. SEE
EXPERIMENTAL BUILD (0.5.1.0)
The primary changes in this patch are focused on bug fixes, campaign tweaks, balancing, and some new things for level designers (part of our work on Act III).
ONLY SAVE GAMES CREATED WITH THE CURRENT VERSION NOW SHOW IN THE LOAD SAVED GAME DIALOG. SEE DEVELOPER NOTES BELOW FOR MORE INFO.
Where can I get it?
Experimental Build:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/224440/discussions/0/541906348034355622/
What's new?
Player: Load Saved Game: Only save games from the current version now show up (see dev notes section below)
Player: Updated stone block icons so it’s less like the iron ingots icons
Settings: Added a checkbox under gameplay settings to stop spider den raids against player villages
Settings: Added a graphics setting to enable depth of field (although it’s not widely used at the moment)
Editor: Workbench: Added CutsceneDepthOfField node to control camera depth of field*
Editor: Workbench: Added Transform node for when both position and rotation are needed
Editor: Workbench: Added WorkPointTriggerCustom node for making innate objects interactable**
Editor: Workbench: Replaced helper text at bottom of inspector with a ? button that links to a web reference guide
Bug Fixes
Fix: The mysterious case of disappearing items on heroes is hopefully now fixed
Fix: Blizzard weather effect is now working as intended
Fix: Nara’s charm ability was causing charmed heroes to level up a lot
Fix: Prevented most damage being applied during cutscenes (CharacterDamage and Damage nodes ignore this)
Fix: Prevented loot sparkles from being cleaned up after 10 minutes if the loot contains a quest item
Fix: Some save games in experimental 0.5.0.0 (any map that created custom loot items) wouldn’t load properly
Fix: Willow’s thorns visualization no longer rotates with the affected target
Fix: Prevented tactical pause from being toggled when conversation dialog is visible
Fix: Grublin invasion mobs were being created as Undead faction
Fix: Selecting a character, opening village inventory or a character sheet now cancels any building placement
Fix: Most trinkets were set to not stack
Fix: Sandbox: Stinking Swamp: Too many wolves could get spawned
Map Changes
Campaign: Desecrated Cathedral: Player must now destroy the generator before Lilith appears to seek her revenge for killing Brom
Sandbox: Cold Peak: Minor changes to reduce z-flicker, added a few of the new props
Balancing
Balancing: Reduced the XP penalty on Normal, Hard and Harder difficulty levels
Balancing: Enemy units now only recover health at half the rate of player heroes and units
Balancing: Withering Dead: Nerfed Bonefinger, Mordrich and Lilith as they were too challenging on normal difficulty
Balancing: Gladefolk: Nerfed Nara, Willow and Mossclaw as they were too challenging on normal difficulty
Balancing: Boss agro detection range has been significantly reduced to prevent them hunting down the player
Assets (For Level Designers)
Kits: Terrains/Snow Monastery receives banners, bells, better flooring, lots more
Kits: Terrains/Snow receives some new trees including pink cherry blossom
We’ve done some content optimization in this patch, so if you cannot find certain kit pieces, they have probably been moved to the Core Tiles kit.
Please note the new Workbench Reference Guide is work in progress; we’re aware of the occasional long class name issue.
Important/Breaking Changes
If you are a level designer with maps/worlds on Steam Workshop, you will need to republish your maps to Workshop with this version so that they show up again in the game.
Known Issues

Load times will have increased due to code we’ve added to the experimental build to help us track down a serialization bug
Kenny can get stuck again during his attack if you complete his dialogue while he’s stunned
Developer Comments
In this patch only save games created with the current version will now show in the load saved game menu option. We have taken this step to prevent bug reports being submitted where an error is caused by incompatible save game versions. If you prefer a period of no disruption, please exit the experimental build and revert back to the main Steam version, or turn off automatic updates in your Steam Library.
* Note that by default depth of field is never enabled. The player must actively enable it under graphics settings, so in most cases it won’t ever show.
** WorkPointTriggerCustom node does not work on characters, only innate objects such as props. This is intended to make things like books/weapons etc. interactable.
Original post
20 Jan 2017Developer post
Experimental (0.5.1.0)
EXPERIMENTAL BUILD (0.5.1.0) The primary changes in this patch are focused on bug fixes, campaign tweaks, balancing, and some new things for level designers (part of our work on Act III). ONLY SAVE GAMES CREATED WITH THE CURRENT VERSION NOW SHOW IN THE LOAD SAVED GAME DIALOG. SEE
EXPERIMENTAL BUILD (0.5.1.0)
The primary changes in this patch are focused on bug fixes, campaign tweaks, balancing, and some new things for level designers (part of our work on Act III).
ONLY SAVE GAMES CREATED WITH THE CURRENT VERSION NOW SHOW IN THE LOAD SAVED GAME DIALOG. SEE DEVELOPER NOTES BELOW FOR MORE INFO.
Where can I get it?
Experimental Build:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/224440/discussions/0/541906348034355622/
What's new?
Player: Load Saved Game: Only save games from the current version now show up (see dev notes section below)
Player: Updated stone block icons so it’s less like the iron ingots icons
Settings: Added a checkbox under gameplay settings to stop spider den raids against player villages
Settings: Added a graphics setting to enable depth of field (although it’s not widely used at the moment)
Editor: Workbench: Added CutsceneDepthOfField node to control camera depth of field*
Editor: Workbench: Added Transform node for when both position and rotation are needed
Editor: Workbench: Added WorkPointTriggerCustom node for making innate objects interactable**
Editor: Workbench: Replaced helper text at bottom of inspector with a ? button that links to a web reference guide
Bug Fixes
Fix: The mysterious case of disappearing items on heroes is hopefully now fixed
Fix: Blizzard weather effect is now working as intended
Fix: Nara’s charm ability was causing charmed heroes to level up a lot
Fix: Prevented most damage being applied during cutscenes (CharacterDamage and Damage nodes ignore this)
Fix: Prevented loot sparkles from being cleaned up after 10 minutes if the loot contains a quest item
Fix: Some save games in experimental 0.5.0.0 (any map that created custom loot items) wouldn’t load properly
Fix: Willow’s thorns visualization no longer rotates with the affected target
Fix: Prevented tactical pause from being toggled when conversation dialog is visible
Fix: Grublin invasion mobs were being created as Undead faction
Fix: Selecting a character, opening village inventory or a character sheet now cancels any building placement
Fix: Most trinkets were set to not stack
Fix: Sandbox: Stinking Swamp: Too many wolves could get spawned
Map Changes
Campaign: Desecrated Cathedral: Player must now destroy the generator before Lilith appears to seek her revenge for killing Brom
Sandbox: Cold Peak: Minor changes to reduce z-flicker, added a few of the new props
Balancing
Balancing: Reduced the XP penalty on Normal, Hard and Harder difficulty levels
Balancing: Enemy units now only recover health at half the rate of player heroes and units
Balancing: Withering Dead: Nerfed Bonefinger, Mordrich and Lilith as they were too challenging on normal difficulty
Balancing: Gladefolk: Nerfed Nara, Willow and Mossclaw as they were too challenging on normal difficulty
Balancing: Boss agro detection range has been significantly reduced to prevent them hunting down the player
Assets (For Level Designers)
Kits: Terrains/Snow Monastery receives banners, bells, better flooring, lots more
Kits: Terrains/Snow receives some new trees including pink cherry blossom
We’ve done some content optimization in this patch, so if you cannot find certain kit pieces, they have probably been moved to the Core Tiles kit.
Please note the new Workbench Reference Guide is work in progress; we’re aware of the occasional long class name issue.
Important/Breaking Changes
If you are a level designer with maps/worlds on Steam Workshop, you will need to republish your maps to Workshop with this version so that they show up again in the game.
Known Issues

Load times will have increased due to code we’ve added to the experimental build to help us track down a serialization bug
Kenny can get stuck again during his attack if you complete his dialogue while he’s stunned
Developer Comments
In this patch only save games created with the current version will now show in the load saved game menu option. We have taken this step to prevent bug reports being submitted where an error is caused by incompatible save game versions. If you prefer a period of no disruption, please exit the experimental build and revert back to the main Steam version, or turn off automatic updates in your Steam Library.
* Note that by default depth of field is never enabled. The player must actively enable it under graphics settings, so in most cases it won’t ever show.
** WorkPointTriggerCustom node does not work on characters, only innate objects such as props. This is intended to make things like books/weapons etc. interactable.
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