Alpha 24 combines all the experimental build patches from 0.3.3.2 to 0.3.9.0 (8 patches in total). For details on how to opt in to the experimental build (which is patched almost weekly), please visit the community forum.
PATCH NOTES ARE VERY LONG AND CONTINUE ON THE WEBSITE (LINK BELOW)
Platforms
PC, Mac
Major Changes
Economy has undergone major rebalancing
Needs have been replaced with overall happiness
Destructible props have been added (e.g. doors and barrels)
Campaign now includes two dungeons: Bandit Caves and Mordrich’s Sandal Factory
Civics dialog now includes an overview of all building activity in one place
Civics dialog now includes a breakdown of all villager happiness, and rationing controls
World Editor added for organizing multiple maps (portals can be used to connect them)
Terrain sculpting tool added to the Editor
Minor Changes
Player: Abilities can now be targeted at party members by clicking on their profiles of pressing F1..F4
Player: New healthbars added (heroes’ have significantly changed)
Player: Reduced aggro ranges significantly
Player: Camera field of view reduced
Player: Tweaked colliders on all monsters for easier targeting
Player: Increased distance that characters will stand apart
Player: Ability points now have a greater effect on critical/evade chance (1 vit = 20hp, previously 10hp)
Player: Villagers and (some) monsters will now voice idle phrases
Player: Several monster loot profiles added
Player: If characters/monsters cannot surround a target, they should choose another target
Player: Trees are now felled on the first visit, dropping logs
Player: Fields are segmented into quadrants and individually cleared, dropping baskets and bushels depending on worker’s experience
Player: Needs system replaced by happiness
Player: If you promise villagers extra rations, then don’t deliver, they’ll become unhappy
Player: Outlining system (mouseover hover on interactable objects) improved to be better defined and less blurry
Player: Collectables including dropped logs and baskets of crops can be collected manually
Player: Heroes and City Watch can now wear armor below their best type
Player: Added visual warning (glowing civics button) when happiness is negative
Player: Research overhauled. Progress now automatic for up-front gold cost. Research restored in Barracks, Storehouse and Workshop. Research has not yet been balanced and needs a thorough review.
Player: Food Variety bonus now reflects what is in the inventory rather than what was previously eaten
Player: Camera follow mode disabled on heroes in dungeons
Player: Added carried bread for when Baker delivers completed loaves to supply wagon
Player: Enabled camera icon functionality on portrait wheel for following characters
Player: Villagers can now collect/consume goods from the nearest building, storehouse or supply wagon; whichever is closest
Player: If 'train' button on context menu is clicked when no characters are selected, a valid peasant will now be trained. Added 'command' sfx when training from building list
Player: Resources carried after gathering in many cases can now be dropped (if player commands character to do something else)
Player: Fishing now drops buckets of fish based on fisher’s level; now consistent with other resources
Player: Commanding a villager who is carrying a resource to do something will cause them to drop the resource, which can then be collected later
Player: When characters level up their health increases by the same amount that their max health increases
Player: Many research item bonuses now changed so that they have a meaningful effect
Player: Research items now tied to building tiers
Player: Right clicking on a partially constructed building with peasants selected will now make those peasants construct the building
Player: Clicking the train profession button under building options when you have another profession selected will now prompt for Yes/No answer
Player: Main Menu - Can now access all saves; Continue removed
Player: Main Menu - Direct links to Campaign, Sandbox and Tutorial; no temporal file browser screen but perception of longer load times
Player: Main Menu - Can now access Settings
Player: Main Menu - Soundtrack now starts
Audio: Added sfx for berry foraging and basket dropoff
Audio: Added sfx for villagers consuming food
Audio: Added sfx for opening sarcophagus chests
Audio: Added wolf, bear, boar, skeleton and zombie sound effects
Audio: Added wet cave ambient background track
Audio: Added sobbing woman voice over for campaign cutscene
Campaign: Bandit Caves map enhanced
Campaign: Mordrich’s Factory map enhanced
Campaign: Shirebrook: Added Desecrated Cathedral and access to Mordrich’s Sandal Factory
Campaign: Shirebrook: Added Beastman encounter
Campaign: Shirebrook: Added Beastman wave attacks
Campaign: Shirebrook: Added Withering Dead wave attacks
Campaign: Shirebrook: Added Spiders
Campaign: Shirebrook: Added Desecrated Cathedral and connected the entrance to Mordrich’s Factory
UI: Rationing, Taxation and Happiness tab added to the civics dialog
UI: Dampening on WASD/Arrow keys increased so camera comes to a stop almost immediately
UI: Camera no longer auto-locks and follows heroes in village maps
UI: Research completion now shows event notification icon
UI: ‘F’ key functionality restored
UI: Tab now cycles through units in control groups, including when character sheet is open
UI: Conversation dialog no longer closes and re-opens if there are no blocking nodes between
UI: Saturation control added to Ambience zone system
UI: Added civics building list to provide a village overview
UI: Added keyboard shortcuts: R for civics rationing dialog, B for civics buildings list
UI: Flashing civics warning increased when not enough food for next 2 minutes instead of 1 for earlier warning
UI: Removed common weapons from crafting options since units get them by default
UI: Rationing defaults now 1x instead of ½x
Mechanics: Weaver’s Huts now take time to process cotton into bolts
Mechanics: Destructible objects added (doorways, crates, barrels and urns)
Balancing: Economy: Increased priority for planting saplings slightly
Balancing: Reduced happiness bonus/penalty at different rationing levels
Balancing: Reduced happiness bonus for food variety at all levels
Balancing: Economy: Doubled yield of berries per harvest from 10 to 20
Balancing: Economy: Reduced max yield of fish per catch from 15 to 4
Balancing: Economy: 1 Fish now yields 4 Salmon Steaks
Balancing: Economy: Each bushel of wheat now produces a max of 3 sacks of flour
Balancing: Economy: 1 Sack of Flour now produces 2 Bread
Balancing: Economy: Increased satiation of each bread piece from medium to high (villagers eat less per trip)
Balancing: Economy: Increased conversion of bolts of cotton to basic clothing fivefold
Balancing: Economy: Increased interval between villagers needing food by 50%
Balancing: Economy: Reduced quantity of raw meat required to make a meat pie from 8 to 1
Balancing: Economy: Increased speed of meat pie production
Balancing: Economy: Reduced max yield of Honeycomb per visit to Bee Yard from 40 to 10
Balancing: Economy: Quantity of Honeycomb required to produce 1 Barrel Of Mead from 30 to 10
Balancing: Economy: Increased production speed per Barrel of Mead
Balancing: Economy: Quantity of Mead produced from Barrel Of Mead increased from 4 to 5
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PATCH NOTES CONTINUED AT:
http://www.gamesfoundry.com/patches/#patch0390
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