Hello everyone!
It's been two months since we've released Portal Stories: Mel and we've listened to your feedback! Most of you enjoyed the difficulty of the mod, but some people would've liked the mod a bit easier.
Today we introduce: Portal Stories: Story Mode in an open beta.
This is a completely overhauled version of the campaign, with reduced puzzle difficulty. This is a totally optional way to play the mod. The original difficulty will remain the standard difficulty.
How do I access the Beta?
To access the beta, simply right-click on Portal Stories: Mel in your steam library and click Properties.
Select the Betas tab, and select the beta branch.
(This is marked as "beta- Public beta branch" in Steam.)
Once you've done that, Steam should start downloading the ~550MB update.
How long will this be in Beta for/where can I leave my feedback?
We plan on fully releasing Story Mode early September, depending on your feedback!
If you have any feedback on Story Mode, please let us know in the Story Mode sub-forums
What else is in this patch?
Brand new subtitles for:
- French
- Italian
- Japanese
- Simplified Chinese
We are still trying to fix some issues we're experiencing with Czech and Polish subtitles. We hope to be able to add them soon.
- Updated the credits to add in some more people and to fix an issue where the video wouldn't load on Linux Systems.
- Fixed an issue where one of the achievements (Beyond your Range of Hearing) wasn't unlocking properly.
- Fixed an issue with a trigger unlocking incorrectly in sp_a4_core_access.
Known issues:
- The "Beyond your Range of Hearing"- Achievement doesn't unlock when NOT in the beta.
- Test Screens aren't showing up properly in Story Mode.
- Loading Screens for Story Mode are not the same as in Normal mode.