Greetings Avalonians!
This week we've been hard at work on Avalon Lords: Dawn Rises, and we've got lots of news to share! If you didn't manage to join us for our Thursday Night Program With Us Livestream you can catch up here:
https://youtu.be/bG7B6R3sVnQ
Player Feedback And Future Milestones
This week we've had all sorts of feedback from our community about the game, which really helps us understand which issues and updates are most important to you. We've been reading and discussing your feedback and appreciate all of it, so please keep it coming!
Milestones We Are Currently Focusing On:
Performance Tuning: We know that not everyone is running our game on a brand new gaming computer, so one of our major focuses is on improving performance.
Troop Formations: These have already been designed but need a little more work. We hope to have them back in game and working properly in a future update. You can read more about the Troop Formations we have planned here.
Walls: We've had lots of feedback and suggestions relating to Walls. This is something we're committed to getting right, and we're working on it. See this week's fixes below for a new way to add Gates in game!
GUI Updates: The GUI currently have in game is not the final version, and you can expect to see more changes. Let us know what you think of them!
Extra Maps: Many of you have asked about extra maps. You can definitely expect to see more maps included in the game between now and launch.
Empire Mode: If you enjoy Empire Mode but want to see more features, we have good news! More features are planned for Empire Mode, and we'll be telling you more about that closer to implementation.
WASD Keys: Many of you have commented on the way WASD keys work when you're using the Build Menu. We will be implementing a fix that allows you to move as you build in a future patch.
Thanks to everyone who commented on Steam Discussions, wrote a review, chatted to us in the Livestream or posted on the Forums - your feedback is essential to the completion of Avalon Lords: Dawn Rises!
This Week's Fixes And Updates
This week, we've been hard at work tracking down bugs and adding new in-game functions! These include:
- Walls and Gates: You can now upgrade a section of Wall to a Gate by selecting a section of wall and pressing 'J'. An in-game button will follow. This workaround should make Gates easier to build - let us know how it works for you!
- Available Matches: The Available Matches window now shows all current matches from all three multiplayer modes. Click to join or spectate.
- In-game Descriptions for Research: These and other descriptions have been added.
- Notifications:
- The notification that pops up when you need more resources to build has been replaced with a simpler text notification.
- When you mouse over a banner, it now displays information about units in that Squad.
- When you mouse over an enemy Banner, the mouse cursor now displays as a sword. This should make it easier to spot your enemies!
- Private Messaging: You can now send Private Messages to people in your Steam Friends List by selecting them from your Friends List on the Home Screen.
- Text Corrections: Negative % values have been removed from the Research Text, and a few typos have been hunted down and fixed. Let us know if you spot any more!
- View Reload Animations: You can now see Reload Animations on moving Trebuchets and Mount Horse Animations on Scouts! To see the animation follow these steps:
- Build a Trebuchet/ recruit a Scout and order it to move towards a destination
- Pan the screen ahead of the Unit, then pan back
- The Unit will stop momentarily and show the Reload Animation!
- GUI Updates: The in-game GUI has been updated! You can see the current form below:
You can keep tabs on the latest known bugs by taking a look at our Known Bugs and Issues List! This is updated every few days as new bugs are reported and older ones are fixed. If you do find a bug, you can report it right here on our Website Forum, or on our Steam Discussion Forums!
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