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[LIVE] May 9 Update - Twitch Integration, New Stuff, Intel HD 3000 Optimization

Get ready Survivors!

BETA BRANCH - Friday 29 April update :
To access the beta testing server, go into the BETAS tab of the game's properties and select the beta branch option and it will update your game with the fixes and features below. Please note that if you want to test the beta branch in multiplayer, all the players need to be on the same branch.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=674922583

Level cap of the camp increased to 40

  • A new kovac challenge
  • A new trap to protect the camp : Pendulum trap (High damage / Low hit rate)

New quest giver and 9 new missions

  • New quest giver : Madison a young girl AKA Turtle girl
  • 1 new quest for Kovac (this quest must be completed to make Madison pop)
  • 4 new quests for Madison
  • 2 new quests for the rednecks
  • 2 new quest for the fans

New Environment

  • The Sewers
  • A new pub/Jazz Bar in City environment
  • Camp building have specific assets to show when they are broken

New NPC

  • Alligator

New Armor and recipes

  • Alligator armor
  • Recipes for Wooden board - Steel objects (scrap/sheet/tube/nails) - stones -the new trap and the alligator armor

New quest features : Escort and Trigger

  • Escort a NPC (NPC can receive orders to wait or move with the chat wheel interface - a new wheel is active when close to a NPC to escort)

Quest List Event

  • When some quest list reach a certain point - the camp map gets modifications.
  • Bug fixes - the collision to not get player stuck in furnitures)
  • Improvements - for example we worked on the loading time)
  • Changed the fonts for Simplified Chinese - previous fonts were not supporting all the characters and some were displayed differently
  • Fix to prevent items disappearing from trunk (not tested has we never managed to reproduce the issue)
  • Fixed some localization issue

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Twitch integration

The game will support the following interactions :

  • Lunatics: the more the merrier. (Free a horde of infected?) - 60 sec to vote with #yes or #no to trigger a wave of 10 running zombies
  • Free a horde of special infected? (To take good care of your survivor.) - 60 sec to vote with #yes or #no to trigger a wave of 3 special zombies
  • Who wants to become a nasty zombie? - (Type the magic word to have a chance to attack the player!) - 60 sec to say #me then 2 zombies randomly named by the voters will come to attack
  • Who wants to become a hidden zombie? (Type the magic word to have a chance to hide as a zombie!) - 60 sec to say #me then 2 zombies randomly named by the voters will pop somewhere in the level with no aggro, player will have to pull or alert them.
  • In a generous mood? (Take good care of your survivor.) - 60 sec to vote with #yes or #no heal the player with a small medikit
  • Health or damage boost? (Choose how to help your survivor! You may even get a thank-you!) - 60 sec to vote with #heal or #damage to heal or activate a damage buff to the player
  • Speed or stamina? (There are two types of runners!) - 60 sec to vote with #speed or #stamina to activate a speed or stamina potion to the player
  • Too many choices! (Don't be afraid to choose!) - 60 sec to vote #speed or #stamina or #heal or #damage

By default an interaction is triggered every 5 minutes (can be changed by the twitch streamer from 1 to 10 minutes)
Each interaction can be set to on/off (and can have a different probability to happen between low medium or high).
All buff effect should affect only player 1
For interaction 1 to 4, the zombie triggered will randomly get the name of the voters.

4 May Update:

Changed:

  • You have to speak to Madison before you enter the city in the quest "The survivor and the turtle"
  • Some infected friends join your position when you search the car under alarm in the Madison's quest "Bubble and punches"
  • The health of the alligators has been slightly increased
  • At least one alligator drops you a "family picture" at the end of the last Madison's quest
  • Zombies shouldn't appear anymore in the camp's trees
  • The spawn rate of flowers has been improved in the fans' quest named "Animal lover"

Fixed:

  • the issue of escorted npcs who were unable to climb obstacles
  • an issue preventing the player to join a teammate just leaving a raid
  • various issues of connection and disconnection

Added

  • An irc.log file is now created on your hard drive. Please send it if you encounter any connection issues by using Twitch functionalities.

Come join our community and discuss this newest update: http://steamcommunity.com/app/360170/discussions/0/364040166677133052/

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If you experience any crash, please send the proc.dmp file to [email protected]

Take care : )