FreeHolder Steam Alpha 1 Hotfix 6
7.13.2016
Announcements
New Character Ledger
This hotfix introduces a substantial feature which will be featured in the upcoming Alpha 2 release of FreeHolder - a totally revamped and more functional character screen. It features the ability to edit two characters at once, and take equipment directly from other characters, removing the annoying need to unequip and reequip tools. The 1,2,and 3 hotkeys will place that character on the leftmost character sheet, and the ` hotkey will close the screen, rather than having to click the x in the top right. We think you will find this to be a substantial improvement over the old screen - that being said, if certain commonsense additions that I have overlooked come to your mind, by all means let me know.
Adjusted Bribe Amounts
The census taker will now charge along a gentler sliding scale, allowing players to get further into the game with the same groups. The series is now 2,4,8,12,16,20,24... on for as long as you can possibly make the payments. This is not necessarily a reflection of the final game values, but represents our desire to open up the game for extended while we put the second section in place.
On this note, I don't have journal entries each year as you get past year 4. It will give the same text after this point. I haven't had much time for writing recently since I've been coding recently. I'll probably get these into the next hotfix or so, but I don't think I'm going to have anything past year 6 in any case. We'll see where development and testing take us.
Alpha 2 Features
-New Character Ledger added.
New Features
-Can now click and drag to move the view around on map view
-TAB key can now be used to switch between villa and town views.
Improved Features
-Added re-choosing of class when kaius and lydia class up
-Camera now recenters over towns on map toggle
Bugfixes
-Apprentice Smith skill fixed and improved
-Outlander skill fixed
-Water willow saplings is no longer possible during winter
-Removed ability to open character sheet during class change
-Removed negative ore, stone, and marble bugs
-Heat counter fixed and now updating in "real time"
Balance Changes
-New more gradual bribe amounts
-Removed chainmail since iron is unavailable
-Changed scalemail, medium shield, and warmace to apprentice smith ability
-Added gladius and throwing axes to apprentice smith ability