Just a little longer, we promise!
Earlier, we presented how we wanted the Doctor's handbook to look and work.
As well as getting a more tidy and prettier look with support for illustrations, it also gets a search function. This will be an important tool for those who want to micromanage patients' records.
A search for a symptom like 'Cough', will show all pages in the handbook that mention this symptom. This way you will quickly get an overview of potential diagnoses, treatments, etc.
It will work much like an in-game wiki, as stated earlier. It's now ready to be shown the world and can be tested in a brand new 'Experimental branch'. (More on that below)
As many probably have noticed, up until now patients haven't really been at risk at any point in the game. We're now changing this and patients can now get so ill that they die. If their health is at risk, doctors will run their way and attempt to save their lives.
(Much like this guy with his defibrillators..)
With so many big changes that this patch brings, there's also the potential for bugs. If anyone is particularly interested, we are now publishing an 'Experimental branch' on Steam. There is a lot of new content available, but this is early early access and we strongly recommend that you backup your saves first, if you wish to try it out. There will be an update for this branch tomorrow as well, featuring more polish before public release.
To opt into 'Experimental branch': Find Hospitalize in your game library -> Right click -> Properies -> Betas -> Opt into Experimental branch. You might also have to restart Steam for it to update.
And with that, we're very sorry the dev update got delayed! Things got a bit hectic, but now we're back on track :] See you next week!
AND AS ALWAYS: Keep sending us those bug reports, it helps out a ton!
Thank you!
- Illeris Team