Public Beta 1.0.6m (Beta 3 - 18 February)
NOTE: Multiplayer in this beta is not backward-compatible with the last release, so you can only play with others who have this beta. Save games are also not compatible, so it's best to backup your Saves folder. However, wolf files are backward compatible so you don't have to worry about those.
This beta is for Windows only.
IMPROVEMENTS:
* Refactored scent system to make it more robust. This should reduce or eliminate bugs with disappearing scent tracks and pups leaving tracks when carried, along with improvements to how the scents are laid down when the animal makes sharp turns, and what happens when a pup enters and exits a den.
BUGS FIXED:
* When fleeing predators, elk should often pull their heads back, but don't. (This was in the game originally but broke at some point, probably a long time ago.)
* Predator music bugs (same clip plays repeatedly, wrong clip plays).
* Lost River keeps playing when returning to main menu.
* Wolf ears do not fold back when howling while lying down.
* Mate is unable to enter tree stump den.
* Pup carcass oddities when carried by parent.
* Some save game errors and failures.
* Pups won't exit tall grass if parent is inside as well.
* Pups will follow player far away from the den or rendezvous site if trying to respond to a social emote.
* If terrain quality is low or very low, but Enhanced Sky & Vegetation mode is enabled, dirt dens do not have holes in ground.
* When adding a player to a pack, can't click OK button to continue adding more players but must click Done and then reopen Packs panel.
* In main menu, wolves in the My Wolves carousel are floating a bit off the ground.
* Female wolf sometimes does not have pregnant belly in winter and early spring.
* Map labels for two ponds are in wrong spot.'
* Grizzly cub and elk calf can get stuck in turning animation.
* Winter can come awfully early to Slough Creek.
* Fish sits a bit high in the mouth.
* Text edits and corrections.
* Terrain and water issues.
BETA 4 - 18 February
BUGS FIXED:
* On Basic Sky & Vegetation mode (lower quality levels), wolf's eye is too bright.
* In multiplayer, buggy behavior after clicking Exit Game or Main Menu buttons.
BETA 5 - 19 February
IMPROVEMENTS:
* Spring floodponds in First Meadow retain their shapes when seen from far away.
* Better creek sound effects.
* Improvements to June elk calf limb movements when being carried.
BUGS FIXED:
* Some scent tracks have no names in scent readout.
* Game sometimes pauses during courtship in Lost River.
* Both male and female wolves look pregnant in Slough Creek.
* In Lost River, game sometimes pauses for some seconds during courtship.
* At tree stump den, the scent source and Enter Den arrow are offset away from den entrance.
* One stick rides too high in the pup's mouth.
BETA 6 - 19 February
BUG FIXED:
* Game accepts keyboard inputs when another app has focus. (Really fixed time!)
BETA 7 - 19 February
BUG FIXED:
* Wolves can walk on water (on the western half of Slough Creek).
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BETA 8 - 20 February
BUGS FIXED:
* Scent trails sometimes end unexpectedly.
* Age of scent trails is sometimes reversed.
* Floating scent sometimes have no proper name (or other) info in readout.
* Enter Den arrow is often some distance from den entrance.
* Terrain is covered with snow in April/Find a Den quest.
* Wrong texture on wolf's nose.
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BETA 9 - 21 February
BUGS FIXED:
* Sometimes scents disappear instantly in scent view.
* Sometimes there are no floating scents emanating from scent tracks.
* Stationary animal can generate excessive number of scent tracks.
* A litter can have zero pups.
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BETA 10 - 22 February
IMPROVEMENTS:
* Switched to new rocky-ground terrain texture in Amethyst with much better tiling.
* Improvements to terrain texturing in Amethyst and Slough Creek.
BUGS FIXED:
* Random gaps in scent tracks.
* Pups leave scent tracks on top of den when entering den.
* Quest music doesn't play reliably at start of each quest.
* Terrain switches back to previous season in certain situations.
* Enter Den arrow at McBride lakeshore den is too far out from den entrance.
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BETA 11 - 23 February
BUG FIXED:
* Multiplayer is totally broken.
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TO GET THE BETA BUILD
1) In the Steam app, go to your Library, then right-click on the WolfQuest: AE name in the left column and choose Properties.
2) Then go to the Betas tab and select the WQ current Beta option in the pulldown. No password is necessary. Steam should then start downloading it. Later you can switch back to the public version in that Betas tab, by selecting NONE in that pulldown.
Many thanks to Cupcake_Le_Foxy for the game screenshot!