Public Beta 1.0.6m (Beta 3 - 18 February)
This beta is backward-compatible with saved games and wolves, so you can switch between this and the last release (1.0.6m) without any problems. However, multiplayer is not compatible with that release.
This beta is for Windows only.
IMPROVEMENTS:
* Revised how vegetation is updated during season changes. This should look the same as before during gameplay, but it's possible that something isn't set up quite right, so please report if you notice anything different about vegetation compared to previous patches.
* When the final "Explore Lost River" quest begins on that map, switched the music track from Journey to Slough Creek since you can't actually journey from Lost River to Slough Creek.
BUGS FIXED:
* Dying elk remove long stripe of grass near them.
* One section of Slough Creek has no current when flooded in May.
* Ears bend back too far when howling while lying down.
* Prey Killed music can play repeatedly after killing prey.
* Cougar carries pup under chin instead of in mouth.
* Saving fails if player somehow manages to use special characters in mate and pup names.
* NPC wolves can sometimes change coats.
* One meat chunk sits too high in the mouth.
* Terrain and water issues.
BETA 2 (1 March)
BUGS FIXED:
* Female wolf does not appear pregnant in Slough Creek until you save and reload the save.
* If your wolf is female and save your game in Slough Creek before having pups, then start a new game in Amethyst, your wolf will be pregnant there.
Moose calf in August grew up too fast.
* In Slough Creek, on Basic Sky & Veg mode, audio controls do not affect rain and snow sounds.
* Tall grass patches disappear in August
* Snow does not accumulate on distant landscape in spring and summer in Slough Creek.
* Player gets stuck if notification appears while dreaming.
* In Wolf Customization, can't click drag to rotate wolf.
* New Mate quest (sometimes) appears after game over when a pregnant mate dies
* Scent tracks sometimes stop abruptly.
* Scent tracks get suddenly older.
BETA 3 (2 March)
IMPROVEMENTS:
* When in Endless Summer quest, you can now regenerate your family snapshot in the Pack Info panel. This will replace the snapshot that was taken previously when completing the Loaf at Rendezvous Site quest. (Useful if you change a mate or pup name, or if a pup dies and you want to be honest about it.)
BUGS FIXED:
* Multiplayer is broken since beta 1.
* Distant landscape is pink after proceeding from one quest in Slough Creek to the next.
* All stranger wolves are interested in courtship. (Bug introduced in February -- Valentine's Day Special! and fixed now in new games but will persist in saved games from the past several weeks.)
* All dispersals and stranger wolves have the same level of interest at the start of courtship (should be vary some).
* World Map does not remember state of Show Dens button during Raise Pups quest.
* Regurgitated meat does not glow in scent view.
* Errors loading a save with carcass scent tracks spawned.
BETA 4 (3 March)
IMPROVEMENTS:
* For Apple Silicon computers, wolf feet now touch ground, and alert appears in main menu about bugs.
BUGS FIXED:
* Extra "Abandoned Den" lines appear in Pack Info.
* Water and terrain issues.
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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.