The next patch, v1.0.8n, is now in public beta! Available on Steam for Windows and MacOS. Instructions for opting into public beta at bottom of this post.
NOTE: Saved games and multiplayer games are compatible with the last patch, 108n, so you can switch back to that patch if you want with no problems.
BETA 5
NEW:
* Randomizer in Wolf Customization: Click the dice button to generate a random wolf: Coat, eye, tail and body customizations (including any DLC you have purchased), attributes, and personality.
TUTORIAL AND NOTIFICATION IMPROVEMENTS:
* Revised tutorial tips to be less intrusive and more responsive to player actions.
* Added Skip button on quest intro panels to skip the subsequent How to Play panel.
* New toggle in Game Settings>Gameplay to disable common notifications (like Hex is Still Strong, Too Soon, Nearby Den, etc.).
* Some common notifications (about den discovery, pup illness, mate injury) now appear in smaller window in bottom-right corner.
OTHER IMPROVEMENTS:
* When starting Establish Territory quest, rival packs will spend a bit more time strengthening their own hexes before claiming new ones.
* Keyboard "Enter" key will now close Mate, Den, and Rendezvous Site naming popups.
* Added a new button on World Map to hide scent post markers (when wolf has that perk).
* Some optimizations to improve GPU performance (mostly on Enhanced Sky & Vegetation mode, and probably mostly noticeable on older/weaker GPUs like GTX 1050).
* Increased ambient light level a bit to reduce darkness of unlit sides of objects.
* Refactored some multiplayer code (should have no noticable effects in gameplay).
* In Endless Summer, the "End Ironwolf Run" dialog has clearer text and more meaningful button names now.
* Better error message when sending an in-game message but game cannot contact server.
BUGS FIXED:
* In Multiplayer games, sometimes wrong wolf bio shows in Pack Info panel.
* Sometimes dens don't lose snow cover when going from early Spring (Find a Den quest) to later Spring (Raise Pups quest)
* Some animals leave wide stance snowprints.
* Fall and winter elk calves snap to their feet for a moment if they were prone when killed.
* Lower dead branches on lodgepole pines wiggle too much in the wind.
* Whitebark pine bark is too smooth.
* Some icons in Wolf Customization don't have rounded corners.
* Fur is rendered on Family Tree wolves when fur is disabled.
* Wolf creation's name input field shows controller placeholder text when highlighted without a controller.
* Once a wolf becomes an elder wolf, if you go into the wolf carousel in main menu and modify a different wolf which was created as an ironwolf, then modify and save your elder wolf, that wolf loses it's elder status and won't be marked as dead when it dies.
* In Lost River Classic, camera jitters when underneath fire tower.
* In multiplayer lobby game preview panel, "Starting season" shows for Slough Creek Story mode games, but should not.
* Wrong affinity label on a notification.
* When fur is disabled, wolf coat tint is not applied to wolves inside den.
* Minor issues on a few wolf coats.
* Old text about Tower Fall on Game Help: Loaf at Rendezvous Site panel.
* Terrain and water issues.
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BETA 6
IMPROVEMENTS:
* Randomizer in wolf customization now also randomizes gender.
* Adjusted sunlight color in main menu to match sunlight in game scenes.
* Added small corner notification when mate's injury heals.
* Added controller support for wolf randomizer button.
BUGS FIXED:
* On certain Fastest (Custom) quality settings, performance is much worse than before, until reset.
* When fur is disabled, elk carcasses don't show correct consumption textures.
* When fur is disabled, newborn pup textures are incorrect.
* Fix for elder wolf bug is now fully applied to exisiting wolves (Once a wolf becomes an elder wolf, if you go into the wolf carousel in main menu and modify a different wolf which was created as an ironwolf, then modify and save your elder wolf, that wolf loses it's elder status and won't be marked as dead when it dies. )
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BETA 7
IMPROVEMENTS:
* More tweaks to lighting in main menu.
* Increased fur rendering distance on pups.
* Adjusted line spacing in tutorial tips.
BUGS FIXED:
* In multiplayer games, animals sometimes float in the air. (Probably fixed, but if you see this again, please get everyone to submit reports.)
* Tutorial tip about companionship boost not being in effect when overtired is triggered reliably. (Also added a corner notification about this.)
* In Graphics Quality settings, Terrain Blending is not set to Off when switching to Fastest quality level.
* When using controller, certain interactions on Age Perks panel will make controller input stop working.
* Layout misalignment on multiplayer Pack Info panel.
* Header text is too long on new "Mate Healed" corner notifications.
* On MacOS, Amethyst cliff rocks are pink.
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BETA 8
IMPROVEMENTS:
* Adjusted ground textures in Amethyst for brighter sunlight intensity.
* Increased fur rendering distance on elk.
BUGS FIXED:
* In multiplayer, sometimes pups won't go into den when woofed. (Possible fix; please have everyone submit reports if you see this again in multiplayer.)
* End Ironwolf Run: Last line of text overlaps itself.
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BETA 9
BUGS FIXED:
* Wolf can't stop panting.
* In Age Perks panel, "not your birthday" alert appears too soon in certain situations.
* In Age Perks panel, wolf doesn't have fur in certain situations.
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BETA 10
BUGS FIXED:
* Buttons on End Ironwolf Run don't work properly (not fixed, temporarily changed text to point players to functioning Jump Ahead button)
* In wolf customization, randomize button can select DLC that hasn't been purchased.
* Wrong texture on dead Douglas-fir trees.
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BETA 11
BUG FIXED:
* Buttons on End Ironwolf Run don't work properly (properly fixed now) .
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BETA 12
IMPROVEMENTS:
* Added debug code for flying animals in multiplayer games -- if you see this, please ensure that everyone submits a bug report.
* Slough Creek pack wolves now have much more variety in attributes.
* Wolf Customization Randomizer: Adjusted the odds for some things.
* Social Cooldown notification now uses the new, smaller popup in the right corner of the screen.
* Hiding the HUD now hides the animated heart icons on mate and pups.
* In Lost River, music sometimes stops abruptly.
* Photo mode icon has problems when player-wolf is sleeping.
BUGS FIXED:
* Possible fix for flying animals in multiplayer games.
* A few dens don't have the correct den-type scent icon when player has Den Memory perk.
* On Name Your Pack panel, clicking in the central area over text field and Suggest a Name button will submit the current name in the text field.
* In Amethyst during winter, cliff rocks have dark areas from terrain blending.
* Text issues.
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BETA 13
NEW:
* Minimal HUD option in Gameplay Settings. With this enabled, the wolf badge, compass, targeting arrow, courtship banners, and scent readouts are displayed, but other UI elements (bite cursor, NPC health bar, elk health dots, pup hunger meter, and damage indicators are not. If you prefer to have this mode hide or show specific UI elements, please press F11 to submit a feedback report.
BUGS FIXED:
* In multiplayer, animals often teleport and sometimes take flight.
* Some tutorial tips appear in every game session.
* Radio collar clips into body of dead wolves.
* Hare carcass changes to incorrect seasonal coat sometimes.
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BETA 14
IMPROVEMENTS:
* Minimal HUD now hides courtship banner and the targeting arrow is shown only when locked into an animal or object.
BUGS FIXED:
* Minimal HUD doesn't show scent readouts (but should).
* Minimal HUD doesn't hide wolf badge during sleep.
* Minimal HUD sometimes doesn't recognize that it should be enabled.
* When fur is disabled andt thus no snow accumulates on animals, mid-distance wolves and elk have snow on them.
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BETA 15
IMPROVEMENTS:
* Pressing "I" key now toggles HUD between 'Off' and player selected option, 'Minimal' or 'On'.
BUGS FIXED:
* In multiplayer, sometimes pup names don't update for other players in the game.
* In multiplayer, animal teleporting and flying still occurs sometimes.
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BETA 16
BUGS FIXED:
* If multiple pups get sick at the same time, notification only appears for one of them.
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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.