Patch 17 (03 October 2016)

- Take better notes.

Patch Prolific Pocketmonster v9 - 09.30.2016 (03 October 2016)

- A smaller (and sooner) patch this week as we're doing an optimization / bug fix patch in the next two week cycle which is less exciting - but necessary! This patch brings several new contact events on the Wire terminal, new items from those factions, and some bug fixes and gamma improvements.

- Please note! The method of applying gamma adjustment has changed. You will likely need to reset your player preferences or adjust your gamma on the title screen if you had previously adjusted gamma.

- Please also note! If your ESC hotkey (or any other hotkey) is not working, simply reset your player preferences from the Options menu on the title screen.

Factions

- UFP loyalists can now receive all of the services from contacting Horizon Robotics.
- Supporters of Aurora Starliners can now receive all of their services.
- Dissidents supporting Workers United can now receive all of their support.
- Emer LT, fiercely loyal to the UFP, can now be contacted via the Wire terminal in STIX.
- Anulap, telecom giant of the UFP, can now be contacted via the Wire terminal in STIX.
- Riggo’s Fine Spirits, fiercely loyal to partying, can now be contacted from the Wire terminal.

Items

- Added new unique items obtainable with favor when contacting factions.
- High-value items stolen from pirates now have a wider array of potential bidders at auction.

UI

- Added new method for gamma control that avoids the nightmare of adjusting ambient lighting. The method of scaling has changed, so you may need to adjust your gamma settings to achieve the desired level.
- Clarified info in the Wire terminal to indicate that factions with Neutral or lower rep may not wish to communicate with you.
- Effects and Abilities that pull characters in the timeline will not cause low level Time Units (0 - 5) to increase.

Cyberninja

- Cyclone Kick will now also hit targets that have the same TU as the Cyberninja once the ability is executed.

Engineer

- Bolty will no longer occasionally fly upside and shoot at the ceiling when performing Strafe.

Smuggler

- Kalmonri Trap now deals the correct amount of damage when attacked by enemies.

Void Psyker

- Siphon Life (Rank 3) Detonation will now correctly hit all mobs.
- Void Shell now correctly only shows damage reflection on the effect description at Rank 3.
- Fixed an issue causing crawlers to bizarrely state their class when encountering pirates which have been terrified by the Void Psyker.

Fixes

- Fixed wall placement issue in Mines.
- Fixed an issue with item upgrades that applied buffs inadvertently removing other buffs.
- Fixed an issue that could cause NPC merc gear to become removeable and fail to regenerate shields at the start of combat.
- Events that give items will now attempt to create a loot cache nearby (if on a mission) or send you the item in the mail, if your inventory is full when the item is given.
- Fixed an issue with a certain boss incorrectly scaling to a lower level when faced on Challenge+ difficulty.

Coming Soon

- More friendly faction contact events:
- Allure Cybergenetics
- Dablue Yutaki
- An enhanced way to interact with StarCrawlers.
- More cool stuff!

Patch 1.345c (03 October 2016)
The Escapists Map Update: Banned Camp!
You've been caught, and the trial didn't go your way, but there's still hope!
Your friendship with powerful people in powerful places has ensured that you've been sent to a more 'comfortable' prison at Banned Camp!
Enjoy the fresh air of the outdoors, the sound of the breeze rustling the trees and the beautiful vista of the idyllic lake. But don't be fooled, as this camp has a pretty serious electric fence to stop you from wandering too far, and the guards here are real mean!
You'll need your wits about you to escape this time...

Patch 0.12.0 (03rd October 2016
New Stuff

- Icon animations added for level icons when clicked and when Kim arrives in a new level
- New ambient sound tracks for certain biomes
- All localized sounds (NPCs, animals, etc) are now 3D, which means their volume is controlled by Kim’s distance from them
- 21:9 screen resolutions are now supported
- Desert version of serai added

Changes

- We’ve made some changes to prevent Kim getting stuck in a slow death spiral including quadrupling the negative effects of hunger, removing the ‘natural improvement/decline’ effects and reducing how much free health he receives when he enters last legs (from +1 to +0.0001)
- Volume sliders in Options scale different sound types more evenly
- A medicine box can now be used in place of medicine in all conversations
- Kim goes to prison in the nearest large town instead of the level he is arrested in
- View cone sorting updated to ensure all level objects below head-height do not block view cones and appear below them
- View cone detail level is now dependent on number of NPCs in the level
- Travel line on map updated to be neater and clearer
- Equipped items display (Equipped) on the sell button in the pawnshop
- Updated show HUD button animation
- Milestones rotated to face direction of travel
- There are slightly fewer NPCs in Delhi and Simla
- Lots of conversations updated
- Certain high scores on the leaderboards, which were recorded under more generous scoring rules, have been deleted

Bug Fixes

- Missions ‘A Souvenir’ and ‘A Special Gift’ can now always be completed
- NPCs in combat encounters will not thank you for helping them when you just watched
- Train stations are always rotated correctly in relation to their track
- Kim always spawns in the correct position after being rescued when he collapses
- The Space button can now unpause the game as well as pause it
- HUD button hit boxes fit their button better
- Serai and campsite panels always open correctly
- Sounds no longer play from behind loading screen or page turn animation
- Closing a panel by opening another only triggers the opening sound of the new panel
- Happiness and Health scores calculated correctly if Kim ends game in prison
- Sad, Sick and Tired objectives will not complete when you reload the game
- Horses with riders will not rotate unnaturally quickly
- Travellers no longer retain clothing items from previous travellers
- Invisible horse riders fixed
- Lama never forgets to get onto the train

Patch 365 (03 October 2016)

- Fixed issue with Flare Brandish not playing audio or warding off wildlife when player stamina low
- Fixed issue with unlit light sources being unequipped when picking up items with double click
- Fixed camera issues when entering tilted vehicles
- Fixed crashes due to quitting game during fade outs of scene transitions or exiting vehicles
- Fixed crash that could occur when renaming a Journal
- Fixed issue with being able type text in a Journal if you died while editing
- Fixed issue with toilets disappearing when loading old saves
- Fixed glitch with lit Matches animation when inspecting an item or container
- Fixed issue with Storm Lantern playing ignite audio when running out of fuel
- Fixed issue with movement speed if Struggle is triggered when player is crouching
- Optimized audio in Desolation Point to prevent potential sound hitches
- General fixes to Environment art and collision

NEW FEATURES

- Added new Experience Mode: Interloper
- Added new Challenge: Hunted, Part 2
- Added full First-Person Presence for Light Sources: Flare, Torch, Brand, Lantern, Matches
- Added Beachcombing Gameplay
- Added Archery Skill
- Added Mending Skill
- Iteration on “World Decay” systems across all Experience Modes, focused particularly on: global temperature, weather patterns, wildlife presence, blizzard frequency, and fuel resources
- Iteration on Feats system; players now activate a limited number of unlocked Feats per Sandbox game

CRASHES FIXED

- Fixed rare crash when firing Arrows
- Fixed rare crash issue in Fire UI
- Fixed rare crash in Badges UI
- Fixed rare audio crashes
- Fixed crash issues that could occur in the Snow Shelter UI
- Fixed rare crash related to Cabin Fever
- Fixed rare crash when accessing the Log screen
- Fixed rare crash when cancelling Firestarting
- Fixed rare crash when being stalked by a Wolf
- Fixed “Many Campfires” Out of Memory crash
- Fixed crash that could occur when trying to force burn an unread research book
- Fixed rare crash that could occur when firing the Survival Bow
- Fixed crash that could occur when entering a Struggle and holding a lit Flare/Torch/Brand


Patch 364 (03 October 2016)
GAMEPLAY TUNING

- Cooking Fish now produces a small amount of Lamp Oil (varies based on Fish type and weight)
- Tuned Snow Shelter dismantling resources
- Hacksaws can now be used to harvest Saplings and Tree Limbs
- Updated the Bed and Bedroll interfaces to support Passing Time as well as Rest
- Enabled Users to view status overlay when Rope Climbing - but not the radial menu
- Tuned Hacksaw per-use decay rate
- Fixed Decoy exploit; Wolves will no longer make an easy target!

FIXES

- Fixed issue where brandishing the Flare did not increase Fatigue
- Fixed issue where player could drop Decoys when in a Snow Shelter or vehicle
- Fixed issues with drag-and-drop behaviour in Containers
- Fixed issue with Inventory sort icon colliders overlapping
- Fixed issue with audio when dragging scrollbar
- Fixed alpha issue on car windows that caused trees/foliage to not sort correctly
- Fixed floating objects after breaking down furniture in Farmhouse
- Fixed issue with player crashing through top of Snow Shelter after picking up items
- Fixed issue with debug screenshot behaviour
- Fixed issue with Brands providing a Heat Bonus when placed near a fire
- Fixed issue where players could become stuck on a black screen when retrying a Challenge
- Fixed being unable to light Torches from a fire
- Fixed issue where players could add Coal to a fire at an invalid (too low) temperature
- Fixed audio dropping out after a player Alt+Tabs away from the game
- Fixed issue with falling snow passing through walls in Forestry Lookouts
- Fixed issue that caused wildlife to sometimes become stuck on chunks of ice
- Fixed issue with Wildlife trying to pathfind into deep water
- Fixed Flare effects showing through doors
- Fixed issue that caused corpses to disappear when only partially in view
- Fixed issue where players could place Camp Fires deep in mines
- Fixed issue with looping Flare ignition audio
- Fixed floating plates appearing after breaking down certain tables in Coastal Highway
- Fixed inaccurate Calorie cost preview for Passing Time
- Fixed Harvesting UI displaying incorrect requirements when harvesting with bare hands with the Master Harvesting Skill
- Fixed issue with stackable items merging with invalid stacks, when dropped from inventory
- Fixed issue with inaccessible backpack in Timber Wolf Mountain
- Fixed issue with Torches not being lit by other lit (dropped) Torches and Flares
- Fixed issue that prevented the Journal stats from populating when viewed from the Main Menu
- Fixed issue that caused the camera to rotate and pan unexpectedly
- Fixed issue that could cause incorrect camera FOV at the start of game
- Fixed missing cabins in Coastal Highway
- Fixed duplicate rope near Mystery Lake Western Access
- Fixed issue with the Extinguish/Brandish prompts disappearing too quickly
- Fixed issue that caused the Torch effects to become offset after a scene load
- Fixed issue that allowed players to fire the Survival Bow after dropping their last Arrow
- Fixed issue caused by picking up an Arrow and nocking it, while holding the Survival Bow
- Fixed issue that allowed all Bunkers to spawn in Mystery Lake in certain scenarios
- Fixed issue that allowed low detail trees to appear on the Main Menu when running Low or Medium quality

MISC.

- Memory optimizations
- Fixed various environment art and world collision issues

Update (03 October 2016)

- Mac version added.