This update adds a few minor changes to the game that will appear until the 1st of November.
Pumpkins Pumpkins will randomly appear in the settlements and can be clicked on to be picked up. The pumpkins themselves can be equipped in a character misc slot and clicked for a minor heal in combat.
Halloween Recipes There are 2 treasure drop recipes for Halloween that will allow you to craft advanced foods with the pumpkins. These foods will not be eaten like normal foods, instead they are misc items like the pumpkins that can be used in combat for much greater heals.
Rare Helmets There are 2 rare helmets Halloween
The event will run throughout October and end on the 1st of November. Once the event has finished you will still be able to use any of the items and recipes you have found, although no new pumpkins will spawn and the event recipes and items will be removed from the treasure and merchant tables.
Enjoy!
Tormunda
Added: Halloween pumpkins now spawn in the settlements. These can be picked by clicking on them. Pumpkins can be used in recipes or as clickable healing items in combat.
Added: 2 Halloween event rare helmets.
Added: 2 Halloween event recipes that can drop in treasure.
Added: A Halloween event icon will now display during the event.
Added: Threat information has now been added to the helmet tooltips.
Added: A low character memory option is now available in the graphics options.
Changed: The skill list on the character sheet will now update if the character finishes reading a book while the character sheet is open.
Changed: The character ring with the skull has had its art changed.
Changed: Some adventures can now be scouted out multiple times.
Changed: Several performance improvements.
Fixed: Reading in Settlement 10 is now working.
Fixed: The Boss Collector page would error if the new swamp vampire boss was killed.
Fixed: Some memory changes have been made - those with a memory issue, can you please report back if the issue is gone on this build?
Fixed: An issue with Grenade damage.
SETTLEMENTS CONTENT UPDATE: THE BLACK SWAMP!
SETTLEMENTS CONTENT UPDATE: THE BLACK SWAMP!
Welcome to the first content update for Settlements.
As with all updates the focus is not just on more items, monsters and adventures but also on expanding or revamping current systems to improve the core game.
The Black Swamp update brings you the following key additions:
New Adventure The Black Swamp is a new adventure for Era 7 + characters. The swamp is a deadly place with many hidden treasures but most of all it is the home a the Swamp Vampire. Completing the adventure will award all characters on the adventure with a unique feat: Bio-Affinity, allowing them to do more damage with BIO weapons against the blight. Perfect for the challenges ahead.
New Boss Fight The Swamp Vampire is not limited to the confines of the adventure. She is also encountered in the wild as a new boss fight and fight mechanics harder than when she is encountered in the adventure.
The new boss fight offers 2 new pets as well as new items in reward for defeating her, including an ultra rare item and difficulty modes for fighting her.
New Achievement The Swamp Vampire also expands the boss collector, in game book. Allowing for more boss fights in the future to be collected and steam achievements to be unlocked.
New Items There are many new BIO-Melee weapons available in this update along with some basic items added to the lower ERAs and some more rares, including the first of many merchant only items.
New Merchant System This brings us nicely onto the merchant system revamp. Previously players have been stuck with only a few items for sale on the merchants and far too much money in the bank with nothing to spend it on.
Along with an improved user interface, the merchants now not only bring more items for sale but will now have the ability to sell rare drops, merchant only items and for those who can afford them, skill books!
Character backgrounds The character backgrounds and borders have proved to be very popular so this update brings more of both.
STEAM TRADING CARDS
But that is not all, along with update 1 is also the release of Steam Trading Cards, backgrounds, Badges and Emotes!
What Next? The updates do not stop here.
Next month will see the holiday update for Halloween and then content will start on Update 2 as well as improvement to Character management, the tutorial and giving new players more information at various stages of the game.
Full Update Notes
General
Added: New Merchant System.
Added: A new boss encounter for era 7. The Swamp Vampire.
Added: Page options for the boss slayer book and the new boss is now available.
Changed: Books are now sorted alphabetically.
Added: The Black Swamp adventure.
Added: Bio Affinity feat
Added: 5 more character backdrops and 5 more character portrait rings.
Tormunda here!
As well as a regular patch update, I thought I would give you an update on where I am with The Black Swamp release.
The goal is for a launch next weekend. However as with all development goals, this date may change.
The last few updates for the Black Swamp testers will focus around the new merchant system and some new merchant only items.
A big thank you goes out to all who are currently testing the new content.
Along with the new content, I hope to get Trading Cards released with The Black Swamp. I am awaiting review from steam on the card content.
Tormunda
Settlements Developer
Patch Notes
Additions
Added: Chinese tutorial language option. Thank you Chshh!
Changed
Changed: The Sandman Base map has been changed to try and better trigger the final room.
Changed: The Repair team Settlement Defence value has been changed to 4.
Changed: The Maintenance team Settlement Defence value has been changed to 5.
Changed: Royal Clothing no longer needs Diamonds.
Fixes
Fixed: The dodge skill was not functioning correctly and the buff was ending a turn too soon.
Fixed: There was an error when trying to use the last few skillbooks in the skill book menu.
Fixed: Shields and Helms that had a health bonus were not being applied.
Fixed: Some minor GUI changes.
Fixed: The Tooltip for ranged combat was missing some information.
Fixed: Various text errors.
Fixed: A typo in the Goliath scrapbook.
Fixed: Removed the chocolate cake icon from the building chart.
Fixed: Combat Buff issue.
Fixed: An issue with the Bio-Grenades giving an arithmatic overflow.
Fixed: Changing 'Show Massing Attackers' off/on will no longer make the 1-0 keys invalid on the settlements screen.
Update 1.0.11.5 Gone Live
The current beta update has now been moved into live.
I would also like to take this opportunity to give you an update on the new merchant system, which is currently in development as part of 'The Black Swamp' update.
New Merchant System
I have re-written the code that generates merchants and their stock. Each merchant can now look to buy up to 9 items as well as offer to sell you up to 9 items.
1) In the top-left of the picture you will see the merchant now has a set amount of money that they have available each visit. This will restrict the amount of items you can sell them. Any items you buy from them will add to the coin they have available.
2) The Sell 1, Sell 10 buttons have been replaced with a slider, allowing you to quickly sell as many items as you wish. When you offer to sell at least 1 item, a SELL button and the current offered price will display.
3) The new code allows me to set a % chance for each item rarity for every merchant. Allowing me to create rare merchants that will deal in Books, Rare items, Set Items and even Pets.
Initial testing for this feature and some of the content update items will begin next week.
I will be giving instructions on how you can test this on the forums.
Tormunda.
Beta Update 1.0.11.5 in final testing
Beta Update 1.0.11.5 final testing list
Patch Notes
Additions
Added: Hotkeys have been added to the following combat actions: Evade, Combat Heal, Formation, Inspire, Taunt, Flee and Swap.
The icons also have numbers on them for quick reference.
I have spent some time testing this new function: However, this addition required a change to the way combat actions were dealt with and as such could hide potential issues. Please report any strange events. Thank you.
(Hot fix applied)
Changes
Changed: Weaponsmith 5% craft crit now applies to Flintlocks and pistols as they are classed as melee weapons.
Changed: RangedSmith 5% craft crit now applies to Muskets and Rifles.
Changed: Rare resources now continue to produce even if the building's prime resource is full. (at a much slower rate. Non-rare secondary resources will not produce).
Changed: Creating new Greenprints will now automatically stop when they get to 100%
Changed: Some menu interface improvements.
Fixes
Fixed: The fine flintlock incorrectly was able to block.
Fixed: The fine musket incorrectly was not able to block.
Fixed: The fine and normal Heavy Kevlar helmet will now stack on the resource bar.
Fixed: The Bio Machine pistol had the incorrect Bio damage.
Fixed: Some tutorial errors.
Fixed: A remove family overflow error.
Fixed: An issue with the Launch Mission where you could have unlimited missiles.
Fixed: A missing tooltip on the combat healing action.
Fixed: An issue with the defencive strength on some buildings.
Fixed: The status of the special tasks were not being saved between reloads.
Fixed: An issue where rare resources would reset to storage maximum if you had purchased more than your max storage. (You should keep the extra until they are used up).
Modding
Added: Override support for all Character Art
Added: Override support for all Monster Art
Added: Override support for all Building Art
Added: Override support for all Background Art
Added: Override support for some button and interface Art - I am working on this area at the moment. Feel free to add different artwork to the override folder, it will activate when i hadd the extra support.
Update 1.0.11 Goes Live.
Patch Notes
Changes
Changed: World skills will now stop researching when they hit level 10
Changed: Tea Plantation now only needs Botany 2
Fixes
Fixed: A dupe with the science lab to allow you to make extra copies of a character.
Fixed: An issue with calculating crafting criticals when more than 1 crafter is present.
Fixed: A missing tooltip for Fine Power Armour
Fixed: A bug that would allow you to run multiple Settlement Assaults at the same time.
Fixed: An error with the Japanese tutorial.
Updates 1.0.9 and 1.0.10 go Live.
Patch Notes
Changes
Added: Dutch tutorial translation is now added.
Added: All tutorial translations now have a tooltip saying who we are all to thank for their hard work!
Added: Popups and output text are now displayed when a new chest has been rewarded.
Changes
Changed: The Science Lab field: Bio-Warhead now needs the following unlocks: Nuclear Warhead & Guidance Systems.
Changed: I have slightly reduced the settlement attacks on Hard & Challenging difficulty.
Changed: Added more information onto a grenade text output that would explain how to put the pin back in!
Changed: Healing teeth no longer give combat medic xp
Changed: Dodge xp is now only given if a monster has a 20% chance to hit or greater.
Changed: Bio-Pistols can now be duel wielded
Changed: Bio-Machine Pistols can now be duel wielded
Changed: Right-Clicking on a machine working on the oil-rig will now remove it.
Changed: A characater that is saved from death by a Paramedic now has all bleeding and poison stopped and the healing effect is now set to 20% of max HP.
Changed: The basic pallet has been changed to help give contrast against the white text in the resource tracker.
Changed: The way the game handled locallised dates/times has been changed.
Changed: Some Adventure quest skill checks will now tell you what skill you need if you fail them. Warning: Not all skill checks will do this, especially if a hard to find bonus chest is hidden behind the check.
Changed: Medical Dressings have been given a boost to 40hp per use.
Changed: The combat stance icon to a colour more suitable for any colour blind players.
Changed: Clicking next settlement while in the central plot should no longer allow you to go into settlement 10 central area (as there is not one!)
Fixes
Fixed: Paramedic was not triggering on all death occurances.
Fixed: A bug in the German tutorial 'Character Sheet' translation that would cause an error.
Fixed: The task to create 10 defence missiles was not calculating the missiles correctly.
Fixed: An issue with the Bio-Grenade damage that would sometimes cause an error.
Fixed: Character game stats and feats were not clearing upon death.
Fixed: Fleeing or failing combat at the Oil-Rig settlement should destroy the oil rig.
Fixed: Saves with 0 characters would cause a crash in the post launch updates. This has been fixed.
Fixed: The cold weather production warning on settlement 6 should now be visible on all screen resolutions.
Fixed: Some adventure quest text errors.
Fixed: Some tooltip text errors.
Fixed: Settlement hot keys are no longer usable while on the main menu.
Fixed: Dead characters no longer count towards population max.
Fixed: The launch button for the final victory quest should no longer require a client restart to see.
Fixed: Continued tweeks to the sound = true settings for some realtek sound users.
Update 1.0.8 and What Next?
Hello and thank you to all the new players who have been giving great feedback and comments on the forums.
Launch Week The priority for me during the launch week was to make sure that each of you had a stable and enjoyable time playing this great game.
I have been working around the clock since release and during that time I have pushed out 22 seperate updates!
I still have a few minor issues and the odd sound issue with hardware that i will continue to work on, however it is time for me to take a step back and look at what will be in development next.
Changes and systems that just missed getting into launch There are a few items that were dropped from launch in the last minue due to the possible introduction of bugs.
The biggest of this is a new merchant interface and more sales options, including merchants who sell books.
Content Update I will be looking to add another world boss and some more items in the next content update - no spoilers, more about this when it is closer to being finished.
Modding I will also be working on changing some file formats and structures to make modding easier.
As i bring each system into line with how they will be modded, I will be adding instructions to the current modding forum to allow for testing.
I will be looking to get workshop support working once the initial modding tests have been completed.
Todays Patch Todays patch also adds German and Japanese Tutorial language support.
Thank you very much for all your support during launch.
The community of the game is very friendly and a nice place to be and you are all to thank for that.
Tormunda.
Patch Notes
Additions
Added: Tutorial Language Options. At the moment the German and Japanese support should be complete. The option to change these should be available on the front menu screen.
Changes
Changed: The help menu should no longer output to the text area.
Changed: Corrected a few text errors.
Changed: The Scrapbook explaining you can now build the science lab to explain it is an era 6 building.
Changed: The tooltip on the Inspire icon to say Inspire instead of Battlecry
Fixes
Fixed: The game loading checks should now correct any missing blight updates.
Fixed: Population of 0 in a location will only halt attackers if you have not constructed any buildings.
Fixed: A display issue with some population and free housing values.
Fixed: An issue where you could use a bug to gain extra inspire heals.
Modding
Added: There is an initial test option available to modders.
It should now be possible to drop any matsx.art folder into this location : \Modding\Override\Art\Materials
The game will now load your art file instead of the default art file.
Update 1.0.7 Goes Live
Hello and welcome to Settlements Update 1.0.7.3
Patch Notes
Additons
Added: Spanish to the test area for translations. - There are a lot of updates in the current patch that are not yet visible to the public. This is work being done on the tutorial translation by the community and will be available as soon as possible.
Added: Quick keys 1-0 are now available from the world map
Changes
Changed: Combat stances have been given different artwork to help them stand out more.
Changed: The difficulty of the mining skill on the Ruined house has been reduced to Mining Skill + Int of 6+
Changed: Many improvements to the sound for those who need to use the Sound = True .ini flag. Anyone who has sound issues or a freezing of the game in combat, please check the froums for the solution.
Changed: Items in the crafting menu will now also display how many you have in storage via the tooltip
Changed: Text notification of a new factory blueprint also tell you what the current critical % is for the new recipe.
Fixes
Fixed: The missing of 'Game Paused' on some screen settings should now be finally resolved.
Fixed: An issue where a homeless person, once kicked from a building site would still continue to help build.
Fixed: An issue where an Arithmatic overflow would be reported.
Fixed: If a monster was taking cover from ranged attacks and then moved into melee, the sound icon would not update.
Fixed: Disabled the use of 'M' and '1-0' during adventure quests
Fixed: A display issue when the world data not updating when using 'M' to navigate to the world map.
Fixed: Nice and Fine clothing names were mixed. This has been corrected.
Fixed: A potential crash when using the Sound = True option in the .ini file.
Fixed: An issue with oil based machinery sometimes not calculating correctly.
Update 1.0.6 Goes Live.
Patch Notes
Additions
Added: A help button on the main game screen to allow the player to review old tutorials and other helpfull information
Changes
Changed: Some Late Game Tutorials will pop up even if tutorial is off.
Changed: Opening the resource list sound filter to ALL by default.
Changed: Better sound issue resolution has been put in place
Changed: Several performance improvements
Changed: Extended key tooltip times.
Changed: Some instructions in the copper mine adventure.
Fixes
Fixed: Several text corrections
Fixed: The troubleshooting value of Sound = True was not being saved on exit.
Fixed: An issue where the game would not start due to a missing font
Fixed: A type in the copper mine adenture
tip : If you have any issues after an update, it is always worth doing a steam verify files.
