Survivors!
We’re back again with another update for Sheltered! We just want to quickly thank everyone that has joined us out in the nuclear wasteland since Sheltered launched out of early access just over 2 months ago. Keep your stories coming!
Today’s update adds a load of new items, tweaks to combat and some extra changes. We want to hear your feedback on this update and Sheltered so be sure to let us know what you think by leaving a comment or stopping by the discussion forum! !
Now on with the update:
New Items
• Added Bed Roll equippable item (tier 1 craftable). Reduces stat drain on expeditions by up to 25%.
• Added Tent equippable item (tier 3 craftable). Reduces stat drain on expeditions by up to 50%.
• Added Metal Ore item (Found in Mines), which can be recycled for Metal and Rock
• Added Empty Petrol Can item. Added to inventory when using fuel. These can be recycled for Plastic
• Added Lockpick Set item (tier 3 craftable). This unlocks additional items when taken on expedition at farms, houses and office locations.
• Added Prospectors Kit (tier 2 craftable). This unlocks additional items when taken on expedition at clearings, mountain passes, caves and mines.
• Added Carrier Bag item. This can be crafted on tier 1 workbench, or found at random locations. This provides 2 inventory slots.
• Added Camouflage equippable item (tier 2 craftable). This reduces encounter chance by up to 25% when worn by all party members. Stackable with Motion Detector.
• Added Motion Detector equippable item (tier 4 craftable). This reduces encounter chance by up to 50% when taken on expeditions. Stackable with Camouflage.
Balancing
• The Daze effect has been increased from 10% to 20% more likely to occur.
• The chance to subdue has been increased for all weapons.
Miscellaneous Changes/Fixes
• Hidden items can now be unlocked at locations with equippable items
• Added “Storage: StorageUsed/TotalStorage” tooltip info to all storage objects
• Added “Time Remaining 00:00” tooltip info to recycling plant
• Subdue option has been removed from Shelter combat.
• Paintings and Sculptures should now always be visible.
• The Ginger Root text should now appear in German in the German language.
If you like the update please give the post a thumbs up!
Love Dean, Sonny and Team17
*Thanks for survivor BB910 for the pic!
Sheltered Raids Update V1.1
Sheltered’s now been out just over a month and we’ve been blown away by the response from both the Early Access veteran survivors and those that have just joined the wasteland.
We’re excited to announce that we’re releasing an update today that adds exciting new elements to the raids system.
We’ve been sifting through community feedback since launch and we’ve been hard at work on this update that we hope you’ll be excited about!
So without further ado, here’s the changes in this update:
Main changes:
• 1v1 combat now initiates between an inhabitant and a raider when they get close to each other within the shelter.
• New combat location “The Shelter”.
• Close quarters weapons can be taken into combat within the shelter if the item is in the shelter inventory when the raid begins. (Weapons are automatically assigned based on strength and damage dealt.)
• Traps now deal damage instead of killing NPC characters outright.
• Inhabitants can wear Good and Excellent body armour during shelter combat, if the item is in the shelter inventory when the raid begins.
Balancing tweaks and changes:
• Inhabitants in the shelter can be controlled during a shelter breach.
o Inhabitants with the cowardice trait still cannot be controlled during a shelter breach.
• The murder action has been removed from the NPC raiders.
• NPC raiders can still steal and break items whilst raiding the shelter.
• Breach frequency has been tweaked to occur more often.
• Characters are no longer automated or perform idle walking when a breach occurs.
• Breachers face the door when breaking into the shelter.
• Damage text appears next to traps that successfully hit breachers.
• The amount of items NPCs can steal has been tweaked.
So you’ll now have the ability to take the raiders on but you still have the opportunity to take advantage of hiding spots or running away from raiders.
We’d love to get your feedback on the update and everything Sheltered, so make sure you stop by the discussion forum! And if you like the update please give the announcement a thumbs up!
Love Dean, Sonny & Team17
*Thanks to survivor Veryinky for the image!
Sheltered V1.0 Out Now!
Survivors,
We’ve got some exciting news. Sheltered V1.0 is now live!
It’s been an amazing journey through Early Access and we’re super excited to give you this content update. Thank you to everyone that has helped shape Sheltered throughout this process, your continued support and enthusiasm has been amazing.
If you want to hear about the update, and Unicube’s journey through Sheltered’s development then be sure to watch the latest ‘Beneath the Surface’ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1gx_5Jqw64
New Features
Sheltered Hotfix
Screenshot by survivor Guld Damen
Survivors,
We’ve made some changes and fixes for Sheltered that we wanted to get out before the next update. First up is some changes to the raids mechanic, which we’ve altered based on community feedback. We still have plans for potential ways of improving the mechanics, but we think this is a step in the right direction. We’ve also made a couple bug fixes to fix issues that were affecting some Sheltered players.
Here’s the full list of changes:
• Breaches will no longer occur before day 50.
• Increased the length of time between breaches.
• Fixed an issue causing the game to crash on Linux 32 bit operating systems.
• Fixed an issue where characters would not complete crafting a shelter room on a new floor if ladder was placed in the centre of the room.
Your feedback continues to shape the direction of Sheltered so please keep it coming and if you liked the update please give the post a thumbs up!
Love Sonny, Dean & Team17
Team17’s Lunar New Year sale!
It’s time for the Lunar New Year sale and Sheltered is 40% percent off, but that’s not all! We’ve got lots of other Team17 games on sale too, including:
We’re really happy to be back in the New Year with the biggest update to Sheltered yet! We’ve been thinking long and hard about the best way of adding in the theme of bloodlines into the game and we even got community members to play the update early to give us some feedback on the direction we were taking it.
Now we’re super excited to bring you the Bloodlines Update, which gives you the ability to locate and recruit an estranged family member. This means an extra life for your family, as we know what kind of things can go wrong in the wasteland (bear mauling’s etc.). We’ve also added a bunch of quests, new functionality, balancing, and as usual gotten rid of some bugs.
To hear more about the update watch the latest 'Beneath The Surface'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkKiLaY-DbU
New Scenario: Family Ties
• A new scenario has been added, which on completion allows the players to locate and recruit an additional family member.
New Quests
• The Sickness
• The Doll
• Arms Dealer
• On the Road Again (reclaim the RV quest, will only appear on fresh saves)
Additional New Features
• New HUD element to distinguish family members from recruited outsiders.
• New sound effects added for character actions.
• Weapon descriptions now include stats on damage, accuracy and required strength to wield.
• New tips added to loading screen.
• Bedrock now visible beneath bottom floor of fully expanded shelter.
• Added Kickstarter backer likenesses NPC’s that walk across the top of the shelter.
• Added zoom function for the mouse wheel.
• Added ability to discard items from storage.
• Added ability to view map by pressing M on the keyboard.
Changes and Balancing including:
• The ‘Good Shower’ has been moved to Tier 3 of the work bench.
• Characters will now abandon shelter instead of going catatonic for second time.
• ‘Valium’ has been renamed ‘Relaxant’.
• Characters no longer squat down when defecating.
• Petrol is now less frequently found at locations.
• Updated the way the encounter system works out if a trade/recruit/bully attempt is successful or not.
• Disloyal characters can now be selected after recruitment, but remain automated until loyalty is 33%.
• Player can now harvest trapped animals despite freezers being full.
• Players can assign tasks to recruited characters immediately without improving loyalty.
• Flies now appear over shelter mess (empty cans, vomit etc).
• Snare traps now have a sound effect when an animal is caught,
• Reduced the spawn frequency of petrol at houses and farms.
• NPC refusing trades will no longer stop character from exploring a location.
• Changed the upgrading time from 1 second to 15 seconds for the shelter doors.
• Changed trade value of books, toys and records to 25 from 50.
• Changes to radio scanning to help results remain balanced
• The horse now visually returns from an expedition properly
• Incoming transmission sound effect now plays 3 times instead of once per transmission
• The repair icon now appears above objects when they are at 25% integrity.
• Added ‘under construction’ symbol for objects under construction
• Animation added when getting water for a catatonic character.
• Characters now become hardened after killing multiple NPCs
Bug Fixes including:
• Fixed an issue with intruders becoming stuck during a breach.
• Tier 2 bed can now be deconstructed
• Breaching NPC’s will no longer get stuck climbing ladders.
• Oxygen filter audio no longer plays when no power is supplied.
• Defend animation no longer plays twice in combat.
• Hazmat suits are now returned to the rack when the corpse wearing one is harvested, incinerated or buried.
• Characters are now correctly awarded XP for killing an enemy with a counter-attack.
• Characters in automation no longer use objects in their burnt out state.
• Extinguishing a single fire no longer causes characters to slide towards a second fire.
• Fixed the cursor from being hidden when players had certain items plugged into their computers
• Rain audio now stops when it is no longer raining
• Characters can now remove hazmat suits from corpses
• Characters who died in combat no longer increase stats if they killed an NPC in the same combat
• An error message now appears if the game is unable to set at the requested resolution
• When doors are upgraded, the room between is now updated to match the doors
• When the horse dies, the stable and saddle can no longer be crafted
• If the stable is built as the horse dies, the items are now refunded
• Added activity pane text if a character is killed by a snake bite
• 'Not enough room' tooltip no longer appears multiple times if rations cannot fit into the pantry
• Updated the description of resistance upgrades for the oxygen filter
• The horse no longer appears behind the hatch when crafting a stable when the horse in on an expedition
• The horse now saves/loads correctly while on an expedition
• Characters now have dialogue when in encounters started by NPCs
• Names of cities on the map have been changed so that location can be seen easier
• Changed the map cursor when using a controller
• Changed the map waypoint flag size
• Infections have a higher chance of being contracted when health is low instead of being random
• Faction members now have names
• Snake can no longer kill an expedition party member as they are leaving causing the expedition party to become stuck
• Updated the crafting panel so it shows the correct amount of "Owned" objects
• Updated the description of the X button on the leaderboard panel. It now says "Time" instead of "Next"
• Updated the amount of waypoints that can be placed on the map to 50
• Single bed will no longer spontaneously combust on its own.
We can’t wait to get your feedback on this update so stop by the forum and let us know. And if you liked the update please give the announcement a thumbs up!
Love Dean, Sonny & Team17
Survivors! We need your help!
Hey there, survivors!
Come in and warm yourself up by the fire. I have a little food to spare so grab what you need, take a seat on the comfy chairs, and make yourselves comfortable.
Anyway, now that you’re here we would like to talk to you about something really exciting. There will be new content available soon for Sheltered. We can’t say much about it at the moment. However, what we are looking for are a few willing participants who can help us out with some quick-turnaround feedback.
Who are we looking for?
Ideally, we need players who • Are playing, or have played Sheltered with no less than 99 days in-game time, and still have this save file.
• Possess a good all-round knowledge of Sheltered game play and features.
• Will complete an in-depth open-ended survey about the content
• After signing a Non-Disclosure Agreement, will not discuss the content, share screenshots, game play videos etc.
Additionally ….
If you live in or around the Yorkshire (UK) area, we’d love to invite you to the Team17 shelter to play the game, and give us feedback. You would need to bring your Sheltered save file with you.
Please note
We realise that you, the players, have bought Early Access to the game and we want to assure you that the content update will be coming to everyone eventually. This initial process is for refining the new game play content and we need select feedback for remote usability testing before rolling the update wider.
I want to help! What should I do now?
If you want to help out with this update, email usability@team17.com – with your name, and a link to your Steam account.
If you’re interested in helping us out with any future remote testing opportunities, then you can register your interest on the Team17 usability webpage - http://www.team17.com/usability/
Unfortunately we can’t reply to everyone who wants to help out. If you don’t hear from us, we’d like to thank you in advance for your help.
Many thanks, survivors!
Janey_Team17
Sheltered Update
Survivors!
We’ve been listening to your feedback since we released the ‘Danger Update’ and the Sheltered Community have identified some areas that could be improved with a little tweaking. We know many of you will have extra time to play some video games over the next couple weeks so we wanted to get an update out to you!
Here’s a list of changes:
Reduced the chance of encountering wildlife outside of the forest and mountain areas.
Changed the accuracy of the crowbar and pistol when meleeing.
Increased the amount of time between encounters by 100%.
Changed the strength values of bears and wolves in the early game.
Changed the spawn days for the different levels of bears and wolves appearing.
Changed some encounter so that some characters have weaker weapons or no weapons.
Removed 4 person encounters when outside of faction areas.
Changed the spawn time between factions appearing on the map, the amount of space they control and how fast they spread.
Your feedback continues to be an integral part of Sheltered’s journey through Early Access so keep it coming and we’ll see you in the New Year!
Love Sonny, Dean & Team17
Danger Update! *New Video*
You’ve had it too easy up till now, but everything has just changed with the Danger Update! No longer is your shelter the safe haven it once was, and factions now rule the wasteland. And there’s even bears…yep you heard it right….bears.
Watch the Beneath the Surface video to get the latest update straight from the team behind Sheltered!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5jBR6TE7vs
Get comfy in your shelter cus you’re in for a long read!
Shelter Raids
• Raiders can attempt to break into shelter to attack inhabitants or steal food and supplies.
• The starting shelter door is now a weak, wooden door.
• The shelter door can now be upgraded to be made stronger and more resilient to attacks. There are 2 further upgrades, a light metal and heavier metal door.
• New craftable traps to keep them out:
Paint Can Trap
Spike Trap
Shotgun Trap
New Radiation and Oxygen Functionality
• Radiation is no longer present at all times. Radiation clouds now accompany dust storms.
• The oxygen filter is now used to provide oxygen for the shelter instead of clear radiation.
• Oxygen filter must be upgraded to provide more oxygen as number of people in shelter increases.
Recruit Loyalty
• Newly recruited members of the shelter begin in auto-mode. Player must gain their loyalty before they receive full control over them.
• Recruits can now be dismissed from the shelter.
• Recruits that become too stressed or unhealthy will leave the shelter.
• When recruits leave, there is now a chance they may steal something or sabotage an object.
• There is now a chance that a recruit is a psychopath and may sabotage the shelter or kill a family member if triggered.
New Pet
• Player can now select a Horse as the shelter pet.
Factions
• Certain areas of the map are now controlled by dangerous factions.
• Each faction have new and unique visuals and dialogue.
• Factions are generally aggressive and like to jump into combat.
Additional New Features
• Doors now open automatically for characters.
• Saddle and stable are craftable if the player starts with the horse.
• Damaged objects may now catch fire.
• Fire extinguisher is now craftable to put out fires.
• Expedition parties may now encounter wolves and bears.
• Added a ‘Move All’ option when transferring items.
Bug Fixes including:
Sheltered Hatch Notes 4
Survivors!
Time for another Hatch Notes! This update brings a few of the top requested features to Sheltered, including taking your pet dog out on expeditions to help scavenge and fight off the dangers of the wasteland. We’ve also added new pets, controllers support and a bunch of changes, balances and bug fixes.
You can hear about the latest update in the latest Hatch Notes video:
https://youtu.be/Bix3xds77CU
New Pets:
• Fish- Helps reduce stress.
• Snake- Great for catching rats, but don’t let it get too hungry…
Controller Support
• Game can now be played with USB controller on Windows.
• Added controls screen for controller input in Options menu.
Pets on expeditions
• The dog can now be taken on expeditions to assist the party in finding items and help during combat
• Dog attacks automatically in combat and is not player controlled.
• The dog will run back to the shelter if the people on the expedition die.
• The dog acts like taking a 3rd person in a combat situation.
Monthly Leaderboards
• New Leaderboard filter to list best Sheltered scores of the month.
Balancing and Changes
• Meat can now be used to feed pets.
• Changed the stack size of shotgun and rifle ammo.
• Changed the water cost when using the RV on expeditions.
• If a party is subdued in combat, they will lose all items in their inventory and the expedition will continue as normal.
• Camera can now be controlled using arrow keys.
Bug Fixes
• Updated the pet feeding times to reflect their descriptions.
• Crafting timer has been added when upgrading core systems.
• The highlight for the pet bowl now includes the wall plaque.
• Pet corpses are now visible when loading a save after they had died.
• Fixed the fuel begin doubled when using the RV on expeditions with 2 characters.
• NPC’s now return dialogue if player attempts to recruit them.
• Cycle arrows now on the family customisation screen for pet selection.
• Super Irritating Guy will now ambush you if the quest if refused.
We continue to be blown away by the support of this awesome community and we still have lots in the works for you to look forward to! If you like the update please give this a thumbs up!
