Genre: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, IndieWasteland 2
Wasteland 2 Early Beta Update #34046 Notes
THIS UPDATE INCLUDES OVER 2000 FIXES. Patch notes are available on our tumblr.
High Profile Updates:
Brand new icon based inventory, character sheet, skill screen and support UI elements
Huge combat pass. Animations (tons of new death and damages), SFX, VFX, AI all greatly improved.
Added destructible cover
Surgeon and Field medic have been greatly improved. Now when using the skill, a list appears with all useable items
Quality Settings check on game load.
Added Mechanical Repair Skill
Introducing grenadiers and heavy weapons AI experts
Added Prison map
Added reactivity state where both Highpool and Ag Center can fall.
Multiple improvements have been made to the save game system which were causing save games to not load
Multiple engine optimizations have been made to increase performance.
Multiple compatibility fixes.
First novella released, plus a look at the inventory re-design
We’re extremely happy with how the new inventory is coming along. It greatly reduces the amount of unnecessary micromanagement and is much more visually appealing than the previous iteration. Instead of being list based, we were able to make it more icon based with unique icons for all items. The list style inventory works well for a game like WL2 with lots of items to collect, but lacks a bit of the soul that comes with an icon based inventory. There is something special about getting to see all the items you own in one spot. We had always hoped to go with an icon based system, but early in the project we were hesitant to commit to it due to the greatly increased art costs. We’re now at the point where we feel comfortable taking on the challenge and know it will make for a better experience.
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The image above shows the new backpack. Long gone are the days of hitting the backpack button and having 4-7 packs pop open. By selecting the party member along the side, you can see the contents of their pack. If you select the “All” button, it will show you the contents of all packs in one easy to read space. Hovering over an item in this mode will highlight the party member on the left to show whose bag it’s in. Drag it to the PC you want to have it and you’re good to go!
When you mouse over the item, you will get all stat and useful information displayed in a small pop-up. You also can further examine the items by double clicking to read the details and see any additional description information.
This grid-based inventory is not limited for space. You can manually keep it sorted yourself under the all items tab if you have your own system in mind, or have the game auto-sort it under one of the other tabs (which will not re-set your manual sorting).
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At the same time, we’re also updating the character, attribute, skills and dossier screens. No longer will they be full screen but instead a more compact window, which gives us space to combine it with another screen. Additionally, dropping items in the world, adding them to hotkey bars, and trading becomes much easier when you can move this compact window around to the most convenient screen spot.
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We’d love to hear your thoughts on the new inventory vs. the previous one. Please leave comments on our forums or in this Kickstarter update. It will be included in our next code update so those in the beta will go hands-on shortly!
Wasteland 2 Early Beta Update #29462 Notes
High Profile Fixes
Multiple improvements have been made to prevent infinite loading bugs
Multiple adjustments have been made to prevent an enemy from not ending their turn
Performance enhancements across the board
Events should now play properly even if another is already playing
Added Quick Save & Quick Load
Switching characters in conversation should allow you to use their speech skills
Modified and junk flags on inventory items should now be positioned correctly
Removed unnecessary clicks in combat to smooth out the experience. Left click now immediately attacks a target.
Wasteland 2 Early Beta Update #28918 Notes
As this version contains major updates including to the engine there is some chance you will run into all-new bugs tied to these chances. As always, please report them in CenterCode (request access here).
If you disabled automatic updates please note you may have to launch Steam in offline mode to prevent it from updating the game. Updating the game will likely break existing saves.
High Profile Fixes
Updated to Unity 4.3 which may introduce new issues not previously seen. Please report on the Early Beta Community Site.
Implemented hardware cursor
Major combat and weapon balancing (1st balancing pass).
Eliminated a variety of crashes related to saving & loading in combat.
Eliminated a variety of infinite loading occurrences during scene transitions. (Specifically Ag Center and Highpool loading crashes)
Eliminated a variety of crashes related to Highpool & Ag Center.
The game will no longer be autosaved and a duplicate party will no longer be generated when going to the main menu from gameplay.
The name of a snapshot portrait should now be set when it is created.
Custom portrait filenames should now be retained when saving/loading.
Optimization: Pre-allocate animstates for decreased load time.
Removed XP exploit for perception.
Improved individual dropsets.
Improved overall loot distribution and balance.
Eliminated circumstance of loot drop returning no items.
Clicking on a player portrait to switch to a different speaker in conversations should now work correctly.
HOTFIX - Performance improvements, and quality settings will now perform properly
Upcoming new build will likely break save games while fixing some major known issues
Based on the beta feedback so far, here are known major game-breaking issues:
- Agricultural Center crashes to desktop on map transition: this should be fixed in the next build
- Saves made in Highpool after the fight with the wreckers surrounding the mortar are corrupt: we are currently working on this issue and it should be fixed in next build
- The UI scaling does not work properly and makes text unreadable: the next build will contain more UI scaling and resizing options which should resolve these issues
- Custom portraits are replaced by white field and related saves are corrupted: this should be fixed in the next build, in the meantime we recommend not using custom portraits
- There is significant mouse lag: we are currently working on this and improvements should be in the next build
- The game is not optimized: we will do several optimization passes as we progress, with each build the game should run better
- Numerous other fixes will be in the next build, full patch notes will be published when the build goes up
Version 28396 Released
- Fixed rocket launchers
- Tweaked combat grid & nav mesh in Wrecking Crew Stronghold to prevent a Raider being isolated and stuck during combat
- Bashable fences persist between game loads
- Turned off blue debug combat grid
Wasteland 2 hits Steam Early Access
Wasteland 2 is the direct sequel to 1988’s Wasteland, the first-ever post-apocalyptic computer RPG and the inspiration behind the Fallout series. Until Wasteland, no other CRPG had ever allowed players to control and command individual party members for tactical purposes or given them the chance to make moral choices that would directly affect the world around them. Wasteland was a pioneer in multi-path problem solving, dripping in choice and consequence and eschewing the typical one-key-per-lock puzzle solving methods of its peers, in favor of putting the power into players’ hands to advance based on their own particular play style.
The Wasteland series impressive and innovative lineage has been preserved at its very core, but modernized for the fans of today with Wasteland 2. Immerse yourself in turn-based tactical combat that will test the very limits of your strategy skills as you fight to survive a desolate world where brute strength alone isn’t enough to save you. Deck out your Ranger squad with the most devastating weaponry this side of the fallout zone and get ready for maximum destruction with the RPG-style character advancement and customization that made the first Wasteland so brutal. Save an ally from certain death or let them perish – the choice is yours, but so are the consequences.