• A quick guide:
  
• Prerequisite: You must have Wild West Dynasty in your library – of course.
  
• Open your games library. Right-click on Wild West Dynasty.
  
• Open the ‘Properties’ menu.
  
• Click on the ‘BETA’ tab.
  
• Use the drop-down menu and select ‘Public Staging Branch’. This is the beta version of the game.
  
• Click ‘Close’.
  
• Steam should now download this version of the game.
  

Changelog:

Added

• Missing cutscene related to the Mercedes quest.
  

Changes and Improvements

• Pathfinding system improvements. NPCs should not become stuck if the destination is not reachable or blocked for it.
  
• The cutscene music has been changed.
  

Fixed

• Cookbook recipes could not be analysed properly.
  
• Manage House radial menu icon colour.
  
• The house's custom name was not saved properly.
  
• NPC were sleeping above the bed (their ability to levitate removed).
  
• NPC could not be assigned properly to different Workstations if they are currently working in the stable.
  
• Wrong map indicator for arable area.
  
• Tools in the shop display were not stacking.
  
• Rawhide was not displayed in the resources category.
  
• Some technology recipes were not saved after unlocking them.
  
• The campfire in the old camp could cause camera issues.
  

• A quick guide:
  
• Prerequisite: You must have Wild West Dynasty in your library – of course.
  
• Open your games library. Right-click on Wild West Dynasty.
  
• Open the ‘Properties’ menu.
  
• Click on the ‘BETA’ tab.
  
• Use the drop-down menu and select ‘Public Staging Branch’. This is the beta version of the game.
  
• Click ‘Close’.
  
• Steam should now download this version of the game.
  

Changelog:

Added

• The ability to move settlers to different houses
  
• A panel to manage houses in Management tab
  
• The ability to have more than one settler in one house
  
• The ability to assign a house to yourself
  
• Indicator in radial menu showing that crafting multiple is RMB
  
• Resource list the player needs for buildings in the building wheel
  
• Added more save slots and the ability to label them. Saves can now be deleted.
  
• The ability to name horses
  
• The ability to destroy just tents
  
• The ability to paint the roof triangle on a house
  
• Added 32 new investigation recipes (for cooking)
  
• More saddles are available for purchase at Four Nines
  

Changes

• Removed Annie's mail from the ground
  
• Horse options to mount/dismount and a horse menu
  
• The map is centring on the player when opened
  
• Local transport now does not cost any money (in range of a city)
  
• Transport system has been updated – after removing a city, every transport will be updated. If the destination for a transport is a removed city – the transport will be cancelled and will return to the starting point.
  
• Removed the seeds tutorial/tip
  
• Removed Ed's and Roger's tutorial/tip
  

Fixes

• Annie now marks her promised location.
  
• All fires supply warmth now
  
• The first fire should not have the Analyse option
  
• Created a marker for “can be eaten” for NPCs in the menu. It is a checkmark instead of an X.
  
• Granger’s behaviour when dead
  
• Items stacking is now working
  
• All the buildings are now destructible. Including the warehouse! And the Barn!
  
• Fixed an issue where post-processing was not working in animal’s buildings (barn/pigsty/ranch/stable)
  
• Fixed an issue where the detection of animal buildings was not working properly (player could not see name or health of the building)
  
• Fixed an issue where the Barn was not showing its name and health and could not be destroyed
  
• Fixed wrong names displayed on animal’s buildings
  
• Fixed an issue with loading map state after save/load
  
• Fixed an issue with loading Granger’s state
  
• Fixed an issue where the Barn’s marker was not visible on the map after loading a saved file
  
• Fixed an issue where the Windmill marker was not visible on the map after loading a saved file
  
• Fixed an issue where the Mine marker was not visible on the map after loading a saved file
  
• Fixed the de-synchronisation of animals
  
• Fixed an issue with roof material in winter
  
• Food now is updated on a daily basis, instead of every hour (food loses 40 points of condition per day)
  
• Fixed an issue where items prepared with the cookbook were not transferred into rotten food if their condition reached 0
  
• Granger, Owl and Grama Lucy now offer things to buy after reaching a certain point in the storyline
  
• Fixed an issue with scroll in the Journal and notes panel
  

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Changelog

• Fixed an issue where pigs were not eating.
  
• Fixed an issue where cows were not eating.
  
• Fixed an issue where horses in slot 1&2 in the stable were neither eating or drinking.
  
• Fixed an issue where small animal cages show wrong food/water values
  
• Changed the systematic for small animals - now they are working the same as big animals. This means each small animal has their own food/water value, instead of a health value.
  
• Changed an option in controls - now the Hotbar should be visible as the first option on the list in order to rebind in the category Player Actions.
  
• Added a new category - outdoor elements to place. 26 new elements are waiting to be placed around the world. Outdoor elements can be also placed in player's houses. The player can change the position of every place outdoor decoration.
  
• If a player cancels moving outdoor objects, the corresponding resources required to place it will return to the player's inventory.
  
• Adjustments in collision detection to improve placing outdoor objects.
  
• Added a Christmas tree as a temporary object to locales.
  
• Added the option to place furniture on the floor in Grandma's Lucy house.
  
• Added a new building - Hunting Hut.
  
• Updated technology tree to support the new building
  
• Updated management UI - added the hunting hut.
  
• The Hunting hut allows two types of meat (rabbit and deer) and two types of skin (rabbit fur and deer skin).
  
• Fixed an issue where the achievement Transport Good should be triggered properly now.
  
• Fixed an issue where settler encampments became inactive after a certain amount of time.
  
• Added a Christmas tree to startup screen.
  

Additions

• Added a rifle to the shop in Hope.
  
• Four more colts were added to the shop in Hope.
  
• Added Rifle ammo to the shop in Hope.
  
• Added separate support for the General Store vendor’s storage.
  
• Added a saver for the vendor in the General Store (On existing saves he replenishes items he is selling).
  

Fixes

• Horse selector map - fixed the scaling for 16:10 aspect ratio.
  
• Animal's stable selector UI - fixed the scaling for 16:10 aspect ratio.
  
• Fixed an issue with City mission that requires Sheriff building at City level 2.
  
• Fixed an issue where the General Store required at City level 3.
  
• Fixed an issue with the technology UI to match the new order (General store available at City level 2).
  
• The General Store will now sell items at 50% base sale price
  
• Fixed a chest collider in the stone mine.
  
• Fixed a chest collider in the iron mine.
  
• Fixed a building collider in the stone mine.
  
• Fixed a building collider in the iron mine
  
• Fixed an issue where the storage of the General Store's vendor storage was identical to the General Store's chest.
  

Changes

• Changed the eating cycle for NPCs from 2 hours to 6 hours.
  
• The General Store's vendor sells items at 75% of the original price.
  

Changes

• Changed an NPC's payment from daily to seasonal.
  
• If a building is in the range of any city, then items manufactured in this building will be directly delivered to the warehouse of this city without the need to create a separate transport route.
  
• The player can now sell animals in the animal's stable panel.
  
• Horse – Added an Assign/Take button for the horse context menu.
  
• Horse - Improved the saving system.
  
• Horse – Contrary to its behaviour in the stable the horse will feed and drink by itself if left alone in the wilderness.
  
• General Store – Available at City Level 2
  
  
  
  • The player can place orders in the general store.
    
  • Orders depend on the City Level (by upgrading the city, the player can request more offers).
    
  • The NPC will now sell items from the general store's chest.
    
  • The NPC will try to buy the items the player places in the general store's chest.
    
  • Added a checkout inside to take money generated by the NPC.
    
  • The player can buy stuff from the NPC like from a regular vendor.
    
  • The NPC will generate random items for sale.
    
  • Prepared a new UI in Management.
    
  • If the player cancels an order, the player will get the money back.
    
  • Changed the interior furniture to give the player more space to navigate.
    
  • Added a saving system.
    
  
  
  
• Water Tower – Available at City Level 3
  
  
  
  • Added a water tower which can help with the water issue.
    
  • The water tower will be used by site-bound NPCs as a water source.
    
  • A water tower placed near a windmill will automatically refill.
    
  • The game will automatically indicate the range of all nearby windmills in placement mode.
    
  • The player can assign an NPCs to work at the water tower.
    
  • Added a saving system.
    
  
  
  
• Stable
  
  
  
  • The player can now assign a horse to the stable.
    
  • Fixed a problem with flying elements.
    
  • The player can assign an NPC to work at the stable.
    
  • A Horse in a stable will feed there. If there is no more food or water and the horse’s health becomes zero, the horse will die.
    
  • Stable UI properly shows amounts of food/water for any animal.
    
  • Prepared an UI where the player can view horses and select a stable to assign the horse there.
    
  • Added a saving system.
    
  • Added water/food interaction points.
    
  
  

Fixes

• All Achievements should work now.
  
• Aid for Taxation: Animal farm - Added missing stable in Taxation.
  
• Aid for Taxation: Animal farm – The player can now buy horses in Taxation after this quest is completed.
  

Added

• The price of animals depends on their age.
  
• Added young cows.
  
• Added young goats.
  
• Added young pigs.
  
• Animals on a farm will grow automatically every year now.
  
• If the animal’s age is changed from 0 (baby) to 1, the animal will be replaced by a grown animal and will behave like a grown animal.
  
• To reproduce animals on a farm, there has to be at least one male and one female animal at the age of 1 at least.
  
• New animals will be created every 2 seasons (each stable has 5 slots maximum for animals)
  
• Small Animal Cages
  
  
  
  • Added a new view for small animal cages.
    
  • The player can control the amount of food/water in the cage in the Animal Cage panel, now.
    
  • The player can track the animal info in the Animal Cage panel now.
    
  • The player can now sell small animals (such as rabbit/turkey/chicken) in the management panel.
    
  • Base small animal price is 150$, if a player want to sell an animal that price is modified by age.
    
  
  

• Fixed an issue where skill points were displayed in Spanish.
  
• Fixed animals for purchase in Taxation.
  
• Red Rock - Fixed the NPC T-Poses after assignment.
  
• Fixed the scrolling in the inventory after selecting any filter.
  
• Ghost Town Forest - Adjusted parameters to prevent trees from spawning inside houses).
  
• Grandma Lucy – Added a furniture saver.
  
• You are back - Replaced beans with a can of beans.
  
• Fixed an issue where a stable was not destructible.
  
• Bridge area forest - Adjusted parameters to prevent trees from spawning in undesired places.
  
• Henrietta – Can now be caged (support for existing saves is WIP).
  
• Added a settler camp beyond Ed's farm.
  
• Added a settler camp nearby the old shooting range.
  
• Added a settler camp nearby Serenity Stand.
  
• Updated the navmesh to support new settler camps and to improve the navigation in several areas at Red Rock.
  
• Fixed an issue with the storage UI on ultra-wide resolutions.
  
• Fixed an issue with detecting hovering over items in the storage UI for all resolutions.
  
• Added a furniture saver to Granger's house.
  
• Fixed an issue where data could not be loaded properly after the last update.
  
• Taxation's cemetery becomes active once the entry Warehouse plans: Fix the Warehouse is active.
  
• The destroyed convoy is disabled once the entry Warehouse plans: Fix the Warehouse is active.
  
• City Missions - Is now being checked for conditions, such as animals.
  
• Women - Replaced dysfunctional animations with proper ones.