Hi everyone, Patch #4 is now live as promised! In case you missed our last announcement, I’ll go ahead and repeat it: we have a final release date for Dead State, and it’s 12/4/14. We hope you’re as excited for the launch as we are
For our spooOOooky Halloween patch, we have a lovely mix of tricks and treats, including: an exciting new intro showing the player’s unpleasant welcome to Texas; night combat penalties and fatigue status; a recycling upgrade; adjusted healing mechanics; and lots more. Check out the changelog below for the full list, then get in there and start bashing in undead heads.
Patch #4 Changelog
Added a new intro sequence
What exactly happened to you before you woke up in the Shelter? Time to find out!
Changed night-time behavior:
You no longer lose the game for staying out past midnight. Instead, nighttime combat penalties are applied after 8 p.m.; staying out past midnight causes the fatigue status; and staying out past 3 a.m. now incurs a -50 morale hit, 50% health loss to all members of the party, and kicks you back to the Shelter. If you’re using horses, they become exhausted and unusable for a couple of days, and if you’re using the car, it breaks and you need to repair it again. (In other words, get your butt back to the Shelter before 3 a.m.!)
Added a Recycler Upgrade:
By popular request, you can now build the Recycler Upgrade to break weapons and armor down into parts. This will most likely need balancing work, so make sure to share your feedback with us on the boards and forums.
Adjusted Healing:
Based on feedback from the community, the Infirmary is no longer the only way to recover lost maximum HP. Lost max HP now slowly heals naturally with rest in the Shelter at the rate of 1 per hour. Treatment in the Infirmary still offers a much quicker way to get back on your feet, but it is no longer the only way.
Performed major combat balance pass:
Including armor, weapons, shields, enemies, and enemy chance to crit.
Updated level visuals:
We improved visuals in over 70 levels.
Updated level loot, combat, and events:
A number of levels received combat and loot passes, and we even added some more random events.
Implemented and fixed perk effects:
New perk effects for Animal Magnetism, Pharmacist, and Gardener were added, and some existing bugged perks were fixed.
Updated and added icons, portraits, and models
Added new rare melee weapons and minibosses on multiple maps
Added data items to various enemies:
Note: there’s a known bug with the data system right now that will be resolved in the next patch.
Added ability to obtain cats for the Shelter
Added new Crisis Events
Added ally deaths from antibiotic shortages:
Known issue: camera data isn’t in yet, so consider these WIP for now.
Added mood bonuses and penalties
Changed fence job behavior and text:
Thanks to feedback from the community, we adjusted it so that you can’t build the wood fence until after the chain fence has been repaired. We also changed the text on the stone-reinforced fence job to more correctly reflect the nature of the upgrade.
Fixed, added, and updated dialogues
Added Credits button to options menu
Added wounded status icon
Added better handling of location detection on area map
Added additional infirmary polish: Characters teleport to the infirmary when they’re injured and even lie down in the beds.Adjusted prone AP penalty
Added requirement of rotten fruit to antibiotics manufacturing
Added buff status effects “Aimed” and “Pumped”
Added new faction combat barks
Added new ‘select all’ buttons in the shelter
Adjusted travel speed of horses
There are lots of other smaller tweaks, additions, and improvements that you’ll stumble across as you go, but that should cover most of it
Watch out for our next patch, which should be equally impressive and satisfy even more popular community requests. From all of us here at DoubleBear, Happy Halloween!
