Game News Underrail Dev Log #50: Version 1.0.2.2 Beta

[Infinitron]

Tags: Stygian Software; Underrail

Styg and his crew are working on the Expedition expansion for Underrail these days, but it looks like they've also been spending some time on improvements that are relevant to the base game. Today's development update announces the launch of an "experimental" beta for the game's next version, which players can opt in to if they want to participate. The update includes a thematically appropriate screenshot and an extensive changelog, of which I'll quote a portion:

Hi guys, soon we'll be ready to release a new update for the game. For those who wish to help us test it, we've set up "Experimental" branches on Steam and GOG Galaxy.



To play experimental branch on Steam, you right click the game in your library and go to "Betas" tab. To do so on GOG, you select the game and choose More->Settings. Make sure you don't override all your live version saves just in case something goes horribly wrong.

Here are the patch notes:

Feats

• AP reduction from Gunslinger feat will now properly affect only firearms
• Added feats: Bowyer (crossbow crafting)
• Ripper feat will now properly work with serrated knives

Visuals

• Added a new visual model for siphoner, ancient rathound, and super steel armor
• Telekinetic proxies and electrokinetic imprints will now be visible behind walls

Interface

• Added tooltips for empty gear slots
• Forcing the vent with crowbar will now be done through Quick Invoker (once the crowbar is equipped, you'll get the ability there)
• Changed the "Focused" tooltip to be gender neutral (tested for all 99 genders)

Mechanics

• Cats nerfed
• Dreadnoughts buffed
• When a character that has nightvision turned on gets flashbanged, they will also be dazed for 5 turns
• Some of the merchants now have additional mercantile checks which (if passed) will expand that merchant's store inventory

I guess those cats weren't as harmless as the Underrail wiki claims they are. Read the full changelog for details on the bugs that have been fixed in the new version and the changes it makes to items and quests.

 

[Barghest]

Is this game still crippled by lack of maps, and terrible respawning?

 

[jungl]

cats best thing about this game. Their artwork reminds me of that cat in LoGH who is also the best thing about the anime. https://gineipaedia.com/wiki/Admiral_(cat)

Game needed a cat faction where you fight "woke" cats with psi powers.

 

[Goral]

Changed the "Focused" tooltip to be gender neutral (tested for all 99 genders)

Decline.

 

[Drowed]

Oh, how much I miss a map in this game. It has been transformed into a "second Arcanum" to me: I love it to death and I've started it several times but I end up abandoning it over time (albeit for different reasons in both games).

 

[toro]

Oh, how much I miss a map in this game. It has been transformed into a "second Arcanum" to me: I love it to death and I've started it several times but I end up abandoning it over time (albeit for different reasons in both games).

At this point, I cannot take seriously complains about the missing map. I took me a few moments to find all the shit below:

http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/complete-underrail-map.107263/ (by our own ghostdog)

http://www.underrail.com/wiki/index.php?title=Maps

http://www.underrail.com/wiki/index.php?title=Maps/outdated

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=588650003

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=597180731

Styg will not implement maps for this game (maybe not even for the sequel) and while I don't agree with his decision I accepted it. It's a non-issue.

 

[Urthor]

Did they fix the fact you can't play it without speedhacks to up the walk speed???

 

[toro]

Cats nerfed

What am I missing?

 

[Excidium II]

Is this game still crippled by lack of maps, and terrible respawning?

Oh, how much I miss a map in this game. It has been transformed into a "second Arcanum" to me: I love it to death and I've started it several times but I end up abandoning it over time (albeit for different reasons in both games).

kys

 

[Roguey]

Hmm, doesn't seem worth it, I'm going to play it in offline mode as is.

 

[Drowed]

Oh, how much I miss a map in this game. It has been transformed into a "second Arcanum" to me: I love it to death and I've started it several times but I end up abandoning it over time (albeit for different reasons in both games).

At this point, I cannot take seriously complains about the missing map. I took me a few moments to find all the shit below:

I already found all of these, and more. But I find it a chore to have to access anything external to play a computer game. By saying this I'm triggering all codexers who love to drawn their own maps, I imagine.

If there's one thing I don't miss from the old games (besides the horrendous interface/clunkiness of some) it's the lack of a good ingame map.

 

[Excidium II]

You don't an in-game map in a top-down game FFS. The game screen is the map.

 

[Black Angel]

It feels so fucking good to memorize all the places and experience the inter-connectivity of the world of Underrail. Sure, it's kind of tedious to walk back and forth between places, but a map ain't really solve the tedium.

 

[LESS T_T]

Draw your own maps. Simple diagram-like maps are enough for the most part. (Well, at least to the part I played.)

 

[Grotesque]

But I find it a chore to have to access anything external to play a computer game

But you already do access something external to play this game. Your hands.

 

[Cyberarmy]

Cats nerfed

 

[Archibald]

Every retard who complains about lack of map should get banned.

 

[MrBuzzKill]

What's the cat thing about? Are there even cats in the game?

Spoiler

Am I being retarded here

 

[Black Angel]

What's the cat thing about? Are there even cats in the game?

Spoiler

Am I being retarded here

Look at mah avatar!

 

[Marten Broadcloak]

Hmm, doesn't seem worth it, I'm going to play it in offline mode as is.

Do you mean you are going to start playing Underrail without updating to this version? If so, you should definitely reconsider. After all, you know more than anyone here the power of a good update.

 

[MrBuzzKill]

What's the cat thing about? Are there even cats in the game?

Spoiler

Am I being retarded here

Look at mah avatar!

Did they add cats as an option for character portraits? this whole update seems a lot more meme-y than usual

 

[Roguey]

Draw your own maps. Simple diagram-like maps are enough for the most part. (Well, at least to the part I played.)

This kind of thing has been and should be automated.

Do you mean you are going to start playing Underrail without updating to this version? If so, you should definitely reconsider. After all, you know more than anyone here the power of a good update.

Well I've only played PoE 3.03 as opposed to .04 or .05. These fixes/changes don't seem significant enough to wait.

 

[an Administrator]

I want shotgun.

 

[Excidium II]

What's the cat thing about? Are there even cats in the game?

Spoiler

Am I being retarded here

There's one cat right in SGS in the refectory, although you often can't see it because it's sitting behind a wall.

 

[Barghest]

Did I mention the slow walking speed? Missed the slow walking speed.