v1.2.3 Patch Notes
Greetings Directors,
We have deployed a new minor patch primarily targeted at fixing a number of issues found in the main game and The Voice Beyond DLC.
Game Systems & Balance
Ratings Goal Balance
Designers Note: With the release of Patch 1.2 we loosened some of the tension of a number of ratings goals to ensure they were attainable and maintainable within a reasonable timescale and allowing for edgecases.
Patient & Staff Mood required a little more tweaking to achieve our aims as the system is more susceptible to fluctuations due to environmental factors. So we’ve loosened it some more, this should be much more maintainable now!
Reduced Staff & Patient “Good” Need Goals by an absolute 5% across the board.
Mood Goal reduced from 90% to 85%
Nutrition Goal reduced from 90% to 85%
Toilet Goal reduced from 90% to 85%
Seating Goal reduced from 90% to 85%
Unified neutral scores for Staff & Patient Need Goals.
Staff Mood Neutral Range reduced from 80% to 70%
Staff Nutrition Neutral Range reduced from 80% to 70%
Staff Toilet Neutral Range reduced from 80% to 70%
Staff Seating Neutral Range reduced from 80% to 70%
Patient Nutrition Neutral Range reduced from 80% to 50%
Patient Toilet Neutral Range reduced from 80% to 50%
Campaign
Designers Note: Chapter 8 of the main campaign features a unique reduction in income from treatments. While this was accounted for in the ratings goals it was still a little harder to achieve than we liked, so we’ve adjusted the goal to be closer to the amount of income lost.
Reduced Chapter 8 Finances Goal by 38% relatively
Bug Fixes
Achievement Fixes
“Multi-Platinum Medicine” - Chapter 2’s Challenge Mode 5-Star Rating Achievement should now unlock correctly. If already completed, simply entering the level should award the achievement.
“It’s All Coming Together” - The Voice Beyond Chapter 2’s Challenge Mode 5-Star Rating Achievement should now unlock correctly. If already completed, simply entering the level should award the achievement.
Fixed edge-cases in which the 5-Star and 5-Star Challenge Mode achievements for The Voice Beyond Chapters 1-3 could not unlock correctly
Gameplay Fixes
Conditions not encountered by the player are no longer considered valid targets for the Research Room’s automatic research selection
Saboteurs which are actively pathing should now die immediately upon clicking the disintegrate button
UI Fixes
The CABAL Abbatoir Model is now correctly purchaseable in the Galactic Exchange
Artifacts should no longer disappear from or be duplicated in the player’s inventory
Fixed an issue where unexpected elements were appearing in the research target list
Campaign Fixes
Fixed an issue where HEAL identified the wrong mutation in chapter 3 of The Voice Beyond
Fixed an issue where the “Return to Sender” objective in The Voice Beyond Chapter 3 did not complete correctly
Visual Fixes
Fixed a number of conflicting visual accessories for Xil and Dyonai patients which would interfere with certain conditions
Fixed a case where certain Xil Accessories would appear too frequently
Fixed a case where some Ohde Accessories would appear on the Xil
Fixed the curious case of the missing nose on Dyonai afflicted by Glacial Cortext
Fixed a missing texture of belt accesories for some species
Other Fixes
Fixed an issue where canister conditions could randomly mutate in challenge mode
Fixed some rare issues which could cause save corruption
Fixed a rare issue where you could become hard-locked on a loading screen
Fixed minor issues in the Ohde & Tenki's society/physiology details
Fixed a crash caused by characters becoming stuck
Fixed a few errant audio timings
Until next time,
- Brightrock Games