Setting the bar as the definitive tower defense game, Defense Grid 2 introduces new worlds and threats to test your tower placement strategies. With a bold new look and the addition of new game modes, player-versus-player and multiplayer co-op, every play brings fun new opportunities and challenges.
[b]Gameplay:[/b]
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[*][b]New Game Type: Classic Open.[/b] Classic Open introduces the original DG scoring model to DG2. It is available for all single player missions and modes. No medals are awarded in Classic Open.
[*][b]Tower Limit Mode Fix:[/b] Fixed bug in which boost towers could automatically sell out from underneath a tower in the middle of upgrading.
[*][b]Strategy Camera Added:[/b] Edge scrolling camera for single player can be toggled on / off using Shift+C or can be set to be the default by adding “-freecamera” to the Steam launch options (library, right-click->properties, set launch options)
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[b]Stability:[/b]
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[*]Fixed top ten crash bugs responsible for majority of remaining reported game crashes.
[*]Fixed a significant number of OpenGL rendering issues for Mac (and soon SteamOS) improving both quality and performance rendering
[*]Fixed Mac launcher race condition where launcher might not appear while Steam is still initializing launch of game
[*]Fixed multiple DG Architect crash bugs
[*]Fixed DG Architect block thumbnails not appearing
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[b]Leaderboard Validity:[/b]
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[*]Added ability to remove scores from leaderboards that aren’t possible to achieve in an unaltered game session
[*]Removal of invalid scores will take place some days after update release
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[b]User Created Content (UCC) Tools Enhancement:[/b]
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[*]New UCC file format – must have update to download new UCC maps
[*]Enabled UCC maps to have story mode leaderboards
[*]Enabled UCC script asset creation with DG Architect and game loading of that script
[*]Enabled UCC script assets to be packaged in Steam Workshop upload
[*]Stopped UCC map creation process from creating multiple leaderboard versions for the same map
[*]Mac: Users can load custom levels now. Custom levels are looked for here: /Users//Library/Application Support/Steam/userdata//221540/local/DG2/
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[b]Usability[/b]
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[*]Restored Mouse button bindings to match system settings in Windows