It's ten years since the infection started. Long-established settlements are collapsing, one by one, for unknown reasons. Survivors are running to the hills to escape, hoping for safety in remote places. As another refugee, you're here to carve out a new life for yourself - by any means necessary.
This is a small follow-up patch to v187 which introduced [url=https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1054510/view/3668793570612830714]drivable vehicles[/url] in the publicbeta branch. I discovered a crash which could happen if you knocked over a fence and then left it for a while, then restarted the game twice - that's fixed now. I've also removed the excessive explosion noise you heard when knocking over a mailbox or similar, and tweaked the amount of damage taken to your vehicle generally to be a bit less. If you bump lightly into a neutral community's building they won't take damage and start attacking you.
I also increased some menu font sizes as I'm trying to get a green tick for Steam Deck. And I've added a link to the game's [url=https://discord.gg/5mKaRg6NWs]discord[/url] channel on the title menu. Here's the full list:
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[*] Tweaked damage taken when crashing vehicles into things, and removed demolition explosion sound when they destroy mailboxes etc
[*] Crashing into neutral communities property at slow speed in a vehicle won't damage them or make them attack you
[*] Nudging a gate with your vehicle will open it (if you would be allowed to open it by hand)
[*] Added Discord link to title menu
[*] Increased font sizes in some menus
[*] Fix for chickens saying 'Wow' when someone is executed
[*] Crash fix
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[h3]What's this [b]publicbeta[/b] thing?[/h3]
v188 will be in the "[b]publicbeta[/b]" branch for a while, before pushing it to the main game. If you want to try the latest features as they come out (and help test them!) it's a good idea to start using this branch. But keep in mind:[list][*] Because it's the bleeding edge it could be less stable
[*] If you want to be able to play online co-op with someone you'll need to be on the same version as them
[*] If you go back from the "[b]publicbeta[/b]" branch to the main branch you may not be able to load savegames created on "[b]publicbeta[/b]".[/list]
To use [b]publicbeta[/b], just right-click on Survivalist: Invisible Strain in your Steam library and go to Properties, then Betas and in the drop-down select "publicbeta".
