Acaratus is a turnbased tactical RPG set in a medieval steampunk world where you build and fight with your mechanized battle suits to help Adina free the people enslaved by the emperor Helios, their oppressor.
[b]CAMPAIGN[/b]
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[*]Quests have been added back again with actual rewards in the shape of unique items.
[*]six unique items added, and much more to come.
[*]Map generation have been improved and soon we can allow fully random seeds to be used for each playthrough.
[*]Rebalanced the number of units across the board and the cost to upgrade slots.
[*]Continuous improvements and changes to existing items and some new ones.
[*]Melee have been buffed by a large amount.
[*]Added more units for the all types of enemy troops.
[*]Blacksmith now starts at three slots and goes up to five and got a graphical update.
[*]Card vendor got updated with new graphics and packs.
[*]You can now click on any square with the mouse and your hero will try to travel there.
[*]Pressing the Adina portrait now opens a dialog where you can see all your combined stats from perks and the option to pick new perks after each level up.
[*]Difficulty levels added and later they will offer more exciting changes. Impossible should be pretty hard...
[*]Windmill now also grants experience and some repair cards.
[*]New encounter mode called ambush that puts your troops in a disadvantage, this is paired with another new mode that puts your troops in an advantage.
[*]Camping spots added that will allow you to restore any lost units without going all the way back to a town.
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[b]GENERAL[/b]
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[*]Models have been repackaged in a more optimized format both during runtime and on disc.
[*]Textures have been optimized as well and will have a lower memory footprint.
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[b]BUG FIXES[/b]
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[*]Several critical issues have been fixed but some still remain and are constantly being worked on.
[*]Overkilling units does not prevent the action from completing anymore.
[*]Melee counterattack now behaves correctly at all times.
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[b]KNOWN ISSUES[/b]
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[*]Still problem with the particlesystem running out of memory, working on a fix.
[*]If you have problem with skirmish, starting a campaign or saves that does not work? Make sure you clean the "C:/Users/%account%/AppData/Roaming/Acaratus" folder or if it does not exist then create one.
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As always if you have any questions regarding gameplay or game design just post a thread in the forums.