This is a small follow-up patch to v187 which introduced drivable vehicles 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 discord channel on the title menu. Here's the full list:

• 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
  

What's this publicbeta thing?

v188 will be in the "publicbeta" 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:

• 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 "publicbeta" branch to the main branch you may not be able to load savegames created on "publicbeta".

To use publicbeta, just right-click on Survivalist: Invisible Strain in your Steam library and go to Properties, then Betas and in the drop-down select "publicbeta".