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How to opt into Experimental
To opt into experimental install "Cepheus Protocol Experimental" in your steam library.
It is no longer a beta opt in but an entirely new game granted when you purchase the base game.
Patch Notes
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- Speculative fix to crash from here: https://discord.com/channels/469412014427602944/1148182458525810768/1148182458525810768
- Boosted HUD's top-right section size by a bit
- Also updated the build number to be smaller, and to be over two lines instead of one
- Build number textsize reduced on Main Menu
- 'OK' button for the welcome text increased in size, and style changed
- Revised graphic for main menu Discord button
- Set up a 'horde intro' tutorial, so the 'opening text' for Horde Mode plays on the tutorial widget
- Updated Tutorial Widget to not say "Tutorial: XYZ", but just to list the requested title message when it pops up
- New "News Slider" on main menu
- Did some asset conversion work in grids 1-4 of treasure island.
- Cleaned out some old Difficulty Adjuster options
- Fixed a visible capture point in the first Horde Map
- Fixed up hovertip size for the custom game options
- Updated A10 gunrun.
- Remade the White Phosphorous strike effects.
- Did more work converting clutter assets to removeable objects for grids 5- 10 in Treasure Island.
- Updated interaction points for repairing/construction:
- Converted more assets to removeable clutter in Presidio Grids 1-4
- New Custom game options setup in
- Early sightcone added to minimap (basic, non-animating so far)
- Updated Pause Menu style to better match latest mockup
- Improved visual style of main menu 'tab' buttons at the top
- Improved HideUI to better interact with the Unit Render Status interaction widget create/destroy/hide stuff (so that unit widgets won't remain overhead if you look towards units who were offscreen when you started HideUI mode)
- Updated Main Menu to have 'selection underlines' for the currently-selected tab
- Updated Menu Mode for the PC to no longer allow freelook (which could cause mouse disappearing on the main menu)
- Did some cleanup on the Pandemic Mode load widget (and removed some old references)
- Loading Save files are much faster, but require older saves to be converted to our new setup
- Save files now include what settings you changed from stock settings on a tooltip before youload
- Save files now have preview images
- Converted more assets on Presidio island into removeable clutter for grids 4-8
- Bombing Run increased from 6 bombs to 11.
- Added playtime tracking to the save files (it accounts for pause/slomo, though, so it may be a bit inaccurate if you slomo a lot!)
- Added border appearance to the Pause Menu's Load Game popup, and removed some buttons from it in Pause Menu mode
- Cleaned up save file deletion a bit more to make sure the images aren't missed
- Different 'mode' of the load game menu that overwrites the requested save if you click on an extant save
- Added a 'create new save' button that allows you to make a named save
- Disabled the pause menu 'r to revert' keybind
- Minor effect optimizations.
- Fixed the Pause Menu options not re-appearing if you select a Save/Load tab, then select an Options tab (like Game, Keyboard, etc.)
- Fixed the mouse cursor being in a non-default state when on the Main Menu
- Fixed the main menu 'pandemic load/save' dropdown sometimes having text vanish (disabled text invalidation caching on that text the dropdown is active)
- Redid thumbnails for the Horde Map selection on the Horde menu
- Did some cleanup to make the Horde Menu better match the Pandemic New Game menu in terms of style
- Fixed the Pandemic New Game popup having a 'varying scale issue' when switching to the Experimental tab for custom game settings
- Added clamps into the C++ for reading custom game difficulty preset .inis, so you cannot set values outside of predefined ranges and have them work
- Improved the 'difficulty selection' buttons for the Pandemic New Game screen to be more uniform in style, and with text less likely to 'overlap' the button borders
- Heavy Enemies renamed to Infected, and moved the infected-related options from Regular Options into that
- Moved 'Other' into Regular Options
- Added a 'custom game settings preset searchbar' to the Pandemic New Game window (style not finalized, but functionality is in)
- Added Shawnee gunship weapons sfx
- Fixed Shawnee Hydra rocket effects despawning too early.
- Updated Shawnee 30mm Chaingun effects.
- Minor update to TOW missile effects.
- Auto-populates extra buttons for navigating between news entries, etc.
- Has a timer to scroll every 15 seconds (customizable via AutoScrollNewsTimerInterval) automatically if it hasn't been interacted with in that timeframe
- Updated the 'Are you sure you want to EXIT?' popup on the Main Menu to no longer scale to a really really large size
Please note the following going forward (Restart your game/steam to get the update if needed
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General Development Updates
Letter from the Producer
https://steamcommunity.com/games/979640/announcements/detail/3718325557390407190
New Roadmap system
We now have a new system for our community to follow along on development. This website will break down all the major systems that are coming each patch. It will not include hotfixes/bug fixes. Sections inside TBD can be included randomly if we are ahead of schedule
https://www.notion.so/cepheusprotocol/Cepheus-Protocol-31f1b25ce00148d6844825f4a0c0bc08
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Ways to Support Development
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Everything goes towards expanding the team and building a better game!
Consider Supporting us on Patreon
Merch Store
Cepheus Protocol Anthology
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1707120/Cepheus_Protocol_Anthology_Season_1/
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