Hello everyone, it's Easter patch day! It's the usual bug fixes and translations, but I did slightly break my "no more features" rule for one minor change - if you have something equipped which can't be used as a weapon or thrown (like a bandage, antigen, match, wood etc) and you press the Aim button (i.e. right-click on the mouse or LT on the gamepad) you will automatically equip a weapon. I can't see any downside to this and it makes it much less awkward and confusing if you get attacked while you happen to have something like that equipped - your instinct is to press Aim but prior to this change nothing would happen and it would take a few seconds to figure out why not, during which time you'd probably be getting bitten or beaten to death. It's especially awkward on gamepad because you can't just hit the shortcut keys to equip a weapon. Anyway, pretty small change, hope it doesn't have any unforeseen consequences.

Aside from that, I've removed the text saying Early Access and the version number from the bottom of the screen - it was useful but ugly and Early Access is ending soon, so if you want to know your version number check Settings / Patch Notes from now on. Here's the full change list:

• Removed Early Access Version text from bottom right corner of screen
  
• If you have a non-weapon equipped (e.g. bandages) and you press aim, automatically equip a weapon
  
• Fix for hint text telling you how to equip a weapon if you don't have any weapons
  
• Don't show keyboard shortcuts on weapons in equipment selector menu when using gamepad
  
• Fix for Pick Up action sometimes not saying (Stealing) when people nearby would consider it so and attack you
  
• Fix for people accosting you after you pick up a body even though you are crouching with a full camo meter
  
• Fixes for your character sometimes running or walking off back to their previous location as soon they wake up after being rescued
  
• Fix for true statements in the drinking game with Ava sometimes being things like 'Someone and someone are getting on pretty well!'
  
• Don't allow Kelly to be targeted with a bow while she's playing dead
  
• Fix for Kelly sometimes leaving you and then immediately being at war with you
  
• Fix for sometimes not being at war with Kelly if you say 'You shouldn't have tried to rob me, now reap the consequences!'
  
• Fix for a place on the Story Mode terrain where you could get stuck sliding
  
• Fix for people's health sometimes not being reduced when punched during feuds
  
• Fix for characters sometimes T-posing in multiplayer after turning into invisible strain zombies
  
• Fix for rare crash on loading screen
  
• Updated Czech, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Indonesian, Latin American Spanish and European Spanish translations
  

And v241 is going into the main branch!

What's this publicbeta thing?

v242 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".