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AVWW Beta 0.528, "The Overlord Experience," Released!
« on: October 20, 2011, 10:06:08 pm »
Original: http://arcengames.blogspot.com/2011/10/avww-beta-0528-overlord-experience.html

This one is really a pretty small release in terms of what is publicly ready in it, but there were enough player-requested tweaks in there that I felt like it was worth getting out tonight rather than waiting for a larger batch of stuff tomorrow.

The minimap has a few more options and works a little smoother now, and overlords and lieutenants now give a consistent satisfying EXP gain rather than varying so much based on your relative civ level.  That second one is where the name of the version comes from, given there wasn't a whole lot in this one.

Oh, another cool one, though: actual music in the settlements!  It's ambient enough and long enough that it shouldn't get annoying if you're in the settlement screens for a really extended time.  And I expect we'll do some more settlement tracks to mix in with that one over time, too, since you can choose to spend so much time there.

Enjoy!

This is a standard update that you can download through the in-game updater itself, if you already have 0.500 or later. When you launch the game, you'll see the notice of the update having been found if you're connected to the Internet at the time.  If you don't have 0.500 or later, you can download that here.
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Re: AVWW Beta 0.528, "The Overlord Experience," Released!
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2011, 02:10:55 pm »
The new minimap scaling is fantastic!

One small tweak: might we be able to tailor which zoom levels appear in the hotkey loop? With tick boxes or some such. Then I might go with normal and off; or normal, 2x and off - but others could use all four, or some other combination.

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Re: AVWW Beta 0.528, "The Overlord Experience," Released!
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2011, 02:14:05 pm »
Glad you like it!

For the other, that could definitely be a possible enhancement down the line -- good one for mantis.
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Re: AVWW Beta 0.528, "The Overlord Experience," Released!
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2011, 05:46:45 pm »
I'll throw it in Mantis soon!

As an aside, would it be possible for Storm Rush to be active only as long as you're holding the direction? At the moment it feels a bit clunky having to double tap to deactive it, even though at that point you're stopped (but stormy).

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Re: AVWW Beta 0.528, "The Overlord Experience," Released!
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2011, 06:22:11 pm »
Yeah, someone already put that storm rush one into mantis.  That, storm dash, and ride the lightning / lightning rocket are all pretty much need the same sort of change there, and I think that's a good change to make.  RTL had a similar thing put in mantis today, too.
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