Valley 1:Post-Launch Series 1 Release Notes

Beta 1.001

(Not yet released; we're still working on it)

• Updated the Left-Handed controls preset to correct some duplicate bindings.
  • Thanks to Drjones013 for submitting these.

• Fixed bug where bear traps were not colliding with monsters (and thus weren't good for much).
  • Thanks to freykin for reporting.

• Changed all previous uses of Unity's built-in debug logging to our custom logging to avoid the consequence of Unity's build-in debug logging where the logged strings stay in the program's unmanaged memory until the program closes, and thus can eventually cause out-of-memory errors. This was really rare but it could happen, and now it will be less likely (there are still things that Unity logs itself using its own logging method, we can't change that).
  • Thanks to LintMan for reporting one of the rare cases where this actually became a problem.

• MP: fixed a null exception that could occur on the server if a mission's time-to-expire had elapsed and one of the connected players was in the deep-sea between continents at the time.
  • Thanks to Wanderer and Toll for reporting.

• World map mission seeding (no effect on or consideration for secret missions or missions spawned by powers) now won't seed the exact same mission type if it already accounts for 1/3rd or more of the currently available world map missions on that continent.
  • The idea is to keep your from being stuck too much with a type of mission you don't like as much and then having to wait.

• The Use Mouse Ability 1-7 keybinds are now again visible on the Abilities tab of the View/Edit Controls window so that you can change them (this is necessary if you want to unbind mouse button 4 or 5 or something like that).
  • They can only take mouse buttons, and cannot take keyboard or gamepad input.
  • The keybinds for mouse ability 8-10 are still gone because Unity can only recognize the first 7 mouse buttons in any event.
  • Thanks to Precog for pointing out a case we had missed where rebinding these is actually necessary.

Rejiggered Anachronism Missions

• Now in anachronism missions you don't lose if you kill a native monster, but if they take damage that damage is redirected to you instead (they take none).

• "Fix The Anachronism" missions: Fixed a bug where a monster from the same time period but not "native" to that particular region type would not be counted in the "remaining monsters to kill" total but would also not cause mission failure if killed. They now count as native in both cases (though killing a native no longer causes failure, see the later change on that).
  • An example of that abandoned-town regions are from the same time period as ocean shallows (not ocean, though), so a sea worm is actually "native" in an abandoned-town anachronism mission.
  • Thanks to Kemeno for the report.

• Fixed a bug that was preventing proper death-processing for non-native monsters in anachronism missions.

New Enemies

• New Enemy: Explosive Esper.
  • Like other espers, but fire-elemental.
  • Explodes on death.

• New Enemy: Ice Esper.
  • Like water esper, but hurls chunks of ice instead (faster, but arc with gravity).

New Elite Enemies

• New Elite Enemy: "Frost Leaper":
  • Unlocked by killing 80 Icicle Leapers.
  • Once unlocked, newly generated Icicle Leapers become Frost Leapers instead.
  • Are like Icicle Leapers except that they apply a slowing frost effect (like Ice Bats) when they hit you.

• New Elite Enemy: "Frost Hurler":
  • Unlocked by killing 160 Icicle Leapers (note that killing a Frost Leaper or any other elite monster "counts" as if you'd killed one of the "base" monster).
  • Once unlocked, newly generated Icicle Leapers become Frost Hurlers instead.
  • Are like Frost Leapers except that they can periodically hover in midair briefly and then throw a lump of ice at you.

• New Elite Enemy: "Skelebot Brawler":
  • Unlocked by killing 80 Skelebot Grunts.
  • Once unlocked, newly generated Skelebot Grunts become Skelebot Brawlers instead.
  • Are like Skelebot Grunts except that they can periodically fire a longer-ranged version of the player's Ice Cross.

• Added New Elite upgrade to Skelebot Sniper: Skelebot Tri-Elementalist.
  • Unlocks when 80 Skelebot Snipers have been killed.
  • In addition to the normal sniper's Flame Pulse spell, these can cast Water Drill and Lightning Cloud.

• Added New Elite upgrade to Skelebot Sniper: Skelebot Hex-Elementalist.
  • Unlocks when 160 Skelebot Snipers have been killed.
  • In addition to the Skelebot Tri-Elementalist's spells, these can cast Luminance Sine, a green-elemental burst, and Miasma Missile.

• Added New Elite upgrade to Rhino: Magma Rhino.
  • Unlocked when 80 Rhinos have been killed.
  • Has 75% Fire resistance instead of 75% Earth resistance.
  • Leaves a huge trail of explosions behind it (like Urban Predator flame).
  • Explodes when killed.

• Added New Elite upgrade to Skelebot Dwarf: Skelebot Kneecapper.
  • Unlocked when 80 Skelebot Dwarves have been killed.
  • Instead of always firing a single ring of explosions at a roughly 300-unit radius, it fires either 2 rings at 300-radius and 200-radius, or 2 rings at 200-radius and 100-radius.

• Added New Elite upgrade to Bat: Sonic Bat.
  • Unlocked when 80 Bats have been killed.
  • Has a ranged sonic (air-elemental) attack.

• Added New Elite upgrade to Bat: Sonic Screamer.
  • Unlocked when 160 Bats have been killed.
  • Has the Sonic Bat's sonic attack.
  • On melee-hit, increases the target's cooldowns by 10% for 10 seconds (stacks as separate effects).

• Added New Elite upgrade to Fire Bat: Flame Bat.
  • Unlocked when 80 Fire Bats have been killed.
  • Has a ranged fire attack (that has the same fire-damage-over-time effect as the bat's melee attack).

• Added New Elite upgrade to Ice Bat: Frost Bat.
  • Unlocked when 80 Ice Bats have been killed.
  • Has a ranged ice attack (that has the same movement-slowing effect as the bat's melee attack).

• Added New Elite upgrade to Dust Storm: Repulsive Dust Storm.
  • Unlocked when 80 Dust Storms have been killed.
  • Repels nearby projectiles (basically it's the inverse of the will-o-wisp's gravity well, but only applies to spell projectiles).

Previous Release Notes

AVWW - Beta Series 3 Release Notes