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— [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/975370/view/4186734162824193648 Kitfox and Bay 12 Games, April 18, 2024]
 
— [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/975370/view/4186734162824193648 Kitfox and Bay 12 Games, April 18, 2024]
  
==Beta 1==
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==Initial Release==
[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/975370/view/4186734162819864096]
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[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/975370/view/4186734162819864096 April 17, 2024]
 +
*[[Adventurer mode]] is now playable, though missing several features at this state
 +
*New [[soundtrack]] and [[audio]]
 +
*Fixed region map scrolling crash
 +
*Crash fix related to multithreading
 +
*Portrait [[graphics]] (included in [[Release information/50.13|50.13]]
  
 
==Beta 14==
 
==Beta 14==
[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/975370/view/4193492098983971176]
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[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/975370/view/4193492098983971176 June 5, 2024]
 +
*Added the trade/barter/demand [[Talking|conversation]] menu
 +
*[[Site]]s without [[table]]s in their stockpile get emergency tables for their shops for now
 +
*Printed tabletop items on tables, and stopped many other building items from printing on top of creatures
 +
*Sound off init option should work in adventure mode now
 +
*Adventurers are no longer unaware of their own name
 +
*Adventurers should no longer be sprinting/walking/etc forever when retired into a fort
 +
*Fixes that linux crash on the trainer menu again
 +
*Makes liquids/powders not spill out of containers on unretire
  
 
==Beta 15==
 
==Beta 15==
[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/975370/view/6340585850824991924]
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[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/975370/view/6340585850824991924 June 17, 2024]
 +
*Abilities menu! Raise the dead if you learn the secrets, pet animals, spit, breathe fire and use other special powers in mods or as an arena-controlled creature/undead
 +
*Left click to move to distant tiles
 +
*Interaction-given [[syndrome]] tracking/timing improved
 +
*NPCs should [[Gait|run]] and [[sleep]] again
  
 
==Beta 18==
 
==Beta 18==
[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/975370/view/4272308897270676540]
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[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/975370/view/4272308897270676540 June 26, 2024]
 +
*Added [[butcher]]/create menu
  
 
==Beta 19==
 
==Beta 19==
[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/975370/view/4356753293368674937]
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[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/975370/view/4356753293368674937 July 17, 2024]
 
+
===Advancing the beta===
 +
*Composing poems, music, dances, and writing things down is back in
 +
*Wrestle button now handles wrestling
 +
*Encumbrance is visible in inventory screen and there are a few alert levels for being over-encumbered
 +
*[[Gait|Speed]] is visible in the movement options
 +
*[[Status icon|Indicators]] for ongoing movement, attacks, and dodges during player's turn in combat
 +
===General bug fixing===
 +
*Throwing/shooting crash fixed
 +
*Fixed input/display issues in kitchen menu
 +
*Handled several issues with gifting pets
 +
*Certain goblin torsos weren't being displayed
 
==Beta 20==
 
==Beta 20==
[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/975370/view/4237410439220288178]
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[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/975370/view/4237410439220288178 August 14, 2024]
 +
*[[Quest]] log and information screen in adventure mode
 +
*[[Child]] and baby pictures for dwarves
 +
*Many new fruit, flower, leaf pictures
 +
*Updated dwarf clothing images
 +
*Made good/bad thoughts about tombs work
 +
*Fixed error with [[experiment]] portrait mandibles
  
 +
New graphics and [[fortress mode]] changes from this patch were included in [[Release information/50.14|50.14]].
 
==Beta 21==
 
==Beta 21==
[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/975370/view/4579685279874828699]
+
[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/975370/view/4579685279874828699 August 28, 2024]
 +
*Your adventurer can {{k|u}} ride and push minecarts, use levers, bash down locked doors and hatches, topple statues
 +
*You can now use [[wells]] in towns
 +
*Adventure music plays based on context
 +
*Full [[personality]] customization available in [[adventurer mode character creation]]
 +
*A few Linux audio crashes fixed
  
 
==Beta 22==
 
==Beta 22==
[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/975370/view/4596574412792637532]
+
[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/975370/view/4596574412792637532 September 4, 2024]
 +
*Fix for recent audio crash
 +
*Visible [[Army|soldiers/groups]] on world map in adventure mode
 +
*Adventure mode sound indicators in unseen areas
 +
*Ability to assume identity in adventure mode
 +
*Can view wounds in dwarf mode arena without diagnosis
 +
*Palettized unit graphics (included in [[Release information/50.14|50.14]])
  
 
==Beta 23==
 
==Beta 23==
[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/975370/view/4657374909391435287]
+
[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/975370/view/4657374909391435287 September 30, 2024]
 +
*Audio crash fixed
 +
*Update to bin/barrel container graphics so they show their contents in more detail (included in [[Release information/50.15|50.15]])
 +
*Added tracking symbols ({{Adv menu icon|K}} for now)
 +
*Added classic glyphs (still need to work on screen layout)
 +
*Fixed Linux crash-on-exit
 +
*Better respected caste population ratios
 +
*Added more information to crash logs
 +
*Fixed command line world generation
  
 
==Beta 24==
 
==Beta 24==
 
[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/975370/view/4542535021336175593]
 
[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/975370/view/4542535021336175593]
 +
*Started adding [[Adventurer mode]] tutorial (camera, movement, menu options, popups for many menus)
 +
*Menu sounds during character creation and the adventure log
 +
*Improved river and campfire audio loops
 +
*Can click on portrait for status
 +
*[[Hive]] no longer looks like clothing
 +
*Made string display more compatible with fan translations
 +
*Made threading more stable
 +
*Fixed modding crash involving creature variations
  
 
==Beta 25==
 
==Beta 25==

Revision as of 18:12, 22 January 2025

Alexandra here with a post-Adventure Mode beta launch update. We hope you’re enjoying all the mischief and mayhem that the beta has to offer. Some of the stories you’ve been sharing have been hilarious and thought-provoking to say the least. This story about stealing a shield gone wrong made me laugh a lot.

Kitfox and Bay 12 Games, April 18, 2024

Initial Release

April 17, 2024

Beta 14

June 5, 2024

  • Added the trade/barter/demand conversation menu
  • Sites without tables in their stockpile get emergency tables for their shops for now
  • Printed tabletop items on tables, and stopped many other building items from printing on top of creatures
  • Sound off init option should work in adventure mode now
  • Adventurers are no longer unaware of their own name
  • Adventurers should no longer be sprinting/walking/etc forever when retired into a fort
  • Fixes that linux crash on the trainer menu again
  • Makes liquids/powders not spill out of containers on unretire

Beta 15

June 17, 2024

  • Abilities menu! Raise the dead if you learn the secrets, pet animals, spit, breathe fire and use other special powers in mods or as an arena-controlled creature/undead
  • Left click to move to distant tiles
  • Interaction-given syndrome tracking/timing improved
  • NPCs should run and sleep again

Beta 18

June 26, 2024

Beta 19

July 17, 2024

Advancing the beta

  • Composing poems, music, dances, and writing things down is back in
  • Wrestle button now handles wrestling
  • Encumbrance is visible in inventory screen and there are a few alert levels for being over-encumbered
  • Speed is visible in the movement options
  • Indicators for ongoing movement, attacks, and dodges during player's turn in combat

General bug fixing

  • Throwing/shooting crash fixed
  • Fixed input/display issues in kitchen menu
  • Handled several issues with gifting pets
  • Certain goblin torsos weren't being displayed

Beta 20

August 14, 2024

  • Quest log and information screen in adventure mode
  • Child and baby pictures for dwarves
  • Many new fruit, flower, leaf pictures
  • Updated dwarf clothing images
  • Made good/bad thoughts about tombs work
  • Fixed error with experiment portrait mandibles

New graphics and fortress mode changes from this patch were included in 50.14.

Beta 21

August 28, 2024

  • Your adventurer can u ride and push minecarts, use levers, bash down locked doors and hatches, topple statues
  • You can now use wells in towns
  • Adventure music plays based on context
  • Full personality customization available in adventurer mode character creation
  • A few Linux audio crashes fixed

Beta 22

September 4, 2024

  • Fix for recent audio crash
  • Visible soldiers/groups on world map in adventure mode
  • Adventure mode sound indicators in unseen areas
  • Ability to assume identity in adventure mode
  • Can view wounds in dwarf mode arena without diagnosis
  • Palettized unit graphics (included in 50.14)

Beta 23

September 30, 2024

  • Audio crash fixed
  • Update to bin/barrel container graphics so they show their contents in more detail (included in 50.15)
  • Added tracking symbols (Adv ui K.pngK for now)
  • Added classic glyphs (still need to work on screen layout)
  • Fixed Linux crash-on-exit
  • Better respected caste population ratios
  • Added more information to crash logs
  • Fixed command line world generation

Beta 24

[1]

  • Started adding Adventurer mode tutorial (camera, movement, menu options, popups for many menus)
  • Menu sounds during character creation and the adventure log
  • Improved river and campfire audio loops
  • Can click on portrait for status
  • Hive no longer looks like clothing
  • Made string display more compatible with fan translations
  • Made threading more stable
  • Fixed modding crash involving creature variations

Beta 25

[2]

  • Fixed crash involving river audio polling

Beta 26

[3]

Beta 27

[4]

Beta 28

[5]

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