Greetings Directors,

We have deployed a new minor patch primarily targeted at fixing a number of issues found in the main game and The Voice Beyond DLC.

Game Systems & Balance

Ratings Goal Balance

Designers Note: With the release of Patch 1.2 we loosened some of the tension of a number of ratings goals to ensure they were attainable and maintainable within a reasonable timescale and allowing for edgecases. 

Patient & Staff Mood required a little more tweaking to achieve our aims as the system is more susceptible to fluctuations due to environmental factors. So we’ve loosened it some more, this should be much more maintainable now!

• Reduced Staff & Patient “Good” Need Goals by an absolute 5% across the board.
  • Mood Goal reduced from 90% to 85%
  • Nutrition Goal reduced from 90% to 85%
  • Toilet Goal reduced from 90% to 85%
  • Seating Goal reduced from 90% to 85%
    
• Unified neutral scores for Staff & Patient Need Goals.
  • Staff Mood Neutral Range reduced from 80% to 70%
  • Staff Nutrition Neutral Range reduced from 80% to 70%
  • Staff Toilet Neutral Range reduced from 80% to 70%
  • Staff Seating Neutral Range reduced from 80% to 70%
  • Patient Nutrition Neutral Range reduced from 80% to 50%
  • Patient Toilet Neutral Range reduced from 80% to 50%

Campaign

Designers Note: Chapter 8 of the main campaign features a unique reduction in income from treatments. While this was accounted for in the ratings goals it was still a little harder to achieve than we liked, so we’ve adjusted the goal to be closer to the amount of income lost.

• Reduced Chapter 8 Finances Goal by 38% relatively

Bug Fixes

Achievement Fixes

• “Multi-Platinum Medicine” - Chapter 2’s Challenge Mode 5-Star Rating Achievement should now unlock correctly. If already completed, simply entering the level should award the achievement.
• “It’s All Coming Together” - The Voice Beyond Chapter 2’s Challenge Mode 5-Star Rating Achievement should now unlock correctly. If already completed, simply entering the level should award the achievement.
• Fixed edge-cases in which the 5-Star and 5-Star Challenge Mode achievements for The Voice Beyond Chapters 1-3 could not unlock correctly

Gameplay Fixes

• Conditions not encountered by the player are no longer considered valid targets for the Research Room’s automatic research selection
• Saboteurs which are actively pathing should now die immediately upon clicking the disintegrate button

UI Fixes

• The CABAL Abbatoir Model is now correctly purchaseable in the Galactic Exchange
• Artifacts should no longer disappear from or be duplicated in the player’s inventory
• Fixed an issue where unexpected elements were appearing in the research target list

Campaign Fixes

• Fixed an issue where HEAL identified the wrong mutation in chapter 3 of The Voice Beyond
• Fixed an issue where the “Return to Sender” objective in The Voice Beyond Chapter 3 did not complete correctly

Visual Fixes

• Fixed a number of conflicting visual accessories for Xil and Dyonai patients which would interfere with certain conditions
• Fixed a case where certain Xil Accessories would appear too frequently
• Fixed a case where some Ohde Accessories would appear on the Xil
• Fixed the curious case of the missing nose on Dyonai afflicted by Glacial Cortext
• Fixed a missing texture of belt accesories for some species

Other Fixes

• Fixed an issue where canister conditions could randomly mutate in challenge mode
• Fixed some rare issues which could cause save corruption
• Fixed a rare issue where you could become hard-locked on a loading screen
• Fixed minor issues in the Ohde & Tenki's society/physiology details
• Fixed a crash caused by characters becoming stuck
• Fixed a few errant audio timings

Until next time,

- Brightrock Games