The patch is now submitted for testing and it should be available next week. Following is the list of things that are fixed there:
Options
- A dialogue appears when the game needs to be restarted in order for changes to take effect.
Localization
- The equipment of hired soldiers is correctly localized
- The name of an enemy weapon is displayed correctly
Strategic game
- Crash when changing base defense level fixed
- Holding certain items by a soldier is fixed
- Drone is properly resized when dragged in the Equipment screen
- Setting name and nick for drones corrected
- All composed items have a default name
- Improved skipping actions in event scripts
- Research a Manufacture screen improved for more convenient control
- Icons and description in Glossary corrected
- A chance of a faction spontaneously offering a territory after successful help mission correspond to the diplomatic standing more
- Random disappearance of soldiers in Equipment screen fixed
Tactical game
- Crash when completing some missions fixed
- Crash in certain Wargot mission fixed
- Crash when pressing 'Backspace' after load fixed
- 'Pillar of Death' name displayed correctly
- 'Pillar of Death' is placed correctly
- Units do not talk when confused or otherwise incapacitated
- Total injuries in debriefing corrected (does not include the captured unit)
- Using composed items fixed
- Melee attacks through walls are no longer possible
- Throwing grenades over walls is now possible
- Data in debriefing and unit statistics are corrected
- Loading batteries into the spaceship is corrected
- Radial info for dead units is hidden (visible on mouse over)
- Hiding tutorial window corrected
- Enemy units in the second phase of a mission are fixed
- Terrain passability over destroyed environments fixed
- Camera movement improved
We have also fixed numerous crashes in various other circumstances, not listed specifically here.
There was NO proven reproducible bug only present in StarForce protected version of the game.
We DO apologise for the problems with our game and we are trying our best to address these issues. Thank you for your patience and thank you for playing UFO: Aftershock.