Only a few days left until the release of version 0.8! Today we would like to give you an overview of further improvements that will come with the new update.

Moods

With the new update, we are introducing moods that soldiers can obtain at various points in the game. They replace the previous attributes Positive Events and Negative Events.
Of course, we made sure that there are more negative moods than positive ones!

From left to right:

[i]- Disappointed
- Upset
- Resentful
- Nauseated
- Shaken
- Dejected
- Determined
- Grateful
- Belonging
- Relieved[/i]

Moods change morale and remain for a certain period of time until they disappear naturally. A soldier can have several moods.

Expanded map

We have focussed on expanding the south-western area of the map, but also made some minor changes to the existing locations. We have also defined three placeable machine gun locations for Constructions.


Stories

We have added a few new stories that can appear in the diary. The focus of this update was on dealing with the death of soldiers.

Karrsbruck's feedback

Some changes have been made to Lieutenant Karrsbruck's feedback after a battle. There are new situations and the previous situations have been slightly adapted. In general, it is now more about how you behave in the battle and less about whether the battle was won or lost (although this remains the main criteria!).

Visuals

Blood spatter from a wound can occur and wounded soldiers will have blood on their uniform.


Soldiers are startled, e.g. by an artillery strike.


More

Further improvements are coming with the update:

- Improved positioning in an area (should reduce the likelihood of multiple soldiers getting in each other's way)
- Notification of soldiers when they have wounded an enemy or are suppressed
- Some smaller ones, which we will then publish in the patch notes