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Steam News24 March 201511y ago

3/24/2015 - DG2 March Steam Update - PC, Mac only (SteamOS version coming very soon)

Gameplay: New Game Type: Classic Open. Classic Open introduces the original DG scoring model to DG2. It is available for all single player missions and modes. No medals are awarded in Classic Open.

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Full DG2: Defense Grid 2 update

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What changed

6 fixes7 additions4 changes0 removals
  • Gameplay
  • Fixes
  • Performance
  • Compatibility
  • Maps
  • Workshop
changedGameplay:
addedNew Game Type: Classic Open. Classic Open introduces the original DG scoring model to DG2. It is available for all single player missions and modes. No medals are awarded in Classic Open.
fixedTower Limit Mode Fix: Fixed bug in which boost towers could automatically sell out from underneath a tower in the middle of upgrading.
addedStrategy Camera Added: Edge scrolling camera for single player can be toggled on / off using Shift+C or can be set to be the default by adding “-freecamera” to the Steam launch options (library, right-click->properties, set launch options)
changedStability:
fixedFixed top ten crash bugs responsible for majority of remaining reported game crashes.

DG2: Defense Grid 2 changes

changedGameplay:
addedNew Game Type: Classic Open. Classic Open introduces the original DG scoring model to DG2. It is available for all single player missions and modes. No medals are awarded in Classic Open.
fixedTower Limit Mode Fix: Fixed bug in which boost towers could automatically sell out from underneath a tower in the middle of upgrading.
addedStrategy Camera Added: Edge scrolling camera for single player can be toggled on / off using Shift+C or can be set to be the default by adding “-freecamera” to the Steam launch options (library, right-click->properties, set launch options)
changedStability:

Gameplay:

  • New Game TypeClassic Open. Classic Open introduces the original DG scoring model to DG2. It is available for all single player missions and modes. No medals are awarded in Classic Open.
  • Tower Limit Mode FixFixed bug in which boost towers could automatically sell out from underneath a tower in the middle of upgrading.
  • Strategy Camera Added: Edge scrolling camera for single player can be toggled on / off using Shift+C or can be set to be the default by adding “-freecamera” to the Steam launch options (library, right-click->properties, set launch options)

Stability:

  • Fixed top ten crash bugs responsible for majority of remaining reported game crashes.

  • Fixed a significant number of OpenGL rendering issues for Mac (and soon SteamOS) improving both quality and performance rendering

  • Fixed Mac launcher race condition where launcher might not appear while Steam is still initializing launch of game

  • Fixed multiple DG Architect crash bugs

  • Fixed DG Architect block thumbnails not appearing

Leaderboard Validity:

  • Added ability to remove scores from leaderboards that aren’t possible to achieve in an unaltered game session

  • Removal of invalid scores will take place some days after update release

User Created Content (UCC) Tools Enhancement:

  • New UCC file format – must have update to download new UCC maps

  • Enabled UCC maps to have story mode leaderboards

  • Enabled UCC script asset creation with DG Architect and game loading of that script

  • Enabled UCC script assets to be packaged in Steam Workshop upload

  • Stopped UCC map creation process from creating multiple leaderboard versions for the same map

  • Mac

    Users can load custom levels now.

    Custom levels are looked for here

    /Users/ /Library/Application Support/Steam/userdata/ /221540/local/DG2/

Usability

Restored Mouse button bindings to match system settings in Windows

Source

Steam News / 24 March 2015

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