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Full DG2: Defense Grid 2 update
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What changed
- Gameplay
- Fixes
- Performance
- Compatibility
- Maps
- Workshop
DG2: Defense Grid 2 changes
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
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