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Steam News9 November 20169y ago

Firewatch now with Free-Roam Mode!

If you, like so many others, have finished Firewatch and yearn to return to the Shoshone, then today is your lucky day.

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What changed

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  • Gameplay
  • Performance
addedThorofare Free Roam mode added! Wander the Shoshone at your own pace, with a constantly-updating time of day and a few new things to find. (Look for it in the Special Features menu!)
fixedFix issue where latest drivers for Xbox One controllers on Windows 10 had non-functional DPad input
changed(11/21) Fix issue where the mouse cursor would flicker or on some OpenGL machines cause the mouselook to break entirely when loading a game.
added(11/21) The "Bee Plot" achievement can now be unlocked in any mode or any day when you are stung by a bee.

Firewatch changes

addedThorofare Free Roam mode added! Wander the Shoshone at your own pace, with a constantly-updating time of day and a few new things to find. (Look for it in the Special Features menu!)
fixedFix issue where latest drivers for Xbox One controllers on Windows 10 had non-functional DPad input
changed(11/21) Fix issue where the mouse cursor would flicker or on some OpenGL machines cause the mouselook to break entirely when loading a game.
added(11/21) The "Bee Plot" achievement can now be unlocked in any mode or any day when you are stung by a bee.

If you, like so many others, have finished Firewatch and yearn to return to the Shoshone, then today is your lucky day. Firewatch's free-roam mode gives you an objective-free game world to explore, dynamic 24-hour time of day and miles of trails to hike. Unlocked when you've finished Firewatch, you can find free-roam in the special features section of the main menu. Patch Notes:

  • Thorofare Free Roam mode added! Wander the Shoshone at your own pace, with a constantly-updating time of day and a few new things to find. (Look for it in the Special Features menu!)

  • Fix issue where latest drivers for Xbox One controllers on Windows 10 had non-functional DPad input

  • Various small bug fixes

  • (11/21) Fix issue where the mouse cursor would flicker or on some OpenGL machines cause the mouselook to break entirely when loading a game.

  • (11/21) The "Bee Plot" achievement can now be unlocked in any mode or any day when you are stung by a bee.

Source

Steam News / 9 November 2016

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