Welcome to SLAUGHTER HORSE 2
We're still in early access so you might find bugs, placeholders and things awry!
Steam's Horse Fest has boosted the game considerably. It's sold more copies during Horse Fest than all the time since it was released put together. Welcome, new Horse Hackers!
WHAT'S NEW IN WITHERSMONT
* Music and sound effects have had an overhaul in how they work. It might even kill that dreaded loss-of-all-sound bug, who knows!
* I've seen people making some nice custom logos, so I've given that a boost. You now have more options to move text, use different fonts, undo many steps instead of just one, use a flood tool and you can export your logos to save and download them from the Workshop.
* To import workshop ponies, you no longer need to drop them into a special folder - the game should now look directly into your Steam workshop folder and display all the folders it finds there. Exported ponies and logos will still be dropped into your documents folder and you can upload them to the workshop using the 3rd party Workshop tool. You will find that in your Steam>SteamApps>Common>Slaughter Horse 2>SteamWorkshopUploader folder.
* There are now special pieces of music for the end of the game, which thanks to the power of SynthV Pro 2 have lyrics sung by Kasane Teto, GUMI and Mai. Which one you hear depends on your ending - whether you're hanged, win after killing everypony or win leaving at least one poor horse alive. Currently, only the hanging song is included.
* There is now a new game mechanic - blizzards ❆. Rarely, they may appear naturally but you can also request one from the Night Mare if you've pleased her enough. The effect of a Blizzard is to make all ponies abandon their jobs for that day and stay at home. The cake shop and church will be closed, no ponies will go out and you can't send poor old Snapper out in that dreadful weather - but you yourself can still go out into the storm to make a killing. Therefore a blizzard is a great help to take out a pony who keeps eluding you. Beware though, a blizzard has no effect on the Veteran as they're always at home anyway and they may still be on their guard.
BUGFIXES
* Non-critical errors will now be ignored. This does mean if there's a crash there will be no error message, so if you wish to report something give as much detail as you can.
* Killing the Mayor on their 'special' night should now work correctly.
* Special events should only happen once per game now, as intended.
* The Import Folder creation error should no longer be an issue as it is no longer required and is not created.
NOTE TO PONE CREATORS
The QR reader has been improved but it's still not perfect. You can now export an SH2 file from the 'Set' screen and upload that instead of lots of QR codes. Not only does this mean your ponies will all turn up as nature intended, it's MUCH faster to load.
TO DO
* The Magician still can't do very much, apart from be annoying to get to.
* Some Steam achievements need fixed and new ones added.
* Death Letter results need work.
* Torture needs work.
I've also now noticed that the door opening animation for the cake shop has gone wrong, as this is only a small cosmetic I won't go for a hotfix, I'll just sort it out for 13.8. Mend one thing and break another. Eeesh.