0.26.0 - QA

Hazard Pay Playtest · published

New Features

  • Optional sector indicator - Overworld prompts now use green for optional sectors and yellow for compulsory ones, so you can tell at a glance which sectors are required for progression.
  • Faster overworld load - Pre-computed evidence manifest eliminates the ~1 second hitch when loading the overworld.

Improvements

  • Faster startup - Several boot-time loads are now deferred so the splash screen and main menu appear sooner.
  • Publisher credits - Numskull Games team now appears in the credits.
  • Cleaner credits layout - New section headers (Publishing, Development, Community) and tighter spacing in both the credits panel
    and rolling credits.

Bug Fixes

  • Sector 5 dirt road is correctly blocked until all scientists are saved.
  • S5.1 ending dialogue plays correctly when arriving with a mix of saved and killed personnel.
  • Arrow keys now reliably navigate menus, even after rebinding directional keys.
  • Mouse cursor no longer flickers when playing with a controller.
  • Evidence scan no longer loses input focus during the skip delay.
  • Settings dropdowns and tab titles now refresh immediately when you change language.
  • Chinese text now falls back to a CJK font instead of showing missing glyphs.
  • Dialogue scrollbar can now be dragged with the mouse.
  • Otto's radio dialogue waits for the player to finish walking before playing.
  • Sector 2.13 no longer triggers stale Otto dialogue after PRS-86 is disposed.
  • Speech audio no longer continues playing after dismissing dialogue.
  • Music tracks now fade out smoothly between repeats instead of cutting off abruptly.
  • Death visuals are properly cleared when undoing a death.
  • Rewind progress bar now visually empties before disappearing.
  • Close icon on the Actions menu dismisses the menu instead of quitting the game.
  • End credits no longer hang on a black screen after the last line scrolls off.
  • "External Line" and "Direktor Hoffmann" item names now translate properly.
  • Footprint counter updates correctly after using undo-reset.