Hello, Outpost Keepers!
Hotpatch 0.17.18 is now available. This is a smaller update focused on polishing pawn selection, camera behavior, and several interface interactions that should make everyday play feel smoother.
Pawn Selection and Camera Movement
- Build and order tools no longer accidentally select pawns when work areas overlap.
- Keyboard panning, middle-mouse dragging, and zooming now reliably clear pawn selection and disable camera follow.
- Camera movement can now clear pawn selection even when the original mouse event is consumed by the UI.
Selected Pawn Interface
- Hovering anywhere on the selected pawn interface now pauses time.
- Moving the cursor away restores the previous game speed without overriding an existing pause.
- Management controls, tabs, portrait details, and expand/collapse buttons all participate in hover pause.
- The role assignment panel now closes automatically when its pawn is deselected, preventing it from blocking camera movement.
Time Controls
- The top-right time controls now use compact shortcut icons.
- Pause, 1×, 2×, and 3× display their keyboard shortcuts (Space, F1, F2, and F3).
- The active game speed now remains subtly highlighted regardless of keyboard focus.
- Improved spacing prevents labels and icons from overlapping.
Archivist
- Archivist cards now display a clear difficulty label: Easy, Normal, Hard, or Chaotic.
Thank you for continuing to report these small usability issues. While each change is minor on its own, together they make the game feel smoother and more responsive. Your feedback continues to help improve Wanderers' Outpost.