Hello there, Citizens!
We're received a lot of feedback from you since Frostpunk's release. Some of it was about game's features and content updates (more on that at the end of this post) - and some was strictly about technical stuff. Our Tech Support and QA guys worked very hard to investigate, replicate and fix all the major and most common issues.
Here's the full list of changes and fixes:
Default display mode detection fix - we know you've experienced some issues with screen resolutions; it should be all fixed now (if it's still happening for you - we have a manual solution that you can use - described below)
More diagnostics tools - we've added some analytics that will help us track and fix issues in the future
"Bread and Games" achievement is working properly now
"The Union" achievement is fixed as well - it was working before - but was triggered by wrong events
"Iron Man (The Arks)" achievement is fixed - now it's only possible to get it during The Arks scenario
Memory leaks are fixed - which should improve stability and overall performance (more FPS, less crashes etc.)
Save game buffor memory increased - which should eliminate any issues that you had with autosaving feature
Fixed a bunch of crashes related to Heaters, Generator and endlog timelapse
Added feature: AlienFX.
Working with Alienware, we've added new feature to our game - which should brighten up Frostpunk's dark atmoshpere a bit. If you're using compatible hardware:
Your keyboard's backlight colours will change depending on the current temperature in your city. And let's just say: if you see some purple lights - better fire up that Generator overdrive.
Weather warnings - when the temperature rises or drops - your keyboard will let you know about it, pulsating with coresponding colours.
Read more about AlienFX here:
ROCCAT and Alienware have joined forces to bring you the most innovative and game-enhancing lighting system on the market, AlienFX. Two of the most trusted names in gaming with an amazing partnership, one incredible light show, and an ever-expanding portfolio of awesome ROCCAT products that it's compatible with.
AlienFX makes in-game events for some of the most popular titles that much more thrilling and immersive, bringing gamers closer to the worlds they play in than ever before with lighting effects tied directly to the action.
More info on the official websites: here[
www.roccat.org] and here[eu.alienwarearena.com].
Screen resolutions issue - manual solution.
Remember that one pesky issue that we've mentioned in "changes and fixes" section? The one about resolutions? Well, we've fixed it. However, it's not humanly possible to test it on each and every hardware configuration. So if you - for some strange reason - still encounter this problem, do not despair, we have a manual solution for you.
Long story short:
we've added a special file to game's folder. It is called "GfxConfig.ini"
you can open it using Notepad - that's easy!
then you can change some setting by yourself - like Quality (Low - Very High), VSync, resolution, windowed mode/fullscreen
for these settings to work - you have to launch the game with -gfxconfig parameter (find instructions on how to do that below)
when you launch the game - you can change in-game settings as you please
however, whenever you launch the game again with -gfxconfig parameter - it will reset to settings from the GfxConfig.ini file
if you remove the -gfxconfig parameter - game will launch with the settings that you've selected in-game
So we suspect that most of you are going to:
Set windowed mode with a low resolution (800x600) in GfxConfig.ini
Launch the game with -gfxconfig parameter
Change the settings to desired ones
Quit the game
Remove the -gfxconfig and launch the game without it from now on
How do I add -gfxconfig parameter?
The easy way:
- Right-click on Frostpunk in your Steam library;
- Click on “SET LAUNCH OPTIONS”;
- Write “ -gfxconfig” in the newly appearing window (without the inverted commas but with space before the dash character);
- Click “OK” and launch the game
The hard way:
- Right-click on Frostpunk in your Steam library;
- Navigate to the “Local files” tab and click on “Browse Local Files…”;
- New explorer window with the game files will open, please find “Frostpunk.exe” in the folder;
- Create a shortcut to the application in the very same folder;
- Right-click on the newly-created shortcut, select “Properties”;
- In the “Target” line, add “ -gfxconfig” at the very end of the path (without the inverted commas but with the space before the dash character);
- Apply the changes;
- Launch the game using the newly-created and edited shortcut
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What about some content updates?
We've received A LOT of good ideas from you. We've confronted them with our own vision - and thanks to that: development road map is almost ready. We are probably going to post it next week - so stay tuned to learn everything about DLCs, future patches and Frostpunk-related plans!
The City Must Survive!
