Heroes of Steel v4.2.65

[fallen]

This week, we're back with a patch update -- fixing bugs and improving the AI planning and starting a new set of improvements on the UI.

First off -- on the Episode 4 story update -- it is coming pretty soon. We have finished the content development and are now more than half way through testing the new chunk of story. It is unlikely that the story update will be out by Christmas, but it won't be long after!

We've improved the use of Talents for enemies in Episodes 2 through 4. We've fixed a bug that was causing some enemy curses not to take on the first turn. This was especially effecting Stun-related curses

In the UI department, we've rebuilt the main menu. It's skin deep at the moment, but we're going to be working through other areas of the game and streamlining, improving, and rebuilding as we go.

v4.2.65 - 11/26/2016
- Re-balanced use of Talents by bosses in Episode 2 - 4
- Rebuilt main menu
- Fixed bug with some enemy curses not applying first turn, especially some Stuns
- Fixed bug with selecting re-ordered heroes in status screen while glommed

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[matrim]

Oh I like the new menu! Also boo no Christmas presents!

[fallen]

Dec 9, 2016 16:00:21 GMT -5 matrim said:

Oh I like the new menu! Also boo no Christmas presents!

Glad you like the look of the menu! As mentioned, its skin deep -- the beauty reverts to the old stuff once you click anything lol

We're working hard on some really important presents this year

[Imryll]

This morning my tablet updated, and Store and Other Games were added to the menu. That's fine, but I was less happy that you eliminated Quit. We finally figured out that I could use the tablet controls, but it definitely felt like something was missing, and it's a bit worrisome since you told me that my problems sometime back with the game reverting to an earlier save point were likely due to me failing to make an orderly exit through the main menu.

[fallen]

@imryll - thanks for the post. We rebuilt the main menu in the latest release, and are working hard to keep up with recommendations of Google and Apple on app design.

The orderly exit to the main menu is to go from playing the game with 4 heroes on the screen, tap men, tap quit. It has nothing to do with the main menu.

Thanks!

[Imryll]

Now I'm confused. Until this morning, that's what I did. Then my game crashed, the new menu screen came up, and I can no longer get to a screen with a Quit option--like the one in your first post. If I tap on the three bars in the upper lefthand corner while playing, I get: Resume Play > Quest Log > World Map > Options > Main Menu. None of those leads to a quit option any more. I hate to sound stupid, but am I now supposed to tap on something other than the three bars? I've tried unglomming before trying to quit to get the "4 heroes on the screen" you mention to see if that helps, but it makes no difference. Please explain in painful detail exactly what I should be tapping on, because I really can no longer find Quit.

Please feel free to move this to the bug forum if eliminating Quit is not an intended change but a by-product of the crash. I assumed that the crash occurred because Google pushed the new version of the game while I was playing, but perhaps it was something else. When it happened, my characters had just left Reis Lodge, heading east, after clearing the caves to the north and rescuing the Koda boy. They were glommed and just clearing a bit of black when it happened.

If I choose Main Menu from the screen I get when I tap on the bars, I get a screen that looks just like the image in the OP but the choices are: Play > Store > Options > Credits > More Games.

Thanks in advance for any help.

[fallen]

Dec 12, 2016 14:58:48 GMT -5 Imryll said:

Now I'm confused. Until this morning, that's what I did. Then my game crashed, the new menu screen came up, and I can no longer get to a screen with a Quit option--like the one in your first post. If I tap on the three bars in the upper lefthand corner while playing, I get: Resume Play > Quest Log > World Map > Options > Main Menu.

My apologies, you just need to click Main Menu. Not quit. Returning to the Main Menu saves your state.

[matrim]

So the 3 lines in the upper left corner never had an option to quit, only main menu. If there is no quit option in the splash screen where you select your game, or purchase options then that is a bug.

[fallen]

Yeah, that was just a typo on my front.