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{{ VersionFrame | Version = 0.5.492 | Description = '''Public Version 0.5.492 rev34036''' was released on July 4, 2014 - Alpha 5 — Under Siege ([http://ludeon.com/blog/2014/07/alpha-5-under-siege-released/ Developer Post])
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| Body = <noinclude>{{Version}}</noinclude>
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| Installation =  
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We’re back with another alpha of RimWorld! Alpha 5 brings on lots of juicy new features and improvements. You can follow our day-to-day work on the changelog.
| Changes = *Nerfed pila
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*Turrets can now require manning to work - This is the case for mortars
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If you own the game, you should get an update email from us. You can also get Alpha 5 by re-downloading from the link you used before (it is a permanent link and always has the newest version). Anyone still having trouble should start at this thread.
*Metal graphic replaced
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*Language choice moved to main menu
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Also note that this build will not load old savegames, so keep your old install separate if you want to finish an Alpha 4 colony.
*Raiders leave after doing sufficient damage
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*Orbital drop raiders less numerous but can punch through thin roofs
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== Release Trailer ==
*XML saver only saves data that does not match defaults - cleaner save files
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<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzfpEB5La6o</youtube>
*Mining plain rock sometimes leaves rock debris
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*Starting equipment comes in drop pods
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== Core Release ==
*Starting sleeping spots removed
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* [[Raid#Siege|Sieges]] added. Raiders will now sometimes besiege the colony by setting up a fortified position nearby and bombarding you until you die or come out to break the siege. Of course this also means there are now researchable and buildable [[mortar]] weapons – both explosive and incendiary.
*Hooked in PDB loading so modders can use code debuggers to step through their code
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* Escape ship added. You can now, at great cost, build a ship to escape the planet if you wish.
*Raiders will opportunistically kidnap incapacitated colonists and retreat
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* Crashed ancient ship part incident added. Sometimes this bad boy will crash-land nearby and start emitting an ever-increasing psychic drone that slowly drives colonists insane. Attack it to make it stop, but beware its defenses.
*Time displayed in months and years
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* New [[mechanoid]] type added – the [[scyther]].
*Weapon accuracy defined as 4 miss percentages for the different ranges (4/15/30/50 cells)
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* Many new sound effects from the illustrious Alistair Lindsay.
*Changed loyalty and fear to a single value - mood
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* A new gear system allows changing out of clothing. [[Clothing]] now has basic effects, like reducing damage or movement speed.
*Split witnessed death thought into witnessed ally death and witnessed stranger death
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* There is now an info card you can view for most things in the game. For [[weapons]], it shows statistics about damage, accuracy, and so on. For [[animals]], it displays health, damage, meat amounts. Lots of other things can be inspected as well.
*Increased many research costs
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* A game history tracker records the history of your colony in graphs of wealth, population, and happiness, as well as recording individual important events.
*Map generator will not produce empty deserts
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* Game history is now uploaded automatically to our servers after an opt-in prompt is agreed to. This uploads your game history – the same one you see on your history graph – to us to help us balance future versions.
| NewContents =
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* More translations added (Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, others) and existing translations updated.
=====New Gameplay=====
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* Language can now be switched by clicking the flag on the main game screen.
*Sieges
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* Lots of other small improvements.
**Enemies take siege positions
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**Recieve supplies from orbit
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== Alpha 5 Balance/Hotfix ==
**Place sandbags
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You all knew a hotfix was coming! It’s like a tradition now!
**Place mortars
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**Eat, sleep, fight fires
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The good thing is that this isn’t a bug hotfix, but a balance one. I’d been hearing a lot of reports that the global psychic drone event – causing -25 to mood – was harming play. So until I can rebalance it, it’s disabled in Alpha5b. The crashed ship part event seen in the release video is still present.
*Mortars
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**Incendieary and Dry Explosive
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To update, you just have to change one number in one file:
**Manual targeting
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*Events
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Open Notepad or some other text editor.
**Psychic Drone
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***Negative thoughts for a time
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With Notepad, open [YourRimWorldFolder]/Mods/Core/Defs/IncidentDefs/BaseIncidents.xml, and find this text:
**Ancient Ship Part Crash
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**Ever-increasing psychic drone
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<IncidentDef>
***Kills nearby plants
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<defName>PsychicDrone</defName>
**Agent Revealed
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<workerClass>IncidentWorker_PsychicDrone</workerClass>
*Royal Bed integrated
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<chance>1.2</chance>
*Scyther mechanoid
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<minRefireDays>8</minRefireDays>
**Fast
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<favorability>Bad</favorability>
**Doesn't use cover
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</IncidentDef>
**Accurate and deadly charge lance weapon
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*Gear and clothing system
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Set <chance>1.2</chance> to <chance>0</chance>.
*Thoughts
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**Cabin Fever
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Or, you can re-download the game from your old link.
**Naked
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*End-game Launchable Ship
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I’ll be reworking this event in future versions.
*Biome system for animal and plant generation
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=====Optimized Gameplay=====
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==Alpha 5C (Silent Hotfix)==
*Storage and Bill filter options: Allow buried, colonist corpses, stranger corpses
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''Released on: July 7, 2014''
*Basic biome support for plants
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*Option to automatically make a home region around new constructions - Defaults to on
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===Changes===
*Alerts
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* Long eclipses no longer kill all the grass on the map
**Make starting stockpiles
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**Unforbid starting resources
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== Alpha 5D ==
**Take starting weapons
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''Released on: July 14, 2014''
**Change growing zone type
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**Need sawmill
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===Changes===
*New history and statistics tracking
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* No significant changes other than folder name change
**Optional opt-in upload for balancing purposes
 
| Bugfixes = *Optimized particle registry and saturation
 
*Optimized large amounts of fire
 
*Storytellers don't clog up event queues as often
 
*Fixed starting resources and guns spawning in same square
 
*Plant ecology more stable over time
 
| Hotfixes =  
 
}}
 
<noinclude>[[Category:Alpha_5]]</noinclude>
 

Latest revision as of 02:52, 7 November 2023

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Released on: 4 July 2014


We’re back with another alpha of RimWorld! Alpha 5 brings on lots of juicy new features and improvements. You can follow our day-to-day work on the changelog.

If you own the game, you should get an update email from us. You can also get Alpha 5 by re-downloading from the link you used before (it is a permanent link and always has the newest version). Anyone still having trouble should start at this thread.

Also note that this build will not load old savegames, so keep your old install separate if you want to finish an Alpha 4 colony.

Release Trailer[edit]

Core Release[edit]

  • Sieges added. Raiders will now sometimes besiege the colony by setting up a fortified position nearby and bombarding you until you die or come out to break the siege. Of course this also means there are now researchable and buildable mortar weapons – both explosive and incendiary.
  • Escape ship added. You can now, at great cost, build a ship to escape the planet if you wish.
  • Crashed ancient ship part incident added. Sometimes this bad boy will crash-land nearby and start emitting an ever-increasing psychic drone that slowly drives colonists insane. Attack it to make it stop, but beware its defenses.
  • New mechanoid type added – the scyther.
  • Many new sound effects from the illustrious Alistair Lindsay.
  • A new gear system allows changing out of clothing. Clothing now has basic effects, like reducing damage or movement speed.
  • There is now an info card you can view for most things in the game. For weapons, it shows statistics about damage, accuracy, and so on. For animals, it displays health, damage, meat amounts. Lots of other things can be inspected as well.
  • A game history tracker records the history of your colony in graphs of wealth, population, and happiness, as well as recording individual important events.
  • Game history is now uploaded automatically to our servers after an opt-in prompt is agreed to. This uploads your game history – the same one you see on your history graph – to us to help us balance future versions.
  • More translations added (Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, others) and existing translations updated.
  • Language can now be switched by clicking the flag on the main game screen.
  • Lots of other small improvements.

Alpha 5 Balance/Hotfix[edit]

You all knew a hotfix was coming! It’s like a tradition now!

The good thing is that this isn’t a bug hotfix, but a balance one. I’d been hearing a lot of reports that the global psychic drone event – causing -25 to mood – was harming play. So until I can rebalance it, it’s disabled in Alpha5b. The crashed ship part event seen in the release video is still present.

To update, you just have to change one number in one file:

Open Notepad or some other text editor.

With Notepad, open [YourRimWorldFolder]/Mods/Core/Defs/IncidentDefs/BaseIncidents.xml, and find this text:

<IncidentDef>
<defName>PsychicDrone</defName>
<workerClass>IncidentWorker_PsychicDrone</workerClass>
<chance>1.2</chance>
<minRefireDays>8</minRefireDays>
<favorability>Bad</favorability>
</IncidentDef>

Set <chance>1.2</chance> to <chance>0</chance>.

Or, you can re-download the game from your old link.

I’ll be reworking this event in future versions.

Alpha 5C (Silent Hotfix)[edit]

Released on: July 7, 2014

Changes[edit]

  • Long eclipses no longer kill all the grass on the map

Alpha 5D[edit]

Released on: July 14, 2014

Changes[edit]

  • No significant changes other than folder name change