Tue, 20 Jun 2006
Movin' Right Along
First off, we've got some belated release notes as we've done a few updates since my last posting. We've been making tweaks and fixes all over the place but here are the main things:

• We've added a damage display that tells ya how much damage a shot did and reports whether any special effects were involved like the Lucky Horseshoe or the Iron Plate.
• We've added a star near the crosshairs when yer targeting an opponent's Big Shot so that you kin easily factor that into yer plannin'.
• We changed the Claim into a Steam Tank for the Gold Rush scenario to make it clearer which scenario yer playin' and we've added a Rustling Post to the Cattle Rustling scenario to remind ya of where yer units are going to respawn. We also show ya how many cattle are in yer herd over the Rustling Post.
• We modified Cattle Rustling to grant one point per branded cattle per tick in addition to the 50 points ya get fer havin' a cattle at the end of the game. We're aimin' to reward players for holdin' onto cattle for a longer time without taking away the fun and excitement of last minute rebrandin'.
• We added hotkeys for selecting cards. You can press 1, 2 or 3 to activate a card instead of clickin' on it. We also now open the chat input window when ya press return as well as space.
• We rebalanced some of the units. The Gunslinger is now better against ground units, the Dirigible is no longer weak versus just about everything, and the Cavalry has been toned down a bit so that he doesn't outshine the other Big Shots. We appreciate yer patience as we tune these things up.
• We've also fixed a bunch of bugs, introduced some new ones, fixed those and no doubt introduced some more. Yee haw!

We've been makin' great progress on the Indian Tradin' Post content. We've got a sneak peek at the new main town scene that mighty we're excited ta show ya. Rest yer eyes on this a spell:

As some of ya have discovered, we've got one of the new ITP scenarios up and running here at the OOO ranch: Totem Building. We'll let ya stew on how that one works fer a little while and spill the beans on it in the next update.

We also have some new cards up our sleeve that we're going to roll out in an update purdy soon, so you kin look forward to some new fun stuff to tide ya over until ITP is ready for action.

That's all fer now pardners,

- Sheriff Mike