Shattered Horizon: Game update available now

Post by **Apoptosis** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 9:09 am

Last night Steam rolled out an update for Shattered Horizon which added
three popular features requested by our community.

"ROLL LEFT" AND "ROLL RIGHT" CAN NOW BE ASSIGNED TO INDIVIDUAL KEYS.
Fans of Descent, space-sims, and other six-degrees-of-freedom games now
have more options to set up and play Shattered Horizon the way they
want.

EACH GRENADE TYPE CAN BE ASSIGNED TO A QUICK SELECT KEY.
A quick-key for each grenade type makes it easier to select and fire
the right one when under pressure.

CHANGES TO THE COLOR OF THE EMP GRENADE EFFECT.
The color of the EMP lightning effect on players has been changed from
blue to white to better balance the effect on MMC players.

OTHER NEWS: GUEST PASSES
This week we have been giving Steam Guest Passes to all of our existing
players. Those looking to try Shattered Horizon before they buy should
have no problem getting a pass from a friend with the game or from one
of the many generous people in our community forums.

Shattered Horizon forums:
http://futuremark.yougamers.com/forum/f ... y.php?f=93

Shattered Horizon forums on Steam:
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/f ... .php?f=755

Full details of the update are listed below. If you have any questions
about Shattered Horizon please feel free to get in touch.

Best wishes,
James Gallagher
Marketing Planner
Futuremark Games Studio

PATCH NOTES - Shattered Horizon 1.0.2.3
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NEW CONTROL OPTIONS
- Each grenade type can now be assigned to a separate quick-select key.
- "Roll left" and "Roll right" can now be assigned to individual keys.
You can adjust the roll speed when rolling with keys. While you are
rolling with keys the mouse is completely free to aim.
- Both the mouse and the individual keys can be used to roll in-game,
you don't have to choose between them so are free to use different roll
methods depending on which you prefer for each situation.
- Help screens and FPS-counter controls can now be bound to different
keys in the controls menu.
- Added mouse wheel support to controls.

GAME CHANGES
- The color of the EMP lightning effect on players has been changed
from blue to white. This change is to reduce confusion when MCC
(yellow) players are EMPed. The EMP particle effect however is still
blue and will be changed in a future update.
- When typing a message using in-game chat, a history of all in-game
chat messages will appear. The text will disappear automatically after
a short time.

BUG FIXES
- Firing the weapon in silent running mode now plays the correct
muffled audio.
- Fixed a rare bug that caused rendering to freeze while the game
continued running.
- Fixed an occasional issue that resulted in a player spawning into a
level with too much speed.
- Fixed an issue with shadows initializing incorrectly, which could
cause aliased sharp edges.
- Fixed a bug with in-game chat where lines of text could appear on top
of each other.
- Fixed a bug that allowed in-game chat to be used while in silent
running mode.