Quelle belle surprise ! Le city builder apocalyptique Frostpunk 2 accueille aujourd’hui une grosse mise à jour qui, en plus de corrections diverses, nous gâte de contenu gratuit :

• Une nouvelle carte, The Pit, pour le mode utopie.
• Des défis narratifs optionnels pour enrichir l’expérience du mode utopie et améliorer la rejouabilité.
• Une refonte du système de chauffage permettant de régler la température par quartier. Une addition intéressante pour l’aspect stratégie…
• …seulement vos citoyens le savent. Et ils vont négocier ou montrer les crocs pour faire partie des privilégiés.
• De nouvelles branches pour l’arbre technologique (dont 9 recherches, 2 bâtiments et 1 loi supplémentaires).
• L’arrivée du mode Sérénité, pour les joueurs souhaitant profiter de Frostpunk 2 sous un format moins stressant (option indépendante de la difficulté)
• Une amélioration des visuels et du pathfinding.
• Des options de démarrage supplémentaires (démarrage avancé, placement du générateur…)
• L’étoffement des outils de modding

De quoi replonger quelques heures en hiver alors que l’été pointe le bout de son nez…

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Changelog complet :

Full Patch notes:

Gameplay

• Updated gameplay feature – Heat management. Heat management has been reworked with a focus on locality.
  – Districts now have local heat levels, replacing the global heat demand concept
  – Each district now has several basic heat levels. Freezing, Very Cold, Cold, Chilly, Livable, Warm, each with local effects.
  – Heat levels can be increased by distributing heat from the generator through Heat Allocation, with multiple levels of allocation available
  – District proximity effects now apply to one city cell individually; previously, 3 cells were required for the effect to apply
  – Each Housing District now have the exact number of people it can accommodate
  – Every Community and Faction can now occupy an individual district
  – New city overlay related to Heat Management
  – Revamped Laws and Researches which previously affected Heat demand, now relate to Heat Levels
  – New Researches are available in Research Institute to support reworked heating mechanics
• New Utopia Builder set of settings – Tales from the frostland. New challenges that expand the Utopia Builder experience, adding depth to both difficulty and narrative.
  – Beacon of Hope – Provide shelter and resources for all newcomers escaping their fallen city
  – Apocalyptic Whiteout – Survive a catastrophic and long Whiteout
  – Depleted Cores – Search the frostland to restore an unfinished IEC Core Factory
  – Beating each challenge unlocks a buildable Monument
• New Utopia Builder difficulty setting – Serenity mode. Relaxed mode with easier start, mild weather, abundant resources, shorter whiteouts and no faction wars.
• New Utopia Builder map – The Pit. Plan around a failed Generator construction site and try to create a thriving city
• The district area can now be readjusted after its construction, along with the Buildings placement

Balance

• The generator can now produce a limited amount of power. Additional power levels are unlocked via researches
• Adaptation cornerstone now nullifies the consequences of Chilly temperature
• Workers’ Shifts and Apex Workers now reduce sickliness produced by non-housing districts
• Waste Heat Conversion now makes extraction districts generate heat proximity and disease
• Heatpipe Watch children’s fallback allows activating additional Heatpipe Watch as an ability
• Rebalanced the early stages of Prologue, granting a smoother entry with an opening in the midpoint of the playthrough
• Expanded randomisation of frostland in Utopia Builder
• Frostbreaker cost is now counted per cell instead of per usage
• Housing district rebalance
• Removed 3rd tier upgrade
• Base Housing District now has an available Special Building slot

Interface

• District panels have been refreshed to follow gameplay changes
• Generator panel redesign
• Chapter selection settings menu redesign
• Updated the city needs top widget to reflect heat management changes, and put more emphasis on temperature
• New tutorial modals explaining District Temperature, District Abilities and Community Actions
• Clicking on the empty Building slot on the District Panel now brings up the Building construction panel
• Districts now have their unique names
• Deaths, injuries and absentees notifications are displayed over the affected districts
• Moved economy overlays from bottom right to top left
• Improved visibility of Hostile relations with Factions and Communities

Art

• Improved overall district visuals. Toggleable in settings, so Steward can choose between planned and organic urban layout
• Steward can now select where the Building slot will be placed within the constructed district
• Refreshed some of the Buildings visuals
• Improved visibility of Buildings in the district
• A lot of new artwork for narrative events
• New artwork for district panels to reflect the current heating level in the district
• Updated and expanded artwork for story mode faction/community frontmen
• Improved city life visuals
• Improved roads pathfinding logic
• New visual effect for cells selected for District construction

Other

• Upgraded game engine to Unreal Engine 5.4.3
• Optimized loading and saving times
• Game performance optimizations
• New achievements:
  – Guiding Light
  – Apocalypse Nah
  – Raiders of the Lost Cores
  – Born Ready
  – No One Left Behind
  – Seen Worse
  – Gotta Go Fast

Mods

• Play in Editor is now available in Frostkit
• Mod Menu visual overhaul
• Added a search bar
• Added Cook Mod button inside the Frostkit
• Significant optimizations to Frostkit loading times
• Added multiple tutorials and sample mods to lower the entry threshold for modding community beginners

Beta feedback fixes and improvements

• Fixed the empty input issue
• Proximity effects coming from previously expanded or rebuilt districts will no longer be displayed on city cells during the next district rebuild
• UI polish and improvements
• Replaced missing artwork for Cold Houses narrative event
• Randomization for finding Core Parts is now seeded
• You can now evade fatalities/injuries when exploring the Core Factory Parts Site by constructing buildings that reduce the Territory Threat Level
• Beacon of Hope upgrade now costs 300 Heatstamps and 250 Prefabs
• Utopia Builder Tales can now be randomized along with other settings
• Fixed no notification sounds for events in districts
• Fixed Serenity mode not using proper fervor setup, so Faction Wars could occur under certain circumstances
• Fixed game freeze caused by faulty modifier in Adaptation Generator
• Fixed crashes which could occur upon establishing the Progress cornerstone
• Fixed a rare Zoom Stories crash
• Fixed a rare crash related to Policies, which could occur on loading a save
• Fixed some other singular crashes
• Some other minor fixes and improvements