Slaughter Horse 2 Update — Mod Compatibility Status & Broken Mods List

Here we are again with another update - as ever, I wouldn't attempt to continue a save from a previous build. If you have a game going on that you really want to finish, install the previous version from the Betas tab. FEATURES * Holding down F1 at most points in the game will bring up benchmarking stats. Staggeringly boring, these might be useful if you need to make a bug report. * There is a new option on the options screen, 'Spud Mode'! Users with older laptops and integrated graphics have reported not being able to generate a full town of 40 ponies as they run out of video memory. If that's you, give this a try. It will reduce the video memory the game eats *considerably*, by as much as over 50% by shrinking images and disabling mipmapping. The trade off is of course that some graphics will be reduced in quality, but only large images are affected - usually object textures. As SH2 uses a very small virtual resolution of 320x180 pixels, the vast majority of images will be unaffected. AntiAlias will also be disabled to possibly help performance on the 3D sections (AGK only has one antialias mode, 4xMSAA, so you probably won't even notice). You will need to restart the game after switching this option on or off. It does add a few seconds to loadtime, but once it's done with any luck you should be able to have a bigger town on your beloved potato. This IS experimental, so send some feedback if it causes issues or if you do find things work better for you. If you're curious, use F1 to see the memory usage on the regular game, apply spud mode, reload and look at the benchmarks again. Should be a major difference. If performance is an issue, I also recommend turning shadows off in the options as these are a major drain on the rendering, and it's also possible to get a few more frames out of your machine by switching the VSync option to Force Sync. * Disciple's doormat improved a bit and it's now personalised to your shop logo. If that doesn't net GOTY, I don't know what will! GAMEPLAY * Death Letters have been completely reworked to be more useful. How ponies are affected depends on their roles and your writing skills. Some roles are more faint of heart than others. If they request protection they might get it, but the level of it will depend on their status in the town, higher level ponies even being prioritised over the investigator's original daily targets. You can use this strategically to draw investigators away from your true quarry, or even yourself. Two achievements related to Death Letters, Friendly Fire and Trot of the Antarctic have been restored and should now be working correctly. Note that unlike before, it is the cowardly Lookout who is the subject of Trot of the Antarctic, rather than the intrepid Reporter. protip: Death Letters are WAY more effective against most roles if you've already established yourself as a credible threat. * All restrictions have been removed from you entering the kitchen on the Night Phase. You can go in there and muck about at any time, then return to the Night Phase options whenever you want. The only caveate here is you will lose the ability to return as soon as a -valid- ingredient has been detected going into the pot (meat doesn't count). After that, you will be forced to end the round to continue. * Dreaming of your mum is a rare event, but the odds are now much shorter on a luck 1 day. She will now go through all her words of wisdom to you (12 in all) in sequence rather than picking them randomly. * The penultimate secret cake has been included. It doesn't use meat as the third ingredient, and once again the first two are a specific order combination that does not make a regular cake. Fair warning, due to the special ingredient required you won't be able to experiment with Song of a Baker to find it. * When you access the rifle and your sniping position, you now first have to click to load the rifle before it will fire. This is to prevent accidental premature discharge. * If you choose to play with Twisted Firestarter and Spy Hunter both active, the Preacher is now exempt from being the Arsonist so your Arsonist isn't already dead when you start. Without Spy Hunter, the Preacher is still a possible Arsonist. * It's easy to miss that you're running out of time regards to the thaw arriving, so you will now get a warning when you have a week or three days left. GRAPHICS * Honey Glazed donut model much improved as I experimented with the new shaders. BUGFIXES * Bug fixed where some transformations such as Noble to Alicorn weren't immediately updated on the roster card. * Bug fixed on the Cake Shop Gossip screen, you can now see if the ponies discuss somepony else and how it affects their mutual suspicion as intended. * Bug fixed on the Disciple's screen where if you looked away and came back, some lowlife had stolen your doormat. * As mentioned, you can now win Trot of the Antarctic and the Friendly Fire achievements again. * Fixed a bug where the Quit Baking button would hide behind the Magic Meter and the top buttons weren't showing when they should. * Bug fixed where non-investigator roles would still work during a curfew.