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[v1.4 Beta] Changes [Main Menu]: Changed the music that loops in the main menu. [Terrain]: Improved algorithms for terrain brush modification (painting and changing terrain height). [Terrain]: Default opacity for raise/lower terrain tool changed from 0 to 0.5. Known Issues [Decoration]: Warp Tunnel is able to be pushed around the sandbox using another Warp Tunnel after it is placed. [Terrain]: Unable to undo/redo terrain changes. [VR]: Game required restart after initializing VR to work in VR mode. Make sure that headset is connected when game is started. [VR]: Minimap not displaying as a circle when in VR mode. [UI]: Scroll Menu UI can be interacted with while moving decorations. [Sandbox]: Trick-Or-Treat locations unable to be moved once placed. [Sandbox]: Decorations rotation and scale are unable to be changed after they are placed. [Freeplay Mode]: Limited ambient music and skyboxes available. [UI]: Incomplete help information window. Most features are not described. [UI]: Terrain modification UI often gets in the way of editing the terrain. [Sandbox]: Not enough example sandboxes built into the game. [Online]: No online cloud for the community to share their creations. Bugs Fixed [Sandbox]: Game crashes when clicking the "Decorations" button. [Sandbox]: Decoration immediately opens the movement gimble after it has been placed. [Sandbox]: When loading from one sandbox into another not all decorations are cleared before the new sandbox is loaded. [Settings]: Game freezing when applying or canceling settings menu. [Settings]: Changed default setting for "show mini-map" to true. [Settings]: Settings are reset to default each time the game is started. [Settings]: After changing the audio settings in the main menu, the music stops playing. [Settings]: Changing sandbox save location may result in existing sandboxes being deleted. [Settings]: Changing save or screenshot location will move every file in the folder including non HDS data files. [Sounds]: Sound effects still play even when audio settings are at 0% volume. [UI]: Help window pages become invisible while flipping through pages already visited. [Freeplay Mode]: Minimap camera changed from perspective view to orthographic. [Freeplay Mode]: Candy doesn't always fall when spawned from trick or treat locations. [Freeplay Mode]: Trick-Or-Treat locations will occasionally drop more than 1 candy. [Freeplay Mode]: Uncollected candies aren't destroyed when switching back to Sandbox mode. [Terrain]: When modifying the terrain close to the edge it breaks the terrain editor. [Terrain]: Decorations dont update their position when the terrain height under them is changed. [Decoration]: SoundFX on Outhouse not playing correctly. Features Added [Stickers]: New sticker collection mechanic added to the game. [Achievement]: Added 5 new achievements related to sticker collection. [Freeplay Mode]: Zoom in/out with elevation change added to minimap camera. [Main Menu]: Achievement window accessed from Main Menu toolbar. [UI]: Random Halloween fun facts added to the loading screen. [UI]: New Help Window information added for: Undo/Redo, Clearing Sandbox, Ambient Skybox, and Object Visibility.

[v1.3.1 Beta - December 21 2022] Christmas Update 2022 Features Added [Decoration]: Added silly Santa hats to various decorations [Decoration]: Added new Rat decoration to the Miscellaneous category [Achievement]: Added a new achievement: Nightmare Before Christmas [Main Menu]: Added Discord button to menu toolbar and created new Tech Skull Discord group New Tech Skull Studios Discord: https://discord.gg/FBpDfNgeyE

[v1.3 Beta - October 20, 2022] Bugs Fixed [Freeplay Mode]: When loading freeplay mode directly from the main menu, the player starting position is not being set correctly. [Decoration]: Mummy cardboard cutout incorrectly selected when the Mummy Head cardboard cutout is clicked. [Decoration]: Bad vertices on the Church allowing light from behind to pass through. [Decoration]: Enlarged the drum of Warp Tunnel so that it better fits the size of the player. [UI]: Cursor draws behind the file browser when selecting external save files. [UI]: Cursor draws behind the decoration names on the decoration selection button. [UI]: Loading screen displaying incorrectly at different screen resolutions. [UI]: Sandbox grid visible in the preview image of the save/load menu. [Main Menu]: The scroll bar on the credits window no longer works. [Sandbox]: Resized the player starting position marker to better accurately represent the size of the player in freeplay mode. [Decoration]: Rescaled the Warp Tunnel to better fit the size of the player. [Decoration]: Fixed incorrect vertices on the mesh of Church 1. [Decoration]: Road lines are way too reflective. [Decoration]: Fixed typo for the Werewolf cardboard cutout. [Decoration]: Removed branding from vehicle models. Features Added [Sandbox]: You can now move decorations after they have been placed with the use of the spiderweb gimble [Sandbox]: Decorations can now be deleted [Main Menu]: Added new toolbar to the main menu [Main Menu]: Added new update information window to the main menu [Decoration]: Added new flame particle effect to Lamp Post 3 in lights [Decoration]: Added rotating sound effect to Warp Tunnel. [Decoration]: Added 4 new variants to the Warp Tunnel. [Decoration]: Added new House 3 building to the decorations inventory. [Decoration]: Added new House 4 building to the decorations inventory. [Decoration]: Added 5 new Inflatable Pumpkin decorations to the Standing Objects category. [Decoration]: Added new Furniture category under the scenery menu. Added 6 new items of furniture. [Decoration]: Added new Toxic Waste Pipes (Green and Purple) to the Special Effects decoration category.

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[v1.2.1 Beta] Bugs Fixed [Decoration]: Abandoned Fruit Truck not loading from saved sandbox. [Decoration]: Animation transition on Plastic Pumpkin not instanious when changing between on and off mode [UI]: When mouse exits draggable window in the terrain editor, the cursor is not reset. [Sandbox]: For a brief moment after loading, the camera is in the wrong place before snapping into place. [Sandbox]: When creating sandboxes of larger or smaller sizes, the terrain grid is the wrong size then immediately resets to correct after loading. [VR]: Camera height being set to the ground. [Decoration]: Improved resolutions of projector cookie designs. [Decoration]: Removed reflectivity from Mausoleum. Features Added [VR]: Added Achievement for playing freeplay in VR Mode. [Decoration]: Added 4 new patterns to projector light. (Bat, Red Skull, Spiderweb, and Witch).

Note to VR Users: Your headset must be plugged in and VR must be enabled in the settings menu under the display tab when the game is launched to work. VR is streamed to the headset only when in first person player mode. (Freeplay Mode). [v1.2 Beta] Known Issues [Freeplay Mode]: Candy doesn't always fall from trick or treat locations. [Settings]: Changing sandbox save location may result in existing sandboxes being deleted. [Settings]: After changing the audio settings in the main menu, the music stops playing. [Sounds]: Sound effects still play even when audio settings are at 0% volume. [Freeplay Mode]: When loading freeplay mode directly from the main menu, the player starting position is not being set correctly. [Settings]: Game freezing when applying or canceling settings menu. [Terrain]: Unable to undo/redo terrain changes. [VR]: Game required restart after initializing VR to work in VR mode. Make sure that headset is connected when game is started. [VR]: Minimap not displaying as a circle when in VR mode. Bugs Fixed [Freeplay Mode]: Animations on decorations triggering twice when within range. [Decoration]: Resolved major performance issues when using the fog machine. [Decoration]: Stopsign (Scenery) scale increased by 1.5 to match player height. [Decoration]: Unable to walk up the Warp Tunnel metal ramp. [Decoration]: Increased scale of the Warp Tunnel 1.25x to better fit the size of the charatcer controller. [Decoration]: Warp Tunnel is able to be pushed around the sandbox using another Warp Tunnel after it is placed. [Sandbox]: Decorations periodically clip under the terrain when setting their location. [Sandbox]: When loading from one sandbox into another, camera position doesn't reset. [Sandbox]: When placing a Cardboard Cutout and the camera is close to the ground, the cutout disapears below the terrain. [Sandbox]: Cloned decorations not being saved in sandbox. Decorations get lost after reloading. [Sandbox]: When cloning objects that have a variant or animation, the UI doesn't reset filling up the screen. [Toolbar]: Camera controls window is broken. [Tooltip]: Tooltips draws below cursor. [UI]: Scrollbar skull handles are not in sync with the mouse. [UI]: Increased transition speed between menus. [UI]: When navigating back from the scenery menu with the terrain editor menu, you are taken to decoration categories instead of the the terrain menu. Features Added [VR]: Virtual Reality Headsets now work in Freeplay Mode. [Decorations]: Added new Coffins Category. [Decoration]: Added Abandoned Fruit Truck (Scenery / Cars). [Decoration]: Added 5 New Cardboard Cutouts. [Decoration]: Added Ouija Board (Miscellaneous). [Decoration]: Added Plastic Pumpkin Light. [Freeplay Mode]: Added Minimap Directionals that point towards candy objectives. [Sounds]: Opening the game menu now plays the scroll open sound. [UI]: Removed Pentagram for decoration rotation. (Planned settings option to allow demonic iconography for future releases). [UI]: Added Menu Button to decoration selection panel for faster navigation between interfaces.

[v1.1 Beta] PLEASE NOTE: For those who were previously wanting VR support it will be operational in the next patch 1.2 Beta which will be out this week prior to Halloween. We just have to add a settings button in the UI and toggle a button on and it will be operational. Has been tested and looks fantastic! Known Issues [Tooltip]: Tooltip draws below cursor. [Settings]: Changing sandbox save location may result in existing sandboxes being deleted. [Settings]: After changing the audio settings in the main menu, the music stops playing. [Sandbox]: Decorations periodically clip under the terrain when setting their location. [Sandbox]: When loading from one sandbox into another, camera position doesn't reset. [Sandbox]: When cloning objects that have a variant, the UI doesn't reset filling up the screen. [Toolbar]: Camera controls window is broken. [Sounds]: Sound effects still play even when audio settings are at 0% volume. [Decoration]: Unable to walk up the Warp Tunnel metal ramp. [Decoration]: Warp Tunnel is able to be pushed around the sandbox using another Warp Tunnel after it is placed. [Decoration]: Fog Machine causes lag on lower performance CPUs. [Freeplay Mode]: When loading freeplay mode directly from the main menu, the player starting position is not being set correctly. [VR]: VR is currently broken and will be implemented in the next update v1.2. Bugs Fixed [Decoration]: Inflatable Reaper rotation corrected. [Decoration]: Prevented walking through Necropolis Cathedral. [Decoration]: Removed light bloom effect from road lines (Scenery). [Sandbox]: Pressing Enter when Enter is the Place Object Keybinding no longer creates duplicate decoration. [Sandbox]: Prevented decorations from falling underneath the terrain. [Sandbox]: Decorations can now be properly stacked on top of each other. [Sandbox]: Improved camera controls. [Sandbox]: Grid overlay now translucent and brightness reduced. [UI]: Game saves now display screenshot. [Freeplay Mode]: Player walking and movement sounds only sometimes play. [Freeplay Mode]: Improvements to the character movement. [Freeplay Mode]: When switching between freeplay mode to sandbox mode the camera rotation doesn't reset. Leaving the observer camera pointed in the wrong direction. Features Added [Sounds]: Added click sound effect to main menu buttons. [Sounds]: Added explosion sound to clear sandbox button. [UI]: Added fade to intro screen. [Main Menu]: Added lightning effect. [Sandbox]: Added new Clone Decoration Keybinding. [Sandbox]: Pressing Escape now cancels decoration placement. [Sandbox]: Ability to change the grid color in the settings. [Toolbar]: Special Effects visibility toggle added. [Terrain]: Ability to import terrain from a TGA, PNG, or JPG heightmap image. [Terrain]: New Paint Texture feature. [Tombstones]: New Custom Tombstone Painter feature.

[v1.04 Beta] Known Issues [Tooltip]: Tooltip draws below cursor. [Settings]: Changing sandbox save location may result in existing sandboxes being deleted. [VR]: VR is currently broken and will be implemented in a future patch. Bugs Fixed [UI]: Miscellaneous and Vegetation categories mis spelled. [UI]: Stereo mis spelled in Audio Settings. [UI]: Cars category has been changed to Vehicles. [Toolbar]: Grid size lock doesn't work. [Toolbar]: X component of grid size can't be changed. [Decoration]: Warp Tunnel center of rotation not centered. [Freeplay Mode]: Arms of character are visible when not in VR mode. Features Added [UI]: Added sound to object visibility toggle. [Freeplay Mode]: Added Player movement animations. [Freeplay Mode]: Added movement sounds for different textures. [Sandbox]: Added WASD movement for camera while in edit mode.

[v1.03 Beta] Known Issues [Tooltip]: Tooltip draws below cursor. [Toolbar]: X component of grid size can't be changed. [Toolbar]: Grid size lock doesn't work. [Settings]: Changing sandbox save location may result in existing sandboxes being deleted. [Decoration]: Warp Tunnel center of rotation not centered. [VR]: VR is currently broken and will be implemented in a future patch. Bugs Fixed [UI]: Lollipop spelled incorrectly in candy menu. [Freeplay]: Character colliding with "invisible" objects in sandbox. [Decorations]: Lamp 1 missing animations. (Lights) [Decorations]: Fog machine can be heard in freeplay even when not in physical range of it. [Decorations]: Vehicle scales multiplied by 2 to match relative scale in world. [Decorations]: Increased the scale of street lamp to make more realistic. [Terrain]: Terrain changes not loading correctly. [UI]: Scenery icons not displaying on scale slider UI. [UI]: When clicking the back button from within a scenery sub menu, it returns to the main category list when it should return to the scenery menu. [Decorator]: Snapping on rotation not setting correct values. [Decorator]: Scale slider not updating when changing decoration variant. [Decorator]: Rotation pentagram not reflecting accurate values when changing variation. [Decorator]: Decoration scale can be increased passed max value, when changing between variations. [Sandbox]: When toggling between first person mode and sandbox mode, the Sound FX Boxes continue playing. Features Added [Decorations]: Added 3 soda pops to candy category. [Sounds]: Added menu open and closing sounds. [Sounds]: Added screenshot sound. [Sounds]: Added added animation change sound effect. [Terrain]: Added Modify Terrain button to terrain menu. [UI]: Added information of scale slider and rotation pentagram on snapping.

Make sure to follow the community hub for any updates regarding bug fixes we will be working diligently all week long to improve the quality of your gaming experience.

[v1.02 Beta] Bugs Fixed [Freeplay Mode]: Fog not displaying in game.

[v1.02 Beta] Known Issues [Tooltip]: Tooltip draws below cursor. [Toolbar]: X component of grid size can't be changed. [Toolbar]: Grid size lock doesn't work. [Decorator]: Snapping on rotation not setting correct values. [Decorator]: Scale slider not updating when changing decoration variant. [Settings]: Changing sandbox save location may result in existing sandboxes being deleted. Bugs Fixed [UI]: When Undoing a trick or treat location, the button remains in the window. [UI]: When Nuking while trick or treat window is open, the buttons don't disappear. [UI]: When Redoing trick or treat location after undoing, button does not get remade in window. [UI]: Low scroll bar speed in trick or treat locations window. [UI]: Save/Load screens button colors not consistent. [Sandbox]: Save screen can save sandbox without a name. [Sandbox]: Game crashes when loading sandbox while editing another sandbox. [History]: Sandbox history not being cleared when new sandbox is loaded. [Decorations]: Sound FX Box - Music Box limited to 5 max scale when it should be 10. [Decorations]: Sound FX Box - Correct sounds not playing when reloading. [Toolbar]: Visibility dropdown not resetting on loading new sandbox if categories have been toggled off. Features Added [Decorations]: Added Popup Ghost Decoration (Upright Objects) [Decorations]: Added 5 New Candies [Trick Or Treat Locations]: Ability to delete location through the modification window. [History]: Ability to undo moving actor starting position. [Decorations]: Added animation to demon decoration. [Decorations]: Added sound effect to zombie decoration. [Scenery]: Added on/off animation to street lamp. [Sandbox]: Added Demo Sandbox.

[v1.0 Beta] Release [v1.01 Beta] Known Issues [Tooltip]: Tooltip draws below cursor. [Toolbar]: X component of grid size can't be changed. [Toolbar]: Grid size lock doesn't work. [Decorator]: Snapping on rotation not setting correct values. [Decorator]: Scale slider not updating when changing decoration variant. Bugs Fixed [Display]: Fullscreen settings causes window mode and window mode cause fullscreen. [Toolbar]: Toggle grid button not in sync with grid state. [Toolbar]: Camera controls toggle orthographic and perspective not in sync with camera state. [Toolbar]: Toggle between edit mode and observer mode doesn't hide grid. [Toolbar]: Ambience settings not saving when random background music is selected. [Toolbar]: Observer/Edit button not swapping text when clicked. [Toolbar]: When Undoing/Redoing trick or treat spawn points, the pumpkin cube duplicates. [Toolbar]: When Redoing after undoing then placing a new decoration, the previously removed decoration reappears. [Toolbar]: When Undoing if sandbox is empty, the nuke button remains active. [Toolbar]: When Nuking sandbox after placing trick or treat spwan points, then creating more and undoing/redoing the old spawn points start to appear. [Toolbar]: When creating trick or treat spwan points while no other decorations are in the sandbox, the nuke button doesn't activate. [Decorator]: Decoration variant carousel not updating position when changing. [Tooltip]: Tooltip showing when placing object. [UI]: Problems clicking buttons and certain UI elements in menu. [UI]: When switching graphics preset dropdown in settings, it always sets to custom. [UI]: Display settings in settings window not updating when saved. [UI]: Audio settings sliders in settings window not loading correctly on window opened. [UI]: Scroll sensitivity of sliders in settings menu very low. [UI]: Scenery Vegitation category says "Miscellanious" [UI]: Scenery Trees category says "Miscellanious" [UI]: White line across the top of chainsaw 2 decoration icon. [Decorations]: Crystal ball not reflecting enviorment. Features Added [Ambience]: Added fog to block objects in the distance. [Decorations]: Added cardboard cutouts to decoration categories. [UI]: Added Vegitation icon for scenery decoration category. [UI]: Added Miscellanious icon for scenery decoration category. [Freeplay Mode]: Ability to swap between freeplay mode and sandbox editor.