30 June

Clinton and Trump take on the World's Leaders in The Ship: Remasted

The hugely popular World Leaders Pack is now available in The Ship: Remasted as part of a major new free update for the game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fHwit949Bo

Not only can you play with the original world leaders such as Thatcher, Castro, Blair and Bush from The Ship: Murder Party, but we’ve added two more potential leaders to the mix - Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. So whether you’re with Hillary or believe Trump can’t be stumped, take up arms and prove who’s the real captain of this ship! Since we’re in the Steam Summer Sale, The Ship: Remasted is 66% OFF right now, so if you buy before July 4th you’ll get it for just £4.99 / 6.79 Euros / $6.79.

Alongside the World Leader’s Pack, this latest update comes with a large number of additional new features and fixes that moves The Ship: Remasted ever closer to the end of Early Access. The full patch notes are linked below but the highlights include:

• The release of the much-requested Mac and Linux builds with the ability to play against people on all platforms.
• Steam controller support – Big picture!
• Lots of further optimisation and bug fixes.
• It’s also the 10th Anniversary of the launch of The Ship: Murder Party!

And if that’s not enough, we thought we’d go totally overboard and include a copy of The Ship: Murder Party for free for everyone who purchases The Ship Remasted, including all of our existing players.

For full info and patch notes from this new update, check out our Steam page here.

Enjoy the cruise!

PATCH NOTES
WELCOME TO 'THE SHIP: REMASTED' EARLY ACCESSThe Ship: Remasted is in Early Access and, as such, is unfinished.
No, really. Do expect whopping bugs, minor code explosions, wonky visuals, and a whole host of other strange and ungainly things that probably shouldn't be happening while trying to clobber someone with a polo mallet (e.g. sudden glitches into the 1930's -- we don't know why). You'll also find a fair chunk of important functionality is missing and some of the usability leaves a lot to be desired.

Dedicated Servers [Advanced Users]
The current build allows you to create 'Dedicated Servers' or connect to those created by others. You can install a server onto a computer and then leave the game running 24hrs-a-day for others to connect to.

If you want to have a go at installing a Dedicated Server, do the following:

A) To Download:
1. Open Steam
2. Go to Library > Tools
3. This should give you a big list of different servers and tools available. Find The Ship:
Remasted Dedicated Server (should be just under The Ship Dedicated Server)4. Right-click > Properties
5. Go to Beta tab and enter code: 'remastedtesting' to access the testing branch
6. Select the testing branch ('external') from drop down
7. Right-click The Ship Remasted Dedicated Server > install game
8. Server should install

B) To Setup Server:
1. Right-click The Ship: Remasted Dedicated Server > Properties > Local Files > Browse Local Files
2. This should bring up the folder the dedicated server is located in.
3. Open the file 'TSRDS_1' file
4. Open server.cfg with notepad++ (or a similar program)
5. Here you can edit game settings (server name, map, game type, etc.)
6. The mapcycle text file in the same folder can be edited to change what maps the server cycles through. This should be opened also with notepad++


C) Starting the Dedicated Server:
1. Go to Steam > Library > Tools
2. Double-click The Ship: Remasted Dedicated Server
3. This should open a console that shows who's joining, map loaded, etc.
4. Players should be able to join when map is loaded. (Can check its visible by going View > Servers > Ship Remasted)
5. If the map isn't visible, you must configure your firewall/port forwarding by opening ports: UDP/TCP 443, 7776-7778 on your router.

If you simply want to play a game on a Dedicated Server, all you have to do is select 'Join a Cruise', then choose a game from the 'Dedicated' or 'All' tab.

Note:
+ Dedicated Servers can handle up to sixteen players.
+ You can only connect to servers with the same version number. If no servers are visible, ensure you have updated to the latest build.


New Features

World Leaders
+ World Leaders Hunt, Elimination and Deathmatch modes added.
+ Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton added to World Leaders.


UI
+ GameWin popup now displays at the end of the game.
+ Scaled up Arcade Mode title menu pop-up to improve usability.
+ Multiplayer tab removed from the Options screen.
+ Deckplans - player arrow more clearly highlights the direction the player is pointing.
+ Inventory description now informs the player of the MFK rank of weapons.
+ Added a banner with no lines for the location bar.
+ Altered sizes of the on-screen messages.
+ Removed the location text and secondary information banners.
+ Trespass text moved onto relevant bar.
+ Removed "Minimum Players" option from Create Server popup.
+ Map preview description is now shown below the map preview image.
+ Game mode description is now shown as a Tooltip in the Game Mode dropdown row.
+ Create Server window "Close" button changed to "Cancel".
+ Added new art assets to the HUD icons.
+ Work on the keyboard panel of the Options menu.
+ Fixed input text fields for the create server name and password fields text being clipped.
+ Can no longer bring up the "Change Status" popup in modes which do not allow passengers.

Characters
+ Animation fixes HUD quarry portrait section.
+ Other outfits can now be equipped when you have a Swimming Costume equipped.
+ Improved 1st-person female syringe animation to reduce wrist pinching.
+ Created Dry Fire animations for empty guns.
+ Ragdoll polish - stopped joints distorting.

Needs
+ All need satisfier times increased by 50%.
+ Thirst satisfiers set to 1.5x original speed.
+ New extreme needs data.

VFX
+ Polished the Wood Impact VFX
+ Made the 'Wake FX' material more opaque.
+ Added dust particle VFX to Lifeboat.

Servers
+ Removed Relay Server games.

Options
+ Added option to enable VSync in Video Options.

Optimisation
+ Numerous improvements in reducing files generated by multiple actions.
+ Improved caching, reduced var numbers and improved garbage collection for various features.

Bug Fixes

UI
+ Timers now get removed at end of game.
+ Quarry Details HUD elements are now closed at end of game.
+ Dying at end of game no longer allows the player to move/no longer closes Scoreboard.
+ Crosshairs are hidden at end of game.
+ Fixed the Quarry portrait drawing over deckplans and leaderboard.
+ Corpse descriptions are now displayed correctly in the Inventory.
+ Options window defaults to Language tab rather than a blank tab.
+ "Max Players On Server" box in Create Server Window no longer breaks when you put in any number above a single digit number.
+ Fixed the different sized carets in text fields.
+ Changed references of “duck” to “crouch”.
+ Turned back on options pop up content tabs and started work on the scaled up rework of the Create Server screen.
+ Arcade Mode Dialog is now closed when release notes button is pressed.
+ Fixed issue where you couldn't correctly enter number of players on Create Server screen.
+ Join Server Dialogue popups now match those in the Create Server Dialogue.
+ Fixed default values displayed before server list refreshes.
+ UI now handles a tied game by not displaying the Game Win UI.
+ Portrait timing issue found and fixed that was causing winner portraits to be blank.
+ Tied game messages handled properly.
+ Ragdolls now set the corpse name regardless of whether the corpse container has contents.
+ Removed one of the game logos on load screen when going back to the main menu.
+ Fixed rotation of Male Quarry Portrait image.

Bots
+ Bots now choose a random nav point in same room to go to when they get stuck instead of always choosing a point behind them.
+ Bots now don't try to face their target when navigating to them until they get close.
+ Increased stuck timer from 5 to 25.
+ Disabled Bots for Dedicated Servers for now.
+ Caught a potential index out of range error in one of the bot behaviours which was possibly causing issues when changing maps.

Chat
+ Identity chat now functions on dedicated servers.
+ Chat now functions after a map change on dedicated servers.
+ Chat is now hidden when you left-click or right-click the mouse anywhere or press Escape (menu key).

Characters
+ Interactions no longer cause players to hook back into their original position, and are instead left in their interaction point.
+ Vomit position is now at the mouth.
+ Interacting or getting arrested no longer permanently stops the vomit or on fire animations.
+ Fixed missing animation on fingers and breast bone by updating the avatar's skeleton mask.
+ Throwing a weapon no longer results in you having no arms.

Interactions
+ Mass spam clicking interactions no longer locks the player animation.
+ Can no longer interact with doctors chairs while someone is being healed.
+ Two players can no longer cosy up together on the 3rd class Connemara beds.

Weapons
+ Weapon pickups can now be examined without making them unable to be picked up.
+ Assigned correct textures to detonator, satchels and added 'interaction' node to Satchel Wallet.
+ Fixed single weapons such as axes only spawning to a single spawner.
+ Flares no longer travel through colliders in Dedicated Server games.

Game Rules
+ Maximum players can no longer be exceeded when connecting to any of the game modes.
+ Stopped checking for max players in Arcade Mode.

Connections
+ Synclist issue now fixed. Was to do with network behaviours and their position within prefabs.
+ Fixed players getting kicked after a map change when the server was full.

Respawning
+ Committing suicide in Deathmatch no longer locks your player.
+ Dying of needs in Deathmatch no longer causes softlock.

Containers
+ Fixed knives not being removed from the knife block.

Andrea Doria
+ Fixed environment bugs.

Atalanta
+ Fixed environment bugs.

Batavier
+ Fixed environment bugs.

Connemara
+ Fixed scaling issue on the deck plan.

Huronian
+ Fixed rotated courtroom camera

Traps
+ Sounds for Traps are no longer playing through floors and ceilings.
+ References to locking doors removed from sauna examine text.
++ Sauna trap ‘switch off’ examine text changed from “Unlock Door” to “Deactivate”.
++ Sauna trap text "Lock door to crank up the heat" to "Crank up the heat".

Needs
+ Needs now increase at the correct rate set in the Create Server options.
+ Needs system no longer randomly skips some Need updates due to timing irregularities.
+ Duplicate background Needs no longer get added to players on respawn after death by Needs.
+ Not all Needs are reset when you die by extreme Needs.

Other
+ Fixed logic error in Name Generator which was causing ‘INVALID’ names to appear.
+ Fixed Ragdoll camera not being deactivated after death and changing sex.
+ Excluded trap, empty syringe and empty sleeping syringe from MFK Table.
+ Checks that forbidden leader names don't accidentally get included in regular modes.
+ ServerConfig file now gets validated when read (for player numbers/bot numbers/etc).
+ Fixed max players validation for Dedicated Server.


What's on its way

We are working hard in the coding yards, are going through all your feedback, and will be releasing regular builds as we pop in more rivets.

We even have a plan: http://www.blazinggriffin.com/games/the-ship-remasted/development-roadmap/ if you want to see what the future holds and what we're working on next.

You can also give suggestions, report a bug, ask questions or generally chat about the game on our Steam Forum, and you can even help us test the game and get even earlier access to up-and-coming features, by checking out the forum's Closed Testing area.

This, here post explains a little more: http://www.blazinggriffin.com/games/the-ship/the-ship-remasted/the-ship-is-setting-sail/

Your feedback is extremely valuable to us, so please do come and help us make this game the well-mannered murder-fest it deserves to be.

-- The Ship Remasted Team.

23 June

Buy The Ship: Remasted and get The Ship: Murder Party for FREE!

Starting with the Steam Summer Sale today, not only will there be a special sale price of 66% off, we've gone totally overboard and you’ll now get 2 Ships for the price of 1 when you buy, or own The Ship: Remasted. Oh buoy, what a deal!

For those of you that already own The Ship: Remasted, make sure to update the game in your Steam Library to get access to the freebies. The Ship: Murder Party is still available to buy individually from the Steam Store and is currently 50% off in the summer sale.

For any issues or enquiries, please drop us a mail at support@blazinggriffin.co.
*Please be aware that this is a non-giftable copy. It will be added to your library.

Happy Hunting!
The Blazing Griffin Team