Happy to let everyone know that we've got a juicy update for Shadowrun Dragonfall - Director's Cut today.

In addition, for the 3 year anniversary of the Shadowrun Returns Kickstarter campaign, we're offering the Deluxe version of Shadowrun: Hong Kong on pre-order at a 33% discount along with offering Shadowrun Returns and Shadowrun Dragonfall - Director's Cut at the lowest prices ever. This is a great time to get your friends to check out the world of Shadowrun!

Release 2.0.9 contains a variety of Shadowrun Dragonfall - Director's Cut campaign fixes and general system fixes and improvements. If you are encountering any issues in Dragonfall, please update to build 2.0.9 immediately. (To update, restart Steam and then allow Shadowrun Returns to fully verify and download the new build.)

After the update if you are experiencing a campaign-related issue, you may also need to restart your current scene (select "Restart Level" from the PDA) or rewind (select "Rewind" from the PDA save screen, then select a previous level) to before you encountered the issue in order to resolve the issue.

TROUBLESHOOTING & REPORTING BUGS
If you are experiencing technical issues with Shadowrun Dragonfall - Directors Cut, please see this post: http://steamcommunity.com/app/300550/discussions/0/613936673325233747/

New Features, Improvements

• Improved difficulty level explanation
  
• Added weapon icons to Drone weapons’ item sheets
  
• Tweaked balance on a few end game melee weapons

Bug Fixes

• Removed duplicate music track files that were unplayable in the Steam Music Library
  
• Resolved issue that prevented RAIN AI from being loaded
  • This resolves NPCs (Non Combatant AI) being unable to wander
    
  • This resolves Laser IC from being unable to use charging programs
    
  • This resolves some boss AIs from executing specific actions when engaged
    
  • This resolves other potential minor AI issues
• Resolved issue that prevented text files being exported for Dragonfall Director's Cut content pack for fan localization

Bug Fixes: Dragonfall Campaign

• Resolved issue that prevented a conversation from starting in The Harfeld Manor Run mission
  
• Resolved edge case issue that caused all hostile actors in the Lockdown mission to have their turn skipped
  
• Resolved issue that caused certain actors to not summon Spirits in the Bloodlines mission
  
• Resolved edge case issue that caused loaned weapons to be lost in the Feuerstelle mission
  
• Resolved issue that caused item pickup icons to appear incorrectly in the MKVI mission

Happy to let everyone know that we've got a juicy update for Shadowrun Dragonfall - Director's Cut today.

In addition, for the 3 year anniversary of the Shadowrun Returns Kickstarter campaign, we're offering the Deluxe version of Shadowrun: Hong Kong on pre-order at a 33% discount along with offering Shadowrun Returns and Shadowrun Dragonfall - Director's Cut at the lowest prices ever. This is a great time to get your friends to check out the world of Shadowrun!

Release 2.0.9 contains a variety of Shadowrun Dragonfall - Director's Cut campaign fixes and general system fixes and improvements. If you are encountering any issues in Dragonfall, please update to build 2.0.9 immediately. (To update, restart Steam and then allow Shadowrun Returns to fully verify and download the new build.)

After the update if you are experiencing a campaign-related issue, you may also need to restart your current scene (select "Restart Level" from the PDA) or rewind (select "Rewind" from the PDA save screen, then select a previous level) to before you encountered the issue in order to resolve the issue.

TROUBLESHOOTING & REPORTING BUGS
If you are experiencing technical issues with Shadowrun Dragonfall - Directors Cut, please see this post: http://steamcommunity.com/app/300550/discussions/0/613936673325233747/

New Features, Improvements

• Improved difficulty level explanation
  
• Added weapon icons to Drone weapons’ item sheets
  
• Tweaked balance on a few end game melee weapons

Bug Fixes

• Removed duplicate music track files that were unplayable in the Steam Music Library
  
• Resolved issue that prevented RAIN AI from being loaded
  • This resolves NPCs (Non Combatant AI) being unable to wander
    
  • This resolves Laser IC from being unable to use charging programs
    
  • This resolves some boss AIs from executing specific actions when engaged
    
  • This resolves other potential minor AI issues
• Resolved issue that prevented text files being exported for Dragonfall Director's Cut content pack for fan localization

Bug Fixes: Dragonfall Campaign

• Resolved issue that prevented a conversation from starting in The Harfeld Manor Run mission
  
• Resolved edge case issue that caused all hostile actors in the Lockdown mission to have their turn skipped
  
• Resolved issue that caused certain actors to not summon Spirits in the Bloodlines mission
  
• Resolved edge case issue that caused loaned weapons to be lost in the Feuerstelle mission
  
• Resolved issue that caused item pickup icons to appear incorrectly in the MKVI mission

Beta Instructions
We have begun public beta testing for the next update. This is COMPLETELY OPTIONAL, but if you'd like to try out the latest and greatest before it's available to the rest of the world, here's how you can participate:

• Go to Steam Library
  
• Right click on Shadowrun Returns
  
• Select Properties
  
• Select Betas
  
• Then a drop down says: "Select the beta you would like to opt into"
  
• Choose: Public Beta

You should see some 'updating' traffic as Steam fetches new files for Shadowrun Returns.
If you ever want to opt out of the Public Beta and return to the normal public build that everyone else has, you can repeat the process above and choose NONE from the drop down list.

New Features, Improvements

• Improved difficulty level explanation
  
• Added weapon icons to Drone weapons’ item sheets
  
• Tweaked balance on a few end game melee weapons

Bug Fixes

• Removed duplicate music track files that were unplayable in the Steam Music Library
  
• Resolved issue that prevented RAIN AI from being loaded
  • This resolves NPCs (Non Combatant AI) being unable to wander
    
  • This resolves Laser IC from being unable to use charging programs
    
  • This resolves some boss AIs from executing specific actions when engaged
    
  • This resolves other potential minor AI issues
• Resolved issue that prevented text files being exported for Dragonfall Director's Cut content pack for fan localization

Bug Fixes: Dragonfall Campaign

• Resolved issue that prevented a conversation from starting in The Harfeld Manor Run mission
  
• Resolved edge case issue that caused all hostile actors in the Lockdown mission to have their turn skipped
  
• Resolved issue that caused certain actors to not summon Spirits in the Bloodlines mission
  
• Resolved edge case issue that caused loaned weapons to be lost in the Feuerstelle mission
  
• Resolved issue that caused item pickup icons to appear incorrectly in the MKVI mission

REPORTING BUGS
Before reporting a bug please read the known issues section of this post, if you are unable to find a bug listed that matches what you are experiencing then leave a comment in the Steam Discussion page. Include as many details about the bug including the steps you took to produce this bug.

Known Issues

• None yet!

Beta Instructions
We have begun public beta testing for the next update. This is COMPLETELY OPTIONAL, but if you'd like to try out the latest and greatest before it's available to the rest of the world, here's how you can participate:

• Go to Steam Library
  
• Right click on Shadowrun Returns
  
• Select Properties
  
• Select Betas
  
• Then a drop down says: "Select the beta you would like to opt into"
  
• Choose: Public Beta

You should see some 'updating' traffic as Steam fetches new files for Shadowrun Returns.
If you ever want to opt out of the Public Beta and return to the normal public build that everyone else has, you can repeat the process above and choose NONE from the drop down list.

New Features, Improvements

• Improved difficulty level explanation
  
• Added weapon icons to Drone weapons’ item sheets
  
• Tweaked balance on a few end game melee weapons

Bug Fixes

• Removed duplicate music track files that were unplayable in the Steam Music Library
  
• Resolved issue that prevented RAIN AI from being loaded
  • This resolves NPCs (Non Combatant AI) being unable to wander
    
  • This resolves Laser IC from being unable to use charging programs
    
  • This resolves some boss AIs from executing specific actions when engaged
    
  • This resolves other potential minor AI issues
• Resolved issue that prevented text files being exported for Dragonfall Director's Cut content pack for fan localization

Bug Fixes: Dragonfall Campaign

• Resolved issue that prevented a conversation from starting in The Harfeld Manor Run mission
  
• Resolved edge case issue that caused all hostile actors in the Lockdown mission to have their turn skipped
  
• Resolved issue that caused certain actors to not summon Spirits in the Bloodlines mission
  
• Resolved edge case issue that caused loaned weapons to be lost in the Feuerstelle mission
  
• Resolved issue that caused item pickup icons to appear incorrectly in the MKVI mission

REPORTING BUGS
Before reporting a bug please read the known issues section of this post, if you are unable to find a bug listed that matches what you are experiencing then leave a comment in the Steam Discussion page. Include as many details about the bug including the steps you took to produce this bug.

Known Issues

• None yet!

Backers have already hit 12 funding goals that allow us to add more Side Missions, Expanded Magic, Enhanced Cyberware, a Revamped Matrix, and more!

But, in case you didn’t know, we’ve one last funding goal - and we are SO CLOSE to reaching it!!

If we hit $1,000,000, we’ll create an additional 4-5 hour Shadows of Hong Kong Mini-Campaign that takes place after the SR:HK story ends AND will allow you to IMPORT your high-karma Hong Kong character for a challenge only a prime runner could accept.

Shadows of Hong Kong Mini-Campaign will be FREE to Backers and available for purchase when it is released.

We’ve added a bunch of stuff since the Kickstarter began and, since this is our final weekend, we wanted to make sure you heard about them before the campaign is over.

Check out the new additions to our Kickstarter below, and remind your friends that the Shadowrun: Hong Kong campaign ends on Tuesday, February 17 at 10am Pacific. Here’s the link to use on your social media: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/webeharebrained/shadowrun-hong-kong

$15 - Shadows of Hong Kong Mini-Campaign (when we hit $1mil during the Kickstarter campaign!)

$25 - Mel Odom is writing our original Shadowrun: Hong Kong e-novel.
Mel is the author of several dozen books including three well-loved Shadowrun novels - Preying for Keeps, Headhunters, Run Hard, Die Fast and the forthcoming Deniable Assets. We can’t wait to read his version of Shadowrun: Hong Kong.

$35 BONUS Rewards - An Audio Commentary Track and Two High-Res Digital Posters
All backers at this level and above will have access to an Audio Commentary Track from the Shadowrun Development Team. You’ll also get 2 Hi-Res Digital Posters that will combine into a beautiful Shadowrun Panorama. The first poster contains a Timeline of Shadowrun History and the second contains a Glossary of Shadowrun Slang.

$65 NEW Stand-Alone Reward Level- THE OPERATIVE
This is for all you pixel-lovin'-no-dice-for-me folk that were interested in a digital rewards tier that included all the new things we’re making without all the old school tabletop source material. This stand-alone tier includes the following: A Steam/Humble/GOG Keys for all 3 Shadowrun Games * Digital Sound Track * Hong Kong Sourcebook PDF with Poster Sized Hi-Res Cover Art * Exclusive In-game Character portraits * Hi-Res Digital Map * Shadowrun E-Novel by Mel Odom * Shadowrun Dev Team Audio Commentary * Panorama Timeline and Glossary Posters * Art of Shadowrun: Hong Kong PDF

$100 NEW Reward Level - THE GRIZZLED VETERAN
A Fully-Annotated .pdf version of the original, long out-of-print Shadowrun short story anthology “INTO THE SHADOWS” with a New Foreward by Jordan Weisman, the creator of Shadowrun and a New Short Story by Tom Dowd, its co-creator!
This anthology was written BEFORE the tabletop game was launched and as such, contains a number of inconsistencies with the finished products. In his own words, Jordan will give you a behind-the-scenes look at the changes and why they were made.

$150 tier - We made the Messenger Bag BIGGER! 17" x "11 x 4"!
The Messenger Bag will now fit larger laptops! Because so many Backers supported the project at the COURIER Reward Level and above, we were able to work with the manufacturer to increase the size of the bag.

Thanks so much for backing Harebrained Schemes and Shadowrun: Hong Kong!

Backers have already hit 12 funding goals that allow us to add more Side Missions, Expanded Magic, Enhanced Cyberware, a Revamped Matrix, and more!

But, in case you didn’t know, we’ve one last funding goal - and we are SO CLOSE to reaching it!!

If we hit $1,000,000, we’ll create an additional 4-5 hour Shadows of Hong Kong Mini-Campaign that takes place after the SR:HK story ends AND will allow you to IMPORT your high-karma Hong Kong character for a challenge only a prime runner could accept.

Shadows of Hong Kong Mini-Campaign will be FREE to Backers and available for purchase when it is released.

We’ve added a bunch of stuff since the Kickstarter began and, since this is our final weekend, we wanted to make sure you heard about them before the campaign is over.

Check out the new additions to our Kickstarter below, and remind your friends that the Shadowrun: Hong Kong campaign ends on Tuesday, February 17 at 10am Pacific. Here’s the link to use on your social media: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/webeharebrained/shadowrun-hong-kong

$15 - Shadows of Hong Kong Mini-Campaign (when we hit $1mil during the Kickstarter campaign!)

$25 - Mel Odom is writing our original Shadowrun: Hong Kong e-novel.
Mel is the author of several dozen books including three well-loved Shadowrun novels - Preying for Keeps, Headhunters, Run Hard, Die Fast and the forthcoming Deniable Assets. We can’t wait to read his version of Shadowrun: Hong Kong.

$35 BONUS Rewards - An Audio Commentary Track and Two High-Res Digital Posters
All backers at this level and above will have access to an Audio Commentary Track from the Shadowrun Development Team. You’ll also get 2 Hi-Res Digital Posters that will combine into a beautiful Shadowrun Panorama. The first poster contains a Timeline of Shadowrun History and the second contains a Glossary of Shadowrun Slang.

$65 NEW Stand-Alone Reward Level- THE OPERATIVE
This is for all you pixel-lovin'-no-dice-for-me folk that were interested in a digital rewards tier that included all the new things we’re making without all the old school tabletop source material. This stand-alone tier includes the following: A Steam/Humble/GOG Keys for all 3 Shadowrun Games * Digital Sound Track * Hong Kong Sourcebook PDF with Poster Sized Hi-Res Cover Art * Exclusive In-game Character portraits * Hi-Res Digital Map * Shadowrun E-Novel by Mel Odom * Shadowrun Dev Team Audio Commentary * Panorama Timeline and Glossary Posters * Art of Shadowrun: Hong Kong PDF

$100 NEW Reward Level - THE GRIZZLED VETERAN
A Fully-Annotated .pdf version of the original, long out-of-print Shadowrun short story anthology “INTO THE SHADOWS” with a New Foreward by Jordan Weisman, the creator of Shadowrun and a New Short Story by Tom Dowd, its co-creator!
This anthology was written BEFORE the tabletop game was launched and as such, contains a number of inconsistencies with the finished products. In his own words, Jordan will give you a behind-the-scenes look at the changes and why they were made.

$150 tier - We made the Messenger Bag BIGGER! 17" x "11 x 4"!
The Messenger Bag will now fit larger laptops! Because so many Backers supported the project at the COURIER Reward Level and above, we were able to work with the manufacturer to increase the size of the bag.

Thanks so much for backing Harebrained Schemes and Shadowrun: Hong Kong!

While we are hard at work making Shadowrun: Hong Kong, we wanted to get out a patch that addressed some quick fixes as well as one of our more serious issues. If you are encountering any campaign issues in Dragonfall, please update to build 2.0.8 immediately. (To update, restart Steam and then allow Shadowrun Returns to fully verify and download the new build.)

If you are experiencing a campaign-related issue, you may also need to restart your current scene (select "Restart Level" from the PDA) or rewind (select "Rewind" from the PDA save screen, then select a previous level) to before you encountered the issue in order to resolve the issue.

TROUBLESHOOTING & REPORTING BUGS:
If you are experiencing technical issues with Shadowrun Dragonfall - Directors Cut, please see this post: http://steamcommunity.com/app/300550/discussions/0/613936673325233747/

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Bug Fixes: Dragonfall Campaign

• Resolved edge case issue that caused a play blocker in Trial Run mission.
  
• Various other small bug fixes.
  
• Various typos fixed.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

We also want to let you know that after only 9 days, Backers have pledged 6x our Kickstarter goal for Shadowrun: Hong Kong and have funded 11 out of 12 of our co-Funding goals.

That means we will add Enhanced Player Controls, Animatic Scene Transitions and Endings, Two New Team Members, New Side Missions for Team Members, Better Sound, Enhanced Cyber and Expanded Magic!

Hitting the next funding goal of $700,000 will allow us to revamp the Matrix Art and Gameplay. The Shadowrun Returns team nearly killed themselves to get our original Matrix art and gameplay in the game and we're still extremely proud of that effort. But just like Thorin and Company, we ache to return again and make things right.

If you've already backed us, thank you!! If not, here's the link to the Kickstarter page so you can check out more details.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/webeharebrained/shadowrun-hong-kong

While we are hard at work making Shadowrun: Hong Kong, we wanted to get out a patch that addressed some quick fixes as well as one of our more serious issues. If you are encountering any campaign issues in Dragonfall, please update to build 2.0.8 immediately. (To update, restart Steam and then allow Shadowrun Returns to fully verify and download the new build.)

If you are experiencing a campaign-related issue, you may also need to restart your current scene (select "Restart Level" from the PDA) or rewind (select "Rewind" from the PDA save screen, then select a previous level) to before you encountered the issue in order to resolve the issue.

TROUBLESHOOTING & REPORTING BUGS:
If you are experiencing technical issues with Shadowrun Dragonfall - Directors Cut, please see this post: http://steamcommunity.com/app/300550/discussions/0/613936673325233747/

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Bug Fixes: Dragonfall Campaign

• Resolved edge case issue that caused a play blocker in Trial Run mission.
  
• Various other small bug fixes.
  
• Various typos fixed.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

We also want to let you know that after only 9 days, Backers have pledged 6x our Kickstarter goal for Shadowrun: Hong Kong and have funded 11 out of 12 of our co-Funding goals.

That means we will add Enhanced Player Controls, Animatic Scene Transitions and Endings, Two New Team Members, New Side Missions for Team Members, Better Sound, Enhanced Cyber and Expanded Magic!

Hitting the next funding goal of $700,000 will allow us to revamp the Matrix Art and Gameplay. The Shadowrun Returns team nearly killed themselves to get our original Matrix art and gameplay in the game and we're still extremely proud of that effort. But just like Thorin and Company, we ache to return again and make things right.

If you've already backed us, thank you!! If not, here's the link to the Kickstarter page so you can check out more details.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/webeharebrained/shadowrun-hong-kong

We're excited to announce that we are making a brand new, full-length stand alone Shadowrun cyberpunk cRPG set in the Magically Awakened Hong Kong of 2056.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/webeharebrained/shadowrun-hong-kong

The project is budgeted, fully staffed, several months into development and on schedule for a mid-2015 release. We are very excited to tell this new story! Right now, it’s going to be 12+ hours long and at the quality level of Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

But - this is Harebrained Schemes and, as always, we have more ideas than we have budget to make them. That's why we've launched a new Kickstarter campaign and are asking you to help Co-Fund the new game.

By backing the project, you'll increase our production budget and get more features, more improvements, and more game. Head over to the Shadowrun: Hong Kong Kickstarter page to find out more details and become a Backer.

We're gonna ship a great game but it can be even better with your help.

Our last Kickstarter adventure was a blast and we think the results speak for themselves. So we hope you’ll help co-fund our third Shadowrun game, Shadowrun: Hong Kong.

After you've backed us, we hope the next thing you'll do is help us spread the word. As you may know, creating momentum on the first day of a Kickstarter is incredibly important and we hope you'll help us get the word out by sharing the Kickstarter link [link] anywhere you connect to social media - Facebook, Twitter - using #shadowrunHK , Google+, Tumblr, your blog…. smoke-signals...

We want to make the best Shadowrun game yet!

Thanks for your support!

HBS

We're excited to announce that we are making a brand new, full-length stand alone Shadowrun cyberpunk cRPG set in the Magically Awakened Hong Kong of 2056.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/webeharebrained/shadowrun-hong-kong

The project is budgeted, fully staffed, several months into development and on schedule for a mid-2015 release. We are very excited to tell this new story! Right now, it’s going to be 12+ hours long and at the quality level of Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut.

But - this is Harebrained Schemes and, as always, we have more ideas than we have budget to make them. That's why we've launched a new Kickstarter campaign and are asking you to help Co-Fund the new game.

By backing the project, you'll increase our production budget and get more features, more improvements, and more game. Head over to the Shadowrun: Hong Kong Kickstarter page to find out more details and become a Backer.

We're gonna ship a great game but it can be even better with your help.

Our last Kickstarter adventure was a blast and we think the results speak for themselves. So we hope you’ll help co-fund our third Shadowrun game, Shadowrun: Hong Kong.

After you've backed us, we hope the next thing you'll do is help us spread the word. As you may know, creating momentum on the first day of a Kickstarter is incredibly important and we hope you'll help us get the word out by sharing the Kickstarter link [link] anywhere you connect to social media - Facebook, Twitter - using #shadowrunHK , Google+, Tumblr, your blog…. smoke-signals...

We want to make the best Shadowrun game yet!

Thanks for your support!

HBS