Thanks for coming to check out this feature. Before we start, we must cover the essentials.

So what's this all about?

This update adds Status Effects to TaleSpire and it touches quite a few things in the code base. As a result unofficial mods, especially ones that live on Creatures might break. 
Status Effects has a ton of moving parts, so we'd also love to get some testing done, to discover edge cases. Or where it might break entirely.

Expected Behavior

Status Effects should turn on, stay on when expected, hide when expected etc.

Visual component still in the works

There will still be some work done on the individual effects as some of them lack layers, and other has some visual oddities/issues. Feel free to add tickers for anything you find however.

BEWARE: Temp Beta Server

This beta uses a temp Beta server, which means none of your regular Campaigns or boards are available. You can import Slabs as normal, but importing boards will not work. You can play with others on the same Beta Branch and we encourage testing that out. Although you can still copy out Slabs, Every Campaign and Board on the this Beta server will perish when the Beta ends.


Reporting Bugs

This branch is all about the bugs, so we have set up a temporary bug reporting channel for reporting problems specific to this branch.

You can find it here:
https://feedback.talespire.com/b/beta-status-effect-bugs
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Switching to the Beta branch

  • Open Steam
  • Right-click on TaleSpire
  • Choose "Properties..."
  • Switch to the "Game Versions & Betas" tab
  • Enter the password Ot531V3gvwZQT9w
  • Click the "Check Code" button
  • Click on the blue "Opt Into" bar that appears

If it doesn't automatically switch the active beta for you, you can pick `status-effect-beta` from the "Select the beta you would like to opt into:" drop-down.

Switching branch should enqueue a download for the Beta build of TaleSpire.

Leaving the Beta branch

To leave the beta branch, you do the following:
  •  Open Steam
  •  Right-click on TaleSpire
  •  Choose "Properties..."
  •  Switch to the "Game Versions & Betas" tab
  • Choose "Default Public Version" from the "Select the beta you would like to opt into:" drop-down.

This should enqueue a download for the standard build of TaleSpire.

Now there are Status Effects!

yay!
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Using Status Effects

  • Right click on a Creature you can control
  • Select Status Effects
  • Toggle on and off Status Effects

Thank you

This has been a long time in the making because of all the moving parts, and it would be incredibly surprising if nothing fell between the cracks. SO! Thanks for checking this out. We'll see you in the bug reports :P