Expeditions: A MudRunner Game - Season 2: White Dawn und umfangreiches Update am Start

(MST/Speedmaniacs.de) - Nach einer vorangegangenen, ausführlichen, öffentlichen Beta-Testphase, ist Season 2: White Dawn für Expeditions: A MudRunner Game wie lange vorher angekündigt pünktlich am am 27. Februar 2025 zusammen mit einem umfangreichen Patch für das Spiel veröffentlicht worden.

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Season 2: White Dawn bringt in Expeditions neue Spielmöglichkeiten Zoom

Abenteurer und Entdecker können nun eine neue Spielumgebung mit neuen Herausforderungen und Belohnungen erkunden und auf neue Teammitglieder und Ausrüstungsgegenstände zurückgreifen. Das Wiederspielbarkeitssystem, die neue Energiequelle Elektrizität, die Frachtdrohne, ein neues Basismodul, ein neues Gadget und die drei Fahrzeuge Decin S-3T, Traun BR-0D und Mercedes-Benz Unimog U2450L bringen inhaltlich eine Reihe von Neuerungen.

Zusätzlich hat das Saber Interactive-Team verschiedene Probleme behoben und Verbesserungen vorgenommen die im Detail im Änderungsprotokoll unterhalb des 2:48 Minuten langen Videos, mit dem Season 2: White Dawn für Expeditions: A MudRunner Game in bewegten Bildern vorgestellt wird, zu finden sind. Welche bekannten Einschränkungen aktuell bestehen, wird ebenfalls in der nachstehenden Übersicht mitgeteilt.

Gamer die das Spiel bislang noch nicht besitzen, können im Rahmen einer vom 27. Februar bis 3. März 2025 gültigen Aktion die PC-Version (Steam) mit satten Rabatten kaufen. Für das Spiel und den Year-1-Pass beträgt der Rabatt 40 Prozent des regulären Preises. Die Supreme Edition lockt sogar mit einem Preisvorteil von 43 Prozent.

Der Season 2: White Dawn-Trailer und einige Screenshots dazu können direkt über die Verknüpfungen angesehen werden.

Expeditions: A MudRunner Game - Season 2 - 27.02.2025-Changelog:
New content and mechanics
-1 map 2x2km: east Beskids (Carpathian setting with snow addition)
-1 cave map
-Physics-based mechanisms on the new maps
-3 trucks: Decin S-3T, Traun BR-0D, Mercedes-Benz Unimog U2450L
-UGV CR-G0
-2 specialists: Hydrologist, Logistician
-New Base module: Generator
-New gadget: Signal repeater
-Replayability system
-Metal detector rework

Additional fixes and improvements
UI:
-Changed controls for keyboards: press C to start trade instead of F
-On the map, the description of an expedition is re-colored into white to make it easier to read
-Fixed the compass UI overlapped on the rewards details in the HQ
-Added map size to the Expedition selection screen in the HQ
-Added the new state for the engine button in the HUD
-Fixed an issue where the amount of all consumable resources in the HQ wasn't calculated correctly
-Added display of an actual main menu scene to all backgrounds of the HQ
-Fixed an issue where task tracking would disappear after moving to another map or cave

Gameplay:
-Delivered some performance improvements
-Fake zones match the color of zones they are imitating instead of always being pink
-Removed the ability to use the "Cargo Drone" module on another map where it wasn't built
-Fixed an issue where the exploration area wasn't shown on the map in some cases
-Fixed an issue where the trees would disappear after using the Drone and entering to the map
-Fixed in issue where the name of zones seen through Binoculars did not correspond to the real zone's name
-Fixed an issue where headlights and an engine were visible in the phantom mode when selecting a teleport location using the "Helipade" module
-Added collision for truck frame modules
-Polished the headlightings on the Khan Sentinel, Shiba Overlander, STEP-7249, AFIM Hornet
-Fixed the optical effects which shone through a truck

Co-op fixes:
-Fixed missing truck collisions after building the "Helipad" module
-Revoked access to buy a locked truck after deploy on a map with another player with that truck
-Fixed an issue where a module's phantom would not turn on when guests were collisinig a module during the build animation
-Fixed an issue where item counters have been reset to 1 when the guest transfers to the host's car
-Fixed task tracking focus switching for all players in a co-op session when a guest had changed it
-It was not possible for a guest to track a contract they had tracked in a previous session
-Added an ability to transfer fuel to another player in a sideboard in a co-op session
-Completed by a host requirements for deployment were not displayed to guests in the HQ
-Fixed bugs occurred on a guest's side after selecting several trucks
-Fixed cropped platform icon in the Manage Party pop-up (PC, Steam)
-Fixed an issue where players colors didn't match to their role in a co-op session
-Added the lobby key to the pause menu

Known issues:
-If the roof camera is in use, it will fly underground after a truck change
-It is not possible to press the 'Show all rewards' button on the map by pressing the space bar, although it could be submitted by clicking on it (PC)
-Blurred textures with frozen patterns on a number of trucks
-Objects could be randomly highlighted on the map
-The host's driver model is missing when a guest uses the "Helipad"
-There is no cell for electricity in the "Main warehouse" module
-Signal repeaters icons don't remove from a map after the re-deploy
-Phantom mode for UGV CR-G0 will not activate if a Ground Vehicle collides with another one or a truck after evacuation