Hey Survivors,

The team have been hard at work bringing you the next update to Sheltered.

Now the time has come for you to take on the fruits of their labour.

This patch brings with it changes to Shelter Breach combat, new instances that your family may experience during expeditions and the addition of new items to aid you in the apocalypse.

We also squished some more pesky bugs to make the whole Sheltered experience smoother.

Gameplay Updates & Changes

Breaches

• Added the ability to equip family members when they enter Shelter Breach combat
• An equip menu will be shown when a character collides with an attacker

Convoy & Helicopter Crash Sites

• Added randomly occurring crash sites where special items can be found (Advanced Gas Mask & Military Rucksack)
• They are randomly spawned in mountains

Game Speed

• Added the ability to slow time
• Keyboard Shortcut = Caps Lock
• Gamepad = D-Pad Right

Camper Van

• Increased inventory from 52 to 72

Fire

• Reduced the burn time for all burnable objects by 50%
• Increased the time it takes to extinguish a fire (by hand)
• Increased water cost for extinguishing a fire (by hand)

New Items

• Adrenalin: Gives the user a Strength and Dexterity boost in combat
• Advanced Gas Mask: Unlimited use gas mask
• Military Rucksack: Has 24 inventory slots
• Animal Repellent: If equipped to a party, it will reduce the chance of animal encounters by 90%. Note: Can only be crafted from the laboratory.
• Soap: Adds the “shower with soap” function to showers. If you shower with soap it takes half the time! Note: Can be crafted at the laboratory or found at locations.
• Animal Fat: Can be harvested from snared animals or found on bears and wolves after combat. Note: Used to create soap and animal repellent.

Saving Family Customisation

• Added the ability to save a family customisation: This pre-set can then be reloaded on the next playthrough. Note: Only one pre-set can be saved.

Misc changes

• Perception experience can now be gained when reading books
• Added random character conversations whilst idling
• Gas masks now appear on characters who wear them on expeditions
• Soap can be discovered at Houses (Sml, Med & Lrg) and randomly at other locations across the map
• Adrenalin can be discovered at Barracks, Pharmacies (Sml & Lrg) and Hospitals
• Updated the controls screens to show the Slow Time button
• Added 8 soap to starting inventory of new saves
• Updated the deconstruct chances
- Base chance now 60% from 66% - Resourceful chance now 90% from 99% - Wasteful chance now 30% from 33%
• Updated the controls screen to include the slow time button

Quality of Life & Bug Squishing

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where some action sounds were drowned out in the audio mixer
• Fixed audio issues with new recruits
• Fixed audio bug during shelter combat
• Fixed a bug where a rabbit can become a deer when snared in a trap
• Stopped psychopaths from leaving the shelter whilst wearing a hazmat suit: They will now return the hazmat before leaving.
• Fixed a bug where the generator would continue to burn fuel whilst broken (integrity at 0%)
• Fixed a bug where the pet’s corpse would disappear on death
• Fixed a bug where the CCTV object would continue to play the alarm sound

Good luck Survivors, we hope these latest changes aid you in your family's quest for survival in the wasteland.

We look forward to reading your feedback on the forums!

UPDATE: 02/06/17

We've provided a quick fix patch for a few more bugs that have cropped up, which you can find below.

• Advanced gas mask is now functioning correctly – fixed bug where player would get radiation poisoning through it still
• Fixed bug where character heads would change upon removing gas masks after an expedition
• Fixed bug where if a user saves and exits the game whilst upgrading an object, they can no longer upgrade the object. It's important to note that this is not a retrospective fix, if you are already experiencing upgrade problems then the patch won't change anything, only prevent it from happening in the future. We hope to provide a retrospective fix for this in the next update.

Good luck survivors!