Infection Free Zone entered Early Access on April 11, 2024, and has released its second update in as many days since then. The complete patch notes for it are included below, as well as the notes for the previous small hotfix. Also included for reference are some pre-release notes from April 3.
Bugfix Update – Game Rebalanced! April 13
Greetings, Survivors! We have read every single review and thousands of your comments or bug reports. Thank you for all of them! Our team works tirelessly 24/7 to update the game as soon as possible. Please mind that the game is in EARLY ACCESS and we still have a lot of work to do, therefore we ask for your patience and indulgence If you wish, you can access faster updates by switching to OPEN_BETA in the Steam game setting
Major balance tweaks:
number of hordes and swarms lowered for normal and easy mode
more migrants and answers to your invites
food is easier to find and faster to produce
construction costs are lowered
constructions and deconstructions are now faster
deconstructions give more wood and metal
more types of riders groups added
fewer buildings are required to start the game in some regions
Some achievements are easier to achieve
Bugfixes:
The game should crash far less often when loading maps
Squads on foot should properly start fire when hordes are spotted
Squads should properly enter Expeditions now
Workers should now enter towers properly
Events and markers should cause less problems
Dozen of minor UI and animations bugfixes
Known issues (unresolved yet, work in progress!)
Weather might get weird after multiple reloads. Better reload near April!
The game might not assume optimal performance automatically. Try lowering the settings manually
The game still crashes in some regions or small squares of the map might be inaccessible
Thank you for playing Infection Free Zone! Best regards, Jutsu Games Team
Infection Free Zone Update Patch Notes April 12
Greetings, Survivors! A new update is up! We have introduced a number of small changes and keep on investigating all the reports coming our way. Important - We are still investigating the issue that causes crashes when loading certain maps. Once we have any information about the potential fixes coming your way, we will update you immediately.
Changelog:
The issue with Chinese fonts getting bigger every time settings are changed has been fixed,
The issue that prevented the vehicles from entering expeditions has been fixed,
The issue that made the Transmission log display the events in non-chronological order has been fixed,
New POI icons have been added,
The amount of the Warehouse building HP has been increased,
A number of other small changes and fixes have been introduced.
Thank you for playing Infection Free Zone! Best regards, Jutsu Games Team
Infection Free Zone Update Patch Notes April 3
Greetings, Survivors! Preparations for the upcoming release of Infection Free Zone in Early Access are underway! We've just uploaded a new build to Steam and wanted to share with you the latest changelog before the game's launch.
Changelog:
The project's Unity version has been updated,
New translations have been added. Some follow-up translations are to be added,
Swarms and hordes spawning system has been rebalanced,
Unit pathing has been updated,
Several optimization changes for bigger numbers of hordes and workers have been introduced,
Number of new SFX have been added,
"Highlight playable tiles" option has been added to the Tile Selector,
New military events have been added, while previous military events have been updated,
New side events have been added,
Several new tooltips have been added,
The wall spawning system at the beginning of the game has been updated,
Healing, food, and drug production have been rebalanced,
Towers have been updated to allow for the usage of the shotgun and sniper rifle weapons,
Vehicle repair functionality has been added,
Tank trucks and other new vehicles are now spawning on the map,
Several new environment models have been added,
Objects generated in the background during the Loading Screen are now displayed with their current percentage
Settings Menu has been updated,
An option to limit the number of auto-save slots to two has been added,
Road Map window has been added to the Main Manu,
Worker logic has been updated. Workers won't go to work now during the Megastorm event when at risk.
New recommended maps have been added - Guangzhou and Ruciane,
New voiceovers have been added to the number of transmissions that previously used placeholder sounds.
Feedback needed!
If you have previously supported us on Kickstarter, Backerkit, or Xsolla, your feedback is needed! We will be thankful for playing through the game and reporting all the encountered issues via the in-game Bug Reporter. The more issues we can fix before the launch, the better the start of the Early Access! Thank you! Best regards, Jutsu Games Team
That’s all in the patch notes on April 13 for Infection Free Zone on Steam PC.