05 February, 2013

More Version 2 Info - The New Menus!

Version 2 is now undergoing intense testing at the Secret ḈḁṇṇḁḇḭṦḼ Skunk Works Lab! As we've said before, the long-awaited new version features females that are capable of producing up to three offspring, and we've added an upgrade system to ease the pain of new version updates! Flowering plants now have a countdown timer so you'll always know how much time they have left. We're really excited about these major changes, but there's more...

Version 2.10 Main Menu
The Owner's Menu now has a Main panel with the most-used buttons, and an Advanced submenu with the controls you don't need so often. At the right is a sneak preview of the new Main Menu from a flowering female.

Since this is a first generation plant, there's a "-" button in the second row where the Parents button appears in later generations.  In the top row, you see another "-" button. This is where the Feed button appears in vegetative plants. In current Version 1.420 plants, this button changes to Remove when the plants flower. We had a few -- not many but a few -- growers accidentally tap Remove and neuter their breeding plants. So we've moved this function to the Advanced menu as a safeguard.  Finally, the Harvest button does not appear for flowering males. This will prevent one of the most common "disasters" in growing ḈḁṇṇḁḇḭṦḼ.  Now, it won't be possible to harvest those valuable males by mistake!

Version 2.10 Advanced Menu
The Advanced Menu (shown at left) is home to less frequently used controls:  Rename, Remove, Private/Public, and the HUD activation button.  New to ḈḁṇṇḁḇḭṦḼ, is the Update control.  Used in tandem with a special tool that we'll distribute when upgrades are available, this control will let you ensure that your plants' babies are always equipped with the latest and greatest internal organs!

Version 2.10 (it's half of 4.20) is right around the corner! Keep an eye on this space for more progress updates!

Happy Growing! It's 4:20 somewhere!


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