Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous Update Patch Notes June 20

Posted on June 20, 2024 by Michelle Pereira

UPDATED June 20

Update 2.3.2c June 20

Hello, crusaders!

An update 2.3.2c is here!

Highlights:

Fixed quest bugs hindering your progression through The Dance of Masks storyline!

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Fixed the Chelaxian Diva's abilities;
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...And, of course, you can now cast dispel magic on kitties.

Please note that the game's console update will be released next week and will contain all the actual changes.

Beware of possible plot spoilers below!

Areas

Fixed a bug in A Dance of Masks" DLC in Kenabres where the storyline does not continue after completing all companion quests;

Fixed a bug in A Dance of Masks DLC in Kenabres where you could take a quest from Woljif immediately after abandoning that quest;

Fixed a bug in Kenabres square in A Dance of Masks DLC where Ember's doppelganger could appear in the bushes;

Items

Double Gnome Hooked Hammer did not count as a double weapon — fixed;

Classes & Mechanics

Poison immune creatures are now immune to Stinking Cloud again;

We helped the Chelaxian Diva sing, and now their abilities work correctly;

Pet progression for some archetypes was lagging 1 level behind the character — fixed. Now you can go from level 3 to level 4 again;

Eldritch archer can use their spell combat correctly now;

Skald Rage and Sneaky Tricks now work correctly;

Barbarian Rage Power "Come and Get Me " now has the correct conditions to obtain;

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Inhibit Courage now works correctly;
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Scald songs, Azata Songs, Sensei and Martyr Inspire Courage now activate Chelaxian Diva style Feint as free action;

Prompted Backstabbing ability of the Skald Inciter archetype now correctly deals damage to sneak attacks at 18th level;

Audio

Added sounds for cutscenes when Wenduag's gang members fight against the guards of Kenabres;

Misс

In A Dance of Masks DLC when applying dispel magic on the cat, a bug was triggered — fixed.

Update 2.3.1e June 14

Hello, crusaders!

A hotfix 2.3.1e is here!

If you are playing with mods, don’t forget to update them before loading your saves!

Quests

The new location for the mythic Devil path was appearing prematurely and was available to all mythic paths — fixed.

Classes & Mechanics

Some Inquisitor Living Grimoire abilities used Wisdom stats instead of Intelligence — fixed.

UI

When playing with a controller, the tutorial display in tactical battles in Crusade mode was displayed incorrectly — fixed.

Audio

In some scenes involving the mythical path Swarm That Walks in A Dance of Masks DLC, the voiceover was not working — fixed.

Update 2.3.0bb. Part 2 June 13

UI

Bloodrager's spellbook progression was displayed incorrectly in some windows - fixed;

Bug report window will no longer remain on the screen if used during a cutscene in the Prologue;

Exit points can now be visible on the maps of Wilderness Encounters;

Fixed a bug where obtaining the Shattered Sword of Sithhud wasn't reflected in the combat log;

Fixed an annoying reappearing window, that offered to import a DLC5 save, if the player refused to import it;

Fixed description for Warpriests Zone of Sanctification;

Fixed incorrect display of spell lists by level for some archetypes;

Fixed the incorrect glossary tags for Drezen and Elysium in the in-game texts;

Fixed the issue in The Treasure of the Midnight Isles DLC where quitting the dialogue could break the level up window;

Fixed the issue when enchantment effects on equipped weapons weren't visible in the inventory;

In Storasta, the names of Tribe Chief Hovool and Healer Milin now properly display in their overtips;

Inquisitors and Faith Hunters, who had Judgement ability, didn't have Resiliency (magic) and Smiting mentioned in the list of available Judgements, despite having them;

Nenio's Change Shape ability no longer appears in controller/console interface before her true form is known;

Paladins are no longer shown as arcane spellcasters in UI;

Removed the "final chapter to complete this quest" indicator form all The Lord of Nothing quests;

Resetting UI settings to default during some moments in the game such as cutscenes, could make the interface freeze — fixed;

Some information was missing in the combat log when using the Disarming Strike feat — fixed;

Status effects granted by Azata's court now have shiny new icons, praise Desna!

Trickster's Breath of Money has a shiny new icon now.

Visual

Added new animations to romance scenes across the whole game;

Brass dragon form ability finally has its own model!

Cutscene in the prologue, in which the future commander is carried on a stretcher was not played completely — fixed;

During the first battle with giants in DLC5, running forward and triggering the hide and seek cutscene could prevent further progression - fixed;

Fixed a bug with Vescavors disappearing in the Leper's smile;

Fixed a number of minor visual bugs with The Spinner of Nightmares;

Fixed a visual issue with ending cutscenes in the Lord of Nothing DLC, where Sendri could have two hats at once;

Fixed an incorrect camera angle in a cutscene with the giants in the Lord of Nothing DLC;

Fixed an issue with mounted characters in the cutscene with the Masked Stalker in the Lord of Nothing DLC, where the characters would teleport around instead of walking;

Fixed flickering visual effects on the demonic barrier in Mutasafen's lab;

Fixed issues with Bathomet and Hepzamirah animations when a polymorph is applied to them;

Fixed issues with Ciar's model disappearing after being raised as undead by the Lich, both on the map itself and on the character screen;

Fixed issues with disappearing textures in Drezen for Lich;

Fixed minor visual issues on the location with returning evil Arueshalae;

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Fixed some Kellid animations;
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Fixed various visual issues with the cutscene of sacrifice in the Demon's temple;

Fixed visual issues occuring when some party members are too far away when a cutscene with Sithud is triggered;

Healed Targona didn't instantly gain her angel wing back — fixed;

Improved lighting in the Upper city of Alushinyrra;

Improved visuals for units leaving fog of war;

Improvements for the cutscene with the goblins in the Lord of Nothing DLC;

In the Plane of Shadow in the Lord of Nothing DLC, sometimes the selection circles on the characters could disappear — fixed;

Invisible characters or flying weapons could appear in the Drezen Citadel location - fixed;

Is some rare cases, an enemy's body could change its size after battle, when it was not supposed to — fixed;

Lightning strike effects could sometimes proc on locations without the appropriate weather after visiting a location with them — fixed;

Obtaining a new Lich level in Act VI could cause the mythic appearance to revert - fixed;

Skipping the cutscene in the battle with the goblin leader in the Lord of Nothing DLC caused the cutscene to freeze — fixed;

Some cutscenes across the game could look weird or funny when including polymorphed characters — fixed, polymorphs will now be always removed for cutscenes;

The cutscene with Irabeth and the clone demon has been improved. Also, a bug that could cause the cutscene to fail to start has been fixed;

Fixed the visuals for the throwing axes and darts — they no longer have incorrect red glow and are rotated correctly in flight;

Sometimes the ghost horse's glow changed after its resurrection — fixed;

Fixed the memory cutscene in the Vault of Graves, now the party does not appear in it. Don't mess with the time police!

System

Fixed a major freeze in a cutscene with Vellexia when she turns the artists into furniture;

Fixed an FPS drop while activating the Dispeller of Darkness in the Lord of Nothing DLC;

Fixed crashes and FPS drops caused by Light Shield of Cursed Allegiance.

Misс

Achievement for obtaining the first shard in the Lord of Nothing DLC now happens earlier, right after obtaining the shard;

Companions that survived Through the Ashes DLC, that the player can meet in the tavern in the Lord of Nothing DLC, will no longer disappear if the player didn't talk to them;

Epilogue slides will no longer claim that Anevia left if she was previously consumed by Swarm That Walks;

Fixed a bug where a dialogue with Kyton could not initiate;

Fixed the issue that could occur if two characters tried to lockpick and break the same chest simultaneously;

If you killed Regill in the cave in chapter 2, he will no longer haunt you in the following chapters;

Now, after a successful assault on the Gray Garrison in the first chapter, the party can properly rest and get rid of negative effects before the next chapter begins;

The description of the item "Broken Trickster" has been corrected.

Update 2.3.0bb. Part 1 June 13

Hello, crusaders!

An update 2.3.0bb is here!

Highlights:

New quest and content for the mythical Devil's Path;

Added new animations to romance scenes across the whole game — enjoy kissing your significant other!

Brass dragon form ability finally has its own model!

Level 20 Dragonblood shifter now gains a final form of huge dragon with a unique breath ability.

If you are playing with mods, don’t forget to update them before loading your saves! If the mods have not been updated yet and you want to play on the old version, then switch to the 2.2.4p - old version 2.2 branch under Beta Participation.

Beware of possible plot spoilers below!

Areas

Fye the Tavern Keeper in Act III now sells fresh jogurt recipe;

A lot of fixes to the Dragon Burial Ground location have been made. Fixed interactive objects and trophies, added new trophies. Some trophies are now hidden and require Perception skill check;

A skeleton in the tower fight in the Lord of Nothing DLC will no longer spontaneously become friendly to the party;

Added Amulet of Mighty Fists +1 to Kerismei in the Lord of Nothing DLC;

Added Silver weapons to a merchant on the Shadow Plane in the Lord of Nothing DLC;

Ardin, one of two chief brothers in The Lord of Nothing DLC, has successfully landed, and no longer hovers above ground;

Camellia is really helpful, but you can no longer find her bone amulet in Sithud's Forgotten ruins;

Chief Sull no longer comes back from the dead in Kenabres if killed earlier;

Corrupted Arueshalae won't try to kiss Mythic Lich players at Threshold anymore;

Daeran could become invisible when he brought roses to the commander – fixed, it was really out of character for him to hide in such a moment;

Effect from Canniballistic Undertow in the Treasure of the Midnight Isles DLC now has a correct duration;

Exit from the area is now visible on the map for Storasta after the portal is open;

Fixed a bug where it was possible to talk to the statue in the tower in the Lord of Nothing DLC even after the ritual quest was complete;

Fixed a case where in the tower in the Lord of Nothing DLC it was possible to circumvent the cutscene with goblins, going directly into combat. It would later cause a creepy version of the same cutscene with talking goblin corpses;

Fixed a case where other members of the party in the Lord of Nothing DLC could join the fight with the Cannibalistic Shadow from across the wall;

Fixed a flickering light issue at Kenabres graveyard in Through the Ashes DLC;

Fixed an incorrect tooltip and updated visuals for the statue of Aethylia in The Lord of Nothing DLC;

Fixed an issue with hodag that climbs the cage in the Lord of Nothing DLC;

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Fixed fog of war issues in Storasta;
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Fixed hovering characters and objects in Ineluctable Prison;

Fixed invisible walls and pathing issues in some Through the Ashes DLC locations;

Fixed issues with mounted characters in a cutscene in the Frozen Fane in the Lord of Nothing DLC;

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Fixed lighting issues in Blackwater;
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Fixed navigation and pathing in the Dragon Burial Ground;

Fixed pathing issues in some of the Lord of Nothing areas;

Fixed pathing issues in Storyteller's tower;

Fixed some tooltips for buttons to move to another floor and enter or leave buildings in Drezen, which didn't specify where exactly they could take you;

Fixed the camera movement area at the beginning of the Frozen Fane;

Fixed the issue with navigation at the Blooming Meadow location, and fixed the issue with its borders being visible;

Fixed the issue with the camera moving into darkness during the cutscene with thieflings and the giant trap in Gray garrison;

Fixed various issues with navigation in multiple areas in Chapter 2;

Improved pathing in Storasta in the Lord of Nothing DLC;

Improved the navigation in Forgotten Ruins in The Lord of Nothing DLC;

In Forgotten Secrets, it was not possible to place some slabs that could help with solving the puzzle — fixed;

In the Inevitable Excess, characters could drown in a pile of stone inside the Threshold fortress – fixed. Your words ring hollow;

In the Lord of Nothing DLC, you can now open the door to the third floor from the library in the tower with the goblins without picking up the quest with the statue;

It was possible to avoid triggering the cutscene with the goblin bard in The Lord of Nothing DLC — fixed;

It was possible to dispel the buffs on the dragon in Storasta in the Lord of Nothing DLC before engaging in combat - fixed;

It's no longer possible to run away from Barsag the Chief in the Lord of Nothing DLC — he needs to be dead for the exit from the area to appear;

Kellids in the Lord of Nothing DLC could get lost after helping them with the giants, running in confusion in random directions. We've supplied each of them with proper evacuation plans;

No more indefinite experience from opening the door in the tower in the Lord of Nothing DLC. Sorry;

Now Swarm That Walks will always consume crusaders in the Iz camp if such dialogue option was selected;

On the Shadow Plane in the Lord of Nothing DLC, the Agonizing Pain debuff didn't get removed after resting — fixed;

Quickly skipping a cutscene in the Ivory Sanctum no longer breaks the game;

Removed an incorrect overtip near Carrock's lair in the Lord of Nothing DLC;

The party could walk outside the border of the map in Iz — fixed;

The passage to the third floor of Gray Garrison no longer disappears;

We've removed the "hand" icons when interacting with puzzle buttons in Sacred Lands, so it would be easier to see the symbols on said buttons;

Yaker didn't participate in conversations in the tavern in chapter 5 due to some traumatic experience, no less. We've fixed it, and now he faces the hardships of the crusade as a true Hellknight should;

You can no longer obtain Amulet of Alchemical Knowledge twice in Storasta;

You can no longer run through a table in Defender's Heart as if it was not there.

Quests

A Refuge from the Present quest will no longer start in chapter 5 if you didn't visit the mines in chapter 3;

After ending the romance with Camellia, she could become stuck in the throne room forever — fixed;

Dialogue with Irabeth and Regill while in captivity in the Lost Chapel could suddenly end — fixed;

Fixed a problem with the initial dialogue between soldiers and Regill, due to which the cutscene could have failed to start;

Fixed a rare issue that blocked The Light Within quest from progressing if the commander failed the check to start on the Legend's path;

Fixed an issue causing some dialogues with the Storyteller and Klaem (if alive) to break;

Fixed an issue during the dialogue in the Midnight Fane, due to which Ulbrig might not leave if we drove him away;

Fixed an issue where it could be impossible to loot Daeran if he was killed by the Other ;

Fixed the difficulty of a skill check in the dialogue with Edric in the Lord of Nothing DLC;

Fixed the flow of the dialogues with the statue and Norte in the Lord of Nothing DLC;

Fixed the issue in The Lord of Nothing DLC when it was impossible to obtain Sithhud's Soul Shards from certain defeated individuals;

Fixed the issue that didn't allow the commander to shapeshift after talking with Anevia during A Noble Intent quest;

Greybor, if previously killed, could occasionally rise from the dead in chapter 5 and return to avenge himself — fixed;

Heart of the Fallen Land quest will now complete correctly if you choose to attack Anemora surreptitiously;

If Lann or Wenduag, who were not previously recruited as companions, join the fight with Savamelekh as NPCs, they can no longer be killed in this battle, and will get up and join the conversation if they were knocked out;

In some cases, players were missing the epilogue with Irabeth and Anevia when not completing the quest Irabeth in chapter 3 — fixed;

It is now possible to get rid of Kestoglyr at any time in the dialogue;

It was possible to exit Valley of Temples during Lann's quest, which could break that quest — fixed;

Lost Soul quest from the Lord of Nothing DLC was available earlier than intended, making it much harder than it was supposed to be - fixed;

Once you learn about the dragon's soulshard in Storasta, but refuse to attack him right away, you can choose to attack him without the need to click through the soulshard part of the dialogue;

Some epilogue slides for Mythic Devil incorrectly considered the player to be dead — fixed;

Some players didn't receive Penta's story — fixed;

Starward Gaze quest now fails automatically if the important quest characters are killed by the player;

The game no longer ends if Lann sacrifices himself during his quest;

The Traitor quest in the Lord of Nothing DLC now correctly completes should the player choose to side with the Translator;

The Wicked Woods quest in The Lord of Nothing DLC will now complete instead of failing if the player opts to attack the dragon instead of Carrock;

Ulbrig sometimes refused to come to the player for the final romance in Act V - fixed. Simply skip a few days if you had this bug, and he will come;

Ulbrig will no longer ask you about your meeting in the Blackwing Library if he joined your party in Act III or later;

We've improved information in the journal regarding the Quarantine quest in The Last Sarkorians DLC, so it will be easier to track the objectives now;

We've talked sense back into Aivu and returned her to the throne room after coronation;

You can now select any companions in the battle with Nocticula or the Council as a Trickster;

You no longer skip the final dialogue with Norte and Aethylia if you win the fight before completing their quests.

Turn-based mode

Fixed a rare issue with enemies moving into unreachable spots in turn-based combat.

Items

Added clarification that Pearls of Power can be used for restoring lower level spells;

Added new loot for Vavakia miniboss in The Treasure of the Midnight Isles DLC;

After the last update, Archmage Armor sometimes didn't work — fixed;

Animalistic Perseverance now correctly awards immunities in all forms;

Axe of silence now forbids spellcasting instead of making it difficult;

Book of Dreams now correctly increases the number of summoned creatures;

Bracers of Animal Fury were not giving a +3 enhancement bonus to attacks and damage — fixed;

Cold Iron Dwarven Urgrosh now deals the correct type of damage;

Dirge for Sarkoris now has a correct icon and in-game model. It can now also deal piercing damage;

Expert's Hat didn't have any visuals — fixed;

Gnome Brave's Helmet now works according to its description;

Mighty Advisor dwarven waraxe didn't double the insight bonus as described - fixed;

Quiver of Druchite Ammunition no longer recharges on rest;

Scroll Of Firebelly had an incorrect icon — fixed;

Scroll of Winds Of Vengeance can now be crafted;

The Hammer Fists bracers were not displayed on the character model — fixed;

Trickster's cloak The Bound of Possibility now works correctly;

Using the Maddening Gaze ability of the "Seal of Madness" item now takes a swift action, as expected.

Crusade

Fixed damage prediction for enemies that cannot be flanked;

Storms Peak quest could fail in the end of act 3 if it hadn't been started – fixed;

Heavy cavalry units now have trained horses.

Classes & Mechanics

A lot of feats in the game had a bug to them, where their bonus to the damage of an ability counted as a separate instance of damage, which caused the game to add all external bonuses multiple times;

Additional damage from Alchemist and Arcane Bomber bombs was multiplying on critical hits — fixed;

After the death of Sithud, his summoned devourers will now die automatically;

The Blizzard Servant (the blizzard elemental of the Winter Child Druid archetype) has finally succumbed to our persuasion and is no longer able to select the "Armor Proficiency (Light Barding)" feat

After the death of Sithud, his summoned devourers will now die automatically;

All animal companions had their stats adjusted as written in their descriptions. Removed those feats that didn't work correctly, and added new ones. Bear received Grab and a new Bear Hug feat: each time a bear makes a successful grapple check against an enemy, it deals 2d8 + strength bonus bludgeoning damage to the enemy. Boar animal companion has been changed to Dire Boar, received Scent and a new feat – Boar Gore: boar gore attacks cause an enemy to bleed for 1d6 damage per round (2d6 after the 7th level). Giant centipede – added a tail attack with a trip at the 7th level. Dog animal companion has been changed to Riding Dog and received Scent and a new feat – Good Boy: a dog that successfully tripped a foe gives the prone enemy an additional -2 penalty to AC (-4 after the 7th level) for one round. Elk gained a new feat – Tripping Charge: when an elk charges with a gore attack and hits the enemy, it also makes a trip attempt against that enemy. Scent has been added for the horse. Leopard got Scent and Sneak Attack. Monitor Lizard received Grab, Scent and a new feat — Lizard Rush: when a monitor lizard charges, it gains +2 attack bonus (+4 after 7th level). Smilodon lost Rend, but gained Scent, Grab, and Rake. We removed Pounce from triceratops, fixed Powerful charge damage, and added a new feat – Triceratops Charge: when a triceratops charges an enemy with gore attack it deals double damage. Also added Rider Protection: when riding a triceratops, you gain +2 bonus to AC. Riding Bismuth has never been safer! Velociraptor gained Scent and a new feat – Agile Movement: a velociraptor can move through threatened areas without provoking attacks of opportunity. Wolf got Scent and a new feat – Teardown: a wolf gains +2 damage bonus against prone targets (+4 at the 7th level). The Aggressor archetype gained power attack at level 1 once again;

Arcanist's Armored Mask spell didn't provide information about its duration in the description — fixed;

Armor now gives a penalty to Trickery, as it should;

Azata's "Song Of Seasons" ability now works correctly according to its description;

Azata's Incredible Might ability wasn't displayed on the character sheet and its bonus wasn't multiplied by the Ring of Triumphant advance — fixed;

BAB (Base Attack Bonus) effects were sometimes stacking incorrectly — fixed;

Barbarian's Greater Fiend Totem used to deal damage on activation and every round, instead of Barbarian's every turn — fixed;

Beast Shape IV (Wyvern) granted the wrong number of natural attacks – fixed;

Bloodragers that choose Arcane bloodline through the Second Bloodline Mythic feat can now properly take Disruptive as their bonus feat;

Bonus from Armor Training didn't increase with level for Armored Battlemage - fixed;

Buff from the Aspect of the Wolf now has a correct description;

Casting the Promise of Power ability of the Bane of Spirit item now takes a swift action, as stated in the description;

Commander's Banner status effect applied incorrectly in some locations – fixed;

Concentrated Corrupted Jungle Poison no longer ignores Delay Poison;

Court Poet's Insightful Contemplation ability used to gain more bonuses than intended from Mythic Inspiration — fixed;

Crashing Tailwind in the Treasure of Midnight Isles DLC provided bonus only to the main character — fixed;

Cure spells and inflict spells, provided to an oracle via their mystery, are no longer marked as recommended;

Demonic Charge no longer teleports you directly into the model of the enemy (which could cause pathing issues) and has a faster animation to prevent missing the target in RtwP;

Description of the Rapid Spread ability of the Prophet of Pestilence archetype has been corrected, and the "Corruptor" mythic feat now works correctly on creatures immune to stat damage;

Dhampirs were incorrectly receiving immunities to ability damage, ability drain and spells/abilities with Negative levels — fixed;

Dragon Disciple's Blood of Dragons didn't recognize the existence of the second bloodline from Crossblooded — fixed;

Fixed a bug that allowed enemies to sometimes pass through closed doors;

Fixed a bug where Eldritch Knight's Diverse Training used to count Eldritch Knight's levels not only for the combat feats, but for everything that required Fighter levels or arcane spellcaster levels;

Fixed a bug where Griffonheart Shifter's Griffon Shape used to count Shifter levels not only for the combat feats, but for everything that required Fighter levels;

Fixed a bug where Magus Fighter Training used to count Magus levels not only for the feats, but for everything that required Fighter levels;

Fixed a bug where Warpriest's ability used to count Warpriest levels not only for the combat feats, but for everything that required Fighter levels. It was also incorrectly available from Level 1 instead of 3 — fixed as well;

Fixed a bug, where under Shifter's Fury you could use Bite and get an additional weapon attack;

Fixed a discrepancy in the description of Azata's Song of the Second Breath, which referred to "All creatures" and "All companions" at the same time;

Fixed a few cases of incorrect stacking of bonuses for Mythic Armor and Shield feats with other abilities, which caused higher values than intended;

Fixed a rare combination of factors causing touch spells to fail if used while mounted;

Fixed a trap in the DLC 3 that was impossible to reach to disarm;

Fixed an Earth blessing for warpriest: Acid Strike can be used separately for main hand and off-hand now, and the damage no longer incorrectly multiplies;

Fixed an issue with Improved Critical — it no longer doubles critical range from all sources, only the weapon's critical range as intended;

Fixed an issue with Storyteller's Knowledge buff disapearing;

Fixed Fire blessings for warpriest: the damage of Fire Strike no longer incorrectly multiplies, and it can be used for both hands separately; Armor of Flame now correctly uses a warpriest's level to calculate cold resistance and the description now states it lasts for 1 minute; the damage from;

Fixed incorrect descriptions of some elemental bloodlines for Crossblooded Sorcerer;

Fixed issues with forced multiple mythic level-ups in key moments of the story, in cases when mythic ranks weren't levelled up earlier;

Fixed Paralysis mechanics — it now correctly removes bonuses from Dexterity instead of modifying Dexterity itself;

Fixed Primalist archetype: Fixed multiple minor issues, rage powers can now be taken correctly, and Focus Strike now correctly interacts with Vital Strike;

Fixed some cases of incorrect damage calculation for Arcane Bomber bombs;

Fixed some cases of incorrect display of numbers during level up (it didn't take some feats into account);

Fixed the issue with cavalier's Shield of the Liege skill, which sometimes incorrectly applied to the mount;

Fixed the issue with not being able to completely dismiss Black Hole and similar area of effect spells;

Fixed the issue with Whispers of Madness status effect, which could disappear for good after exiting the dungeons of Drezen and then coming back in;

Fixed Water blessings for warpriest: Armor of Ice now correctly uses a warpriest's level to calculate fire resistance and the description now states it lasts for 1 minute; the damage from Ice Strike no longer incorrectly multiplies;

Fixed Weather blessings for warpriest: Storm Strike correctly enchants weapons now, and Wind Barrier uses class level instead of caster level and protects against any ranged attacks;

For dhampirs, when getting a negative level, the combat log will now display a correct message that they gained a negative level, but they are immune to its effect. Additionally, that negative level will be correctly displayed in their character sheet now;

Gallu's Aura of Havoc will no longer force two saving throws instead of one on fitting targets;

Ghost Rider's Frightful Gaze no longer disappears on level 9;

Greater Carnivorous Crystal's ability was working incorrectly, awarding better stats to the copies than intended — fixed;

Hagbound witch now can activate their claws at will and they don't disappear until deactivated or another similar ability is activated (like shifter claws);

Having Improved Unarmed Strike and Shield Bash now allows to execute an attack with both a fist and a shield, like fighting with two weapons;

Imitator's Master Slayer ability requirements were reworked for it to work correctly;

Improved Uncanny Dodge was sometimes incorrectly awarded out of nowhere on level 5 — fixed;

In The Treasure of the Midnight Isles DLC, Tailwind of Spellswords increase both attack and damage after using any ability instead of just spells — fixed;

In Through the Ashes DLC, fixed an incorrect message when a character attempted to run with a sprained ankle;

Inquisitor's Judgment — Smiting didn't add the alignment to their attacks for the purpose of bypassing damage reduction — fixed;

It is now possible to empower and maximize Inflict Wounds spells with metamagic;

It is now possible to use Extend metamagic on Aeon's Perfect form;

It used to be impossible to craft scrolls for spells that had variations (i.e. Dispel Magic) — fixed, now you will be able to craft scrolls for Dispel Magic (Point) and Dispel Magic (Target);

It was possible to cast Trickster's Trick Fate on an enemy target, providing all relevant bonuses — fixed;

Kinetic Blade no longer gets bonuses for Point-Blank Shot now;

Kineticist's Charged Water Blast had an extra Channel Negative Energy descriptor — fixed;

Kineticist's Mud Blast had an extra Siege descriptor — fixed;

Level 20 Dragonblood shifter now gains a final form of huge dragon with unique breath ability;

Rageshaper shifter now gains bonus damage on slam attacks with level progression;

Level of corruption now correctly affects arcane spell failure chance;

Lich's Eyes of the Bodak spell didn't display negative levels over the target and added 2 negative levels right after use — fixed;

Mystic Theurge spellbook didn't interact correctly with Hunters, blocking Hunter spells from selection — fixed;

Mythic Demon's ability, the aspect of Succubus, provided a bonus to Use Magic Device instead of a bonus to Knowledge (world) - fixed;

Mythical Swarm's Eye of the Swarm ability did not add damage to touch attacks while Swarm Form is active — fixed;

now the Arcane Armor Mastery feat works as described (regardless of the presence of the Arcane Armor Training feat);

Only the clones of the Mythic Swarm-that-walks took size of the Swarm into consideration for additional HP and fast healing, not the original Swarm — fixed;

Order of the Nail Hellknight's Favored Enemy ability now works independently of Ranger's Favored Enemy ability and stacks with it;

Penta now can correctly mount an animal companion;

Point blank shot no longer increases self damage from geomancy for Geomancers;

Prophet of Pestilence can now choose the "Second Spirit" mythic feat;

Protective Luck now forces enemies to reroll for all types of attacks;

Selection of feats for animal companions and other more exotic "pets" is no longer based on the owner's prerequisites, and checks the pet's prerequisites instead;

Shaman and Witch's Protective Luck ability only worked against weapon attacks - fixed;

Shamans now get the Manifestation ability on the 20th level, thanks to their spirit;

Shatter defenses no longer works before the target was hit;

Shieldbearer's Channel Negative Energy — Heal Undead had an incorrect range - fixed;

Skald's Lesser Beast Totem granted only one claw attack to some animal companions — fixed;

Some kitsune with charisma score above 11 couldn't cast the Light spell-like ability, granted by Kitsune Magic ability, — fixed;

Some toggleable abilities could automatically be toggled off during rest. These will now be re-enabled automatically as long as they don't spend any resources;

Taking 2 classes with an animal companion allowed to have a pet one level above its progressions — fixed;

Horse animal companion now has a kick attack with hoofs. Don't stand behind it!

The Bloodrager ability with Fey Bloodline Confusing Critical counted the difficulty of a Charisma-based saving throw instead of Constitution — fixed;

The damage from the Cone of Cold spell is now converted to negative damage when the Death of elements ability is active;

The Nobility domain's Inspiring Command ability now correctly grants a bonus to skill checks;

The Oracle's revelation Whispers of Nature now works correctly;

Thundercaller's "Incite Rage" ability used to buff all allies, even if they didn't have the "Accept rage" toggle on — fixed;

Trickster's Microscopic Proportions spell can now make characters smaller than tiny. Big world, beware!

Urban Hunter archetype couldn't continue leveling up the pets obtained from other classes — fixed;

Using Lesser Kineticist Rod could delete some abilities from the kineticist — fixed;

Various sources of Haste were multiplying bonuses as wasn't intended — fixed;

Warpriest can enchant a weapon in any hand now:

Warpriest's Blessings are now correctly removed when you retrain a character;

Warpriest's Protection Blessing Aura of Protection now works correctly when resisting Sonic Damage;

We've fixed and improved all abilities that allow to recover spell slots and spontaneous spells; now they either correctly replenish spell slots and spontaneous spells, or spell slots from the spell book;

When playing on Core and above, one Ichor could spawn on the arena near Sithud's altar, not participating in combat — fixed;

When the Mythic Swarm clone devoured the target, the main character's swarm size did not increase — fixed.

Those are the patch notes through June 20 for Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous – Enhanced Edition.

Top 5 Incredibly Queer Games With Completely Heterosexual Casts

Posted on June 20, 2024 by Ouro M

In the year 2024, we’ve been blessed with a huge bloom of diversity in the gaming scene. Openly queer protagonists and casts abound. Beautiful, heartfelt stories being told by those who have lived the experiences they depict. It’s wonderful.

But at the same time, sometimes games meant to be completely heterosexual in nature are the gayest pieces of media ever made playable. It’s like when shows dive so hard into being homophobic that they accidentally present their main male duo as lovers. Life finds a way. No. Gay sex finds a way.

Trust me, I’ve seen Twitter.

5. Call Of Duty: Ghosts

Okay. Going to be upfront here; I know less about Call Of Duty than the IDF knows about avoiding civilian casualties. I know this one has space in it, I think. But what I know for sure is that whoever Soap and the eponymous Ghost are, they’re in love and also married. And also they’re both transgender. If the fanart is anything to go off of, that is.

For whatever reason, these two guys I know nothing about apparently have enough in-game chemistry to inspire hundreds of artists to draw them, like, having domestic cutesy morning breakfasts and stuff. Honestly, more power to them. I didn’t even know Call Of Duty HAD characters! Or plot! Or gay people in it! So THAT’s why they added Nicki Minaj!

4. Team Fortress 2

Keeping with the theme of overly-masculine first-person shooters, there are exactly three demographics that play this game. Traders, the most vitriolic people you’ve ever heard, and LGBTs who may or may not also be furries. Unless they’re playing Pyro. Or Medic. Then they’re definitely furries. I would know. I am one.

A furry, that is. What, do you think I W+M1 like some sort of pussy?

Honestly, I’m surprised this isn’t more well-known. You make a game with no plot and some wacky, stereotyped buff middle-aged men (plus one and a half twinks) who have silly back-and-forths and DON’T expect people to draw them in the world’s most foul-smelling polycule? And when they DID decide to give the game an actual plot, the very first thing they did was place two of the most manly ones in a forbidden-love Romeo-and-Juliet breakup plot. Sure, Overwatch has Tracer. But TF2 has a six-foot bisexual wall of muscle named Jane Doe.

3. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers Trilogy

Pokemon has mass appeal. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, its slightly unloved spinoff, has less mass appeal. But these three games in particular? These three are why you instinctively draw bandanas on Pokemon. These three are why Vulpix is your favorite. These three are why you had a weird attraction to Grovyle as a kid. Nobody I know whose favorite games include the Explorers trilogy are heterosexual or cisgender.

If you consider yourself to be, and you just really, really like the Explorers games because, oh, the plot’s really well written, or the visuals are really pretty, or the music is good, replay one after reading this. Don’t bullshit the personality quiz. Choose the opposite gender for your player character. Come back to me after you beat Primal Dialga.

Either you’ll unlock something deep within yourself or you’ll cry over ‘I Don’t Want To Say Goodbye’ again. Win-win!

…Or you’ll want to fuck Grovyle again. Win-win-lose.

2. ULTRAKILL

Look, we don’t know for sure if anyone is gay or straight. Whatever Gabriel and V1 have going on is some of the most Yaoi shit I’ve seen. A fallen angel and the thing he’s sent to destroy? But hey, sure, whatever, they could be straight dudebros who just wrestle covered in blood, okay. Dubious sexualities aside, though, as far as I’m concerned, this game is for gay people and Vinesauce Vinny. No one else plays it. That’s the sole audience. What other demographic goes as nuts for warped Christian imagery and gory violence as metaphors for intimacy? Fight Club was our jam before dudebros got their mitts all over it. Nobody loves blood and creatures as much as us queers.

I’m not implying Vinny is gay, by the way. He’s an honorary member, like Hozier. Or Gianni Matragrano.

1. Portal 2

You either like Portal 2 for its overall impact on gaming as a whole and its incredibly charming and memorable narrative or you want to hop on those robots and give them the ole pleasure ride nasty-style. Maybe you heard GLaDOS insult you and felt a little something about it. Maybe you remember the wonderful years of 2013 through 2016 when everyone drew Wheatley as a tall blonde twink. Maybe Wheatley was in the list of names you considered when you first came out solely because of that famous fanon depiction. Perhaps you even considered women as a romantic option for the first time because of Ellen McLain’s jaw-dropping vocal performance as GLaDOS. All are possible. Maybe all at once, for some of you.

Honestly, there are worse games to have transgender and or gay awakenings to! Much… much worse games.

Thanks, Cave Johnson, for turning your personal secretary into the MILFiest robot ever devised by human thought. Sorry about the whole dying-in-pursuit-of-eternal-life thing, though. And all the, uh, other stuff. Happy Pride, though!

Contraband Police Update Patch Notes June 19

Posted on June 19, 2024 by Michelle Pereira

A compilation of all 10.4.x patch notes thus far on June 19, for Contraband Police.

The latest patch notes are below, in descending order, from latest to oldest:

UPDATED June 20

Update 10.4.9 June 19

Inspections:

Fixed the driver getting stuck when shot while pulling out documents.

Fixed fugitive not escaping from the outpost when the driver's seat in his car was occupied.

Fixed the combat music playing during inspections.

Fixed Maximov not being able to clear the inspection zone when a chase ended at the outpost.

Fixed issues related to the start of the post attack during interactions with NPCs.

Fixed the cargo notebook not clearing its contents after blowing up a car.

Added an inspection summary after a chase.

Blocked the ability to move a prisoner to a spot with a dead body.

When an NPC gets out of a car on the scale, it no longer changes the car's weight.

A fugitive killed in the inspection zone no longer blocks interaction with his goods.

The truck scale turns off by itself after a few seconds.

The truck scale no longer has a delay in displaying the vehicle's weight.

Companions:

Fixed companions disappearing after loading a game save.

Fixed companions not spawning the day after death.

Fixed the companion Moscovitch disappearing after upgrading.

Fixed the issue with police officers shooting prisoners in the prison.

Fixed companion getting stuck in the state of raising and lowering weapons in a loop.

Fixed the companion in the car triggering the wrong door opening animation.

Fixed missing companion animations during interactions and conversations.

Fixed the companion being suspended in the combat state while outside the attacked outpost.

Fixed companion running to his last position after fast traveling.

Blocked the ability to transport a prisoner to the police car when the seat is already occupied by a police officer.

Blocked the appearance of an empty subtitle after upgrading the Comrade Moscowitch.

Blocked the companion's comments about bad driving when they are not in the car.

The companion does not get into the police car when the player is examining the engine.

The companion does not run after the police car if there is no free seat for him.

Campaign Mode:

Fixed time progression issues during Campaign Mode missions.

Fixed a bug related to killing an NPC in the Labor Camp during the Missing Person mission.

Blocked the ability to talk to NPC before defeating all enemies in the Abandoned Hotel mission.

The police car siren turns off after completing a mission in the Campaign Mode.

Inspector Mode:

Fixed the World Event Congested Streets.

Added the possibility of escaping on foot during a chase mission in Inspector Mode.

Added the ability to obtain the 'Armed to the Teeth' achievement in Inspector Mode.

Blocked the ability to take side missions in Inspector mode during an ambush.

Tutorial:

Fixed the ability to release prisoners from prison in the Tutorial.

Fixed the yellow arrow possitions in the Tutorial when replaying the game.

Fixed the issue with restarting the mission on day three of the Tutorial after revisiting the Labor Camp.

Fixed the arrows in the tutorial pointing to empty fields when UI visibility is turned off.

The megaphone dialogue in the tutorial after cleaning the inspection zone has been delayed.

Graphics:

Fixed the low resolution of the Varila 4x4 car.

Fixed lamps disappearing after being broken.

Fixed overly bright wall in the final scene of the Deadly Blow mission.

Fixed outpost lights not being restored after they were destroyed the previous day.

Added blood splatters on objects behind shot NPCs.

The sirens in the Varila S and Zaved XT patrol cars have been rotated.

UI:

Fixed the layout of the text displayed after ending the game in Japanese.

Adjusted the size of some backgrounds in the Hints Menu.

Blocked the ability to enter the menu while fast traveling and upgrading objects on the computer.

Changed the way the player and police car icons are displayed on the map.

The names of drivers for the Merciful achievement are no longer written in lowercase.

The position of the message informing about leaving the mission area has been changed.

The Gavrilov's house icon has been removed from the map.

Combat:

Fixed NPCs frozen in a state with raised weapons.

Ambushes don't trigger immediately after completing a side mission or pursuit.

Fixed the Kill Cam appearing underground when the last opponent was run over.

Added car window breaking in Kill Cam view.

Restored on-screen messages during the Kill Cam.

Other:

Fixed issues with obtaining the Hitchhiker achievement.

Fixed an exclamation mark above Comrade Maximov's head appearing for no reason.

Fixed animal sounds playing multiple times when they die.

Added an exclamation mark above the bed at the end of the day.

Increased the interaction area with the fourth-level lever.

Removed the NPC's interaction panel when he die during the interaction.

Removed the bullet hole from the gas cylinder after it explodes.

Blocked prisoners escaping from prison in Challenge Mode.

Blocked the ability to exit the car when standing next to walls.

Prisoners in the Labor Camp no longer run away when a grenade explodes.

Arrested innocent NPCs no longer have smuggler dialogues.

Update 10.4.8 May 9

Fixed drivers and companions levitating with outstretched arms after exiting the car.

Fixed issues with the ability to get out and move around the car.

Fixed issues with vehicles not responding to player controls while driving.

Fixed issues related to commissioner's dialogues on the second day of the tutorial.

Fixed an issue with drivers exiting the car through its interior.

Fixed an issue with two items appearing in the hands at the same time.

Fixed enemies disappearing after exiting the car during an outpost attack.

Fixed the companion's animation freeze with a drawn weapon after the outpost attack and shootout.

Fixed companion Sorokin not dying during the shootout in the tutorial.

Fixed issues related to Gavrilov's lamp.

Fixed stuck companion behavior during a patrol mission.

Fixed companions not shooting during side missions.

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Fixed NPC panic behavior freeze.
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Fixed Vlad's animation upon first encounter in the tutorial.

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Fixed a typo on one of the posters.
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Blocked the ability for a companion to follow the player to the Campaign Mission when he was previously locked in the car.

Blocked the ability to interact with companions while driving a car.

Blocked certain times when a companion's comment about bad driving was triggered.

Removed unnecessary "Apply" button from settings.

Added the ability to hand over prisoners brought on foot to the Labor Camp.

Restored the ability to move between front and rear seats in Zaved.

Increased the time between enemy attacks during side missions in Campaign and Endless Mode.

Changed the display of messages about the inability to fast travel.

Companions always appear next to the car after fast traveling.

NPCs in story missions do not become aggressive after being scared by gunfire in the area.

Bodies killed during outpost attacks always disappear when sleeping.

Enemies no longer have closed eyes in Kill Cam view.

Enemies don't stop their vehicles in Convoy missions when they begin to catch fire.

Update 10.4.7 April 23

Fixed game freeze after upgrading a dead companion.

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Fixed inability to sleep.
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Fixed inability to admit the next car into the inspection zone.

Fixed issue with lack of enemies during ambush.

Fixed issues related to Maximov's death.

Fixed issues related to border post attacks occurring during ambush.

Fixed issues related to purchasing and upgrading vehicles.

Fixed issues related to obtaining the "Merciful" achievement.

Fixed issues related to police officers shooting at fleeing NPCs.

Fixed grass not waving after loading the game.

Fixed weather not changing between days.

Fixed the ability to accept side missions while in a car with a companion.

Fixed the ability to view companion stories on the computer using a gamepad.

Fixed issues related to using fast travel with a captured fugitive.

Fixed a runaway being blocked due to an outpost attack.

Fixed inability to change and repair a car when a companion previously sat in it.

Fixed missing companion animations during interaction.

Fixed missing bartender animations during interaction.

Fixed levitating enemies in the Missing Person mission.

Fixed disappearing ambush icon on the map.

Fixed roadblocks not appearing after completing the Campaign Mode.

Fixed the saving of aiming sensitivity setting.

Fixed the visibility of the hint to pick up the newspaper when it has already been picked up.

Blocked the ability to exit the outpost beyond the Karikatka area.

Added missing characters in traditional and simplified Chinese.

Added the ability for NPCs to escape on foot during side missions in Endless Mode.

Added the ability to take companions on side missions in the Campaign Mode.

Added additional information about companion stories to the Companion Infographic.

Added the ability to travel with a companion in non-police vehicles.

Restored NPC talk animations during the Crime Scene mission.

Standardized the way interface windows are closed across all parts of the game.

Cuffed NPCs no longer follow the player while driving a car.

Choosing "Nevermind..." option during interaction with cuffed NPC no longer stops them from following.

Update 10.4.6 April 15

Fixed runaways getting stuck on environmental elements.

Fixed a bug causing the game to freeze when the day ends while inside a runaway's car.

Fixed newcomers getting stuck behind the border gate.

Fixed a bug causing slow escape on foot.

Fixed the continuous body movement of a killed escapee.

Added the ability to collect money from killed enemies even when the inventory is full.

Removed the ability to obtain the Bloody Bumper achievement when a fugitive is killed by a car other than the player's.

Removed the ability to open Sina's engine cover from outside the car.

Improved loading ranges for certain world areas.

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Corrected reported translation errors.
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Corrected the Steam description for the 'Fantastic Five' achievement.

Corrected the entrance door to the level 4 office.

Update 10.4.5 April 9

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Fixed infinite loading.
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Minor AI fixes.
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Update 10.4.4 April 5

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Fixed intro not progressing.
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Fixed errors when enemies were throwing grenades.

Fixed companions stories (achievements await for all inspectors).

Fixed german, english companion stories formatting.

Update 10.4.3 April 4

Fixed vehicles broken lights that looked intact

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Fixed possiblity to arrest dead bodies
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Fixed multiple cases when companions could get stuck

Fixed locked AI in Contraband Drop mission

Fixed visible glitches when quickly zooming with sniper rifle

Fixed possiblity to repair or change vehicle while companion was entering

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Fixed entry regulations for Sina
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Fixed runaways and pursuit
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Fixed numerous minor AI errors
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Enemies don't target player's vehicle with grenades anymore

Update 10.4.2 April 2

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Fixed infinite loading screen.
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Fixed being unable to leave vehicle.
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Fixed crashing cargo.
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Minor AI fixes.
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More in the coming days.

Update 10.4.1 March 29

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Fixed trading with newcomers.
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Fixed trading with Vlad.
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Fixed Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai languages.

Fixed sniper rifle's magazine description in shop.

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Fixed wrong cargo materials.
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Those are the patch notes up through June 19 for Contraband Police.

Last Epoch Update Patch Notes June 19

Posted on June 19, 2024 by Michelle Pereira

All of Last Epoch’s patch notes thus far on June 19.

The latest patch notes are below, in descending order, from latest to oldest:

UPDATED June 20

Last Epoch 1.0.8.4 Hotfix Notes June 19

Fixes cases where, after a shade echo, the player would have access to the incorrect timeline from the rest zone

Last Epoch 1.0.8 Patch Notes May 15

Upcoming Bazaar Sales Cleanup

Hello Travelers!

Alongside today's Patch Notes, we also wanted to provide notice that on Monday, May 20th, we will be cleaning up all records of Redeemed and Cancelled auctions from the Bazaar. This means closed listings prior to the May 20th cleanup will no longer be displaying on your redeem page. With 1.1, we will be introducing an automated cleanup for this, which will remove old Redeemed and Cancelled auctions after a given time period.

Changes

Moved the spawn point in the Keeper's Camp by the waypoint

Gathering Storm's Friends of the Tempest now requires that the minion's tag matches Gathering Storm instead of requiring that the minion's ability's tag matches Gathering Storm. This means that, for example, if Summon Wolf has the minion lightning tag, all attacks from your wolves can trigger Friends of the Tempest. This also fixes bugs where some converted minions, such as cold Storm Crows or cold Warcry Totem, could not trigger Friends of the Tempest when Gathering Storm is converted to cold.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug where specific circumstances could cause a character to instantly revive after death. This could result in a hardcore character becoming a standard character without the feedback of having hit zero health (death screen).

Fixed a crash when a stash tab's name has a specific mix of emoji's & line breaks.

This was caused by a Stack Overflow in the text/ui layouting.

Fixed a bug with Ring of Shields, where having unlocked "Rush Wall" node in "Ring of Shields" skill and then using "Shield Rush" would very often result in shields having incorrect rotation.

Fixed a bug with Ring of Shields, where after using "Shield Bash" skill with "Wall of Shields" node unlocked, the shield wall disappears immediately after being spawned

Fixed a bug with Ring of Shields, where after using "Shield Bash" skill with "Wall of Shields" node unlocked, the shields would remain attached to the player

Fixed a bug where Warpath could cause Ring of Shields to change distance from the player.

Fixed a bug where removing channels in chat settings would not remove them from channel selection in the input section.

Fixed a bug where if a player had all chat channels disabled, then tried to send a player a direct message, the message would be sent to global if they did not already have an existing conversation with that player

Fixed Smite not triggering Healing Hands while you are out of mana if both are free and you do not have the Desperate Measures node in the Smite tree.

Fixed floating health bar location for Gaspar Husk, Volatile Zombies, Emperor of Corpses' Volatile Zombies, and Death Knights

Fixed a bug where Enemy Crows, and Black Sun Rahyeh were on the wrong layer resulting in some decals laying on top of them.

Fixed a bug where prophecies would not save correctly for some players causing them to re-roll

Fixed a bug where the waves would start themselves in The Fall of Ledria quest echo

Fixed "armor shred" and other affixes not appearing in the affix search for certain base types

Fixed a bug where pressing Alt after picking up an item would open its tooltip

Fixed a bug where some Sentinel helmets would not display on the character

Fixed a bug where you could load into Echo of a World with no floor

Last Epoch Hotfix 1.0.7.3 April 30

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where the second item suffix would sometimes not display.

Fixed an issue where item tooltip comparison always required Ctrl+Alt to see affix ranges, regardless if you had auto-compare enabled. It once again only requires Alt with auto-compare enabled.

Last Epoch Hotfix 1.0.7.2 April 23

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug where ability buffering was not working online

Fixed a bug where Bone Curse with Illusion of Pain would not fall off after 1 hit if the hit came from Chaos Bolts with Cursed Blood

Fixed some instances of infinite loading screens when playing in a party

Last Epoch Patch 1.0.7 April 18

Changes

When portaling to a team member that's inside an echo, you will now be placed in Echo of a World with the green portal to join at the time of your choosing.

When health is a fraction of 1, it will now always round up to 1 instead of rounding off resulting in health sometimes displaying as 0

Bug Fixes

UI

Several item tooltip fixes, including:

Fixed a bug where opening / closing an item tooltip would have a drastic performance cost

Fixed a bug where tooltip text could continue off the edge of the tooltip instead of wrapping

Fixed a bug where some languages with a larger text height could be missing information on tooltips

Fixed a bug where prefixes and suffixes had different line spacing on item tooltips

Fixed a bug where some enemies were not displaying their top of screen health bars

Skills

Fixed a bug where some skills, primarily traversal skills, would not work after a zone transition until using a different skill first.

Fixed a bug where some scorpion enemies were unable to be targeted by Spirit Plague

Fixed a bug where channeled movement skills could break if continued to be channeled after running into a wall

Fixed a bug where every other use of Void Cleave with the Gravity's Edge node (traversal) would have its hitbox at the start of the movement

Fixed a bug where skills could stop working after closing a panel until the panel was closed a second time

Fixed a bug where the player's character was visible under the surface on certain locations during using of Synchronized Strike and Lethal Mirage

Fixed a bug where Puncture's Stay of Execution, and Detonating Arrow's Aimed Shot nodes would play the VFX before the character animation when charged to max

Multiplayer

Fixed an instance of a bug which could break all party interactions until re-logging

Fixed a bug where players were unable to portal to other party members when both players were inside of an echo

Other

Fixed a bug where Shade of Orobyss' "Starburst" ability would explode upon his death

Fixed a bug where the falling rocks during the boss fight in Lightless Arbor could sometimes fail to display a telegraphing indicator before falling

Fixed the invisible walls during the Elder Gaspar fight in The Chambers of Ruin, which could block projectiles

Fixed a bug where Death's Embrace's Grim Harvest could trigger while at negative mana

Fixed a bug where Enemy VFX could stop playing / freeze

Fixed a bug where enemies would fail to play their death animation

Fixed a bug where the B_Circle button would focus the action bar panel (skill bar) if it was previously selected

Last Epoch Patch 1.0.6 April 10

Changes

Systems

Added Camera Smoothing options to settings: Normal (default/current), Low, and Off

Added functionality to Character Delete screen

The screen will now display the character class/mastery/level

When deleting a character, you are now required to enter the character name to confirm the deletion

Controller

The "B" button on controller can now be used to close keybind prompts

After binding a controller button, the cursor now re-focuses on the corresponding binding

Other

Reduced gold turn-in reward for Desert Treasure from 20k to 2k

Added Buff Icon for Bone Armor (Acolyte)

Improved performance when picking up Shards

Bug Fixes

Animations

Fixed an issue where the Mage would T-pose during some animations

Fixed several cases of back-slot clipping and floating capes

Fixed a bug where the Sentinel idle animation with a 2H weapon would behave as if a shield was equipped

Controller

Fixed a bug where if a panel was opened with keyboard and mouse, further button presses via controller would activate the assigned skills through the panel

Fixed a bug where when opening the bindings menu, or interacting with it, with a mouse, would result in the bindings disappearing

Fixed a number of bugs with rebinding controller configuration

Fixed a bug where players would continue to run in the direction of their last input if the game became unfocused while moving

UI

Fixed a bug where player health bars were not appearing in offline

Fixed a bug where Forged Weapons' health bars could be displayed at top-of-screen instead of the boss' health bar

Fixed missing Localization in the Gifting panel for resonances

Fixed a bug where Item Tooltips would get stuck when adding a new tab to the stash

Chat channels are now specific to cycle/non-cycle

Fixed a bug where Husk enemies would not have health bars

System

Fixed a bug in offline where players would not have full health, mana, and potions after logging in or reviving

Fixed a bug where invalid offhand items could be equipped from the forge (eg. catalyst with a bow)

Fixed an issue where monolith quest progress would reset if you left the zone/server after starting, but before completing the quest chain.

Skills

Fixed a bug where Bone Curse "Signet of Agony" node's resulting aura would persist after de-speccing out of the skill

Fixed a bug where Erasing Strike's "Ravenous Void" node's void beams wouldn't move in online play

Fixed a bug where Volcanic Orb could be cast in incorrect directions, such as flying up when the cursor was over top of a ridge line

Fixed a bug where if you teleported back to the monolith hub or rest area while a companion was downed, the revive UI would continue to persist even after being revived.

Fixed a bug where Manifest Armor was not benefiting from Increased Area for Area Skills stats on items the player is wearing that are applied to Manifest Armor, such as on gloves

Fixed a bug where the Gathering Fury unique bow's chance to repeat bow abilities was applying to non-bow abilities, and could kill the player if it repeated a Falcon ability

Fixed a bug where Boardman's Plan's chance to summon a Storm Totem on hit with Tempest Strike was not working

Fixed a bug where triggered instances of Tempest Strike were not benefiting from the Tempest Strike skill tree

Fixed a bug where Bone Curse's Marrow Thief node would not grant 10% less damage taken

Fixed a bug where Death Seal's Skeletal Sheath always granted Bone Armor for a fixed duration, ignoring the duration Death Seal was active

Fixed a bug where Firebrand's Galvanize node would disable Brand of Arcanus

Fixed a bug where Flame Rush could cause the player to become invisible

The fix for Death’s Embrace mentioned on Friday wasn’t quite able to make the cut-off time for this patch, and is expected to be included with next week’s patch.

Last Epoch Update Patch Notes 1.0.5 Mar 27

Those are all the patch notes up through June 19 for Last Epoch.

Dead By Daylight Update Patch Notes June 19

Posted on June 19, 2024 by Michelle Pereira

Here’s a compilation of the patch notes for Dead by Daylight up through June 19, in descending order, from latest to oldest:

UPDATED June 19

8.0.2 | Bugfix Patch June 19

Content

Environment/Maps

In the Forgotten Ruins Map, at least 4 hooks will now always be available in the dungeon section of the map.

In the Forgotten Ruins Map, Passage locations have been adjusted to avoid being directly beside vaults and pallets.

Passage interaction time has been extended by 0.15 seconds for Survivors and shortened by 0.25 seconds for Killers.

Characters

The Lich

Increased Mage Hand pallet lifting time from 0.35 seconds to 0.5 seconds.

Increased the volume on Flight of the Damned skeleton spawn to give better awareness to Survivors.

Addon Ring of Telekinesis: Activating Mage Hand on an Upward pallet increases your general vault Speed by 10% for the next 8 seconds.

Addon Vorpal Sword: Increasing time to break pallet from 2.2 seconds to 3.2 seconds.

Bug Fixes

Anniversary

Fixed an issue that caused some VFXs to appear late when a Player that was far away approaches the location where they appeared

Cancelling an Invitation Pillar interaction no longer causes the gold glitter VFX to linger and fail to respawn the scroll atop the Pillar.

The Dancing Marionettes no longer clip with the ceilings of the Underground Complex.

Survivor's pools of blood no longer disappear very rapidly after the effect of the "Quiet Mode" ability is over

Characters

Fixed an issue where the Lich's hand teleports away from the survivor for a frame at the end of the assimilate animation.

Fixed an issue where the The Lich can be seen entering the Passage during the selection animation.

Fixed an issue that caused a few Killers' motion trail VFX to not play correctly.

The Lich's Spell Indicator VFX no longer becomes distorted when players change the First Person FOV while Full Screen/Windowed Full Screen on an Ultra Wide Monitor

The Hand of Vecna's Locker Smoke VFX no longer appears before the locker doors open when Survivors fast-exit a destination locker after teleporting

Survivors no longer obtain items from The Lich's chest in the dying state

It is no longer possible for a Survivor to teleport into the locked room on Temple of Purgation with the Hand of Vecna

The assimilated Hand of Vecna no longer jitters and becomes desynced with the Survivors arm when moving

The animation of The Lich's chest can no longer be skipped if the Survivor presses the interaction button while the animation is playing.

Fixed an issue where the Blight might not enter the fatigue state after destroying a wall or pallet with a rushed attack.

Environment/Maps

Fixed an issue in Garden of Joy where a Survivor could climb on the rock on the edge of the map

Fixed an issue in the Temple of Purgation where content of the map could block the collision of the Killers only

Fixed an issue in Lery's Hospital where the Killer could not pick up a Survivor that was crawling against a blocker

Fixed an issue in the Forgotten Ruins where a placeholder tile would appear in the environment

Fixed an issue in Decimated Borgo where a blocker would prevent the Killer from passing

Fixed an issue in Lery's Hospital where a Survivor on hook would prevent the Killer from navigating

Fixed an issue in Toba Landing where the Survivors could run on the railing of the stairs

Survivors entering a Passage at the same time no longer get stuck

Entry into a Passage is no longer cancelled when Victor Pounces on a Survivor entering a Passage

Survivors no longer get stuck in the Killer's collision when a Killer waits for Survivors at a Passage's exit.

The camera no longer gets stuck on the Spectator's POV when the in-match Survivor uses the Passage while the Spectator was being mori'd

Perks

Illusions spawned by the Mirrored Illusion perk now correctly despawn when the Killer walks through it

The Mirrored Illusion perk no longer charges when an Illusion is already active.

The Dark Arrogance perk's bonus vault effect no longer incorrectly applies to other Killer abilities.

Misc

Medkits now fully deplete when self-healing to 100% with no add-ons

Fixed an issue that caused the Entity window blocking effects not to block a window that was just unblocked after 3 consecutive rushed vaults

Survivors no longer get stuck in the hooked state when the killer is interrupted

8.0.1 | Bugfix Patch June 13

Content

The Good Guy – Addons

Power Drill

Hidey-Ho Mode cooldown reduced by 10% after hitting a Survivor with Slice & Dice. (was 15%)

Automatic Screwdriver

Missing a Slice & Dice reduces Hidey-Ho Cooldown by 8%. (was 10%)

Dev note: Currently, The Good Guy's Power incorrectly starts to recharge as soon as the Slice & Dice attack is started rather than after it finishes, making his Power recharge much faster than intended. This will be corrected in the near future. In the meantime, we have toned down these Add-Ons to make sure they don't get out of hand. They will return to their normal strength once this is resolved.

Features

UX Improvement

Added an option on the Graphic settings menu for players to choose between the use of the full sized item preview or reduced item preview during matches.

Bug Fixes

Audio

Fixed an issue that caused The Legion's Backstabber outfit to have Frank's voice instead of Susie's.

Bots

Bots no longer break from interacting with pallets reset by Any Means Necessary.

The Trapper Bot in Survive with Bots Tutorial remembered how to use Bear Traps again

Characters

Fixed an issue that caused some Survivors to lack facial animations while idle in the lobby.

Fixed an issue that caused multiple clipping issues when performing various actions on the Survivor as The Pig.

Fixed an issue that caused the hands to appear without the arms when teleporting to a TV while playing as The Onryo.

Fixed an issue that caused the legs of male Survivors to clip through The Twins' POV when the Survivor performs Decisive Strike.

Blight no longer slows down to 4.6m/s before the end of a Rush when using the Alchemist's Ring add-on.

Characters – The Lich

When using the Fly spell, The Lich is now correctly able to move over crouched Survivors.

The Treasures Chest lid no longer closes slightly for a moment after having been opened by a Survivor

A network desync no longer occurs when The Lich interrupts a Survivor rushing into a locker with the Hand of Vecna equipped

The Attuned Hand and Eye of Vecna no longer remain visible when Survivors are sacrificed on a hook

The Hand of Vecna mesh no longer lacks a dissolve VFX when Survivors bleed out holding the hand

The Locker Smoke VFX when The Lich or a Survivor opens an Entry-Locker is no longer hidden for Survivors

The Lich's Dispelling Sphere starting point is no longer offset when cast while strafing

The Lich's Mage Hand Decal VFX no longer remains visible on multiple Pallets when they are close together

The Lich's mini-mori is no longer bound to the same input as the regular mori

The Lich's mori and mini mori prompts no longer behave erratically when both are available at the same time

The Lich's Spell Indicator VFX no longer can become distorted when users change the First Person FOV while Full Screen/Windowed Full Screen on an Ultra Wide Monitor

While spectating the Lich, the Spell Indicator VFX is no longer offset until a Survivor is killed by a mori.

Environment/Maps

Fixed an issue in Toba Landing where there was a delay when entering the map

Fixed an issue with the hatch where there was a delay when getting close to it

Fixed an issue in Midwich Elementary school where players could experience a delay when navigating the corridor between the bathrooms

Fixed an issue in the Yamaoka's Estate Residence where a collision would create an issue for the Blight

Fixed an issue in Badham Preschool where the killer would be blocked in the navigation

Fixed an issue In MacMillan Estate Realm where projectiles would not go between the boards of boarded up windows

Fixed an issue in Raccoon City Police Station where the Mastermind would not vault with his power activated

The Camera no longer becomes misaligned if the Survivor is grabbed while traversing a Passage.

The Knight's guards pathing no longer breaks when Survivors take the Tower Passage during a Hunt

The Passage glow VFX no longer remains visible from afar after traveling through it

The camera no longer becomes first person when traveling through Passages on the Spectator's POV

The Passage aura and glow VFX are no longer missing on the Spectator's POV

Events

Fixed an issue where the Tryks Stand-In charm, a Twitch Drop reward, was erroneously listed within the Collection screen of the Twisted Anniversary event.

Perks

The Mirrored Illusion can no longer be distinguished from The Killer POV from afar.

Survivors using Mirrored Illusion can no longer stack Static illusions at the same location.

The Mirrored Illusion VFX is no longer missing when a Survivor uses the Perk a second time.

Survivors using Mirrored Illusion can no longer spawn Static Illusions on Boon Totems.

Survivors with Mirrored Illusion can no longer become stuck and jitter when placing an Illusion on certain Generators.

The Generator progress to activate the "Mirrored Illusion" Perk no longer fails to be displayed on the Perk icon

The Still Sight perk icon now correctly remains dimmed when the survivor is hidden inside a locker

The Pallet stun duration increase by Dark Arrogance is now correctly 25% instead of 20%

The Perks Languid Touch and Weave Attunement no longer display a green 'buff' external Perk icon for Survivors.

The Survivor can no longer be seen floating after succeeding in a Decisive Strike on the Killer.

Platforms

Fixed an issue on PS4 where rarely, the game could get into an infinite black screen during startup.

UI

Subtitles now correctly play in Cinematics.

Misc

The Flame Turret no longer fails to display the Information UI on initial pickup from the Control Station.

Basic attacks with 'Undetectable' status gained from perks and add-ons now correctly count towards 'Outta Nowhere' achievement

Killers with the Ivory Memento Mori Offering can Mori Survivors on the 1st Hook stage when they self-unhook at the very last second.

Known Issues

The Archives progress widget does not appear in-game when gaining progress on the "Show 'Em What You Got", "Encore! Encore!", "It Takes Two", and "Dancing with Myself" challenges. Progress is still retained after the match.

7.7.1 | Bugfix Patch May 6

Content

Modifiers

Modifier: Chaos Shuffle opens at May 16th at 11:00 AM Eastern Time.

This Modifier also features an event tome, opening at the same time.

Perk Updates

Ultimate Weapon

Now causes Survivors within 32 meters of the locker to scream and show their position (was based on the Killer's position) then gain Blindness for 30 seconds (as before).

Bug Fixes

Audio

Fixed an issue that caused sound issues in the Mori Preview after previewing The Nightmare or the Wraith.

Fixed an issue that caused Naughty Bear to have overlapping voice lines in the Mori Preview.

Fixed an issue that caused the Huntress Inhuman Brute cosmetic sounds to be too low.

Characters

Potential fix for an issue that caused rubber-banding when moving.

Fixed an issue that caused a stutter at the end of several interactions.

Fixed an issue which allowed Victor to be recalled sooner than 30 seconds after latching onto a Survivor.

Victor now glows red after downing an injured Survivor with a Pounce attack, properly indicating he can be Crushed.

Victor can no longer latch on to survivors with the Endurance status effect.

Fixed an issue that caused Victor to be unable to move after switching to Victor while a Bot is crushing him.

Fixed an issue that may cause Survivors to be unable to wiggle out when a Hook interaction is denied by the server.

Fixed an issue that caused The Xenomorph to be unable to hit a Survivor placing a turret with their tail attack.

Fixed an issue that caused The Nurse to not be affected by pallet stuns.

Fixed an issue that caused the Survivors' left arm to jitters when in downed state

Fixed an issue that caused The Legion's post-Frenzy hand to snaps upwards before entering the self-stun animation.

Perks

Toolboxes now properly lose charge when used to charge the Potential Energy perk.

UI

Fixed an issue when going back to the Main Menu from a "Play as Killer" offline Lobby causing the bottom button prompts to overlap.

Fixed an issue in the Killer tutorial where two prompts could sometimes overlap.

Fixed an issue in the Archives where the menu became invisible after watching a Journal's Entry cinematic.

Fixed an issue where the Killer name would be missing from the daily ritual "The Hunt Ritual"

Environment/Maps

Fixed an issue in the Nostromo map where the Nurse could blink and get stuck in the hull of the Spaceship

Fixed an issue where The Blight didn't bounce of wall properly in the Raccoon PD map

Fixed an issue in Greenville Square where the traps could be placed under the ground next to the shack window

Fixed an issue in Shattered Square where both pallets of the main building would spawn at the same time

Fixed an issue in the RPD where the survivors could land on top of a door frame

Fixed an issue in Lery's Hospital where the killer could not interrupt a survivor from one side of a generator

Fixed an issue in Autohaven Wreckers where Victor could jump though a sheet of metal in the shack

Fixed an issue in Greenville Square where the double pallet tile didn't spawn

Fixed an issue that may cause Meg to be unable to unhook Dwight during the Survivor Tutorial.

Fixed an issue in Dead Dawg Saloon where the player camera could clip into a rock

Fixed an issue in Coldwind Farms where the Cow Tree's vault tarp was missing

Fixed an issue in Crotus Prenn Asylum where Trapper could hide beartraps inside the rocky edge of the hill

Fixed an issue in Eyrie of Crows where Trapper could hide beartraps inside some roots at the stone gazebo

Fixed an issue in Hawkins Laboratory where superfluous collisions were affecting player navigation near some closed doors and causing rubber-banding

Fixed an issue in Hawkins Laboratory where players could hide items in the floor near the storage room doors

Fixed an issue in Haddonfield where players would collide with the car mirrors and experience frustrating navigation issues

Fixed an issue in Haddonfield where the End-Game Collapse Cracks would appear on the ceiling of the balcony from one of the large houses

Fixed an issue in Midwich Elementary School where Killers' vision could clip into a destroyed wall and see outside of the map

Fixed an issue in Raccoon City Police Department West Wing where Trapper could hide beartraps inside a pile of debris in the library

Fixed an issue in Raccoon City Police Department where players could climb on top of a duffle bag

Fixed an issue in Raccoon City Police Department East Wing where players could climb onto the toilets

Fixed an issue in Toba's Landing where the central computer console from the main base was popping with distance

Graphics

Fixed an issue that caused bright flashes in the basement and in the end game screen.

Store

Fix: Auric Cell Offers cards now can be clicked entirely without players needing to click on the button.

Misc

Fixed an issue where items and add-ons would not get equipped automatically after previously running out of them

7.7.0A | Bugfix PC Patch (Tentative Strobing Fix) April 26

UPDATE (5/1/2024)

The tentative fix is now live on Windows Store, PS4, PS5, Switch and Xbox.

Bug fix

Tentatively fixed an issue causing strobing / flashing white lights.

This fix is applied to Steam and Epic Game Store initially.

Please advise if you continue to encounter the flashing lights after downloading the hotfix in the Steam discussion thread.

Update 7.7.0 | Mid-Chapter April 23

Release Information

```
Update releases: April 23, 11AM ET
```
```
Tome 19 opens: April 23, 11AM ET
```

Features

New Store

New Store available, replacing the previous one

Featured Page: Latest releases and Chapters, and the addition of the Weekly Gift feature.

Weekly Gift: Allows players to claim free rewards during multiple weeks, if activated. Rewards are renewed per week, meaning that unclaimed ones are discarded when the week is reset.

Specials Page: A dedicated page to show all special offers currently available in the game.

Collections Page: Houses all Collections that exist in the game, and shows their content. Players can also unlock Cosmetics directly from there!

Bundles Page: Showcases special bundles available for unlocking, Chapter bundles (previously known as DLC Chapters), and the new DLC Packs. Bundles can be opened to review their content before unlocking them, although not yet in the case of DLC Packs.

Killer and Survivor dedicated Wardrobes: New separated independent pages for Killers and Survivors that allow for quick Mix and Matching of Characters and their Cosmetics.

```
Mix and Matching specifics
```

Players can now select Characters and Cosmetics without having to equip them immediately.

Clicking on an option allows players to preview the Character or Cosmetic.

Selecting the Character or equipping the Cosmetic confirms their choice.

Being able to preview allows players to preview pieces from different locked and unlocked Cosmetics, mix and matching options to be able to "try them out" before unlocking them.

Players can now filter their Cosmetics with different options, and are able to show all options that are currently unavailable!

Previewing Perks, Powers and Moris

Players now can open a little section that displays the Power and Perks of any Character that is currently selected, allowing for a smoother way to review and compare their Characters' gameplay.

Players can now preview every Killer's Mori, including with the Mix and Match Outfits! This way players can check out how their Cosmetic choices are going to look during the Mori!

Visceral Outfits are going to show their own version of their Character's Mori.

Bio pages for Characters

These were made a part of the Characters' Wardrobes.

They showcase the Characters' lore, height, speed and Terror Radius size. Power and Perks were moved to the Power and Perks window.

Common

Unlocking is now done with a press and hold mechanic to allow for a confirmation process free of pop ups.

The section for getting more Auric Cells can now be accessed through the Store, and it can also be accessed by clicking the Auric Cells counter on the top right corner of the screen.

Kill switched options are going to be available for unlocking, yet we are making sure to communicate it with a pop up for players to confirm they still want to proceed.

Search bars have been included in most sections to allow finding Characters, Collections, and Cosmetics easier.

Added a celebration pop up to better communicate that players have unlocked content or earned a reward at the Store.

Shrine of Secrets

The Shrine was taken out of the Store and placed in the Characters' lobbies, to be closer to the loadout and Bloodweb.

The layout was updated to be easier to read and use, providing key information without the need to hover on any Perk option.

Match’s Details Menu

The Match Details Menu now allow players to review Perks.

During a match, when opening the Match Details window (Escape on computers), players can see their equipped Perks.

Hovering on Perks and Offerings allow players to see the tooltips and read their description.

Game Engine Update

Game engine was updated to Unreal Engine 5. This update will have no effect on gameplay or in-game graphics and serves as a foundation for possible future improvements.

Due to the engine update, overall gamefile size has been reduced by ~18 GB on Xbox Series S|X and PlayStation 5.

Content

The Archives

Tome 19 "SPLENDOR" - Level 1 opens April 23rd at 11:00 AM Eastern Time.

Killer Update – The Twins

The Visual Terror Radius accessibility setting will now include Victor’s grunts. (NEW)

Victor will now glow red whenever he is vulnerable to being crushed and white when he is not. (NEW)

Charlotte can now recall Victor at any point while he is unbound. (NEW)

A new icon has been added to indicate the moment when Victor can be recalled. (NEW)

Decreased the time it takes to switch back to Charlotte to 1.5 seconds. (was 3 seconds)

Decreased the time it takes to unbind Victor to 0.75 seconds. (was 1 second)

Decreased the time it takes to charge Victor’s Pounce to 0.85 seconds. (was 1 second)

Increased the cooldown for Victor to come back after being crushed to 10 seconds. (was 6 seconds)

Add-Ons

Tiny Fingernail:

Decreases Victor’s Unbind time by 33%. (was 50%)

Toy Sword:

Decreases Pounce charge time by 10%. (was 20%)

UX improvements

Power Widget:

```
Victor's cooldown is now displayed.
```

Cooldown is now displayed at a decreased opacity.

Charlotte's Power icon updates to surface when recalling Victor is available.

Charlotte's Power icon updates to surface the correct input when recalling Victor is available.

Killer Update – The Blight

Improved collision detection to reduce cases where The Blight slides off objects.

Add-Ons

Shredded Notes:

Decreases time to recharge a Rush token by 0.33 seconds. (Removed downside)

Summoning Stone:

Increases the initial Rush duration by 0.5 second. (Rework)

Soul Chemical:

Increases the initial Rush speed by 5%. (Rework)

UX improvements

Power Widget:

Cooldown is now displayed at a decreased opacity.

Cooldown now uses the consistent white color.

```
Cooldown is now displayed per charge.
```
```
Rush duration is now surfaced.
```

Time to perform a new Rush is now surfaced.

Perk Updates

Ultimate Weapon

Now activates for 15 seconds (was 30 seconds).

Now reveals Survivor auras for 3 seconds instead of causing them to scream and show their position.

Increased cooldown to 80/70/60 seconds (was 40/35/30 seconds).

Decisive Strike

Increased the Stun duration to 5 seconds (was 3 seconds).

Adrenaline

Burst of speed now lasts 3 seconds (was 5 seconds).

Adrenaline no longer activates if you are hooked or carried when the Gates are powered.

Adrenaline no longer causes you to wake up when facing The Nightmare.

Environment/Maps

Haddonfield - Lampkin Lane

The map has been difficult for the players to enjoy. We made the decision to update it, prioritizing gameplay quality. The length of the street was reduced, line of sight blockers have been added in the street, removed any closed houses, reduced the amount of tiles in the map, added gameplay and blockers on the border tiles. added openings in the main house to improve the navigation and the gameplay. and the park tiles have also been revisited.

Gameplay Mechanics

The Generator Damage interaction has been reviewed so that the Generator is actually damaged closer to the point where the hit lands to prevent letting go of the input early.

Emblems

It is no longer possible to lose a pip after a match.

Bug Fixes

Audio

Fixed an issue that caused the Survivors to hear the Territorial Imperative Perk audio cue.

Fixed an issue that caused dead Survivors to be moaning after a Mori.

Fixed an issue that caused Pod breaking SFX being heard by the Killer at any distance.

Characters

Fixed an issue that caused The Trickster's vault animation through a window to jitter.

Fixed an issue that caused the male Survivor's flashlight aim to be lower than before.

Fixed an issue that caused Survivors to have to aim higher than Victor’s head to blind it.

Fixed an issue that caused the Exit Gate Entity spikes to disappear if Victor leaps on a Survivor near the Exit Gate while Charlotte is also near.

Fixed an issue that caused the Killer Instinct aura to show during The Twins Mori if Victor is nearby.

Fixed an issue that caused Victor and The Nemesis' Zombies to not be destroyed by the Head On Perk.

Fixed an issue that caused the Punishment score event to be granted when hitting a hooked Survivor with the Punishment of the Damned attack.

Fixed an issue that caused Bear Traps to float when placed under Survivors.

Fixed an issue that caused Killers to play the normal vault animation and start falling too early when vaulting into a drop.

Fixed an issue that caused Killers to fail to be Blinded by Firecrackers and Flashbangs when a downed Survivor is in front of the Killer.

Environment/Maps

Fixed an issue with the Crashed Bus where the Characters could not vault.

Fixed an issue with the Shack on Greenville Square where the Killer could hit through a visual blocker.

Fixed an issue in Lampkin Lane where the Zombies of The Nemesis could not navigate part of the map.

Fixed an issue that caused Bear Traps to clip inside a rock on the hill in Coldwind Farm maps.

Bots

The Knight's Guards will no longer get stuck on stairs.

Bots can now activate the Plot Twist Perk

Fixed an issue where bots were unable to interact with some Hex Totems in Léry's Memorial Institute and Midwich Elementary School

Perks

Fixed an issue that caused the Scourge Hook: Gift of Pain Perk to fail to apply more than once.

UI

Fixed an issue where Killers could see a random Grade displayed in their scoreboard in the tally screen.

Fixed an issue where the scale of the reward tooltip was not applied properly according to the option.

Fixed an issue where the search result of friends cannot be scrolled with a Controller.

Misc

Fixed an issue where players would not disconnect from their party when closing the game.

Fixed an issue where players could not block other players.

Fixed an issue that could cause Survivors to be unable to unhook after cancelling an unhook interaction.

Fixed an issue that could cause Survivors to become unhookable if they had previously unhooked themselves just before reaching the struggle stage.

Known Issues

The "i" button that opens up the selected Character's lore is removed. This information will be again available in a future update

Lore is still accessible through the Store, using the "Bio" subtab on Characters' wardrobes

Charles Lee Ray is sometimes invisible to some players POV.

Victor can sometimes not be crushed by pallets.

Due to the internal engine changes, update download size is bigger than usual, since the game needs to be re-downloaded.

Public Test Build (PTB) Adjustments

General Updates

Reverted the unhook interaction to being cancellable.

Killer Updates – The Twins

Reverted most of the changes that were on the PTB, except the quality of life changes listed above.

Add-Ons

Rusted Needle:

Crushing Victor when attached inflicts Hemorrhage until healed. (Reverted)

Sewer Sludge:

Increases time to crush Victor when attached by 2 seconds. (Reverted)

Silencing Cloth:

Charlotte gains Undetectable for 20 seconds after waking from her dormant state. (Reverted)

Weighty Rattle:

Crushing Victor when attached inflicts Broken for 20 seconds. (Reverted)

Iridescent Pendant:

Crushing Victor while he is dormant inflicts Exposed for 45 seconds. (Reverted)

Killer Updates – The Blight

Add-Ons

Summoning Stone:

Increases the initial Rush duration by 0.5 second. (was 1 second)

Soul Chemical:

Increases the initial Rush speed by 5%. (was 10%)

Perk Updates

Decisive Strike

```
Removed the new stabbing animation.
```

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue that caused Killers to bypass the Decisive Strike stun by immediately dropping Survivors.

Fixed an issue that caused the pallet break effects to play several times when pulling down a Dream Pallet.

Fixed an issue that caused Charles Lee Ray to be invisible during multiple interactions.

Fixed an issue that caused The Twin's Silencing Cloth Add-On not to grant undetectable when Victor is crushed stunned by any means.

Fixed an issue that caused a discrepancy between male and female Survivor running vault distances.

Fixed an issue that caused Survivors animation to stop playing during the Naughty Bear's Mori.

Fixed an issue that caused The Blight's legs to face the wrong direction when moving during the inject animation.

Fixed an issue that could cause a crash when quitting the game.

⁠Missing a healing skill check then cancelling the heal no longer causes the healing animation to loop indefinitely.

The Dead Hard perk no longer causes Survivors to A-Pose during the special animation run when activated.

The Dramaturgy Perk no longer causes Survivors to A-Pose during the high-knee run when activated.

Dead By Daylight Update Patch Notes 7.6.2 Apr 1

That’s all there is to the patch notes through June 19 for Dead by Daylight.

MultiVersus Update Patch Notes June 18

Posted on June 19, 2024 by Michelle Pereira

UPDATED June 19

1.04 Patch Notes June 18

Hello MVPs! This patch accompanies our change to grant players additional Battle Pass XP for daily missions and PvE Rifts completion. We are also planning a larger balance patch, targeting delivery in the near future. But for now, we are continuing to address feedback and hotfix issues as they arise.

After collecting a ton of data, we’re happy to share that our disconnect rates have been dramatically reduced on all platforms including XB1 and PS4.

With the patch that went out earlier today, we fixed an issue where the game was incorrectly treating a long loading screen as a network timeout. We believe this was causing the high disconnect rates on PS4 and XB1. We have been monitoring and believe the patch has dramatically lowered disconnect rates on PS4 and XB1. Please let us know if this has improved for you!

Thanks to everyone who reported this issue and provided additional data – keep your reports coming!

Below you will find our most recent adjustments for both the 1.03 and 1.04 hotfixes.

General

The previous hotfix (1.03) addressed an issue where the input buffer was longer than expected and led to unintentionally buffered inputs.

Characters

Legend:

+ = Buff

– = Nerf

~ = Change

* = Bugfix

Note: Attacks callouts reference default controls.

Banana Guard

Emotes

* Fixed an issue where certain emotes would remove attack recovery

Harley Quinn

Emotes

* Fixed an issue where certain emotes would remove attack recovery

Iron Giant

Ground Side Special

– Iron Giant can no longer jump while holding an enemy

– Iron Giant can no longer use his up special attack while holding an enemy

– Iron Giant can no longer walk off ledges while holding an enemy

Air/Ground Neutral Special

* Fixed an issue where Iron Giant could cancel hitstun if knocked back during this attack

Air/Ground Up Special

* Fixed an issue where Iron Giant could cancel hitstun if knocked back during this attack

Reindog

Ground Side Attack 1

```
– Jump branch window delayed 3 frames
```

Rick

Emotes

* Fixed an issue where certain emotes would remove attack recovery

Shaggy

Air Neutral Attack

~ Reverted from 1.01 Base Knockback decreased to 1300 from 1700

~ Reverted from 1.01 Knockback Scaling decreased to 13 from 14

~ Reverted from 1.01 Knockback Angle is more downwards

~ Reverted from 1.01 On-Hit cancel window faster by 10 frames

1.02 Patch Notes June 13

Hello MVPs! Thanks for your continued feedback on Discord, Reddit and the rest of our social channels! We’ve been paying close attention to all of your spirited discussions and are working hard to improve a number of high-priority issues with MultiVersus.

Our top priority for this patch is integrating additional fixes for Xbox performance issues and desyncing in matches. Following the update, please drop by our socials and let us know how you feel about the improvements that we’ve made.

In addition to performance changes, we’ve made several balancing updates to many character abilities, perks and more. You’ll be happy to know repairs to the Iron Giant have been completed and he’s out of the shop and ready for action.

Read on for the full breakdown of changes and don’t forget to tell us what you think after you’ve had a chance to play.

General

All characters now incur a 15-frame repeat-move lockout on their ground side attack combo. This will prevent individual fighters from alternating ground side attack and dodge to lock enemies in hitstun for extended periods of time.

Camera minimum distance in 1v1 has been increased

All available Profile Icons, Banners, Badges, Ringouts and Announcer Packs will appear in the Account Cosmetics section of the Fighters tab. Previously only some unowned cosmetics were shown.

General Bug Fixes

Addressed more issues impacting performance on Xbox Series X|S

Fixed 2 issues causing matches to Desync

Fixed an issue where parrying an attack would not always put the victim into parry stun

Perks

Air Walker

```
Now limited to one use per airtime
```

Fixed an issue where attempting to spawn a platform would not consume an air evade

Fixed an issue where LeBron could not spawn a platform when he did not have a basketball

Characters

Legend:

+ = Buff

– = Nerf

~ = Change

* = Bugfix

Note: Attacks callouts reference default controls.

Banana Guard

Ground Side Special

– Active hitbox window reduced 2 frames

Black Adam

Ground Side Attack 1

```
– Jump branch window delayed 6 frames
```

Ground Side Attack 2

```
– Jump branch window delayed 8 frames
```

Bugs Bunny

Ground Down Special

* Fixed an issue where Bugs could cancel hitstun by jumping in certain conditions

Garnet

Air/Ground Side Special (Cooldown)

```
~ Knockback angle made more vertical
```

Gizmo

Gizmo’s maneuverability and size make him incredibly difficult to pin down. His movement combined with his incredibly strong zoning game make it nearly impossible for some characters to ever get the edge against him. These changes should help bring Gizmo’s evasiveness more in line with the cast so it’s easier for other characters to get up close and punish.

Ground Side Attack 2

– Dodge branch window delayed 10 frames

– Prevents terrain bounce on knockback

Air/Ground Neutral Attack

– On-whiff branch window delayed 8 frames

– Cooldown is no longer refunded on successful fire arrow hit

Ground Side Special

```
– Car HP reduced to 8 from 10
```

– Car explosion hitbox size reduced 25%

– Car maximum overheat duration reduced to 1.25s from 2s

```
– Cooldown increased to 18s from 15s
```

Air Side Special

~ Now always transitions to umbrella float if attack whiffs

Harley Quinn

Harley’s slide and up attack were granting her very easy combos for very little risk. These changes should keep her combo game intact, while making slide and up attack feel less like “do everything” buttons.

Ground Up Attack

+ Base knockback increased to 1800 from 1663

– On-hit branch window delayed 10 frames

Ground Down Attack

– Start-up window before charge increased 4 frames. Start-up window after charge increased 2 frames.

~ Slide combos into follow-ups faster. Hitstun reduced significantly to compensate.

– Maximum movement from charge reduced 15%

~ Now ignores player collisions during movement

```
– Leg hurtbox size increased slightly
```

Iron Giant

Iron Giant play was dominated by his easy-to-input infinites and a few early-kill setups. We’re hoping that removing his most egregious setups will make him feel more like the rest of the cast, and we feel good about letting players play with him again.

Passive

– Rage meter gain from ally damage taken reduced to 60% of damage taken from 80%

– Rage meter gain from ally ringout reduced to 30% of total meter from 35%

– Defensive burst cooldown increased to 29s from 25s

~ Defensive burst knockback made more horizontal

```
– Defensive burst knockback reduced
```

Ground Down Attack

~ Knockback angle made more horizontal (incorrectly listed on previous patch)

Ground Side Special

* Fighters are now immediately released when Iron Giant performs an emote

* Fighters are now immediately released when Iron Giant leaves the ground

– Grab release knockback angle made more horizontal

```
– Grab release hitstun reduced
```
```
– Start-up window increased
```
```
+ Armor applied earlier
```

Rage Mode Ground Down Attack

– Now incurs a repeat-move lockout to prevent infinitely trapping enemies

Rage Mode Air/Ground Up Attack

```
Cooldown increased to 1.5s from 0.75s
```

Rage Mode Neutral Special

* Fixed an issue where Iron Giant was performing his non-rage neutral special while in rage mode

Jason

Ground Dash Attack

```
+ Now blocks projectiles
```

Morty

Air/Ground Neutral Attack

* Fixed an issue where firing a grenade lock-on projectile would trigger Morty’s snakes cooldown

Ground Side Attack

* Fixed an issue where Morty could not jump or dodge during his side attack combo

Reindog

Ground Side Attack 1

```
– Jump branch window delayed 6 frames
```

Shaggy

We have reverted the Shaggy Air Neutral Attack so that it can be canceled earlier on hit, but it did not get into this patch. This change will be coming in a patch in the very near future.

Ground Side Attack 2

– Jump branch window delayed 11 frames

Air/Ground Neutral Special

* Fixed an issue where Shaggy would float away while charging rage under certain conditions

Superman

Ground Side Attack 3

– Removed ability to jump or dodge during rapid-jab attack

Taz

Air Down Attack

```
+ Hitbox size increased
```

– Now incurs a repeat-move lockout to prevent infinitely trapping enemies

The Joker

We are aware of The Joker’s strength and are assessing ways to bring him more in line with the current cast of fighters. These balance changes will be introduced into an upcoming patch.

Air Side Special

– On-whiff branch window delayed 5 frames

Tom & Jerry

Ground Side Attack 2

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– Hitstun reduced slightly
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Ground Side Attack 3

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– Hitstun reduced slightly
```

Velma

We are aware of some early feel issues with Velma following the initial launch. These are the start of some planned adjustments we have for her, and we will have more to share in the coming weeks.

Ground Side Attack

+ More reliably combos from attack 2 to attack 3

Air/Ground Neutral Attack

+ Hitbox now better covers Velma’s arm and head

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~ Removed automatic targeting on ally
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Air Up Attack

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+ Increased movement control
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Air Down Attack

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+ Increased movement control
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Air/Ground Down Special

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+ Cooldown reduced to 80s from 120s
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Air Side Special

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+ Increased movement control
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Wonder Woman

We are aware of Wonder Woman’s strength and are assessing ways to bring her more in line with the current cast of fighters. These balance changes will be introduced into an upcoming patch.

Passive

– Bracer Meter now resets when Wonder Woman is rung out

1.01 Patch Notes June 6

We wanted to take a moment to thank you all for the helpful feedback on Reddit, Discord and our other social channels. We’re diligently consuming all of your suggestions and will be making a number of changes based on the info we’ve gathered following launch.

Before we dive into various fixes and improvements coming in this patch, we wanted to mention that Iron Giant has been taken back to the shop for maintenance and is not available to play with right now. We should have a status update by next week.

We’re also planning to address several highly requested changes soon, such as the additional performance improvements, end of game stats, options to turn off team colors, the ability to swap side and neutral attack, and the addition of adjustable input buffer settings. We’ll keep you posted on timing.

Let’s dive in and see what’s new in this patch.

General

Lowered Hit Pause on all Hits by 10% in 1v1 modes

Players can now try all Fighters in Training Mode, including Fighters they do not own

Battlepass XP will now be granted after each PvP Match in addition to Events and Missions.

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where players could not complete daily rewards in Rifts Mode

Fixed an issue that was impacting performance on Xbox Series X|S

Fixed an issue where beam visual effects were occasionally invisible on PlayStation consoles

Fixed an issue where certain keyboard configurations would cause phantom inputs in matches

Fixed an issue with pause input conflicts in Training

Characters

Legend:

+ = Buff

– = Nerf

~ = Change

* = Bugfix

Note: Attacks callouts reference default controls.

Arya

Dash Attack

~ Reduced input buffer window for follow-up attacks

Banana Guard

The goal of this change is to reduce the extreme kill power on Banana Guard’s side specials and bring it more in line with the damage of the rest of the cast.

Aerial Side Special

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– Reduced damage to 10 from 12
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Ground Side Special

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– Reduced damage to 12 from 14
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Bugs Bunny

Neutral Special

* Fixed an issue causing the Safe to hit repeatedly and rapidly in succession

Garnet

Down Special

* Fixed an issue where Garnet and an enemy could be frozen at the end of her Star Grab

Gizmo

Up Special

– Ally attach cooldown now begins when Gizmo detaches from his ally, instead of beginning when Gizmo attaches to his ally.

Iron Giant

The goal of these changes is to prevent Iron Giant from chaining certain sets of attacks infinitely. While these fixes address some of the issues on Iron Giant, it will require additional fixes to bring Iron Giant fully back online. Iron Giant will remain down for repairs until those fixes are implemented in a future patch.

Ground Down Attack

~ Knockback angle is now more horizontal

Aerial Neutral Attack

~ Final hit now always knocks away regardless of charge

Ground Side Attack

– Jab first hitbox is slightly smaller

Rage Mode Pilot Special

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~ Reduced strobing visual effects
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Rage Mode Up Special

– Reduced final hit damage to 5 from 6

Jake

Aerial/Ground Up Special

* Fixed some issues with game performance

Jason

Ground Down Special

* Fixed an issue where one player would disappear when Jason grabbed two players with the sleeping bag

LeBron

Basketball

– Basketball can now only hit one time per target

Marvin

Aerial/Ground Neutral Attack

* Fixed an issue where Marvin could ringout opponents instantly due to a Side Special projectile interaction with Neutral Attack

Reindog

Aerial Side Attack

~ Knockback Angle is now more horizontal

Aerial Up Attack

~ Knockback Angle is now more horizontal

Shaggy

The goal of this change is to not allow Neutral Air Attack to combo back into the Jab combo at all damage levels. There are feel issues introduced with this change that we will address in the next patch.

Aerial Neutral Air

~ Base Knockback increased to 1700 from 1300

~ Knockback Scaling increased to 14 from 13

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~ Knockback Angle is more horizontal
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~ On-Hit cancel window delayed by 10 frames

Steven

Aerial Up Attack

~ Sweet spot hitbox delayed 1 frame later to match when Steven has his hands clapped together

Aerial Down Attack

– On-Hit cancel window delayed by 3 frames

Stripe

Aerial Down Attack

+ More downward momentum is maintained on attack start-up

Taz

Aerial/Ground Side Special

+ Increased damage on non-cooldown tornado final hit to 8 from 7

Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman’s lasso was a bit too oppressive to play against without any limiter, so we decided to add a short cooldown to the ability.

Aerial/Ground Neutral Special

– Added an 8 second cooldown for lasso

Those are the patch notes on June 18 for MultiVersus.

XDefiant Preseason Update Patch Notes June 18

Posted on June 19, 2024 by Michelle Pereira

UPDATED June 19

XDefiant Y1S0.4 Patch Notes June 18

If you thought we wouldn't do another patch in Preseason, you thought wrong! Read more of what is changing in today's Y1S0.4 update.

Gameplay

Sped up the process of unlocking weapon attachments by lowering the amount of XP needed to level up your primary weapon, from 3,500 to 3,000, and your secondary weapon, from 1,500 to 1,000. This change is retroactive, meaning your existing weapon levels will likely be even higher now. Pause for polite applause.

To counterbalance this speedier access to performance-enhancing attachments--and provide a greater challenge to the community--Weapon Mastery level requirements have increased. However, any player who has already unlocked Bronze/Silver/Gold skins will get to keep them. We're not monsters.

Netcode

Improved how quickly your health reacts when being shot, which should reduce the feeling of being shot behind walls.

Weapons

Players wielding the MDR while strutting around in the Firestorm skin were experiencing an abnormal level of recoil, which has been reset to normal recoil. So strut away.

Factions

Restored the decorum of lying down when dead to players who previously remained on their feet after dying while under the influence of Libertad's Medico Supremo ultra.

Miscellaneous

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Additional crash fixes.
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XDefiant Y1S0.3 Patch Notes June 12

Read below for our Y1S0.3 Patch Notes!

Gameplay

Added aiming penalties for players who go to town on the jump/crouch buttons, aka the nuanced tactic of jump spamming, aka the maddening exploit of jump spamming. Opinions vary.

Players can now push the package in Escort mode with confidence that their legs won't detach from their torso and strand them, which was a thing that was happening.

Weapons

Various fine tuning for long-distance shooting, including slightly reduced walking speed when holding your breath while wielding scoped weapons, which makes sense when you think about it.

Revamped how snipers flinch when they're tagged by enemy fire, increasing the flinch and keeping it going through multiple hits.

Squared away a PC-specific issue where players couldn't set ADS on toggle after completing a match and changing gameplay input.

Social

Fixed an Xbox-specific issue where the Xbox button broke on the in-game Social menu after inviting a player from said console.

Fixed an issue that allowed blocked players to read your chat messages.

Tweaked the way ping is calculated in matchmaking so you'll have access to a wider group of players who share your ping characteristics.

Players were unable to join a nearly full game in progress despite being invited by someone already in the game, but good news: Now they can.

Fixed an issue where players could join a game in progress that didn't fit their meticulously customized controller and matchmaking settings.

Netcode

Libertad's medical skills were so potent, they were soaking up bandwidth. That's been fixed (the bandwidth issue, not the healing potency, which remains untouched).

Factions

Added additional fixes so that Echelon players turn invisible only when using the Digital Ghillie Suit rather than for their entire lives. They're supposed to be sneaky but c'mon.

Corrected how feats of Libertad battlefield medicine are highlighted at the end of each round for well-deserved peer-group recognition.

Devices

The camera used to shake when nearby explosives exploded whether the explosion caused player damage or not, but now the camera shakes only when the exploding explosive causes damage.

Maps

Tweaked the orientation of flags on the Liberty map.

Miscellaneous

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Crash fixes, various.
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Reduced the pop-up frequency of the "Banned for Toxicity" notification because you know who you are.

Fixed an issue preventing players from deploying abilities and devices after changing control input.

The Buzzkill Achievement wasn't unlocking but now it unlocks according to plan.

Previously cosmetic items were displayed as available in some places but not in the place where you could actually get them. That's fixed now.

XDefiant Y1S0.2 Patch Notes June 4

Read below for our Y1S0.2 Patch notes!

Social

While in a party, we now display the most restrictive Crossplay setting among the party members, as it applies to the whole party. Also fixed an issue where party members with differing Crossplay settings couldn't matchmake.

Fixed an issue with displaying incorrect player names on some Social screens.

Fixed a crash caused by spamming open/close View Party Invites, but who would even do that, calm down.

On consoles, Ubisoft Connect party invites could display as if they were coming from Xbox or PlayStation Network friends. Fixed that, along with some other weird invite-related things.

Miscellaneous

Fixed some missing terrain textures when players joined matches in progress on some maps.

Input-Based Matchmaking setting status now updates correctly after changing it on Xbox.

Fixed a thing on PS5 where people could sneak into places they shouldn't via PS5 Activities.

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Security improvements, various.
```

XDefiant Preseason Patch 1 Notes May 24

Game Modes

Sometimes players loading into the Practice Zone would spawn outside the world, in a hellscape, and now they (probably) will not.

Devices

Fixed an issue where if the player died during the device deployment animation, their next deployed device would drop at their feet rather than be thrown as intended.

Netcode

That issue where you'd get hitmarkers on an enemy as they killed you, but their health bar still appeared full to you? The health bar display was wrong - you did damage them. Should be fixed now.

Localization

Fixed an issue where end-of-match UI text would display with the wrong orientation in Arabic.

Miscellaneous

We've turned the Practice Zone back on but it's possible weird things could still happen.

Fixed an issue that was causing low framerates with some AMD GPUs.

Preseason Patch Notes May 20

Read below for our Preseason launch day patch notes!

Gameplay

FACTIONS

The Echelon faction is back. We fixed the issue with agents turning invisible in a bad way versus the good and intended way (using the Digital Ghillie Suit ability).

DedSec's Spiderbot ability has returned. Prepare your face for hugging.

DEVICES

Devices (aka grenades) are less likely to fall at your feet if used immediately after respawning, but it can still happen. We're working on it! Grenades are inherently risky.

Netcode

Occasionally after you died, you could still run around in the world for a few seconds. Now when you die you stay fully dead, as your opponent intended.

Reduced the range between the highest ping and lowest ping in matchmaking, so now you'll be grouped with players who have a more similar ping to your own.

Audio

Fixed an issue with killstreak VO lines playing at the beginning of every match and when you died, which was particularly insulting. Turn the announcer volume back up in the Settings menu (Dialogue Volume)!

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Audio improvements, many.
```

Social

Xbox Series X/S players now see their Xbox friends list as the primary friends list in game.

Fixed an Xbox-specific issue where if you suspended the game, then accessed the in-game Social menu and selected "Invite to Party" or "View Party Invites", Ubisoft Connect wouldn't open properly.

Fixed an issue on Xbox where if you got an error message while trying to join a full party, key UI elements would disappear.

Localization

On consoles, if you accessed the Ubisoft Connect overlay via the Social menu, the text wasn't localized for any non-English languages. It is now.

Miscellaneous

Fixed a crash that could occur when accessing the Loadout menu tab.

Updated the word list the Chat Language Filter uses.

Fixed issues with misaligned HUD elements on PlayStation 5.

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To report any bugs or see our current known issues, please check out our Bug Report

Those are the patch notes on June 18 for XDefiant.

Top 5 Products That Sponsored Every YouTuber for 3 Months Before Disappearing off the Face of the Earth

Posted on June 19, 2024 by Ridley Jordan

Much like life itself, YouTuber sponsorships are fleeting. Just blink once and you’ll miss it. When you least expect it, they have already moved on to whatever VPN or meal kit will pay the most. While they may want you to think that every sponsorship is a product that they personally use and matches their core values, it’s hard to believe that when every YouTuber is sponsored by the same product. There’s always a product that you’ve never heard of that appears out of nowhere to fund the content of every YouTuber you’ve ever watched and just as quickly as they appear, they dissolve into the night. So since nostalgia pays so well, let us take a trip down memory lane and go through our favorite products that you could not get away from for months, despite nobody you know actually owning one.

5. Manscaped

Up first we have the company that made your favorite YouTuber read off way too many cringey puns about pubic hair. You would think you accidentally clicked onto Home Depot’s website with how they confusingly name their products, with their flagship being “The Lawn Mower.” Though to be fair, an actual lawn mower would probably shave your balls just as well, if not better.

4. Loot Crate

Since everything is a subscription now, of course there is a subscription for gaming and pop culture merch. Lootcrate started when its founder, Wes Hartman, had an epiphany: “You know loot boxes? Everyone’s least favorite feature of every game? What if we did that in real life?” The company saw success until it filed for bankruptcy in 2019 after its subscribers ran out of space for more stuff.

3. Raycon

They are cheap earbuds for the price of premium earbuds. For a while, you’d be hard-pressed to find a single YouTube video that didn’t have a 2-minute insert of the YouTuber putting in their RayCons while explaining how much they love them more than any other earbuds. We were supposed to believe that these things were the cream of the crop despite looking like earbuds you’d see on the counter in the checkout line of a store that doesn’t even sell electronics. These kinds of earbuds are a dime a dozen now, so this isn’t really that unexpected.

Speaking of the unexpected…

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2. Air Up

Do you wish your water smelled like artificial flavor? Me neither, but for some reason now it can. Air Up is a water bottle that uses “scent-based flavor” to add flavor to plain water. Just add one of their scent pods onto the top of the bottle and supposedly your brain will be tricked into thinking you are drinking flavored water. There really is a market for anything. Shockingly there’s no “Hot Girl Bath Water” flavor which is very surprising given the demographic.

1. Established Titles

To finish off, we have somehow the only thing on this list that is an actual scam. This company’s business was selling titles to a 1 square foot plot of land in Scotland, since owning any amount of land in Scotland makes you a “lord” (according to them). This company made a killing off of tricking customers and the YouTubers they were paying for advertisements into thinking they were actually buying land when in reality it was not possible to sell such small plots of land in Scotland. All YouTubers who were advertising for this company cut ties after it was revealed that their customers were being misled, and their website now refers to these fake titles as gag gifts.

The funniest part is that they’re not even based in Scotland. They’re based in Hong Kong.

WWE News: Jey Uso talks wanting “no smoke” with Wyatt Sicks faction

Posted on June 19, 2024 by Jake Skudder

WWE News: Jey Uso recently discussed the ‘Wyatt Sicks’ faction that recently debuted and him wanting no part of their shenanigans.

Speaking to Cathy Kelley (via SEScoops) backstage, Uso said: “I don’t want no smoke with that (the Wyatt faction). I mean for all I care they can have the fireflies back you know what I’m saying?

WWE News: Jey Uso talks Wyatt Sicks Faction

“Cause I want no problem with them, but I mean, I’m very happy I did activate fireflies in the stands, shout out to my boy, still my boy, still gonna show my love to Bray Wyatt, but his family is here now that means I gotta go.

There’s a good chance that we’ll be seeing Uso feuding with the group at some point, but it looks like they have their sights set on the likes of Chad Gable first.

Hard Drive Does Pro Wrestling Stuff?

Yes, we cover pro wrestling news, including WWE, AEW, New Japan and sometimes the indies, so make sure that you keep checking back for everything you need to know about this great sport.

You can check out more of the content we have via our Minus World section (which also has real gaming news) and if you want to see more pro wrestling or combat sports you can check out my site FightFans!

Infection Free Zone Update Patch Notes June 19

Posted on June 19, 2024 by Michelle Pereira

UPDATED June 19

Bugfix Update #5 – Weather Optimization, Tower’s Fix, Scavengable Shotguns June 19

Greetings, Survivors!

For the past two weeks we have been busy fixing all the issues reported our way, after the last Major Update. The highest number of reports were related to the Weather Optimization and the Towers not dealing damage from time to time. We are happy to let you know, that the Weather has been optimized and that the issue with the Towers has been fixed. We hope that your experience with Infection Free Zone will be even better now!

Changelog

New changes

A missing Warehouse POI Filter option has been added,

Construction site terrain texture and debris generation have been updated,

Expanded Error Messages in the Bug Reporter have been added,

The Traditional Chinese font size in the Research panel has been increased,

The Emblem material and outline have been updated.

Bug Fixes

An issue with towers not dealing damage in some specific cases has been fixed,

An issue that caused the grown-up children not to have the proper adult stats (like movement speed) has been fixed,

The Snow and Rain VFX has been optimized to reduce the impact on the player's average FPS,

An issue that caused the shotguns not to appear during the scavenge has been fixed,

An issue with default emblems displaying incorrectly on older saves has been fixed,

An issue with the zone name displaying incorrectly as Testing_Zone on older saves has been fixed,

An issue with the zone name displaying a value from previous games in radio transmissions has been fixed,

An issue with errors appearing when clicking on a squad after an exchange has been fixed,

An issue with walls being locked from placing from certain directions has been fixed.

An issue that caused the game to crash/freeze upon exiting the game or entering the Main Menu after longer sessions of gameplay has been fixed,

An issue that caused errors upon entering the expedition has been fixed,

An issue that caused the infected dogs to spawn less often than intended has been fixed,

An issue that caused the workers to not correctly use the building entrances has been fixed,

An issue that caused the squad to get stuck in the loop of moving between the vehicle and the building has been fixed.

An issue with some locations spawning an excessive number of aircraft wrecks has been fixed,

An issue with cookhouses not working when being adapted from very small buildings has been fixed,

An issue with infected dogs not having the animation for burying underground has been fixed,

An issue that made it possible to place a greenhouse on a farm has been fixed,

A rare issue that resulted in workers still working in the building, even if they weren't assigned to it, has been fixed,

A number of stability changes have been introduced to reduce the number of crashes.

Indoor Movement

We see that some of you are wondering what we are working on at the moment. While some things are still in the early conceptual phase, today we would like to show you the Indoor Movement. This system is intended to solve some problems currently occurring. Among other things, it should help with the defense of very large buildings.

Don't worry, the issue with the building flashing white will be fixed in the future. This is just an early prototype of this feature. Still, we remain extremely excited about this change! Let us know what you think about Indoor Movement and all the recent changes in the comments. And what's most important - have fun, survivors!

Best regards,
Jutsu Games Team

Major Update #1 – Gear, Citizen Reproduction, Greenhouses, Tree Regrowth June 6

Greetings Survivors

We are super happy to let you know that a new Major Update is available on the Default branch of the game! At first, our initial focus after the launch was to solve as many bugs and stability issues as possible. After a few updates, we reached a point where the number of stability and bug reports decreased by 90%. Instead, numerous requests for new functionalities and content began to appear.

In this Major Update, we want to meet those expectations. We are adding several new systems and hope that they improve your overall experience with Infection Free Zone. Have fun!

New Features and Content

Gear System has been added to the game, including Sport Protector, Riot Gear and Plate Armor. Those will allow extra protection for your squad members.

Two new types of POI have been added - Museums and Sports Shops where you can find the Gear.

Emblem customization has been added. Now you can both change your zone's name and its emblem. It's also possible to upload custom images to the Infection Free Zone_Data\StreamingAssets\Emblem\Logo folder and use them as emblems in the game.

A tree regrowth system has been added. The trees will grow back by themself now.

Greenhouses have been added to the game. They cost 4 wood, 8 metal, and 1 tool to build, but are immune to negative modifiers from the weather.

The Citizen Reproduction System has been added. When specific conditions are met (enough food, available housing, proper mood level), children will appear in the Zone. Children consume 50% as much as adults, use the house/shelter living slots, and take 12 in-game days to grow up.

A resource discard feature has been added (right-click on the resource in your storage to discard the resources).

Additional entrances have been added to the buildings to improve the overall scavenging experience.

A new Megastorm and Supermoon music themes have been added.

The Citizen Housing logic has been reworked. The citizens will now get back to sleep at the closest shelter/house, which should help with running outposts.

The Building System has been improved to allow structures to be placed on gatherable objects. The workers will remove the gatherable object first and then proceed with the original task.

POI Filters have been added to the View Layers section. Players can now look for specific POIs like guns or gear on the map.

Heavy Rain animation for the Megastorm event has been added.

New shrub models have been added to the game.

Damaged structure models have been added to the game,

Snow particles and snow animation have been updated.

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Beijing Map has been updated.
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Mast visuals have been updated.
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It is now possible to select an empty production cycle in the Medbay building to keep on attending to the wounded in the beds but refrain from manufacturing unwanted first aid kits. The UI of this solution will receive an update in the future.

Balance changes

The day/night length has been increased by 20%.

Default Warehouse capacity has been increased by 20%.

The number of potential immigrants wandering around our Zone has been slightly increased.

The Globetrotter achievement logic has been updated.

Hordes will now attack the encountered farm crops. Farms won't get destroyed, but the production progress will go down.

Biome regions have been updated to fix issues with excessively low temperatures in some areas.

The Assault Rifle base damage has been decreased by around 50%, but the attack speed has been vastly increased. This should result in the weapon being very strong, but consuming significant amounts of ammo.

The Shotgun base damage has been increased by around 25%. The attack speed has been slightly decreased.

The Shotguns have been added to the pool of scavengable items in the game.

The maximum available angle when placing walls has been increased.

The maximum available camera zoom-in has been increased.

The camera angle change during zoom-in and zoom-out has been readjusted.

The density of trees has been increased.

Bug Fixes

An issue with tooltips displaying incorrect information for buildings that are unlocked by multiple technologies has been fixed.

An issue with hordes attacking structures resetting their position upon death of one of the infected has been fixed.

An issue with the military medbay storyline causing errors has been fixed.

An issue with non-infected NPC groups attacking Infected who were buried down has been fixed.

An issue that caused the Research Tree to not properly refresh all the available researches has been fixed.

An issue with errors happening with partially adapted buildings getting fully adapted has been fixed.

Issues that were caused by the Zone name not having a character limit have been fixed. Now the maximum character limit for the Zone name is 32 characters.

A number of other minor issues have been fixed.

We hope that you will enjoy all the recent changes. Have fun and let us know about your feedback in the comments! Would you like us to work further on the current systems? Or should we prioritize completely new functionalities? We're all ears!

Thank you for playing Infection Free Zone.

Best regards,
Jutsu Games Team

Major Rebalance and Bugfixes May 11

Greetings, Survivors!

We have a fresh update for you!
Version 0.24.5.10 14 BETA is now available for everyone, check it out!

New Features:

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Beijing added to recommended cities
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New events for you to encounter
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Bandits will now target the structures and will have a slight chance to wound the people inside before building HP drops to 0

Hordes hiding underground during the day cannot be targetted now

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Zone Name customization enabled
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Swarms rebalanced and less random
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New night music track added
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Low disk space warnings added - low disk space and memory cause a lot of errors

Multiple autosave are disabled when disk space runs low

Workers optimized - fps should drop less with hundreds of workers.

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Barns can be deadapted now
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CheatsEnabled tracking - we know when cheats were used now and we ignore most of the bugs made with cheats.

Savegames changed to allow future trees regrowing (soon to be added)

Visual tweaks:

Trees are more green to avoid blending with grass

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Snow and rain upgraded
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Temples now have a custom visual style
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Many new graphics added to story events
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Bugs fixed:

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Shotguns rebalanced
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Fixed repair cost for partially adapted buildings

Squad do not return to a vehicle taken by another squad

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Hordes spawning on water fixed
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Randomly destroyed buildings on reloads
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Workers stuck between structures - now they can ignore them to return

Globetrotter achievement fixed (hopefully). This one will be split into multiple achievements soon

POIs are limited to max 200 biggest of each type on overloaded maps for performance reasons

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Load of minor bugs fixed
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Known Major Bugs – we are working on them!

Some tooltip translations are missing - we will add them soon

Crashes on low memory - make sure your RAM and VRAM are free while playing

Windows Account permissions might cause downloading and saving errors

Faster Updates – join Open Beta

If you wish, you can access faster updates by switching to OPEN_BETA in the Steam game setting.
Any error on Open Beta will cause Bug Reporter to appear - please use it, as this greatly helps us to track bugs.

Coming Next

The whole team works tirelessly to develop new features now, focusing on trees regrowth, citizen reproduction, new squad equipment and skills
Join the DISCORD to learn more, post your votes and suggestions!

Thank you for playing Infection Free Zone!

Best regards,
Jutsu Games Team

Bugfix Update #4 – Corrupted Saves, Stuck Workers, Faster Scavenging Speed April 19

Greetings, Survivors!

We are super happy to let you know that the new build is now available on the Default branch! In this build, we are fixing a huge set of biggest issues, that were recently reported to us. Tackling the corrupted saves was our highest priority and we are really glad that we have been able to remove the two most common causes behind them.

Of course, we keep tracking all the data and the reports that are coming from you. Your help in this regard is invaluable. Thank you for your incredible support! We hope that you will have even more fun with Infection Free Zone now after the stability of the game has been improved.

Changelog

Critical Issues

An issue with disappearing buildings which were potentially causing corrupted saves has been fixed,

An issue with tiles full of water which were potentially causing corrupted saves has been fixed,

An issue with crashes occurring after screen resolution change has been fixed,

An issue with crashes occurring after encountering new events has been fixed,

An issue with workers getting stuck in buildings and not finishing adaptation has been fixed.

Other Issues

An issue that allowed changing time speed with the opened research panel has been fixed,

An issue that displayed an incorrect squad count has been fixed,

An issue with small buildings' deconstruction time being longer than expected has been fixed.

OSM-generated walls that were overlapping roads are now removed to ensure that entrances to certain locations are accessible,

An issue with navigation after deconstruction has been fixed,

Issues with camera after zoom-in and zoom-out during map loading have been fixed,

An issue with the military refueling from the player-controlled HQ has been fixed,

An issue with the clock image showing an inappropriate season has been fixed.

Added to the game

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A new POI Color scheme has been added,
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An ability to zoom out to the Map Expedition View during HQ Selection has been added,

We have added the map data to the set of data that is being sent to us from Bug Reports. It should help us a lot with the analysis of the issues you report to us.

Balance changes

The squad's scavenging speed has been increased by 30%,

The swarm spawning mechanic has been rebalanced. The first swarm won't be coming to the player on day 7/8 by default but will start spawning after the player reaches a certain Zone size.

The farm building cost has been changed from 4 wood/2 tool to 4 wood/1 tool,

Feel free to share your feedback with us regarding this newest update! Let us know how you feel about the recent changes and if you want to discuss them with other players, join our Discord Server!

Best regards,
Jutsu Games Team

Bugfix Update #3 – No Story Mode, Balance, Metal Towers fix April 15

Greetings, Survivors!

Thank you for playing Infection Free Zone! We are introducing a number of changes based on your feedback to improve the game. Today we are releasing a new update to the Default branch. We have heard your feedback about the transmissions interrupting the gameplay too much, and for those of you, who want to focus on pure gameplay, we are introducing the No Story Mode.

Changelog:

No Story Mode has been added to the game - you can play the game without transmissions interrupting your gameplay now,

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New Van cars have been added,
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Vehicle repair time has been unified,
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Vehicle movement logic and the way they turn back have been updated,

The damage of the hordes in the water has been reduced by 50%,

The building adaptation and repair time has been decreased by 50%,

An issue with workers getting stuck in metal towers has been fixed,

An issue with weather becoming wrongly calculated after longer sessions of gameplay has been fixed,

An issue with Raiders going through the walls has been fixed,

An issue with the Tank Truck moving faster than intended has been fixed,

An issue with an error appearing after finishing deconstruction has been fixed.

Our current focus:

The biggest issue that we are currently aware of is the save files going corrupted after longer sessions of gameplay. We are extremely thankful for the huge number of Bug Reports with this issue, as it will make it easier for us to analyze them and find the source of this problem.

Water - we are working on changing the Hordes' pathing prioritization to discourage them from moving through the water and encourage them to move through the nearby roads more.

Other than that, we track all the reviews and feedback to decide on the other changes that should come to the game first. Dealing with bug fixes and performance is of the highest importance for us right now. Thank you for playing Infection Free Zone. We appreciate such a huge interest, even though we just released the game in Early Access.

Best regards,
Jutsu Games Team

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

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construction costs are lowered
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constructions and deconstructions are now faster

deconstructions give more wood and metal

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more types of riders groups added
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fewer buildings are required to start the game in some regions

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Some achievements are easier to achieve
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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

Bugfix Update – 12.04.2024 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,

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New POI icons have been added,
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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 – Minor Update 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,

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Unit pathing has been updated,
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Several optimization changes for bigger numbers of hordes and workers have been introduced,

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Number of new SFX have been added,
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"Highlight playable tiles" option has been added to the Tile Selector,

New military events have been added, while previous military events have been updated,

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New side events have been added,
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Several new tooltips have been added,
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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

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Settings Menu has been updated,
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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

Those are the patch notes up through June 19 for Infection Free Zone.