Sea Of Thieves PS5 Is There Crossplay And Cross-Progression

Posted on by Michelle Pereira

Sea of Thieves finally arrives on PlayStation 5 this month, and more details have emerged explaining how the game handles cross-platform play and cross-progression. Having an account with Microsoft is a basic requirement, but this enables multi-platform functionality.

UPDATED April 30

 

Sea Of Thieves PS5 Release Date And Time

 

Sea Of Thieves PS5: Is There Crossplay?

Crossplay, or cross-platform play, is simply the ability for a player on one platform to matchmake and play with players on an entirely different platform. Sea of Thieves has confirmed that cross-play is supported on launch, allowing for a cohesive playerbase spread across PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.

 

Sea Of Thieves PS5: Can Crossplay Be Disabled?

Yes, there are PlayStation-only Sea of Thieves servers: crossplay can be disabled entirely on PS5, allowing players to game exclusively with their fellow PlayStation users.

 

Sea Of Thieves PS5: Is There Controller-Only Crossplay?

Crossplay on Sea of Thieves PS5 and other platforms can also be restricted based on input method, either controller, or mouse and keyboard. This allows console gamers with controllers to play exclusively with each other, regardless of whether they’re on Xbox or PlayStation 5. This functionality should also filter out any players using officially sanctioned mice and keyboards on their consoles.

The DualSense controller gets tailored support for haptics, adaptive triggers, as well as the built-in mic and speaker.

 

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Sea Of Thieves PS5: Is There Cross-Progression?

Cross-progression is the ability for a player to continue their game from exactly where they’ve progressed, regardless of platform. Sea of Thieves fully supports cross-progression on PS5, by linking PlayStation and Microsoft accounts. Previously created characters can be shared across PlayStation, Xbox, and PC. Progress that will be shared includes:

  • Commendations
  • Cosmetics (with the exception of a handful of platform exclusives)
  • Twitch Drops
  • Gold
  • Doubloons
  • Ancient Coins

The platform exclusivity of certain cosmetics and items goes both ways: the PS5 pre-order and Closed Beta bonuses cannot be accessed on Xbox or PC, though they are fully visible by all players.

Finally, most completed Achievements, whether on Xbox or Steam, will automatically unlock their corresponding Trophies on PS5, as soon as players login for the first time. Certain other unspecified Trophies may need to be replayed for them to count correctly.

 

Sea Of Thieves PS5 Pre-Order Edition Buying Guide

 

That’s everything on cross-platform play and cross-platform progression in Sea of Thieves for PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Steam PC.

Sea Of Thieves PS5 Pre-Order Edition Buying Guide

Posted on by Michelle Pereira

Sea of Thieves will release on PlayStation 5 in April, and has three editions to choose from. But what’s the difference between them, and do you really need the most expensive edition? Learn more in this buyer’s comparison guide for Sea of Thieves on the PS5.

UPDATED April 30

 

Sea Of Thieves PS5 Pre-Order Editions

Sea Of Thieves PlayStation 5
Sea Of Thieves PlayStation 5

There are three editions of Sea of Thieves for sale on the PlayStation Store:

https://store.playstation.com/en-in/concept/10008884/

  • Sea of Thieves

  • Sea of Thieves: Deluxe Edition

  • Sea of Thieves: Premium Edition

 

 

While all editions are the most up to date compilations of the game, including every single free content update released over the years, there are some differences based on extras and cosmetics bundled in. Let’s take a look at each in-depth, to see exactly what goodies are thrown in there.

 

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Sea Of Thieves Standard Edition PS5 Pre-Order

Sea Of Thieves DLC Bonuses
Sea Of Thieves DLC Bonuses

The base pre-order edition of Sea of Thieves on PlayStation 5 includes the game itself, closed beta access, and pre-order bonuses.

Additional goodies include the soundtrack, an audiobook, and an eBook.

  • Sea of Thieves full base game
  • Closed Beta access in early to mid-April on PlayStation-exclusive servers pre-order bonus
    • Dauntless Adventurer Title participation bonus
    • Dauntless Adventurer Sails participation bonus
  • Sea of Thieves Original Soundtrack – 2024 Edition
  • Sea of Thieves: Athena’s Fortune audiobook
  • The Rough Guide to Sea of Thieves eBook
  • Ruby Viper Weapon Set pre-order bonus
    • Ruby Viper Cutlass
    • Ruby Viper Pistol
    • Ruby Viper Blunderbuss
    • Ruby Viper Eye of Reach
  • Scarlet Storm Parakeet pet pre-order bonus
    • Parakeet Kraken pet Outfit
    • Parakeet Sea Dog pet Outfit

 

Sea Of Thieves PS5 Release Date And Time

 

Sea Of Thieves: Deluxe Edition PS5 Pre-Order

Sea Of Thieves Deluxe Edition
Sea Of Thieves Deluxe Edition

The Deluxe pre-order edition of Sea of Thieves on PlayStation 5 includes the game itself, closed beta access, and pre-order bonuses in the form of a weapon and a pet, in addition to more exclusive cosmetics, and 10,000 in-game gold for even more swag.

Additional goodies include the soundtrack, an audiobook, and an eBook.

  • Sea of Thieves full base game
  • Closed Beta access in early to mid-April on PlayStation-exclusive servers pre-order bonus
    • Dauntless Adventurer Title participation bonus
    • Dauntless Adventurer Sails participation bonus
  • Collector’s Thunderous Fury ship items
    • Collector’s Thunderous Fury Figurehead
    • Collector’s Thunderous Fury Sails
  • Shrouded Ghost Hunter Blunderbuss
  • 10,000 Gold
  • Ocean Crawler Set
    • Ocean Crawler Cutlass
    • Ocean Crawler Pistol
    • Ocean Crawler Shovel
    • Ocean Crawler Hat
    • Ocean Crawler Jacket
    • Ocean Crawler Dress
    • Ocean Crawler Trousers
    • Ocean Crawler Hook
  • Sea of Thieves Original Soundtrack – 2024 Edition
  • Sea of Thieves: Athena’s Fortune audiobook
  • The Rough Guide to Sea of Thieves eBook
  • Ruby Viper Weapon Set pre-order bonus
    • Ruby Viper Cutlass
    • Ruby Viper Pistol
    • Ruby Viper Blunderbuss
    • Ruby Viper Eye of Reach
  • Scarlet Storm Parakeet pet pre-order bonus
    • Parakeet Kraken pet Outfit
    • Parakeet Sea Dog pet Outfit

 

https://hard-drive.net/guides/sea-of-thieves-is-it-on-playstation-4/

 

Sea Of Thieves: Premium Edition PS5 Pre-Order

Sea Of Thieves Deluxe Edition

The massive Premium pre-order edition of Sea of Thieves on PlayStation 5 includes the game itself, closed beta access, and pre-order bonuses in the form of a weapon and a pet, in addition to even more exclusive cosmetics, 10,000 in-game gold for even more swag, the Season 12 Plunder Pass, and early access to the full game ahead of its actual launch date at the end of April.

Additional goodies include the soundtrack, an audiobook, and an eBook.

  • Sea of Thieves full base game
  • Closed Beta access in early to mid-April on PlayStation-exclusive servers pre-order bonus
    • Dauntless Adventurer Title participation bonus
    • Dauntless Adventurer Sails participation bonus
  • Early Access to the full game starting on 25 April 2024
  • Season 12 Plunder Pass
  • Collector’s Thunderous Fury ship items
    • Collector’s Thunderous Fury Figurehead
    • Collector’s Thunderous Fury Sails
    • Collector’s Dark Warsmith Figurehead
    • Collector’s Dark Warsmith Sails
    • Collector’s Dark Warsmith Hull
    • Collector’s Dark Warsmith Flag
    • Collector’s Dark Warsmith Wheel
    • Collector’s Dark Warsmith Capstan
    • Collector’s Dark Warsmith Cannons
    • Collector’s Dark Warsmith Cannon Flare
  • Dark Warsmith Costume
  • Diabolical Dog pet
  • Shrouded Ghost Hunter Blunderbuss
  • 10,000 Gold
  • Ocean Crawler Set
    • Ocean Crawler Cutlass
    • Ocean Crawler Pistol
    • Ocean Crawler Shovel
    • Ocean Crawler Hat
    • Ocean Crawler Jacket
    • Ocean Crawler Dress
    • Ocean Crawler Trousers
    • Ocean Crawler Hook
  • Sea of Thieves Original Soundtrack – 2024 Edition
  • Sea of Thieves: Athena’s Fortune audiobook
  • The Rough Guide to Sea of Thieves eBook
  • Ruby Viper Weapon Set pre-order bonus
    • Ruby Viper Cutlass
    • Ruby Viper Pistol
    • Ruby Viper Blunderbuss
    • Ruby Viper Eye of Reach
  • Scarlet Storm Parakeet pet pre-order bonus
    • Parakeet Kraken pet Outfit
    • Parakeet Sea Dog pet Outfit

 

https://hard-drive.net/guides/sea-of-thieves-is-it-on-switch/

 

That’s everything there is to know about the three Sea of Thieves pre-order editions for PlayStation 5.

Sea Of Thieves PS5 Release Date And Time

Posted on by Michelle Pereira

Six long years after its initial release, Sea of Thieves is finally coming to a Sony platform, specifically the PlayStation 5. The multiplayer masterpiece from developer Rare has been exclusive to publisher Microsoft’s Xbox console family, and PC ever since its release in 2018. That ends with the upcoming release date for the game on a Sony console in April.

UPDATED April 30

 

 

Sea Of Thieves PS5 Release Date And Time

Sea Of Thieves PlayStation 5
Sea Of Thieves PlayStation 5

Sea of Thieves has been given a release date of April 30, 2024 for PlayStation 5. That would make it six years, and forty odd days since its release on the last generation Xbox One console, and Windows PC.

The exact time hasn’t been confirmed yet, but it could well be a global midnight release, wherein each timezone sees the game unlock when the clock strikes midnight. Watch this space for more.

Sea of Thieves will unlock concurrently globally, at 9 AM GMT/UTC. Here are localized times for major regions:

2 AM Pacific Time (PT) April 30

3 AM Mountain Time (MT) April 30

4 AM Central Time (CT) April 30

5 AM Eastern Time (ET) April 30

9 AM Universal Coordinated Time (UTC)/Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) April 30

10 AM British Summer Time (BST) April 30

11 AM Central European Summer Time (CEST) April 30

2:30 PM Indian Standard Time (IST) April 30

5 PM Singapore/Taiwan/Hong Kong Time April 30

6 PM South Korea Standard Time (KST) April 30

6 PM Japan Standard Time (JST) April 30

7 PM Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) April 30

9 PM New Zealand Standard Time (NZST) April 30

 

Pre-ordering and wishlisting have been open since February 22, the day after the initial announcement was made.

Here’s the direct link to the US PlayStation Store, which should automatically re-direct you if you are in another region:

https://store.playstation.com/en-us/concept/10008884/

 

Sea Of Thieves PS5 Pre-Order Edition Buying Guide

 

Preloading opens up for PS5 players without Early Access on April 28 at 9 AM GMT/UTC. An additional, small download will be required on April 30 when Sea of Thieves goes live for PS5.

We will update this piece with the exact time you can preload and play the game, when those announcements are made.

 

Sea Of Thieves PS4 Release Date And Time

Sea Of Thieves Spirits
Sea Of Thieves Spirits

Sadly, PlayStation 4 players are being excluded from this Rare celebration, as no plans have been announced to release the game on last generation Sony hardware. This is puzzling, no doubt, since Sea of Thieves was released on the Xbox One, which was the generational counterpart of the PS4, and ran quite well on the aging hardware.

Sea of Thieves itself is not a very graphically demanding game, with a cartoonish art style, and a poly count that’s certainly lower than most photorealistic games already on PS4.

 

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Sea Of Thieves PS5 Developer Milestone

Sea Of Thieves Glowy
Sea Of Thieves Glowy

The release of Sea of Thieves on PlayStation 5 is also a milestone of sorts for long-running developer Rare, as it will be the first game from the studio to ever make it onto a Sony console.

Going by Rare’s ludography, the studio has been around since 1986, and has released games on many major and minor consoles, but never a PlayStation, across hardware generations. Sea of Thieves is certainly a great game to mark the occasion, but here’s hoping that more of Rare’s back catalog, as well as its future endeavors, make it to present and future PlayStations.

 

Sea Of Thieves PS5 Is There Crossplay And Cross-Progression

 

Here’s looking forward to a smooth release and gaming experience for all the PlayStation gamers out there!

Sea Of Thieves PS5 Closed Beta Date, Time, And How To Join

Posted on by Michelle Pereira

The full release of Sea of Thieves on PS5 is just a few weeks away now, but the Closed Beta test is much nearer! Find out everything there is to know about accessing the Sea of Thieves Closed Beta on PlayStation 5, including start and end dates and times.

UPDATED April 30

 

Sea Of Thieves PS5 Closed Beta Start Date And Time

The Sea Of Thieves PlayStation 5 Closed Beta is slated to begin on April 12, 2024.

Since developer Rare is located in England, the expected start time is 12 PM or noon BST, which is 11 AM GMT/UTC, and is in keeping with the start time of the previous beta test. However, this has not been confirmed. This page will be updated when an official announcement is made confirming the start time.

The servers will unlock concurrently globally, at 9 AM GMT/UTC. Here are localized times for major regions:

2 AM Pacific Time (PT) April 12

3 AM Mountain Time (MT) April 12

4 AM Central Time (CT) April 12

5 AM Eastern Time (ET) April 12

9 AM Universal Coordinated Time (UTC)/Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) April 12

10 AM British Summer Time (BST) April 12

11 AM Central European Summer Time (CEST) April 12

2:30 PM Indian Standard Time (IST) April 12

5 PM Singapore/Taiwan/Hong Kong Time April 12

6 PM South Korea Standard Time (KST) April 12

6 PM Japan Standard Time (JST) April 12

 

Sea Of Thieves PS5 Release Date And Time

 

Sea Of Thieves PS5 Closed Beta End Date And Time

The Sea Of Thieves PlayStation 5 Closed Beta is slated to end on April 15, 2024.

The previous beta ended at 8 AM BST, which is 7 AM GMT/UTC, but we’re still waiting on confirmation of this as well. Watch this space for updates.

The servers will shut down concurrently globally, at 9 AM GMT/UTC. Here are localized times for major regions:

2 AM Pacific Time (PT) April 15

3 AM Mountain Time (MT) April 15

4 AM Central Time (CT) April 15

5 AM Eastern Time (ET) April 15

9 AM Universal Coordinated Time (UTC)/Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) April 15

10 AM British Summer Time (BST) April 15

11 AM Central European Summer Time (CEST) April 15

2:30 PM Indian Standard Time (IST) April 15

5 PM Singapore/Taiwan/Hong Kong Time April 15

6 PM South Korea Standard Time (KST) April 15

6 PM Japan Standard Time (JST) April 15

 

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Sea Of Thieves PS5: How To Join The Closed Beta?

Closed Beta Access is exclusively available to players that pre-order ANY of the Sea of Thieves editions for PlayStation 5 on the PlayStation Store:

https://store.playstation.com/en-in/concept/10008884/

 

For a complete breakdown on the contents of each edition check out our guide:

 

Sea Of Thieves PS5 Pre-Order Edition Buying Guide

 

Sea Of Thieves PS5 Closed Beta: Is There Crossplay?

Crossplay will not be available during the Sea Of Thieves PlayStation 5 Closed Beta. This is so that novice PlayStation pirates can have a pleasant learning environment, rather than going up against seasoned sea lords with years of experience under their peg leg.

 

Sea Of Thieves PS5 Closed Beta Participation Bonus

Any player that simply logs-in to the Closed Beta on PlayStation 5 during its duration will automatically earn the following cosmetic items to their account:

  • Dauntless Adventurer Title
  • Dauntless Adventurer Sails

This will then carry over onto the full game as part of your cosmetics collection to show off your early bird status.

A bonus ten levels of Renown towards Season 12 progression will also be awarded, but it is unknown what the play requirements are for that, if any.

 

Sea Of Thieves PS5: Will Closed Beta Progress Carryover?

It’s unknown whether Sea Of Thieves PlayStation 5 Closed Beta progression will carryover to the full game, but it is very unlikely. 

Yes, Closed Beta progress does carryover to the full game on launch. The beta runs during Season 11, and all rewards earned during this time will be retained, including:

  • Renown
  • Currency
  • Cosmetics
  • A participation bonus of an additional 10 levels of Renown towards Season 12

Trophy unlocks will be disabled, but not their required progression, which will be tracked and carried over only when Sea of Thieves officially launches on PS5.

 

Sea Of Thieves PS5 Open Beta Date

No announcements have been made with regards to an Open Beta test for Sea of Thieves on PlayStation 5. It’s not outside the realm of possibility though, since there is an interval of about ten days between the end of the Closed Beta and the start of the Sea of Thieves Early Access period on PS5.

 

Sea Of Thieves PS5 Is There Crossplay And Cross-Progression

 

That’s everything about the Closed Beta test for Sea of Thieves on PlayStation 5.

Success of Fallout Series Prompts Amazon to Develop Its Own Nuclear Weapons

Posted on by Caleb Cioffi

CULVER CITY, Calif. — Amazon has reportedly begun production on its own line of nuclear weapons following the success of its Fallout series, according to sources already in underground bunkers.

“We have a culture that allows the best ideas to rise to the top,” explained Kenneth Hanson, Head of Amazon’s new Nuclear Division. “So many people are excitedly replaying the Fallout games because of our show, we figured that we could use the hype and show viewers how close we could get to a Fallout wasteland in real life. We’ve made some headways on developing an actual ‘Fat Man’! We even have a growing waitlist of Prime members who have pre-ordered Amazon’s new tactical nuclear catapult.”

Many Prime members say they are eagerly awaiting the new line of “Amazon Basics” weapons so that they can finally live out their dreams of traversing the radioactive wasteland of America.

“I’m so excited! I’ve been playing Fallout since Fallout 3 came out. I always loved that you could get a weapon that would level an entire town full of people. Now I can try it out in real life! While I wait for my new Fat Man Nuke Launcher, I’ll be wearing my Vault 33 vault suit (shout out to Prime’s two day shipping!) and collecting all the bottle caps I can!” said Prime member vaultboy101.

Another Prime member, dpeters1968, praised the simplicity of joining the waitlist and ordering their own nuclear weapons.

“I saved 15% by buying one every month on a subscription plan,” dpeters1968 said. “I did splurge a bit and also ordered the world class nuclear physicists to come and assemble it for me. Totally white glove.”

Not all members on the waitlist were excitedly awaiting their Prime orders, though.

“I can’t believe this is allowed. Who let them do this? Why can Amazon just make these? I mean, I’m buying one because they’re cool as hell but like I’m not happy about it!” commented Prime member savethebees221.

At press time, Amazon executives could not be reached for comment from their various undisclosed underground vaults. Sources fear they have already been cryogenically frozen with 1% of the American population.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Update Patch Notes April 30

Posted on by Michelle Pereira

 

UPDATED April 30

 

 

Patch Notes – April 30th, 2024

 

Here are the Patch Notes for April 30th, 2024.

The following notes are for our upcoming, April 30th, 2024 patch. It is scheduled to begin rolling out on console and PC at roughly 8AM EDT.
Players will be able to purchase the Sissy Wildflower Outfit for $2.99 USD.

For players who have reached Level 99, we have our free Blackout Cosmetics releasing this day, as well. The Level 99 Blackout Cosmetic is an all black version of a characters base outfit with two exceptions, Virginia and Leatherface. Virginia will receive a Blackout Cosmetic in the future. Leatherface will not have an outfit; instead, he will have an all black chainsaw called Oil Slick. Players can expect future Leatherface cosmetics to be similar to that of Nicotero Leatherface. While the whole Family is the focus of our game, Leatherface is the figurehead and the face of the franchise. From the mask to the apron and every stitch between, his cosmetics should reflect that icon status, without altering the elements that make up the whole.
If you're already at level 99, the Blackout cosmetics will be automatically unlocked for you after the update. Thank you for spending so much time in Muerto County with us!

The patch will address the following issues:

 

PATCH NOTES

 

Tuned: ‘Fired Up’ Perk

  • We have tuned the ‘Fired Up’ perk accordingly
    • - Level 1 - After running out of stamina, there’s a 25% less delay before stamina starts regenerating again
    • - Level 2 - After running out of stamina, there’s a 50% less delay before stamina starts regenerating again
    • - Level 3 - After running out of stamina, there’s a 75% less delay before stamina starts regenerating again

 

Tuned: ‘Scout’ Perk

  • We have tuned the ‘Scout’ perk accordingly
    • - The perk ‘Scout’ now affects stamina regeneration rate as opposed to melee damage
    • - Level 1 - Your movement speed is increased by 5%, but stamina regeneration rate is 20% slower
    • - Level 2 - Your movement speed is increased by 10%, but stamina regeneration rate is 15% slower
    • - Level 3 - Your movement speed is increased by 15%, but stamina regeneration rate is 10% slower

 

Tuned: ‘Extra Drip’ Perk

  • We have tuned the ‘Extra Drip’ perk accordingly
    • - Level 1 - After using a health item, you will continue to receive 1 HP for 8 seconds
    • - Level 2 - After using a health item, you will continue to receive 2 HP for 10 seconds
    • - Level 3 - After using a health item, you will continue to receive 3 HP for 12 seconds

 

Tuned: ‘Empowered’ Perk

  • We have tuned the ‘Empowered’ perk accordingly
    • - The perk ‘Empowered’ will no longer award health points after surviving a close encounter
    • - Level 1 - After surviving a close encounter, you regain 50% of max stamina
    • - Level 2 - After surviving a close encounter, you regain 70% of max stamina
    • - Level 3 - After surviving a close encounter, you regain 90% of max stamina

 

Tuned: ‘Grappler’ Perk

  • We have tuned the ‘Grappler’ perk accordingly
    • - Level 1 - Each button tap during a close encounter is worth more towards winning the struggle. Button taps are 10% more effective
    • - Level 2 - Each button tap during a close encounter is worth more towards winning the struggle. Button taps are 20% more effective
    • - Level 3 - Each button tap during a close encounter is worth more towards winning the struggle. Button taps are 30% more effective

 

Tuned: ‘Fast Hands’ Perk

  • We have tuned the ‘Fast Hands’ perk accordingly
    • - Level 1 - If a Family member is within 10 meters, 25% more progress is awarded for each tap in the lockpicking minigame
    • - Level 2 - If a Family member is within 10 meters, 50% more progress is awarded for each tap in the lockpicking minigame
    • - Level 3 - If a Family member is within 10 meters, 75% more progress is awarded for each tap in the lockpicking minigame

 

Fixed: ‘Fast Hands’ Perk Functionality

  • We have fixed an issue where players with ‘Fast Hands’ equipped were being awarded additional progress during the lockpicking minigame, regardless of Family Member proximity
  • ‘Fast Hands’ will now properly trigger only when a Family Member is within 10 meters

 

Fixed: ‘Rescue Medic’ Perk

  • We’ve fixed the issue where the perk ‘Rescue Medic’ would not proc when Virginia uses Boon with Level 3 “Powder Cloud heals Victims 3 points per second while inside cloud” equipped on her ability tree (this is her middle route).
    • - ‘Rescue Medic’ is described as, “healing others adds 50%/70%/100% more health to your target, while simultaneously healing you a random amount.”
  • Now, ‘Rescue Medic’ works in tandem with her Boon ability at Level 3

 

Fixed: ‘Medical Benefits’ Perk

  • Similar to the issue described above, we’ve fixed the problem where the perk ‘Medical Benefits’ would not trigger with Virginia’s Level 3 Boon
  • ‘Medical Benefits’ is described as, “Healing a fellow Victim also heals yourself. The amount of health received will be 40%/60%/80% of total healing applied to your teammate.”

 

Fixed: ‘Rough Cut’ Perk

  • We have fixed an issue where Leatherface’s perk ‘Rough Cut’ was not activating properly all the time
  • The perk will now activate properly for all chainsaw attack types

 

Fixed: ‘Headstart’ Perk

  • We have fixed an issue where Danny’s perk ‘Headstart’ was incorrectly highlighting fuses and valves for all Victims.
  • Now when active, fuse and valve highlights will only be visible to the perk holder

 

Fixed: ‘Security Pins’ and Cook’s Locks

  • We have fixed the issue where the perk ‘Security Pins’ would not apply to Cook’s locks when another Family member would interact with it (unlocking/locking it)
  • ‘Security Pins’ works as follows: added locks are 10%/30%/50% harder to unlock for Victims.

 

Fixed: Cook Padlock Visibility on Slaughterhouse

  • We have fixed an issue where a padlock placed on the Slaughterhouse metal door was not always visible to Cook when using his Family Focus Ability

 

Fixed: Bone Scraps and Nugget

  • We fixed a bug that would let a Victim keep their bone scrap when stabbing Nugget

Now, when stabbing Nugget, the bone scrap will be consumed

 

Fixed: Virginia’s Localization

  • We have fixed the issue where Virginia's tutorial, her description, perk names, and related content were not localized when switching to different languages
  • Now, localization for all languages will be present

 

To report any and all existing or persistent issues, please use the support site.

Thanks for your continued support and patience! Keep the conversation going on our official subreddit, r/TXChainSawGame, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.

 

 

Patch Notes – April 16th, 2024

 

Here are the Patch Notes for April 16th, 2024.

The following notes are for our upcoming, April 16th, 2024 patch. It is scheduled to begin rolling out on console and PC at roughly 8AM EDT.

Players will be able to purchase Ana’s Outfit Pack II for $4.99 USD.

The patch will address the following issues:

 

PATCH NOTES

 

Fixed: Virginia’s Skill Tree

  • We have fixed the issue where multiple paths in Virginia’s Skill Tree were blocked off with white squares
  • Players will now be able to access all paths of Virginia’s Skill Tree

 

Fixed: Virginia’s Cosmetics

  • We have fixed Virginia's cosmetics not unlocking despite players meeting requirements
  • Virginia’s cosmetics will now start to unlock as normal when milestones are reached

 

Fixed: Virginia’s Tutorial

  • There was an issue where players who purchased Virginia were unable to access her tutorial
  • Now, players who purchased Virginia will be able to unlock and view her tutorial

 

Fixed: Trace Chemicals Perk

  • We fixed an issue where powder tables were not highlighting for Virginia with Trace Chemicals equipped
    • Trace Chemicals Description: Powder Collection points within 2.5m/5m/10m range are highlighted for Virginia when equipped

 

Fixed: Leatherface Rev/Stun Bypass

  • We fixed an exploit where Leatherface players could use the chainsaw rev to bypass a door stun animation
  • Leatherface players will now experience the expected stun animation from doors, regardless of rev

 

Fixed: Sissy’s Bane Ability

  • We fixed an issue where Sissy’s poison clouds were not affecting Victims through Barricades, Crawl Spaces, and Gaps.
  • Sissy’s Bane Ability will now traverse and affect through Barricades, Crawl Spaces, and Gaps.

 

Fixed: Family Stun Overlay

  • We fixed an issue where Family players weren’t seeing the black smoke overlay after being stunned by a door that was previously closed
  • After being stunned by a door that was closed, Family players will now see the black smoke overlay

 

Fixed: Virginia Voice Lines

  • We fixed an issue where voice lines were not present for Virginia when escaping
    • Now when successfully escaping as Virginia, proper voice lines will be present
  • We have fixed an issue where the incorrect voice over would play when Virginia was killed during the intro cinematic
    • She will now have the correct voice over present

 

Fixed: Coagulant Perk Description

  • We have fixed a typo present in Virginia’s Perk Coagulant

 

Fixed: Stun Proof Family

  • We fixed an issue where Family members were not being stunned when hit with a door

 

Fixed: Danny Tamper

  • We fixed an issue causing Danny to be unable to use his Tamper ability on a valve
  • Players will now be able to tamper a valve as Danny

 

Fixed: Danny and Nancy Progression

  • Fixed an issue where Danny and Nancy would not appear in the Progression Menu
  • Players will now see Danny and Nancy in the progression tab under the Progression Menu

 

Fixed: Various Stuck Spots on The Mill

  • We have fixed the issue where players would get stuck when they crouched into a bush close to the stairs in the Dam Access area
  • We have fixed the issue where Leatherface players would get stuck on spots in the Pump Room wall

 

Fixed: Wood Storage Collision on The Mill

  • We have fixed an issue where Players were unable to navigate over a sheet of metal in the Wood Storage unless crouching

 

Fixed: Virginia Voice Over Subtitles

  • We fixed a subtitle typo for Virginia’s Voice Over that would sometimes trigger when approaching a locked door

 

Fixed: Pressure Gate Exit

  • We have fixed an issue where Victims were able to pass through the pressure gate exit after completing the valve minigame without triggering an escape
    • Now when passing through the pressure gate exit, Victims will properly trigger the escape event

 

To report any and all existing or persistent issues, please use the support site.

Thanks for your continued support and patience! Keep the conversation going on our official subreddit, r/TXChainSawGame, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.

 

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Crossplay Guide: Is it Cross Platform?

 

Those are the patch notes through April 30 for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

Open Letter: We, the Gamers, Demand Math Blasters Be Added to Xbox Game Pass, or Else

Posted on by Nick Coffman

Dear Phil,

Another month has passed and the PC smash hit Math Blaster Episode I: In Search of Spot has still not been added to Game Pass. Microsoft continues to spit in the face of fans by refusing to include the sci-fi classic. Game Pass launched seven years ago – enough is enough. From this moment forward, we will be canceling our $10/month subscription. We intend to make you sweat through your vintage video game t-shirts until you have no choice but to rectify this Math Blaster injustice.

Math Blaster Episode I: In Search of Spot is a classic action game filled with aliens, space fights, and tough math equations. After your companion Spot is abducted by aliens, you are thrust into a space-trotting adventure that contains more narrative depth than any of the Assassin’s Creed games present on Game Pass. It even outshines the shooting of Halo Infinite, which also doesn’t even contain math problems in between sequences. Is this what modern gaming has become?

Don’t tell us Microsoft can’t afford Math Blaster. We saw the Bethesda and Activision Blizzard acquisitions and the billions you spent on games that can barely muster a 7 out of 10 from IGN.

We are tired of going unheard. We don’t know what you have against Math Blaster or the Math Blaster fan base, but your silence on the matter is deafening. If you wish to keep receiving our $10/month for Game Pass, the following demands must be met:

  1. You must wear a Math Blaster T-Shirt in public before June 3, 2024. It must be fully on and you cannot be wearing a hat or sunglasses to try and hide your identity.
  2. Math Blaster Episode I: In Search of Spot must be added to Game Pass (both for the Xbox and PC).
  3. You must announce a brand new Math Blaster trilogy (it doesn’t have to ever see the light of day, you just have to announce it and then slowly let it die, like you did with Scalebound).
  4. Sit down with a Hard Drive reporter to discuss why you have been so reluctant to embrace Math Blaster yet were ok with Redfall.
  5. Mail Hard Drive a personal apology letter along with 1,600,000 unmarked Microsoft Points.

You have until Noon PST, June 3, 2024 to meet these demands. If you do not, we will destroy Game Pass $10 at a time.

Signed,

The Hard Drive Team

Terminator: Dark Fate – Defiance Update Patch Notes April 30

Posted on by Michelle Pereira

A compilation of patch notes for real-time tactics game Terminator: Dark Fate – Defiance, in descending order, from latest to oldest:

UPDATED April 30

 

 

New multiplayer update April 30

Attention fighters,
Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance has rolled out an extensive multiplayer expansion. The latest update introduces several features aimed at enhancing strategic gameplay and fostering teamwork among players.
Update your game now to experience the new multiplayer features and embark on an epic journey in Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance.

 

v1.03.971

  • Added two skirmish missions;
  • Added a brand new multiplayer map for Domination mode (Interchange 1vs1, Interchange 2vs2). Skirmish is planned to be added to this map later;
  • Added multiplayer missions, some of which with new game modes (Coop, Scavenger, Capture and Hold);
  • Option for Domination mode, when captured zones can bring additional command points;
  • Added descriptions of game modes for multiplayer and skirmish maps;
  • Added the damage modes option to multiplayer - Arcade and Realistic. In arcade mode, player and enemy units only receive 30% damage;
  • Additional variations of the Armored carrier trailer unit have been added to the starting sets of Domination mode units;
  • If the only opponent in a multiplayer game leaves the game, the remaining player is shown the victory screen;
  • Added a timeout for joining the lobby if the connection was lost;
  • Fixed a bug due to which the progress bar for installing C4 clients was visible on the server;
  • Fixed a bug with syncing fuel of units on the client;
  • Significantly changed the beginning of the campaign mission with the attack on the Main Integrator Camp (due to complaints that there was a misunderstanding of what to do in this mission). After the update, it is not recommended to use saves made on this mission in older versions;
  • Fixed a bug where the game might not launch if there are Unicode characters in the path;
  • Minor UI fixes;
  • Fixed several rare random crashes;
  • Fixed minor memory leaks;
  • Fixed a bug where, after loading, black spots could be displayed on the map instead of the correct textures;
  • Improved helicopter landing (an issue that made it too difficult to find a suitable place);
  • Slightly increased damage from hand grenades;
  • For Dozer without armor upgrades, the armor of the frontal part of the cab was slightly increased;
  • Fixed a bug due to which units inside the Armored carrier trailer did not receive experience for kills;
  • Fixed a regression that in a certain case (and only when using old saves) led to the appearance of enemy vehicles that cannot be attacked;
  • Fixed a bug due to which moving a unit by double-clicking did not work if there were too many slots on the right side of the Reinforcement screen;
  • Fixed a bug that led to negative values of resources received when selling or disassembling units;
  • In the campaign, a Heavy platform was added to the assortment of the Movement Outpost store (after Abiquiu);
  • Japanese brothers who help the player in the Nueva Tortuga mission are now using laser snipers;
  • In the Fort Worth mission, additional checks have been added to the exit area to exclude the exit of Charest and civilians;
  • Fixed that "Digital storm" could only be used once (then it stopped working);
  • Fixed an issue in the final mission where the allied Founders units could get stuck, which is why their evacuation was not counted.n, a Heavy platform was added to the assortment of the Movement Outpost store (after Abiquiu).

 

 

Update v1.02.950.1 April 9

Here is a small update:
  • Multiplayer Versioning Added
  • Shader reading protection (issues with shader_cache folder)

 

 

Optimization Update – Patch notes v1.02.950 March 25

Hello everyone,

Today's update focuses on optimising performance, refining anti-aliasing, and fine-tuning mission balance. Expect smoother gameplay, sharper visuals, and more engaging missions.

 

Terminator: Dark Fate – Defiance Update Patch Changelog 1.02.950:

  • Optimization of shaders and road rendering;
  • Added Anti-Aliasing FXAA;
  • Fixed several rare random crashes;
  • Added the ability to give an order to attack abandoned vehicles (using the attack button on the order panel);
  • Fixed a bug due to which it was sometimes impossible to give move order if among the selected units there was a stationary or immobilized one;
  • The "Objectives updated" widget is now transparent to the cursor;
  • Added tip to take the humvee when evacuating from Haven base;
  • Removed the ability to talk to Movement if the player became their enemy due to an attack on Mack on Abiquiu Mission;
  • Fixed a bug due to which a dialogue with the Integrators could begin when they had already left the map on Vega Mission;
  • Fixed a bug where objectives could be missing at the end of a mission in Vega;
  • Added an icon above the humvee that the rangers give on Oklahoma Mission;
  • Supply Depots now have main objective icons above them on Oklahoma Mission;
  • Fort Worth mission rebalanced and improved;
  • Fixed missing radio effect in dialogues on Integrators Camp Mission;
  • Removed spawns of drones (Swarm) that were sent to the emergency exit from the factory on the Final Mission;
  • Added additional checks to ensure that the vehicle with the Digital Storm returns to player control;
  • Increased the range of ATGM and AA missiles of "Prototype-2" to reduce the likelihood of being shot at from a distance from which it cannot respond.

 

Those are the patch notes up through April 30 for Terminator: Dark Fate – Defiance.

Planet Zoo Update Patch Notes April 30

Posted on by Michelle Pereira

 

Planet Zoo – 1.17 Update Notes

Hayo Zookeepers!
Update 1.17 is available now for you to enjoy! Just update your game to play. For full patch notes, see below:
This update contains bug fixes, updates and new content.

 

New Content – Planet Zoo: Barnyard Animal Pack

 

NEW – Animals

New animals in the Planet Zoo: Barnyard Animal Pack:
  • Hill Radnor Sheep
  • Highland Cattle
  • American Standard Donkey
  • Tamworth Pig
  • Alpaca
  • Alpine Goat
  • Sussex Chicken

 

NEW – Career Scenario

This small barnyard zoo was purchased on a whim by Mr Summers after he misheard his daughter Tiffany asking for new coats for her skiing trip! Goats weren’t what she was expecting, but this isn’t the time to chicken out. Tiffany now has big ambitions for the zoo, but she’s already booked her flight – so it’ll be up to you to take the bull by the horns and make it a legendary location!

 

NEW – Scenery Pieces

  • Haybale Round
  • Haybale Square
  • Rustic Barrel Planter
  • Rustic Barrel
  • Rustic Bench
  • Rustic Bucket
  • Rustic Bin
  • Rustic Crate
  • Rustic Metal Fence Panel
  • Rustic Metal Fence Gate
  • Rustic Metal Fence Post
  • Rustic Metal Fence Gate Panel
  • Rustic Metal Fence Post 01
  • Rustic Metal Fence Post 02
  • Rustic Metal Planter
  • Rustic Milk Churn
  • Rustic Picket Fence 2m
  • Rustic Picket Fence 4m
  • Rustic Picket Fence Gate
  • Rustic Picket Fence Post
  • Rustic Picnic Bench
  • Rustic Picnic Canopy
  • Rustic Sign
  • Rustic Tool Pitchfork
  • Rustic Vegetable Turnip
  • Rustic Vegetable Leek
  • Rustic Vegetable Corn
  • Rustic Water Pump
  • Rustic Water Tank
  • Rustic Weather Vane
  • Rustic Well
  • Rustic Wheat Bundle
  • Rustic Wheel 01
  • Rustic Wheel 02
  • Rustic Wind Pump
  • Rustic Wood Fence Post 01
  • Rustic Wood Fence Post 02
  • Rustic Wood Fence Gate 02
  • Rustic Wood Fence Gate 01
  • Rustic Animal Sign Alpaca
  • Rustic Animal Sign Chicken
  • Rustic Animal Sign Cattle
  • Rustic Animal Sign Donkey
  • Rustic Animal Sign Goat
  • Rustic Animal Sign Pig 01
  • Rustic Animal Sign Pig 02
  • Rustic Animal Sign Sheep
  • Reward Statue Alpine Goat Stone
  • Reward Statue Alpine Goat Bronze
  • Reward Statue Alpine Goat Silver
  • Reward Statue Alpine Goat Gold

 

NEW – Blueprints

  • Rustic Paddock Gate
  • Rustic Stall Decoration
  • Rustic Harvest Decoration
  • Rustic Barnyard Arch
  • Rustic Garden Collection
  • Rustic Market Decoration

 

NEW – Foliage

  • Ginkgo Tree 01
  • Ginkgo Tree 02
  • Ginkgo Tree 03
  • Maize 01
  • Maize 02
  • Maize 03
  • Maize 04

 

NEW – Avatar Costume

  • Sussex Chicken Hat and Avatar costume

 

New Content – Free Update 1.17.0

 

NEW – Animal Encounters

  • Animal Encounters are an upgrade to walkthrough habitats for a selection of species that are suitable for guest interactions. While in a habitat with Animal Encounters set up, guests can leave the path and wander through the entire habitat. If they are near an idle animal, guests can approach and interact with it. Interactions may see guests get up close to an animal or directly pet it. After an interaction, guests will want to wash their hands at a Hygiene Station in the habitat, which is available from the facilities browser. Guests will be unhappy if there are no free Hygiene Stations available, so players must ensure enough capacity is provided.
  • Habitats can be turned into Animal Encounters via a new tab in the habitat's info panel. The habitat must fulfil the following conditions before guests can make use of it:
    • Guests can enter the habitat via a guest gate
    • No dangerous animal is present
    • An interactable animal is present
    • At least one Hygiene Station is present
  • The Zoopedia will now detail to what extent guests can interact with animals:
    • Can interact with this animal in Animal Encounters
    • Can walk through habitats without interactions
    • Will flee from this animal

 

NEW – Scenery Pieces

  • Animal Encounters Hygiene Station 01
  • Animal Encounters Hygiene Station 02
  • Small Guest Gate
  • Tractor Tyre
  • Truck Tyre
  • NEW - Blueprints
  • Barn House
  • Cosmic Cow Shakes Stall
  • Coop Shelter 01
  • Coop Shelter 02

 

NEW – Foliage

  • Buddleia 01
  • Buddleia Flowering 01
  • Buddleia 02
  • Buddleia Flowering 02
  • Natural Hedgerow 01
  • Natural Hedgerow 02
  • Natural Hedgerow 03

 

NEW – Music Tracks

  • Trailer: Barnyard Animal Pack

 

General Bug Fixes and Improvements

 

Animals

  • Animals with the "Domesticated" conservation status can no longer be released to the wild to generate Conservation Credits. Instead, all domesticated animals can be sold for cash, and all buttons on the info panel for these species have been updated to exchange the animals via Quick Sell for Cash instead. This applies to all new animals in the Barnyard Animal Pack, as well as all of the existing domesticated animals: Bactrian Camel (Base Game), Llama (South America Pack), and Dromedary Camel (Arid Animal Pack)
  • Bengal Tiger claws no longer detach when interacting with the cardboard box enrichment item
  • Fixed an issue where only 5 Hermann's Tortoises could be placed in an exhibit. This limit has been increased to 20
  • Removed age of sexual sterility being listed for Spectacled Flying Fox due to there not being a sterility system for exhibits

 

Habitats

  • Fixed an issue where plant coverage would not be included in an animal's overall Plant Welfare, and updated several foliage pieces' coverage values to be more accurate

 

Scenario

  • Adjusted a workshop building that was disconnected from the path in Purmamarca Education Reserve (Grasslands Animal Pack)

 

Guests

  • Fixed guests becoming stuck in souvenir shops after loading a saved zoo

 

Scenery

  • Fixed a crash with Wallpaper Billboard Posters
  • Fixed an issue where Souvenir Shop blueprints would not correctly unlock after researching Souvenir Shop facilities in Mechanic Research
  • Hosta plants now appear correctly in the plants list of the habitat info panel
  • Added the "Trees" tag to all Weeping Willow variants
  • Added the "Plants" tag to all Hosta variants
  • Added the "Trees" tag to all Lipstick Palm variants

 

Avatar

  • Removed a duplicate hairstyle for the Adult Male Avatar

 

UI

  • Adjusted Shops and Bathroom help screen to include all relevant information in the overview section

 

Stability

  • Fixed various crashes, improving game stability

 

Those are the patch notes on April 30 for Planet Zoo.

Noita Epilogue 2 Update Patch Notes April 30

Posted on by Michelle Pereira

The physics-based action roguelite Noita gets more updates in April, which break save games for previous versions. Fortunately a beta branch on Steam allows players to wrap things up with a bow on top, before embarking on a fresh run.

This is a compilation of all the rather extensive patch notes detailing new features, bug fixes, and added modding capabilities, in descending order, from latest to oldest:

UPDATED April 30

 

 

BUGFIXES – APR 30 2024

Hauskaa vappua! Here's some bug fixes and small balance tweaks to the Epilogue 2 update.

 

GENERAL

UPDATE: Tapion vasalli is a little tamer now

 

BUG FIXES

  • BUGFIX: UI - Lengthy item names (i.e. complex potions) would leak outside the info box
  • BUGFIX: Performance - melted plastic in huge quantaties caused performance problems
  • BUGFIX: Fungal Shift - fungal shifting into a rare material caused the game to crash
  • BUGFIX: Rare crash caused by tracking biomes (Thank you Dexter Castor Döpping)
  • BUGFIX: Game could crash when killing a Kummitus with a lot of HP
  • BUGFIX: Henkevä potu is no longer a homing target when held in hand
  • BUGFIX: Player could be deleted when traveling back and forth extreme distances instantly
  • BUGFIX: Unkilled Kivi caused stain problems
  • BUGFIX: Soft lock could occur when ending the game underground with a large number of orbs
  • BUGFIX: Fixed several enemy perks being broken in Nightmare Mode (huge thanks to pudy248 for the fixed code!)
  • BUGFIX: Extra Life perk now changes the icon to indicate when it has been spent
  • BUGFIX: Deadly heal should behave more nicely now

 

MODDING

  • MODDING: Lua - added CellFactory_HasTag
  • MODDING: GameEffectComponent - mIsExtension being false could crash the game
  • MODDING: BossHealthBarComponent added - the new healthbar behavior is moved to here
  • MODDING: MagicNumber BUGFIX_NEVER_DEFAULT_SERIALIZE_PLAYER added to control how player entity is serialized
  • MODDING: -enable_unsafe_paths command argument added, it allows the game to access all files on your hard drives
  • MODDING: -enable_recording_stuff command argument added, allows debug recording tools to be used

 

 

Noita Epilogue 2 Update April 8

Noita Epilogue 2 Update is now available. To celebrate the update, Noita is 60% off at Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/881100/Noita

 

This update includes a ton of new things, like new spells, new enemies, new bosses, a new area and new secrets. There's also a bunch of tweaks, updates and bug fixes.
Unfortunately your old save games won't survive the update. But there is now a new Steam beta branch called "update_20240214". It will allow you to finish your run with the old version of Noita.

 

GENERAL

  • FEATURE: Spell - Sparkly bounce
  • FEATURE: Spell - Lightning bounce
  • FEATURE: Spell - Vacuum bounce
  • FEATURE: Spell - Null shot
  • FEATURE: Spell - Inner spell
  • FEATURE: Spell - Giga white hole
  • FEATURE: Spell - True orbit
  • FEATURE: Spell - Hookbolt
  • FEATURE: Spell - Anti homing
  • FEATURE: Spell - Holy lance
  • FEATURE: Added 8 modifier spells
  • FEATURE: Added 6 new enemies
  • FEATURE: Added 6 new spells
  • FEATURE: Added 3 new secret spells
  • FEATURE: Added new rare materials
  • FEATURE: Added chemical reactions
  • FEATURE: Added new small biome
  • FEATURE: Item - Utility box
  • FEATURE: Potion reactions
  • FEATURE: Audio is muted when unfocusing the game if "Pause the game when unfocused" is On
  • FEATURE: Amazing golden spell
  • FEATURE: 3 new bossfights
  • FEATURE: Added a new creature
  • FEATURE: New materials and reactions
  • FEATURE: New secret quest
  • FEATURE: Added a new easter egg

 

  • UPDATE: Dupe around and find out
  • UPDATE: Better interaction with No Wand Tinkering and Tinker With Wands Everywhere perks
  • UPDATE: Lukki Minion is slightly more powerful
  • UPDATE: Spells can now be dropped from inventory at all times
  • UPDATE: Spell drop rates rebalanced
  • UPDATE: Explosive bounce's radius increased
  • UPDATE: Shiny Orb is now more lucrative
  • UPDATE: Moved a boss into a slightly more accessible spot
  • UPDATE: Adjusted various spell mana costs and prices
  • UPDATE: Adjusted weakness modifiers
  • UPDATE: Updated the look of the Hiisi Alchemist's potions
  • UPDATE: Potion content percentages are displayed now (Thank you Evaisa)
  • UPDATE: Vomiting now requires eating a bit more nasty materials
  • UPDATE: Buffed Vampirism
  • UPDATE: A little surprise for the turophiles
  • UPDATE: Audio - new sounds for [REDACTED], glue, eldritch portal, freezing gaze, barrier & wall spells
  • UPDATE: Audio - bzzzt
  • UPDATE: Audio - new sound for [REDACTED]
  • UPDATE: Audio - new music for a few side areas
  • UPDATE: Powder pouches have a new functionality
  • UPDATE: New enemies show their statuses in the UI
  • UPDATE: Visual, audio and other fx when moving very fast
  • UPDATE: Tele bolt resets caster's vertical velocity
  • UPDATE: Less harsh sound for tele bolt for more pleasant tele spamming experience
  • UPDATE: Improved camera tracking when moving fast
  • UPDATE: Lukki Minion should no longer be killable to make it more useful
  • UPDATE: Optimized file system performance when using mods
  • UPDATE: Optimized performance of some game effect queries in various systems
  • UPDATE: All bosses use final boss style health bars
  • UPDATE: Added up to date localizations

 

BUG FIXES

  • BUGFIX: Nightmare mode - the boss arena and orb rooms could be overwritten
  • BUGFIX: Nightmare mode - Orbs should now drop hearts even if the spell is unlocked
  • BUGFIX: Nightmare mode - enemies no longer spawn with Attract Gold perk
  • BUGFIX: Permanent polymorph is permanent
  • BUGFIX: Carrying 5th wand by frame perfect swapping is fixed
  • BUGFIX: Rare crash when enemy was converted to a ragdoll (text sprite) (Thank you Dexter Castor Döpping)
  • BUGFIX: Fixed another inventory exploit, that allowed carrying of extra wands
  • BUGFIX: Fixed Lukki Minion sometimes escaping and disappearing
  • BUGFIX: Vaihdosmestari can no longer move cursed rock
  • BUGFIX: Closing inventory while starting to drag items is fixed
  • BUGFIX: Alt tab silliness is should now be fixed
  • BUGFIX: Optimized particle effects
  • BUGFIX: Player can no longer polymorph to Olematon
  • BUGFIX: Runestone of edges could cause Puska to shoot forever
  • BUGFIX: Mouse cursor displays the material even in the far lands
  • BUGFIX: Optimized Circle of stillness and Freezing gaze
  • BUGFIX: Fixed Null shot breaking modifiers cast after it
  • BUGFIX: Cosmetic fix to the alchemist's background
  • BUGFIX: More optimizations, including Freeze Field perk and Iceball spell
  • BUGFIX: Fixed a rare crash that could happen with too many materials
  • BUGFIX: Rare wand generation bug (the default green wand should be now fixed)
  • BUGFIX: Minor - a perk icon was missing a pixel
  • BUGFIX: Fixed a security vulnerability in the modding API (Thank you Dexter Castor Döpping)
  • BUGFIX: Fixed Hookbolt having a buggy sprite
  • BUGFIX: Fixed Giga White Hole not repelling projectiles
  • BUGFIX: Fixed certain spell unlocks happening in an unintended way
  • BUGFIX: Physics objects are less likely to fall through the bottom of the world
  • BUGFIX: Fixed Explosive Detonator being bugged in certain circumstances
  • BUGFIX: Fixed a boss not dropping all the spells it was meant to
  • BUGFIX: Fixed a secret dropping spells that it shouldn't
  • BUGFIX: Fixed multiple spells have some erroneous/missing data
  • BUGFIX: Fixed a rare case of sky being black
  • BUGFIX: Nullifying Altar did not remove the perk icons (Thank you Priskip)
  • BUGFIX: Related perks should now be removed from the perk pool
  • BUGFIX: Surprise puddles behind potions fixed
  • BUGFIX: Certain endgame item can now be dragged in the inventory without TWWE
  • BUGFIX: Saving and loading while stained caused extra status effects
  • BUGFIX: Vomit based status effect glitch is fixed
  • BUGFIX: Longer runs should be more stable and largely address aware thanks to Dexter Castor Döpping
  • BUGFIX: Game mode selection UI has been optimized
  • BUGFIX: Improved overall security of modding API
  • BUGFIX: Audio - rewrote audio event stealing logic - should fix issues with audio sometimes "wrapping up" in a janky manner
  • BUGFIX: Audio - ambience events no longer trigger lots of silent audio instances - reduces ambience CPU use
  • BUGFIX: Audio - droplet sounds would rarely end up repeating without a cause
  • BUGFIX: Audio - liquid flow sound was sometimes left playing
  • BUGFIX: Fixed a potential issue in regards to file paths
  • BUGFIX: Fixed an xml parsing issue
  • BUGFIX: A fix caused more issues than it solved
  • BUGFIX: A fix broke some translation mods that used custom fonts
  • BUGFIX: Possible fix for "Game will restart due to mod changes" without changes
  • BUGFIX: Fungal shifts rarely didn't occur
  • BUGFIX: Fungal shifts that didn't fully realise still counted towards the maximum limit
  • BUGFIX: Certain spells weren't keeping the ID of their caster around like they should've
  • BUGFIX: These release notes were so long that the UI had performance issues
  • BUGFIX: Some surface areas had no sky light after above areas had been visited, and were not counted as surface by audio etc
  • BUGFIX: Final boss hanging around very far from the player could block mini-boss music
  • BUGFIX: Wands retain cast delay, recharge etc over a game restart
  • BUGFIX: A settings menu item was using a missing translation key when hovered
  • BUGFIX: Infinite rain exploit
  • BUGFIX: Some localization strings were incorrectly escaped
  • BUGFIX: Text in tablets and books didn't display correctly in all languages
  • BUGFIX: Fixed issues with UI in some languages
  • BUGFIX: More robust mod check when saving bones files

 

MODDING

  • MODDING: Lua - added PolymorphTableAddEntity
  • MODDING: Lua - added PolymorphTableRemoveEntity
  • MODDING: Lua - added PolymorphTableGet
  • MODDING: Lua - added LoadRagdoll
  • MODDING: Lua - GameCreateCosmeticParticle - now with gravity_x and gravity_y
  • MODDING: Lua - LoadPixelScene - now with allow_duplicate param
  • MODDING: Lua - added PolymorphTableSet
  • MODDING: Lua - added ComponentGetTags
  • MODDING: Lua - added InputIsKeyDown
  • MODDING: Lua - added InputIsKeyJustDown
  • MODDING: Lua - added InputIsKeyJustUp
  • MODDING: Lua - added InputGetMousePosOnScreen
  • MODDING: Lua - added InputIsMouseButtonDown
  • MODDING: Lua - added InputIsMouseButtonJustDown
  • MODDING: Lua - added InputIsMouseButtonJustUp
  • MODDING: Lua - added InputIsJoystickButtonDown
  • MODDING: Lua - added InputIsJoystickButtonJustDown
  • MODDING: Lua - added InputGetJoystickAnalogButton
  • MODDING: Lua - added InputIsJoystickConnected
  • MODDING: Lua - added InputGetJoystickAnalogStick
  • MODDING: Lua - added PhysicsComponentGetTransform, PhysicsComponentSetTransform
  • MODDING: Lua - added PhysicsPosToGamePos, GamePosToPhysicsPos
  • MODDING: Lua - added PhysicsBodyIDGetFromEntity, PhysicsBodyIDQueryBodies
  • MODDING: Lua - added PhysicsBodyIDGetTransform, PhysicsBodyIDSetTransform
  • MODDING: Lua - added PhysicsBodyIDApplyForce, PhysicsBodyIDApplyTorque
  • MODDING: Lua - added PhysicsBodyIDGetWorldCenter
  • MODDING: Lua - added PhysicsBodyIDGetDamping, PhysicsBodyIDSetDamping
  • MODDING: Lua - added PhysicsBodyIDGetGravityScale, PhysicsBodyIDSetGravityScale
  • MODDING: Lua - added PhysicsBodyIDGetBodyAABB
  • MODDING: Lua - added ModDoesFileExist
  • MODDING: Lua - added RemovePixelSceneBackgroundSprite and RemovePixelSceneBackgroundSprites
  • MODDING: Lua - added EntitiesGetMaxID
  • MODDING: Lua - added ModMaterialFilesGet
  • MODDING: Lua - added ModRegisterMusicBank (init.lua) and example in mods/example
  • MODDING: Lua - added GameGetSkyVisibility, GameGetFogOfWar, GameGetFogOfWarBilinear, GameSetFogOfWar
  • MODDING: Lua - added DEBUG_LUA_DONT_REPEAT_ERRORS magic number to log recurring, consecutive errors only once (defaults to 1)
  • MODDING: Lua - lua error stack traces
  • MODDING: Lua - added ModImageMakeEditable, ModImageIdFromFilename, ModImageSetPixel, ModImageGetPixel
  • MODDING: Lua - added ModImageWhoSetContent, ModImageDoesExist
  • MODDING: Lua - added ModLuaFileGetAppends, ModLuaFileSetAppends
  • MODDING: Lua - added ComponentGetEntity
  • MODDING: Lua - added optional 'tag' parameter to EntityGetAllChildren
  • MODDING: Lua - exposed ModTextFileGetContent and ModTextFileWhoSetContent to all lua scripts
  • MODDING: Lua - made ComponentGet/SetValue2 up to 300% faster. Old ComponentGet/SetValue API is also a bit faster
  • MODDING: Lua - added GameSetPostFxTextureParameter, GameUnsetPostFxTextureParameter
  • MODDING: Lua - added PhysicsBodyIDApplyLinearImpulse, EntityGetHotspot, EntityRemoveStainStatusEffect
  • MODDING: Lua - added use_material_colors & replace_existing_cells parameters to EntityConvertToMaterial
  • MODDING: Lua - added font and scale options to GuiText, GuiButton and GuiGetTextDimensions
  • MODDING: Lua API documentation - improved documentation of some functions
  • MODDING: MagicNumber UI_WAND_TAG_OVERWRITES_NAME has been added
  • MODDING: MagicNumber DESIGN_ALLOW_INVENTORY_CLOSING_AND_DRAGGING_GLITCH has been added
  • MODDING: MagicNumber DESIGN_ALLOW_FULL_INVENTORY_SPELLS_DRAG has been added
  • MODDING: MagicNumber DESIGN_TELEKINESIS_GLITCH_FOR_TABLETS has been added
  • MODDING: MagicNumber DESIGN_TELEKINESIS_GLITCH_FOR_ITEM_PHYSICS has been added
  • MODDING: MagicNumber GLITCH_ALLOW_5TH_WAND_CARRY has been added
  • MODDING: MagicNumber GLITCH_ALLOW_ALT_TAB_SILLINESS has been added
  • MODDING: MagicNumber GLITCH_ALLOW_STAIN_DUPLICATION_GLITCH has been added
  • MODDING: MagicNumber GLITCH_ALLOW_VOMIT_BASED_STATUS_EFFECT_GLITCH has been added
  • MODDING: MagicNumber DEBUG_DISPLAY_INTERNAL_ID_IN_PROGRESS_MENU has been added
  • MODDING: Components - GameEffectComponent - polymorph_target should now work
  • MODDING: Components - LaserEmitterComponent - ConfigLaser - added damage_apply_hitbox_dmg_multiplier
  • MODDING: Components - PhysicsKeepInWorldComponent - added
  • MODDING: Components - AttachToEntityComponent - added
  • MODDING: Components - BiomeTrackerComponent - added
  • MODDING: ComponentGetValue2() and ComponentSetValue2() now work with types::iaabb
  • MODDING: Components - LuaComponent - added limit_all_callbacks to allow limiting of all callbacks
  • MODDING: Fixed DEBUG_DISPLAY_INTERNAL_ID_IN_PROGRESS_MENU
  • MODDING: Updated debug_keys.txt
  • MODDING: Added support for static_tile biomes, that are like wang biomes without randomization, consisting of one large tile
  • MODDING: Added support for static_tile_bg_mask, that are repeating backgrounds with a rough mask that defines the visibility
  • MODDING: Added audio_music_trigger_without_danger to Biome. Used in watercave. Also added other new audio-related properties
  • MODDING: Added intensity2 parameter to GameEntityPlaySoundLoop
  • MODDING: IKLimbWalker, IKLimbsAnimator - exposed ray_skip_material
  • MODDING: CharacterPlatforming - added audio_liquid_splash_intensity
  • MODDING: PhysicsAI works better with non-levitating creatures
  • MODDING: Added auto-generated any_liquid any any_powder Material tags
  • MODDING: Audio - reports filename on bank load error
  • MODDING: Improved init.lua API documentation
  • MODDING: Fixed a possible rare crash when using the mod API in not recommended ways
  • MODDING: CharacterData/CharacterCollision - added dont_update_velocity_and_xform
  • MODDING: Exposed some path finding debug rendering features in F7 menu
  • MODDING: Materials.xml loading - doesn't log error if a material would have reaction to itself because of a reaction with duplicate material from tags
  • MODDING: Entity xml - added _remove_from_base (on Base components) to exclude components from base entities
  • MODDING: Added 'json' to accepted file types of ModTextFileGet/SetContent and workshop uploader
  • MODDING: Default biome map loads via 'data/scripts/biome_map.lua' (makes biome map multi-mod editing less of a hassle)
  • MODDING: fungal_shift.lua doesn't call CellFactory_GetType on file scope, so mods can use the file before that function is ok to call
  • MODDING: Added AUDIO_PLAY_GAME_OVER_SOUND and AUDIO_FADE_MUSIC_ON_DEATH magic numbers
  • MODDING: Biome - added parameters to control parallax bg look
  • MODDING: MaterialAreaCheckerComponent - added always_check_fullness & count_min
  • MODDING: IKLimbsAnimatorComponent - added is_limp,
  • MODDING: GameStatsComponent - dont_do_logplayerkill
  • MODDING: PhysicsShapeComponent - added material
  • MODDING: AnimalAIComponent - added keep_state_alive_when_enabled (without this AnimalAI can get stuck in no state when Disabled & Enabled)
  • MODDING: VegetationComponent - added random_flip_x_scale
  • MODDING: CellData - added vegetation_random_flip_x_scale
  • MODDING: CellData - added is_grass_hashed (for more natural look when grass grows on a long, flat horizontal surface)
  • MODDING: PotionComponent - added custom_color_material
  • MODDING/BUGFIX: Removing a game mode mod while there was an active run with it could make the game crash or behave weirdly
  • MODDING/BUGFIX: Pressing "Install mods..." in mods menu would take one back to the main menu
  • MODDING/BUGFIX: EntitySerializer couldn't always update entities on hot load changes
  • MODDING/BUGFIX: Fixed a warning on game start if MaterialAreaChecker.material2 is not set
  • MODDING/BUGFIX: ModSettingGetNextValue returned setting key if no next value is set for the setting (now returns nil)

 

Those are all the patch notes through April 30 for Noita Epilogue 2.