Version History/April 20th 2020

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April 20th 2020: Performance Update

Released April 20th, 2020[1].

Changes:

  • Game engine upgraded from Unity 5.6 to Unity 2018.4. This should reduce stutters issues and crashes on some PC configurations.
  • Changed how save games are cached on startup to reduce memory usage and reduce boot up time.
  • Change how items without durability stacks/are saved to improve loading time.
  • Open Stash interaction reverted to 'press' instead of 'hold'.
  • Changed Leyline Connection's description from 0.15 to 0.34.
  • Summoned Ghost now change zones (loading)
  • Steel Shield Durability 175 instead of 220
  • Tower Shield Durability 250 instead of 175, Weight 9.0 Instead of 10.0, Dmg/Hit 18 instead of 14.
  • Dragon Shield doing Burning instead of Burn.

Fixes:

  • Can now buy/sell bullets and arrow individually instead of full stack.
  • Great Runic Blade (2H) will allow runic casting while active. 1h Runic Sword will not anymore. (They were inversed)
  • Added PT Serif font as fallback font for missing characters.
  • Map Markers won't be reset if an area is being reset.
  • Map Markers are now being saved/loaded properly.
  • Kirouac being visible in Levant even when left to Monsoon during the Mouth to feed quest.
  • Imbue effects timer will not tick down while in a loading.
  • The two guards in Vendavel (in the same zone as Crock), now spawn on the right side of the gate.
  • Changed all instances of "Orochi" to Oroshi.
  • Calixa's Shield should not block her pistol shot anymore.
  • Fix weapons dropped by enemies in the camping events that cause infinite decraft/sell bug.
  • Added invisible collisions along the walls to avoid players trying to pass on the side of the wagon while its moving at both locations.
  • Fix bow not shooting issues encountered when emptying quiver, or when switching area when a projectile is still in the air.
  • Fixes various typos.
  • Controller Left Trigger will now toggle correctly the left quickslot menu.
  • Stack of items in Stash and various chest now correctly prompt the stack mover slider when trying to move the stack in inventory.
  • When applying settings, borderless won't refresh itself if the mode wasn't changed.

Important note: Some of the changes to make the game run smoother is incompatible with mods. Go to your game properties and select the "default-mono" branch under the Beta tab to make mods active again. Note that some mods will still need to be updated to work on this version.

Undocumented

  • Flamethrower has gained some unique interactions with various Lanterns

Bow Changes

Coralhorn Bow:

  • SilverIcon.gif Buy price: 125 => 250
  • Physical Damage: 30 => 34

Gold Bow:

  • Physical Damage: 28 => 32

Horror Bow:

  • SilverIcon.gif Buy price: 1250 => 2500
  • Physical Damage: 35 => 40

Recurve Bow:

  • SilverIcon.gif Buy price: 100 => 30
  • Physical Damage: 27 => 31

Simple Bow:

  • SilverIcon.gif Buy price: 25 => 13
  • Physical Damage: 23 => 26

War Bow:

  • Physical Damage: 32 => 37

References