1428: Shadows over Silesia

• Minor UI fixes
  
• Gamepad
  
  
  
  • Can't get to the social network icons in the main menu
    
  • Support for saving the game without having to enter a name
    
  • Changing Default Steam Control Profile
• Chapter 4 - Unable to get achievement My House, my Castle
  
• Chapter 5 - When Lothar is killed, his entire inventory falls out of his pockets
  
• Chapter 6 - By moving the slab, the player can block the way to the chapel with a horse
  
• Chapter 10 - Anna's quest will no longer be marked as failed, but will remain active until the end of the chapter
  
• Accessibility
  
  
  
  • Added a message when turning on and off the sonar of NPC characters
    
  • When the sonar of NPC characters is turned off, enemies in sight and NPC deaths are no longer reported
    
  • If the last of a group of numbered quests remains active, it will always remain number 2
    
  • Chapter 1 - Navigation does not automatically switch to the next quest point after going through Janesdorf
    
  • Chapter 4 - Numbered interactions for exploring the corpses in the castle corridor
    
  • Chapter 5 - Navigation to one of the parts of the mine, necessary to find the key, is missing
    
  • Chapter 6 - Navigation for leading the horse to the chapel could cause the horse to get stuck
    
  • Chapter 6 - Numbered tomb exploration interactions, same as in Chapter 2
    
  • Chapter 7 - After leaving the yard sometimes the environment description does not change
    
  
  

• After disconnecting the gamepad, the game now opens the menu and pauses
  
• Game may crash in some horse-related situations
  
• Minor optimizations
  
• In some situations, NPC characters will nonsensically teleport elsewhere
  
• Chapter 7 - added one carriage as an extra barrier so that the player cannot pass into the castle without monks
  
• Chapter 8
  
  
  
  • Hynek sometimes doesn't fight in the crypt and hangs around
    
  • If the player saves the game while the skeletons are being revived, they are not revived after loading
• Chapter 11
  
  
  
  • After speaking to Kolda, Lothar's carriage is now marked with an arrow
    
  • If the player uncovers the tarp while the wagon is moving, Hynek remains standing and talks to Lothar at a great distance
    
  • Lothar's head twists back and forth during the cutscene
• Chapter 12 - Slightly modified final fight and improved Hynek's AI
  

• Added option to turn off HDR to settings
  
• Some NPCs will have a slight change in voice pitch every time they are reloaded
  
• Key insertion and door unlock merged into a single action
  
• Chapter 4 - if player destroys privy before exploring, the exploration action will remain active
  
• Chapter 7
  
  
  
  • Shortened the interval during which Ambrose addresses the player that he is thirsty
    
  • If the player is carrying a waterskin, an arrow appears above the wine barrel
• Chapter 9 - In the final cutscene, Straw is not holding the torch
  
• Chapter 10
  
  
  
  • Reduced health for locks on bars
    
  • Some doors don't work highlighting for key insertion, or highlighting other doors
    
  • Fixed sound when using the knocker
• Chapter 11 - removed one crate from the fortress
  
• Chapter 12
  
  
  
  • Hynek doesn't run into the hell gate after Lothar but stays standing in front of
    
  • Added new torches to the corridor before the final battle
  
  

• Clicking on Reload checkpoint in Arena should just restart Arena
  
• Accessibility
  
  
  
  • TTS will read an inventory item even when the player cannot open it
    
  • Removed option to turn off camera
• Chapter 4 - If a player quickly escapes Cook, he stays in the cellar and doesn't move
  
• Chapter 5 - Fixed room darkening bug near the wall in the cage scene
  
• Chapter 11
  
  
  
  • Mouse interaction for Kolda and Prokop on horseback does not work
    
  • Basilisk gets 10 percent extra health
    
  • After destroying the barrier on the fortress, it still appears among the possible interactions around
    
  • The player character sometimes doesn't want to climb the stairs very much
    
  • Lothar is still visible even though he is on a different floor
    
  • Lothar didn't make it to Anna's door and was left standing in the hallway
• Chapter 12 - When Hynek falls through the trap in the cave, the trap doesn't open
  
• Chapter 13
  
  
  
  • If the player kills the Demon, the Hell knight will now die as well, so as not to beat the player up during the transition to the next scene
    
  • Sometimes it happens that the Stone flies through the ground and disappears
    
  
  

• Destructible obstacles are now highlighted in the same way as interactions
  
• Chapter 2
  
  
  
  • Some Hussites are stuck in an inaccessible area during battle
    
  • Rupert stops and does not continue on to his destination
• Chapter 5 - Some Skulls lack flames
  
• Chapter 6 - Achievement Do it the hard way is also unlocked when the player decrypts the letter
  
• Chapter 7 - Still can't interact at the beginning of the chapter
  
• Accessibility
  
  
  
  • If the player is equipped with a torch, guards will detect him even when Accessible stealth is on
    
  • If the camera is disabled, it does not move and thus is not near the player
    
  
  

• Newly playable character does not freeze when dealing a shield blow
  
• Reduced freeze time of playable character after receiving a hit
  
• If the player blocks with a shield and the cutscene starts, the character holds the shield in a defensive position the whole time
  
• Fixed a bug that caused enemies to freeze in some situations
  
• Chapter 3
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• If the player escapes from the castle using the rope, Hynek still has it in his hand in the next scene
  
• After lighting a fire, the horse in the courtyard disappears

• In certain situations, it could occur that the player cannot interact with the environment
  
• Removed the ladder near kennel at the Monsterberg castle so as not to confuse
  
• There are boxes in the Monsterberg castle courtyard that can be walked through
  
• The entrance to the Duke's chambers can be reached undetected

• When escaping from the Hussites, an invisible wall prevents progress
  
• Joachim runs in the opposite direction after the conversation

• Shield energy consumption has been unified and reduced on average
  
• Playable characters are now not subject to extra fatigue when hitting outside
  
• Damage slightly increased for playable characters (+-5%)
  
• Darkened background behind dialog boxes (better readability in help)
  
• Accessibility - when camera is off, compass rotation does not work
  
• Proofreading and text corrections
  
• Sample videos sometimes flicker unpleasantly when navigating between help pages
  
• Lothar's cape sometimes gets stuck and goes through the character
  
• Chapter 2
  
  
  
  • Removed one wave of enemies from Rupert's path
    
  • Puota of Czastolowitz gets tangled up on arrival at the gate
    
  • Puota of Czastolowitz drives away from the conversation (CZ dub only)
    
  • After loading the game in the church at the beginning of the chapter, the roof is covered and you can't see inside
    
  • The knights in the player's retinue do not fight, or only partially
    
• Chapter 4
  
  
  
  • Reduced time before Lothar starts talking about the secret passageway
    
  • The patrol groups move strangely
    
  • Added initial marker for hiding behind bushes
    
  • Reduced the number of crates blocking the door
    
  • Light shines through the wall in the palace dungeon
    
  • Now only three crates can be stacked from the floor
• Chapter 5 - Added one extra health potion
  
• Chapter 7 - The ability to ask Straw for help is now always active when the player has a waterskin
  
• Chapter 8 - Reduced the first wave of enemies and added two extra smaller ones
  
• Chapter 12 - Turned off battle shouts during battle
  
• Chapter 13
  
  
  
  • At a certain resolution, the opening subtitle will split into two lines
    
  • Slightly reduced fog effect
    
  • Item highlight shows platforms that are not supposed to be seen
    
  
  

Key Features

• A dark fantasy story taking place in the background of real historical events.
  
• Linear gameplay based on chapters and levels.
  
• A combat system in which being outnumbered means trouble.
  
• Challenging puzzles based on classic games of the adventure genre.
  
• Exploration of underground dungeons, caves, monasteries or castles.
  
• Isometric, stylized, slightly fairytale-like, but most importantly dark low poly graphics.
  
• Sneaking and stealthy progression.
  

Blind accessibility

Other useful links

Hynek 'The Fox'

Lothar von Reichenstein