A House of Many Doors
V1.2 Update: All's Well
Bugs fixed are as follows:
- Fixed dependency issues preventing progress in the Abbas Salem quest.
- Fixed some issues with exploring the Shambles in the Dreams of the Dancing God storyline. This wasn't bugged content, it was just very punishingly difficult and quite badly designed to begin with. I think I must have been very sleep-deprived when I came up with this. Made some simple changes that improve the quest progression tenfold.
- Added a way to sell Sleepless Wretches from your cargo.
- Fixed a minor dependency issue in the procedural Journalism quests.
- Fixed a broken dialogue option in the Morbazar storyline.
- Fixed blank-screen dialogue bug in the Nicholas storyline.
- One of the dialogue options in the Library storyline didn't correctly reward guineas.
- A bug I'd already thought was fixed: Travelling via fetch-mirror to Chimer and failing the skill challenge would sometimes drop you a bit too far north. Turns out this could still happen in very rare cases. Now fixed!
V1.19 Update: Rebindable Keys
Sorry for the absence over the last few weeks - I couldn't maintain that bugfixing rate, and I ended up crashing a little. But now I'm back!
The latest HOMD update adds rebindable keys, a much-requested feature. It also fixes a major CTD issue unique to the Mac build of the game which was unfortunately introduced in the V1.18 update.
There are still a few bugs that I wasn't able to fix for this version and that I'm going to work on over the next few days, most notably the Abbas storyline and a few difficult-to-diagnose dependency issues in the Journalism quests. Those should be fixed in the next update.
I'm looking forward to V1.2 - at that point, I think A House of Many Doors will be fully stable, and I can take a step back for a month or two and start planning new content updates and potentially my next major project after HOMD.
Other minor fixes in this update:
- Fixed a bug at the end of the Banjo storyline.
- Fixed a bug when choosing a certain dialogue option in the Ashen storyline.
- Fixed a random event that didn't properly take a Dangerous Beast (Alive) from your cargo.
- Fixed a bug affecting some systems (not sure how many) where the fuel loss event wouldn't properly trigger.
- Fixed minor issue where you get the wrong item when stealing something from Eld Abrathat.
- Fixed a whole bunch of typos.
- Fixed item requirements in one of the Unnamed Society quests.
- SPOILER: Recalcitrance no longer still has shops after being destroyed.
- Fixed a bug in the Nicholas Verdant storyline.
- Fixed a bug stopping you from gathering news in Fargyle Keep.
- Fixed minor bug preventing you click a dialogue option in one branch of the Trees questline.
- Fixed bug that stops progression when following the Trees questline and attempting to gather materials for the Archbishop.
V1.18 Update: Scuttle On!
The Mac version of 1.18 will update tomorrow.
Here's the fixes:
- Fixed bug getting the Explorer achievement.
- Fixed bug/exploit in the Kind: when buying things for Apprehensions, it would take gold instead.
- Fixed a bug at the end of Char's romance.
- Fixed a bug with one of the Unnamed Society quests.
- Fixed bug at the end of the Sandy storyline.
- Fixed item requirement bug in the Spire storyline.
- Fixed typo in the Peter storyline that said you'd been given the Bandit distinction.
- Fixed a blank-dialogue bug when encountering a certain variety of giant beetle.
- Fixed blank-dialogue bug in an obscure branch of the Ashen story.
- Fixed bug that stopped you dropping off a Human Passenger at the City of Angels.
- Fixed blank-dialogue bug in a branch of the Banjo storyline.
- Fixed typo in the Prince's Heart storyline.
- Fixed Banjo's quest speech-bubble persisting after his story was complete.
- The Underbelly delve wouldn't properly conclude - now fixed.
- Fixed spoilery endgame story inconsistency.
- Fixed a spoilery endgame bug.
- Fixed typo in the Otto storyline.
- Fixed interaction in Hextall not properly granting a Romantic Encounter.
- Fixed (hopefully) various CTD issues experienced by a significant number of Mac users. (Upload tomorrow for Mac users, however.)
- Fixed scrambled dialogue in one branch of the Fiona storyline.
- Fixed 2 different very specific locked Doors you could get stuck in after unlocking a certain secret area.
- Fixed minor typos in the Vanch storyline.
- Fixed a duplicated dialogue option in Ghoulwatch.
- Fixed complex, very rare CTD issue with a specific type of neutral Ghoulwatch ship.
- Fixed minor typo in the main story.
- A Relationship increase in the Jack storyline wasn't firing properly. Fixed.
- Fixed minor typo in the Entomarch storyline.
- Fixed CTD bug in the Valeria storyline when at Misty Falls.
- Fixed broken item requirement in Calaram.
- Fixed minor story inconsistency in the Panomnicon.
- Completing the Ashen storyline now removes a critical item from the Cargo, rather than letting it hang around forever.
- Fixed repeatable exploit in the Room of Memories.
- Fixed blank-dialogue bug in the Fractal Fortress.
- Fixed bug when fleeing from a Noddy-Orb in the Violante storyline.
- Fixed minor typo when inviting Tybalt to your Lodgings.
- Stopped slave-taking wasps from appearing in the Entomarch after
slavery is abolished.
V1.17 Update: UI Improvements!
And as always, some other miscellaneous fixes:
- Fixed blank-dialogue bug when you pass a Vigilance challenge protecting ballots in the Ghoulwatch election.
- Fixed minor spoilery bug in Lisshan.
- Fixed blank-dialogue bug when comparing maps with a hollowgod in the Empire of Thread and then deciding at the last minute to attack them instead.
- Fixed bug when bringing Cromlech to the endgame.
- Fixed bug where one branch of the Chasmonauts storyline allowed you to repeat it.
- Fixed minor story inconsistency in Pannachak.
- Fixed minor story inconsistency in one branch of the Sandy storyline.
- Fixed typo in the Buzzards' Omen casino.
- Fixed a Prism trade exploit in Eld Abrathat. It was vaguely thematically-appropriate, but had to go.
- Fixed difficulty accessing the Drifting Bean storyline.
- Fixed blank-dialogue bug in random event in Affina.
V1.16 Update: Unlockable Doors on the Map!
One of the most popular of these suggestions is now implemented: Unlockable Doors are now automatically marked on your Map when you stumble across them!
Other miscellaneous fixes:
- Fixed minor endgame bug.
- Fixed minor endgame typo.
- Fixed a bit of weird map confusion when loading a game saved at the Jagged Sands.
- Fixed an option in Glitterberg that said it required a Fetch-mirror but didn't.
- Fixed Apprehensions exploit in Chimer and the Cyrus Institute.
- Fixed dialogue loop in the King in Kind storyline.
- Fixed typo in the Genevieve storyline.
- Fixed dialogue bug in the Chasmonauts storyline.
- Fixed minor garbled dialogue in Ashen storyline.
- Fixed minor bug in the Lucetta storyline.
- Further sped up Wound Recovery.
Next update: Being able to view who's in your crew while in cities.
V1.15 Update: Various Fixes
Total fixes in this patch:
- Sped up WASD scrolling on map.
- Fixed typo in the Maelstrom.
- Fixed typo in Panorama storyline.
- Fixed typo when resting at Bluesteel Court.
- Fixed typo in Harlequin.
- Fixed typo at Signal Station Null.
- Fixed typo at the Skeleton Party.
- Fixed typo when turning in information to Lady Nyctimene.
- Added Steam screenshots.
- Fixed minor discrepancies in Entomarch civil war.
- Fixed the magnum opus option sometimes vanishing.
- Fixed Apprehensions exploit in Latch and the Ballroom.
- Fixed ANOTHER bug with the Abbas storyline (really hope this is fixed now).
- Fixed minor story inconsistency in Byssus.
- Now successfully removes story items at the end of every branch of the Dr Delgado storyline.
- Fixed Oddwinter concerns displaying one tile too low.
- Buying a Fossilized Ghost at the City of Keys will now properly give you a fossil-ghost instead of Ectoplasm.
- Fixed an unlocked Door that should have been locked.
- Fixed a few incorrect cargo icons.
- Fixed repeated option in Banjo storyline.
- Fixed broken dialogue option after following a horrible spider to a dark place.
- Fixed a bug at the end of one branch of the Nicholas storyline.
- Fixed bug in the mycena villages when talking to the Elder after doing the Jhang Ba Sho storyline.
- Fixed minor spoilery bug at the end of the Char storyline.
- FINALLY fixed long-running occasional CTD when writing certain kinds of poetry. This one was very, very well-hidden and took me a long time to hunt down.
- Fixed spoilery endgame bug.
- Fixed dialogue loop in New Draden.
- Fixed bug when propitiating Abjah.
- Fixed blank-dialogue bug in Buzzards' Omen.
- Fixed the "academic" assessment of your Museum not showing up when it got too high.
- Fixed item requirement in Violante storyline.
- Fixed an unlockable locked Door not showing up.
NOT A BUG: Lumber cannot be used as fuel if you have a special engine that burns other things like words, meat or occult objects.
V1.14 Update: WASD Scrolling on Map!
All changes:
- Added WASD scrolling on the Map.
- Fixed stone-circle NPC bug when interacting after Cromlech quest.
- Fixed infinitely repeatable missionary-work at Scornvaunt.
- Added an XX Large text option.
- Made text sizes apply to the Shops tab.
- Fixed minor typo in Lisshan.
- Stopped Sanity bar from over-filling.
- Can now drop off a mycena passenger at the City of Angels.
- Fixed CTD issues when loading a save from the Ballroom.
- Fixed dependency issues when dying while exploring the Shambles.
- Fixed rare bug when rescuing a visitant from a ruined house.
- Dropping off carchar passenger at the Kelp Fortress now properly gets rid of concern.
- Fixed bug when you reach the final stage of the Panorama quest but don't have the correct items.
- Fixed infinite Apprehensions exploit in the Room of Memories.
- You can now sell Incriminating Evidence: The Governor to Basilmoth.
- Fixed several branches of Abbas quest where items were not properly consumed.
- Fixed running away from a spoilery enemy at the end of the Abbas quest.
- Built Without Soul concern now properly concludes.
- Fixed guineas requirement in Entomarch civil war.
- Fixed horrible issue when talking to crewmembers at a certain magic point while passing between rooms.
- (Hopefully) fixed very rare, very odd visual glitching in the Entomarch.
- Can now sell Seditious Whispers: The Sixfold Principate to the Prince's Eye.
- Fixed minor item detection bug in the Jhang Ba Sho quest.
V1.13 Update: Map Optimizations
This update also fixes various miscellaneous bugs:
- Map optimizations.
- Fixed bug in Chimer quest.
- Whispers in Murmurhold no longer overstay their welcome.
- Fixed spoilery story inconsistency in Ghoulwatch.
- Fixed exploitable bug where you could take Cromlech to see multiple plays.
- Fixed fortune-teller bug in Buzzards' Omen.
- Fixed Delving: Carapas concerns not concluding correctly.
- Fixed very minor scrambled dialogue options in Jhang Ba Sho quest.
- Fixed nasty CTD bug that was only affecting people on Mac.
- Fixed various issues around the locked Doors south of Recalcitrance.
- Attempts to fix the "rocketing kinetopede" bug resulted in a small number of players having an unacceptably slow kinetopede. No idea why this would happen, but I've reversed the change, so rocketing kinetopede will be back in this update. Hopefully no-one minds too much.
- Fixed loop in Judith quest dialogue.
- Fixed blank-dialogue in Genevieve quest.
- Fixed dialogue loop in Char quest.
- Fixed minor typo in Penitents' Bluff.
- Finishing the Founder delve now correctly gives you a Hideous Revelation.
- (Spoilers) Can no longer visit the Omnipope after you kill him.
Next update: More map optimizations, WASD scrolling on map, bugfixes, perhaps some other stuff.
V1.12 Update: Wounds
Other miscellaneous fixes:
- Fixed minor typo in Misty Falls.
- Fixed bug when trying to drop off a carchar passenger at Phobetor Quinn after having already visited there 2 times.
- Fixed blank-dialogue bug in helping Otto catch a shark. (This one has been plaguing me for days.)
- Fixed rare CTDs caused by the lighting engine.
- Fixed dependency issue in the Panorama quest.
- Fixed blank-dialogue issues in Bishop storyline.
Next update I'm going to seriously optimize the Map for a second time, as people with lower RAM are still experiencing FPS slowdown.
V1.11 Update: A Host of Minor Fixes
- Acquiring a Troublesome Pup will no longer give you a hideous zombified head instead.
- BALANCE TWEAK: Updating your stats now costs 15 Apprehensions instead of 10.
- Fixed weird issue when saving at Murmurhold.
- Fixed Tybalt quest not being properly cleared after completion.
- Fixed Delving the Founder quest not being properly cleared after completion.
- Fires no longer continue to spread while being extinguished by Engineers in combat.
- Fixed blank-dialogue bug in Key Details quest.
- Fixed infinite-Apprehensions exploit at the Panomnicon.
- Can no longer invite Panorama round for tea and cake while she's comatose.
- Fixed duplicate-dialogue typo in the City of Masks.
- Fixed minor typo in Tybalt storyline.
- Stopped kinetopede from rocketing forward too quickly when you enter a new room.
- Fixed minor dialogue bug in Latch.
- Fixed dialogue bug when encountering a circus-wagon.
- Fixed minor typo in the mycena villages.
- Fixed minor bug in Makkera where recruiting a treacle-coated ghoul would turn him into a human crewmember, but only if you recruited him as a Gunner.
- A branch of the Empire's Overthrow quest would give you Boxes of Happy Memories instead of Angelwine. Fixed.
- Fixed minor dialogue bug in the Harmony storyline.
- Fixed bug in starting the Abbas romance.
- Fixed CTD when fighting a neutral Galvanic warmobile.
- Lord Aranach wasn't properly giving you money for Thrilling Yarns. Fixed.
- Fixed blank-dialogue bug in the Kind.
- One branch of the Prince's Heart quest wouldn't properly stop it from looping again.
- The Panomnicon didn't entirely reflect certain changes in the story. Fixed.
- Fixed the ending to the Abbas quest.
NOT A BUG: To people worried about their Sanity dropping to Anxious, this is probably because you have a Hideous Revelation or Mind-shattering Disruption in your logbook. With knowledge like that eating a hole in your brain, you'll never reach Steady Sanity.
NOT A BUG: Masterpiece progress will decrease the more you work on it. Just a fact of life. Don't think of it as losing progress; think of it as the goalposts moving further and further away.
NOT A BUG: Your starting Lodgings will change depending on the wealth of your starting character build. This isn't your previous Lodgings carrying over to a new save.