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Genre: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure

Fade to Silence

BFG Unlocked - New episode 'Moving On' is live
A lot is going on at the BFG Headquarter, take a look: https://youtu.be/OgY_TZEcKZY

Do you like it? Let us know.

The BFG Documentary about Fade To Silence is now on steam!
Watch everything here - https://store.steampowered.com/app/812400/BFG_Unlocked_Against_All_Odds/

From the very first start of Fade to Silence until the first few updates that you guys were all a part of.

1-hour movie about us and how we are working on delivering the best game possible for you guys.


The best part is, IT IS COMPLETELY FREE!

So grab a pizza and something to drink and relax with a great documentary.

//BFG Team.

The FEAR update is here


FEAR is upon you and bears the gift of more content.

New Region:
The Pit is dominated by deep canyons and POIs to explore. Central point is a refinery which is located in the middle of the map, as well as some minor POIs hidden in the canyon. It also features new gathering areas you can make use of. But being the farthest region from your refuge, you need to equip the best gear you can muster.

New Followers:
Gani and Ezra join the fold. Ezra, called "The Alchemist" managed to survive for a very long time, despite the harsh conditions. That is partly thanks to his widespread knowledge of every plant and herb that can still be found in the icy cold.
Gani, the Huntress, is determined to reverse the Eclipse’s devastating effects on the planet. Ready to take on any task, Gani expects the same of everyone else. Likewise, Gani won’t hesitate to call out faults in camp leadership when she sees them.

You can find her in the world and defy her challenge to recruit her into your camp. Ezra, however, will approach your refuge on his behalf if certain conditions are met.

New threats:
Our Tech-Artists and VFX Artists did a tremendous job to introduce a new threat into the game. The snow tornado roams the canyons of The Pit and forces you to be extremely careful when you explore the new area.

New Refuge Upkeep:
We implemented a new upkeep system for the refuge. From now on, your followers in the camp are affected by the amount of firewood and food you have stored in the refuge. They also start to use resources that are stored in the refuge stash. The amount of resources being used depends on the number of followers, the constructed buildings, and if a follower is in the camp. Followers on expeditions do not use resources in the camp. Followers on gathering runs (e.g., hunting) are considered "in the camp". Now you have to ensure you have a steady supply of food and wood, so make sure to put your followers to work.

Change-Log Build [1.0.885]

new features

  • New region: The Pit
  • New follower Gani, the Survivor.
  • New follower Ezra, the Alchemist.
  • Implmented snow tornado in The Pit.
  • New resource upkeep system in the refuge.
  • Reverse finisher animations and mechanic for monsters.


Fixes

  • fixed: In The Wreck region, the player can reach outside playable area.
  • fixed: Character never dies of deprivation if one cold shard is picked up.
  • fixed: Missing gamepad focus in the options menu.
  • fixed: Pressing ESC in recruitment events scenes destroys dialogs.
  • fixed: Followers not fighting raid monsters.
  • fixed: Progressing through the game resets follower’s status (making them unrecruitable for example).
  • fixed: Player can reach outside playable area.
  • fixed: The game might freeze when attempting to rest.
  • fixed: Unable to sprint when the character locked on a target.
  • fixed: Character may remain stuck after rolling & drawing a melee weapon.
  • fixed: Two outposts not considered indoors.
  • fixed: Various invisible collisions
  • fixed: Lumberyard invisible collision.
  • fixed: Access to restricted gameplay area.
  • fixed: Main menu items missing after coming back from the options menu.
  • fixed: In some cases, if you are dying during the Vic recruitment, multiple monsters can spawn.
  • fixed: Exploit where the player could discover the world by exploiting a bug in the construction menu.
  • fixed: In rare cases, a follower may remain stuck in sliding animation after being damaged in combat.
  • fixed: In rare cases, the player character may not be able to move after the revival.
  • fixed: Debug sphere with no gameplay impact visible in The Prairie.


Known Issues

  • Corruption roots/tentacles are not recognized by monsters and followers.
  • Localization: Non-English languages are still missing translations for dialogues.
  • Localization: Gender-sensitive languages are still missing the proper forms. For now, it is recommended to play in English.
  • Region names, player feedback about follower activities, some mission names, some reworked interactables, and new or reworked menu items have not been localized, will show up in English.
  • Fog of war on the map currently has visual artifacts depending on camera position.
  • Event log temporarily deactivated.
  • In rare cases the Impaler Guardian from the NW Outpost may be invisible.
  • The game may become unresponsive if “ALT+TAB” combination is pressed during the loading screen.
  • In some cases the Gani recruitment event will break if you enter the shelter before she does.
    Workaround: Leave the event area and restart the event. Make sure you enter the shelter AFTER Gani.
  • Dependent on snow height the tools in the Gani recruitment event are not visible because they are buried in the snow. They still get highlighted if you place the cursor above them.

Patch 1.0.842 Hotfix 1

Some additional fixes for the Unity patch.

Change-Log Build [1.0.842hotfix1]

fixes

  • fixed - In certain cases, Ash could be stuck inside a wall in the Crypt after being revived. This is no longer the case.
  • fixed - Followers could get stuck in the Crypt as well after being revived with Ash and dismissing the expedition before leaving the Crypt. This has been fixed.
  • fixed - Cancelling an attack no longer costs stamina. Jumping now cancels an attack as well.
  • fixed - Followers in an expedition now attack the corrupted Rhys.
  • fixed - Two paths leading to the player falling into an inaccessible location have been fixed.
  • fixed - The debug sphere from the Canyon tornado is no longer visible.
  • fixed - Rhys is no longer randomly removed from the expedition during the Flats Outpost cleansing quest.
  • fixed - The Main Menu becomeing transparent after you go into the Options menu and come back is no longer the case.


Known Issues

  • KNOWN ISSUE: The Main Menu becomes transparent after you go into the Options menu and come back.

    Workaround: The Main Menu is still "there", you can still click the buttons or use the gamepad. The changes you make in the Options menu are properly saved as well. You can restart the game after you've saved & closed the Options menu, and as mentioned, you can use the Main Menu with the Gamepad or keyboard & mouse as long as you know where to click.

    Up with the gamepad is Continue, Left with the gamepad is New Game :)

    Real Workaround: We'll fix this first thing tomorrow :smiley:


And just because we have found this, and think it's kinda funny... ;)
https://www.inc.com/steve-blakeman/5-simple-ways-to-silence-your-annoying-inner-voice.html

[2018-04-13] edit: updated list with fixed issues.

Patch Notes!


With this patch, we fulfill the promise we made in the wake of the Unity update. In the last couple of weeks, the team focussed on addressing the various issues that arose with the last update. It fixes several crash bugs you reported as well as some other bugs that affected gameplay or visuals.

The sheer amount of fixes wouldn't have been possible without the support and feedback from you, our community. We cannot tell you enough how much we appreciate this. Thank you!

Another priority was, as always the performance of the game. We made some improvements that should result in an overall performance increase for most players, fewer FPS drops and smoother gameplay.

While we have thoroughly tested all fixes, there might still be certain cases where players will experience some issues. Should you be affected, please let us know either here in the comments, or in the Steam forum.

Change-Log Build [1.0.842]

Changes

  • The player has enough time to organize his defenses before a strong raid comes.
  • Implemented Crash Reporter to receive player reports.
  • The main outpost has been moved one level lower, in addition, a set of secondary stairs leading to the shelter were added.
  • The player can cancel an attack by performing a counter, block, or a evade move, regardless of the direction.
    > KNOWN ISSUE: The cancelled attack wrongly consumes Stamina
  • The player is no longer able to block all the melee attacks by spamming the assigned key to counter an attack.
  • Crafting food now uses one resource from each stack of meat.
  • Reduced Lethality of corruption bulbs on the stairs in the intro scene.
  • Enhanced the player character's appearance, and added ragdoll upon death.
  • Ravens can be shot and have a low chance to drop meat.
  • Players are now able to use "Drop Marker" with the mouse in the map view.
  • Key binding (M) to place the marker in map view.

Performance & Stability Fixes

  • Fixed a rare crash after cutting down a tree on the first woodcutting area.
  • Fixed a rare crash while approaching Spitters or engaging them.
  • Fixed a single event crash that occurred while being attacked by monsters and corruption.
  • Fixed crashes related to TrueSky.
  • Fixed a rare crash related to the streaming system.
  • Fixed a rare crash in the collision system following the engine upgrade.
  • Improved cloth movement performance.
  • Improved real-time light shadow casting performance.
  • Improved real-time snow effects performance.
  • Improved performance on fires casting light & shadow.
  • Improved fur & feather performance on different characters.
  • Optimized terrain performance with streaming optimizations.
  • Optimized terrain foliage appearance and memory usage.
  • Optimized the decals in the Crypt.
  • Optimized lights in the crypt.
  • Optimized burning camp decals by reducing fading range.
  • Compressed and removed some animations in the world for optimized memory usage.
  • Updated culling distances and streaming zones distances for optimizations.
  • Optimized LoDs on ice formations.
  • Fixed shader issues with some trees.


Fixes

  • Followers will now resume crafting jobs properly to finish crafting at the crafting stations.
  • Followers will now recognize Spitter bombs and try to avoid them properly.
  • Redundant "follower is resting" message is not shown if follower is starting a new activity immediately afterwards, such as resuming a previous unfinished task.
  • Fixed an issue where pressing the attack button once would result in attacking twice.
  • World Map fog no longer resets when continuing a saved game.
  • Fixed various spots for the camera to be at a correct angle when The player sits at a campfire.
  • The totems are properly now destroyed immediately after having been reloaded if cleansed
  • The temperature remains under normal parameters when Jin's fire is lit and when it is extinguished.
  • The player receives a positive temperature boost when standing next to Jin's campfire.
  • Fixed an issue where a melee attack would be performed if the assign key/s are pressed before equipping a weapon.
  • Fixed an issue where knocked-out followers would disappear from the expedition if the player resurrected them.
  • Fixed a rare issue where followers would disappear from the expedition under certain circumstances.
  • Fixed an issue where Deer would not spawn properly under certain conditions.
  • Equalized the time needed to cleanse different totems across the world.
  • Followers can now craft adept level hunting items.
  • The cost of the stair construction add-on has been reduced.
  • The player can properly use the 'LB' and 'RB' to zoom in & out in the construction menu.
  • The player can properly interact with the proper crafting table.
  • The followers' notifications are no longer displaying different activities simultaneously.
  • The healing potions are displayed as active in the inventory section.
  • The viaduct bridge structure has a proper collision implemented.
  • The player can properly assign a follower to construct palisade buildings.
  • The player remains controllable after running with an equipped torch while the Caps Lock key is active.
  • Corruption roots around the campsite during the tutorial quests are properly dismissed when the crystal is cleansed.
  • Fixed an issue where ballista shots would not explode sometimes.
  • Fixed a rare issue where the radial menu would not close due to its animation timing.
  • The player can click on the Enter icon from the "Resurrection Screen" and "Game Info" screen.
  • The "fire" icon has been removed from the HUD.
  • Removed overlapping text when the player has not enough resources.
  • Mining nodes no longer display a redundant light source.
  • Noise sphere of "noise chest" is now correctly implemented.
  • After completing the Outpost quest there are no corrupted ground areas that can directly affect the player and the sled.
  • Fixed an issue where saving while riding the sled would take too long.
  • "No Followers Available" notification is no longer displayed when there are followers in the Refuge.
  • Fixed an issue where the Spitter becomes unresponsive after getting hit by an arrow from a long range.
  • The name of the sub-menus is properly displayed to match the current screen. Upon opening the construction menu, the "Camp Building" screen is opened first.
  • Followers can cross the environment without any invisible collision blocking their path.
  • The "Cleanse" hotspot is now properly dismissed during cleansing animation.
  • A Soul Ripper can now spawn inside a tombstone in the graveyard area.
  • Alice is now placed correctly in the refugee camp.
  • Wrecked cars dropped by the Eclipse now disappear after the player has left the impact zone.
  • Followers can enter the medicine hut once they are assigned to a production.
  • Gani's dialogue line regarding the resurrected deer is now correctly triggered.
  • The player can no longer drop items while standing on a fallen tree.
  • The in-game map properly reflects the actual position of the icons, roads, relief and the character’s cursor on the game’s terrain.
  • The PoI on the map reflect the actual position of resources on the terrain.
  • Rhys is no longer automatically assigned to craft an item when choosing production from the Crafting Shack.
  • The area notification is correctly displayed while using Inner Vision.
  • The "Available Workers" menu is displayed only when the interest areas icons from the map are selected.
  • After the player died during the "Survive the blizzard" objective, the weather state resumed to its normal state, and the event was properly dismissed as failed.
  • The camera now resume its normal behavior and position after the player has been defeated while sitting at the campfire.
  • The dormant Rippers from Vic's recruitment quest can no longer be killed before the quest starts.
  • The Inner Voice no longer mocks the player of not having weapons despite having one.
  • The markers are properly removed upon choosing the "Remove Marker" option.
  • The monsters from The Prairie are now properly affected by the cleansing shockwave.
  • Portraits of followers assigned to an expedition no longer overlaps the looting text.
  • Shockwaves from the Refuge Crystal are dealing damage to enemy monsters.
  • The Spitters are now responsive after entering suicide mode.
  • The Spitters’ suicide mode is properly activated and inflict damage to the character.
  • The state of a totem is correctly displayed after being cleansed.
  • Totems cannot be cleansed multiple times.
  • Weather effects are no longer displayed inside the Crypt.
  • Spamming LMB results in only one refuge stash window being opened.
  • The player is properly rewarded with wolves after cleansing the totems from the Flats outpost quest.
  • Followers can be assigned to resource gathering zones and tasks via the world map.
  • The player can interact with the fire barrel from the Refuge shelter.
  • The player can successfully mount the sled after replacing it through all the available methods.
  • The player can perform interactions with resources while moving.
  • The crafted items can now be placed after switching from crafting to inventory menu.
  • Player is now able to recruit Gani after choosing the "Take care" option.
  • Teleport by pressing the assigned key for this action is possible again.
  • Teleport from Refuge to another Outpost.
  • Player shelter can only be built in specified areas.
  • "Insufficient Resources" message no longer overlaps with the "Resurrection Left" notification.
  • The activity icons are now displayed properly.
  • Building construction status now shows the correct amount of necessary materials needed to finish the building.
  • Double clicking a building in construction menu no longer changes its description.
  • Gamepad buttons are no longer displayed in interfaces when using a keyboard.
  • Gamepad buttons are no longer displayed on the overview screen when using a keyboard.
  • Portraits no longer overlap the animated background in the "Available Workers" interface for constructing buildings.
  • Portraits no longer overlaps the animated background in the "Available Workers" interface for gathering resources.
  • Portraits are no longer missing from the "Available Workers" interface when crafting items.
  • Default time for Resting is no longer different for keyboard and mouse controls.
  • The "(HOLD) Unequip" text is now properly formatted on a white background.
  • The "Totem" icon and description are now listed in the "Legend".
  • The "B" button pictogram is no longer duplicated when accessing the "Crafting interface" from a shelter.
  • The amount of required resources for constructing buildings is now displayed.
  • The crafting tutorial highlight is no longer placed on the inventory tab.
  • The info screen is no longer displayed during the "Fight for your life" tutorial quest.
  • The marker is now immediately displayed on the teleport map.
  • The number and type of arrows is now updated in the GUI when The player is riding the sled.
  • The player is no longer able to equip several weapons simultaneously.
  • Points of interest are no longer overlapping the cursor on the map.
  • The position of a follower is now accurately displayed on the map screen.
  • The recruitment icon is no longer visible on the compass after the mission is completed.
  • The "Skill Wheel" is now displaying all icons and keybindings.
  • The player is now able to click and drag the scroll bar from the construction menu.
  • The world map is no longer fully revealed before all zones are discovered.
  • Hint displayed before cleansing the crystal no longer contains misleading information.
  • The snow from the wooden bridges no longer vanishes when walking on it.
  • The "LS" icon from the Event Log section is displayed in the correct quality.
  • Rhys portrait is now visible in the UI during expedition and int the "Available Worker" screen.
  • The skill tree icons are no longer overlapping the permanent bonuses icons and the skills frame.
  • The counter tutorial is properly triggered when The player reaches the road towards the Flats outpost.
  • The player is able to craft campfire + fibre.
  • “Floating” Assets in several places around the map have been placed correctly.
  • Removed invisible object on the stairs leading to the main outpost tower.
  • Removed invisible object under a water tank near the Northern Outpost.
  • Health and morale of selected followers is now displayed correctly in the "Available Workers" interface.
  • The "Remove from Expedition" option is functional in the "Available Workers" screen.
  • The "Take all" looting option is no longer functional while the inventory tab is selected.

Known Issues

  • Fog of war on the map currently has visual artefacts depending on camera position.
  • Event log temporarily deactivated.
  • The 'lock-on' HUD sometimes does not go away when a monster is killed.
    > Workaround: unequip weapon (e.g. hold ) to release the lock.
  • Localization: Non-English languages are still missing translations for dialogues.
  • Localization: Gender sensitive languages are still missing the proper forms. For now, it is recommended to play in English.
  • Region names, player feedback about follower activities, some mission names, some reworked interactables, and new or reworked menu items have not been localized, will show up in English.
  • In rare cases the Impaler Guardian from the NW Outpost may be invisible.
  • The game may become unresponsive if “ALT+TAB” combination is pressed during the loading screen.
  • In rare cases Vic may not engage the raiding mosters.
  • In rare cases a follower may remain stuck in sliding animation after being damaged in combat
  • In rare cases the player character may not be able to move after the revival cutscene.
  • The recruitment event for Jin, "Trial by Fire" will break if you place a campfire very close to Jin.
    Workaround: Any reload without initiating the event such as dying and respawning will reset the campfires so the event will be playable.


Edit: formating and removed one line of in the "fixes" section.
Edit: Added a known issue

BFG Unlocked, BFG Goes to GDC.
Newest Episode of BFG Unlocked has been uploaded.

An episode of how Adrian and Andreas is doing at GDC 2018 and how we use that to improve our own games and company.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_ZVy7DI-A8&feature=youtu.be

Hope you all enjoy.

//BFG Zyddie.

Change-Log for 1.0.747Hotfix3
As Adrian mentioned in last week's "BFG Unlocked", the team has put a lot of effort into fixing the most pressing gameplay bugs. Understanding what is "most pressing" is half the work, and as we've been also working for performance fixes, we decided to separate our efforts into a two-forked approach:

In raw numbers, the team managed to eliminate 146 bugs. Today's hotfix focuses on the bugs below as well as a large bunch of minor improvements that are too numerous to count. The list below was considered to be the safest to publish in this hotfix - as systemic fixes into performance or crashes require more testing to be deemed safe right now. But do not fret, stay tuned, we are planning to go forward with performance optimizations and more fixes as soon as we feel confident they improve the experience properly without creating more issues.

Bug Fixes

  • FIXED: Guardians were easy kills with the cleansing wave from outposts & totems. This was an unintended side-effect that made outposts less challenging, and has been fixed.
  • FIXED: Ambush monsters "ignore" spawn animation.
  • FIXED: Hero could not be teleported back to a respawn point if he died while riding the sled.
  • FIXED: Totem can be cleansed multiple times in a row.
  • FIXED: In some rare instances teleportation would teleport the player into nothingness
  • FIXED: Saving the game while riding the sled is now active again, enabling players to quit the game while sledding.
  • FIXED: Falling damage could kill the hero if hero initiates a teleport while jumping.
  • FIXED: Corrupted ground not disarmed after cleansing a totem.
  • FIXED: Crafting - Follower will not continue the crafting after they did a break.
  • FIXED: Broken face problem on LOW art quality settings.
  • FIXED: Inner Vision highlights were not properly calculated and displayed.
  • FIXED: Spamming the 'A' button on the camp crystal during the tutorial would open the teleport map.
  • FIXED: Pressing RB close to a cleansed crystal made the player jump and open the teleport map at the same time.

Changes

  • Re-enabled Eclipse destructible debris, ice shards (monster spawns), and tombstones.

A message from Adrian
Good evening.
In light of the many bugs after the Unity update, we will focus purely bugs and performance fixes. Adrian has more in the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0O0zZvoIRM

Enjoy your weekend.


PS:
A little glimpse into the next region

Change-Log Build [1.0.747]
Edit: Lol, we took away your immortality... ;)


First: Since the last update we integrated the latest version 4.18.3 of the Unreal Engine 4. (Details: https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Support/Builds/ReleaseNotes/4_18/). The decision was made to take advantage of some new and updated features from which Fade To Silence will profit. The engine update also fixed some bugs that caused some serious issues for us. The downside is that it also caused some new issues. While we identified most of the bugs so far and fixed them already, there may be still some left, potentially also issues with elements that worked before. If you encounter bugs, please continue to report them to us.

So Unity has finally arrived. Ash will be united with his daughter Alice. Ryme, a new follower, will arrive at the refuge’s gates if your community is big enough.
There is also a new explorable region called The Wreck, which features the massive container ship that was visible from your starting camp.

Alice, Ash’s daughter, will be in the camp right from the start. She is one of Ash’s main motivations to survive the Apocalypse. He wants to keep her safe and alive. While she won’t have an active role in the game now, she will make her presence known. We strongly recommend starting a new game to see the new, more extended introduction which now includes Alice.
Ryme on the other side will be the fourth follower you can select to contribute to your refuge.

The Wreck – our internal name for it was “Shipland” – opens up for the general public. It represents a once trendy recreational area – before the Apocalypse. It’s not as big as the Prairie, from which you will enter the Wreck. But it spurs some nasty surprises and makes you tread carefully. There is a lot to do there. Including a shortcut back to the camp – if you dare to cleanse the tunnels.

We improved the inventory to be more convenient to use and more consistent in its functions. Equipped items will now move to your character. It will no longer use up space in your inventory. With this comes a reduction of your backpack space to the initially intended amount. While this means reduced space at the start of the game, we tweaked the additional slots that you receive when you equip the pouch, for example.

As always we are working intensively on the games’ performance. We did manage to identify some features and functions that were causing a huge drain on performance, and we’ll continue to work on fixing them as we isolate these issues.

Make sure to watch the latest Episode of BFG Unlocked, where we dive a bit into the creation of "The Wreck"

https://youtu.be/KST2jrIolMw

P.S. Enjoy your immortality while it lasts! mhuahuaahahaahaahahaa

Change-Log Build [1.0.747]

Added Features

  • Introducing Alice, Ash’s daughter.
  • Updated introduction cutscenes (requires you to start a new game).
  • New follower: Ryme.
  • New Recruitment Scene.
  • New region: The Wreck, including new POI, events and outpost.
  • Gear equipped to your character no longer takes up space in player inventory.

Optimization

  • Multiple performance improvements.
  • Multiple UI and HUD improvements.
  • Interface - Crash - Main Menu (Interface part right) is crashing the game.
  • Interface - Construction - Only 1 follower is displayed in the construction info also if you have assigned two followers to the building.
  • Interface -Resolution 1280x1024 (5:4) - different interfaces not working because a part is cut or elements are misplaced.
  • Interface - Resolution 1024x768 (4:3) - different interfaces not working because a part is cut or elements are misplaced.
  • Interface - Keyboard & Mouse input - Construction Menu - The input of clicking on building names is not picked up by the game.
  • Interface - Inventory - Crafting - Campfire - Campfire being used up unnecessary.
  • Interface - The button is not functional in the screen.
  • Interface - The and buttons are not functional in the screen.
  • Interface - The controller button pictogram is displayed after selecting the construction edit mode.
  • Interface - The user is able to spam the notification.
  • Interface - The and tabs are inverted in the looting screen.
  • Interface - Hunger notification and green icon highlight are not dismissed after consuming food .
  • Interface - The frame from the follower status notifications is missing the feather effect.
  • Interface - Cut-off text displayed within the Keyboard Assignments submenu.
  • Interface - The , and controller pictograms are displayed in the tab when using a keyboard and mouse as input.
  • Interface - The radial menu appears on a black screen before the menu in reached.
  • Interface - The button related to the is also displayed in the tab.
  • Interface - The controller pictogram is displayed in the tab when using a keyboard and mouse as input.
  • Interface - The and controller pictograms are present in the and tabs when using a keyboard and mouse as input.
  • Interface - Incorrect icon representing War Arrows in the overview interface.
  • Interface - The recruit marker is still present on the map after rescuing a recruit.
  • Interface - Gamepad button is incorrectly displayed when using a keyboard.
  • Interface - The items from the Inventory are incorrectly displayed after spamming the equip/unequip button.
  • Interface - A corrupted outpost is displayed on the map as being cleansed.
  • Interface - The 'Assign worker' button has an incorrect layout displayed when using a mouse and keyboard.
  • Interface - Resurrect screen - not possible to click on the resurrect button with the mouse.
  • Interface - Keyboard control map does not include the key for Inventory.
  • Interface - Map - Wrong icon used for recruitment missions.
  • Cleaned up and re-fitted Follower task icons w/ proper ones.
  • Updated radial menus, implemented auto-snapping as comfort feature.

Changes

  • Loca and text improvements.
  • Changed intro scene to include Alice.
  • Outpost stash which contains extra loot now called strongbox. Added additional stashes now allow access to the refuge stash (global stash).
  • Cosmetic changes the first shelter at The Veil.
  • Dialog system for the camp followers + Alice.
  • Ingame Kinematic system for human characters – Human characters now behave correctly on slopes and uneven ground.
  • Spitters’ projectiles now home in on the player.
  • Nerfed spitter rate of fire to roughly 1/3 of the previous setting. (Fighting a single spitter with a torch now is easy, but not trivial (you have to evade at least 1 shot), and fighting 3 at the same time is tough, but feasible. You should now always have enough stamina to attack and defend unless you overexert yourself (e.g. with a heavy attack that doesn't kill the spitter)).
  • Buffed ballista and mortar damage.
  • Updated PC inventory: Starting pouch has now fewer slots. Equipped items are now correctly moved to the character and don’t use up inventory space anymore.
  • Fixed damage zone duration and damage for corruption bulb.
  • Set up and fixed deep snow stamina drain.
  • Placed Fire Barrel or camp fire in every camp building / player placed buildings in the refuge.
  • Refugee Stash accessible in every camp building / player placed buildings in the refuge.

Bug Fixes

  • Multiple Crash fixes
  • Fixed Crash - The game crashes while exploring the area near a totem and Crusher.
  • Fixed Crash - The game will crash upon reaching for the first time a corrupted ground area with the sled.
  • Fixed Crash - The game will crash after selecting the exit game option during a recruitment quest.
  • Fixed Crash - The game crashes after selecting the exit game option under certain conditions.
  • Fixed Crash - The game crashes while reaching the gates of the Northern Outpost.
  • Fixed Crash - If you have physical contact with the camp crystal and you cleansing it, the game is crashing after.
  • Fixed Crash - The game crashes upon attempting to access the ?Assign Worker? menu from several buildings.
  • Fixed Crash - The localization build crashes when launching a saved game
  • Fixed Crash - Game crashed after played ~20 - 30 minutes (+ crash on continue game several Fixed times).
  • Fixed Crash - Game crashed after played the game for ~30 minutes.
  • Fixed Crash - Game was crashing after built a few constructions + tried to make some leather with follower "Jin".
  • Fixed Crash - Refuge Campfire - Deprivation (Hunger) - Dying of deprivation (Hunger) breaks respawn + crash after restart.
  • Fixed Crash - During the cutscene with the wolf (after cleansed a totem - outpost1).
  • Fixed Crash - The game crashes after defeating Rhys.
  • Fixed Crash - A crash occurs after stopping priority task to Vic.
  • Fixed Crash - Main Menu (Interface part right) is crashing the game.
  • Fixed Crash - The game crashed during he was in combat with 1 follower involved.
  • Fixed Crash - Single event crash occurred while in construction mode.
  • Fixed Crash – Game Crashes occur randomly while the character is running.
  • Fixed Crash - The game crashes after cleansing the first totem.
  • Fixed - Unable to continue the gameplay after the character is killed.
  • Fixed - Tapping the basic/light melee button once results in two chained melee attacks.
  • Fixed - The player can no longer interact with resting spots, making resting impossible.
  • Fixed - The user is unable to start the gameplay from the main menu.
  • Fixed - The user is unable to complete the tutorial quests.
  • Fixed - follower is ignoring the "cold" value and can get sick easily.
  • Fixed - The Jin recruitment quest objective cannot be completed.
  • Fixed - Resources are completely missing from the game.
  • Fixed - Wolf rescue cutscene lowers the FPS until restarting the game.
  • Fixed - Dead follower cannot be revived because his corpse is not visible.
  • Fixed - Cleansing has no effect on Rhys during camp raids.
  • Fixed - Save Game - Farmland - Save game loaded but character was falling through the ground.
  • Fixed - Spitter - Not always triggering death, breaking events and objectives.
  • Fixed - Followers - Already Recruited - game reset one follower from camp.
  • Fixed - Crafting - Crafting buildings - NPC's are unable to craft anything in the crafting buildings.
  • Fixed - Explosion bulbs spawned by spitters spawn underground.
  • Fixed - The game might freeze in the loading screen on specific configurations.
  • Fixed - Unable to continue the gameplay when passing with the sled through an under construction Palisade.
  • Fixed - Unable to use the teleport function due to missing button prompt.
  • Fixed - Event locations terminate when the player flees.
  • Fixed - Death screen doesn't pause the game, generating potential showstopper situations.
  • Fixed - Expedition - Save / Load - Follower position after loading save game is wrong.
  • Fixed - Event - Outpost 1st cleansing - Possible to break Rhys recruit event.
  • Fixed - Event (Rhys) - After i died during the fight with Rhys and cleansed the totem again, Rhys was doing nothing (event breaker).
  • Fixed - Abnormal behaviour of the dead follower's character model.
  • Fixed - The equipped arrows are lost after loading the last saved game.
  • Fixed - The followers can fall through the ground level when teleported via camp Crystal.
  • Fixed - Freeze - black screen on startup.
  • Fixed - The Rusher is not responding when it is attacked with arrows by the PC from a distance.
  • Fixed - The user is able to avoid the Hellvines attacks by jumping on top of a corrupted totem.
  • Fixed - The attacks of the Impaler monsters are not dealing damage to the playable character.
  • Fixed - event not triggered when reaching an Outpost.
  • Fixed - deer hunting - deer resource (loot) are increasing if you leave / enter the zone again.
  • Fixed - Sled replacement option on invalid place makes it disappear.
  • Fixed - Respawn Location not reset after death.
  • Fixed - Construction - Unable to finish the building despite having enough resources.
  • Fixed - A major FPS drop is experienced throughout the 'Overview' section.
  • Fixed - The attacks from Spitters are not dealing damage to the playable character.
  • Fixed - Vibration Function - Keyboard & Mouse - Vibration for gamepad still active when you are using Keyboard & mouse input.
  • Fixed - Floating Tentacles at road to outpost in the flats.
  • Fixed - Camp - nightly raid - enemies seem to get stuck and don't attack the camp .
  • Fixed - Birds - not spawning on top of objects, and only on landscapes.
  • Fixed - Streaming - outpost Streaming not working as intended - not saving progress.
  • Fixed - Graphics - the bowl’s shadow is flickering in the crypt.
  • Fixed - Keyboard Controls - the key assigned to "Camp Overview" is bringing up an incorrect screen.
  • Fixed - Inventory – crafting food from Grubroot will consume one campfire as intended.
  • Fixed - Missing snow trail in areas with high snow level.
  • Fixed - UI Expedition - The and controller button icons are displayed in the screen.
  • Fixed - A spitter remains stuck in ice at a specific POI.
  • Fixed - The user is able to close the menu by pressing the Tab key.
  • Fixed - The character is able to jump the corruption fence during the tutorial quest.
  • Fixed - UI Unlocks - The unlock section title has different visibility.
  • Fixed - The can be placed under the level geometry in certain locations.
  • Fixed - Corruption Roots - Player is able to stand on top of corruption roots.
  • Fixed - Inventory - The cannot be unequipped.
  • Fixed - Unable to damage the Hellvines with the bow and arrows.
  • Fixed - Incorrect placement for the Barrel / Shelter at South-East Outpost.
  • Fixed - Storage Stack of arrows cannot be stashed if there is another stack equipped .
  • Fixed - The Eclipse's actual location is incorrectly marked in the world map.
  • Fixed - After re-spawning the equipment disappears from the character.
  • Fixed - The user is unable to change from the Unlocks section to Crafting or Inventory.
  • Fixed - Crafting - Rhys can craft Fur even if he does not have the required skill.
  • Fixed - Crafting - Vic can craft Eldritch Essence even if she does not have the required skill.
  • Fixed - Crafting - Rhys can craft Leather Cord even if he does not have the required skill.
  • Fixed - Crafting - Rhys can craft Processed Tainted Wood even if he does not have the required skill.
  • Fixed - Crafting - Jin can craft Cooper Ingot even if he does not have the required skill.
  • Fixed - The character can get stuck in a wooden enclosure near Jin's recruitment location.
  • Fixed - Invisible wall collision within the main outpost's tower.
  • Fixed - Construction - Missing collision with the stairs railing of the Crafting Shack.
  • Fixed - The character is blocked inside the ruined building if placing a campfire at the entrance.
  • Fixed - Corrupted tentacle has no collision with the tower's texture.
  • Fixed - Invisible collision is present on the wooden platform at the second crystal.
  • Fixed - Invisible collision in the northern outpost tower.
  • Fixed - Construction - Refugee Stash available in every building.
  • Fixed - Crosshair is shown on HUD while melee weapon drawn.
  • Fixed - Construction - Add Fire Barrel in every building and add camp stash in every building.
  • Fixed - The playable character is able to exit the campsite area during the tutorial quest.
  • Fixed - The character can access an enclosed area within the "Construction Site".
  • Fixed - Missing collision with the makeshift shelter.
  • Fixed - An invisible wall is blocking the access to lootable resources located in Farmland's train yard.
  • Fixed - Crafting - Rhys can craft Craft Wood even if he does not have the required skill.
  • Fixed - No message is displayed when there is insufficient resources to craft an item.
  • Fixed - Construction - Missing collision with the workbench displayed within the Medicine hut.
  • Fixed - Outpost area - small area not accessible at Peaks Outpost blocking accces to loot.
  • Fixed - HUD - compass icons remain in the same position when riding the sled.
  • Fixed - The character is able to access a restricted area by climbing the rocks avalanche.
  • Fixed - Invisible wall near Observatory blocks the path to the resource bags.
  • Fixed - Campfire's warmth radius is not active in all degrees.
  • Fixed - Bag of resources near Jin's recruitment event location is positioned inside a rock.
  • Fixed - Construction - Missing collision with the wooden beds displayed within the huts.
  • Fixed - Map - The icon from the Observatory's cleansed outpost is not displayed in the map.
  • Fixed - Incorrect ground collision prevents the Follower from advancing.
  • Fixed - Keyboard Controls - The default keys assigned to "Block" are not consistently displayed.
  • Fixed - Graphical Issue - Eclipse - The eclipse is no longer glowing .
  • Fixed - The world map is fully revealed before all zones are discovered.
  • Fixed - Monsters encased in ice break ice too late.
  • Fixed - Follower Vic is incorrectly placed on the ground plane.
  • Fixed - Unable to skip cutscenes when using a controller as input method.
  • Fixed - Keyboard Controls - Pressing in the radial menu allows alternating between the available entries.
  • Fixed - Controls are inverted during map navigation.
  • Fixed - Monsters - Monsters spawned by the outpost (guardians) or mission don't drop loot.
  • Fixed - Birds shouldn't be active in blizzards.
  • Fixed - Building not enterable at the Observatory.
  • Fixed - The character is unable to use the oil bin as a campfire near the bus in the Flats.

Known Issues

  • Totem status (active/cleansed) might have wrong status on map.
  • Corruption zone around Totem might still be active (including blocking the sled) even after cleansing.
  • Fog of war on the map currently has visual artefacts depending on camera position.
  • Event log temporarily deactivated.
  • The 'lock-on' HUD sometimes does not go away when a monster is killed.
    Workaround: unequip weapon (e.g. hold ) to release the lock.
  • In certain cases teleportation prompts in outposts don’t work.
  • Localization: Non-English languages are still missing translations for dialogues.
  • Localization: Gender sensitive languages are still missing the proper forms. For now, it is recommended to play in English.
  • Region names, player feedback about follower activities, some mission names, some reworked
  • Interactables, and new or reworked menu items have not been localized, will show up in English.
  • In rare cases and certain hardware types game crashes while exploring the third outposts map area.
  • Corrupted area may still be present in a specific location in the Flats.
  • In rare cases the Crusher can remain stuck in a specific location.
  • The game becomes unresponsive if “ALT+TAB” combination is pressed during the loading screen.
  • Fire barrels and Campfires in buildings don't have the correct camera when you interact with them.
  • The Spitter becomes unresponsive after getting hit by an arrow from a long range.

BFG Live Show Tonight!


Just a reminder. Inside BFG streams live today at 6 PM (CET) on http://twitch.tv/blackforestgames and http://fb.com/blackforestgames


We will play #FadeToSilence #UnityUpdate and show some new views on our #endlesswinter scenario. Maybe we can also recruit Ryme to our refuge.


Vincent will be live on the show and talk about the new region.
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