Here's patch 6.60, which fixes a couple of remaining bugs. Most of them are quite specific, which is a very good thing indeed... :)
Fixed:
UI: Black screen remains after the end credits are finished rolling (when using gamepad).
Misc: Possible framerate drop when entering the catacombs for the first time.
Misc: The faraway surface of the lake can sometimes disappear when Tilo's in a precise location near the far tower.
Misc: The sequence of knocking down a key to the floor + saving + dying + reloading can lead to said key not being pickable anymore.
Misc: Specific exploit allowing Tilo to sprint and sneak while wearing the armor (sorry speedrunners!).
Changed:
Memory requirement for the game has been lowered by almost 600Mb.
Patch Release 6.55 (now with full Chinese localization)
Hello all! Here's patch update 6.55, which brings a few bug fixes (including for ultrawide resolutions) as well as full Chinese localization! :)
Fixed:
UI: Show Build number preference is not properly recalled.
UI: It is possible to call the inventory while the options menu is displayed.
UI: Rare cases where a speech icon stays on screen even if the NPC is not visible anymore.
Misc: Leeches detection counts as "detected by guards".
Misc: One bag of grain is not pickable in the room next to the garden.
Misc: There's a kill trigger on a step in a very specific location in the Great Hall.
Fixed (SPOILERS):
AI: Rare cases of guards' agro not subsiding when going from the jail to the distillery via the elevator.
UI: Fatale's name label is offset on the shore.
Misc: It is possible to talk to the commander even after he's knocked out.
Some issues when putting food items on the tables of the commissary.
Changed:
Lighting: The torches' shadows "wobbling" movement is now less extreme.
Misc: The camera black mask effects (when hiding) now work with ultrawide resolutions.
Chinese is now officially supported (sorry it took so long)!
There's also a few collider (stairs) issues, light-leaking cases, and plenty of visual "holes" in the sets geometry which have been taken care of (thanks to your guys' help with pinpointing those!). Finally there were some specific cases where Tilo would freeze when picking up mushrooms which should now be resolved.
Enjoy! :)
Patch Release 6.51
Hello all! After last week's huge release here's a new patch (6.51) which mercilessly stomps on a few more bugs... :)
Fixed:
Last remaining case of invisible wall in the harbour.
Rare case of the camera looking to the side of Tilo after reloading an autosave.
Specific case where the camera is not at the right spot during the end sequence (happens only when playing with mouse/keyboard).
Possible exploit with brisance right after the chest on the shore is open.
Some cases where bees' nests can't be looted.
Some cases where the HUD does not reappear after Tilo dies.
Couple of sounds not playing (i.e. whistling in "Stop That Racket" quest, distillery elevator, skapp beetles at night).
Couple of minor UI fixes (i.e. new item asterisk remains visible in inventory UI).
One of the grain bags in the jail cannot be picked up.
Changed:
The "Stack" skill now also works with candles taken from a container.
Butterflies don't appear at night anymore.
Some language-specific localization tweaks have been made to clarify a couple of points.
Big release update (6.5)!
This is by far the biggest patch update (6.5) since the release of the game last week. It takes care of the vast majority of the remaining bugs. I won’t hide that it’s been a very intense period, with a lot of work and very little sleep.
In case some of you are wondering why those bugs were there to start with, the answer is simple (besides the fact that Ghost of a Tale is quite complex under the hood): a dozen persons testing the game on and off over a period of 2 months is simply no match for having thousands of people all starting to play at the same time. That being said, it's my fault of course.
When I realized what was happening it was obviously too late to say “whoops, sorry I’ll put it back in the fridge for moment”. The fact that most sounds didn’t play in the second half of the game furthermore gave the impression that it wasn’t finished. And that sucked.
Of course, 95% of the people who play Ghost of a Tale love it and that feels great. But I’m painfully aware that early adopters (including reviewers to this day) played with builds that were just not at the technical level they should have been. Which was particularly frustrating after an excellent run in early access.
Today, exactly 11 days after release, the game is what it should have been right from the start. So let this serve as an apology to the players who felt the game was not up to their technical standards when it launched, and an invitation to those who've been waiting to come and visit the world of Ghost of a Tale!
I can say at 95% that you won’t regret it... :)
Fixed:
No ambient sounds playing in the catacombs, harbor, great hall and shore.
Abrupt transitions between ambient sounds.
Elevators (courtyard, baskets, bells, etc…) don’t play their sounds.
Ravik’s arrival sequence (on the bridge) doesn’t play any sounds.
Sounds during dialogs are sometimes too loud.
Spiders don’t play their sounds.
No sounds when climbing ladders.
Several reverb zones are not kicking in.
Gallworms don’t play their sounds.
Pressure plates don’t play their sound.
Pinecones don’t play their sounds (collapsing worm holes, etc…).
All ambient sounds are turned off after quitting and relaunching the game.
The rebel mice remain visible although the skiff has left the harbor.
An invisible wall keeps Tilo from crossing the already-opened metal gate in the harbor near the crab’s pen (coming from the elevator).
The commander is sometimes not visible in his office.
It is possible to sleep in the commander’s bed.
Rolo at the forge is not hammering and talks about weird unrelated stuff.
The camera is too close to Tilo after reloading a save.
Cases where reloading an autosave results in the camera remaining locked on the spot.
Cases of invisible Ravik on the bridge.
The Gusto & Fatale’s achievement is not triggered.
The Lore Master achievement is not getting unlocked.
The wrong map is shown after getting to the shore via the cave.
Some map markers for items on the maps are wrong.
The well key can sometimes get stuck in an unreachable place.
The HUD is not properly restored after leaving photo mode.
The guards in the harbor can chase Tilo beyond the harbor (and disappear).
Some French characters are not properly displayed in the books UI.
The grid ladder in the jail tower can sometimes get stuck (after reloading multiple times).
Problems when reloading a save while the end sequence is still playing.
Some trees on the shore are missing their colliders.
Rare cases where Silas is awake instead of sleeping.
Some missing colliders in the catacombs walls.
Tilo can sprint and sneak while wearing the armor when launching the game and loading a save with the armor upgrade skill.
Ambient music abruptly kicks in instead of fading in.
Guards’ knocked out timer UI remains on screen after leaving the area of the guards.
Shutters don’t play their sounds when Tilo opens them.
Fixed (SPOILERS):
Getting Duinlan’s gilded armor: equipping it and then reloading a prior save left the items floating in space.
Duinlan's sounds are missing.
Skeletal rats on the shore don’t play their sounds.
Final battle: Some skeletal rats walk on the spot.
Final battle: Rolo sometimes runs on the spot.
Final battle: If a brisance keg explodes in Tilo’s hands the brisance durability bar is visible after a reload.
Final battle: your allies don’t play their sounds.
Final battle: Tilo can get agro from unseen skeletal rats after the battle is won.
Final battle: The green flame in the shore chest plays no sound.
Final battle: The music is not playing.
Final battle: All the skeletal rats attack your allies, leaving Tilo unbothered.
Final battle: Rolo does not start at the right place after reloading a save.
Final battle: Your allies remain in a fighting stance after the battle is over.
The shore chest’s durability bar is visible after reloading a save.
The skeletal rats are already resurrected (standing idle) after reloading a save where they should not yet be.
Duinlan’s chest floats in the air after leaving the great hall and coming back.
Tilo remains in “scared” stance after playing the final battle and reloading a previous save.
Changed:
Added an option to hide the build number (in the lower right corner).
Although it should be fixed now, if you ever meet a framerate drop in the catacombs (just after talking to the squad leader) please call the game’s main menu, wait for 3 or 4 seconds and exit the main menu. That should fix it.
Regarding Chinese support: I’m still looking for a way to implement proper support for the font (character ranges are proving tricky). But it will happen eventually!
As always, thank you for your patience!
Patch Release 6.39
Here is patch release version 6.39!
IMPORTANT: If you try to go through the open metal gate in the Harbour and you're blocked by an invisible wall, please go around via the Northern Slopes or the Shore and you'll be able to cross that gate again (the invisible wall will disappear automatically).
Fixed:
Textures resolution is reset to "Normal" after quitting and relaunching the game.
Occasional crashes when saving with screen resolutions higher than HD (ie. 4K).
Quest events issue when reloading the autosave just after Ravik's arrival.
Brisances exploding in the final battle don't respawn after reloading a save.
Also, we have heard of cases where Tilo cannot get out of the first chest after hiding in it (you can see the red paw icon in the lower right corner of the screen).
This is a clear indication that your antivirus (usually BitDefender) is forbidding the game to create save files. If this happens then please add Ghost of a Tale to the list of allowed applications:
Patch Release 6.37
This patch release brings us to version 6.37 and not only fixes bugs but also adds a requested camera FOV option in the graphics menu!
Fixed:
Infinite loop in Kerold's dialog when asking about holy berries.
The counter of the task to get the obols in the catacombs is erroneous.
The Visuals and Audio menu options don't show up as localized.
Case where you can't buy maps from Rolo.
It is possible to call the map, interface, perception skill or tool cycling during end sequence.
Specific cases of Tilo being sent to jail as a red ranger and getting locked in the cell with Silas.
The "Stack" skill doesn't work after reloading a save (tools number gets capped at 5).
Texture resolution is reset to normal after closing and reloading the game.
Changed:
Added an option in the Visuals options to change the camera FOV.
The "Stack" skill now allows Tilo to carry more candles as well.
(Also, the "silver ring from gambler" patch is now retroactive, and so is the "chest bundle for Silas" fix)
Patch Release 6.36
Patch fix 6.36 is here!
Fixed:
Tilo's animation freezes after picking up a candle.
Black bars remain visible when pausing and un-pausing the game while looking at a map from the inventory UI.
The commander's medicine icon is a place-holder and appears in the Cloth category instead of Misc.
When no compatible saves are found (ie. early access saves only), clicking on Continue attempts to load an incompatible save.
Skipping (or finishing) the end sequence does not bring back the main menu.
It's not possible to quit the game properly after the end sequence finishes.
Sometimes the camera in the end sequence is not put at the right place.
Accessing the options menu during the end sequence prematurely terminates the sequence.
Getting detected by a spider counts as being detected by a guard.
Also, the fix for the Apiary quest is now retroactive (you just need to reload your current save).
Patch Release 6.35
Here's a new patch release which brings the version to 6.35!
Fixed:
Rebinding controls only works in English.
The resolution dropdown menu becomes unresponsive after being used once (gets under the UI).
Obelisks around the far tower are not interactive anymore after interacting with them, saving and then reloading that save.
Calling the map from the inventory and pressing LT or RT messes up the interface.
Ravik's marker appears on the catacombs map even after she's gone.
The dying light tool is not recognized as a bona fide light source.
The Freeze Time option in photo mode is not selectable via the gamepad.
Case where the apiary quest doesn't show up as completed in the quests log.
The wrong map is shown when leaving the harbour cave and going to the northern slopes.
Patch Release 6.34
Hi everyone! Here's a bunch of fixes for some of the most common bugs we've seen since yesterday:
Fixed:
After reloading a save, Tilo doesn't always wear the proper costume items.
In some cases the chest from Duinlan doesn't break when Ravik lands.
Cases where picking up the chest bundle (after Ravik landed) and bringing it back to Silas does not further the quest.
Cases where you need to wait for Silas to wake up in his cot but the task doesn't complete.
The catacombs map does not show where Tilo actually is.
The wrong map is shown when getting back to the courtyard via the elevator.
The wrong map is shown when getting into the harbour via the catacombs.
The inventory icon for the ring you get from the gambler is missing.
The Italian dialog of the mice on the boat is actually in French.
It is possible to jump on the heads of guards sitting in the commissary.
It is possible to talk to the guards in the commissary without wearing an armor.
Changed:
Removed the chapel fresco quest for now from the total tally of quests (until it's fixed).
Please note: If you already have the chest bundle or the silver ring from the gambler in your inventory and the corresponding tasks did not get validated (you can't give them to Silas), feel free to send us your save file (clearly saying which case it is) and we'll fix it for you.
Your save files are located in: .../My Documents/My Games/Ghost of a Tale The support address is: support@ghostofatale.com
Patch Release 6.33
Here's a quick patch release (6.33) which addresses a potential progression-stopper:
Fixed:
Silas refuses to talk to you when you meet him in the jail's cell.
Please note that you may still have to insist a couple of times, but he will eventually start talking to you! :)
