Gloomwood

• Fixed various issues that caused old save files to fail to load
  

Indeed, The Market District of Gloomwood is now open. But beware...

• Pickups (like dropped rifles) can now have their loaded ammo be unloaded and collected by using the 'Reload' input
  
• Enemy corpses that cannot be carried will now pickup any attachments when highlighted/interacted with
  
• Handvalves can no longer be used when carrying an object or body
  
• Dropped physics objects now still deal fall damage even if thrown as long as the fall velocity is high enough
  
• Propagated sounds are slightly reduced in volume for the player if the source is occluded by geometry
  
• The following has been added to the entity spawn list:
  -physics_crate_wood
  -physics_crate_metal
  -physics_mop
  -physics_mug_wood
  -physics_cup_wood
  -physics_fork_wood
  -physics_knife_wood
  

• Fixed an issue where AI would be incorrectly informed of the player position if hurt by a physics object
  
• Fixed an issue where AI would be incorrectly informed of the player position after watching an ally burn or die
  
• Fixed bookshelf collision being incorrectly assigned
  
• Fixed inaccessible doors being able to be highlighted or pathed through by AI
  
• Fixed issue where physics objects could infinitely fall out of the game world or spawn beneath the kill limit
  
• Sliding valve doors will now stop moving if blocked by the player
  
• Fixed a patrol trigger issue in coast_fishery
  
• Fixed an issue where light flares would re-enable on load or level change even if disabled
  
• Fixed fire braziers still dealing damage even when doused
  
• Fixed pickup weapons not showing the correct loaded ammunition type when pulled out of the inventory
  

• Fixed issue when loading old saves that would cause save to fail loading
  
• Fixed issue where Valve item had incorrect localization tags and would not display content correctly
  
• Fixed typo in Waits Mining Log #1 document
  
• Fixed Doctor not grunting when trying to place inventory in an invalid position
  
• Fixed issue where skybox would render incorrectly on Blood Moon
  
• Fixed issue where huntsmen cannon fire sequence would play even if the huntsmen were dead
  

• Added option 'Allow Quicksave' to gameplay options to enable quicksaves on any difficulty
  
• Added option 'Developer Console' to enable developer console
  
• Added option 'Light Flares' to toggle light flares
  
• Added manual save menu list to phonograph (hold interact)
  
• Added action log message for autosaves, pickups and readables
  
• Physics objects can now do damage when dropped onto AI
  
• Button pressers and valves can now be physics carried or inventory dragged into slots (in addition to interacting with the slot)
  
• Added destructible wall spots (notated with a crack)
  
• Various improvements to AI reaction and task handling
  
• Reduced the damage of fire to environmental physics objects to make it more viable to carry and burn other objects with them
  
• Reduced the spread delay of environmental fire objects to 0.5 seconds (from 0.75 seconds)
  
• Tweaked how fire spreads among AI to make fire a bit more in-line with other options
  
• Adjusted pickup balance of Undertaker rounds and added Choke Bolt rounds to each area
  
• Doors will now collapse into burnt debris pieces when destroyed with fire
  
• Added settings .ini option 'ActionLog' to adjust action log presence
  
• Added settings .ini option 'ShadowProjectors' to adjust shadow projector culling distance
  
• Added more options for lightmap resolution
  
• Various performance improvements
  

• Added new ammo type: Choke Bolt
  + Douses all sources of fire
  + Causes enemies to cough/daze briefly
  + Flinches enemies in mid-attack swing or who are enraged
  
• 'Slug' ammo type can now break any type of electrical light
  
• 'Incendiary' ammo type can now re-ignite any source of fire that was doused or burnt out
  

• Now has a reaction to lights being destroyed or torches being doused
  
• Improved particle fx and animation of lever action rifle ejection
  
• Doused torch swings can now be blocked with the canesword and do lower kinetic damage instead of fire damage
  

• Health now reduced to 80% of maximum on Crescent and 90% on Half Moon
  

• New armored huntsmen patrols will now start to appear when backtracking after reaching the cliffs for the first time
  
• Added valve door to shortcut stairs
  
• Detailed the lake area with some additional structures
  
• Detailed the skybox
  
• Fixed various floating geometry and props
  

• Added note about feeding fishdogs
  
• Added valve door after fishdog area
  
• Slightly reduced the fishdog presence
  
• Added some structures to add additional options to navigate the main tower room
  

• Added usable cannon at gatefront
  
• New guard tower and gatehouse area structures
  
• New huntsmen presence and additional conversations
  
• Added connection between lake and cliff path
  
• Made lighthouse chimney connect fully
  
• Detailed first collapsed house and added a secret route
  
• Detailed barn back area and crawlspace
  
• Added powderflask, gunpowder and cannon pickups
  
• Moved fishery treasure map
  
• Added detail to various areas and skybox
  
• Improved geometry and navmesh pathing to allow AI to navigate much more of the level
  

• Added 'Horn of Ulmar' pickup/item
  
• Additional ammo pickups in basement and attic
  
• Adjusted notes to improve clarity of attic and basement key locations
  
• Increased size and visibility of key pickup on the sword in the Goatman's back
  
• Increased time before Goatman adds upstairs location to patrol rotation
  
• Made attic explosive barrel easier to find and access
  
• Added valve pickup to attic
  
• Improved Goatman navmesh pathing around attic area
  

• Improved animation transition states for AI motion
  
• Canesword will now correctly apply crouch state when swapping weapons
  
• Improved physics grabbing to prevent pickups from clipping into surfaces on carry
  
• Drape doors can now be correctly destroyed
  
• Fixed issue where Huntsmen carpet footsteps weren't assigned correctly
  
• Fixed issue where ammo pickups would load state incorrectly if item variant was loaded into a weapon
  
• Fixed gap in room brushes between main building and lighthouse tower
  
• Fixed various occlusion issues
  
• Fixed nightstand table door not having collision
  
• Fixed occlusion issues when looking through the broken gaps on the church rooftop in Cliffside
  
• Fixed issue where AI would not correctly face their move direction during MoveToDoor tasks
  
• Fixed an issue where bullet projectiles wouldn't ignite explosive barrels
  
• Fixed issue where white and blood gems would not stack or could not be split
  
• Fixed issue where fishdogs would not burn or gib
  
• Fixed issue where opening inventory on elevator could kill the player
  
• Fixed various inventory issues
  
• Fixed various save/load related issues that could cause saves to be unable to load
  
• Improved clipping of geometry/staircases in each area
  

AH, GOOD DOCTORS.

• Put out all sources of fire (sneaky)
  
  
• Causes enemies to cough/daze briefly (sickly)
  
  
• Flinches enemies in mid-attack swing or who are enraged (tricky)
  
  

NEW SECRETS

Improved enemy AI, and of course - lots of new guard conversations

We will finally be letting you into Gloomwood's market District on July 21st.

A NEW ENEMY

• Fixed issue where AI would phase through doors
  
• Fixed performance issue with AI door interactions
  
• Fixed more issues where loading a save or transitioning areas would cause loading to become stuck
  
• Fixed issue where fade system would not apply correctly when loading a save
  

• Improved handling of save data and legacy save loading
  
• Some optimizations to distance culler
  

• Now generates giblets when exploded or corpse is destroyed
  
• Fishdog giblets can also be used as scent lures
  

• Fixed several issues where saves would get stuck loading when transitioning to a new area or reloading from death
  
• Fixed null reference when trapping AI with a bear trap inside a door blocker
  
• Fixed issue where Fishery power room medical syringe still spawned on Blood Moon
  
• Fixed Cliffside woodsman in barn not correctly playing his voice sound cue
  
• Fixed issue where leaning would abruptly snap to lean target or surface
  

• Added 'Quicksave' and 'Quickload' to in-game keybinding menu
  
• Audible distance of "Bottle Break" effect increased to 45 meters (from 40)
  
• Audible distance of "Window Break" effect increased to 45 meters (from 40)
  
• Added the limp bone snap sound when critically wounded from the demo
  
• Improved interact object sorting to make pickups like coins and bullets easier to grab within drawers/cabinets
  
• General tweaks to ammo and resource balance
  
• Added pathing for all AI types in each area to support enemies being spawned in by the console
  

• Improved rifle aim tracking
  
• Increased rifle auto-hit range to 4 (from 3.5)
  
• Increased rifle projectile speed to 55 (from 50)
  

• Reworked scent/lure system to improve consistency and reduce unintended detections
  
• Fishdogs will be attracted to the smell of food, corpses and giblets
  
• Fishdogs will bark at any food or giblets it cannot reach
  
• Sleeping fishdogs can be awoken by smells that are very close to their nose
  
• Scent cannot cross through mediums like water surfaces
  
• Fishdogs now return to sleep after being disturbed
  
• Increased search exit time to 1.5 (from 0.0)
  
• Added new corpse impact sounds
  

• Wounded goatman variant now starts with 12% less health
  
• Increased trap time modifier to 30% (from 25%) of normal time
  
• Reduced 'Swipe' damage to 36-38 (from 45-47)
  
• Reduced 'Buck' damage to 44-45 (from 54-56)
  
• Reduced enrage damage bonus to 125% (from 150%)
  
• Reduced corpse health amount to 100 (from 250)
  
• Added new hatchet particle and sound effects for animation and projectile
  
• Corpse giblets can now be physics carried
  
• Goatman now backtracks to leash points when unable to path or see player during combat
  

• Tweaked spare basement key note to better allude to the attic switch location
  
• Added new key hook asset behind bar
  
• Moved guest room key to a more visible location
  
• Moved guncase padlock to a more visible location
  
• Explosive barrel positioning tweaked to make it easier to grab
  
• Added additional button presser to drawer in attic
  
• Added gap beneath elevator bed to make it harder for the key to bypass collision during crushing kills
  
• Blocked off area beneath staircase and above kitchen fireplace to prevent exploitation
  

• Fixed issue with incorrect level data being loaded when transitioning levels on a new save slot
  
• Fixed issue where loading quicksave would assign save slot incorrectly
  
• Fixed issue where pickups in drawers would not save their position correctly
  
• Fixed an issue where the canesword backstab assasination would alert enemies from far away
  
• Fixed an inventory error when combining loose ammunition into a spot with limited space
  
• Fixed various lightmap issues in fishery and around tavern exterior in cliffside
  
• Fixed missing geometry in fishery boathouse
  
• Fixed various exposed dev textures locations in the tavern
  
• Fixed issue where goatman key would not correctly load its physics state
  
• Fixed issue where woodsmen could bypass doors during their axe charge attack
  
• Fixed issue where woodsman in cliffside barn would not return to chopping meat after being distracted
  
• Fixed issue where burning goatman would not refresh or re-ignite after the fire timer burned out
  
• Fixed issue where goatman hatchet throws would not deal appropriate damage to AI
  
• Fixed issue where goatman corpse would replay death animation upon load
  
• Fixed issue where AI corpses could be double dipped damaged when hitting their creators with a projectile
  
• Fixed issue where projectiles would aim in an incorrect direction when shooting a point blank target
  
• Fixed issue where left/dragged-out pickups would have incorrect quantity counts when returning to areas
  
• Fixed issue where AI would get stuck while a door was being closed
  
• Fixed issue where elevators could kill the player while using the inventory at low framerates
  
• Fixed issue where telescope view would not apply invert Y setting
  

Foolish doctors. You dare tempt fate yet again?

The Slaughtered Goat Tavern is NOW AVAILABLE for you to enter.

If you dare...

QUICKSAVING. (F6 / F9)

We'll see you all in the Market District in 2023.