Updates to The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing III have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client (in on-line mode) is restarted.
Fixed Bugs
Fixed the skill tree of the Bounty Hunter
Fixed an issue with Steam Avatars not being displayed
Fixed an issue where objectives were only displayed partially in Scenarios
Fixed the timer display on the Clue Hunt scenario
ixed the wrong "Challenge Completed" message appearing at the end of Clue Hunt scenarios
Fixed the tooltips of resistance elixirs
MIDWEEK MADNESS SALE!
Greetings, Hunters!
There’s a huge sale now on Steam: all of our games in the Van Helsing franchise (ALL OF THEM) have a 75% discount.
This is our biggest discount yet on these fast-paced and incredibly fun Action-RPGs, so this is the best time to grab all the games in the franchise!
If you have any questions or problems, contact support@neocoregames.com, we’ll help! Other than that: enjoy!
Autumn Sale on Steam - Van Helsing and Deathtrap!
How’s it going, Hunters? Thought you got away with a boring Autumn? Not on our watch! Prepare for an adventure of a lifetime: get the whole Van Helsing franchise (including The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing: Final Cut and Deathtrap) in this huge Steam Autumn Sale!
The sale is quite extensive and includes every title and DLC in the series with huge deals:
Halloween Sale on Steam – Van Helsing and Deathtrap!
Hunters, gather around, for ’tis Halloween, and with Halloween, here comes the deal of the year! At least, of the fall season. That’s right: Steam Sale!
With a mix of horror, comedy and appropriate weirdness, we present our Action-RPG series The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing and its companion piece spinoff (ARPG with a tower defense twist) Deathtrap! You can grab them for a great price!
The sale is quite extensive and includes every title and DLC in the series with huge deals:
That’s plenty of games to play on Halloween! They have more than enough content in their single player campaigns, and you can play them online. Deathtrap even has a level editor, if you want to express your creativity!
Weeklong discounts for the Van Helsing Franchise!
Fellow Hunters and Fans of the Van Helsing Universe,
Two Van Helsing DLCs got released today, the Veteran Skin for Van Helsing I and the Magic Pack for Van Helsing II.
In addition, to celebrate the release of these DLCs, games of the Van Helsing Universe will receive heavy discounts from Monday 7PM CET (Oct 3) to Monday (Oct 10):
Russian Localization for Van Helsing III - December 2
Updates to Van Helsing III have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client (in on-line mode) is restarted.
New Feature: Russian Localization
Fellow Russian hunters, at last you can play the game in Russian as the localization has finally been approved and added to the game. You can select between languages in the Options menu. Take note that the game has to be restarted in order for the changes to take effect. Of course, we are sorry for the delay and wish you happy hunting!
Van Helsing: Final Cut is released - Claim it free if you own the trilogy!
Welcome, fellow hunters!
As you might have noticed already, Van Helsing:Final Cut has just been released!
As a reward for our true fans, we are gifting the entire game for those brave adventurers who already own the full Van Helsing trilogy.
Go to http://neocoregames.com/redeem/ to redeem the free game and log in with your account.
You have to set your profile to Public when you redeem the code. After that, you can go back to Private once again.
If you receive a "blank code", try again, we uploaded a fix - if it does not work, try disabling Adblock.
If you have a duplicate code, refresh the code page, log out of Steam completely, relog, refresh, and you should have a new key.
Van Helsing 3 Changelog - V1.0.6b - September 10
Updates to The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing III have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client (in on-line mode) is restarted.
General Fixes
Fixed a missing string in Spanish dialogs.
Fixed a controller issue where players were unable to link spells to buttons.
Fixed a major DirectX 11 shader bug where parts of the game world or UI kept disappearing.
Quests
Fixed a loading issue for the Gnarlovoy map.
Skills
Fixed the Cloaking bug for the Umbralist.
Fixed the skill reset issue that occurred after map changing.
Items
Fixed the description of the Seeker Savant set.
Fixed the "already used" mark for certain consumables.
Van Helsing III Changelog - V1.0.5 - July 2
Updates to The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing III have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client (in on-line mode) is restarted.
New Feature: Mantis Bug Tracker
We are implementing a new feature: the Mantis Bug Tracker! The bug tracker allows people to submit issues via a web browser after registration. The progress of fixing can be followed as well, so now you can see who fixes your problems and when! It can be accessed via the ESC menu in-game. Note that you have to have the Steam Overlay enabled as the bugtracker opens in the overlay.
Please provide as much data as you can when submitting bugs, and do not send in duplicate issues, or issues belonging to other games - select the right game before you submit something. Thanks!
Newly Added
New chat command: /FixQuest 1 for those who are stuck with the Soul Shelter quest. (Enter it via the ingame chat (Enter).
New green effect for Set items dropped on the ground.
General Fixes
The sliders for withdrawing and depositing gold after reaching the 32bit gold limit now works properly.
Swapping chimera candles no longer crashes the game.
Van Helsing now aims with his skills properly on DX11.
"Defense" Glory bonus now gives Armor as it was intended.
In fact, everything mentioning "Defense" now correctly shows and gives Armor.
Numerous issues were fixed regarding DX11 usage.
Quests
The Soul Shelter quest is now fixed. To retroactively fix the problem, players must enter /FixQuest 1 into the ingame chat.
Fixed the Castle Glass inkgrub quest that completed without meeting the quest requirements.
Players can no longer kill Prisoner Seven prior to his speech in Tower of Torment.
Players can no longer get stuck in various places within the Clockwork Keep.
Trap damage now updates correctly when switching difficulties mid-siege.
Skills
All skills can now properly be reset.
Fixed an exploit regarding freely resetable powerups.
Sphere of Timelessness no longer gets depleted from Katarina moving around.
Several skills' sound will now play regardless of there being a target or not.
Items
Set items can no longer gain the same bonuses with random stats.
Unlockable items such as the Jade heart will now retroactively receive the previous fixes and can be unlocked properly.
Fixed a number of items that had the wrong item format without the base bonuses.
Protectors can no longer buy Capes from merchants.
Fixed the he trophy that should decrease cooldowns by 20%.
Nightcrawler hood now only gives 10-15% bonus HP.
Multiplayer
The Inspect window now shows proper values.
Fixed an issue where powerups were learned in multiplayer sessions.
Achievements
New description for "Traps are just so cool!" - indicating that you must complete it with a single character.
Scenarios
Gold bonuses now work properly. As a result, farming gold from scenarios should be a lot easier now.
The Thornwood scenario no longer has the puzzle event.
The Chimera circle can now be clicked when the Chimera is on the hunt.
Clue Hunt scenarios now must be completed in 240 seconds, up from 180.
Balance
Glacier Shot now deals more damage.
Wight Summoners now heal for less, but cause more damage.
Precision Shot deals 25% more damage when you charge it.
Van Helsing III Changelog - V1.0.3 - June 4
Updates to The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing III have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client (in on-line mode) is restarted.
Game Fixes
Fixed an issue with the tutorials of Resistance Management.
Fixed the Chimera's feeding tutorial that appeared in the alchemy window accidentally.
The final boss now does not respawn when Respawn Enemies is enabled.
Fixed a Quest Marker string for the Skrimbeast quest.
Fixed a crash that occurred on the first chapter's bossfight occassionally when players switched maps.
Fixed an issue with skill swapping and skill reset.
German special characters now show properly.
Katarina no longer has a zero at her Defense value.
It is now indicated that the game mode Touchdown requires at least 4 players.
Fixed the in-game link to the Devblog.
Fixed the occassional invisibility of the Gun Platform's turrets.
Adjusted the navigation of the Gun Platform.
Fixed the Trophy Desk in the lair - it can now be properly used.
The Scenario Lobby now has a properly working ready check.
Fixed a game start issue that was caused by a wrong resolution setting.
Fixed a chest's placement at the Gothic Quarter.
Gun Platform should no longer cause a video glitch on 32 bit systems.
Quests
Monster In The Box traps can now be built on the Battle in the Ink map.
Fixed an issue where players got stuck at the end of Gothic Quarter.
Fixed an issue where players were unable to reach monsters in the Darkgate Cemetery.
Magic Missiles can now be used at the boss fight of the Dark Carnival.
Fixed an issue where players got stuck at the Valley of Frost and Island of Terror because of missing Inkgrubs.
Fixed various issues at the final bossfight.
Skills
The Phlogistoneer's skills can now properly get reset - as well as the other classes'.
Constructor's Gun platform now correctly launches missiles at level 3.
Ward Wisdom's second mastery now correctly grants defense.
Players no longer get permanently frozen when you are hit by a frost missile under the effect of Sphere of Timelessness.
Stream of Bolts can now be channeled with no targets.
Ink Leap can no longer get players to full Rage instantly.
The Bounty Hunter can no longer get stuck within an animation when he gets knocked down during casting.
Fixed the missing string of the Treasure Hunter aura.
Fixed the mastery of the Summon Ornithopters spell that gives players a chance to summon another Ornithopter.
Items
The Pigasus now has quite a few new items to sell!
Katarina has new Set items available for her.
Fixed a dupe exploit at the Forge.
The Chance to Teleport on getting hit enchant is now working properly.
Seeker Savant's Trophy now has correct attributes and set bonuses.
Sharps Armoury Vest now has Physical resistance.
Fixed the unlockable stats that required Parry on six items such as the Jade Heart.
Fixed numerous base properties on epic items: Parry on shields, All Resistance on belts, etc.
Fixed the scaling of the level requirement of numerous epic items.
Fixed the drop rate range of epic and set items.
The enchant that increases all skills by 1 has been removed.
Fixed an issue with Amulets giving hit point bonuses - it was a Mana bonus, the description was wrong.
Multiplayer
Sphere of Timelessness now works properly.
Seekermatons can now be destroyed.
LAN games should now properly show up at the Lobby.
Achievements
Complete 20 Scenarios achievement has a new description that indicates that you need to kill 20 End bosses for the achievement to count.
The I'm So Hardcore achievement now works properly, and should unlock retroactively as well.
Fixed the Irresistible Force achievement.
Fixed the Atta Dog achievement.
The You can be strong… achievement now counts properly, along with the other similar stat-based achievements.
The Good ole' Hunter achievement is now working properly.
The Greedy Pig achievement has been changed - buying Set items from the Pigasus should trigger it, too.
Scenarios
Fixed various "invulnerable" monsters in Scenarios.
Fixed a progress issue with Scenarios where players could lose their quest progress if the other party member finished the scenario before them and teleported.
Balance
Thunderblast received a small cooldown, increased mana cost and decreased damage.
The Ornithopters of the Constructor now have a shorter attack range.
The summoning cost of sentries and other mechanical companions has been increased.
The Hideout boss has been buffed and became faster.
Wight Summoners' heal has been nerfed.
The Gatekeeper's Realm boss has lower skill cooldowns, faster movement, and improved damage.
Monsters' freezing skills have been balanced to be less annoying.
Vampires' skills received larger cooldowns.
Mantiswyrms' attack range has been reduced, and their Mirage spell has been nerfed.
