**Please back up your saves. There is a post about this on the forums**
This is primarily a frame-rate fixing patch. Every area in the game has been broken up into multiple portions. When you load into your save, you should be teleported to the correct "frame" based on where you saved. If for any reason when you load into your save, you are in the incorrect area or are "falling" outside of the map, please post on the forums. We've checked most areas but some may have slipped past.
In addition if there are any issues with missing art assets please report them to the forums. When moving objects to a new frame some of them might not have been copied over properly.
General
Modifiers should now work properly.
Almost all areas in the game have been broken up into multiple frames, which should boost framerates by ~30-40% for most players, if not more.
The lowest settings should now have even higher framerates, but look slightly worse. (No smoke, limited glows, etc)
The menu should no longer show for 1 frame at the start of each new area.
Saving is now triggered on events, so there should be fewer Darkheim watch issues.
Hellspawn mode should be working properly now. If you find any traps or hazards that instantly kill you, please report them as bugs.
Orbs of purity have their hitboxes made smaller, and should now travel straighter.
Two new cosmetics are in the game
Floating Keep: Aftermath
Convings should no longer render behind fountains.
Myougi should no longer repeat herself multiple times if you keep inputting your game.
Floating Keep: Aftermath has been broken up into multiple areas. As a result the terrain is slightly different after Myougi.
A secret has been moved.
Fixed a bug with a barrier dropping without killing the proper enemies.
Terrestrial Vale
Terrestrial Vale has been broken up into multiple areas. As a result the terrain around Darkheim Village is slightly different.
The falling segment at the start of Terrestrial Vale should now be easier on Angel mode.
Sinister Grotto
Sinister Grotto has been broken up into multiple areas.
When exiting Sinister Grotto, the cave should always open up properly.
Underworld
Underworld has been broken up into multiple areas.
Acropolis of Anguish
Acropolis of Anguish has been broken up into multiple areas.
Fixed a design flaw where players could backtrack into the Chambers after clearing it once.
Myougi II has had her HP reduced by 5 HP. [Demon Mode Only] (Changes to her design coming in 1.07)
Myougi II's platforms should no longer bug on Angel Mode.
Wolves had had their hitbox made bigger to make up for Orb's smaller hitbox.
Twin Orcs have had their HP reduced to make up for the fact that the additional adds spawned lower DPS already.[Demon Mode Only]
Heart of the Baneful
Fixed a bug where J2 was not spawning worms properly.
J2 will now give an item when beaten flawlessly, this item is still a WIP
Upcoming
1.07 will be a bug fixing and balance patch, with some changes coming to the later game to make the jump in difficulty at AoA less intimidating.
1.06 updated by mistake.
Mistakingly updated the game to a semi-broken 1.06 build. I didn't know It'd go live without me pressing publish on steam. I've reverted back to 1.05.
If you've loaded your save with the 1.06 build it won't load properly on older builds so you can either wait till later when the actual patch is released or if you have a backup you can play that.
Edit: Or you can reach out on the forums and Chaemirix will manually fix your save.
If you are running patch 1.05
Please exit and update to the lastest hotfix. There's a small but important bug we've fixed.
Thank you.
Edit: We are aware of an issue with the 8th boss, Ancient Construct and this will be adressed in the next hotfix.
Patch 1.05 is Released
**Please back up your saves. There is a post about this on the forums**
This is primarily a balance and bug-fix patch, but will also convert your global setting and option to a new format. Should you experience any form of issues with the new format, please make a post on the forums. This shouldn't affect your saves at all.
General
The main source of corruption was through a compression extension. We have removed all forms of it, both in saves and global variables. When you load up game your saves should convert to an uncompressed format. As a result, saves should no longer corrupt nearly as often, even during crashes or BSOD. It never hurts to back up your saves just in case, as always
Screen shakes have been reduced in multiple events.
Terrestrial Vale
The background islands in Terrestrial Vale should now move properly.
Modified a jump in Terrestrial Vale that was too difficult.
Underworld
Laser bug on Ancient Constructs should be fixed.
Acropolis of Anguish
You can now get back from the Corrupted Weapon chest.
Twin Orcs should now trigger an enrage every two volleys instead of three.
The shield enrage of Twin Orcs should no longer bug out on Demon Mode.
The shield enrage has been made shorter.
Twin Orcs have had their HP reduced slightly.
Path of Decay
You should no longer be placed outside of the map if you backtrack into AoA.
The cutscene with Azurel should no longer trigger multiple times if you walk back without skipping it.
You should now save properly even if you don't skip Azurel's cutscene.
Azurel's new attacks will now trigger earlier.
The priority and frequency of Azurel's attacks have been modified.
Azurel's HP has been moderately increased.
When you defeat Azurel her effects should now disappear properly.
Heart of the Baneful
Heart of the Baneful should now have a proper title card.
Jeh'Oul's cutscene should now trigger properly on lower graphical settings.
Jeh'Oul should now stomp properly (hitbox was too small).
Jeh'Oul should now heal properly during enrage.
Jeh'Oul will now get stronger with each enrage.
Jeh'Oul's HP has been increased.
Impaling now does a higher percentage.
Upcoming:
<*>We've noted some fullscreen issues with players using monitors not at 16:9, and have posted some minor work arounds. We're looking into a potential fix. There's also an issue with the fullscreen setting not saving properly on restart.
~1.04 UPDATE~
A hotfix has been put out that should fix the majority of issues introducted with converting saves in the original patch 1.04.
For those who would like to know what happened, an extension that looked at your computer's name (was left over from leaderboards) interfered with the new save system and would, for some people, delete in-game achivements or cosmetics. This extension didn't do anything in the current game, and has no purpose anymore so it's been removed and this issue should no longer occur.
If you backed up your save, you can use the backups and the data should still be fine. If you did not, you may be able to use a system restore point to get your old saves back. Because the data is deleted, we cannot restore it.
If you can prove some of the cosmetics you had through steam pictures or achivements previous to the patch I can restore these on a case-by-case basis, but there is no global patch we can put out for this.
We're incredibly sorry for anyone this might have effected, and will try to fix and problems this may have caused.
If you are still experiencing problems please post on the steam forums.
EDIT: There was another issue with the game flashing your save information for a second then going back to the menu, this should be fixed too.
~UPDATE ON 1.04~
Please back up your saves before updating to patch 1.04
Currently it seems like saves are being converted properly but the game is reading them in wrong. This can hopefully be fixed in a hotfix very soon.
Until then we urge everyone to back-up your saves just in-case.
Edit: A hotfix is out that should fix all saves. If you have errors with achivements or cosmetics let us know.
Patch 1.04 is Released
**The way information is saved was changed this patch. When you load up your game your saves might not appear to display the right information, but when you load into the game they should convert to the new format and display properly. In all pre-1.04 saves your % and death count will be wrong, but moving forward all new saves will display correct data. If your save will not read as a result of this update (not related to previous darkheim/crash/BSOD corruption) let us know.**
**Please back up your saves. There is a post about this on the forums** We've had some issues with save corruption, especially surrounding the Darkheim Watch. It never hurts to err on the side of caution. It takes a few moments to make a copy of your data folder and put it somewhere else, so while we work to resolve this issues please back-up your saves before and after a boss battle or whenever you feel you need to.
General
Percentage issues have been fixed. They were too high in 1.00-1.02 and too low in 1.03.
Backgrounds in many areas were not scrolling properly after a framerate fix. They should no longer jerk as much.
Pressing F4 should no longer reset your steam achievements. This was left over from testing, sorry for anyone this affected.
Removed another old console command that would cause issues with certain boss fights.
Life Orb will no longer trigger if your health is too low. There was no real point in you traveling back to the last safe area only to take damage and die. This should also fix many Life Orb loop problems.
The Darkheim Watch should no longer cause corruption issues with saves. It doesn't hurt to err on the side of caution however. Please read the post about backing up your saves.
The way information is saved was changed this patch. When you load up your game your saves might not appear to display the right information, but when you load into the game they should convert to the new format and display properly. If your save will not read as a result of this update (not related to previous darkheim/crash/BSOD corruption) let us know.
Most memories have been updated and should function properly. Given how much we've changed them to prevent save corruption there still may be some minor issues to hotfix. If you run into one please let us know in the Bugs and Technical Issues section of the forums.
Floating Keep: Aftermath
Minor changes have been made to help framerate in this area.
Rubi's portrait should now update properly
Terrestrial Vale
Flowers should no longer explode into blood when they're destroyed.
Minor changes have been made to help framerate in this area.
Shaking has been reduced upon defeating Electram.
Sinister Grotto
Some areas have been updated to be easier on Angel mode.
The mines have been shifted at the laser-cart segment to be less frustrating.
That same section has had the minecart slowed down slightly on Angel and Mortal mode.
Economic achievement should now unlock properly (again).
Underworld
A pixel perfect jump has been made easier to do.
Gluttony Sin Shrine's requirements have now been fixed. They were set too low before.
Acropolis of Anguish
Fixed an area where you could jump outside of the map.
The gates preventing you from back tracking in this area should now work properly.
Myougi II's Demon Mode has seen some changes to help reduce RNG's impact on the fight.
Heart of the Baneful
Heart of the Baneful has been broken up into multiple sections to help fix some slowdowns.
Upcoming:
<*>We've noted some fullscreen issues with players using monitors not at 16:9, and have posted some minor work arounds. We're looking into a potential fix.
Patch 1.03 is Released
**Please do NOT press F4 until patch 1.04. It deletes all of your steam achivements and is left over from testing** **Please back up your saves. There is a post about this on the forums** We've had some issues with save corruption, especially surrounding the Darkheim Watch. It never hurts to err on the side of caution. It takes a few moments to make a copy of your data folder and put it somewhere else, so while we work to resolve this issues please back-up your saves before and after a boss battle or whenever you feel you need to.
General
Performance issues should be fixed for most people. There was a problem with the game saving too much for some people that should no longer occur. If the issues persist please let us know.
Shaking has been toned down a bit, and a form of shake has been introduced that should provide less slowdown.
Saves should become corrupted less often. Please still be careful when using the Darkheim Watch.
General Darkheim Watch fixes have been put out. We're still working on fixing more.
The issue with percentages going well and above 100% (and being incorrect in general) should be fixed.
Weapon menus should now display properly in the Darkheim Watch
Floating Keep: Aftermath
Pr'Gora's wind knocking you out of the map was hotfixed.
Terrestrial Vale
A segment in Terrestrial Vale has had a new save added to it to prevent frustration.
Sinister Grotto
Economic achievement should now unlock properly.
Underworld
A small jump in the underworld has been made less precise to help players progress with less frustration.
Kratarac on Demon Mode has been nerfed significantly. The falling segment had far too much RNG, and as a result had segments that were impossible to dodge.
Acropolis of Anguish
This level has been broken up into multiple sections to help fix some slowdowns in this area.
Fixed two invisible hands.
<*>Myougi II has had some bug fixes and tweaks to be more accessible.
Path of Decay
This area has been broken up into multiple parts to help fix framerate issues.
Heart of the Baneful
J2 has had his health increased slightly.
Certain characters should no longer disappear after the credits.
Ira's wings should no longer disappear.
Upcoming:
<*>We've noted some fullscreen issues with players using monitors not at 16:9, and have posted some minor work arounds. We're looking into a potential fix.
<*>We're looking into save corruption surrounding the Darkheim Watch and have found some fixes, but there's still more to do before a major patch.
<*>More levels will be broken up into smaller chunks to help with framerate issues.
Patch 1.02 is Released
Patch 1.02 is rolling out, fixing a large number of problems with Angel mode, and hopefully fixing some problems with framerate drops on some computers. We'll be doing more optomization in the future, but it'll take some time to impliment, and we'll roll it out in chunks.
Patch Notes for 1.01 & 1.02
The following below contain the patch notes for most of the fixes we've done minus some hotfixes. If you run into any problems, please let us know in the forums and we'll get working on it. Hardware specific problems will take longer to address.
General
The Doomed modifier should now be working properly.
Fixed some issues with the Life Orb on Angel Mode. You should no longed be able to trigger the Life Orb while it's already triggering.
Moved some platforms on Angel Mode.
Smoke and fire have been toned down to help fix slowdown on some computers.
Addtionally some general optimizations have been implimented top help players with general framerate problems.
Darkheim watch should now unlock properly. This should be retroactive.
The Darkheim Watch should now unlock memories properly.
Fixed requirements for Sin Statues.
Floating Keep: Aftermath
Rain has been optimized.
Terrestrial Vale
Removed a small lip you could stand on near Electram.
The "Bunny Tail" chest was broken. It's fixed now, but you'll have to go collect it again.
Made the start of Amethyst's cave easier less precise.
The save in Amethyst's cave is now a mortal save.
Sinister Grotto
Angel mode minecarts fixed.
Fixed being able to get the "Underdog" achievement by simply backtracking and touching the trigger.
Fixed a layer of terrain near the spider caves.
Underworld
Boshy Companion should now unlock properly. If you found it before you'll need to find it again.
Acropolis of Anguish
Fixed the lift not resetting properly on Angel Mode.
You should now be able to progress after beating Myougi II on Angel mode.
Myougi II's second phase has been nerfed so it's not as RNG heavy.
Fixed the spike wall not resetting properly on Angel Mode.
You should now be able to properly down and beat the Orc Twins on Angel Mode.
The Orc Twins have had their HP lowered slightly.
The Orc Twins should no longer face the wrong way after their shield enrage.
Path of Decay
Some bugged areas involving the Life Orb on Angel Mode have been fixed.
You should now be able to beat Azurel on Angel Mode.
Azurel's HP has been increased slightly.
Upcoming:
<*>We've noted some fullscreen issues with players using monitors not at 16:9, and have posted some minor work arounds. We're looking into a potential fix.
<*>Moving into the future, the levels may be broken up into more frames, reducing the total size of the level to help fix some framerate issues. If you currently have framerate issues, please post your hardware specs on the Steam forums, or send us an email at contact@grynsoft.com
