The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (John Walker)

I was surprised by The Incredible Adventures Of Van Helsing. Yet another action RPG, but one that actually did something original – it worked in some tower defence elements. Now, I’m the first person to roll my eyes out of my head, over the desk, and out of the window on seeing the words “tower defence elements”, but impressively they made sense here, felt like a natural part of the game. It wasn’t brilliant, but it was a decent budget ARPG well worth picking up on an inclement day. Since then, three chunks of DLC have appeared, the latest adding a new class, the Arcane Mechanic.

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The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing - Elyse_Neocore
Updates to The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client (in on-line mode) is restarted.

Major changes include:

The Incredible Adventures Of Van Helsing v1.1.24

Fixed bugs:

Multiplayer:
- Fixed a crash on the loading screen.

General:
- Certain spells will now stop working when their caster dies, as they should.
- The blue glowing flowers on the Gorgon Pass which give you Mana Regeneration will properly show an icon for their effect.
- Fixed another issue with item comparison.
- The Assistant quest no longer gets stuck if you completed it before accepting.
- The area effects work properly.
- Monsters affected by the control spell give xp upon dying.
- The Pale Gentleman disappears after you failed the Dark Ritual quest. The glowing effects are also removed.
- The effects no longer shake the screen if their cause is not on the screen.
- Fixed the DPS calculation of Flowing Combo.
- The DPS calculation of the Shoot skill with Quickdraw takes the attack rate bonus into account.
- Teleporting sometimes played two effects. This has been fixed.
- Fixed a potential issue with the first cutscene in the Dreadworks where the Dreadknechts would start to fire on Van Helsing before the cutscene could start.
- Fixed an issue where holding down the Shift key could cause certain keys to not be recognized if you remapped them.
- Fixed some issues with the Firewall spell being cast through obstacles.
- Minimizing the game (eg. Alt-Tab) will no longer cause sound effects to get stuck. The music will be faded out and then faded back in when you return to the game.

New features:
- The old classes have expertise bonuses for 60 and 70 points spent on a skill tree.
- HP bars of your allies are green.
- Global cooldown is introduced into the game. Attack spells have a common cooldown so you can't use different spells in quick succession. The base value of this cooldown is 0.5 seconds.
- Owning a class-related DLC will now grant you an additional page in your storage per DLC owned. (Please note that if you play offline, the game won't be able to authenticate your DLCs via Steam and you won't have access to those additional storage pages, nor your DLC characters.)
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing - Scorporal
Updates to The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client (in on-line mode) is restarted.

Major changes include:

The Incredible Adventures Of Van Helsing v1.1.24

Fixed bugs:

Multiplayer:
- Fixed a crash on the loading screen.

General:
- Certain spells will now stop working when their caster dies, as they should.
- The blue glowing flowers on the Gorgon Pass which give you Mana Regeneration will properly show an icon for their effect.
- Fixed another issue with item comparison.
- The Assistant quest no longer gets stuck if you completed it before accepting.
- The area effects work properly.
- Monsters affected by the control spell give xp upon dying.
- The Pale Gentleman disappears after you failed the Dark Ritual quest. The glowing effects are also removed.
- The effects no longer shake the screen if their cause is not on the screen.
- Fixed the DPS calculation of Flowing Combo.
- The DPS calculation of the Shoot skill with Quickdraw takes the attack rate bonus into account.
- Teleporting sometimes played two effects. This has been fixed.
- Fixed a potential issue with the first cutscene in the Dreadworks where the Dreadknechts would start to fire on Van Helsing before the cutscene could start.
- Fixed an issue where holding down the Shift key could cause certain keys to not be recognized if you remapped them.
- Fixed some issues with the Firewall spell being cast through obstacles.
- Minimizing the game (eg. Alt-Tab) will no longer cause sound effects to get stuck. The music will be faded out and then faded back in when you return to the game.

New features:
- The old classes have expertise bonuses for 60 and 70 points spent on a skill tree.
- HP bars of your allies are green.
- Global cooldown is introduced into the game. Attack spells have a common cooldown so you can't use different spells in quick succession. The base value of this cooldown is 0.5 seconds.
- Owning a class-related DLC will now grant you an additional page in your storage per DLC owned. (Please note that if you play offline, the game won't be able to authenticate your DLCs via Steam and you won't have access to those additional storage pages, nor your DLC characters.)
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing - Valve
Van Helsing: Arcane Mechanic, all new content for The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing is Now Available on Steam!

The Arcane Mechanic is the master of weird devices, deadly gadgets and occult machineries. Monster hunting just got even more exiting with your customizable Chargerpack and the multi-functional Discharger in your hands. Forget the traditional weapons and prepare your custom-made mechanical wonders. Put on your helmet and the protective goggles and show them the power of true Science!

The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing - Elyse_Neocore
Updates to The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client (in on-line mode) is restarted.

Major changes include:

The Incredible Adventures Of Van Helsing v1.1.23


Fixed bugs:

Multiplayer:
- The player turns properly to the target, when casting spells.
- Some of the effects didn't apply or get removed correctly on the players. This has been fixed.
- Spells casted by a player disappear when the player leaves.
- Generic item drop chances were always calculated based on the host. This has been fixed.

General:
- The Focus Damage skill affects item comparision.
- Fixed the DPS calculation of Ray of Destruction.
- Fixed a crash with the completion of the Living Ghost.
- The effect of the Treasure Hunter perk no longer disappears after changing maps.
- The Thunderbolt spell works more in line with the rest of the spells.
- Fixed an issue with using stackes in the Laboratory.
- Passive buffs from Katarina show up as active effects.
- Fixed some issues with the DPH calculation for the Thaumaturge.
- All item types calculate drop chances.
- Skipping the outro stops its sound.
- The Favourite Skill statistic works properly.
- Fixed an incompatibility with Sluggish Time and Ghastly Shape.
- Fixed a potential crash related to the Control spell.
- The reset window for Lady Katarina can be closed with Esc and the X button in the upper right.
- You will no longer get stuck with Ghastly Shape even in the weirdest places.
- Mana Fortress for Last Stand works properly.
- Fixed an issue with key rebinding.
- All Achievements take your class into account.
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing - Scorporal
Updates to The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client (in on-line mode) is restarted.

Major changes include:

The Incredible Adventures Of Van Helsing v1.1.23


Fixed bugs:

Multiplayer:
- The player turns properly to the target, when casting spells.
- Some of the effects didn't apply or get removed correctly on the players. This has been fixed.
- Spells casted by a player disappear when the player leaves.
- Generic item drop chances were always calculated based on the host. This has been fixed.

General:
- The Focus Damage skill affects item comparision.
- Fixed the DPS calculation of Ray of Destruction.
- Fixed a crash with the completion of the Living Ghost.
- The effect of the Treasure Hunter perk no longer disappears after changing maps.
- The Thunderbolt spell works more in line with the rest of the spells.
- Fixed an issue with using stackes in the Laboratory.
- Passive buffs from Katarina show up as active effects.
- Fixed some issues with the DPH calculation for the Thaumaturge.
- All item types calculate drop chances.
- Skipping the outro stops its sound.
- The Favourite Skill statistic works properly.
- Fixed an incompatibility with Sluggish Time and Ghastly Shape.
- Fixed a potential crash related to the Control spell.
- The reset window for Lady Katarina can be closed with Esc and the X button in the upper right.
- You will no longer get stuck with Ghastly Shape even in the weirdest places.
- Mana Fortress for Last Stand works properly.
- Fixed an issue with key rebinding.
- All Achievements take your class into account.
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing - Elyse_Neocore
Updates to The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client (in on-line mode) is restarted.

Major changes include:

The Incredible Adventures Of Van Helsing v1.1.22

Fixed bugs:

Multiplayer:
- Fixed a bug where you could connect twice to the same host.
- You can join back to the host properly after an unexpected disconnect.
- Slow attacks are more accurate (like the attack of the Lesoviks).
- Spells move properly on the client's side (like the fire tornadoes).
- Potions have effect on client side.
- Monsters no longer freeze up after they die.
- The video plays for the client correctly after leaving the Orichalcum Mine.
- Fixed an item duplication bug.
- The Sphere of Timelessness don’t cause lag anymore.

General:
- Quest markers automatically disappear when the quest is finished.
- The sound plays correctly during cutscenes on a 2 or less CPU machines.
- Some of the objects no longer get stuck in animation after a save/load at the Palace of Machines.
- Fixed a bug where in some special cases, the player could not teleport out from the Palace of Machines after beating Fulmigati.
- The sell the whole stack function (ctrl-right click) correctly works for Katarina.
- Fixed an area calculation bug with the comboboxes on lower resolution level.
- Fixed some UI text alignment errors.
- Windowed mode no longer leaves artifacts on the screen.
- The Bridge overcharge regulator works correctly.
- Friendly spell effects no longer appear on certain NPC-s (for example Arcane Healing on the mayor in Markovna).
- Fixed some sound problems.
- Teleporting is no longer possible during loading.
- Katarina's Go Shopping button activates properly when she comes back to "life".
- Katarina copies made by the Ghostly Mirage trick no longer drop potions.

New features:
- You will recieve a floating text message when you fail a quest.
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing - Scorporal
Updates to The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client (in on-line mode) is restarted.

Major changes include:

The Incredible Adventures Of Van Helsing v1.1.22

Fixed bugs:

Multiplayer:
- Fixed a bug where you could connect twice to the same host.
- You can join back to the host properly after an unexpected disconnect.
- Slow attacks are more accurate (like the attack of the Lesoviks).
- Spells move properly on the client's side (like the fire tornadoes).
- Potions have effect on client side.
- Monsters no longer freeze up after they die.
- The video plays for the client correctly after leaving the Orichalcum Mine.
- Fixed an item duplication bug.
- The Sphere of Timelessness don’t cause lag anymore.

General:
- Quest markers automatically disappear when the quest is finished.
- The sound plays correctly during cutscenes on a 2 or less CPU machines.
- Some of the objects no longer get stuck in animation after a save/load at the Palace of Machines.
- Fixed a bug where in some special cases, the player could not teleport out from the Palace of Machines after beating Fulmigati.
- The sell the whole stack function (ctrl-right click) correctly works for Katarina.
- Fixed an area calculation bug with the comboboxes on lower resolution level.
- Fixed some UI text alignment errors.
- Windowed mode no longer leaves artifacts on the screen.
- The Bridge overcharge regulator works correctly.
- Friendly spell effects no longer appear on certain NPC-s (for example Arcane Healing on the mayor in Markovna).
- Fixed some sound problems.
- Teleporting is no longer possible during loading.
- Katarina's Go Shopping button activates properly when she comes back to "life".
- Katarina copies made by the Ghostly Mirage trick no longer drop potions.

New features:
- You will recieve a floating text message when you fail a quest.
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing - Elyse_Neocore
Updates to The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client (in on-line mode) is restarted.

Major changes include:

The Incredible Adventures Of Van Helsing V1.1.2


The new DLC contains a new playable class, the Thaumaturge. However, if you did not buy the DLC, these changes will still affect your game client:

Function changes:

- Tricks and Auras are no longer learned from masters. They are either automatically known from the beginning or you can learn them in the story.
- The achievements related to learning Tricks and Auras have been removed.
- Tricks and Auras have expertise and mastery additions, like regular skills.
- Tricks are also not limited to two slots any longer, but Auras still have that limitation.
- There are four freely customizable secondary skill slots besides the two main ones. These new slots accept both Tricks and regular skills.
- Health and Mana potions have been moved to new positions on the GUI.

Balance changes:

- Many item enchantments have been rebalanced. The changes apply to existing items as well as to the new ones.
- At the enchanter you can’t put the same type of enchantment that already exist on an epic item any more. Duplicates on existing items have been removed.
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing - Scorporal
Updates to The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client (in on-line mode) is restarted.

Major changes include:

The Incredible Adventures Of Van Helsing V1.1.2


The new DLC contains a new playable class, the Thaumaturge. However, if you did not buy the DLC, these changes will still affect your game client:

Function changes:

- Tricks and Auras are no longer learned from masters. They are either automatically known from the beginning or you can learn them in the story.
- The achievements related to learning Tricks and Auras have been removed.
- Tricks and Auras have expertise and mastery additions, like regular skills.
- Tricks are also not limited to two slots any longer, but Auras still have that limitation.
- There are four freely customizable secondary skill slots besides the two main ones. These new slots accept both Tricks and regular skills.
- Health and Mana potions have been moved to new positions on the GUI.

Balance changes:

- Many item enchantments have been rebalanced. The changes apply to existing items as well as to the new ones.
- At the enchanter you can’t put the same type of enchantment that already exist on an epic item any more. Duplicates on existing items have been removed.
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