Heroes of Arkesia,

New summer pets arrive in a Twitch Drop accompanying the Cool Retreat Update, available for members of the Lost Ark Creator Program to enable on their channel. There are 4 Drops, and unlike tiered Drops, watch time for each Drop is earned simultaneously.
Drop 1 - 2hrs - Amethyst Shard x1,000
Drop 2 - 4hrs - Epic Rapport Selection Chest
Drop 3 - 6hrs - Legendary Rapport Selection Chest
Drop 4 - 8hrs - Summer Pet Selection Chest

Make sure to head over to Twitch and watch your favorite Lost Ark content creators to earn the Twitch Drops before they end on August 14!

To start the game, open the local game files and click on the game icon (this is temporary, I hope I can solve this problem soon)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3044490/Without_Windows_and_Doors_A_Paranormal_Investigators_Story/

The July 17th update contains the following small changes:

• Fixed a bug where if your Internet cut out during a level and you reconnected, the next level would not load.
  
• Fixed the on-screen keyboard not showing while the game is paused.
  
• Fixed the controller/player icon above tanks displaying below the wins counter.
  
• Fixed a crash on exit.
  
• Sumo Tanks now closes in 2-3 seconds (previously 6-8).

- Fixed a bug that caused the numbers entered as notes in the Sudoku in the lobby map to not be deleted when the level was reset or manually changed.
- Fixed a bug that allowed players to place notes on the numbers below.
- Players can now be invited by the server host via the Steam overlay “Invite Friends” feature.
- The option to invert mouse movements has been implemented.
- Added more plushies to the lobby map

Small updates to allow player to do a back flip while gripping a ledge. Try it out :)

Multiplayer!

• Fixed an issue that allowed you to get into battle with a BR that does not match the BR of the battle joined.
  
• In the Battle Pass Store, the "tier" of soldiers purchased for Gold Soldier Orders is now displayed.

• Added locked lobbies that require passwords
  
• Kick feature in lobbies
  
• Glowstick lowers intensity gradually with duration
  
• Eirene's Sun card lowers intensity gradually with duration
  
• There are now less items in the map if you're playing with less than 4 players
  
• Rewards now scale with difficulties significantly more
  
• Nyx can now see allies behind walls too when using her ability
  
• Removed fake hunts from easy and normal difficulty
  
• Increased Generator duration throughout all difficulties.
  
• Automatically leaves current lobby to join another lobby if you join from steam
  
• Reduced hunt durations in all difficulties
  
• Buffed ghost speed in higher difficulties
  
• Hunt and Minighost burn effects are now rarer in lower difficulties
  
• Nyx cooldown more than halved
  
• Change Nyx description to be more clear
  
• Increased intensity and responsiveness of the player light when entering darkness.
  
• Added alternative launch option for DX11
  
• Shuffle Cursed items burn effect now has increased chance if you stockpile cursed items.
  
• Nerfed radius of Cursed Sensor to avoid pinpoiting Cursed Items

• Fixed Grabber being able to grab more than 1 player
  
• Removed Challenge board annoying light reflection
  
• Fixed Motion Blur setting needing to be turned on and off every time to work
  
• Push to Talk fixes
  
• Fixed glowstick light when thrown not being visible
  
• Fixed Eirene's Hanged Man card teleporting inside the wall above the basement
  
• Fixed Incense Ball crazy particles
  
• Fixed Players being able to join over the 4 player limit
  
• Fixed game lobbies UI not being uniform
  
• Fixed Audio settings not saving
  
• Fixed Cabinets being able to have items thrown under it and being lost
  
• Removed Language option until we add proper localization soon
  
• Changed throwing items to be higher in location to allow for throwing on furniture
  
• Fixed glowstick animation not playing after the first time for other players
  
• Fixed Sun Card not protecting you from dark sometimes or removing insanity effect
  
• Fixed common crashes related to Steam ID
  
• Fixed hiding spot in the Girl's Bedroom 2nd floor.
  
• Fixed bug where chairs can be pushed by the ghost multiplpe times all the way to block doors
  
• Fixed Vending Machine price materials not loading
  
• Fixed Eirene's Sun card falling in the Ritual Circle and not being pickupable again.
  
• Improved PTT reliability

• Controller support feature (might take a while)
  
• Vending Machine to visually reflect locked items
  
• Generator feedback number different between players bug
  
• Voice chat has a delay sometimes (planned fix very soon)
  
• Voice chat to work in character select
  
• Sometimes a player isn't logged in the voice chat
  
• Add videos for abilities in character select feature
  
• Inventory sometimes breaks after being revived, using an ability, or riding the car and leaving it
  
• Screen going black for Spectator on player death
  
• Localization (prioritizing German and Chinese soon)
  
• Weeper face checks issue
  
• Miasma Bell sometimes does not register that there is Miasma to clear (2nd floor living room usually)
  
• Spectator sometimes does not get kill screen for other players
  
• Items do not refund their price if you leave them in lobby and quit game/enter game bug
  
• Items are still lost if you leave early while still alive bug
  
• PTT does not work in the car

New quests have been added to the upcoming v1.50 update for Nefasto's Misadventure : Meeting Noeroze.

• Doctor Watson is about to have a breakthrough in medical history, and is in dire need of assistants.
  
• FDX has a packet for an ominous recipient lurking in the shadows. Find him for her.
  
• Help Alexander Alphonse Marie de Monospace embrace his true identity.
  
• Break the mystery behind a heinous theft.
  
• And more...

These will be given as usual by FDX. She also has a new little icon that notifies how many missions still need to be done.

Hotfix coming to address an issue that certain players were seeing where encountering a Mimic would cause a softlock when the mimic had first attack.

• Players affected by this mimic issue will be able to continue into their affected game runs.

Thanks for playing!
IronOak Games