Jun 4, 2020
Steam Build # 25550 - Butcher’s Circus Hotfix
Darkest Dungeon® - redhookjohn
Darkest Dungeon
  • Fixed - Softlock when controlled hero(by siren) kills siren during act out
  • Fixed - [PROVISIONS] Selling provisions using left click often sells two at a time, instead of one

The Shieldbreaker
  • Fixed - Guard break poptext icon is not visibled without enabling Circus DLC

The Butcher's Circus
  • More adjustments to help improve the disconnects and desync issues.
Jun 2, 2020
Steam Build # 25548 - Butcher’s Circus Hotfix
Darkest Dungeon® - redhookjohn
Darkest Dungeon
  • Fixed a softlock issue in the Siren fight if a mind-controlled hero does from a heart attack.
  • Crash fix for when a mind-controlled hero kills an enemy with an actout in the Siren fight.

Shieldbreaker
  • Guard Break in single player no longer has overlapping pop text displays

The Butcher’s Circus
  • Fixed an issue with an incorrect check occuring when comparing enemy party to info on the server
  • Implemented some fixes for several desyncs/disconnect issues. (This should improve stability, but we are still working on more solutions beyond what is contained here)
  • Heroes should have their correct corpses on results screen in the Circus

Known Issues
  • Mac and Linux users should use the “pretbclinuxmac” Steam beta branch to avoid crashing on startup.
  • We are aware of the single player stuttering issues, and will look to resolve these as soon as possible.
Jun 1, 2020
Week 13: Mod Showcase
Darkest Dungeon® - RedHookNatisha
”A moment of valor shines brightest against a backdrop of despair.”

Here are this weeks mods:

The Phantom by O'Nightmare! and Hooded_Lay

This class is based on the typical Rogue/Thief archetype, if they were embraced by religion. Stealth and mark play work together with shuffles as a setup for the Phantom to deliver powerful critical hits, besides him coming with his own little arsenal of tricks and the assassin's favorite: venom, from a snake's fangs to his weapons, to be used whenever you deem it fit! A concocted item which adds a damage dealing debuff, similar to blight, to all his attacks.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1445902568





The Zenith by Dem and Adon

The Zenith approaches the Hamlet with an unwavering smile on his lips. He's an acrobatic fighter who cuts with his charm and his spear. With an oath in service to the god of honor and brotherhood, the Zenith inspires calm in his allies through bravado; helping to distract them from the horrors of adventuring. When required, he can set aside his jovial attitude and manifest the power of the Golden Janissary Style. This combat style affords great flexibility powering up combination moves to prepare for a devestating final attack that strikes out against eldritch and unholy enemies with righteous fury. His dedication to being an inspiring sun for his allies comes at the cost of his durability. He is an unarmored, mobile dancer who moves through the ranks of his allies. The Zenith's hedonistic personality will neither amuse the pious nor inspire trust in people with impressionable spouses.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2111344032






Thank you to the creators for their hard work and talent!

If you would like to suggest mods for us to showcase, you can join our Discord here:

http://discord.gg/darkestdungeon








Jun 1, 2020
Steam Build # 25546 - Butcher’s Circus Hotfix
Darkest Dungeon® - redhookjohn
Darkest Dungeon
  • Fixed - Faster drag detection was restored back for single player(dragging should be less laggy)
  • CRASH FIX: Attack Friendly Actouts of Siren controlled heroes will no longer cause a game crash.

The Butcher’s Circus
  • Improved Results screen logic to help prevent the player from being stuck in an animation.
  • Fixed an issue with Prestige results should no longer become inaccurate after the second match or later since booting the game.
  • Fixed an issue with the results screen sometimes showing max prestige even without opening all rewards.
  • Fix for the MaxPrestige achievement, it should no longer falsely trigger.
  • Fixed - On results screen, opponent corpses use the visual variant of your heroes, not theirs which resulted in visual errors for some.

KNOWN ISSUES
  • Mac and Linux users should use the “pretbclinuxmac” Steam beta branch to avoid crashing on startup.
May 31, 2020
Steam Build # 25544 - Butcher’s Circus Hotfix
Darkest Dungeon® - redhookjohn
We are still working to get improvements to the connection stability for players. This hotfix hopefully addresses some of those issues but also contained 2 common softlock and crash issues we wanted to resolve for those being affected. We will have more updates in the next day or so for other issues as we work through them.

Thank you to everyone playing and reporting their issues.

Darkest Dungeon
  • Potential fix for random crashes during circus logic(circus, matchmaking, fights...)
  • Fixed multiple dazed heroes are causing softlock in match due AI not selecting any of them
  • Fixed game crashes on provision screen
  • Fixed an issue with requesting info from server
May 29, 2020
Steam Build # 25538 - The Butcher’s Circus Hotfix
Darkest Dungeon® - redhookjohn
Greetings Hamlet Dwellers!

We are hard at work behind the scenes to improve stability and help track down and squash bugs. Thanks again for all your help in reporting issues.


Darkest Dungeon
  • Fixed softlock when using Guard Break skills while The Butcher's Circus is not installed

The Butcher’s Circus
  • Fixed visual hero mods resulting in multiplayer heroes appearing as white boxes
  • Fixed an issue that caused single player hero mods to inadvertently cause desyncs in multiplayer.
  • Adjusted the Narration VO variants when opponent is starting their turn. The buffoons will be slightly less.... flummoxed.

Modding
  • Fixed “.battle_complete_combat_skill_id skillname” no longer triggering .type "move" skills
  • Fixed “.kill target effect” to work as before
  • Fixed an issue that caused “move” type skills to not apply buffs.
  • Fixed an issue that caused death effects to apply on both allies and enemies

Known Issues
  • Mac and Linux users should use the “pretbclinuxmac” Steam beta branch to avoid crashing on startup.
  • Desync logs aren’t being created by non-debug builds currently.
  • The fix to the Guard Break softlock is now causing some visual fx issues which do not impact gameplay.
May 28, 2020
Darkest Dungeon's free Butcher's Circus PvP DLC out now on Steam
Darkest Dungeon®

Back in April, developer Red Hook Studios announced it was working on a free PvP mode for its deliciously punishing Lovecraftian strategy RPG, Darkest Dungeon. And now, two months on, Butcher's Circus, as the new DLC is known, is available to download on Steam.

Butcher's Circus is, of course, a rather dramatic departure for Darkest Dungeon; since the game's release in 2016, its punishing expeditions to the shadowy antediluvian corners of its ancient hamlet - requiring players to safely shepherd their party of broken heroes through sanity-shattering horrors - have remained staunchly solo endeavours. Now, however, there's a new multiplayer twist to that rock-solid core.

Red Hook's latest slab of DLC adds the new Butcher's Circus location to Darkest Dungeon's gloomy hamlet, and those brave enough to enter its "weathered and bloodstained pavilion tent", can embark on PvP arena battles against friends and strangers.

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May 28, 2020
Free DLC “The Butcher’s Circus” out NOW!
Darkest Dungeon® - RedHookNatisha
Enter the Arena and play Darkest Dungeon in an all new way: PvP battles!


In the Butcher’s Circus, you assemble a team of four heroes and battle other players to the death in pursuit of prestige and glory. But don’t worry! You won’t be risking your campaign heroes...just your pride.



The Butcher’s Circus is FREE to all owners of Darkest Dungeon. So grab it HERE:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1117860/Darkest_Dungeon_The_Butchers_Circus/
May 28, 2020
Darkest Dungeon launches PvP today, alongside a free weekend
Darkest Dungeon® - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Matt Cox)

Roll up, roll up, The Butcher’s Circus is (about to be) in town. Merciless RPG Darkest Dungeon is set to launch its PVP mode later today, letting you pit your band of stressed out adventurers against those of a stressed out person in the real world. The new mode is completely separate to the singleplayer campaign, and comes with new trinkets and reworked Heroes.

The Dungeon’s first free trial weekend also kicks off today, so you can get all cross without spending a penny.

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May 27, 2020
Darkest Dungeon - coming_in_hot Build #25521
Darkest Dungeon® - redhookjohn
Greetings Hamlet Dwellers!

In preperation for the release for the DLC tomorrow we are pushing a base game build to our coming_in_hot public beta branch for players to help us test for any issues with the base game. Below are the patch notes for what has change in the base game since our last patch.

Darkest Dungeon
  • NEW TOWN EVENT
    • Added two new town events that relieve stress for the entire hamlet roster if at least one circus match is played before beginning the next week.
  • Fixed positioning changes caused by AoE knockback and pull abilities
  • Added stress heal received while camping buff to Meditator quirk
  • Stress modifier vs [Enemy Type] buffs are now active while that enemy type is present in the combat. (Such as Fear/Hatred/Phobia quirks)
  • Lowered Bloodmoon Radiant Light Dodge bonus to match Stygian (2.5%) instead of Radiant (7.5%)
  • Plow Horse Color of Madness enemy won’t cause stall-related crashes when modded into non-wave combats
  • Fixed enemy reinforcements crash in Darkest Dungeon location
  • Fixed Abomination being able to ignore allies’ move-block actouts
  • Added option to opt out of data collection
  • Supports both new and old localization formats

Modding

  • NEW DUNGEON RULES
    • Added "dots_can_deathblow". When false, bleed and blight no longer causes heroes to roll a death’s door check.
    • Added “deaths_door_test_survived_resistance_chance” to dungeon rules. A hero’s deathblow resistance is reduced by this amount each time they survive a death’s door check, cumulatively.
  • NEW TRINKET EFFECT TRIGGERS
    • Added "melee_attack_skill" effect trigger for trinkets
    • Added "ranged_attack_skill" effect trigger for trinkets
    • Added "riposte_attack_skill" effect trigger for trinkets
    • Added "attack_crit" effect trigger for trinkets
  • NEW BUFF RULES
    • Buffs can now be conditional on actorStatus "virtued" and "afflicted"
    • Buffs can now be conditional on rule_type "activated_first " and "activated_last "
    • Buffs can now decrement at the end of rounds rather than the end of an actor’s turn by using .buff_duration_type "after_turn" and "after_round"
  • NEW SKILL RULES
    • Combat skills with “.ignore_deathsdoor true” will deathblow instantly if they deal lethal damage, regardless of deathblow resist. The target will be killed even if it was not already on death’s door.
  • NEW STATS
    • Added “deathblow_chance” which increases the chance of deathblow and is applied against deathblow resistance.
    • Added “heartattack_stress_heal_percent” which modifies the amount that stress is lowered after suffering a heart attack.
    • Added “buff_duration_percent” which increases the duration of buffs applied by the hero
    • Added “ignore_guard” which causes skills to bypass guard.

KNOWN ISSUES
Some Localization Strings are still missing for some languages. These will be corrected when we push the DLC.
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