Substance Designer 2020.2.2 is here and it comes with a slew of fixes.
This is Designer's 10th update this year! From the team at Adobe, we wish you all a great holiday and a happy new year, we'll see you in 2021 for even more Substance goodness!

Fixed:

• [Content] Inconsistent I/O order on Material nodes
  
• [Content] PBR Render: incorrect IBL sampling for the specular contribution
  
• [Content] PBR Render: some pixels are always transparent
  
• [Content] PBR Render: UV output is incorrect for the Cylinder shape
  
• [Content] Splatter Circular's 'Pattern Specific' parameter has no effect
  
• [MDL] Crash when creating and connecting a node
  
• [MDL] Crash when duplicating a color[] array constructor with its exposed value input connected
  
• [MDL] Crash when reconnecting an invalid connection
  
• [MDL] Exported MDLs have duplicated parameters
  
• [MDL] Exposed parameters are not exported to a .mdl file
  
• [Parameters] A node parameter can be defined twice in the SBS in a specific case
  
• [Parameters] Crash when fetching the Output Type of a parameter's Function Graph
  
• [Parameters] Crash when selecting 'Edit exposed graph input' option where no matching input exists
  
• [3D View] "Environment" usage is not correctly taken into account by the OpenGL renderer
  
• [3D View] IOR is 0 and needs to be reset in a specific case
  
• [3D View] UVs of Plane/Plane Hi-res are offset
  
• [Bitmap] Crash when canceling resource import
  
• [Bitmap] Crash when creating a new Bitmap node with an unsupported file type
  
• [Dependencies] Crash when undoing 'Relocate' for solving a Ghost Instance
  
• [Function Graph] Crash when opening Function graph for a parameter
  
• [Gradient Editor] Moving sliders and keys logs too many actions in history stack
  
• [License] Crash when parsing an invalid license.key file
  
• [SBSAR] SBSAR instance nodes cannot be created from Library if exposed graphs are in folders

Added:

• [3D View] Restore camera position stored in a Scene resource
  
• [Graph] Remove "input nodes" in the contextual menu for FXMap and value processor

We are excited to announce our new partnership with Hearts of Iron IV! Hearts of Iron IV × World of Warships bundle includes:

• World of Warships (free-to-play)
  
• World of Warships — Exclusive Starter Pack (DLC)
  
• Hearts of Iron IV
  
• Expansion - Hearts of Iron IV: Man the Guns (DLC)

Lead an armada or command the ship yourself — get two naval-themed games at 50% off!

This bundle will be available for 5 days only: from 17th to 22nd December! There's never been a better time to try Hearts of Iron IV and World of Warships, so grab our new bundle today to get off to an explosive start in both WW2 battlefield and out on the open virtual seas!
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/18244/

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To mark this collaboration, we'll be having a stream together Friday 18th December at 14:00 CET!

We'll be playing both World of Warships and Hearts of Iron back-to-back, so it will be a great opportunity to see both games in action alongside one another.

Tune in at 2020-12-18 13:00 UTC to our broadcast on Steam!

1.19.7a (W64) → 1.19.8c (W64):

• Fixed crash on carrying a gold monkey through any portal
  
• Fixed crash when a challenge appeared on the same level as a two-floored store (yesterday's daily challenge crash in Volcana)
  
• The merchant will now enrage if a player wearing the true crown teleports into her shop
  
• Slightly reduced the stun time of the falling platform
  
• Fixed bow-like weapons' ammo on being cloned
  
• Fixed torch flames state on being cloned
  
• Fixed dice number on being cloned
  
• Prevented eggsac from being cloned
  
• Entrance lasers of the Sun Challenge will now re-enable if the player doesn't survive
  
• Added a new option to disable bright flashes
  
• Added back cross-play view in leaderboards
  
• Fixed blocked paths related to player coffins in Volcana
  
• Fixed shopkeeper Earl's name

Online beta changes:

• Display choice of server information
  
• Fixed crash when a secondary player carried a gold monkey through the ending (in both local coop and online coop)
  
• Deployed more servers (available in 27 worldwide locations mainly in North America / Europe / Oceania but also including Tokyo, Seoul, São Paulo and Eastern Russia)
  
• Fixed an issue that caused players to join a room multiple times (ephemerally)
  
• Allowed controller auto-assignment using any button in the menus, which fixes the controller not being detected in the lobby scene
  
• Fixed pause menu in the online mode after opening it and closing it with the Resume option
  
• Fixed input mapping to the wrong player for online players nº2, 3 & 4
  
• Fixed case where a player could control a character and a ghost at the same time after reviving from a coffin

Note: 1.19.8c is required to start new online games.
Regarding invites, we're reaching out to the platform holder to see what information they can provide about the issue on their end.
We've also reached Valve to ask for information regarding how to integrate our infrastructure with the recent player feature without depending on Steam matchmaking / lobbies.

Hello everybody!

The playtest is now live! For those who haven't registered, registrations will remain open until December 24th at 7 P.M. CET.

The playtest contains most of the game's features:

• Track editor with full set of tracks and scenery objects
  
• Race mode with all cars except campaign related cars
  
• Time of day settings
  
• Multiplayer

If you've played the Steam Game Festival demo last summer, your savefiles will most likely still load, however there may be bugs that wouldn't normally occur.

A note about car physics:
The car physics are not finished and will most likely change massively during and also after the playtest. If there are things you notice about it that are missing or just feel off, please tell us about it.

For those who wanted to play the playtest on Linux, we have some bad news for you. Since a recent engine upgrade we've done the Linux support for SteamVR is currently broken and therefore a native Linux build is currently not possible. However, we've tested the game with Proton and it works fine and currently we see this as a temporary solution for the problem.


We hope you'll be having fun during the playtest!

- Fall speed has been changed
- Added one weapon and armor
- Added one new stage

-Notice-
The game was expected to be completed in 2020, but is expected to take much longer than planned
We are very sorry, but thank you for your cooperation

All vanilla maps are now set during winter and comes with Christmas decorations. Your enemies and allies are also properly equipped for holidays! Don't forget the thematical music too!
Credit for visuals goes to Yoshik aka FuriousOverlord, author of Vendetta, Dark Matters and Devils Manor map packs.



With this event I decided to try something new to encourage you to actually beat the game once more. Here's the quick breakdown of gameplay changes:

• Player movement speed increased dramatically.
  
• Stun from falling is removed. Fall damage greatly decreased.
  
• Weapon is now centered just like in Quake,Doom and Wolf3D.
  
• Weapon arsenal is restricted to 13 weapons.
  
• Weapon rebalance.
  
• AI rebalance.
  
• Adrenaline and Wine buff.
  
• Ammo count increased.
  
• Dynamite and grenade throw range increased.
  
• Movement speed for some of the AI's increased.
  
• Healing output increased for healthpacks.

And don't forget that we added 5 new achievements for you to hunt!

Castle Winterstein event will end on 10th of January 2021 but it will be reuploaded to Steam Workshop as an addon shortly after the end of the event. So you still can get your achievements afterwards.[/b]

Beware, saves from default RealRTCW are not compatible with Winterstein due to massive code changes and custom .dlls.

Event is completely optional. On launch you can choose between event and regular version.

Happy New Year and Merry Christmas! See you in 2021!

Hi Fox Riders,

I am happy to announce you that we updated Nanotale with voice-overs. We still need to tweak them here and there, so, we recommend you to low down a bit the effect sounds in the menu before playing.





We also updated the game with some fixes and improvements. Here's the full list.

Added:

• Voice-overs
  
• Accessibility options:
  
  • Open dyslexic font
    
  • Health regeneration overtime
    
  • Toggle a pause in the world so you can get out of a bad situation
• Adaptive difficulty based on your wpm (active by default)
  
• Difficulty levels
  
• New Fox abilities (new upgrades for the Fox)
  
• Reveal effect when you get a new spell fragment.

Fixes:

• Teleport issue in the cave
  
• Serpent battle doesn't reset correctly
  
• Ray of fire sometimes didn't burn poison

Improvements:

• Art and visibility improvement in the forest
  
• Can backtrack after Serpent battle
  
• New main menus
  
• New Loading screens

Note: The secondary characters in Nanotale, don't have sounds/voices yet. We plan to add emotes/sounds when you start a dialogue with them.

Thank you for reading and we hope that you will enjoy that little early Christmas present.

Happy Holidays!
-VirginRedemption

Good evening, Alarm! It will happen soon!
We have been waiting for this for the last 2 years (we are a development team, we don't know who else was waiting there!).
So, we have been waiting for this for the last 2 years, or more, and finally, with undisguised pride and trepidation, we are ready to present to the world a magnum opus, the game SPACERIFT: Arcanum System, well, not the game itself, early access of the game, but still….
Today at 21:00 UTC on Steam, you can purchase SPACERIFT: Arcanum System and plunge into the space adventure you deserve!
Be healthy!
Happiness! Good luck! Love!

Hello people!

We have a bit of winter surprise for you! After long days of work, today we released our "December Hotfix" for Time Loader Prologue! This small patch, which is already available for download, deals with some of the bugs you reported!

In detail, here's all the December Hotfix introduces:

• Climbing was fine-tuned to work better in some scenarios. The bot can now easily climb larger and more complex objects;
  
• We reworked swinging from hooks to make it more fun;
  
• New items, and authentic 90s memorabilia have been added to the various levels;
  
• Some of the quests and the paths to their objectives were made more clear;
  
• We fixed an array of smaller bugs, polished some of the models, and further optimized the Prologue;

To download the hotfix, simply launch Time Loader Prologue from your Steam client; the download should start automatically. If that doesn't happen, please restart your client and check the game's cache!

Oh, and we almost forgot: happy winter holidays, everyone!

At first, we would love to thank You for all positive feedback we have received after publishing our trailer.
It really gives us a massive boost to our motivation to create the best game possible!

Right now we are working about Gamers presence in Dreamhouse World. We already announced multiplayer features in our trailer and proper social experience means - customization.




Character creation UI visuals are still W.i.P but creator itself already allow us to create OWN unique character. Character creation menu will receive some fancy look and features in the nearest future and we will show it in our next Devlog.
We are playing with ideas for now. Should it be simple but elegant? Or maybe scream designer is crazy!


Totally not a designer look-alike

Before we lay our first cornerstone, we need Base of Operations. Your very own architect office!
By mean your own we mean fully customizable office that will serve as an in-game menu as well.
We cannot wait to see Your imagination go wild with all items and furniture we will provide ;)


We are playing with Office mechanics. Should it be visuals only or affect gameplay? Maybe in-game clans should operate together in such? Leave Your feedback in a comment!

You might notice graphics being a little crude for now as its alpha footage ;) Don't worry!
Trailer level of graphics its MINIMUM we aim for our fully released game. We are going to squeeze Unreal Engine 5 dry!

More about Your office in next Devlog this month ;)
Add us to Your Wishlist to stay tuned about Dreamhouse: The Game updates.
Next Devlog in 2 weeks! (31.12.2020)

Yours
DeSand "Dreamhouse: The Game" Team

Have cool ideas? Feedback or awesome photo of Your kitchen? Share it with us on our Discord Server!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1468400/Dreamhouse_The_Game/