In the last few weeks, a lot of effort has been put into Netcode improvements for Reign of The Legends. A large bulk of the coding work the whole month of June has gone towards this mission specifically. We are still testing out changes in the netcode at the time of writing.


We have received numerous reports of Reign of The Legends not functioning properly on the Steam Deck. In these past few weeks, we have started looking into potential fixes. We do not have much to share on the matter currently, but we are definitely planning to continue looking into this issue in the future.




Spring Heeled Jack is practically complete. There are still some small adjustments to be made for the character. Mostly, we are still making sure the character functions properly and is balanced. Sounds have been completely implemented and all moves are in the game. We are excited to have this character in your hands!


As always, the team is hunting down any bugs in the game and eliminating them as best we can. Please continue to report anything found to the team either via Discord or on the Steam Discussions page.







The Invisible Man's animations are all complete! The character has all attacks, reactions, specials, and unleashed attacks ready. This character has also received his alternate color schemes. We have not started implementing this character into the game yet, as doing so would result in further delays for Spring Heeled Jack. The character is ready to be coded into the game, however it will be a little wait.




In the mean time, due to The Invisible Man's animations being complete, we have actually began working on our three bonus fighters' animations! We do plan to reveal these fighters later in the year. For the time being, know that they are still planned for release before the game is completed. We still would like to clarify that these characters are a large part of the Reign of The Legends story, and are treated as Bonus fighters.




The team has been looking into changing the announcer's voice for Reign of The Legends. We are looking for a different feel than the current announcer. We are also looking for a new announcer due to having to record additional lines now with the inclusion of the Bonus Fighters. Additionally, the team has decided to rename The White Lady. The team has been set on a simple change, "The Lady In White."





As we prepare for the next major update, The Erase Warehouse and Frankenstein's Sanctuary will receive their final adjustments. We are planning to add the final polish to these stages and ensure their total functionality. The plan is still set to have these stages release with Spring Heeled Jack.




Once again, EVO approaches! The team has begun work on a new trailer for 2023! We plan to showcase the game once again, perhaps a bit more in depth, with hopes of attracting new players. We are also looking to show off a bit more of Spring Heeled Jack! We're looking forward to participating once again in the Indie Fighting Game Showcase!

It has been a busy month for the team, and there is still plenty of work to be done. We'll continue to update you when we can, and we are hoping to have the next major update done as soon as possible. There is a lot more to it than just Jack's implementation. We appreciate your patience and support! As always, thank you!

- The TerrorTeam

Now supporting 30(31) languages!

(Please note that for non-English news posts, this has been translated with Google Translate and may contain grammatical errors)

Steam itself does not actually support 31 languages, so I cannot mark the game as available for all of the languages that have been added, but the complete list of supported languages is as follows:

Afrikaans
Arabic
Bulgarian (under repair)
Catalan
Czech
Danish
German
Greek
English
Spanish
Finnish
French
Hebrew
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Dutch
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese (Brazil)
Portuguese (Portugal)
Romanian
Russian
Serbian
Swedish
Turkish
Ukrainian
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese

As the initial translations are made using machine translation there may be some words or phrases that can be improved in any particular language. Because of this, the language files are stored separately from the base game files in a folder called LanguageFiles, and can be editted directly. Soon I will setup a public git repository, allowing players to submit corrections to help improve the localizations for others. We also ran into a problem with the Bulgarian files, but will have them up shortly. We've also added a new function that will automatically switch to the language that a new players OS is using when they are opening the game for the first time, but that didn't quite make it into this patch and likewise will be added in soon.

If there is anything missing from the translations please let me know and I will make sure they get added into the system.

Happy Gaming!

Condensed patch notes:

v 1.0.3.1 -> 1.0.4.1 2023.07.01
- Vastly improved and expanded multi-lingual support
- Made player fired arrow graphical components a bit slower and a bit larger
- Improved the targeting reticle shader
- Added over 30 new monster abilities including visual and audio effects
- Upgraded target projector
- Monster abilities can now show an indicating projector
- Added or improved the audio and graphical effects of around 60 spells and abilities
- Fixed a multi-player storehouse bug where special resources wouldn't show up
- Fixed camera collision on cave entrances
- Fixed an issue with buildings and facilities in dungeons
- Fixed a problem where tombstones and buildings might not save properly in dungeons upon death or leaving
- Fixed lighting not updating correctly when entering a world encounter as an mp host
- Fixed lighting and sky breaking when leaving world encounter as an mp host
- Fixed an item dupe glitch
- Fixed a projector layering issue
- Fixed a couple multi-player invisible equipment bugs
- Fixed an issue with armor sometimes being invisible to others in mp
- Fixed the harvesting tools of others being invisible in mp
- Fixed resources not despawning after being harvested
- Fixed a new resource respawn check method happening too often causing performance problems and crashes
- Fixed scroll bars and text input problem in the start menus, character, and world creation
- Fixed monster tier trying to calculate itself prior to level causing loot to drop as tier 0
- Fixed a bug with monster damage over time abilities
- Fixed a bug that could lock player movement
- Fixed a bug for persisting effects
- Fixed a harmless multiplayer specific error
- Fixed resources respawning inside of buildings
- Fixed an error with shrines
- Fixed an error with ward skills
- Fixed loot disappearing with the clearing and removal of small encounters

You may need to restart Steam for the update to begin, or you can verify file integrity to trigger it.

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_ Decreased scenario size to improve gameplay and game optimization.

- Fix for "A Winner is You" achievement

Hey everyone,

Over the last few months we've been making great progress on Metropolis 1998. A lot has changed since creating my Steam page. We're getting close to implementing the core game loop, which is really exciting.

[All images are pre-alpha and do not represent the final product.]

Since March, the user interface is being redeveloped from scratch based on user feedback. I took a lot of inspiration from Rollercoaster Tycoon and OpenRCT 2.

In progress, new UI (note: game window was downsized for screencap):




Sidewalks have been added to the game. Soon units will be able to choose between walking or driving to their destination.




A2D lighting engine has been added:





Roofs and day/night cycle:




I've also enhanced the indoor pathfinding code so units now consider an object's size and rotation in their movements. This means they will maneuver around large objects, and will path through tiles containing smaller objects that are rotated parallel to the units movement. There is dozens of other changes and new features as well, but we just wanted to cover the large ones today.

- Yesbox Studios

Here I am with another patch :) This one mainly focuses on the issues folks were having with the mushroom sample questline. It was acting up strangely where some of you weren’t able to deliver your last samples. To help that I’ve introduced a ✨new thing✨;

This new sign can be found right next to Toph and will be where you can easily see all the various samples and their hints. You can also go to the board to deliver your samples (including those with save files where you previously couldn’t!).



Samples you can deliver will show up as orange with three exclamation points and ones you haven’t found yet are dark brown with a question mark! To change into the various hats you can still go to the hat box.

The mushroom board is a much more clear and reliable way of handling the mushroom samples so I hope you enjoy it!

I see a lot of folks are eager to keep playing after they’ve reached the end of the game and complete some of their final deliveries. Well now you can!

From now on,when you reload a save that you left in the party (or after the credits), it’ll put the game back to how it was before the party. You’ll still be in the location you last were but you’ll be able to go back to delivering your remaining letters!

There is ONE catch though! For those of you that have an existing save file from before this patch, you won’t be able to replay the party on that save file due to how your dialogue history saves. I’m really sorry about that but there’s nothing I can do to help that sadly.

I’m not done with Mail Time yet! There’s a number of things in the works:

• The highly requested map feature (I’m working on it!!)
  
• Continue resolving bugs that come in via Discord/Steam Forums
  
• There’s additional content that I’d love to bring to you all in a content update(s).

No more info on that yet as I don’t want to announce anything until it’s ready but that’s what I’m working on!





If you'd like to backup your save before playing the new patch (just in case), you can find it in the following location:

Windows: %USERPROFILE%/AppData/Local/MailTime/Saved/SaveGames

Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/ Epic/MailTime/Saved/SaveGames

It will be called MailTime.sav so just copy that file to a save location!

If you ever want to play on that file again just put it back in the folder, being careful to make sure the name is still MailTime.sav and you can start the game and play it.







- introduced the sample board (next to Toph) where you can now deliver your mushroom samples and see all the hints (this should also fix save files where the mushroom quest got stuck)
- when at Greg's cave you can no longer accidentally trigger the dialogue that thinks you're at the van
- moved the parrot waxcap mushroom sample from the snowy end area to a new spot for better access, happy hunting!
- on a save file that's already played the epilogue party reloading the save (continue game) should allow you to continue playing.
- dialogue cameras for each NPC are pre-determined and so cannot clip into the player
- localised remaining untranslated text

- moved the 'reset location' location in the pond area so you can't sequence break
- made sure when closing the handbook you regain focus to any other open UI
- prevented HUD from showing in Player Creation screen on new game
- the credits allow you to skip (still needs a bit more work to be solid with hovering and controller nav)
- removed quick start from the main menu to avoid confusion until it can be reworked.
- Express Delivery patch now actually counts seconds (not minutes). (there's still some work to be done here to make the patch more reliable as people are reporting it not working)
- controller navigation issues addressed across a bunch of UI screens
- Kaz no longer becomes unavailable during the Heist storyline as that could interfere with other -deliveries to him.
- fixed an issue where dialogue would never start in the opening sequence if you opened the handbook before it started the dialogue
- resolved a bug where two images in the credits would never show
- resolved errors in Korean translation

- fixed a deep hole in the terrain under the waterfall in the pond area
- made mycologist patch count samples delivered accurately
- when loading in a save in the epilogue the party tables won't be invisible
- reduced particles at the big waterfall near Jim & the snowy area
- secret admirer patch will show 1/1 when completed and hovering in the handbook
- introduced the publisher and developer logo to the main menu
- edited the credits to not mention Nintendo Switch or Playstation
- resolved dialogue tags showing in Janet's dialogue on the Japanese translation
- on first startup of the game the game will now attempt to sync with your PC's system language (if possible)
- parrot waxcap mushroom sample now has the correct UI art
- integrated some backend work for the upcoming map feature so that in future all save files will be able to support that. (also compatible with older save files)
- excluded confirm tab in handbook from bookmark cycle so it doesn't close accidentally when using Q/E (keyboard) or L/R (controller)
- renamed 'switch joysticks' to 'swap joysticks' in the settings for clarity
- resolved an issue where for some players not all water would load in
- prevented the game from loading double (reduces load on PC slightly)

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ty that's all!

bye bye! <3 ヾ(•ᴗ•๑)o

Kela

🌈 Make sure to join the Discord to come hang out with the whole community

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[Lost in the Sand]Story continues. (The preview version reaches the point where you will make a decision to conclude the stories in the Black Pyramid. You will get a chance to evaluate the situation. The content after you make a choice is still working in progress.)
[Prefix]The effect of the "Merciful" prefix now also applies to gun fights.
[Gun Modification]New gun mod: Pistol Rubber Bullets Mag. (-Gun Power, gunshot becomes non-lethal. It may be useful when you want to capture pets.)
[Liu's PSB]The officer in the warehouse now sells "Pistol Rubber Bullets Mags."
简体中文
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【迷失于沙粒中】故事继续。（预览版本抵达了你将会做出一个结束黑暗金字塔剧情的阶段。你在做出决定前有机会查看对现状的评估。做出选择之后的内容，目前尚在施工。）
【词缀】【仁慈的】词缀效果现在同样适用于使用枪械时。
【枪械改造】新的枪械部件：手枪橡胶子弹弹夹。（-枪械威力，枪击变成无法致命。可能抓宠物的时候比较有用。）
【疁城公安局】仓库里的警员现在会贩卖【手枪橡胶子弹弹夹】

Fixed: Home-Screen loop was not displaying for users without the Windows HEVC (H265) Extension. Now H264-based, same as the default main content file.

Pretty big boy sale. Very cool.

- Fixed Livery Loading in multiplayer lobbies
- Fixed missing S80 stats and reverse lights
- Fixed graphics glitch on last rim option