greetings.
this is but a minor patch to address two pressing issues.

Enemies:

Enemies require more time without seeing the player to lose interest and return to their original positions

Items:

Spell Book drop chance greatly increased

that's all!
until next time
-osur

Hello everyone!

Here we are with the first patch for Diluvian Ultra Chapter One - It is filled with fixes and changes you have been asking for. The full list of changes and fixes is below, but most notable are changes to the audio of enemy barks, fixing many controller issues and improvements to the flow of texts.

We are aware that not all reported issues have been fixed, but we decided that publishing an incremental improvement is better than having you wait until everything is done.

There are two issues specifically that we are working on fixing as soon as possible, but can already be somewhat remedied if you encounter them:

• There is a bug that can sometimes corrupt a Waystone save and cause you to lose all weapons when you die and respawn. Going to the menu and selecting "restart level" should restore your arsenal, albeit losing the progress you've made in that particular level of course. The bug is difficult to replicate however, and while this worked for us, we cannot guarantee it will work every time - please let us know here in the comments, in Steam discussions or on our Discord server if you encounter this issue and whether restarting the level solved it for you or not. The more details we have, the easier it will be for us to squash the bug!
  
• If you start a game and cannot move and in general it seems unresponsive to any keyboard commands, make sure you don't have a controller plugged in or wirelessly connected - currently it disables the keyboard and "takes over".

If there is something else you want us to focus on, please, leave your feedback here on Steam or join our Discord server where you can chat with us directly!

And if you're enjoying Diluvian Ultra Chapter One, we would be incredibly happy if you wrote a review of it here on Steam, it really does help a lot!

• Fixed Waystone and powerup messages sometimes staying on screen
  
• Fixed first line of dialogue disappearing too fast
  
• Fixed various controller support issues
  
• Fixed rebinding keys in the main menu not working
  
• Fixed weapon FOV acting strange
  
• Fixes the potential soft lock with events triggered from dialogue
  
• Fixed crash from dying whilst locked in place during dialogue
  
• Fixed AI falling comically slowly
  
• Fixed step-up issues in various maps
  
• Fixed C01L02 collision improvements
  
• Improved forks, now have a muted display when activated
  
• Fixed visual issues with Ion Impaler and heal animation
  
• Improved readability of some map encounters in C01L01
  
• Increased size of chaingun projectile to better read damage type
  
• Changed chaingun muzzle flash to better reflect damage type
  
• Increased amount of blood and ammo in C01L09
  
• Added powerup effects, now have a ring effect to make them stand out more
  
• Improved destructible lattice gibs, now coloured correctly
  
• Updated material for trees
  
• Fixed issues with squiregun guide tutorial text reappearing when you access the waystone again
  
• Lowered the chance of barks and increased the cooldown on them triggering
  
• Lowered the ping audio for enemy barks.

Today we have a great new patch for the game! Including an awesome update for 'Steam Deck' players.

Please do let us know if you're still having problems with the game.

Check out the patch notes below: ːsteamhappyː



Features:

+ The game now supports Steam Deck/Linux

+ Improved controller support

+ Added a spa next to the INN

+ Reworked animal system

+ Better UI visibility and design

+ Gabriel's Dance now has a song

+ More pet sounds

+ Rebalanced prices

+ Chance to get more products from animals

+ Beach Foraging

+ Animation for earning and losing coins

+ Reworked animal pricing



Fixes:

- Fixed object collisions missing during festival days

- Upgraded house appearance now changes depending on the current season

- Fixed animals multiplying when calling animals inside

- Weather icon now updates when you leave your house

- Fixed lots of collision issues

- Player no longer walks through the ball during festival days

- Fixed character disappearing after pulling an all-nighter

- Solved black screen after going down too deep on the mines

- Cuttable grass now changes depending on the current season

- Cats no longer bark

- Removed red line showing up under certain objects

- Added missing balloons on Recycler

- Added missing sound effect when interacting with bee house

- Fixed player not respawning next to bed

- Fixed HUD showing up inside the menu

- Animals no longer fail to produce after a couple of days

- Sheep now visually have wool once it's grown

- Milking and shearing now works correctly

- Milking now has a chance daily and won't work if the cow is or has been very stressed

- When animals are sold or run away, their spaces are now made available for new animals.

As always thank you very much for the support with the game!
We're enjoying adding new things to improve the game. We're also trying our best to work through all the bugs.

Again thank you!

Thanks,
Jeroen, Rafael, Robert & Kazz

• Piano cannot be used players more than once.
  
• Protection symbol can be picked up ground from far away.
  
• Did some improvement for fixing an issue that causes items disappear when dropped ground.
  
• Removed wrong banishment method information from Demogorgon.
  
• Dead players can finish the game.
  
• Players can finish the game without checking players in range.
  
• Players can equip items on eighth slot.
  
• Buy more button still show on players who already own max amount of item.

• New map Mountain House added to the game
  
  -- This is the first house map
  -- This map only have 1 creature and 1 remnant inside to search

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• New sounds added to game.
  -- Camera click sounds changed.
  -- Dead players can now send a sound once per minute.
  -- Guitar and Piano sounds changed.
  -- Added atmospheric sounds to Vermond Factory.
  -- Added different sounds to play when rituals completed.
  -- Added footstep sounds for creatures.
  -- All breath sounds replaced and all types of creatures send different sounds.
  
  
• In lobby item slots move to next when player equip an item.
  
• 4K Camera and Crucifix meshes changed.
  
• Map system changed to get ready for next update.
  
• Grimore now opens a new widget while banishing.
  -- You have to choose correct NPC to start banishment ritual from the book.
  -- If you select wrong NPC, creature start to attack player instantly.
  
• Banshee speed lowered a bit more to let players run away from her.
  
• Audrey 20% sanity bonus now shown on extra percent instead of hiding inside 100%.

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• Ultra violet flashlight removed from shop.

The Dev Diary has switched to a weekly stream schedule to bring you exciting news from Space! Remember to follow us on Twitch to stay tuned.

In the 8th installment of the Dev Diary, Johannes and Andreas show off the new blocks included in the Space Voyager Pack coming with the 1.7 update.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2579530/Trailmakers_Space_Voyager_Pack/

Check this video to see them all!

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Hear, Hear, dear Queens and Kings!

We give you Thronefall's very first community event: The Desert Lightning Challenge!

But what is it? 🤔
EZ PZ. (or is it? 👀 ) All you have to do is play on Durststein, with the Lightning Wand, AND the Commander Mode perk, and try to get the highest score possible! You can bring any amount of other perks and mutators you want.


Just take a screenshot of the "Victory" screen, so everyone can see Durststein's background, and post it on our Discord server in the #lightningdesert channel. Feel free to chat there using threads, as the channel itself will be dedicated to the event.

The event's deadline is on Friday, October 13, 9 AM CST time ; no more scores will be accepted after. We'll then proceed to announce the winners.


The 3 highest scores will get rewarded with:

• The Champion Discord role
  
• 2 Steam keys to share with your friends
  
• A spot in the coveted Discord and Steam's Hall of Fame, where your name will remain for eternity...

Join our Discord server, to compete with your fellow rulers!

This is the first of many more challenges and events! We're excited to see what strategies and scores you'll come up with. 😁

We know some could be tempted to photoshop or cheat, and that's why we ask for your honesty and fair-play here. We're working on a method to prevent that from being a problem in the future. If you're able to submit a little video of the last night of your run to give it more credibility and value, that's great!

As this is Thronefall's first event, please let us know how you like it, and if you have any improvement in mind, or event suggestions for the next one!

- Dramatically reduced Axe chop's recovery time. (0.45 -> 0.25 sec)
(Axes now have the Big DPS)
- Increased Mallet & Wrench size/range a bit.
- Increased Armor Break duration on all pickaxes by 2.5 seconds.
- Removed the durability loss reduction from Shotgun's infusion trait.

- Added Volatile enchantment.
- Removed Swift & Heavy enchantments (until can fix them showing up on items that can't use 'em).

- Reduced the weight of Brittledeep tables to make them better throwables.

- Improved Final Fountain environment collision.
- Added some lamp posts to the Hub.
- Fixed Lightwalls buzzing even when turned off, reduced buzz volume.
- Adjusted Architect dialogue.

- Fleet enemies are now better at not walking into lightbeams and lightwalls. (Reported by Cellestus.)

- Cleaned up 50MB of unused textures from the game files.

- Fixed Astral Spark infusion not getting removed properly. (Reported by Cellestus.)
- Fixed that one Fleet room having sideways lightwalls. (Reported by many.)
- Fixed Inferno infusion not getting removed properly. (Reported by Cellestus.)
- Fixed curse timer being visible at 0 when finding a cursed item from a chest. (Reported by Cellestus.)
- Fixed Scrapper not using proper item destruction logic, causing enchantments/curses to stick around. (Reported by Cellestus.)
- Fixed Admiral continuing to run in place after losing track of target while winding up to a sprint. (Reported by Cellestus.)
- Fixed "using" a passive item to equip/unequip it triggering Astral Spark infusions mana cost. (Reported by Cellestus.)
- Fixed Needle Cape, Deci-Catalyst & Flashy Cape not costing mana per trigger with Astral Spark infusion. (Reported by Cellestus.)
- Fixed Phantom Daggers having a regular dagger's model stuck in there.
- Fixed Seals getting wiped when closing the seal menu.
- Fixed Unstoppable Force & Immovable Object affecting knockback sources that should be immune, like spikes or cannons. (Reported by Cellestus.)
- Fixed Rope Drones not dropping their ropes on client players when the drone dies. (Reported by Cellestus.)
- Fixed Pit area seals wiping identical seals from other sources when removed. (Reported by Cellestus.)
- Fixed Adventurer restoring ability uses on area transition. (Reported by Cellestus.)
- Enchanting/cursing an item with Bloodsmith stacks now clears those stacks properly. (Reported by Cellestus.)

NEW MAP
I've read a lot of your guys' feedback and it was apparent that the previous map was way too big, players had trouble finding each other, especially in smaller lobbies, it was also too bright.
This new map addresses all those issues, it has elements from both the original and the previous map, it's much more focused while not feeling too big and empty, the brightness has been toned down and it's full of useful hiding/ambush spots.

NEW WEAPON
The revolver is a new weapon that can be found in crates, it's precise and deadly but fires slower than the pistol and takes longer to reload.

GAMEPLAY CHANGES
There have been some changes to the core gameplay, scientists won't always die in one shot anymore, they will take damage, health can only be replenished with painkillers (Which can be infected by the Skin Stealer).

NEW SKIN STEALER MODEL AND SOUNDS
The Skin Stealer has received a brand new model as well as terrifying new sound effects.


As always, I hope to see you all ingame, leave your feedback or report bugs and glitches on the Steam discussions page or on the official Discord server:
https://discord.gg/kn668t7hbW

Prove that you are a true master and assemble the most powerful squad of cats in battle with incredibly terrible and slightly flat monsters!

We gona make it not only fun, but also profitable. During the Steam Next Fest, play the Cats on Duty demo and at the end of it don’t forget to take a screenshot (GIF or video) of your resulting meow-squad. Post a screenshot (GIF or video) on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Tik-Tok, YouTube... anywhere, the main thing is that it can be found, which is what our brave SMM will do.

And to help him, you can do two things:
1) Add the hashtag #CatsOnDutyContest to your post;
2) Send a link of your publication to our official Discord.

Over the Steam Next Fest week we will summarize preliminary results and determine the most powerful units. And after the festival (from October 16 to 22) we will name the coolest cat leader!

And what will we do with it? That's right, we'll reward him! The winner of the competition will receive $10 to his Steam wallet. It ain't much, but it's an honest prize (if we'll sell 1 million copies of the game at release, we'll give the winner a car!)

But there will be 10 winners! So!

Brief instructions:
1) Play the demo;
2) Capture your strongest squad;
3) Post on social media with your squad and the hashtag #CatsOnDutyContest.

Don’t forget to add the game to your wishlist so that the gods of luck will favor you, and send a link of your publication to our Discord, our SMM will be grateful to you (sincerely).

Get ready to embark on an exciting journey as we gear up for the second Last Train Home Dev Stream, coinciding with the Steam Next Fest just around the corner!



Brace yourselves for a captivating sneak peek into gameplay, expertly guided by none other than Petr 'pettka' Kolář, the Managing Director of Ashborne Games. We're picking up right where we left off in our first hands-on Dev Stream, and this time, we're diving into at least two thrilling missions!


Date: Monday, 9 October 2023
Time: 5 PM CEST
Streaming Platform: Twitch THQ Nordic


Whether you're a battle-hardened strategy enthusiast, a devoted follower of the Czechoslovak Legionaries' extraordinary journey, or intrigued by the magic behind Last Train Home's development, consider this your exclusive ticket to a front-row experience!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1469610/Last_Train_Home/

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