Jan 12, 2024

Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader - Starrok

Lord Captains, update 1.0.93 is live!

Mac and both consoles are expected to receive the same patch within about ~24 hours.

This time we've addressed a few progression blocking bugs, including non-starting cutscenes, and fixed some incorrectly functioning abilities. We've also dealt with some desyncs in co-op, which should make your multiplayer games more comfortable.

Next update is expected roughly in a week and will focus on abilities and items, plus some QoL improvements.

Please be aware of possible plot spoilers in the description below!

System and stability

Fixed a crash caused in some cases by Strange Vitality talent;
[PS5 only] Fixed some reasons for excessive lag;
Fixed a case of crashing during loading the game;

Co-op

Fixed a bug that prevented co-op mode from launching and displayed an error upon trying to enter the lobby due to the specific properties of the user's avatar in the store;
Fixed desyncs at level up screen;

Narrative

In Act IV, during Marazhai event on the officer deck, the dialogue could begin before all the daemonettes were dead - fixed;
After winning the second fight on the arena in Act III, dialogue sometimes would not start, blocking further playthrough - fixed;
Fixed a case of dialogue getting stuck in Marazhai's personal quest;
It was possible to enter Jae's personal quest zone on Footfall without her, causing the quest to get stuck. Fixed - it is now mandatory to bring Jae to her quest;
Fixed a broken option in the Blood Ties quest;
Fixed a bug potentially preventing the final romance event of Yrliet from starting;
Fixed multiple cases of cutscenes and dialogues not starting in Act IV;
In Jae romance, some scenes could play in wrong order under certain circumstances, breaking the narrative consistensy - fixed, they will now play in the right order;
Fixed a problem with Jae romance which could get the player stuck in black void after the scene;

Mechanics

Fixed cases when Characteristic Training didn't grant proper bonuses;
During Marazhai's event on the officer deck, some traps were non-disarmable - fixed;
Aurora in Act I final encounter wasn't shooting the second shuttle under certain circumstances - fixed;
Plasma Explosion (effect of overheating Plasma weapon) was not affecting the wearer of the plasma weapon - fixed, IT BURNS NOW;
Inscribed Soul Sanctioned Psyker talent did not work correctly - fixed;
Usage of Grand Strategist stratagem abilities, navigator ability Spot of Apathy, psyker pyromantic powers Inflame and Orchestrate Flames, psyker divination powers Precognition and Prophetic Intervention and triggering Perils of the Warp in range of melee enemies provoked attacks of opportunity. It was not intended, fixed;
Some AP cost decreasing talents could decrease AP below restrictions, making some abilities free - fixed;
Fixed a minor case of invisible loot container at Rykad Minoris;

Fixed a case where exiting a new game menu and opening it again wouldn't refresh the choices;
"Continue" button in the main menu will no longer grey out for no apparent reason;

Items

Grenadier's cloak was causing grenades to do 0 damage - fixed, now works as intended;
Added +10 crit chance to Astartes Chainsword;
Gas Cloud Grenade now works as intended;
Hand of Offense now works as intended;

Space

Additional ship equipment was added to reputation level 0 for space vendors. Some existing items have had their reputation and PF requirements tweaked.
Added additional space exploration loot to some locations;

Localization

Fixed some typos;
Removed unexpected russian text in the combat log for other languages;

Jan 12, 2024

Sea of Thieves Round-Up: December 2023

Sea of Thieves: 2025 Edition - a-faddison

Oh yes, that’s right, we’re not quite ready to be finished with 2023 just yet. Still one last round-up to squeeze in! Now, we might have been winding down for the end of the year in December, but that didn’t stop us from delivering a Community Weekend, two in-game Events and a monthly content update, did it? Of course not. So let’s take a look at everything you might have missed…

Content Update

We wasted no time in kicking off the December excitements by hosting Season Ten Community Weekend right at the beginning of the month. With some distinctly fishy Pop-Up Plunder maps pointing players in the direction of highly desirable loot, a reward multiplier growing in line with Twitch viewership and an exclusive Title on offer for Skull of Siren Song victors, the Weekend was absolutely packed with adventures to get involved in.

From there, our third instalment of Season Ten was ready to go and so we opened the way to the long-awaited Safer Seas! Letting players explore the world of Sea of Thieves alone or with just their own crew of friends for the first time, this new mode offers a liberating alternative approach to the pirate life. Need more info on how it works, along with December’s other additions and fixes? The release notes await.

And of course, we couldn’t make it through the festive season without throwing in a couple of end-of-year Events. First up was a Gifts & Glory Event where players could pick up a festive flag and double rewards from all their expeditions, followed by the traditional Grogmanay celebration offering a new notch for your Annual Tankard as we toasted the new year together.

News and Features

While everyone was preparing to boost their bonuses and smash some grog, we were able to put the finishing touches on our big December release, and thus we finally arrived at Safer Seas! There were a fair few changes packaged in with this new game mode, so we helped out by posting a handy launch article to go with it.

December is also the month in which we traditionally invite you to check out some of your personal sea-soaked stats in Your Story So Far – still available to view until January 15th! And further contributing to ending the year with a bang was a fresh round of the ever-popular Style of Thieves competition. Before we could get there though, announcing the themes was essential so that pirates could spend the month preparing their perfect outfit.

With all that happening and Community Weekend too, there was only time for one Creator Spotlight in December, so we made sure it was a goodie: meme queen and pirate menace Toxie Sinclaire filled us in on her journey to becoming a Sea of Thieves content creator and highlights of her career. Just don’t ask us what’s going on in some of those Spotlight screenshots. We don’t know and at this point we’re scared to ask.

Videos and Streams

In the run-up to the release of Safer Seas, we wanted to answer as many of your questions ahead of time as we could, culminating in our official Safer Seas Explained video! Once that had time to do the rounds, it was on to release day with a launch trailer and a look at all the new styles coming to the Pirate Emporium and Outpost shops. And surrounding this, in keeping with the spirit of the Festival of Giving, were no less than three sets of Twitch Drops to snag throughout the month.

With the end of 2023 in our spyglasses, we found ourselves reflecting on Sea of Thieves’ progress throughout the year and what everyone in the community can expect from the next one. With that in mind, some familiar team faces stopped by the Tavern one last time before the holidays to record 2023’s final podcast. Give it a watch or a listen to reminisce over highlights, consider lessons learned and admire how quickly John’s festive quiz gets derailed by seemingly innocuous buzzer sounds.

Social Channels

Adding to Twitch Drops, Emporium items and Event rewards in December was a separate bundle of cosmetics available to players with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, who had (and still have) a chance to pick up the Nightshine Parrot Bundle via XGPU Perks. Meanwhile, a select few joined the Hat of Unfeasibly Glorious Fame crew when their creations were featured in the Community Hub, and in case that still didn’t prove enough to satisfy the demanding Festival of Giving spirits, Golden Hour Sails were awarded to our favourite #SoTShot entries on the theme of Festive Fun.

We didn’t want to leave everyone hanging for too long after teasing the latest Style of Thieves themes, so we shared the winners ahead of the holidays and rewarded them with the coveted Fashionista’s Finery Gloves. More presents! From there, everything got a bit nostalgic as we all looked back on the year together, inviting you to cast your mind back to when you were first setting out on the seas and what sort of personal legend you’ve built up since then.

By that point we really were coming up on the end of the year, so with a few extra well wishes and final bits of trivia we took our leave for a brief, hard-earned break. Of course, you’re never really far from the seas. Especially when John’s reminding you that you’ve got Tall Tales to complete.

And thus endeth the month, the year and our only-slightly-late December round-up! A lot happened in the past 12 months out on the seas, and we loved sharing every minute of it with you all. If you’re in the mood for more nostalgia, take a look back over the other 11 round-ups from 2023 and feel free to share your thoughts with us on all the usual channels: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Twitch the official Forums and Discord. Beyond that, a happy new year to all and we hope you look forward to the tempting troves of new features and exciting announcements coming in 2024!

Previously in 2023:

Sea of Thieves Round-Up: November 2023
Sea of Thieves Round-Up: October 2023
Sea of Thieves Round-Up: September 2023
Sea of Thieves Round-Up: August 2023
Sea of Thieves Round-Up: July 2023
Sea of Thieves Round-Up: June 2023
Sea of Thieves Round-Up: May 2023
Sea of Thieves Round-Up: April 2023
Sea of Thieves Round-Up: March 2023
Sea of Thieves Round-Up: February 2023
Sea of Thieves Round-Up: January 2023

Jan 12, 2024

Changelog – 2024/01/12 (Version: 2401121)

Village Heroes - CUNX

Features

Added an aiming arrow, which can be turned on or off in settings
The warehouse supports the equipment and discard operations of items.
When transferring items between the warehouse and the backpack, hold down LeftShift/LeftControl to split the items.
Moving items between warehouses or backpacks ensures that the items appear in the designated slots.
Implement an itch.io release script.
Deploy a European server.
Tips have been added to some buttons on the main interface.
Complete the missing Boss portrait.
Adjusted the recall chant time to increase to 2.5 seconds.
Skills are bound to the current character. Upgrading skills uses skill points instead. Characters obtain skill points through upgrading.
Add the hero’s current level limit when upgrading talent skills.
Adjustments to marksman professional skills.
The damage resistance attribute display has been added to the character attribute interface.

Fixes

Fixed the problem that the attribute shortcut key disappears when opened for the second time.
Fixed the issue where the automatic pickup prompt kept popping up after the backpack was full.
Temporarily block the skill CD sound effects.
Fixed the problem of being unable to create a character immediately after death.
Fixed the English layout problem in the Boss interface.
Fixed the problem of conflicting filter conditions for equipment automatic pickup.
Fixed the issue of key binding not working after restarting the game.
Fixed the internationalization issue of some buttons in the mailbox.
Fixed the problem that shortcut keys cannot release skills when the mouse is on UI objects.
Fixed an issue where the character list could sometimes not be loaded due to network delays.
Fixed the problem of Boss running out of the map, and fixed the problem of some Bosses not appearing.
Fixed the problem that the marksman professional skill attack enhancement does not take effect.
Fixed the problem of deducting all strengthening stones when strengthening equipment.
The Glory Star Death achievement is moved to the bottom of the list.
Fixed the problem of being unable to attack due to blood pressure.
Fixed the problem that there is no BOSS on the 11th floor of the trial tower.
Fixed the problem that Big Tree Boss did not enter the second stage.

Jan 12, 2024

Desert Blossom v1.1 major update

Desert Blossom - Plones

Desert Blossom Major update, no additional charge to purchase DLC directly in the game for free! Like our works can join ZH RPG group QQ discussion group 1030084534, from time to time there are news, group friend welfare updates, and follow-up wonderful works preview. What's New:
① Added two small theaters, two new CG photos and three head pictures.
In Chapter 5, after defeating the third apostle, the Lord of Hell returns to the Village of the Valley - the church where Argress's mother is located to investigate the flash triggered, including a new CG and new content.
(2) The new small theater 2 needs to clear TE to enter the day after the talk, investigate the flash on the right side of Agnes to enter, including 1 new CG&3 new head pictures, and try to implant 13 voices, you can listen to the dialogue between Agnes and Mars.
Added Steam achievements system, 20 normal achievements +2 hidden achievements.
(3) Greatly improved the difficulty of acquiring money and experience, and increased the damage of Agri's Mercerization magic (the formula has become a Level dependent skill) and Mars Rock Magic (has become a Mars physical attack and enemy physical defense calculating damage). In-game gold goods have been broken (mostly at a discount of the original set price) to facilitate the collection of props.
④ After unlocking TE, in the main city Earl residence 2F, you can talk with the Bizhou mage to carry out the challenge of Bizhou level and item inheritance.
⑤ After unlocking TE, you can challenge 4 Apostles + 5 bosses of Cain in one breath.
⑥ New store page, increased the desert flower game features related key text description.
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