It has been two days since I joined the pack of Lupine living deep in these forests. They have been participating in a wild celebration of excitement and frustration and I have been witness to it all.
With today’s update we’re tackling some of the most immediate issues that have been reported. You’ll notice some requested tweaks to the World generation as well as fixes for Rulers not Transforming and potential soft locks.
You’ll find the full list of fixes & changes below and keep those Bug Reports coming.
May your Pantheons thrive
Game Version: 1.006.002.90363
Added information about heroes being returned to their original owner on creating an alliance/vassalage between two rulers to the trade options and alliance encyclopedia entry.
Disabled the Increase Hero Cap button from showing in the Hero Recruit screen if the Hero Cap has not been reached.
Text & Descriptions
Updated the Barbarian Culture description to mention their new Savage Strike mechanic
Clarified that Inspiring Killer works on the unit that has the passive
Angelize - Renamed to Angelic Transformation
Naga Form - Renamed to Naga Transformation
Increased the map sizes of 2 player maps.
Improved Player placement on the Surface for 2 player maps.
Reduced the amount of Free Cities on smaller maps.
Reduced the amount of Mountains on Land maps.
AI
Fixed an issue where the AI City production manager did not include all structures that the AI can build.
This also addresses issues with AI not building Modded Structures
Fixed an issue where the AI could get stuck on trying to attack a quest army.
Art
Fixed missing Skin Decoration types for Lizardkin Army Customisation
Removed a Clipping Wizard King Helmet option for Lupine & Goatkin
Artica now wields a lightning orb in her model and her tooltip
Units & Animations
Fixed Visual issues with Eagle Mounts
Fixed an issue where Eagle Mounts would not descend to meet their Target
Fixed an issue with the Warbreed Animation when their Charge attack is canceled
Fixed an issue with Bolt Repeater Rotation while attacking
Fixed an issue where the Golden Golem was using the incorrect Attack Animation
Fixed an issue where Rulers with wings would animate them in the Diplomacy Screen
Fixed an issue where sometimes Wings would not animate properly
Fixed an issue where hand placement on Crocodile Mounts wasn’t always correct
Fixed an issue where Skeleton Shield and Polearm units would not embark correctly
Enchantments & Transformations
Fixed several PFX appearing between a Unit’s legs
Fixed an issue where Animals with Empowered Beasts would not fit the Unit Icon
Fixed an issue where Units with Guided Projectiles would not show Burning PFX
Fixed an issue where the Linked Minds effect would not show when using Wightborn
Fixed an issue where Wightborn would apply a second set of Hair
Fixed an issue where Gaia’s Chosen would give all Units & Heroes the same hair
Fixed an issue where Wizard Kings would hold weapons in odd positions with Naga Transformation
Fixed visual issues with Naga Transformation during Water Combat
Fixed visual issues with IP Characters and Supergrowth
Fixed Double Tails for Goatkin with the Draconian Transformation
Combat
Fixed combat achievements triggering during the replay of an auto-combat
Fixed an issue where Once per Turn Passives would trigger once each time an ability is used
Fixed Mirror Mimic visuals breaking when Mimicking a Embarked unit
Culture
Fixed an issue where the Glacial Mammoth Primal Frenzy would give Charge Strike instead of Frenzy when in snow and ice terrain
Fixed an issue with Primal Unit Enchantments giving Aquatic Units the associated Land Movement
Diplomacy
Fixed an issue where the AI would not always send out a Call to War.
Fixed an issue where an AI would sometimes not accept a Call to War, even if they or the player had already accepted a call to war in the same turn.
Fixed a crash that could occur upon completion of a Bounty that was accepted by multiple rulers
Events
Fixed an issue where the Quest Completed Story Events would not trigger and result in a soft-lock
Fixed an issue where the Primal Culture introduction quest would not appear if you started in the underground.
Fixed an issue where several Events could trigger for Reavers when they shouldn’t
Fixed an issue where low units such as the Slither Hatchling would not show properly in Events
Fixed an issue with odd/improper lighting in the Event Scenes
Story Realms
Nimue no longer has talking magelock cannons
Fixed issue where in story realms the racial units of the other rulers would not get the same transformations as their ruler
Free Cities
Fixed an issue where the Masters of Creation Upgrade Set would not provide the +6 Materium Affinity Hero Trait
Fixed an issue where targeting Rulers through War Coordination would show their Throne City Location on the World Map while not having discovered it
Interface
Fixed a crash that occurred when the player ended their turn with the “Wizard Tower: Room of Recall” set to dismantle in one turn and the spell casting interface of the spell “Recall Ruler” open.
Fixed an issue where the Active Spells could be interacted with while showing the World Map
Fixed an issue where the Faction Meet event would not appear if the Encyclopedia was opened first
Fixed an issue where a Presence trait lord’s combat advantage could be modified
Fixed an issue where a incorrect Banner Icon would appear on Player Slots
Fixed various text clipping issues in various languages
Fixed some issues with the ascension trait list in the ascension screen
Fixed a niche bug in the research screen
Fixed an issue where the radial menu would not close when switching back to mouse and keyboard
Fixed a crash when hovering over units in a tooltip while being in tactical combat
Fixed an issue where editing a Pantheon Ruler would remove their Transformation in the Loading Screen
Fixed an issue where Feywater Pond would not show the lines for Adjacency Bonuses
Fixed an issue where Transformations & Enchantments from Subraces would appear in the Spell List
Fixed an issue where certain Transformations such as Spawnkin would not hide correctly when applied to Rulers
Fixed an issue where Ascended Transformations would not show in the Spellbook until a refresh triggered
Fixed a crash that could occur when a Tooltip appeared while closing
Fixed a crash that could occur when a Army was removed/killed while the Excavation Interface was open
Descriptions & Text
Fixed an issue where there would be an empty trade requirement in the “You become overlord” trade option.
Fixed an issue where the incorrect text would appear when founding a City from an Outpost
Fixed an issue where there was a empty preview on the Purging Arrows ability
Fixed an issue where a Debug string was visible in Forged Items during Manual Combat
Fixed an issue where the full Treaty name would not show in the Tooltip for Breaking a Treaty
Fixed several text issues in the Finalize Tab of Faction Creation
Fixed a typo in the Marked for Death Spell
Controller
Fixed an issue where blocked Factions could be selected on Presence Trait Maps
Fixed an issue where the Encyclopedia was not accessible with the controller
Fixed an issue where the tooltip for "Realm Trait" would remain behind when scrolling the "Realm Overview"
Item Forge
Fixed an issue with Infusion: Push Back where it would push targets to a random adjacent hex.
Fixed an issue with Infusion: Retaliation where it would not use the correct name and description.
Fixed an issue with Infusion: Area Damage - Line where it did not correctly uses a 3 hex line
Fixed an issue with Infusion: Giant Slayer blocking any other Infusions when put on a Polearm.
Multiplayer
Fixed an issue where the combat screen would not reopening after leaving a multiplayer game during combat replay
Fixed a common Out of Sync that could occur after hotjoining
Fixed an issue where a player in classic turns multiplayer would get the Pantheon XP screen before the Defeat Screen if defeated out of turn.
Fixed a Out of Sync when watching a Combat Replay in Classic Turns
Fixed a soft lock that could occur when watching a Combat Replay multiple times
Pantheon
Fixed an issue with Presence Traits that give Rulers additional Cities not using Cities of their own Race
Fixed an issue that caused some default Rulers to not replay the recorded Tome paths after ascension.
Fixed an issue where the Pantheon Points would not reflect the accurate amount of Pantheon Points given.
Fixed an issue where the Mount Visualisations would not unlock from all connected nodes.
Fixed an issue where Race Transformations would not apply to Rulers
Tomes
Astral Convergence
Fixed an issue where Explosive Manifestation could not be cast in Water Combat.
Chaos channeling
Fixed an issue where Golden Horde would not count as a Hostile Action
Fixed an issue where Golden Horde would not have a Summon PFX
Enchantment
Fixed an issue where the increased damage from Purging Arrows wasn’t working on single attacks
Dreadnaught
Overcharged now triggers at the end of repeating attacks
Overcharge cannot be cast on constructs that are already overcharged
Zeal
Fixed an issue with the Bolstering Matrix granting its bonus twice when using Inspiring Chant to units with Zeal.
Reaper
Fixed an issue where Greater Reanimation would not work on non-undead enemy units.
World Map
Fixed an issue where Underground spawning would not take the surface player’s position into account properly on a 2 player map.
Fixed an issue where Terraforming Spells would not work on provinces with Small Mountains/Habitable Mountain Provinces
Fixed an issue where Primal Animals would wrongly appearing in some Maps
Fixed a crash that could occur while the City Interface was open as a Outpost turned into a City
Fixed a crash that could occur in the IncomeResource Manager when loading in save
Fixed a crash that could occur when selecting a province being razed
Fixed a crash that could occur when a besieged city was sniped
The legendary Sir Lioncock is tired of having to bed all these lustful maidens that throw themselves at his magical penis... Will he ever be able to resist them?
If you are born in the '80s-90s, your childhood was probably filled with symbols of "good" and the "power of love and friendship" (Thanks Disney).
But when you started to move to adulthood, you have probably been shocked by the "reality" of the world: The violence, the selfishness, the law of the "strongest", the sad death of a kind and naïve people when they faced bad people around you.
But when you started to move to adulthood, you have probably been shocked by the "reality" of the world: The violence, the selfishness, the law of the "strongest", the sad death of kind and naïve people when they faced bad people around you.
A lot of us picked a team on the road: - "Team cynical": Often calling them "Team pragmatic" depending on the level of cynism the have. The more extrem cynicals peoples believe that "Well if the world is a pure hell, let's be the King of Evil. It's me against all of you" - "Team Idealist": Often calling them "Team positivity" depending on the level of savior complex. Their conclusion was "Everything will end well if we keep doing good around us, every one can become good". And they often end up with a lot of desillusions.
And there is a lot of subteams that I can't list here: team I don't care, team I care too much, team ect. And I am even sure that we are all members of at least 3 to 5 teams depending on the day.
Since I was a kid, I was asking if there was not a "Team Truth". I was always asking what is the Truth in all those paths. Which of those extreme paths is really leading to better results for most of us?
I realized that all those paths are in fact part of the only path. That our race, the human race may have been created only for the purpose of testing and combining all those approaches of Life until we find the Harmony.
And that's where cooperation is the only key. Being pragmatic is a good thing at the right timing. Being Positive and indealist is also a good thing at the right timing.
No one can "feel" the right timing alone. We always need someone else on the other side of the labyrinth that we can trust.
We are not competing to find the better path, we have to cooperate to get out of the same labyrinth.
This dilemma is one of the core sources of inspiration in our Fantasy World Aurion. In the Aurion, there are no good vs Evils, no prophecy, no Chosen Ones. Only an existential war between all the human spiritual diversity trying to find... the "Truth".
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Nothing Good has finally been released on Steam! This project has been a labor of love for the past decade, spending most of its life as an arcade game in NYC venues.
I wrote the original version while a student at the NYU Game Center. It was for a class called "Prototype Studio" taught by Bennett Foddy of QWOP fame. Every week, Professor Foddy would give us a prompt for a new game jam style digital game project. For this particular week, the prompt was "Violence." Inspired by the original Saw movie, I placed characters in a confined space where they were presented with the opportunity to commit violent acts with a gun that falls through a hole in the ceiling.
It was a hit with my fellow students and playtesters. It eventually caught the eye of Mark Kleeb, curator of the arcade the underground music venue Death By Audio. Mark gave me the opportunity to build a full arcade machine at his workshop, debuting with a big launch event eight years ago. Since then the machine has been to BostonFIG, SAAM Arcade, and MAGFest Indie Arcade. It now resides in Mark's bar Wonderville in Brooklyn, and maintained by the Arcade Commons game collective.
In the 5.0 version of the game, I have introduced quite a few changes, quality of improvements, and features.
Changes
A full overhaul of the UI with a new menu system with settings and match options sub menus.
View play statistics by pressing F1 on the title screen.
Pass-and-play tournament/party mode. Up to 32 players can play in the single-elimination format, and 8 in the round robin format.
I've added a method of switching color palettes to give the game some variety. If you have an arcade machine, consider switching to the "Dark" mode to prevent screen burn-in. Press F2 to switch palettes or change it in the settings menu.
XBox and Steam controller support added via Steam Input API, supporting custom mapping.
Localized the game into 14 new languages: Czech, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, and Ukrainian. I used AI to translate because, well, it's a zero budget indie game, so please let me know if you spot any wonky phrasing.
Hidden game modes - There are four Easter egg modes and one more hidden "roster" feature somewhere in the game. They have not been properly play-tested, so I'm burying them a bit until I'm more confident that they're fun. Just think of unconventional ways to play the game if you're looking for them.
Numerous bug fixes and optimizations.
Arcade Launch Options
This game is primarily an arcade game, with my own machine hosted at the Wonderville arcade bar in Brooklyn, NYC. So naturally I decided to add a bunch of arcade-friendly features to make integration into an arcade cabinet easier.
Arcade launch option: The game will have a more limited menu with "Insert Credit" and "Ready?" prompts. The "1" and "2" keys will add credits (maybe hook one up to an internal test button and the other to the coin door). Once credits are inserted "F" and ";" keys will set player 1 and player 2 to to the "ready" state, respectively.
Free play arcade launch option: Same as paid but credits aren't needed, obviously.
Attract Mode - Some of your matches will be saved and replayed if you idle on the title screen for too long. This is to prevent some screen burn-in and to show a preview of gameplay to passing users in an arcade setting.
Press F4 on the title screen to start a tournament while either arcade mode is active.
Press F5 on the title screen to cycle between arcade and the standard launch mode. Use this to access the Settings or Play menus to change game or match settings.
After about 20 days since February 8th, we are here to deliver the latest update news. Currently, our top priority is developing multiplayer functionality. Although we are eager to present it to you as soon as possible, we are striving to provide a high-quality multiplayer experience by resolving various issues. We ask for your understanding as we put in extra effort towards achieving this goal.
We will continue to work diligently with unwavering passion until the end as the IfSunset development team!
Currently, there has been a significant increase in Fatal Errors on certain computer environments.
It seems that the problem occurs when pressing the game start button in fullscreen mode. Changing to Window Mode in the settings window may temporarily resolve the issue.
We are currently investigating the cause of this problem. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience. We will resolve this as soon as possible.
- Mouse vertical and horizontal inversion options can now be set.
- A 'Resurrection After Death' button has been added, allowing respawning with a penalty in case of getting stuck in the menu.
- A notification prompt now appears at the beginning of the game asking whether to adjust settings according to hardware performance. (This notification only appears once after the update and won't show up afterwards.)
- An item grading system has been implemented. Weapons and armor items are now graded as rudimentary, good, or excellent, affecting their stats and maximum upgrade levels.
- Monsters now drop weapons and armor.
- Special attributes have been added to armor pieces according to their body parts.
- The dash pattern during boss fights has been adjusted to activate only when the player is sufficiently far from the boss.
- A new feature to display preset equipped items has been added to the customization menu.
- If ceiling modules can support roof modules, they can now be installed accordingly.
- A toggle button has been added to the helmet UI to show/hide helmets.
- Success probability for equipment enhancement is now displayed.
- Trying to enter the shop before obtaining Laura now prompts a message stating that the shop cannot be accessed yet.
- Traps can now be installed on the foundation for various strategies.
- Fairy dialogue has been added.
- Food and cooking recipes have been added to the catalogue.
- Obtaining the cooking catalogue now allows viewing of recipes.
- An option to toggle the Shift sprinting feature on/off has been added to the settings menu.
- Zoom-in and rotation functions have been added to the customization window.
- Uncooked recipes are now marked with '?' when cooking.
- Boxes can now be stacked on top of each other.
- Stats not previously displayed in tooltips are now shown.
- Material names are now displayed when upgrading workbenches.
- Several windows can now be closed using the Esc key.
- Shark teeth have been added to drop items.
- The stamina bar has been redesigned.
- Eating speed with 'E' key has been decreased (to 1/5 of the current speed).
- Right-clicking on storage now stores items, while Alt + right-clicking places items into the hotbar.
- Selecting 'Combat' in the attribute menu now visibly shows the selected option.
- Weapon types such as two-handed swords, one-handed swords, etc., are now displayed.
- Spawn point hint text has been changed due to player confusion.
- The size of the hot bar has been increased.
- Durability of modules is now displayed when constructing buildings.
- A message indicating insufficient materials now appears when construction cannot proceed.
- Tutorial messages now disappear after 1 minute.
- UIs can now be closed by pressing Esc.
- Items inside destroyed containers now spill out instead of disappearing.
- Drop box containers can now be destroyed, releasing contained items.
- Durability of objects is now visible when repairing buildings.
- Fairy messages upon death now appear only once.
- Service treasure chests like Brown Bearded or Apotheosis now appear in Ironheart.
- The maximum enhancement limit for equipment has been changed from +3 to +5.
- A level limit has been applied to the enhancement anvil. The level limit can be unlocked through an anvil upgrade. (Example: Anvil Tier 1: Only up to +2 enhancements are possible)
- To emphasize the significance of consecutive attacks, damage is now added when performing consecutive attacks.
- The balance of monsters and items has been adjusted.
- The HP of monsters has been generally increased.
- The balance of floor traps has been adjusted. Durability: 500 -> 400 Increased required materials Increased crafting time Repair now requires planks
- Laura now sells seeds and watering cans.
- The skill point requirement for Goddess of Luck has been changed from 1 to 5.
- The durability of spike traps and spike walls has been increased.
- The respawn time of elk and rabbits has been changed.
- The required number of wooden logs for repairing spike walls and trap types has been changed from 1 to 2.
- The required number of wooden logs for crafting traps has been increased.
- Large clubs can now be crafted at the basic workbench.
- The excessively high price of Mary's healing has been adjusted.
- Field monsters will now only recognize players one by one unless they are grouped together. (However, grouped monsters can recognize the player at once.)
- Locations of some iron and gold ores have been changed while addressing the issue of difficulty in obtaining iron ores and ease in obtaining gold ores.
- The materials required for repairing buildings have been reduced.
- The durability of buildings using wood and stone as materials has been increased.
- The durability of houses has been increased, and the items required for repairs have been reduced.
- The stack size of ammunition/arrows has been greatly increased.
- Damage inflicted on buildings constructed by oneself when attacked inside the house has been reduced by 90%. (This will be adjustable in future world settings.)
- Boars now return to their original position more quickly.
- The efficiency of fish cooking has been improved, and the healing amounts before and after cooking for all fish have been balanced.
- The growth time of crops has been reduced, and the yield for all crops has been changed to [1 crop, 1-2 seeds] when harvested. Experience gained from farming has been increased.
- Rewards for repeatedly defeating boss monsters have been adjusted downwards. (This is an ongoing adjustment. We are discussing whether to prevent repeated challenges altogether or to decrease rewards from the second attempt onwards. We will apply the most effective direction.)
- The stats of some monsters have been adjusted upwards.
- Damage to trees has been reduced for all tools except axes.
- Removed the most suspicious loading plugin that delayed the entry time into the main screen. As a result, during loading, rough modeling will briefly appear. We will explore alternative solutions for this issue.
- Modified DLSS to default ON.
- Addressed severe frame drops when the level was too high.
- Fixed parts of the construction module where sizes didn't match.
- Fixed occasional issue where crafting a bow at the workbench would result in zero durability.
- Changed watering can display value to 30/30 when it shows 300/300 to prevent shifting.
- Fixed an issue where a character would appear in the settings window after about 5 seconds, even if a new character hadn't been created.
- Fixed errors in storage slots causing delay.
- Fixed settings not reverting to default values.
- Corrected discrepancies in displayed prices when selling items in shops.
- Fixed a bug where empty bottles disappeared after drinking water when the inventory was full.
- Fixed a bug where using a torch increased bow proficiency.
- Fixed a bug where saved settings were not applied upon game load, requiring reapplication in the settings.
- Fixed an issue where materials didn't come in when destroying a bed.
- Fixed a bug where items held upon death in a boss fight dropped inside the boss room.
- Fixed a display issue where proficiency UI was cut off when in English.
- Fixed an issue where achievement progress displayed over 100%.
- Fixed an issue where the hotbar didn't scroll when holding a fishing rod.
- Fixed a bug where watering cans evaporated when all water was used.
- Fixed a bug where attempting to sell over 51 items resulted in a warning message from the 52nd item onwards.
- Fixed a bug where occasionally aiming precisely with the aiming point on the body caused a miss when shooting a bow.
- Prevented jumping during rolling.
- Fixed a bug where buildings didn't collapse if ground remained.
- Addressed a bug causing frame drops.
- Fixed a bug where torches couldn't be repaired.
- Fixed a bug where NPCs disappeared upon save-load.
- Fixed a bug where grenade damage display reset to 50 after multiple entries.
- Fixed an issue where lamps (stair modules) didn't attach properly to foundations (floor modules).
- Fixed an issue where material icons protruded excessively when the required materials for an upgrade were too many.
- Fixed a bug where killing rabbits sometimes dropped two arrows instead of one.
- Fixed a bug where monsters emerging from the ground didn't drop items.
- Adjusted traversable areas during movement.
- Fixed floating objects after house destruction.
- Fixed a bug where tier 2 workbench couldn't craft items available at tier 1.
- Fixed a bug where wave monsters piled up in one spot.
- Fixed floating objects.
- Corrected the discrepancy between the name "workbench" and the description "crafting table."
- Fixed a bug where Iron Heart battle caused clipping issues.
- Fixed some objects without collision.
- Corrected the presence of two bastard swords on the workbench.
- Fixed the issue where watering the early pond was not properly recognized.
- Fixed an issue where no effects or sounds occurred when hitting trees that could be felled or rocks with maces or swords.
- Fixed the issue where upgrading increased the size of the building, causing it to protrude through walls.
- Corrected window placement issues.
- Improved visibility of rabbits in the later game stages.
- Fixed an issue where the mouse-over tooltip didn't work for required materials during upgrades. (Press Q key to check.)
- Fixed the issue where sharks sometimes got stuck in the sea.
- Fixed a bug where the character's speed recovered too quickly with the Strong Thighs skill.
- Fixed an issue where wearing Casano's hat changed hair color to black.
- Prevented monsters from spawning inside cliffs at night.
- Fixed the floating Kuukuga's Stone fragments.
- Resolved issues where farms sometimes planted fewer crops than intended (e.g., 3 instead of 4).
- Corrected an issue where bronze bars were used instead of bronze in bronze pants.
- Fixed the problem of iron and gold ores not respawning.