Maintenance update out now!
<<< BEGIN INCOMING TRANSMISSION >>> Survey expedition reporting again. The maintenance update is now available for all players. The original purpose of this release was addressing bit rot that had accumulated over the years, but we couldn't resist including some
<<< BEGIN INCOMING TRANSMISSION >>>
Survey expedition reporting again. The maintenance update is now available for all players. The original purpose of this release was addressing bit rot that had accumulated over the years, but we couldn't resist including some visual, aural and input adjustments that make the game feel a little bit smoother. The visual improvements can be toggled on/off in the options menu under Bump map anti-aliasing, Enhanced edges, Vignette and Dithering.
While these changes are subtle enough that they could go unnoticed if you're not looking for them, we've created a Legacy branch for those of you who want to play the game like it's 2013 again. It includes only essential fixes that affect game stability and compatibility.
We're also happy to report that the game seems to run just fine on Steam Deck. We hope it will be reviewed for official compatibility soon. EDIT: The game has now been verified for Steam Deck. The main branch is recommended when playing handheld because the visual stability improvements have a more noticeable effect on smaller resolutions.
*** CHANGELOG ***
- Gfx - Added Dithering (removes banding in gradients, overlays and light effects)
- Gfx - Added Enhanced edges (makes edges more stable when Depth of Field is on)
- Gfx - Updated textures to reduce edge flickering
- Gfx - Added Bump map anti-aliasing (improves stability of specular highlights)
- Gfx - Minor changes to rendering to improve edge stability
- Gfx - Added Enhanced vignette and an option for turning vignette off
- Active display resolution is selected when game is started for the first time
- Small adjustments to options menu layout
- Audio - more natural sound panning
- Audio - made text log character appear blip slightly louder
- HiDPI visual matrix (display system) compatibility
- More future-proof windowing implementation
- Updated Steamworks SDK artefact and Big Picture keyboard overlay
- FIX - Company logo fade at game start jumped abruptly
- FIX - Loading bar stopped for a while at the end of loading screen
- FIX - Audio - player-centric sounds, like footsteps were sometimes panned to the side
- FIX - Audio - text log character appear blip didn't always play
- FIX - Input - cursor stutter due to a thread synchronization issue in cursor latency minimization code
- FIX - Input anomaly - cursor immobilization (cursor cannot be moved)
- FIX - Hidden terminal access causing catastrophic failure
- FIX - Possible instability in the audio subsystem
- FIX - Slight darkening on screen edge (from blur shader)
- FIX - Typo in a subtitle
*** CHANGELOG (LEGACY BRANCH) ***
- HiDPI visual matrix (display system) compatibility
- More future-proof windowing implementation
- Updated Steamworks SDK artefact and Big Picture keyboard overlay
- FIX - Input anomaly - cursor immobilization (cursor cannot be moved)
- FIX - Hidden terminal access causing catastrophic failure
- FIX - Possible instability in the audio subsystem
- FIX - Typo in a subtitle
*** LEGACY BRANCH ACCESS PROTOCOL ***
- Restart the Steam client if it's currently running
- Right click on The Swapper in the Steam library. Click properties.
- Select the Betas tab
- Select legacy from the Beta Participation dropdown
- Initiate patch sequence and confirm update completion
*** ADDENDUM ***
- Please relay anomaly and instability reports via designated comment frequency or [email protected] (please include your system information e.g. operating system version, GPU & display model, and GPU driver version).
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