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Update 0.51! Introducing Mainland Pawan! After 8 months of development, the latest Expansion Patch for Tormented Soul overhauls the game entirely. Now featuring: 9 Skills to level. Equipment Item levels. (Most equipment rolls a random item power level from 1-100) All new overhaul
We are in the final testing phase of patch 0.51, but for now, here is preview #4 of the large content update coming in Patch 0.51! Please read preview 1-3 for information on the building system, open world mode design, and other features coming in this patch! Once again—apologies
Preview 3 of the large content update coming in Patch 0.51! We are hoping to have this patch out soon—but for now here is an update on our progress. Please read preview 1 and 2 for information on the building system, open world mode design, and other features coming in this patch
Apologies, we are still a few weeks away from having Patch 0.51 released. The two of us have had a super productive sprint—and as a result, this patch has grown in scope a good bit as we attempt to improve and grow in a variety of areas. In the last preview we discussed Breaches,
Patch 0.51 is expected to rollout soon—for now here is a sneak peek of what's coming and the future plans beyond. Behind the scenes—we have made significant improvements to logic that drives our game mode logic and content systems to enable faster content churn & experimentat
From both of us at ChainSoul Studio, we wish you all a very Happy Holidays and New Year! Patch 0.50 is now live - Mob Overhaul Part 2, RNG+ Expansion, & various improvements. This update caps RNG+ at 1000%, but makes RNG+ more attainable with the new Spirit Essence being rewa
This is part 1 of the Mob Overhaul—we expect a few more updates focused in this area coming soon, but this is a massive improvement over what we previously had. Shoutout to player: Numbingcactus for finding/reporting an issue with our boss logic! Thank you! Boss NPC & all NPC
Added player location indicator to world map. Fixed bosses respawning on their own through backdoor logic. (We may add a boss respawn mechanic in the future, but for now this was an unintended bug which is corrected.) Fixed an issue on the enchantment bench where it would select
Shoutout to Carnie - Who reported a few UI bugs and submitted suggestions for improvements. ---Bugs/Performance/VFX improvements/UI improvements--- Added functionality for a craft max quantity into the processing bench by updating the right side display number of the slider to al
Added a Native Quality setting into the DLSS/TSR Quality menu for users that want a higher-end quality graphic experience. We discovered our EPIC TSR (Non-DLSS) settings for new players were defaulting to a native (Max) setting and have now corrected this to default to a balanced
Question: "Can I play the game, if there are no other players online? Will I be stuck in queue?" You get into a match fast regardless. (~60 seconds or less.) While you play, we are actively backfilling any additional players who queue up to put them in your match. Our game is sup
Added additional post-processing layers for better visibility & temperature changes by biome/caves. Fixed skybox blur Updated the Corruption denimator curve from 25k>40k value per 100%. This change is meant to provide a more satisfying corruption RNG+ system grind for the
Improved lighting via skybox changes. (Greater visibility in shadowed areas.) Re-added subtle light-shafting added. Shoutout to Carnie for discovering our lighting changes had made some VFX WAY to bright. Reworked skill VFX on crossbow/flamebow/greatsword/various other weapons to
GPU performance improved due to lighting changes. Updated lighting & graphical sharpness. Character lighting in shadowed areas has significantly been improved. Sharpness for characters had another minor improvement, carrying on from last patch. We increased the PCG forest den
Improved lighting/sharpness improvement for graphics to polish the changes we made yesterday. Re-added back a sound effect for crafting that was accidentally removed in the Extraction Loot Announcement change. Bug fix for an issue with craft quantity displays being incorrect on m
Updated 15/18 weapon meshes to be cleaner/far more accurate to their icon. (These improved meshes added more weight to the combat.) Improved lighting contrast/realism. Optimized CPU/GPU logic for boss spawner displays. Improved UI confirmation screens to be more readable. Swapped
This are a smaller patches aimed to fix a few issues remaining after the large patch 0.36—where we added Ancient Equipment & a lot more fixes. Fixed logic causing rare issues on solo-match join logic for party members who weren't the leader. Fixed a party member connection is
This is our 4th patch this week, and we didn't hold back! Patch highlights: Added 5 Ancient Equipment slots & 16 Ancient Equipment items with every killable gatherable, mob, boss, and player being able to drop these very rare items. Optimized networking code and improved a lo
This update continues forward from Matchmaking Overhaul Part 1, where we added matchmade game backfilling support (Adding more players to your game as you play.) and a critical rare connection issue. This update adds Solo Match backfilling. Now any match in game that is not full,
This update adds support for backfilling in progress matches that were successfully matchmade between 2 parties, where new matchmaking tickets will be directed to your game until it is full. In the next update, we hope to add a workaround for solo games to take advantage of simil