It's been a month since Outlander was unleashed upon the world of WRATH. We've since been hard at work, going through the fantastic feedback we've gotten from our community.
Today we're happy to announce that the first major patch for WRATH! From the plethora of changes and addiots we have to definitely highlight of a new fourth difficulty option - "Outlander". We heard you screaming for something more challenging, so here you go! Also you can now center your weapon Quake-style and player air-control!
Dive in and let us know what you think!
Full Patch Notes below:
Due to the nature of the Quake engine, previously saved games are not compatible with new versions of WRATH.
GENERAL
- Added support for ultra-wide 21:9 resolutions
- Added option to delete player profiles
- Added option to toggle blood decals
- Sliders in options menu are now draggable
- Increased mouse sensitivity increments for fine tuning
- FOV limit increased to 120
- Improved skyboxes
BUG FIXES
- Fixed erratic mouse movement on some systems
- Fixed "invert mouse" setting not saving when game is closed
- Fixed crosshair setting not saving when game is closed
- Fixed player sliding while standing on sloped surfaces
- Fixed enemy attack damage being stuck at 50% regardless of difficulty setting
- Fixed mislabeled next/previous weapon options
- Fixed minor spelling error in difficulty menu
- Fixed instances of loss of mouse input when loading a save game
- Fixed monster count in journal being inaccurate in some instances
- Fixed bug that caused inverted z velocities with melee lunge
GAMEPLAY
- Added fourth difficulty option "Outlander"
- Soul Tether is no longer an Artifact but now a discrete item with a persistent HUD icon and quantity indicator
- Soul Tether activation is now bound to [F2] by default
- Soul Tether carry limit increased to 99
- Artifacts automatically re-equip same type if available
- Equipped Artifact quantity now displayed on HUD
- Increased time before death menu becomes active to mitigate misclicks and accidental loading of an undesired save slots
- Added buffered weapon switching to shotgun
- Amount of life gained from Life Siphon is now dependant on enemy type
- Increased item pickup bounding box size
- Ammo counter now displays '0' rather than nothing when empty
- Coffers now drop items into the world rather than directly into the player's inventory
- Added "full" message when attempting to pickup an item at max capacity
- Added "locked" message to locked doors and coffers
- Added player air-control
- Added option for centered weapon viewmodels
- Added option to auto-switch empty weapons
- Added new shotgun alt-fire mode
- Improved enemy AI pathing near corners and doorways
- Icicles can be smashed by both player and enemies to prevent them from getting stuck
- Added a feature that automatically uninstalls the game when attempting to play on easy
- Wraith damage increased
- Added fly and impact sounds to Wraith projectile
- Invader is slightly more aggressive
- Heretic projectile no longer slows player
- Improved Heretic movement
- Decreased Heretic pain chance
- Increased Widow attack damage and health
- Increased Fang Spitter damage
- Decreased Fang Spitter ammo carry capacity
- Fang Spitter projectiles have been slightly enlarged and brightened for greater visibility
- Retcher splash damage increased
- Retcher impact damage decreased
- Many various changes to both The Undercrofts and The Mire
- Many miscellaneous super secret tweaks
PREVIEW OF CHANGES COMING IN FUTURE PATCHES AND/OR CONTENT UPDATES IN ADDITION TO SCHEDULED CONTENT
- Further improved enemy AI
- Add date and time information to saved game menu
- Overhaul Coach Gun alt-fire
- Overhaul Fang Spitter alt-fire
- Overhaul Item pickup sounds
- Tweak the Executioner to be more manageable
- Add option for screen flash when picking up items
- Improve feedback of artifacts via screen elements and sound
- Add crouch sliding
- Performance improvements and optimizations
- UI scaling improvements
- Create Cyst pickup models that are distinct from Cyst projectiles for greater clarity
- Expand support for various display resolutions
- Change the lava texture so it looks like a different kind of pizza
- Add things that make WRATH mo betta