Patch 0.4.0 is now available on our test branch! I've decided to release this patch on a separate branch that you must opt-into before you can download it. The reason for this is because I made some significant changes to the way saving/loading works, along with decoration management to optimize the game. I've tested these changes out on a lot of different save files, but I want to be 100% confident that no one will run into any major issues with this patch.
In order to download the patch, please do the following:
1) Make a backup of your save folder. You'll find it in C:\\Users\\YOUR_USERNAME\\AppData\\Local\\SiralimUltimate. Save the entire "save" folder somewhere else on your computer. Please do not skip this step.
2) In your Steam Library, right-click Siralim Ultimate, go to Properties, then the "BETAS" tab. Enter the code "siralimultimate". Click the "check code" button and then you should be able to select "test" from the list of betas in the dropdown menu.
3) Patch 0.4.0 should download automatically now. If not, restart Steam.
Unless some major issues appear, I will move this patch to the main branch tomorrow. Please let me know on our support board if you run into any issues!
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IMPORTANT: This patch includes a balance pass on traits, spells, perks, relics, and status effects. These changes are all included in the comments section of this post because we reached the maximum character limit for this one. In addition, your perk points have been reset because so many of them have a different amount of ranks and point costs as a result of these changes.
Patch Notes
- ADD: The first wave of achievements have been added to the game. Many of these will be awarded to you retroactively, but others won't be. You won't permanently miss out on any of them for playing during alpha testing, though. Expect to get spammed with hundreds of achievements when you load your save file if you're pretty far into the game.
- ADD: Achievement Points increase the amount of Piety you'll earn from all sources.
- ADD: New currency: Notoriety. This is now earned from the gambling dwarf games instead of Piety, resources, etc.
- ADD: Gambling Dwarf Shop. The gambling dwarves now sell creatures, inscriptions, decorations, and other items in exchange for your Notoriety. More will be added to this shop over time.
- ADD: 13 new Prophecies.
- ADD: "Loot Display Filter" gameplay option. This has three settings: "None" is the default setting and makes the loot window behave the way it always has. "Normal" shows rare items in the loot window and other items are shown as hovering text on the left side of the screen. "Strict" only shows Cards and Nether Stones in the loot window and all other items are shown as hovering text on the left side of the screen. Note that this option doesn't prevent you from obtaining any items - it only changes the way they're presented to you when you pick them up. This option only works for loot acquired in realms.
- ADD: Menagerie options: Remove the Artifacts from all the creatures at the Menagerie, Remove the Spell Gems from all the creatures at the Menagerie. There are alternative options to both of these that only affect creatures that aren't in Menagerie Groups as well.
- ADD: 27 new plushes.
- ADD: You can now press F while placing a floor tile to increase its size anywhere from 1x to 5x.
- ADD: Codex now tells you where you can purchase each type of spell gem dust from the gods.
- ADD: "Status Effects" section of Codex now lists the default duration of buffs/debuffs, as well as the chance for a minion to leave at the start of their master's turn.
- ADD: Codex and Bestiary now show the number of legendary materials you own that correspond to the selected trait.
- ADD: You can now sort the summoning interface and bestiary by "Owned".
- ADD: You can now sort the Divination Candle interface by "Card Owned".
- ADD: You can now sort the "Spells" reference list in the Codex by "Name" or "Class".
- ADD: Nether Stones and Cards now have unique frames in the loot window to help them stand out better.
- ADD: Project interface for "Pilgrimages" now shows your Favor Rank with the selected god.
- ADD: Reliquary "Awaken/Empower" interface now shows which stat is granted a bonus for relics that you haven't awakened yet.
- ADD: Socket, Unsocket, Upgrade Artifact, and Brand interfaces now show the creature's name that owns an artifact if it is equipped.
- ADD: Arena Shop now sells Small, Medium, and Large treasure chests. There is no benefit to choosing a particular size, but if you have a lot of Glory to spend, you can buy more expensive chests instead of a bunch of small ones.
- ADD: Macro conditions: "Creature is lowest on Timeline", "Creature is highest on Timeline", "Creature can defend", "Creature can provoke".
- ADD: "Movement Sounds" option now plays a dull thud when you're running into a wall and a higher-pitch sound when running into any other object.
- ADD: Up and down arrows are now shown on the fusion interface to denote the effects of the selected creatures' personalities.
- ADD: Teleportation Shrine in realms now tells you if you have any finished projects to turn in.
- ADD: "Spell Potency" section to the "Spell Gems" game guide in the Codex. This lists the exact values for spell description phrases such as "moderate amount of damage".
- ADD: Godspawn project descriptions now include the fact that you need to buy the project item from a god. The name of the god is included as well.
- ADD: Gem crafting menu now shows you how many of the selected spell gem are in your inventory.
- ADD: Map interface now shows your realm item bonus while viewing realm properties.
- CHANGE: Toxdwellers, Tremors, Trolls, Unguideds, Unicorns, Valkyries, Voidlords, Vortexes, and Waspids have new graphics.
- CHANGE: Spell Gem materials have new graphics.
- CHANGE: Amber materials have new graphics, and some have new names/colors.
- CHANGE: Realm Properties and Realm Instability have been changed. At Realm Instability 0, you will never have any Realm Properties. Each point of Realm Instability adds one visible Realm Property and one hidden Realm Property to the realm.
- CHANGE: Realm property "Can't Dodge" is now "Less Dodge Chance".
- CHANGE: Realm property "Can't Deal Critical Damage" is now "Less Critical Chance".
- CHANGE: Realm property "Can't Defend/Provoke" is now "Can't Manually Defend/Provoke".
- CHANGE: Realm item bonus now increases item quantity as well as rarity. Previously, it only increased rarity.
- CHANGE: Reduced the amount of Item Bonus granted by realm properties to balance out the change mentioned above.
- CHANGE: Realm property "Inhabited By [Race]" can no longer be a hidden realm property.
- CHANGE: Realm property "Can't Gain Gems" has been removed from the game.
- CHANGE: Realm properties "Inhabited By [Race]" and "Enemies Belong To Same Race" can no longer exist at the same time.
- CHANGE: Realm properties that give buffs or debuffs now grant an increased amount of item bonuses for certain buffs/debuffs.
- CHANGE: You will now complete "Training" missions 100% faster, and "Assassination" missions 50% faster.
- CHANGE: "Training" missions now reward 3 scrolls instead of 1.
- CHANGE: After you've summoned a creature from a god shop, the future cost of this creature will be permanently decreased by 50%.
- CHANGE: The Goblet of Giving now fills up from 0% to 100% as you complete Realm Quests at your highest realm depth, and you can collect your reward at 100%. Each Realm Quest fills it up by 10%, plus 1% for each Realm Instability.
- CHANGE: The Goblet of Giving is now called the Goblet of Trials.
- CHANGE: The Riddle Dwarf now gives you mini-game tickets on a rotation rather than at random.
- CHANGE: You will now gain an additional item bonus multiplier in realms that are at your highest-ever realm depth. The Codex has been updated to reflect this change.
- CHANGE: Reliquary and Goblet of Giving default selections are now "cancel" so players don't accidentally randomize the goblet or turn in their prophecies prematurely. You could have just not spammed E like a maniac, but here we are.
- CHANGE: Sanctum Umbra resource nodes have a new sprite - previously, they shared the same sprite as breakable objects.
- CHANGE: Prophecy to kill a Nether Boss will no longer be given to you now that we have enough prophecies to dilute the pool. This will be re-added once Nether Bosses are implemented.
- CHANGE: Increased the number of battles required for the prophecy to win arena battles.
- CHANGE: Keno and Scratchcards now reward treasure in addition to Notoriety.
- CHANGE: Decoration layering priorities have been adjusted so you can have things like lights and plants in front of paintings and other wall decorations.
- CHANGE: Doubled the amount of Piety received from grinding Nether Stones.
- CHANGE: Giant treasure chests now give 100% more treasure.
- CHANGE: Killing the Treasure Golem now gives 500% more treasure.
- CHANGE: Adjusted the "Level Up" function's formula so it's not more cost-effective to level up the same creature multiple times to reach your desired level.
- CHANGE: Goblet of Giving will no longer give you the same specialization twice in a row.
- CHANGE: You will no longer lose all your Fortune after forfeiting a battle against a Treasure Golem or Dumpling, because good deeds shouldn't be punished.
- CHANGE: Codex guide "Combat - Additional Tips" now includes information about creatures receiving a diminished amount of stats after they reach 1000% of their base values.
- CHANGE: Cards are now prioritized to be shown at the top of the loot list when you receive items.
- CHANGE: Clarified "Serenity" perk description - independent chances to dodge attacks don't work with it.
- CHANGE: Optimized the summoning interface so it should appear instantly now. It took a long time to load for players who were far into the game.
- CHANGE: Card icon no longer appears in the summoning interface.
- CHANGE: Keno now draws creatures faster.
- CHANGE: Legendary material descriptions now look a little better.
- CHANGE: Removed "Titles" option at the Enchanted Wardrobe. The concept of Titles no longer exists as they are unnecessary given how flexible the game is with allowing you to name your character.
- CHANGE: Increased the maximum number of characters you can use to brand an artifact from 16 to 24.
- CHANGE: Increased the maximum number of characters your... character... can have in their name from 16 to 30.
- CHANGE: Quicksand in The Barrens has new art to help it stand out from the floor.
- CHANGE: Added creature class/race icons to the "Traits" section of the Codex.
- CHANGE: Massive decoration optimizations have been made to increase performance.
- CHANGE: Due to the above change, the maximum number of decorations you can have in your castle has been increased from 150 to 300.
- CHANGE: Seraphs will now spawn instead of Angels in Sanctum Umbra.
- CHANGE: Mirrors in Sanctum Umbra now spawn Sins instead of Unguideds.
- CHANGE: Blood Effigies in the Titan's Wound now spawn Clutchers instead of Hemomancers.
- CHANGE: Shadow Lockers in Bastion of the Void now spawn Voidlords instead of Shadows.
- CHANGE: Optimized save/load times.
- CHANGE: Optimized realm loading times.
- CHANGE: Optimized fusion palettes which should make the game run much more smoothly at all times.
- CHANGE: Shoguns have a more appropriate attack animation.
- CHANGE: You will no longer gain additional Piety from completing Realm Quests based on your Item Bonus. Instead, the Piety bonus is now based on your Achievement Points.
- CHANGE: Codex and dust descriptions now give the exact values for spell potency increases granted by the Cascading, Singular, and Magnetic spell gem properties.
- CHANGE: Training and Assassination missions now cost 40,000 Granite, up from 10,000 and 20,000 respectively.
- CHANGE: "X" mark for treasure spots has a new sprite to make it stand out better on all tilesets. In addition, the sprite will turn blue in the Titan's Wound to make it stand out even better.
- CHANGE: "Inner Destruction" spell can no longer be cast at random as it would always be detrimental to you.
- FIX: You can no longer socket an Artifact with the same Trick Material multiple times.
- FIX: "Time Played" could sometimes be counted inaccurately.
- FIX: You could only place one of each arena decoration.
- FIX: Potions in the reactor didn't give enemies a debuff if you had the realm quest to collect potions.
- FIX: You could receive the "Standard Floor Tile" decoration multiple times.
- FIX: Typo in "Refuge of the Magi" floor tile name.
- FIX: Creatures that must be unlocked (via god shops, etc.) no longer give mana when killed.
- FIX: Mimic race can no longer appear as a realm property.
- FIX: "Divinity" and "Mass Dispel" spells removed minion which was not intended.
- FIX: You can no longer take on Assassination missions for creatures whose materials must be purchased from shops.
- FIX: Several typos in the Codex.
- FIX: Floor Tile decorations now have an item icon.
- FIX: Everett faced the wrong direction at certain points in the opening scene.
- FIX: Display issue related to Barrier bars in battle.
- FIX: A few start-of-battle stat gains caused on-stat-gain effects to activate.
- FIX: Some floating text in the overworld was misaligned.
- FIX: "Secret Recipe" trait worked inconsistently under certain conditions.
- FIX: Tartarith sold Vertraag's banner decoration instead of his own.
- FIX: Creature selector was drawn on top of tutorial panels.
- FIX: "Pandemonium Fever" trait activated in the incorrect start-of-battle order.
- FIX: Regalis' rank 50 relic perk could sometimes cause a crash.
- FIX: Another bug that could cause players to be sent to the wrong realm at certain parts of the story.
- FIX: Rare crash that could sometimes occur if you encountered multiple packs of enemies at a time.
- FIX: Typo in "Evernight Incense" material name.
- FIX: Notification text didn't disappear when a battle started or the player changed locations.
- FIX: Enemies that are resistant to the "Bleed" debuff now have an appropriate icon, just like other resistant debuffs.
- FIX: "Inquisitor (Alternate)" costume used the incorrect sprite.
- FIX: Realm property that gives players a debuff or enemies a buff lasted forever, but should have worn off eventually.
- FIX: Material names "Warrior Foot" and "Leader Foot" were swapped.
- FIX: "Guerilla Tactics" perk activated far more often than intended.
- FIX: Some traits could incorrectly prevent stat changes from being reset when a creature dies, as well as removing buffs/debuffs/minions.
- FIX: Artifact property that increases health didn't apply after a creature was killed and resurrected.
- FIX: Wandering Customizable NPC decorations could run away from your castle while you had the decorations menu open.
- FIX: Some start-of-turn effects didn't always work under rare circumstances.
- FIX: Wording of Reaper trait descriptions was inconsistent with all other trait descriptions.
- FIX: Defiler costume was called "Occultist".
- FIX: Sometimes, some realm properties weren't shown on the map or in battle while holding F.
- FIX: Bonuses to Attack, Intelligence, Defense, and Speed from artifacts were calculated incorrectly and resulted in much higher values than intended in some cases.
- FIX: Moon Crusader's overworld sprite was flipped.
- FIX: "Insight" spell did the exact opposite of what the spell description claimed.
- FIX: Descriptions of "Turbo Mode" option didn't mention that you can also hold down Q to make it work.
- FIX: Creatures could sometimes attack or cast beyond the limit of 15.
- FIX: "Divine Aegis" spell allowed the wrong properties.
- FIX: Typo in "Quad Hits" trait description.
- FIX: Knowledge pages stacked in the loot window incorrectly and resulted in players receiving too many copies of the same creature's page.
- FIX: "Battle Born" trait had a completely incorrect description.
- FIX: Several relic perk descriptions didn't wrap text with icons correctly.
- FIX: "Hearty Appetite" trait didn't trigger several on-stat-gain effects.
- FIX: Clarified "Pica" trait description - it only works on objects that yield resources.
- FIX: Several buffs and debuffs didn't have corresponding trick materials.
- FIX: Cost to socket artifacts was inconsistent depending on how many slots the artifact had.
- FIX: Dumplings could flee in the arena, and this also caused the game to lock up.
- FIX: Floating text on the left side of the screen for project item acquisition didn't disappear when you opened the menu.
- FIX: Typo in "Marksman Bone" material name.
- FIX: Some text wasn't exported correctly from the history log.
- FIX: Another bug that could cause players to continue moving when the decoration menu opened.
- FIX: Creatures locked in the menagerie prison didn't use their fusion palette.
- FIX: Tartarith's rank 60 relic perk cast Mangle on the bearer instead of the enemy creature.
- FIX: Several spell descriptions were unclear and inconsistent.
- FIX: You could place decorations while moving which could cause them to be misaligned with the grid.
- FIX: Gift Mimic and Killer Cooler materials were obtainable.
- FIX: Riddle Dwarf asked about Gift Mimic and Killer Cooler which aren't available yet.
- FIX: "Living Wizard Hat" spell didn't work.
- FIX: Spells that were automatically cast by relics were counted as a manual cast for traits and similar effects.
- FIX: Several realm quest-related NPCs faded away while their dialog was shown.
- FIX: If you pressed Q immediately after warping to a realm, you could freeze the game.
- FIX: Viridian Wolpertinger had the wrong battle sprite.
- FIX: Salvaging an artifact took 250 Granite away from you for no reason.