Full Release Patch Notes

27 Jan 2022Developer post

Source: Steam Community (opens in a new tab)

This list includes major fixes/changes only, some very minor fixes/changes are not included.

Gameplay

New stuff:

Reviving now time based instead of health based

Added five new tutorial chapters

Added crosshair feedback when damaging nitro

Body parts now look like the person they were cut from

Added ‘Whetstone’ item that replaces steel and upgrades multiple melee weapons

Added new inventory item “Nails”

Balance stuff:

Repairing hull breaches now requires nails

Crafting barrels now requires nails

Crafting shovel now requires nails

Crafting ice axe now requires nails

Removed extra bullet from the Royal Marine’s starting kit

Cannibal limbs are now decorative only

Boiler sabotage no longer random, each gunpowder will halve the time till the sabotage

Fixes:

Fixed an issue where the boiler UI would get stuck on the screen at game end

Fixed an issue that was causing the iceberg to receive inconsistent damage from nitro

Fixed an issue that was causing corpses to become stuck in the air

Fixed an issue that was causing AIs to get confused when attacking multiple downed players

Fixed boiler consumes non-fuel items

Fixed an issue where Thralls do not get points for moving the ship backwards

Fixed an issue where Explorers did not get points for assisting nitro carry when a thrall was carrying

Fixed an issue where poisoning as a Explorer did not give expected points

Fixed an issue where warmth decreases when in bed on ship

Fixed an issue where totems destroyed while a thrall is in brig doesn't get removed from spell charge

Fixed an issue where items can be dropped while in spirit walk

Fixed coal in barrel doesn't give points

Fixed ghosts gain points for escaped/stowaway

Fixed an issue where can you dig and build campfire at the same time

Fixed poison doesn't apply to a dead players inventory items

Fixed filling the last workbench slot mid craft cancels craft but consumes materials

Fixed swapping inventory items with external inventory holsters equipped item

Fixed holding ctrl while moving poison doesn't move whole stack

Fixed an issue where holstering bone charm stops bone charm access (unless scroll first)

Art

Cosmetics

Improved gore effects

Improved nitro iceberg destruction effect

Improved water splash effects

Improved campfire effects

Added smoke to the ship’s exhaust pipe

Added particle effect to bear’s ground slam attack

Added playtester and early access emotes

Changed Royal Marine’s uniform to red so he’s distinct from the Captain/Engineer at a distance

UI

New stuff:

Added new end of match victory screens

Added “Compendium” UI which provides detailed information about the game

Added “Stats” UI which provides detailed information about the player

Updated “Journal” and added hyperlinked compendium terms

Added more keybind images

Added rejoin party button (for when voip goes wrong)

Crew board invites show when coming back from a tutorial

Can accept a steam invite while in the tutorial

Added show mute icon over players when their volume is at zero

Added cosmetics menu within role selection menu

Added new role icons

Adding region select to launch expedition

Added auto select for last remaining role when joining a lobby

Added upgrade icon to the slot icons

Added Browse All Expeditions button

Added no XP message for custom expedition settings

Added message other thralls keybind

Added boiler sabotage and powder keg sabotage to the ship progress widget (visible only to thralls)

Added level up animation for Thrall charge tier change

Fixes:

Fixed ship fuel gauge can fail to appear

Fixed ESC menu can fail to open

Fixed pressing Enter on title screen does nothing

Fixed long usernames moving lobby slots

Fixed lobby loading up bar appears over the date in the lobby map

Fixed replay text can go off screen in some languages

Fixed Doctor’s perk in Russian moves UI in character select

Fixed opacity on tutorial concepts sometimes being too low

Fixed thrall chat cut off in some languages

Fixed "No expeditions" message in the lobby browser goes off the screen in some languages

Fixed the "days until blizzard" changes but the day and date does not

Fixed custom map settings showing 4 days before blizzard, not 3 as default

Fixed days until blizzard widget doesn't show at start of game on 4 days in a custom game

Fixed player settings UI cut off when opened while browsing lobbies

Fixed thrall UI hotkeys don't dynamically change when keybind changed

Fixed can't read emote name under poker countdown timer

Fixed UI for pick up downed player reads "interact with corpse"

Fixed no indication of poisoned food when held

Fixed "Launch Expedition" is available for host after map selected

Fixed swapping a held item with another inventory item changes held item but keeps slot highlighted

Fixed last player to join shows as marine and doesn't have character selected

Fixed shadow setting in video settings being misaligned in various languages

Fixed "Workbench" cut off by repair button in some languages

Fixed character names in character select exceed allocated space in some languages

Fixed P keybind doesn't hide some UI

Fixed dragging an item onto itself flashes full indicator

Fixed mousing over the bottom of the screen when in settings shows inventory information

Fixed ship fuel icon sits inward when thrall on helm with spell charge showing

Fixed "Already crafted" on satchel is hard to read

Animation

Additional Poker emotes

New walk cycles (8 directions + run)

New downed animations (8 directions)

Removed camera shake from first person downed state

Added 13 crew activity animations for the Tutorial

Animation and cinematic sequences for Chapters 1, 3, 4, 5, 6

Syringe | Added (1P/3P) animations for equip, in/out aim transitions and tweaked idle (3P)

Lantern | Added (1P/3P) animation for equip, in/out aim transitions, aim idle

Bear traps | Added (1P/3P) animation for equips, in/out aim transitions, idle tweaks

Axe/Ice Axe | Added in/out aim transition animations and equips (1P/3P)

Spyglass | Added equip animation (1P/3P)

Barrels, Powder Keg | Added new equip (no longer has shoulder clipping camera) added aim enter animations (1P)

Rock, Coal | Added (1P/3P) animations for equip, in/out aim transitions, and shared attack animations

Poison, Laudanum, Antidote | Added shared (3P) equip animations

Wood | Added (3P) animations for equip, in/out aim transitions and aimed idle

Ingots x3 | Added shared (3P) animations for equip, in/out aim transitions, and shared attack animations

Cooked, Animal, Human Meat | Added (1P/3P) animations for equip, in/out aim transitions, tweaked aimed idle and idle (3P)

Sabre | Tweaked equip animation (1P)

Tweaked head holding animations (3P)

Tweaked Cloth for Chaplain’s scarf

Tweaked the facial expression when firing a Muskets

Level Design

New stuff:

New Map :3

Fixes:

Various fixes to Approach and Summit

Optimization fixes

AI pathing fixes

Other

New stuff:

Added support for Steam Game Language

Can now prestige roles

Added Hong Kong server region

Added 11 new achievements

Added music player to ship lobby

Fixes:

Added timeouts for login steps

Fixed attempting to rejoin a nonexistent lobby (map ended, everyone left) sends player to lobby then kicked to title

Fixed host rejoining party in lobby after rejoining in map are told they are new host, they are not host

Fixed if host migrates to new lobby quicker than minion, minion is kicked

Fixed showing 0 player lobbies from search results

Fixed re-merging lobbies gets players stuck

Did not fix my sleeping pattern

Fixed accepting invite from closed client doesn't put player in lobby

Fixed host leaving mid map doesn't notify new host at end of map

Fixed attempting to return to host who merged lobbies and left sends to title

Fixed accepting invite from closed client when inviter in map shows no message

Fixed hosts globally game banned can still play games as host

Fixed players cannot be kicked sometimes

Fixed attempting to join full lobby via friends list leaves player on joining

Fixed host rejoining party after map selected removes selected map

Fixed declined pending invites will continue to appear each time player enters own lobby

Fixed attempting to join full lobby via friends list leaves player on joining

Fixed host migration after map selection uses previous host's name as ship name

Fixed failing to join a lobby via invite because it is full will leave "Failed to join party" message

Fixed rejoining non-existent lobby leaves player on "joining" for two minutes

Fixed invites received while in map don't show after map end

Fixed after map, minions can't send Steam invites to lobby; join game unavailable

Fixed host rejoining in map still has map selected after game end

Fixed open invite screen prompt displays after invite screen open

Fixed invites pending after return to lobby after map, show on subsequent lobby returns

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UI

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Build and release context