SULFUR 0.12.0 – Desert Update

The Desert Update is here! This patch brings a brand new area, new enemies, weapons, a boss fight, and a ton of fixes and polish across the game.

Major Content

• New Area: The Desert
• Crypt Challenges
• New Boss: Desert Claus
• 4 New Enemy Types
• New Vendor: Bill
• 10+ New Trinkets / Gadgets  • Ass Wheel  • Darklamp  • Detective Pipe  • Dog Whistle  • Instant Defibrillator  • Iron Feather  • Library Card  • Loaded Die  • Lock of the Magus  • Metabulator Pump  • Range Finder  • Yakety Sax
• 3 New Weapons (shoutout Zatura!):  • SMG “Valet”  • DMR “Farsight”  • Shotgun “Majordome”

Gameplay & Balance

• Holy Purge now correctly blinds the player.
• Storm Surge now damages the player for each hit.
• Thunderbolt now renders correctly with bounce oils.
• Oils with negative values no longer make weapons super valuable in stores.
• Enemies can no longer be stunned while blocking.
• Stun effect now interrupts enemy attack animations.
• Weapons no longer warp with FOV changes.
• Nerfed Lemonade’s run speed buff by 50%.
• Buffed the heal from Sausage Omelette, Rhubarb Porridge and Dopp i Grytan.
• Amalgamation sleep state increased to 10 seconds.
• Katana no longer valued at 1 SULF.
• PC: added extra secret rolling backup saves.
• Fixed recipes sometimes showing duplicate variants.

Controls

• Added rebinds for actions that use the D-pad on gamepads.
• Added rebinding for the alternative melee button on gamepads.
• Pressing B on a gamepad to back out of inventory, shop, or stash no longer causes a small unintended jump.
• Added rumble support on Parries & Alternative Attacks.

Weapon Fixes

• Killing with a melee weapon now grants XP to the last equipped weapon.
• Nunchaku hit radius shortened; swing animation variant now swings the other way.
• Bo Staff now aims correctly toward the hit marker.
• Wyatt and D4rt can no longer shoot when broken.
• Deathstar ammo count now shows correctly during reload.
• Pesticide range increased to match flamethrower.
• Folded weapons in UI now display as unfolded when equipped.
• Adjusted sight attachments for most guns: Balthazar, Arbiter2, Bronco, Beck8, Drifter9, FlickerZip, GraveKeeper, Dirk, Pale Horse Top Clipper, Salamander, Snut 38, Socom, Unknown, Wyatt Pulsar etc.

Enemies & Bosses

• Fixed Lucia’s invulnerability bug.
• Added navlinks so enemies can navigate up to the altar for the Lucia fight.
• Reworked boss loot a bit.
• Fixed issue where enemies were invulnerable in some cases.
• Fixed Cousin’s arms still attacking after death.
• Fixed Cousin’s elevator not coming down.
• Black Guild Rifleman blind spot removed (no more groin shots).
• Novanian guard chain ball no longer shreds instantly.
• Novanian guard flash effects adjusted (less blinding but still intense).
• Fixed some enemies not “death bouncing.”

Animation Improvements

• New Salamander animations.
• New Typhoon animations.
• New Flock animations.
• New Mario animations.
• New M11 animations.
• New M3 Termite animations.
• New Catacoil animations.
• New Dolphin animations.

Audio – Fixes & Improvements

• Reload sound redesign: Typhoon, 1884 Mario, Arbiter, Augusta.
• Reload sound fixes: Typhoon, Salamander, Balthazar.
• Added player footstep left/right alternation.
• Added back player take-damage sounds.
• Fixed player footstep speed triggers for sprint, crouch, ADS.
• Mixed Black Guild Bruiser baseball bat fidget distance.
• Optimized fire voice distance & attenuation.
• Optimized crows wingflap audio voices.
• General mixing, bugfixes, and performance improvements.
• New bullet passby sounds + optimized projectile passby system.
• Mixed units (chicken 🐔 et. al.).

Visuals & Performance

• Improved rendering performance on outdoor levels.
• FOV settings numbers adjusted (check your settings).
• Missing church windows restored.
• Improved weapon sway on Y axis when ADS.
• Fixed Gravekeeper’s “jumpy” ADS animation.
• Kombucha, Lemonade, and Bananabread now have unique artwork.

Level Fixes

• Increased ladder trigger size for easier climbing.
• Chests on Bridge are no longer empty.
• Fixed multichest bug in caves (hopefully the last one).
• Fixed an issue where a giant rock could block the player in Fortress Pools.

Achievements

• Fixed “Explosive Personality” achievement.
• Fixed “Amulet Free” achievement.