Today marks a month since the game came out, and it's been so amazing.
We have more than 600 reviews, very positive... I really can't ask for much more.
To celebrate, today we have the 1.1 for the game, with a lot of changes, like:
FEATURES & QUALITY OF LIFE
Noticeably lower CPU use.
Added option to cap FPS.
New Last Checkpoint option in Pause Menu, to restart from the last checkpoint.
Restart Level from Pause Menu now shows a loading screen.
Added trigger near end of levels that alerts player that they are leaving the area.
Portable lights are now tied to weapons. Use lantern with one-handed, and flashlight with two-handed.
Martina now follows the player properly in the late stage of the game.
Switched from Mono to IL2CPP which makes scripts a bit faster and the game harder to hack.
Added notes to secrets in level 3 and 10.
INTERFACE & UI
Quick Stats screen, added treasure count.
Quick Stats screen, added objectives.
Added accessibility screenshake toggle.
Added subtitles to all cutscenes and option to disable them (default ON).
New AA quality setting (needs testing).
Potato mode textures now available as a new Half-Res Textures option.
Better interaction with Alt-Tab during end level screen.
GAMEPLAY
Projectile weapons (panzer, flamer and crossbow) are a lot more accurate in short range.
Player rockets now are 25% faster, and crossbow bolts are 15% faster.
Player now has infinite ammo for the duration of Homicidal Rant.
Explosions now trigger mines and grenades when in distance.
Bigger sounds for mine and grenade explosions.
Added more different surface sounds for player falls.
Screen borders now also flash red when taking fall damage.
Final boss is now easier in Easy difficulty.
Big charger enemies now have 20% more health and charge 50% faster.
Fully removed ability for enemies to jump down tall slopes, which caused issues.
Shielder enemies can now be shot through the shield’s hole.
Shielder enemy can now hurt the player with melee attacks.
Dogs no longer leave a momentary invisible collider after death.
The U-Goat no longer fires if the queen is dead.
CONTROLS
MOUSE & KEYBOARD
Weapon slot rebinding now possible.
Weapon Wheel now accessible with mouse & keyboard.
Added a keybind for new Last Weapon feature.
Added option to invert mouse wheel.
GAMEPAD
Added deadzone control for gamepads.
Added acceleration control for gamepads.
Walk/run visuals and sounds now detect analog input.
VISUALS
Better door color coding in levels 2, 7 and 8.
Changed Ausfahrt for Ausgang in the red signs indicating exits.
Changed level selection German signs to be grammatically correct.
Better performing blood particles.
Better and better performing explosion effects.
New lightmaps for levels 3 and 10.
LEVELS
Added descriptions to alien plants in level 7 lab.
Level 7 large Bad Guy portrait can now be destroyed.
Level 8 boss now triggers player mines.
Level 8 boss has better and more aggressive behavior when player is in armory areas.
New navigation mesh for levels 6, 8, 10.
Added sound to elevator in level 10.
Switched two of the script’s lines in cutscene before final fight.
FIXES
Fixed “The place I used to call Fatherland” achievement.
Fixed “Master Finder” achievement and made it “find 50 secrets” instead of all secrets.
Fixed Tesla weapon icon overriding other weapons.
Restored missing treasure in level 5.
Screen mode setting now sticks through sessions.
Commentary setting now sticks through sessions.
Skipping cutscenes with ESC key no longer brings up the Pause menu.
Fixed ammo not translating correctly to the next level.
Restored lights in middle section of level 2.
Removed repeated note in level 12 part 1.
Martina no longer repeats her 2nd line in the level 10 dialogue.
Final boss no longer repeats a line in final level 1st cutscene dialogue.
Rat and grenades no longer hit invisible walls in levels 3 and 4.
Weapon sway option now doesn’t require level change to work.
Final fight level, removed a rock that allowed a game breaking shortcut.
Final fight level, stopped an exploit that allowed to exit early.
Fixed audio source in boulder for late game cutscene.
Fixed level 9 last door locking player in small room.
Fixed Rat and Gunther showing up before the final cutscene.
Fixed final boss health bar sometimes not reacting to vulnerability states.
Loading level 12 now shows the correct loading screen.
Fixed player weapon moving during end level fade out.
Consequences of button presses should now work correctly after checkpoint load.
Fixed valkyries that had buns through their hats in levels 6 and 7.
Fixed big charger enemies hurting themselves when turning corners.
Fixed bug in level 8 where the boss would not appear.
Fixed bug in level 8 where the boss would spawn with relevant offset.
It’s now harder for your companion to make you stuck in the final fight map.
Fixed blue skeletons going through doors in their first appearance.
Hopefully, your experience in Darkenstein 3D is a bit smoother now. :)
Regarding the Fatherland achievement for finishing the game:
Since difficulty can be changed mid-game, the achievement requires to have played at least the last 3 levels in normal or hard. It will not trigger if you just go and finish the game from the last map. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Cheers!
Roger