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New Windows Patch 0.05

FORCED Windows patch 0.05 Changelog
07/10/2013

General

  • Player progression is now unified, meaning any crystals you gain carry over to other player modes (e.g. Getting 6 crystals in 1-player will mean you also have 6-crystals when playing 2-player)
  • The Preparation Room has received a facelift.
  • Improved game performance vastly, the game should now run much smoother on all systems.

Trials

  • Tweaked a number of time trials including trial 9, 12 and 15.
  • Fixed major bugs in Chamber 4. Everything should now be accessible and completable.
  • Trial 25 is now available for play, have fun with the final boss.
  • Introduced and tweaked Challenges for all remaining levels.

Network

  • Fixed a number of issues preventing players from connecting to each other.
  • Optimized network feel and load, we should see improved client-side gameplay experience as well as better hosting capacity for most people.

Survival mode

  • New gameplay mode, created as a different type of game from the main menu.
  • Play against hordes of enemies with a limited arsenal. The players to survive the longest will be legend!

Steam Integration

  • Now saves player progression to the steam cloud - this unfortunatly means that we had to wipe all progression

Main menu & GUI

  • Added leaderboards to trials, you can now compare your times to other gladiators. Show your worth!
  • Main menu graphics reworked.
  • Added profile system. It is now possible to create different profiles for your account.
  • Improved usability to reflect drop-in functionality. A host can start the game and play while waiting for more players to join.
  • Added kick player functionality for hosts.
  • Fixed a number of issues with the settings menu.
  • Fixed blurry UI on lower settings.

Enemies

  • Added an ability and new graphics to Morgrul the Swarmer King.
  • Added new graphics to the Elite Swarmers.
  • Blood Carrier (formlery known as the heal swarmer)
    • New graphics
    • New stats to reflects it’s floaty nature.

  • Graw

    • Upgraded graphics
    • Fixed a number of graphical issues that obscured the mechanics.

Weapons

  • Volcanic Hammer
    • Core taunt: Added 25 healing to all allies in the radius.

  • Frost Shield

    • New graphics for the Frost Shield, defend your allies and smite your
    • enemies with the power of winter!

Audio

  • Added new music tracks for bosses, different chambers and special levels.
  • Added a number of new Balfus lines, especially later in the game.

Known issues

  • You can’t quit the game with a controller.