Greetings, Heroes! A small but important update for Hero's Story has been released today.
In this update many bugs have been fixed, controller support has been significantly improved and some new items and features have been added. In particular, some cases were fixed when it was possible to "get stuck" by unsuccessfully opening a book or a character's inventory. From the controller you now can open world map or start a new game. Rotation angle of the camera from the controller has been increased at the request of the players. Materials for future updates have also been added to the game.
Full list of changes can be found below.
General
- At the request of the players rotation angle of the character from controller has been increased
- At the request of the players the sounds of mechanisms and traps in the Flame Keep are made less noticeable
- Added partial controller support
Additions
- Underwater breathing potion added
- Added ability to find Map of Theandria
- Added background music to the Flame Keep
- Added ability to start a new game from controller
- Added ability to open inventory, quest journal, world map and character window from the controller
- Control scheme for the controller has been added to ingame settings
- Added back sneaking and running character animations
- Added materials for future updates
Optimization
- Optimized some graphical settings
- Optimized program code of notes and books
- Removed some unused parts of program code
Balance
- Now it will be impossible to use inventory and move at the same time
- Now quest items will no longer be usable
Bugfixes
- Fixed a critical bug where opening service windows quickly sometimes caused the game to stutter
- Fixed a critical bug where it was possible to open pause menu on top of the inventory window
- Fixed a critical bug where some notes and books could not be closed sometimes
- Fixed a bug where an exclamation mark continued to float over the NPC after completing available quests
- Fixed a bug where the name of spiders was not displayed when hovering
- Fixed a bug where incorrect character animations were played when attacking with any weapon, as well as picking up an item or casting a spell
- Fixed a bug where it was possible to open the inventory window while UI was hidden
- Fixed a bug where the health of enemies was updated too rarely when hovering
- Fixed a bug where the Cleric's passive ability was not working correctly
- Minor main menu fixes
- Minor game levels fixes
Now let's take a closer look at some points!
CONTROLLER SUPPORT
In this update controller support has been significantly improved - the inability to close popups and some notes and books has been fixed, the ability to start a new game and open service windows has been added, the camera rotation angle has been increased. It is worth noting that some actions (for example, changing ingame settings or exiting the game) still require a keyboard and mouse.
IMPORTANT FIXES
The more updates and mechanics are released for Hero's Story, the more relevant the topic of optimization becomes. In the current version I have fixed animations of the main character, rare bugs that caused the game to soft lock and also optimized program code of the main character, items and some of the game levels. Description of some items, Duke's Keep level and some sounds have also been fixed.
Have fun! Your Silent.