PATCH NOTES v1.1017c

Echo Generation: Midnight Edition - PATCH NOTES for Steam v1.1017c

Platform & System Updates

• Improved Steam Deck support, including controller detection and performance optimizations

• Improved Steam achievement syncing

• Multiple improvements to Steam porting stability and build configuration

Bug Fixes & Stability

• Fixed several crash conditions and freezes (inspect screen, pause menu, teleporter auto-walk, combat exit issues)

• Corrected multiple visibility swap issues across Downtown, Suburb, Forest, Cemetery, and VHS Store scenes

• Fixed softlocks with companions teleporting incorrectly, failing to resume idle, or getting stuck in rotation overrides

• Fixed audio stack cleanup, SFX fade-outs, and issues with sounds playing after despawn

• Resolved timeline issues in Train Hangar, Lab, Tractor, and other interaction-heavy scenes

• Fixed branching/sceneVisited progression conditions

• Global pass of localization fixes (French punctuation, German journal entries, Chinese win screen text overflow)

Save Game & Progression Improvements

• Better legacy save migration, including visited-area sync, journal fallback logic, and failsafes

• Fixed total time played, achievement unlock checks, and journal state resets

• Improved handling of reading/exporting Steam save data and validation on level load

Gameplay & Interaction Fixes

• Fixed multi-condition logic for interactive encounters and conditions that previously only updated on level load

• Improved teleportation, fast travel overlap checks, and companion-follow behaviors

• Combat camera fixes (zoom, pan, cached value overrides)

• Updated Blopo shield logic so it properly blocks status effects

• Numerous combat setup fixes and fail-safe improvements across various encounters

Environment & Scene Updates

• Fixed object clipping, interaction blockers, and removed problematic props in multiple scenes

• Updated world boundaries, navmesh carve behavior, and teleport/interaction zones

• Updated raccoon encounters, new SFX, and improved environmental sound triggers

• Restored or updated NPC visibility in Cemetery, Downtown, and Forest sections (Ghost Cat, Ghost Bird, etc.)

• Repaired several end-game encounter conditions and cinematic triggers

Characters, Animation & Rigging

• Updates to Player model and animations (rig fixes, skins/materials, walk/run updates, weapon pivot corrections)

• Fixed collider setups, idle breaks, and SFX triggers on several NPCs

• Updated Werewolf, Prom Ghost, Skull, Sister, Anime Kid, Ghost Cat, and others for behavior and animation polish

• Updated physics components and related rig integrations

• Art updates across multiple character materials, textures, and props

UI Improvements

• Main Menu save slots better handling of localized text

• Fixed screen-position tracking for world UI

• Error dialog formatting, line-splitter fixes

• Localization updates for journals, UI text, and new story moments

Audio Improvements

• Added or updated SFX for encounters across Cemetery, Forest, Train Hangar, Tractor area, VHS Store

• Improved SFX fading, cleanup, handling during pause, and prevention of sound stacking

• Fixed footsteps, looping SFX, and animation-triggered audio issues

New Story Moment

• VHS movie editing room

Security Update

• Game is using the latest patched version of Unity to address the recently disclosed engine vulnerability (CVE-2025-594 89)