Eydigard Patch Notes - 11 September

New Features

• Added quality settings for SSAO, including higher quality options

• Added quality settings for Volumetric Fog, with the ability to set higher quality or turn it off completely

• Added option to disable shadows from the sun and moon

• Added setting to reduce background load when the game is not focused

• Added setting to scale the UI

• Added setting to adjust font size (increase or decrease)

• Added wind particle effects when in forests

• Added more sounds to UI navigation

• Added a progress bar to track settlement influence progression

• Characters in the creation menu can now be rotated by clicking or using the scroll wheel

• Unlooted enemies now spawn a pouch containing their loot when despawning

Improvements

• Upgraded visual effects for combat, including:

  • New visual effects for Perfect Avoidance

  • New visual effects for special attack hits

  • New visual effects for boons and buffs

  • New visual effects for berserk and berserker attacks

• Upgraded floating combat text with improved animations, scaling, readability, and flow

• Added colors and symbols to floating combat text to represent damage types

• Floating combat text can now be disabled, or limited by turning off the self-healing display

• Increased motion interaction between player and vegetation

• Upgraded and standardized UI colors and sizes for a more consistent and harmonious look across menus and elements

• Upgraded graphics of UI pop-up notifications

• Upgraded map icons and player arrow

• Upgraded overall UI visuals to feel less flat

• Upgraded Lynx Instinct bar UI

• Upgraded skill UI for clarity and readability

• Upgraded item UI visuals

• Merged effects view into a single column

• Added more in-game hints

• Added lore text for many creatures and characters

Gameplay

• Decreased wind-up animation for Lynx Opportunistic Strike, making the backstab attack quicker and more responsive

• NPCs can now drop schillings (coins) in addition to items

• Updated loot table for Landsknechts

• Damage types updated: Physical damage has been split into Blunt and Pierce. All damage types now have distinct icons and colors in floating combat text. Current damage types are:

  • Blunt

  • Pierce

  • Pure

  • Trolldom

  • Seidr

  • Fire

Fixes

• Opening menus now prevents character movement

• Fixed a bug where enemies flinched by back attacks would glitch out

• Fixed some weapon colliders on Fossegrim melee attacks so they can hit the player in Lynx form

• Fixed waterfall sounds in Klubbvik. Waterfalls should now be heard more clearly

• Reduced the size of the Bogbean model

• Fixed a visual bug on the Draugr where seaweed was not displaying correctly