Chapter 5 - Patch 3

Version: 0.5.03

Story

• Added multiple journal pages scattered in the world as notes, explaining the locations in Chapter 5, their history, key item origins, and Troglund's life journey of discoveries. These notes also convey additional lore and key story points.

• Changed the quest item"Troglund's Journal"to"The Verdant Compendium"to differentiate between the scattered journal pages and the book containing recipes used in the witch's quest.

• Updated the witch's dialogues and the "A Fair Trade" quest to reflect new details about Troglund, his journal pages, his cape, and his compendium.

• Fixed an issue where the dragon would still appear for the riddle event after being defeated.

• Implemented a temporary fix for the quest "A Letter to the King" to ensure it updates correctly even if previous events were not completed in the intended order. (A more permanent fix to prevent early entry into Damerel is pending.)

Settings

• Added two new gameplay settings:

  • Directional Evasion: The Roll and Backflip actions will switch based on the direction of movement. (Default: Off)

  • Prioritize Air Kick: Pressing Down and Jump in the air will trigger an Air Kick, even if an Air Jump hasn't been performed. (Default: Off)

  These settings depend on acquiring skills in-game and cannot be changed from the Title Screen to avoid spoilers. They must be adjusted from the Pause Menu.

• Improved the "Apply Settings Before Exit" prompt, making it more intuitive and allowing menu exit without saving changes.

• Fixed a glitch where the menu screen could fail to exit under certain conditions after making changes.

Player

• Introduced a fast-walk behavior in swampy waters. The fast-walk action consumes stamina at a lower rate, and resting recovers stamina faster than sprinting.

• Fixed an issue where Riding Fleecan could be interrupted when poisoned or burning.

• Fixed a case where rolling and backflipping could be triggered again without finishing the animation.

• Addressed movement inconsistencies in swamps where actions like jumping or attacking sometimes failed to connect smoothly.

• Fixed various player clothing graphic issues.

• Reviewed collision with spike traps that teleport the player back to the last save zone:

  • Fixed cases where multiple hits could occur, making HP loss from these traps consistent at only 1 hit.

  • Improved accuracy in determining a safe respawn zone to prevent indefinite respawning onto spikes.

Level Design and Art

• Improved the flow and visuals in various levels.

• Refined the art in the area where the dragon sleeps.

• Optimized memory consumption for multiple sprite assets.

SFX

• Added sound effects to the flame thrower traps.

• Added sound effects to the appearing spears traps.

• Added ambient sounds to the lava in Blazeheart Mountain.

• Added sound effects to moving platforms that previously had no sound.

Enemies

• AddedCroco LancerPolished animations; added a new crouch attack to hit below the player's shield.
• AdjustedLava GolemPolished animations; improved accuracy of hitboxes for body and attacks; adjusted HP and damage values.
• AdjustedSeverum FishUpdated swim chase animation; polished all animations; improved AI behavior for more natural swimming and attacks.
• FixedStatic Bat InstancesCorrected red bats to only appear inside Blazing Mountains.

Map

• Added button binding visuals in the Map section for Switching Layers (Ext/Int) and Placing Markers.

• Fixed certain areas not being mapped properly.

• Fixed an issue where the player could be shown on an incorrect map tile.