EA Update #14

New Levels

Blooming Fields

Lunar Adaptation - This is a boss level.

General

• A cinematic plays after you finish the first world, another after the desert world, and another after the winter world.

• Earlier cinematic cutscenes have been updated as well.

• Subtle haptic force feedback has been added and adjusted for steam deck.

• DirectX 11 is confirmed to work for older GPUs. You can enable it by adding -dx11 in the app’s settings. However, it’s not recommended if your system supports DirectX 12.

• Ball physics are more realistic than before, and more stable as well.

Level changes

• Grass has been replaced with destructible grass in several levels.

• Downhill - There are a couple of squirrels. It has also been renamed simply to ‘Downhill.’

Bug Fix & Technical

• Fixed a bug where world selection could become stuck in an edge case.

• Updated EOS SDK to version 1.18.0.4

• Fixed a bug that prevented Electra Player from playing videos when running under Proton.

• Fixed a bug that incorrectly activated the plunger after a ball was lost, even when extra multiballs were still in play.

• Fixed a crash occurring due to issues with async loading, garbage collection, and level streaming flush operations.

• Several UI shaders have been optimized for better performance.

• FixedEdit hotfixFixed a shadow-pipeline crash discovered during stress testing.