Steam News15 February 20188y ago

Preview: Update 4 - The Dead Man's ALIVE!

Ahoy fellow Pinball Lovers! Thanks for all the great feedback! You can opt in to play the Update 4 Preview on the experimental branch right now!

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Full Pinball Wicked update

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What changed

5 fixes8 additions10 changes0 removals

Maps
Performance
Gameplay
Store
Fixes
UI and audio

addedPerformance Update - new Render Quality settingUp to and including Update 3 we optimized the game to reach >60 fps in hd / 1920x1080 on mid range graphics cards with the highest possible render quality and fully dynamic lighting, thus the recommended hardware requirements. In Update 4 we optimized a lot further, targeting a far wider range of GPUs and higher resolutions. The new Render Quality setting offers new high performance graphics feature presets. Changing this setting will take effect the next time you start the game. Thanks to the Unreal Engine 4's new volumetric light maps even the moving objects keep looking awesome with precomputed lighting. So if you're out for more fps or a higher resolution you should definitely try the new settings! Render Quality levels

changedPerformance Update - new Render Quality settingLow (Experimental) is suitable for many integrated GPUs and low end graphics cards, many graphics features are turned off, uses forward rendering and precomputed lighting.

changedPerformance Update - new Render Quality settingMedium uses mainly precomputed lighting and is suitable for low range graphics cards and mid range integrated GPUs.

changedPerformance Update - new Render Quality settingHigh mixes precomputed with real time lighting, graphics features are optimized for performance.

changedPerformance Update - new Render Quality settingEpic uses fully dynamic real time lighting for all lights and high end graphics features for the best possible render quality. This matches the only available render quality of Update 3.

addedPerformance Update - new Render Quality settingOn a GTX 970 / i5 2500K / 1920x1080 changing render quality, leaving the other graphics quality settings on epic, using cam 4: Low ~260 fps (limited by cpu), Medium ~160 fps, High ~115-135 fps, Epic ~ 65-80 fps And for a quick boost on epic settings we added the option to configure Distance Field AO and Screen Space Reflections separately - disabling these nets around 10-25% more fps in epic render quality.

Pinball Wicked changes

addedUp to and including Update 3 we optimized the game to reach >60 fps in hd / 1920x1080 on mid range graphics cards with the highest possible render quality and fully dynamic lighting, thus the recommended hardware requirements. In Update 4 we optimized a lot further, targeting a far wider range of GPUs and higher resolutions. The new Render Quality setting offers new high performance graphics feature presets. Changing this setting will take effect the next time you start the game. Thanks to the Unreal Engine 4's new volumetric light maps even the moving objects keep looking awesome with precomputed lighting. So if you're out for more fps or a higher resolution you should definitely try the new settings! Render Quality levels

changedLow (Experimental) is suitable for many integrated GPUs and low end graphics cards, many graphics features are turned off, uses forward rendering and precomputed lighting.

changedMedium uses mainly precomputed lighting and is suitable for low range graphics cards and mid range integrated GPUs.

changedHigh mixes precomputed with real time lighting, graphics features are optimized for performance.

changedEpic uses fully dynamic real time lighting for all lights and high end graphics features for the best possible render quality. This matches the only available render quality of Update 3.

Ahoy fellow Pinball Lovers!

Thanks for all the great feedback!

You can opt in to play the Update 4 Preview on the experimental branch right now!

This massive update will soon be ready for release on the default branch - after a bit more testing.

Performance Update - new Render Quality setting

Up to and including Update 3 we optimized the game to reach >60 fps in hd / 1920x1080 on mid range graphics cards with the highest possible render quality and fully dynamic lighting, thus the recommended hardware requirements. In Update 4 we optimized a lot further, targeting a far wider range of GPUs and higher resolutions. The new Render Quality setting offers new high performance graphics feature presets. Changing this setting will take effect the next time you start the game. Thanks to the Unreal Engine 4's new volumetric light maps even the moving objects keep looking awesome with precomputed lighting. So if you're out for more fps or a higher resolution you should definitely try the new settings! Render Quality levels

Low (Experimental) is suitable for many integrated GPUs and low end graphics cards, many graphics features are turned off, uses forward rendering and precomputed lighting.
Medium uses mainly precomputed lighting and is suitable for low range graphics cards and mid range integrated GPUs.
High mixes precomputed with real time lighting, graphics features are optimized for performance.
Epic uses fully dynamic real time lighting for all lights and high end graphics features for the best possible render quality. This matches the only available render quality of Update 3.

On a GTX 970 / i5 2500K / 1920x1080 changing render quality, leaving the other graphics quality settings on epic, using cam 4: Low ~260 fps (limited by cpu), Medium ~160 fps, High ~115-135 fps, Epic ~ 65-80 fps And for a quick boost on epic settings we added the option to configure Distance Field AO and Screen Space Reflections separately - disabling these nets around 10-25% more fps in epic render quality.

Update 4 - The Dead Man's ALIVE! - patch notes

new: The Dead Man's Chest now with it's very own Dead Man!
new: Render Quality setting: you can now select between different graphic feature / performance presets. Changing this setting takes effect the next time you start the game.
new: extra overrides for high end graphics features, so that these can be deactivated or configured without changing the whole quality groups
new: Black Flaggers' White Pearl can now be selected as default ball skin
fixed: ball loosing too much velocity on flipper collision for most cases and more physics fixes and calibrations
fixedthe ball can get stuck if it drops below the crow ramp (the red one, left orbit) right when the ramp is about to be lowered
fixed: kickback now shoots up the cannon ramp again
UInew skin, new layout, new!
UIadded descriptions and tooltips for many settings
UIfixed mouse hover and keyboard / gamepad highlighting at the same time. Using keyboard or controller input disables mouse hover events until the mouse is clicked again.
UI: the game version string is now only visible when the menu is open or the game is paused
balancing: the ball saver kickback is now a lot more unpredictable
balancingupdated Dead Man's Chest scores; success now lights a Super Jackpot
audio balancing and sound channel corrections - work in progress
possible fix for the occasional waterhole splash hitch
fixed: force feedback could get stuck
many more fixes and even more optimizations

What we're working on right now

VR support for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive
polishing Black Flaggers' sounds / lightshows / fx / dmds
balancing / score table updates
The Grand Finale: The Treasure Fleet
Tilt!
local hot seat multiplayer

Stay tuned! Have fun! Flip out!

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Steam News / 15 February 2018

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