UX and Navigation Improvements

Patch Notes for 1.0.69 2022-06-24

Overview New feature developed for Skábma - Snowfall based on player feedback a navigational aid system that can be seen in many places by drumming, also included are a boatload of other UX improvements and bugfixes. We wish you all a fantastic MidSummer Solstice!

New:

• New PathGuide mechanic that guides the player towards major points of interest with a visual effect that is revealed by drumming along main paths and near more common points of interest.

• Improvement to Save Game menu in the form of confirmation dialog on save.

Changes:

• Improve Save/Load Menu UX

• Sort savefiles by timestamp in both save/load menus

• Visual Redesign of WindPulse effects

• Decrease reindeer pet sound volume

• Change vocalizations Áilu makes for some Chapter 1 examine objects

Fixes:

• Fix: confirmation prompts in Save/Load allowing click-through and some hotkeys

• Make cloth sounds quieter in a certain late-game location

• Add a couple extra guiding visuals to help see the correct path from Lake to Forest entrance

• Extend an invisible wall in C5 GreatCaves to restrict players from getting to an unwanted area.

• Baked ReactiveRockCeiling animation. Ailu can no longer be thrown off by the rocks.

• Add checkpoint on the route to the treasure island.

• Fix Barbmu glitching waterplane

• Fix Mihkkal gameplay vocalizations playing during a cutscene

• Fix Suonjar gameplay vocalizations playing during certain cutscenes

• Decrease gameplay audio volume during certain cutscenes

• Fix Mihkkal letting out idle vocalizations during a specific conversation

• Fix End Credits scrolling getting stuck

• Lowered the dolly camera between Village and Great Caves corridor

• Tweak volume for some JeanFrancois vocalizations

• Fix Ailu Drum Effect earth/air visuals inverted

• Cutscenes: Ailu picks drum from the ground more smoothly in PatientZero

• Cutscene polish: StalluHunter 2 and WorriedSick

• Cutscenes: Ailu picks drum from the ground more smoothly in PatientZero

• FixedCutscenesFixed NPC's beard in SpeakingWithTheDevil

• Cutscene polish: TheHeroReturns

• Cutscene polish: Focused cameras better in TheBadShepherd and WrongWay

• Animation polish in CorneredNoaidi cutscene.

• Cutscene polish: Tweak cloth and lookat in The Fall part 1 and 2, EveryoneIsSick, TheUpperWorld, Bassireveal, Barbmmureveal, SpeakingWithTheDevil