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2023-08-27 changelog

2023-08-27 (Sunday) Add even more HD textures for characters, many enemies, pickup-able 3D items, Abydos Museum jewels, special effects and various environments; like the Abydos minigames, Uruk Castle, Uruk Trials, Heli

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added2023-08-27 (Sunday)Add even more HD textures for characters, many enemies, pickup-able 3D items, Abydos Museum jewels, special effects and various environments; like the Abydos minigames, Uruk Castle, Uruk Trials, Heliopolis exterior and many others. A grand total of 304 new files. Toggle the following buttons to see a few before/after example screenshots below: Knives Cat: [expand type="details"] [/expand] Almost-a-Bull: [expand="details"] [/expand]
added2023-08-24 (Thursday)Add a very experimental « sixty-four-bits » Steam branch with heavily reworked 64-bit versions of the engine for Windows and Linux, instead of the current 32-bit builds. Not recommended for normal players, this is mostly directed to Sphinx veterans who want to report issues. macOS will be ready in a few days, right now the branch will not work. Most of the existing mods will not be compatible with this experimental version. Seems to work fine on Steam Deck as-is, with some limitations.
fixed2023-08-23 (Wednesday)Fix a crash when projected shadows (or NPC projected shadows) were disabled at startup in the latest version. Thanks to nas#7536 for the report.

Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy changes

addedAdd even more HD textures for characters, many enemies, pickup-able 3D items, Abydos Museum jewels, special effects and various environments; like the Abydos minigames, Uruk Castle, Uruk Trials, Heliopolis exterior and many others. A grand total of 304 new files. Toggle the following buttons to see a few before/after example screenshots below: Knives Cat: [expand type="details"] [/expand] Almost-a-Bull: [expand="details"] [/expand]
addedAdd a very experimental « sixty-four-bits » Steam branch with heavily reworked 64-bit versions of the engine for Windows and Linux, instead of the current 32-bit builds. Not recommended for normal players, this is mostly directed to Sphinx veterans who want to report issues. macOS will be ready in a few days, right now the branch will not work. Most of the existing mods will not be compatible with this experimental version. Seems to work fine on Steam Deck as-is, with some limitations.
fixedFix a crash when projected shadows (or NPC projected shadows) were disabled at startup in the latest version. Thanks to nas#7536 for the report.

2023-08-27 (Sunday)

  • Add even more HD textures for characters, many enemies, pickup-able 3D items, Abydos Museum jewels, special effects and various environments; like the Abydos minigames, Uruk Castle, Uruk Trials, Heliopolis exterior and many others. A grand total of 304 new files.

    • Toggle the following buttons to see a few before/after example screenshots below:

      • Knives Cat: [expand type="details"]

        [/expand]

      • Almost-a-Bull: [expand="details"]

        [/expand]

2023-08-24 (Thursday)

  • Add a very experimental « sixty-four-bits » Steam branch with heavily reworked 64-bit versions of the engine for Windows and Linux, instead of the current 32-bit builds.

    • Not recommended for normal players, this is mostly directed to Sphinx veterans who want to report issues.

    • macOS will be ready in a few days, right now the branch will not work.

    • Most of the existing mods will not be compatible with this experimental version.

    • Seems to work fine on Steam Deck as-is, with some limitations.

2023-08-23 (Wednesday)

  • Fix a crash when projected shadows (or NPC projected shadows) were disabled at startup in the latest version. Thanks to nas#7536 for the report.

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Steam News / 27 August 2023

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