Full Release Patch Notes

This list includes major fixes/changes only, some very minor fixes/changes are not included.

Gameplay

New stuff:

• Reviving now time based instead of health based

• Added five new tutorial chapters

• Added crosshair feedback when damaging nitro

• Body parts now look like the person they were cut from

• Added ‘Whetstone’ item that replaces steel and upgrades multiple melee weapons

• Added new inventory item “Nails”

Balance stuff:

• Repairing hull breaches now requires nails

• Crafting barrels now requires nails

• Crafting shovel now requires nails

• Crafting ice axe now requires nails

• Removed extra bullet from the Royal Marine’s starting kit

• Cannibal limbs are now decorative only

• Boiler sabotage no longer random, each gunpowder will halve the time till the sabotage

Fixes:

• Fixed an issue where the boiler UI would get stuck on the screen at game end

• Fixed an issue that was causing the iceberg to receive inconsistent damage from nitro

• Fixed an issue that was causing corpses to become stuck in the air

• Fixed an issue that was causing AIs to get confused when attacking multiple downed players

• Fixed boiler consumes non-fuel items

• Fixed an issue where Thralls do not get points for moving the ship backwards

• Fixed an issue where Explorers did not get points for assisting nitro carry when a thrall was carrying

• Fixed an issue where poisoning as a Explorer did not give expected points

• Fixed an issue where warmth decreases when in bed on ship

• Fixed an issue where totems destroyed while a thrall is in brig doesn't get removed from spell charge

• Fixed an issue where items can be dropped while in spirit walk

• Fixed coal in barrel doesn't give points

• Fixed ghosts gain points for escaped/stowaway

• Fixed an issue where can you dig and build campfire at the same time

• Fixed poison doesn't apply to a dead players inventory items

• Fixed filling the last workbench slot mid craft cancels craft but consumes materials

• Fixed swapping inventory items with external inventory holsters equipped item

• Fixed holding ctrl while moving poison doesn't move whole stack

• Fixed an issue where holstering bone charm stops bone charm access (unless scroll first)

Art

• Cosmetics

• Improved gore effects

• Improved nitro iceberg destruction effect

• Improved water splash effects

• Improved campfire effects

• Added smoke to the ship’s exhaust pipe

• Added particle effect to bear’s ground slam attack

• Added playtester and early access emotes

• Changed Royal Marine’s uniform to red so he’s distinct from the Captain/Engineer at a distance

UI

New stuff:

• Added new end of match victory screens

• Added “Compendium” UI which provides detailed information about the game

• Added “Stats” UI which provides detailed information about the player

• Updated “Journal” and added hyperlinked compendium terms

• Added more keybind images

• Added rejoin party button (for when voip goes wrong)

• Crew board invites show when coming back from a tutorial

• Can accept a steam invite while in the tutorial

• Added show mute icon over players when their volume is at zero

• Added cosmetics menu within role selection menu

• Added new role icons

• Adding region select to launch expedition

• Added auto select for last remaining role when joining a lobby

• Added upgrade icon to the slot icons

• Added Browse All Expeditions button

• Added no XP message for custom expedition settings

• Added message other thralls keybind

• Added boiler sabotage and powder keg sabotage to the ship progress widget (visible only to thralls)

• Added level up animation for Thrall charge tier change

Fixes:

• Fixed ship fuel gauge can fail to appear

• Fixed ESC menu can fail to open

• Fixed pressing Enter on title screen does nothing

• Fixed long usernames moving lobby slots

• Fixed lobby loading up bar appears over the date in the lobby map

• Fixed replay text can go off screen in some languages

• Fixed Doctor’s perk in Russian moves UI in character select

• Fixed opacity on tutorial concepts sometimes being too low

• Fixed thrall chat cut off in some languages

• Fixed "No expeditions" message in the lobby browser goes off the screen in some languages

• Fixed the "days until blizzard" changes but the day and date does not

• Fixed custom map settings showing 4 days before blizzard, not 3 as default

• Fixed days until blizzard widget doesn't show at start of game on 4 days in a custom game

• Fixed player settings UI cut off when opened while browsing lobbies

• Fixed thrall UI hotkeys don't dynamically change when keybind changed

• Fixed can't read emote name under poker countdown timer

• Fixed UI for pick up downed player reads "interact with corpse"

• Fixed no indication of poisoned food when held

• Fixed "Launch Expedition" is available for host after map selected

• Fixed swapping a held item with another inventory item changes held item but keeps slot highlighted

• Fixed last player to join shows as marine and doesn't have character selected

• Fixed shadow setting in video settings being misaligned in various languages

• Fixed "Workbench" cut off by repair button in some languages

• Fixed character names in character select exceed allocated space in some languages

• Fixed P keybind doesn't hide some UI

• Fixed dragging an item onto itself flashes full indicator

• Fixed mousing over the bottom of the screen when in settings shows inventory information

• Fixed ship fuel icon sits inward when thrall on helm with spell charge showing

• Fixed "Already crafted" on satchel is hard to read

Animation

• Additional Poker emotes

• New walk cycles (8 directions + run)

• New downed animations (8 directions)

• Removed camera shake from first person downed state

• Added 13 crew activity animations for the Tutorial

• Animation and cinematic sequences for Chapters 1, 3, 4, 5, 6

• Syringe | Added (1P/3P) animations for equip, in/out aim transitions and tweaked idle (3P)

• Lantern | Added (1P/3P) animation for equip, in/out aim transitions, aim idle

• Bear traps | Added (1P/3P) animation for equips, in/out aim transitions, idle tweaks

• Axe/Ice Axe | Added in/out aim transition animations and equips (1P/3P)

• Spyglass | Added equip animation (1P/3P)

• Barrels, Powder Keg | Added new equip (no longer has shoulder clipping camera) added aim enter animations (1P)

• Rock, Coal | Added (1P/3P) animations for equip, in/out aim transitions, and shared attack animations

• Poison, Laudanum, Antidote | Added shared (3P) equip animations

• Wood | Added (3P) animations for equip, in/out aim transitions and aimed idle

• Ingots x3 | Added shared (3P) animations for equip, in/out aim transitions, and shared attack animations

• Cooked, Animal, Human Meat | Added (1P/3P) animations for equip, in/out aim transitions, tweaked aimed idle and idle (3P)

• Sabre | Tweaked equip animation (1P)

• Tweaked head holding animations (3P)

• Tweaked Cloth for Chaplain’s scarf

• Tweaked the facial expression when firing a Muskets

Level Design

New stuff:

• New Map :3

Fixes:

• Various fixes to Approach and Summit

• Optimization fixes

• AI pathing fixes

Other

New stuff:

• Added support for Steam Game Language

• Can now prestige roles

• Added Hong Kong server region

• Added 11 new achievements

• Added music player to ship lobby

Fixes:

• Added timeouts for login steps

• Fixed attempting to rejoin a nonexistent lobby (map ended, everyone left) sends player to lobby then kicked to title

• Fixed host rejoining party in lobby after rejoining in map are told they are new host, they are not host

• Fixed if host migrates to new lobby quicker than minion, minion is kicked

• Fixed showing 0 player lobbies from search results

• Fixed re-merging lobbies gets players stuck

• Did not fix my sleeping pattern

• Fixed accepting invite from closed client doesn't put player in lobby

• Fixed host leaving mid map doesn't notify new host at end of map

• Fixed attempting to return to host who merged lobbies and left sends to title

• Fixed accepting invite from closed client when inviter in map shows no message

• Fixed hosts globally game banned can still play games as host

• Fixed players cannot be kicked sometimes

• Fixed attempting to join full lobby via friends list leaves player on joining

• Fixed host rejoining party after map selected removes selected map

• Fixed declined pending invites will continue to appear each time player enters own lobby

• Fixed attempting to join full lobby via friends list leaves player on joining

• Fixed host migration after map selection uses previous host's name as ship name

• Fixed failing to join a lobby via invite because it is full will leave "Failed to join party" message

• Fixed rejoining non-existent lobby leaves player on "joining" for two minutes

• Fixed invites received while in map don't show after map end

• Fixed after map, minions can't send Steam invites to lobby; join game unavailable

• Fixed host rejoining in map still has map selected after game end

• Fixed open invite screen prompt displays after invite screen open

• Fixed invites pending after return to lobby after map, show on subsequent lobby returns