Patch Release: 1.0.245

Thanks to everyone who’s been playing Aether & Iron in our launch week! We’ve been working through your feedback and have another patch ready to share with you.

[p align="start"]This update focuses on a mix of combat tuning, performance improvements, and a number of UI, localisation, and bug fixes based on issues players have mentioned.

[p align="start"]We’ll keep sharing updates as we continue improving the game.

Patch Notes

[p align="start"]Improved

• Combat

  • Changed the starting positions of enemies in the Hippodrome.

  • Optimised performance in some combat scenes.

  • Balance changes:

    • Slightly reduced Eli's health and the number of minions.

    • Slightly reduced Dufresne health and enemy AP in encounter #2.

• Narrative & Scenes

  • Added ‘loudspeaker’ effect to some voiceover lines.

  • The Shipyard Memorial changes visually during conversations.

• UI/UX

  • Updated “Evade” talent graphic.

[p align="start"]Fixed

• Combat

  • Fixed issue where some Nations Crusade encounters loaded into a black screen.

  • Fixed issue loading into the final White Street Train Heist encounter.

  • Fixed the orientation of the trail effects when firing the Scout Rifle.

  • Fixed issue with pausing and unpausing during combat showing the grid.

• Narrative & Scenes

  • Fixed Library Nook POI highlight.

  • Fixed issue with sprite layering at the Pier 9 North Workpost.

  • Fixed empty player choice at The Well.

  • Fixed being able to sell blueprints to Tajana.

  • Fixed missing characters at the War-Torn Mission.

  • Fixed jumbled traversal lines when travelling to Spritzenhaus.

• UI/UX

  • Fixed issue with ‘customize vehicle colors' scroll not stretching on some aspect ratios.

  • Fixed AP cost of abilities spilling out of container during vehicle customization.

  • Fixed issue with selecting “Return To Menu” on controller when completing the demo.

  • Fixed tint/overlay in combat displaying when it shouldn’t on controller.

  • Fixed issue with “play time” being inaccurate for save files.

  • Fixed vehicle part map extending off the screen on certain aspect ratios.

• Misc

  • Fixed issue where some cutscene subtitles are not appearing in the correct language.

  • Fixed banners at White Street Military Parade being slightly transparent.

  • Fixed issue with “Hotrod Obsessed” achievement triggering incorrectly.

  • Fixed issue with “High Roller” achievement triggering incorrectly.

  • Fixed incorrect translations for the Morale tutorial in French, Spanish, and Portuguese.

  • Fixed issue with saves sometimes being out of order when manually saving.