Darkenstein 3D 1.1 is UP!

Today marks a month since the game came out, and it's been so amazing. We have more than 600 reviews, very positive... I really can't ask for much more.

To celebrate, today we have the 1.1 for the game, with a lot of changes, like:

FEATURES & QUALITY OF LIFE

• Noticeably lower CPU use.

• Added option to cap FPS.

• New Last Checkpoint option in Pause Menu, to restart from the last checkpoint.

• Restart Level from Pause Menu now shows a loading screen.

• Added trigger near end of levels that alerts player that they are leaving the area.

• Portable lights are now tied to weapons. Use lantern with one-handed, and flashlight with two-handed.

• Martina now follows the player properly in the late stage of the game.

• Switched from Mono to IL2CPP which makes scripts a bit faster and the game harder to hack.

• Added notes to secrets in level 3 and 10.

INTERFACE & UI

• Quick Stats screen, added treasure count.

• Quick Stats screen, added objectives.

• Added accessibility screenshake toggle.

• Added subtitles to all cutscenes and option to disable them (default ON).

• New AA quality setting (needs testing).

• Potato mode textures now available as a new Half-Res Textures option.

• Better interaction with Alt-Tab during end level screen.

GAMEPLAY

• Projectile weapons (panzer, flamer and crossbow) are a lot more accurate in short range.

• Player rockets now are 25% faster, and crossbow bolts are 15% faster.

• Player now has infinite ammo for the duration of Homicidal Rant.

• Explosions now trigger mines and grenades when in distance.

• Bigger sounds for mine and grenade explosions.

• Added more different surface sounds for player falls.

• Screen borders now also flash red when taking fall damage.

• Final boss is now easier in Easy difficulty.

• Big charger enemies now have 20% more health and charge 50% faster.

• Fully removed ability for enemies to jump down tall slopes, which caused issues.

• Shielder enemies can now be shot through the shield’s hole.

• Shielder enemy can now hurt the player with melee attacks.

• Dogs no longer leave a momentary invisible collider after death.

• The U-Goat no longer fires if the queen is dead.

CONTROLS

MOUSE & KEYBOARD

• Weapon slot rebinding now possible.

• Weapon Wheel now accessible with mouse & keyboard.

• Added a keybind for new Last Weapon feature.

• Added option to invert mouse wheel.

GAMEPAD

• Added deadzone control for gamepads.

• Added acceleration control for gamepads.

• Walk/run visuals and sounds now detect analog input.

VISUALS

• Better door color coding in levels 2, 7 and 8.

• Changed Ausfahrt for Ausgang in the red signs indicating exits.

• Changed level selection German signs to be grammatically correct.

• Better performing blood particles.

• Better and better performing explosion effects.

• New lightmaps for levels 3 and 10.

LEVELS

• Added descriptions to alien plants in level 7 lab.

• Level 7 large Bad Guy portrait can now be destroyed.

• Level 8 boss now triggers player mines.

• Level 8 boss has better and more aggressive behavior when player is in armory areas.

• New navigation mesh for levels 6, 8, 10.

• Added sound to elevator in level 10.

• Switched two of the script’s lines in cutscene before final fight.

FIXES

• Fixed “The place I used to call Fatherland” achievement.

• Fixed “Master Finder” achievement and made it “find 50 secrets” instead of all secrets.

• Fixed Tesla weapon icon overriding other weapons.

• Restored missing treasure in level 5.

• Screen mode setting now sticks through sessions.

• Commentary setting now sticks through sessions.

• Skipping cutscenes with ESC key no longer brings up the Pause menu.

• Fixed ammo not translating correctly to the next level.

• Restored lights in middle section of level 2.

• Removed repeated note in level 12 part 1.

• Martina no longer repeats her 2nd line in the level 10 dialogue.

• Final boss no longer repeats a line in final level 1st cutscene dialogue.

• Rat and grenades no longer hit invisible walls in levels 3 and 4.

• Weapon sway option now doesn’t require level change to work.

• Final fight level, removed a rock that allowed a game breaking shortcut.

• Final fight level, stopped an exploit that allowed to exit early.

• Fixed audio source in boulder for late game cutscene.

• Fixed level 9 last door locking player in small room.

• Fixed Rat and Gunther showing up before the final cutscene.

• Fixed final boss health bar sometimes not reacting to vulnerability states.

• Loading level 12 now shows the correct loading screen.

• Fixed player weapon moving during end level fade out.

• Consequences of button presses should now work correctly after checkpoint load.

• Fixed valkyries that had buns through their hats in levels 6 and 7.

• Fixed big charger enemies hurting themselves when turning corners.

• Fixed bug in level 8 where the boss would not appear.

• Fixed bug in level 8 where the boss would spawn with relevant offset.

• It’s now harder for your companion to make you stuck in the final fight map.

• Fixed blue skeletons going through doors in their first appearance.

Hopefully, your experience in Darkenstein 3D is a bit smoother now. :)

Regarding the Fatherland achievement for finishing the game:

Since difficulty can be changed mid-game, the achievement requires to have played at least the last 3 levels in normal or hard. It will not trigger if you just go and finish the game from the last map. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Cheers! Roger