Hellish Quart News

[p]Hellish Quart pre-alpha v.2025.11.18.1[/p][p][/p][p]OPTIMIZATION:[/p][p]- Deep cleaning of animation trees; pruning leftover references from code: faster loading and less memory used[/p][p]- Deep cleaning of levels: further loading times and memory optimization[/p][p]- Character Selection menu: consolidation of scripts for faster loading[/p][p]- Sorting out what loads when to spread loading times across various menus[/p][p][/p][p]Having technical issues after an update?[/p][p]Try our Technical Help page.[/p]

[p]Hellish Quart pre-alpha v.2025.11.17.1[/p][p][/p][p]OPTIMIZATION:[/p][p]- Heavy UI graphics now load from disk in realtime, which makes loading shorter[/p][p]- Some UI elements are now packed into atlases, saving memory and loading times [/p][p]- Textures now stream to save video memory on low-end hardware [/p][p]- Options are now integrated into the Main Menu level, which makes accessing them instant [/p][p]- General cleanup: got rid of references to characters on levels and scripts to avoid loading them into memory unless needed for an upcoming duel (except Story Mode - work in progress)[/p][p]FIX:[/p][p]- Marie, Marta: fixed an IK flinch when killing someone with a thrust in HEMA mode[/p][p]- Isabella: corrected trajectory of side combo animations[/p][p]- fixed some textures and sprites which size was not a power of 4 (the compression was broken)[/p][p]- fixed some jerky camera movement blends[/p][p]- fixed many minor issues[/p][p]TWEAK:[/p][p]- Jacek: his attack power no longer is modified by Stamina[/p][p]- Jacek: sword edge detector moved forward a bit to prevent detecting blade hits with the back edge[/p][p]- Connor: a bit better Idle to walk blending[/p][p]- Kalkstein: a bit more muscle power for better sword trajectories[/p][p][/p][p]Having technical problems after an update?[/p][p]Visit our Technical Help page[/p]

[p]Hellish Quart pre-alpha v.2025.11.10.0[/p][p]TWEAK:[/p][p]- Jan, Barabasz: (LG) X attack - corrected trajectory to be realistic and align with physics[/p][p]- Jan, Barabasz: muscle power tweaks[/p][p]- Chopped off head spawn position corrections[/p][p][/p][p]\[EDIT][/p][p]Hellish Quart pre-alpha v.2025.11.10.1[/p][p][/p][p]FIX:[/p][p]- fixed a hilarious bug, where Father Zera's second head would float in the air in cutscenes[/p][p]- Jacek: fixed a bug where a block impact was detected on a hit[/p]

[p]Hellish Quart pre-alpha v. 2025.11.08.0[/p][p]TWEAK/FIX:[/p][p]- Blade-flesh penetration IK fixes[/p][p]- Translations in Video Tutorials (still by AI, but hopefully better now)[/p][p]- Marta: a bit more wrist muscle power[/p][p]- Marta: updated Long Guard attack animations for better additive blending on startup[/p][p]FIX:[/p][p]- Fixed Close Attack A not triggering in some characters[/p][p][/p][p][/p]

[p]A new fighter joins the roster — Sava, a Cossack warrior wielding both a saber and a kindjal. Deadly at close range and quick on his feet, Sava brings a new dual-weapon fighting style to Hellish Quart.

[/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p][/p][p]Hellish Quart pre-alpha v.2025.11.05.0[/p][p][/p][p]NEW:[/p][p]- new character: Sava[/p][p]- Zera, Gedeon: win audio and face animations[/p][p]FIX:[/p][p]- animation trees transitions quality pass[/p][p]- fixed a bug that played sword audio instead of voice efforts on non-lethal hits[/p][p]- fixed win animation voiceovers not responding to voiceovers volume slider[/p][p]- fixes for blood decals rendering on custom character skins (work in progress - not all characters done yet)[/p][p]- fixed a bug where sometimes a body would shift after death on additive animation[/p][p]- better sword "swoosh" sound synchronization with animations[/p][p]- minor bug fixes in animation trees[/p][p]- random level button now also chooses new levels (if they are unlocked)[/p][p]- fixed some bugs with weapon drops' spawn position[/p][p]- Kalkstein: corrected some legacy animations[/p][p]- Tavern arena: changed the ambient occlusion method[/p][p]- Samuel: fixed Forward Close Attack 3 not triggering in close distance[/p][p]TWEAK:[/p][p]- You can now bash the Long Guard and Thrusts of the opponent with low attacks too[/p][p]- Marta: added subtle body shifting when changing directions[/p][p]- Marie: active ragdoll muscles tweaks, animation transitions tweaks[/p][p]- Kalkstein: active ragdoll muscles tweaks, animation transitions tweaks[/p][p][/p][p]Having technical issues with the game after an update? Visit our technical help page.
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