Warhammer 40,000: Darktide News

Here are the patch notes for Hotfix #35, which is live on Steam and will shortly be live on our other platforms.

• Fixed a crash that could occur when aiming the Psyker Blitzes “Brain Burst” or “Brain Rupture”.

Dev Note: This is partially reverting a fix from 1.2.33 that was intended to fix a crash that occurred when aiming a Stimm at a teammate at the same time as aiming the Zealot Abilities “Chastise the Wicked” or “Fury of the Faithful”. This crash is fixed, but has the known issue of not being able to target enemies by aiming “Chastise the Wicked”/“Fury of the Faithful” at one while aiming a Stimm at a teammate.

• Fixed a crash which could happen if every player left the Mourningstar during the mission voting phase.
• Fixed an issue where approaching wounded Poxwalker enemies would make their wounds visually disappear.
• Fixed an issue where facial hair was incorrectly displayed when wearing the Zealot “Incantata Mk IVa Obedience Helm” head gear cosmetic.
• Fixed typos in the descriptions of the “Bargus”, “Calumny Fall” cosmetic bundles and the “Shadow Sanctum Crusader Garb”, “Incantata Mk IVa Obedience Helm” cosmetics.

Here are the patch notes for Hotfix #34, which is live on Steam and will shortly be live on our other platforms.

• Fixed an issue in the Warren 6-19 mission where the interaction prompt to start the final hacking event read “Press” instead of “Plant.”
• Fixed a crash which could happen when rapidly switching weapons in the Loadout menus.
• Fixed a crash which could happen when using the Zealot “Chastise the Wicked / Fury of the Faithful” ability while aiming a stimm syringe.
• Fixed some stability issues related to running out of memory during loading.
• Fixed an issue where the pauldrons of the “Moebian 135th Recon (Blackplate)” Ogryn upper body cosmetic could appear in the camera in first person view while holding specific weapons.
• Fixed an issue where the pauldrons of the “Moebian 135th Recon (Blackplate)” Ogryn upper body cosmetic would appear in an incorrect position in Loadout menus.
• Fixed an issue where the right arm vambrace of the “Shrine Keeper’s Shrift” Psyker upper body cosmetic was clipping with the tunic underneath.

[h2]What’s coming up in Darktide? [/h2]

Our first update will focus on a comprehensive revamp and expansion of the penance system, including adding many additional rewards and a completely new way to earn them. We will be sharing more information on this update by the end of the month along with a dev blog, so keep your eyes peeled on our Communication channels to learn more.

Following this, we are working on an overhaul of our current itemisation process. With the new system we want to remove a lot of the unpredictable grind that came from an RNG heavy system whilst giving players more agency and a steady manner to progress toward specific loadouts, blessings, and stats refinement.

Although these are significant portions of each update, this is not our full plan for 2024. We will be adding new elements to Darktide throughout the year as well including (but not limited to) new missions, new enemies, new weapons, new conditions, and new features alongside balance updates, quality of life additions, along with some other surprises which we will share in due time.

We thank you for all your feedback you’ve given so far, and look forward to sharing these changes and new content with you in the near future and seeing what you think!

Here are the patch notes for Hotfix #33, which is live on Steam and will shortly be live on our other platforms.

• Fixed an issue where the amount of enemies spawning during missions was lower than intended.
• Fixed an issue where the Karnak Twins secret hard mode could fail to be triggered after resolving the puzzle.
• Fixed a crash which could happen after extracting a weapon Blessing in the Shrine of the Omnissiah under specific circumstances while using a controller.
• Fixed an issue where the pushback from enemy Shooters and Gunners was still applied when being hit while aiming down sights with specific weapons.

Dev note: Affected weapons were Lasguns, Laspistols, Boltgun, Plasma Gun, Kickback, Rumbler, Grenadier Gauntlet.

• Fixed an issue where enemy Scab Snipers could still shoot through Veteran Smoke Grenades if they were fully inside the smoke cloud area.
• Fixed an issue where the Lucky Bullet effect from the Ogryn “Burst Limiter Override” keystone talent could still trigger when ammo was completely depleted.
• Fixed an issue where the Veteran “On Your Toes” talent replenished less Toughness than intended (10% instead of 20%).
• Fixed a crash which could happen when the game tried to remove a buff effect which didn’t exist anymore.
• Fixed an issue where the background for subtitles could fail to match the text when secondary subtitles were displayed.
• Fixed an issue where the buffs from the Zealot “Chorus of Spiritual Fortitude” and Veteran “Duty and Honour” talents would prevent non-melee health damage while active even when the player was at zero Toughness.
• Fixed a crash which could happen if a Veteran Smoke Grenade affected an enemy Scab or Dreg Flamer just as they were about to shoot.
• Fixed an issue where the transparency effect for the M3 Magnacore Mk II Plasma Gun coils was missing.
• Fixed clipping and deformation issues for the Ogryn “XXXL Chem-safe Rebreather” head cosmetic.
• Fixed an issue where the collar for Psyker upper body cosmetics could appear as deformed for female characters.
• Fixed an issue where the Ogryn “Grimmer’s Hood (Red Stinger Camo)” head cosmetic would clip with some necks.
• Fixed an issue where parts of the straps on the Ogryn “MKII Nog-Shield” head cosmetic would not display properly.

Hope everyone enjoyed the RPS Game Club returning with Cobalt Core, though personally, I’ve always found deckbuilders a bit short on the screaming slaughter of unclean heretics. Put down the cards and pick up a boltgun, then, as this month’s Game Club pledges eternal service (until April) to Warhammer 40,000: Darktide.

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