Warhammer 40,000: Darktide News

Community Comm-Link 2nd March 2023

Rejects!

Last week we saw the arrival of Patch #4: Blessings of the Omnissiah, Hotfix 1.0.31, Hotfix 1.0.31+, and Hotfix 1.0.32 which brought a TON of changes, including the addition of Brunt’s Armoury, weapon balancing, earning blessings and more.

Next week we will release a small patch including small Psyker and Ogryn buffs, bug fixes, and some crash resolutions.

Towards the end of March, we will release a large patch - more details on this will be in the next Comm-Link, so stay tuned!

We also want to thank you for all the great feedback you gave while testing our new and improved Hunting Grounds Condition.

Now, onto some answers to questions asked by the Community this week…

Experimental branch

We are still testing the changes in the Experimental Branch, if you are having issues with GPU-related crashes, please consider looking at this post on our Forums!
We don’t currently have a timeframe for when we expect to add any of these changes to the main server. We will move things over when we know it has a solid impact on stability and won't impact performance or gameplay. As soon as we are in a spot to add these, we will let you know!

Base rating of weapons for players at Level 30

Since the release of Patch #4 we’ve been busy monitoring the feedback and data regarding both item acquisition and the Shrine. For the patch next week we will make some small adjustments based on some of our findings. For characters at level 30, you will no longer see a weapon with a base rating of under 300 from the Armoury Exchange, Sire Melk's Requisitorium, or through the Emperor's Gift. The rest of the changes we are currently working on, we will cover in the patch notes next week.

Is it possible that icons for unlocked Blessings might be coming?

Yes, we're currently developing the ability for you to see which blessings you have earned at the Shrine, and which blessings you still have yet to earn. You will be able to see the difference in all places where the blessing icon is present, including the Armoury Exchange and Sire Melk's Requisitorium. Both the list of weapons, and on the larger detailed weapon card.

Hotfix 1.0.32

Rejects!

Here are the notes for Hotfix 1.0.32 which just went live on Steam, and will be live shortly on the Microsoft Store.

Engine fix for possible log spam on certain setups causing bloated logs and performance issues.
Added text if the user has the option "Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling" turned off when using an Nvidia 40x Series while in the launcher.
Fixed issues with Framerate Cap and Brightness not resetting in the launcher.
Fixed issue with user settings not getting reset if the user switched the GPU in the launcher.

Today's Warhammer 40K: Darktide update overhauls the hated crafting and progression

Warhammer 40k: Darktide seemed like a recipe for certain success when it launched late last year. Developers Fatshark were taking the formula established in their co-op horde shooters Vermintide, throwing in some beefy melee, and moving it over to the 40k universe. Fans were less than happy with the end result, pointing toward technical issues, randomness in the endgame, and a lack of crafting systems, which Fatshark are hoping to fix in today’s update.

[h3]Rejects, [/h3]

Here are the notes for hotfix 1.0.31+ which just went live on the Microsoft Store and Steam.

Fixed an issue that caused memory leaks when transitioning between hub and missions
Fixed an issue that caused memory leaks when transitioning between hub and missions (this specific fix went live on Steam yesterday and is included here for Microsoft Store).
Fixed crash on Microsoft Store related to fetching privileges, that had a chance to occur when entering a server with more users.
We will be resolving an issue where players found they had the ability to equip the Developer portrait frame for their characters. We hope you enjoyed being Fatshark developers for a day! The players who chose to equip the frame will see their equipped frame reset back to the default starting frame once they are removed.
Fixed issue with Zealot Preacher Feat “Bloodletting” not activating correctly.

Warhammer 40k Darktide patch notes "too many to list," but here you go

The Warhammer 40k Darktide patch notes for update 1.0.30 are here, and they're massive. So massive, in fact, even developer Fatshark says "there are too many patch notes to list in a single announcement." With a ton of quality-of-life improvements, more rewarding challenges, and easier upgrades coming to the grimdark co-op game alongside a whole slew of weapon balance changes, there's plenty to get stuck into - so let's give them a look and see what's new.

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