Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness News

• Added AoE spellcasting behavior selector to party members (including Reckless behavior!)
  
• Improved stability and usability for the bug report tool
  
• Upgraded visuals for the Broken Monastery
  
• Upgraded visuals for Freynagar's ice dome
  
• Fixed lighting in the Underground Cave, Time Cave and Dream Cave
  
• Fixed spawn points and orientations in many areas
  
• Party members now spawn facing enemies on random encounter areas
  
• Fixed a cutscene bug when entering Deron-Guld without the diplomatic escort
  
• Slings now count as one-handed weapons
  
• Fixed Jade's recruitment dialogue
  
• Jade's diadem can now be removed or equipped after purification
  
• The Old Beginnings quest now gives proper rewards and causes greed and reputation changes
  
• The Old Beginnings quest now results in proper greed and reputation changes
  
• Damage profile and hit ratio for summoned spiders and wolves has been adjusted
  
• Recipes cannot be learned any more by inspecting their descriptions in shops
  
• Members removed from the party no longer show their current HP in empty party slots
  
• Creature nameplates from the previous area now disappear properly during transition
  
• Several unlootable containers have been fixed
  
• Race and Class descriptions now fit their respective panels in Character Generation
  
• Several stairs have been fixed where party characters would spawn under them
  
• Weapons are no longer teleported away from creatures when looting their gear
  
• Several locations have been fixed where invisible / stealth characters were seen by npc-s
  
• Sparing the enemy is now handled properly in "Galdrigerr's Raider Problem"
  
• The door to Beline's home now appears properly in the revolt of Chapter 3
  
• Siding with Aldnar in Chapter 3 now makes his gate guards friendly upon exit
  
• Formula of the Pick Locks skill now works properly
  
• Weight calculation now works properly for all party members
  
• The bridge of the Crimson Crossing is now properly clickable
  
• The Entangle spell now correctly creates the Immobilize effect
  
• Crowd chatter and noises are inactive at the Wardenhaft Academy during night
  
• Inn room descriptions now fit their UI panels properly
  
• Information on multi-selecting items is now displayed in the Shop Tutorial
  
• Added missing "Poisonous" stat to ingredients
  
• The Panic effect of the Coat of Darkness spell is now visible in the combat log
  
• The Talgorn Inn's name is now properly displayed in the minimap
  
• Spirits of Beline and Fidelio are now exempt from spells and damage
  
• Added dialogue to the Red Damsel innkeeper
  
• Door highlight of the Frozen Spirit inn is now displayed properly
  
• Added stat description to the Poison Weapon spell
  
• Blade of the Widowmaker greatsword now faces the proper direction
  
• NPCs in the Valley of Singing Trees now help defeat some local enemies if needed
  

• Bug Reporting feature added: press Alt + B to use it
  
• Outlaws now get 2 Class Skill points at level-up
  
• Party no longer gets stuck when entering certain doors
  
• Shop inventories now restock projectiles more often
  
• Fustibals no longer cause visual glitches in certain conditions
  
• Attack resolution tooltips are now displayed in proper positions
  
• Status effects are now applied properly by complex spells
  
• Attribute values are now capped at 20
  
• The Abandoned Mines miser no longer detects invisible creatures
  
• The peasants in Dalkivar no longer detect invisible creatures
  
• Creature name tooltips are now presented at the proper height
  
• Tooltips are now kept inside screen boundaries
  
• Enhanced tooltips and descriptions for damage types
  
• Enhanced tooltips and descriptions for weapon attack time
  
• Proper titles added for compendium entries of the tutorial
  
• The Courtier's entry dialogue can now be initiated once only
  
• Fixed several issues with the Graverobbers' dialogue in Greybark
  
• Command Company UI now closes when switching between party members
  
• The Family Home in Greybark can now be properly entered and left
  
• The Wyrmblood Garb is now visible on all character models
  
• Bandits in Scofarth now react properly when attacked
  
• Iwor is now present both day and night in Deron-Guld
  
• The stableman is now present both day and night in Deron-Guld
  
• The shopkeeper in Greybark Pawnshop is now always present
  
• The smoking bowl in Ilio's Curio now appears properly
  
• Fixed a typo in blacksmith Solomon's dialogue
  
• Fixed the cook's dialogue in Brightguard Headquarters
  
• Text for Lily's dialogue is now displayed with proper color
  

• Improved loading times for major cities and towns
  
• Weapon and shield bonuses are now correctly applied on equip
  
• Creatures are now healed fully when leaving a major area
  
• Consumables can now be equipped by double clicking
  
• Negative resistance bonuses are now correctly displayed in the console
  
• Challenging Howl can no longer be resisted by the caster
  
• Ranged attacks are no longer possible if target is out of sight
  
• Targeted spellcasting is only possible if target is within line of sight
  
• Scroll descriptions now show if the spell is known by the current character
  
• Keyboard scrolling is now possible while UI elements are selected
  
• Added missing illustrations for bullets and diadems
  
• Weight capacity formula is now changed to allow more loot to be carried
  
• Increased Shared Burden's weight capacity to 40% (from 20%)
  
• Yellow position circles are now properly displayed for panicking creatures
  
• Chests with summoning spell traps now work correctly
  
• Added unique names to Adventurers encountered in Yerengal
  
• Added text colors to important NPCs, companions and adventurers
  
• Companions leaving the party now properly return to their preferred taverns
  
• Fixed running animation of Dire Wolves
  
• The method used for Identifying is now shown in the console
  
• Various Sleepwalker related bugfixes
  
• The Mad Lumberjack quest can now only be started only if Locus is visible
  
• The Crimson Plague's blood splatter no longer follows the player around
  
• Blood Elementals can now cause Blood Pools on the ground
  
• Item names are no longer truncated by tooltip backgrounds
  
• Generated fog and myst now appears properly in indoors areas
  

• Improved loading times for Market Street and Castle District
  
• Attack Time is now displayed for all weapons
  
• Added missing music to the Amanuel's Hoard area
  
• Owners of locked containers now react to looting attempts
  
• Line of Sight for spellcasting has been fixed
  
• Leveling up in older saves now enable choosing Phase 2 spells
  
• Fixed visual artifacts on the ground in Deron-Guld Mines
  
• The Herbary can now be entered properly in Amanuel's Hoard
  
• Knockdown effect now works properly for weapon attacks and skills
  
• Game difficulty is now properly stored and loaded from saves
  
• Fixed the formula of generating Status Effects with weapon attacks
  
• Enemies now stop attacking a character that goes into Sneaking
  
• Added option for auto-pause on combat start in Random Encounter areas
  
• Player Gold value is now displayed in the Temple UI
  
• Enerant attacks now cause the proper amount of damage
  
• Crimson Crossing is no longer greyed out again when talking to Alumu's deputy
  
• Hamlin's ring is now properly moved to the player
  
• Poacher's Due side quest now makes Talgorn's Glen visible
  
• Jade's dialogue now handles a full party when asked to join
  
• The Dark Belt of Malice is now properly handled as a Magical item
  
• The Sling of Vexing is now properly handled as a Magical item
  
• Added proper model and position to the Staff of the Tree Warden
  
• Fixed attack times of Wrought Iron Mace and Maple Shortbow
  
• The Predator's Fang spell now works properly
  
• Summoned skeletons now properly emerge and attack their targets
  
• Visual fixes for the Healing Mist spell
  
• Fixed the spirit's appearance in The Haunted Tavern
  
• Fixed petrified state of creatures in The Haunted Tavern
  
• Fixed double mention of the dodge stat in Evasion's tooltip
  
• Fixed the Maidservant's dialogue substitution in Kjarvalr's Mansion
  
• Added melee weapon to Wardenhaft Academy's herbalist
  
• Tooltips for now display base Dodge, Parry and Block values where applicable
  
  

After entering Early Access in August, and then releasing a Linux native version in October, Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness just got a nice big upgrade for all players.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/11/party-based-rpg-black-geyser-couriers-of-darkness-sees-a-huge-update