Sker Ritual News

The Sker Ritual Post-Launch Roadmap is here! We've got a packed several months of updates and content coming your way. We hope you'll look forward to two FREE content updates that will feature: a new map, a new special weapon, new perks, a new Hardcore Easter Egg and Easter Egg music! The only paid element of our roadmap is the cosmetic dlc!

We are committed to continually improving all areas of the game including: optimisation, bug fixes, balancing and networking. PS4 and XO releases will happen, however the date is TBC at the moment. Every effort will be made to hit the content times and many more milestones, but anything can happen in game dev so dates and content are subject to change.

Above all, we want to thank you once again for supporting Sker Ritual! You've supported us throughout our Early Access journey, over the course of our 1.0 launch and we hope you'll continue to support us during our post-launch.

We now have a thriving community of over 15K members on the Sker Ritual Discord! If you'd like to be a part of it, join us and have your say!

What are you most looking forward to? Let us know in the comments!

Wales Interactive

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The patch notes you've all been waiting for! Those who have been experiencing issues with crossplay invites between Xbox and PC fret no more, as they have been fixed. Plus, many of you might be pleased to hear that the scope on the Joseph Heavy Automatic is GONE. Check out the rest of the patch notes below.

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Patch v.1.0.0.20458 - 26/04/2024[/h3]

BUG FIXES & UPDATES
- Added a Party Code System that can be used with cross-play enabled platforms to create private parties (PC, Xbox)
- Increased Damage of the Joseph Heavy Automatic, from 45-30 to 75-45
- Removed the obscuring scope from the Joseph Heavy Automatic
- Fixed an issue causing users to join other games or to be joined by other games while they're in online play
- Fixed many collision issues & glitches in all levels
- Fixed a bug causing the combination lock puzzle in "Cursed Lands of Lavernock" to get stuck
- Fixed a bug causing the Game Summary screen to not appear if you've been disconnected by the host
- Reduced the number of Abominations that spawn during the hidden story in "The Void" in "The Ashes of Sker Hotel"
- Increase the radius of how close you need to be next to the lamb to escort it in "Cursed Lands of Lavernock"
- Fix an issue causing duration to scale incorrectly for the "Critical Mass" miracle
- Fixed an issue causing the visual for the Shattering Edge to not appear in the Upgrade machine when upgrading
- Fixed an issue causing the environment hazards to not reset properly during the hidden story in "Deadly Lover's Fortress"
- Fixed position of the sword in the furnace in "Deadly Lover's Fortress"

CONSOLE SPECIFIC UPDATES
- Fixed an issue causing the game to run out of memory and crash on PlayStation 5 & Xbox Series X|S
-Added the following graphics options to toggle: Volumetric Fog, Shadows, Micro Shadows, Contact Shadows, Subsurface Scattering & Blur
- PS5: Potentially Fixed an issue causing the PlayStation 5 controller to vibrate in an online game when somebody else shoots when using the "Immersive" mode

It has been just over a week since launch and we once again wanted to thank you for your support and patience as we work to fix your bugs and issues!

Wales Interactive Team

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A hotfix for you, a hotfix for you and a hotfix for YOU. We're continuing to tackle bugs and issues that you're feeding back to us. Thank you for your patience as we work through these.

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Patch v.1.0.0.20378 Hotfixes - 23/04/2024[/h3]

BUG FIXES & UPDATES

• Fixed an issue that caused the in-game camera to render at 60 frames a second even if your game is running at 300 FPS
  
• Fixed an issue causing the footsteps to play more often if you were playing at higher than 60 FPS
  
• Fixed an issue causing some "Kill Enemies within an area" objectives not to count if you kill a lot of enemies at once, it now counts every kill towards the credit
  
• Fixed an issue causing the party UI to error
  
• Fixed an issue causing matchmaking to be stuck
  
• Fixed an issue with the Frostfire Miracle causing it to make enemies you hit quicker if you upgrade it instead of slower
  
• Fixed an issue where using the Auto-Aim Miracle caused errors if the enemy had no head
  
• Fixed an issue where Aim Assist using a controller would get stuck on enemies that disappear when you kill them unti you look at another enemy
  
• Lowered volume of footsteps, will add a slider in a future patch so users can modify it
  

If you don't see your bug fix here, don't worry! We are determined to get as many fixed this week as possible so do keep an eye out for future patch and updates here.

Wales Interactive Team

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First of all, a huge thank you to our community for making Sker Ritual's 1.0 launch an unforgettable one for this small, Welsh studio! We cannot thank you enough for the reception, reviews and engagement across the board.

Thank you also for being patient as we tackle issues and bugs that have been brought to our attention and we have been working on them as fast as we can. A hotfix patch was released over the weekend to tackle a few of these bugs and you can see what has already been fixed below.

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Patch v.1.0.0.20323 Hotfixes - 19/04/2024 - 21/04/2024[/h3]

BUG FIXES & UPDATES
- Improved CPU performance from texture loading and other small changes
- Fixed multiple issues caused by other players leaving during a multiplayer game
- Fixed an issue that caused the game not to end when everybody dies and has no token if someone has left the game
- Fixed an issue that caused the scoreboard & game over screen to show people who are no longer in the game
- Fixed an issue that caused Steam Deck to not show the Game Over screen when leaving the level
- Fixed an issue that caused the game to break when swapping between Sker Passes automatically
- Added icons for people who rebind actions to the middle mouse button and extra mouse buttons
- Fixed a memory leak caused by the damage text
- Fixed a memory leak caused by caching NPCs
- Fixed a memory leak caused by points added notifications
- Improved CPU performance of levels with loads of flickering lights
- Videos should now skip if they fail to play, also added "ignoreVideos" as a launch option on Steam in case any other issues are caused by videos failing to play
- Removed Aim Assist targets from fake NPCs in "Deadly Lover's Fortress"
- Fixed an issue causing conflict in lobby names and sometimes making people join other random rooms
- Fixed the Abraham boss fight sometimes leaving the room and resetting
- Increased size of the teammate revive interact so you don't get interrupted when you get hit
- Fixed some errors causing some abilities to sometimes break
- Fixed the Diver Helmet enemy sometimes forgetting to leave the spawn zone

If you don't see your bug fix here, don't worry! We are determined to get as many fixed this week as possible so do keep an eye out for future patch and updates here.

Wales Interactive Team

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