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Patch v.1.1.214 (& hotfix 216)

Hotfix v.1.1.216

We've noticed an increase in crash reports in Sentry with patch 214, as well as reports of players losing levels in co-op.

We've identified both issues and have rolled back the changes immediately.

Please update the game on Steam to get the latest stable version.

Patch v.1.1.214

[h3]Greetings Lampbearers, [/h3]
As usual, we continue our quest to squash bugs in order to improve stability and performance.

Additionally, Fighting Cowboy hosted a Q&A session in which the community was able to inquire about various topics related to Lords of the Fallen. Feel free to check it out here.

And last but not least, we've seen the community is really engaging with ours Faction Shrines!
  • Shrine of Adyr is now fully unlocked!
  • Shrine of the Putrid Mother - tier 2 has been unlocked
  • Shrine of Orius - still on the base tier 1

[h4]Stability[/h4]
  • Fixed a crash that could happen when interacting with the vestige, under very specific conditions.
  • To all AMD GPU users, make sure to update to latest drivers, as AMD has pushed specific driver fixes for Lords of the Fallen.
  • To all nvidia GPU players, we highly recommend to update to latest, too.

[h4]Optimization[/h4]
  • The navmesh has been optimized further to avoid potential hiccups and micro-stutters- Reverted in hotfix 215
  • Revised some global textures to reduce memory usage without any apparent loss in visual quality.
  • Collisions within a secret arena at Bramis Castle (with a group of enemy drones) have been optimized and adjusted.
  • We have heavily optimized the game thread for calculating navmesh, adhering to a maximum processing time budget.
  • Umbral eggs have been optimized to check for player position only after they've been opened. What came first? The umbrie or the egg?
  • Collision optimizations in the Lower Calrath storehouse surroundings.
  • Several additional collision optimizations have been implemented to free up memory and improve the game's performance.

[h4]Multiplayer[/h4]
  • Fixed an issue in which the client could lose the ability to move under certain conditions.

[h4]Balancing[/h4]
  • The Parry Guard protection has been increased to 80%, as announced in today's stream with Fightin' Cowboy. It also avoids receiving any elemental damage or ailment.

[h4]AI[/h4]
  • Ruiners now have a higher chance to trigger their fearful charge.
  • Ruiners now aim their shield fire attack at players more accurately. Beware!
  • Parasites now follow their hosts more quickly to prevent them from straying too far when the player pulls the host far away. If they are blocked, they will teleport to the host to aid players who are siphoning them by staying close.
  • We found an issue where Pilgrim's Perch pilgrims could sometimes shoot through certain structures. This issue has now been fixed.

[h4]Boss[/h4]
  • We observed an instance where Reinhold's stab attack was propelling the player in a random direction. This issue has now been fixed.
  • Menacious Visage will now react correctly with the camera if the player is positioned between the boss and the camera.

[h4]Level Design[/h4]
  • A puzzle involving umbral platforms at the Empyrean could be exploited by using soulflay on one of the platforms from a specific angle.
  • A streaming volume has been adjusted in Pilgrim's Perch to ensure that some assets don't appear too late for the player.
  • Adjusted the region scalars of the enemies behind the frozen door to better match the player's level.
  • Revised the obstacles in one of the shortcuts to no longer force the player to go through the Umbral fully; now it can be crossed by simply raising the lamp.
  • Slightly adjusted the backstab tutorial to prevent the enemy from sometimes going through the fence.

[h4]Collisions[/h4]
  • The collisions of two umbral walls in Lower Calrath have been reviewed and updated.
  • Various ramps and staircases that didn't offer smooth navigation have been improved.
  • Two ground tiles that were causing issues with Delyth's attacks, preventing her from reaching the player, have been fixed.
  • Collision issues in the Deep Forest have been addressed to prevent enemies from getting stuck in certain situations.
  • Collision issues in the Deep Forest have been fixed to improve player navigation and prevent invisible blockers.
  • Collisions in Upper Calrath have been adjusted to provide smoother player navigation and eliminate small steps.
  • Collisions in Lower Calrath's Alehouse have been improved to better support jumping gameplay and prevent players from falling off on the other side.
  • Multiple collision fixes in Lower Calrath have been implemented to ensure the AI's navigation mesh functions correctly.
  • A rock that previously lacked collisions now has proper ones.

[h4]Visuals[/h4]
  • Several armor sets, including the Marksman Armour, Sin-Piercer belt, and Condemned chest, have been adjusted to address minor clipping issues that occurred when using extreme character sizes (strong or thin).
  • A few fire decals in Lower Calrath have undergone further optimization and visual enhancement.
  • Fixed an issue where a bush was clipping through a wall in the Manse of the Hallowed Brothers.
  • Camera vibrations on some elevators have been adjusted to reduce exaggerated camera shakes.
  • Fixed a soulflayable spirit that was hard to hit due to the art surrounding it.

[h4]UI[/h4]
  • Fixed a display issue for stackable items sold in vendors, where it could show a higher number than the actual available purchaseable amount after going through an anchor once.
  • Improved navigation on Faction Shrines with a gamepad, so you don't have to go all the way down to move from tier to tier.
  • Increased the password limit for multiplayer to 8 characters.
  • Removed a prompt warning of the presence of an umbral path from a boss arena, and it now only appears after the fight is over.
  • Interact prompts sometimes were not displaying the correct keybinding, depending on the chosen key.

[h4]Steam Deck[/h4]
  • Fixing the red eye issue on the Steam Deck is proving to be more challenging than we initially expected, and VALVE themselves are lending a hand. In the meantime, we've ensured the Scarlet Shadow doesn't spawn, until he's been fixed. So anybody blocked by this, should be able to proceed normally - the Scarlet Shadow will be back soon.


In Light we Walk.

Virtual photographies in this post are courtesy of Bran - created with the in-game 3D Photo Mode



https://store.steampowered.com/app/1501750/Lords_of_the_Fallen/

Links:
Official Website: https://lordsofthefallen.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lotfgame
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/cigames

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How to get all Lords of the Fallen endings

How do you get all Lords of the Fallen endings? With a total of three different paths to walk down, you actually lock yourself into one of them relatively early on in the game, so if you wish to avoid sealing your fate, you need to ensure that you don't immediately go with your gut instincts. Doing so will get you some exclusive classes for your next run.


Our Lords of the Fallen review alluded to the fact there are several endings with specific conditions, so what do you need to do to get them? Well, aside from beating some very tough Lords of the Fallen bosses, you need to follow some specific instructions when interacting with NPCs, picking up a certain rune, and other key items in the RPG game. If you don't want to lock yourself into the default Lords of the Fallen finale, here are some instructions on what to do and what you get for completing the game with said endings.


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Patch v.1.1.207


[h3]Greetings Lampbearers, [/h3]

Another day, another patch, and quite a few more bugs have been slain.

Please keep reporting on Sentry so we can focus on your most critical issues.

[h4]Stability[/h4]
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when the soulflayed character is destroyed while the player has not yet finished the soul flay pull animation.
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when the GameThread timed out waiting for RenderThread after 120 seconds.
  • A failsafe has been added to prevent an access violation crash in DirectX. The suspicion is that the RHI texture is deleted before FD3D12DynamicRHI::RHIAsyncCreateTexture2D returns.
  • A sneaky bug has been fixed where lower supported AMD cards could crash when using 32-bit wave operations in shaders instead of 64-bit.
  • We're now calling TerminateOnGPUCrash() when the GPU has actually crashed, not when it's unresponsive, to get better information on Sentry in case of crashing.
  • Fixed an issue where the wrong descriptor was passed to the d3d12 Resource constructor, resulting in asserts when getting resource allocation info for shared buffers.
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when an actor in the process of being soulflayed was destroyed before the player could finish the pull animation.
  • Fixed a very rare crash that occurred when continuously hitting walls. Occasionally, the wall would take revenge and crash your game.

[h4]Optimization[/h4]
  • The 4000 books on the shelves at Bramis Castle now lack collision to reduce memory usage.
  • It was gardening day on the Fief, and several trees have been optimized.
  • Certain UI textures have been optimized to load more quickly and reduce their VRAM usage.

[h4]Multiplayer[/h4]
  • Fixed an issue where the audio from the host could sometimes not be heard by the client when in spectator mode after dying.

[h4]Gameplay[/h4]
  • In some instances, when using the lamp to traverse certain platforms in Axiom, falling would trigger the fall animation twice. Now it only triggers once as intended.

[h4]AI[/h4]
  • Fixed enemies that could sometimes be spawned in a T-pose at the lower part of the manse.
  • Tweaked the navmesh on a small section of Lower Calrath to help AI navigate better in that complex environment setup.
  • Trapper's traps can now be destroyed with ranged options such as arrows, grenades, magic, and more.

[h4]Quests[/h4]
  • In one of the character's quests, there was a big door that would disappear. Now, when it disappears, it does so with style, as we've added moth particle systems to the disappearance.

[h4]Collision[/h4]
  • Collisions on some umbral platforms in the cistern have been fixed to improve the navigation of certain enemies.
  • On the Fief, during our gardening day, we've improved trees that needed better collision detection.
  • We've covered a ground hole in Pilgrim's Perch that was causing players to fall through it. It wasn't visible enough and felt unfair.
  • We've fixed the collision of a small wood platform in Lower Calrath that was causing Bringers of Stillness to fall through it instead of lurking from the shadows.

[h4]Audio[/h4]
  • We've added a new (slightly sexier) sound when pressing "continue" in the main menu.
  • The Exclusive Section of the Collector's Edition now has a specific song.

[h4]Steam Deck[/h4]
We've identified the issue causing the game to crash on Steam Deck in the latest builds. We have a fix, and as soon as it passes QA, we'll publish it tomorrow. In the meantime, please ensure that you've updated your Steam Deck software to "Stable" (not "BETA" or "Preview"). Additionally, you can work around the issue by booting the game on your PC and resting at a vestige to get rid of the red eye.

In Light we Walk.

Virtual photography is courtesy of Murphys_Law_Vp - created with the in-game 3D Photo Mode


https://store.steampowered.com/app/1501750/Lords_of_the_Fallen/

Links:
Official Website: https://lordsofthefallen.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lotfgame
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/cigames

#DareToBelieve

Lords of the Fallen rolls out "substantial performance improvements"

Lords of the Fallen patch notes 1.1.203 are here for the update on Wednesday, October 18, as developer Hexworks announces, "Our bug kill count has reached its highest to date." The team also says it has "begun to implement more substantial performance issues," which should improve performance for any graphics cards being pushed to their limits by the game's current state.


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LORDS OF THE FALLEN | LIVE Q&A WITH HEAD OF STUDIO - 19TH OCT

Thank you for all your support since Lords of the Fallen launched last Friday. We're absolutely delighted to see so many of you enjoying our dark fantasy action-RPG - a true labour of love, almost four years in the making.

This Thursday at 7pm CET, our Head of Studio, Saul Gascon, will be joining FightinCowboy for a live Q&A session on Twitch. Saul will also be sharing his top tips and insider tricks for triumphing against the foes of Mournstead.

We look forward to seeing you then, and in the meantime, please add your questions in the comments below.

http://twitch.tv/CIGames

In light, we walk.

The Hexworks Team