The Alters News

Hotfix 1.0.2

[p]Hello Jans! [/p][p][/p][p]We are launching first Hotfix to address majority of the most popular issues, which you have reported so far. We are very grateful for your ongoing feedback, which helps us improve your experience from the game! [/p][p][/p][p]Check out the details below (MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!):[/p][p][/p][p]What’s gone:[/p]

[p]No more getting stuck in Guard conversations.[/p]
[p]Alters won’t block your progression by not going to Arc Sarcophagus on the final day.[/p]
[p]Alters refusing to work will no longer remain stuck in that state in new playthroughs. If you’re already affected, please load a save from before the issue started to resolve it.[/p]
[p]No more infinite narrative loops causing stutters, black screens, or save issues (especially in Act2).[/p]
[p]No more black screens or missing daily saves when you’re close to a rebellion and move to journey / new act for new playthroughs. We are still working on a fix for the existing playthrough.
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[p]Bug Fixes:[/p]

[p]DLSS Framegen and FSR3 not working - Fixed an issue where mentioned features were unavailable on the Game Pass PC version of the game. (Note that users who have V-Sync turned on might need to switch it off and on again for Framegen to become available)[/p]

[p]Guard Conversation Softlock - Fixed an issue where talking to the Guard about surveillance could lead to a softlock, if you hadn’t triggered the early conversation before. The problematic dialogue now always completes correctly and no longer blocks progress.[/p]

[p]Alters Not Moving to Sarcophagus - Resolved an issue where, in some cases, Alters (especially Miner) would not move to the Arc Sarcophagus on the final day of Act 3.[/p]

[p]Alters Refusing to Work Forever - Fixed an issue where an Alter (e.g. the Botanist) who refused to work due to an ignored request would stay in that state forever after transitioning from Act 2 to Act 3. This state will no longer happen in new playthroughs, but users already affected by this issue will need to reload a save from before the issue began. [/p]

[p]Narrative System Infinite Loop - Addressed a bug where certain narrative systems would loop indefinitely, causing performance drops, framerate stuttering, black screen during day transitions and various problems with save files. The fix should resolve all of these issues. [/p]

[p]Journey Black Screen and Missing Saves - Fixed an issue where starting the Journey with less than 24 hours left before a rebellion could cause a permanent black screen and prevent daily saves from being created in later chapters. The Journey now starts correctly and daily saves are generated as expected for new playthroughs but users already affected by this issue will need to reload a save from their last journey. We are still working on a fix for the existing playthrough. [/p]

[p]Additional minor improvements[/p]

The Alters x ZA/UM Atelier

[p]Bonjour, Jans!
[/p][p]Today, we have something truly special to share with you. Jan Dolski, and his wardrobe, have made a stylish landing in Paris! But we couldn’t just send Alex Jordan strutting down the runway, could we? Instead, we teamed up with our friends at ZA/UM, the brilliant minds behind the Disco Elysium game, and their high-fashion clothing brand ZA/UM Atelier, to create a one-of-a-kind fashion piece for Jan Dolski. After all, even in space, you’ve got to look sharp!
[/p][p]And the results? Got us very excited as they are absolutely stellar. See for yourself below:[/p][p][/p][carousel][/carousel][h3]
Take The Alters style to your wardrobe[/h3][p][/p][p]Part of this collection is available to order online! You asked us many times about the availability of the famous Jan Dolski Tracksuit, and yes, you can get it now with an adorable Dolly Baa-Bag. Pre-orders are now open here, with a lead time of up to three months before shipping. All pieces are made-to-order and handcrafted in our friend's motherland - Estonia, with the utmost care & attention.

Available items:[/p]

[p]Jan Dolski Dolly Mission Jacket - Created specifically using durable material with high-performance work in the confines of a mobile base in mind.[/p]
[p]Jan Dolski Dolly Mission Pants - Made with the same hard-wearing Majotech fabric as the jacket, these pants offer increased resistance against heat, sparkle, and sheep bites.[/p]
[p]Dolly Baa-Baag - Composed with the use of AllyCorp’s most reliable DNA sample. You can store all the stuff you need in it, even Rapidium!
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[h3]Jan Dolski in Paris[/h3][p][/p][p]What could be a better place, and time, to unveil this collaboration than Paris Fashion Week 2025? If you’re in Paris today, keep an eye out for The Alters x ZA/UM Atelier Capsule, cruising through the city with the exhibition of our joint collaboration. You won’t miss it - the truck is styled in magenta color, with a game cover. Inside, you will be able to see 5 mannequins dressed in our creations through a glass wall.

Check it out here:
[/p][p][/p][p]Here’s the full route and schedule for the truck:[/p][p][/p][p]Start –
7 rue du Faubourg Poissonnière (Premium Events Office)
[/p][p]Stop 1 –
47 rue des Francs Bourgeois (Le Marais), 1-hour stop[/p][p][/p][p]Stop 2 –
2 rue Beaurepaire (Place de la République), 1.5-hour stop[/p][p][/p][p]Stop 3 –
34 rue de la Chaussée d'Antin (Opéra), 1-hour stop[/p][p][/p][p]Stop 4 –
3 place des Pyramides (Louvre), 30-minute stop
[/p][p]Wrap-Up –
Return to 7 rue du Faubourg Poissonnière (Premium Events Office)[/p][p]
[/p][p]Stay stylish and stay tuned![/p][p]
[/p][p]Warm regards,[/p][p]~ The 11 bit studios Team
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New survival game The Alters gets a massive discount just after launch

Every now and then, a game gets an iconic genre and twists it in a unique, interesting way that feels like it's never been done before. The Alters is exactly that, a survival game with a unique gimmick that thematically and mechanically works very well. If you want to give this new experience a try, you can grab The Alters at a huge 30% discount already, just days after it launched.

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Best The Alters research nodes

What are the best research nodes in The Alters? Given your survival depends entirely on efficient mining and a cavalcade of scientific breakthroughs, the less time you spend researching mediocre upgrades, the better your chances of outrunning the sun. Confused? This is a house of cards. It's coming down if you spend the day researching the wrong thing.

Already feeling trapped in this race against the sun? Let us pave the way forward with our other The Alters guides. They'll teach you how to defeat anomalies and the best Alters for the job. Not sure if you have the time to care for almost a dozen clones of the same man, learn how long The Alters is before you make that time commitment.

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The Alters review

11 Bit Studios have a thing for circles. Their 2018 hit Frostpunk had you plant rings of buildings around a massive coal-fired generator in a frozen crater, picking research paths to steer your fully overlapping class/temperature Venn diagram of a city toward either fascism or theocracy. Frostpunk's radial design is hypnotic, putting across the theme of humanity versus the engulfing cold with claustrophobic symmetry, and 11-bit's later colony sims have struggled to either evolve the motif or depart from it. Frostpunk 2, for instance, shatters and smooshes the circle to form a district-based frostland republic that gets lost in its own chatter.

The Alters is weirder than Frostpunk 2, and more successful. It tips the circle on one side. The crater city is now a wheel-shaped spacebase, strung with modular dwellings, which trundles across a landscape you will also explore on foot. It's one genre, the colony management sim, bowled through another, the third-person action-adventure. The game also develops Frostpunk's urban faction dynamics into a more intimate, tortured blend of psychological allegory and workplace soap opera, with the quirk that every member of that workplace is technically one and the same guy.