Ashes & Ancestors Patch Notes

[p]Here is a list of patch notes for the Ashes & Ancestors update![/p][p][/p][h2]Content[/h2][p]New Chapter: Dziady[/p][p]New Points of Interest[/p]

[p]The Carver[/p]
[p]Lost souls[/p]
- [p]The Drowned Witch[/p]
- [p]The Murderer[/p]
- [p]The Deceased[/p]
- [p]The Feud[/p]
- [p]Basic Lost Soul[/p]
[p]Dziady[/p]

[p]Other new Points of Interest[/p]

[p]Lutki ritual place[/p]
[p]Ghost Release[/p]
[p]Cursed Spirit[/p]
[p]Bound to the Bog[/p]

[p]New Biome: The Spruce Forest[/p][p]New Crafting Stations[/p]

[p]Spell Binding Table[/p]
- [p]Craft charms and protection items[/p]
[p]Furniture Workbench[/p]
- [p]Sell Building Blocks and craft Blueprints[/p]

[p]70+ new Building Blocks[/p][p]New unlockable Character Customization options (new outfits)[/p][h2]Other[/h2]

[p]Added pages in journal for trinkets and wearables/ clothing[/p]
[p]Improved Journal Usability[/p]
[p]New travel screen mechanic[/p]
[p]New character controller for more precise jumping[/p]
[p]Added content warnings (You can turn them off under Settings > Controls > Content Warnings)[/p]
[p]New music[/p]
[p]Updated rendering and lighting engine[/p]
[p]Implemented new Graphics Settings[/p]
[p]Implemented toggleable fog blur[/p]
[p]Due to technical limitations we had to remove the back to main menu button from the pause menu. We are sorry about this.[/p]
[p]Steam Deck playable badge[/p]

[h2]Performance[/h2]

[p]Major Performance improvements[/p]
- [p]Decreased load on CPU[/p]
[p]Implemented FSR3.1 upscaling algorithm[/p]
- [p]This can be toggled and adjusted in the graphics settings[/p]
[p]Steam Deck - adjusted recommended settings [/p]

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

[p]Unity update to fix Unity security issues[/p]
[p]Fixed grass not being under the terrain[/p]
[p]Fixed floating terrain and floating structures[/p]
[p]Clothing don’t clip into NPC’s body model anymore[/p]
[p]Reka can no longer glide on fences[/p]
[p]NPCs are no longer getting stuck in the ground or walls[/p]
[p]NPCs can no longer walk through fences or trees[/p]
[p]UI for interaction and speaking do no longer overlap[/p]
[p]Goatling walking through fences[/p]
[p]ESC button now goes back in main menu[/p]
[p]Button remapping is now displayed correctly in building menu[/p]
[p]Camera is now following Reka correctly when standing up or sitting down in the walking house[/p]
[p]Chests in the tutorial that didn’t have loot now have[/p]
[p]Reka is able slide upwards on a vertical surface[/p]
[p]Text is now displayed correctly when clicking the question mark button displayed while interacting with the food shelf, scales, and fireplace[/p]
[p]Chicken hut footsteps don’t play any longer while hut is idle[/p]
[p]Crows in the tutorial don’t freeze in the air and don’t disappear anymore after saving and loading the game[/p]
[p]Journal bookmarks are easier to read while highlighted[/p]
[p]Trapped hare can’t spawn under water any more[/p]
[p]Save/ Load during ‘trial of the forest spirit’ while Leshy appears does not get Leshy stuck in place anymore[/p]
[p]Players can’t get permanently stuck during ‘trial of the forest spirit’ quest (pop up appears to tell player can teleport home/ leave map to start quest anew if stuck)[/p]
[p]Fixed that ‘trial of the forest spirit’ does not break upon regenerating the map and throwing enchanted larch cones early in the quest[/p]
[p]Enough hunter lookouts will now appear to complete the sidequest during ‘trial of the forest spirit’[/p]
[p]Fixed jumping animation during frequent jumping on uneven ground[/p]
[p]Player can’t get stuck by clipping character head into a ceiling anymore[/p]
[p]Fixed animation of woodcutting NPCs after talking to them[/p]
[p]Fixed interaction with skeleton chair while jumping that caused the sit down animation to loop [/p]
[p]Controller button icons are now displayed correctly[/p]
[p]Fixed save games having the same names after saving[/p]
[p]Teleporting home does not cause Reka to fall from a height anymore[/p]
[p]Beekeeper is no longer sitting in the air[/p]
[p]Player can no longer sit in chairs occupied by NPCs[/p]
[p]Points of interest are no longer spawning below the map[/p]
[p]Player can no longer get both the old watering can and Siva’s Boon after regenerating the map[/p]
[p]Picking up an animal while using the tonic of connection no longer results in being unable to drop the animal[/p]
[p]Only one siva shrine can spawn on the siva shrine map[/p]
[p]Fixed UI to display correct use item wheel prompt[/p]
[p]Fixed environment to no longer change upon reloading and no longer spawning in villages or POIs[/p]
[p]Fixed illumination BBs to be interactable[/p]
[p]Player can’t teleport anymore during final tutorial cutscene[/p]
[p]Fixed rapid light/color flashes in Tutorial to appear sometimes (seizure risk)[/p]
[p]Fixed POIs spawning inside one another or other structures on the map[/p]
[p]Fixed the crows to work as intended when picking up an animal[/p]
[p]Fixed "Work on the Cabbage Farm" to not spawn cabbages[/p]
[p]Fixed ‘Toggle Sprint/Aim/Collect’ to be turned on despite them not being shown as on in the settings[/p]
[p]Fixed that deleting grain from inventory in tutorial no longer hard locks you[/p]
[p]Fixed "The Smiling Hive" quest to disappear from journal after completion[/p]
[p]Fixed so that collecting with crows is no longer delayed[/p]
[p]Chicken hut can’t get stuck on environment so that it cannot move anymore[/p]
[p]Fixed so that UI for destroying objects does not appear before equipping crows[/p]
[p]Using arrow keys in a menu now let you scroll through it[/p]
[p]Fixed that the render distance slider has no effect[/p]
[p]Fixed use items to no longer switch places in the UI [/p]
[p]Fixed that Reka no longer stands at an angle after getting out of the skeleton chair early[/p]
[p]Fixed map regeneration so that Reka can’t be knocked out of the chicken hut chair anymore[/p]
[p]Fixed that if you open the use item wheel while walking or having auto walk enabled, the player is unable to select an option[/p]
[p]Fixed the item counter UI so that after collecting something with crows it now disappears again[/p]
[p]And many more bugs[/p]