Dynasthir News

With this build we put our all into improving how we frame the player and how we frame gameplay.
This has lead to increased clarity in combat and a much better experience. The game now also runs primarily in borderless mode. It was time we took down our borders anyways.

Here are the big changes to the current Live build:

• Brand new Camera Behavior
  
• Brand new Player Lantern
  
• Visual UI Improvements
  
• Fixed a bug where the game was not running in true Fullscreen
  
• Replaced some expensive texture lookups with efficient math
  
• More Distance culling optimizations
  

Note

• The Running Nekath event is not completable (to our knowledge)
  

Taû’tael

With this build we focused on some pre-spring cleaning leading to a smoother experience due to better memory handling. There are also new framerate cap options! You can now select 24 fps for a true cinematic experience :P

Here are the big changes to the current Live build:

• Refactored many variable types for efficiency
  
• Refactored some player logic for efficiency
  
• Adjusted Player friction slightly
  
• Default FPS cap set to 40 instead of 30
  
• New FPS cap option: 24 FPS
  
• Replaced some expensive texture lookups with efficient math
  
• Distance culling optimizations
  

Note

• The Running Nekath event is not completable (to our knowledge)
  
• We have an ongoing battle with improving the way the Camera works. Especially while locked on in Combat. I firmly believe we are going in the right direction
  

Taû’tael

With this build, players should be enjoying a much smoother experience. We have an ongoing battle with improving the way the Camera works. Especially while locked on in Combat. I firmly believe we are going in the right direction.

There's also gradual improvements to animations and gameplay balancing as well as updates to many enemies & weapons.

Here are the big changes to the current Live build:

• New Passive Skill: Immolation
  
• New Passive Skill: Electrovolition
  
• Moveset Update: Royal Greatsword
  
• Moveset Update: Dual Wield Swords
  
• Added new Consumable to Demo
  
• Added new Equipment to Demo
  
• increased the visual fidelity and feel of Blocking
  
• Increased the visual fidelity and feel of Parries
  
• Added some missing Dialog
  
• Added Cinematics to better tie the Story together
  
• Improved overall Player experience with Lore Points
  
• Velkiri Boss Update
  
• Fixed: Some weapons wrongly added Burn Stacks to enemies
  
• Settings: Added Color Blindness option
  
• Settings: Added FPS Limit option
  
• Even more Distance culling optimizations.
  
• Expanded the simulated world
  
• Level Design: Changes to make the world more coherent (Again ;))
  
• Lock-On now follows enemies in a different way, framing gameplay a bit better (Like it was supposed LAST PATCH)
  

Note that that the Running Nekath event is not completable (to our knowledge).


Taû’tael

With this build, players should be enjoying a much smoother experience alongside improved FPS and find a more coherent, slightly more reactive world, with a camera that helps keep you better in the flow of combat.

There's also gradual improvements to animations and gameplay balancing amongst many enemies and weapons.

Here are the big changes to the current Live build:

• Lock-On now follows enemies in a different way, framing gameplay a bit better
  
• Foci Menu Improvements to Adrenaline Skill Selection, Phase Rock Insertion
  
• Skill-Tree UI Feedback
  
• Some Level Design changes to make the world more coherent
  
• Shortcuts that have been unlocked should now restore properly(not halfway)
  
• Two less texture samples used for VERY common architectural pieces
  
• Some Shadow casting optimizations
  
• A huge number of Distance Culling optimizations
  
• Custom HISM grouping optimizations
  

Note that Archery Zoom may be worse on surface, but it's backend is entirely reworked to be more designer friendly. Look forward to a VERY refined experience in future patches as we can start tweaking it with our new tools.



Taû’tael

Here are most of the changes to the current Live build:

• You can now Navigate the Settings menu with Keyboard & Gamepad!
  
• Ultrawide, UHD, and HDTV UI Tweaks to make Settings and SkillTree more readable!
  
• Binding Keys in Settings menu now properly return to the Settings menu after a Key has been assigned
  
• SkillTree now displays Icons for the four different Currencies!
  
• The Main menu title card text now animates, much alpha
  
• The Main menu list is now clearer due to fixing a long standing visual bug
  
• Fixed Unfolding Skill Menu and Focus issues when moving back from it
  
• Fixed delayed Encounters
  
• Made several Particle systems use the same Noise texture
  
• Made several Materials use the same default textures
  
• Memory performance improved
  
• Lowered default texture size on textures that did not need to be 4k
  

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