1. Rivals of Aether II
  2. News
  3. Patch 1.5.4 Notes and Midmonth Update

Patch 1.5.4 Notes and Midmonth Update

[h2]New Mid-Month Bundle[/h2][p][/p][p]While you studied the game, she studied the blade! Our latest midmonth bundle includes the Samurai Clairen skin, emote, icon, and the new Samurai Clairen taunt.[/p][p][/p][p]She also comes packed with new sound effects. Her plasma sword sounds have been replaced with CUSTOM sword sounds in all moves that use her new blade. She also has a custom win jingle and thematic sounds in her intro, taunts, and down special. The bundle also includes 25,000 coins and 250 Aether bucks.[/p][p][/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][h2]Graphics Settings and Optimization Updates[/h2][p][/p][p]Todays' patch features the second part of the optimization updates that we had previously mentioned in our January 14th patch note. Special thanks to player zaqk for their very useful analysis and contribution to this matter.[/p]
  • [p]To achieve better shader caching performance (less shader stutter), the game now uses DirectX 12 rendering by default, and some engine .ini settings have been adjusted.[/p]
    • [p]Some very old GPUs (older than our minimum system requirements listed on the Steam Store) might be incompatible. If that’s your case, you can continue playing with DirectX 11 by adding the -dx11 launch argument.[/p]
  • [p]The following Graphic Settings have been added:[/p]
    • [p]View Distance Quality[/p]
    • [p]Foliage Quality[/p]
    • [p]Effects Quality[/p]
    • [p]Fog Quality[/p]
    • [p]Resolution Quality[/p]
  • [p]Title screen adjustments[/p]
    • [p]A warning popup will now appear if the vJoy software is installed on the system.[/p]
    • [p]A warning popup will now appear if an integrated GPU is in use.[/p]
[p][/p][h2]Combo Devils Collab[/h2][p] Our friends at Combo Devils have launched their Kickstarter with a killer Aether Studios collab! Back any tier of $30 or greater and receive the Jingo Emote, Combo Devils Logo Icon, and Combo Devils Shai Icon in Rivals 2! See the Kickstarter page for details.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][h2]New Shop Items[/h2][p][/p]
  • [p]Cool Blue Primal Orcane Palette[/p]
  • [p]Black Primal Maypul Palette[/p]
  • [p]Yellow Primal Wrastor Palette[/p]
  • [p]Orange Primal Maypul Palette[/p]
[p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p]
  • [p]White Primal La Reina Palette[/p]
  • [p]Yellow Primal La Reina Palette[/p]
  • [p]Mint Samurai Clairen Palette[/p]
[p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p]
  • [p]Avatar Grissulus Icon[/p]
  • [p]Avatar Charclaw Icon[/p]
  • [p]Avatar Firefang Icon[/p]
[p][/p][p][/p]
  • [p]Kanji Earth Icon[/p]
  • [p]Kanji Water Icon[/p]
  • [p]Kanji Fire Icon[/p]
  • [p]Kanji Wind Icon[/p]
  • [p]Kanji Star Icon[/p]
  • [p]Kanji Shadow Icon[/p]
  • [p]Kanji Storm Icon[/p]
[p][/p]
Gameplay Updates
[p]
[/p][p][/p]
  • [p]Bug Fix: Fixed some behavior that could lead to momentary hitches when any device was added or removed from the computer, such as with a slightly bad cable, or a wireless mouse with aggressive battery saving functionality, etc.[/p]
  • [p]Bug Fix: Fixed a bug that caused characters to teleport long distances if they were colliding with ground during hitpause.[/p]
    • [p]If you've seen the clip of Clairen grabbing Galvan on his platform underneath Air Armada, this fixes that.[/p]
  • [p]Bug Fix: Fixed a bug that caused characters to teleport long distances if a platform disappeared underneath them on the same frame another platform was created.[/p]
  • [p]Parrying a teammate or their projectile will no longer give you intangibility.[/p]
[p][/p][h3]Character Changes[/h3][p]We have a small amount of character updates today as this is a mid-month patch. Stay tuned for a much larger character gameplay pass next month as we enter a new post-GX3 era![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p]
  • [p]Bug Fix: Fixed visual issues with Santa Zetterburn's model.[/p]
[p]
[/p][p][/p][p][/p]
  • [p]Bug Fix: Fixed the green team colors for Marten, Pirate, Diner, and Mummy skins.[/p]
[p]
[/p][p][/p][p][/p]
  • [p]Bug Fix: Fixed a bug that caused the game to freeze when performing Forsburn’s ledge special while Kragg's pillar was rising below you.[/p]
[p]
[/p][p][/p][p][/p]
  • [p]Bug Fix: Gem dashes performed with Air Parry and Air Grab will now function the same as using the Special button.[/p]
[p][/p][p][/p][p][/p]
  • [p]Bug Fix: Dash attack sound effect now plays correctly when the move is abruptly started/stopped.[/p]
[p][/p][p][/p][p][/p]
  • [p]Clairen's "Taunt 2" now has a new sound effect. [/p]