Peaks of Yore News

Hello everyone!

This patch includes a new Free Solo Mode, as well as a few new accompanying achievements and bugfixes.



[h3]New Mode : Free Solo[/h3]
Test your sanity as your try to conquer all peaks without using ropes, chalk, coffee or smoking pipe in Free Solo.
Below is a list of what this mode entails.

• Available after unlocking the true ending (Summit all peaks in normal mode).
  
• Ropes, chalk, coffee and pipe are disabled.
  
• Crampons and Ice Axes are unlocked as you progress like normally.
  
• If you fall, you die. (Permadeath)
  
• An icon next the YFYD icon is added to indicate being in Free Solo Mode.
  
• Unlock new elusive achievements for summitting Fundamentals, Advanced, and Expert categories, as well as summiting all peaks in this mode.
  

This mode is affected by permadeath, which means there are noteworthy changes and updates listed below.
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Changes and Updates to You Fall You Die[/h3]

• Harness is no longer available in YFYD.
  
• Restart Map (menu and hotkey) is now no longer available in YFYD. The In Game Menu won't be accessible while falling either. This is the same for Free Solo Mode.
  
• Rope collected from NPC encounters will now be available without having to talk to them first (Rope-giving NPC encounters have been disabled). These ropes will be located around where the ropes were given usually.
  
• You can now die if you fall too far while still attached to a rope.
  
• Added a skull icon to the top right corner of the screen to indicate being in YFYD mode.
  

[h3]Bugfixes[/h3]

• Fixed some collision issues on Great Crevice.
  
• Fixed issues with inconsistency of the dithering intensity.
  
• Fixed an issue with boulders knocking you down while in paused / in the In Game Menu. (Note, you cannot cheese boulders by pausing quickly before getting hit).
  
• Fixed a bug with the return to cabin backpack interactable not saving properly.
  
• Added a hold on Hangman's Leap and Great Gaol so both are more balanced when free-soloing.
  

Thanks again everyone for your input and bug notes as usual. Your support keeps me going!

Fixed a bug with co-climbing where the NPCs woulden't move at all after making a succesful grab when using the NPCs hand as help.

Hey everyone. Just a few bugfixes for this patch.

• Fixed an issue with being able to miss the Monocular permanently.
  If you've previously missed the monocular, you should now have it automatically upon entering the cabin if you've summitted Three Brothers.
  
• Fixed an issue with deleting progress not resetting collectable ropes.
  Deleting progress in the options will keep YFYD mode unlocked but reset its progress.
  
• Fixed a collision issue on Great Crevice.
  
• Fixed a disappearing rock on Three Brothers.
  

Also as a side-note, I have started working on DLC! Still very early, but I'm excited about working on it.

Hey everyone! Just a few updates and bugfixes.

[h3]Updates[/h3]

• You'll now receive the Artefact Map after getting any of the early artefacts / rubbish.
  
• Chalk is now unlocked after receiving Category 3.
  

[h3]Bugfixes[/h3]

• Fixed a bug with Lucy Walker's co-climbing near the summit.
  
• Fixed a bug with co-climbing NPCs moving before reaching the hold they want to help with.
  
• Fixed a bug with the Don't Be Hasty Achievement (50 falls) not being awarded. If you've not been awarded the 50 falls achievement previously, you should get it after falling one more time this patch.
  
• Fixed an issue with double sound effects when clicking Restart Map.