Half Sword News

[p]Hi everyone, thank you for your feedbacks, we read, listen a lot, and started to work on it right away.[/p][p][/p][p]We noticed that there is a lot of performance issues. Be assured that we are looking into solving this as good as we can with our tiny team.

Our first hotfix to resolve some AMD issues is now live. We will then go through the feedback and gather as much information that we can on how to get some better performance.
We didn't expect that so many of you would jump on and play our game the first 4 hours! Thank you so much for playing our game, it means the world to us and everyone involved!

In the meantime, from early feedbacks please try this as it solved issues for some people:[/p][p]
Optimization temp quick fix[/p]

• [p]If you have not already please update your GPU drivers. [/p]
• [p]Try switching to dx12 if you have a dx12 enabled gpu. [/p]

[p]This resolves many of the performance issues for users. However, this will have limited affect on the Slums map, it's clear now that this map needs a performance overhaul and we're already on it.

We thank you for your patience as we'll rolling out updates in the weeks to come,
Sincerely,
Half Sword team.[/p]

- FIxing blood pooling issues for AMD GPU owners

Hello guys!

We are actively looking at your feedback and we see that there is a lot of preformance issues. Rest at ease, we are looking in to solving this as good as we can with our tiny team. We are now pushing our first update to resolve some AMD issues. We will then go trough the feedbacks and gather as much information that we can gather on how to get some better performance. Playing the game with poor performance sucks, lets fix that!

Give us some time to get it out to you all, we didnt expect that so many of you would jump on and play our game the first 2 hours!! Thank you so much for playing our game, it means the world to us and everyone involved!

[p]Hello everyone!

The wait is finally over! Half Sword is officially releasing into Early Access today![/p][p]We made it to the 30th of January! We are extremely happy to finally open the gates. We know you have been sharpening your blades (and your patience) for a while now, and we can’t wait to see you in the arena.[/p][p]As you understand, this is just the beginning of our Early Access journey. We have packed in as much new stuff as we could, but the work doesn't stop here. Bugs, funny physics glitches, and performance tweaks are things our tiny team will be tackling non-stop as we move forward towards the full release. Please, feel free to inform us of any issues that affect your immersion in the skirmishes of Half Sword directly on our official Discord.[/p][p]For those who wish to support our development even further, we have also released a Supporter Pack today. It contains the Soundtrack and awesome extra stuff. It is entirely optional, but it helps our tiny team continue working on the game we all love. [/p][p]Thank you so much for your continuous support and enthusiasm. It really means the world to us to see you play what we have created.[/p][p]Now, go plunge your swords![/p][p]See you very soon, The Half Sword Team[/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]Known issues (we're working on it!)[/p]

• [p]Hair migh wrongly render sometime[/p]
• [p]Slums perf issues[/p]
• [p]Blood splaterring on AMD GPUs (fixed)[/p]
• [p]While in a Free Abyss run, a Press G to give up prompt apeears, while you're not supposed to give up fight for you soul in hell[/p]
• [p]Some localization are still placeholder[/p]
• [p]2h handed weapons might have wrong handling if you swap hands[/p]

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Medieval combat sim Half Sword made a big, bloody splash at Next Fest last year when its tech playtest became the most popular demo on Steam. The physics-based melee brawler is equal parts gore and clumsiness as players face off—and try to slash each other's faces off—with wildly-swung swords and axes and spears...
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