A Hat in Time News

The update will be applied automatically when you restart A Hat in Time.

[h2]New Feature: Emblems[/h2]

• Added emblems to acts in the act select screen. Emblems are rewarded for: 0 jumps, speedrun, all rift token pages, all yarn, all rift pons, finding friend message, finding developer message.
  

[h2]Gameplay[/h2]

• Brewing Hat breakables now spawn health if the player is missing health
  
• The Completionist's Hat now highlights pons that have been collected before
  
• Added "Prevent Accidental Falls" input setting, which prevents rare cases where Hat Kid may vault over a ledge to her death
  

[h2]Levels[/h2]

• Fixed invisible sign meshes in The Illness Has Spread near the birdhouse
  
• Fixed pause menu not highlighting the correct Time Piece when in a Time Rift
  
• Ship Shape delivery guides now only refresh if the player strays far away from them
  
• Fixed trigger volumes required for Nyakuza Metro finale being exhausted when touched during other acts
  

[h2]Death Wish[/h2]

• Fixed subtitle / voice line mismatch in Death Wish
  
• Added a leaderboard to Death Wish that show friends' stamps
  

[h2]Online Party[/h2]

• Fixed online player messages not retrieving correctly.
  
• Added a game setting for turning off online player messages.
  
• Online player messages are now colored differently depending on the author (yourself / friend / mod author / Gears for Breakfast staff)
  
• Online player messages can now be placed in non-mod levels, but only friend and developer messages are visible
  
• Online Party join messages now close after a few seconds of being accepted. This fixes a softlock if the joined level is not installed.
  

[h2]Modding[/h2]

• Added a leaderboard to Challenge Road
  
• Added bOnlyEnforceBlacklistWhileOnline and DoNotEnforceBlacklistOnlinePartyNamePrefix to Hat_MapInfo
  
• Fixed mod level playtime tracking not working
  
• Fixed crash caused by matinee interpdata not getting cleaned up properly when GC'd on cook
  
• Fixed crash if loading screen DLC logo is part of the root set
  
• Fixed EndPlayMap for mods passing the wrong name (was passing travel url, not map name)
  
• Fixed Hat_NPC_Player not calling ConvertNPCPlayer if no player pawn is present (such as in titlescreen)
  
• Added OnlineRestrictionsVolume to filter online player messages in specific locations (such as boss battles)
  
• Fixed AlwaysInPlayerBackpack not working for hats or badges
  
• Added support for non-weapon attachment points for hookshot
  

The update will be applied automatically when you restart A Hat in Time.

[h2]Hats[/h2]

• Brewing Hat breakables now spawn health if the player is missing health
  

[h2]Mafia Town[/h2]

• Fixed certain brewing hat crates in Mafia Town not spawning health as intended
  

[h2]Alpine Skyline[/h2]

• Fixed invisible sign meshes in The Illness Has Spread near the birdhouse
  

[h2]Arctic Cruise[/h2]

• Ship Shape guides now only refresh if the player strays far away
  

[h2]Death Wish[/h2]

• Fixed subtitle / voice line mismatch in Death Wish
  

[h2]Vanessa's Curse[/h2]

• Summer and winter event weapons can now be used in Vanessa's Curse
  
  • Thank you to Hatlagg for suggesting this addition!
    

The update will be applied automatically when you restart A Hat in Time.

[h3]Player[/h3]

• Fixed Hat Kid staying in the double-jump animation if ledge grabbing after double-jumping
  
• Homing attack now starts movement slightly faster
  
• Fixed players not seen as "landed" when triggering OnLand on meshes with custom walkable floor Z
  
• Fixed being unable to drop carry-able objects on destroy within 0.5s of pickup if AutoPickupOnTouch is on
  

[h3]Hats[/h3]

• Fixed brewing hat projectiles being blocked by EnemyBlockingVolume
  

[h3]Badges[/h3]

• Fixed hookshot chain not attaching properly to certain end-points
  
• Updated player's movement curve at the start of a hookshot swing to be smoother
  

[h3]Mafia Town[/h3]

• Fixed not attacking in the 2D plane direction when in the Mafia of Cooks boss battle
  
• Increased interaction distance to Mafia NPC blocking an entrance by the docks in Mafia Town
  

[h3]Alpine Skyline[/h3]

• Fixed softlock in Twilight Bell in the room with the second key
  

[h3]Nyakuza Metro[/h3]

• Added a Nyakuza Metro introduction camera sequence for when all Time Pieces have been collected
  

[h3]The Finale[/h3]

• Fixed Hat Kid being vertically misaligned in the fake-out ending in The Finale
  
• Updated The Finale hyperzone background to be less visually noisy
  
• Moved boss battle phase 1's arena bounds to avoid part of the arena being out-of-bounds
  

[h3]Online Party[/h3]

• Fixed crash in Online Party when a remote player would use specific weapons
  
• Fixed timed-out users stalling games in Vanessa's Curse
  

[h3]Modding[/h3]

• Fixed GEI-implemented classes not finding functions
  
• Fixed flair ComponentOverride not working for Hat_Ability_StatueFall
  

The A Hat in Time Winter Event is active between December 4, 2023 - January 4th, 2024! The 2023 Winter event includes:

• 8 Death Wish challenges
  
• 5 unlockable stickers
  
• 1 unlockable weapon
  

Special thanks to the community members whose mods are featured in this event!

• Habijob
  
• jevil plushie (real)™ (Cassie)
  
• Chainsmokingpeepo
  

Check out all featured mods on the workshop Winter Event Tag!


[h3]Vanessa's Curse (Requires: Vanessa's Curse)[/h3]
Vanessa's Curse stickers now drop at DOUBLE the rate for the duration of the winter event!


[h3]Not feeling Festive?[/h3]
Grinches can disable the winter event under Game Settings

The A Hat in Time Steam Summer Event starts June 29, 2023, and ends July 31, 2023!

An update will be applied automatically when you restart A Hat in Time.

[h2]Summer Event[/h2]

• A brand-new in-game summer event is live from June 29th to July 31st!
  
• The spaceship has been decorated for summer vibes
  
• A new summer Death Wish map with 50 stamps is available, containing community-made challenges (accessible via Death Wish in the Pause Menu)
  
• The challenges and rewards are available even if you don't own 'A Hat in Time: Seal the Deal'
  
• Unlock 2 new weapons, a new sticker and a new dye
  
• To keep Steam Workshop rewards installed when restarting the game, subscribe on the Steam Workshop page.
  

Special thanks to the community members whose mods are featured in this event!

• SuperInkLink
  
• PastaPillows
  
• Khanromi
  
• Camb0t
  
• Teratorn
  
• Super Sandwich Galaxy
  
• SabMods
  
• Habijob
  
• Rhoyse
  
• Don
  
• jlintgod
  
• MrBrawls
  
• Catwish
  
• Biddy
  
• EpicYoshiMaster
  
• Jazzrabbit
  
• Dr. Treefrog
  

Check out all featured mods on the workshop Summer Event Tag!

[h2]Modding[/h2]

• Added support for Death Wishes that depend on Steam Workshop content
  
• Added support for specifying in the ModInfo.ini which mod map to load on start (Map=MapNameHere under Info)
  
• Mod weapon models are now visible to other players in Online Party, as long as both players have the mod installed
  
• Added support for always-in-backpack weapons and dyes/outfits
  
• Added SetParticleTrailOnBone function to Hat_Collectible_Skin (dyes and outfits)
  
• Added GameMod::GetModWorkshopLocalID
  
• Death Wish titlecards now display the active Death Wish map as chapter name ("Summer" instead of "Death Wish")
  
• Improved performance of the mod menus
  
• Added loading screen when a mod is installing / compiling shaders
  

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed crash when transitioning to Death Wish with a map that isn't loaded
  
• Fixed a crash when loading out-of-date savedata
  
• Fixed sound spam when soda cans are wedged stuck
  
• Fixed bug where items stolen by Alpine Skyline cats would enter an intangible state if the cat is killed within 1 second of the item being stolen
  
• Fixed missing line for Conductor during Dead Bird Studio finale, and a missing line for Snatcher during the Subcon Forest finale (thanks to JDWMGB)
  
• Fixed wrong hat flair being equipped when using the "Set To Default Hat" Kismet node. This bug was visible when finishing the Subcon Forest finale.
  
• Fixed broken camera sequence during the final boss speech in the finale
  
• The camera sequence when entering the Subcon Well's hookshot room is now disabled while auto-skip cutscenes is active
  
• Fixed missing talking animation for Mustache Girl during the Mafia Town boss battle
  
• Fixed easter egg enemy in Nyakuza Metro being synced in online party, resulting in a softlock
  
• Fixed modding crash when using asset replace on loading screen textures
  
• Fixed asset replace refreshing when disabling/enabling a mod that doesn't use asset replace
  
• Fixed rare crash when receiving Steam Workshop updates
  

[h2]A Hat in Time is 50% off when the Steam Summer Sale starts on June 29th![/h2]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/253230/A_Hat_in_Time/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/787340/A_Hat_in_Time__Seal_the_Deal/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/940220/A_Hat_in_Time__Nyakuza_Metro__Online_Party/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1738980/A_Hat_in_Time__Vanessas_Curse/