A Hat in Time News

The SUMMER EVENT has kicked off with a new update to A HAT IN TIME, including a new summer vibin' Death Wish map containing fresh new unlockables!

The SUMMER EVENT starts June 27th and ends July 31st! Enjoy!

[h2]Level Up![/h2]



Complete the summer Death Wish map to level up your Summer Drink sticker! Leveling up also ascends your Death Wish map with all-new challenges!

Currently there is a limited number of available level-ups, as all players reach higher levels during the summer event, more levels become available.

[h2]MODifiers[/h2]

As you tackle harder summer Death Wish challenges, you'll be presented with a spicy choice: Which Workhop MOD do you want to bring into battle?



[h2]Online Party[/h2]

Need help finding other players in Vanessa's Curse or Hattle Royale? Join the Online Party PECK or join our Discord!

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