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THE LONG DARK Updated to v 2.22

Hello Community,

We have just released our v2.22 (118386) Hotfix for THE LONG DARK (including Survival Edition), and TALES FROM THE FAR TERRITORY on Steam following the release of v2.21.

GENERAL

Gameplay - Fixed an issue that caused Water placed in Containers to disappear if a player exited and then re-entered a Scene, such as moving between an Interior or Exterior.
Audio - Fixed and issue that could cause a Survivor’s voice to unintentionally change between voice options.
Gameplay - Fixed an issue that prevented the benefits from Cooking Skill bonuses to apply to cooked food items.
Gameplay - Fixed various issues with Cooking, including an issue that caused meat to mistakenly increase in weight while being cooked and an issue where Recipes mistakenly used too many ingredients from the player’s inventory.
Gameplay - Fixed an issue that caused certain cooked items, such Tea and Coffee, to become cold as soon as the player picked them up.

Please note that we continue to work toward a resolution for an issue where Calorie Bonuses are not applying correctly to some food items. We will provide more information as soon as it is available.

To check current releases on each platform, please visit our new Build Status Page.

Please visit our Support Portal (or consult our Known Issues page) if you encounter any issues while playing the game. For additional news and information, don’t forget to sign up for our newsletter and follow us on Twitter (Game | Studio).

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The Long Dark Updated to v 2.21

Hello Community,

We have just released our v2.21 (118182) Hotfix for THE LONG DARK (including Survival Edition), and TALES FROM THE FAR TERRITORY on Steam following the release of v2.20.

GENERAL

Gameplay - Fixed an issue where containers disappeared for players using Interloper or Custom game modes, resulting in missing items. Please note that some players may recover their lost items if the Lost and Found box was present in the same room as the impacted container, however, items will not be recovered if the Lost and Found box was not present.

To check current releases on each platform, please visit our new Build Status Page.

Please visit our Support Portal (or consult our Known Issues page) if you encounter any issues while playing the game. For additional news and information, don’t forget to sign up for our newsletter and follow us on Twitter (Game | Studio).

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The Long Dark Updated to v2.20

Hello Community,

We have just released our v2.20 (118045) Hotfix for THE LONG DARK (including Survival Edition), and TALES FROM THE FAR TERRITORY on Steam.

GENERAL

UI - Fixed an issue that prevented the Workshop Community Translations from working in-game.
UI - Fixed a rare issue that would cause text to overlap in the TALES menu.
Audio - Fixed an issue where footstep audio would stop playing after a player climbed a Vine.
UI - Fixed an issue with the logic for how the Bedroll appeared in the Radial. The Bearskin Bedroll and Improved Down Bedroll will now appear in the Radial Menu, provided they are the warmest Bedroll option available.
Gameplay - Fixed an issue where a lit Match would remain lit after passing through a waterfall.
Gameplay - Fixed an issue that caused Mementos to vanish if they were spawned in a car visor, and the player reloaded the environment (either through loading a save file, or transitioning to another area.) If the note was already lost in your current save, you may need to reload again or transition in and out of the current Region.
Gameplay - Fixed an issue where there could be a mismatch between the weight of some Dishes depending on where you viewed them (ex. Backpack vs. Recipes).
Gameplay - Fixed an issue that caused Rose Hip Pies to affect Thirst.
Gameplay - Fixed a stacking Broth increase error due to a bad calculation based on increased Cooking skill.
Gameplay - Fixed an issue that caused Ptarmigan to become stuck, if killed in mid-flight.
Gameplay - Fixed an issue with item spawning near areas bordering open Ocean (including Bleak Inlet, Desolation Point, etc.), where some items (such as Sticks and Coal) would appear less often than intended.
Gameplay - Fixed a rare issue that prevented new cooking items and Recipe Cards from spawning.
Gameplay - Fixed an issue that prevented the Ptarmigan from spawning in Custom Game modes.

The Long Dark Updated to v2.19

Hello Community,

We have just released our v2.19 (117518) Hotfix for THE LONG DARK (including Survival Edition), and TALES FROM THE FAR TERRITORY on Steam.

GENERAL

General - Fixed an issue that caused the game to become stuck on a black screen when launched while Steam was in "Offline Mode."
UI - Fixed an issue that caused the Stamina Bar to appear persistently on the HUD.
UI - Fixed an issue that caused items to stack incorrectly, resulting in all items reflecting the Condition of the base stack regardless of the condition of each item.
UI - Fixed an issue that prevented players from placing food items from the Radial Menu.
UI - Added a message on the HUD to indicate when a player attempts to harvest a ravaged Carcass.
UI - Fixed an issue where, when accessing the Menu while using a controller, the Sort icon overlapped with other Menu items.
UI - Added text for the "Ptarmigan Carcass" and "Ptarmigan Nest" in the Map Details.
UI - Fixed an issue that caused Improvised Insulation to use the wrong icon in the Crafting menu.
UI - Fixed missing UI elements when selecting the Tip-Up from the Ice Fishing Menu.
UI - Fixed an issue where some players could not Exit or Select items from the Tales Journal Tab when using a controller.
UI - Fixed overlapping text when crafting the Improvised Bed Roll.
Environment - Airfield - Fixed an issue where the Forge was missing from the Airfield Hangar Basement.
Gameplay - Fixed an issue where animals appeared to switch back and forth between living and dead states after being killed.
Gameplay - Fixed an issue that allowed players to craft Tip Ups under Wolf corpses.
Gameplay - Fixed an issue where the weight of a stack of items was incorrectly based on a single item's weight, and not the combined weight of the items.
Gameplay - Fixed an issue that caused Stamina to decrease at an accelerated rate when climbing a rope.
Gameplay - Fixed an issue that prevented players from catching Fish while utilizing any Lure.
Gameplay - Fixed an issue that caused players to receive the error message “Failed to Restore the game from a previous Save” when trying to exit an interior to any Region, preventing the player from exiting.
Gameplay - Fixed an issue that caused meat to revert to an uncooked state when dragged from a Cooking Slot to the ground.
Gameplay - Fixed an issue that caused Baked Potatoes to float when placed.
Gameplay - Fixed an issue that caused Cooked Potatoes to revert to raw if the player transitioned to a new area.
Gameplay - Decreased the decay time for Cooking Oil, Salt, and Flour.
Gameplay - Fixed an issue where the Canned Corn was not being lit correctly by light sources when placed.

The Long Dark Updated to v2.18 on Linux

Hello Community,

We have just released our v2.18 (117282) Hotfix for THE LONG DARK (including Survival Edition), TALES FROM THE FAR TERRITORY, on Steam. This addresses one Linux-specific issue.

PLATFORM-SPECIFIC ISSUE

Linux - Fixed an issue that caused THE LONG DARK to become stuck on a black screen when launched on Linux.

To check current releases on each platform, please visit our new Build Status Page.

Please visit our Support Portal (or consult our Known Issues page) if you encounter any issues while playing the game. For additional news and information, don’t forget to sign up for our newsletter and follow us on Twitter (Game | Studio).

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