Himeko Sutori News

Most of our updates today are laying the foundation for the upcoming expansion. Here's what's new:

• Fixed some of the code in the load-game system. Some important actions took place while waiting for streaming levels to load. In case a campaign doesn't have streaming levels, the game wouldn't load correctly. We moved that code so that the game will load correctly whether the campaign has streaming levels or not.
  
• Fixed some edge cases with the load-game system. Previously as a failsafe we would re-load the game if the load failed and then manually copy information into the new game. When this happened, it resulted in long load times. We have fixed the quirks in the load-game system and it now runs faster and cleaner without ugly behind-the-scenes hacks.
  
• Integrated the save/load system into the new Septaroad Voyager (SRV) campaign.
  
• Lots of new equipment in the SRV campaign, with stats and unique sprite sheets.
  
• Fully filled unique skill boards for each SRV character class. You can explore the skill boards with the console command "GiveSkillPoints ___" to give your character skill points to unlock new equipment and abilities. This command works with your currently controlled character--not the character selected in the menu.
  
• New particle effects timed to the faster combat in SRV.
  
• Added new summoning skills to SRV. Druids can summon fairies, wolves, and dragons during combat. Illusionists can summon zombies, skeletons, and ghosts. Warlocks can summon imps, demons, and demon lords.
  

We are reaching the point where we'll be able to start building the new SRV campaign itself. Keep watching for more updates.

Yesterday and today we added a couple small changes:

• If you have mods loaded and you change the active campaign, the game will inform you if the mods are compatible with the new campaign.
  
• Increased speed of both normal and fast battle speed settings.
  
• Fixed a bug that would allow you to recruit multiple copies of Asher from Anvil Gate.
  

Today's patch added the following:

• Added the Cen Rune to the loot tables of top-tier demon, undead, and wolf armies.
  
• Added fairy forest encounters to the Yamatai and ice world maps, with new loot tables for those areas, with a 50% chance of receiving a Cen Rune.
  
• Added the Cataclysm greathammer to the loot drops of top-tier demon and undead armies.
  

And we added a lot to the content files of the upcoming expansion. More news on that coming soon.

We are continuing to add new functionality and support to Himeko Sutori. Today we announce official support for Chinese, Spanish, and Portuguese. Now more players from around the world can enjoy the game in their native language. If you prefer to play in any of these languages, go ahead and change your preferences from the main menu. And if you notice any problems with the localizations, please let us know so we can improve the game.

As always, thank you very much for your support and for being part of the Himeko Sutori community.

Yesterday and today we uploaded a couple small patches that changed the following:

• Fixed a bug that could have caused some players to have the wrong font in the user interface.
  
• The game remembers the camera distance and rotation when you go into a building, and reloads that information when you exit the building. The camera distance also no longer resets when you start a battle.