Release Notes for Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption

Update 1.5 (21 February 2019)

We have just released Version 1.5 of Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption. This is a small change in nomenclature – We might have called it Patch 5 previously – but it contains some big quality of life improvements to the game.

• Added a version label to the Start Menu, especially for GOG players who do not get automatic updates.
• Fixes to the “pacifist” route against the Wraith King.
• Using the Null runestone against the Wraith King will now behave more logically.
• Thomas can only be given the One and Only Ring once.
• Cleaned up an inconsistency with “Lockpicking” and “Tool Use” in the user interface.
• Improved appearance of the Tentacle Monster.
• Tweaked sound effects and particle effects on monsters.
• Fix combat bug with traps and messages not reporting the same damage amount.
• The Cloaker in the Catacombs now properly registers as magical.
• Only allow Shawn to greet the Librarian once per day.
• Fixes to bulk sales of the Dried Fish and Empty Wine Bottles.
• Tweak to early game quests and sound effects.
• Fix nonsensical tooltips for some late-game monsters.
• Hundreds of typos and minor scripting bugs, fixing issues pointed out by our players. Thanks, everyone!

Patch 20190106.patch4 (15 January 2019)

• We've updated Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption with several "quality of life" improvements along with dozens of game tweaks (mostly audio, along with a "final" fix to the long-troublesome Katie quest chain) to reported issues. GoG will automatically give you the new update when you play the game.

• The biggest changes are in the Settings page - now also available from the main menu. A much-requested feature is the ability to speed up character (including monsters and other non-player characters) in the game. If you like a faster pace, this feature is for you. Character animation might look a bit strange at higher speeds.

• Also added to settings are options for switching between full screen and windowed mode and some other options for the adventurous.

• "Done" items in the Journal To Do list now show the most recently completed ones on top so you don't have to page to the end to see your progress.

• Deleting game saves now works better.

• The Boss Wraith battle is now slightly more challenging with the Wraith's ability to summon monsters to help him. The well-prepared player will still get through it just fine, but it's no longer a pushover.

• Speaking of bosses, we've decided to make the Rogue to Redemption Bestiary a free download! This is a beautiful art book PDF with all of the Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption monsters and a few strategy tips. For now, click on "View the quick reference" on our store page to download it. We will make it available as Free DLC soon.

• Also coming soon to https://www.hero-u.com will be a free interactive Hint and Strategy Guide. We're making it a web page so that we can update it easily with new and improved hints.

Patch 2 (24 August 2018)

• Upgraded Unity version, requiring some lighting changes
• Fixed the Bossa Nova achievement so it is now achievable
• Fixed sound volume problems with the cinematics
• Added features including "overwrite" to Save and Load
• Fixed problems that prevented romance with Thomas and Joel
• Miscellaneous scripting and "wall collision" fixes
• Quality of life improvements such as the ability to sell extra Fine Daggers

Patch 1 (1st August 2018)

This is a selected list (minor editing to redact spoilers and remove the most boring stuff) of changes made to Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption between the July 10 release and Patch 1. Warning: Some boring notes are still included for completionists. Further warning: Some fixes are in here more than once due to merges.

• Put walk back to 1.1x (as the slow walk bug reports seem to not be animation related but video card bug related)
• Play Pirate Shanty music when caught by the pirates in the Sea Caves.
• Bug fixes from forums.
• Turning off Graphics Jobs (Experimental)
• Fix for Skatter collision box too large #1097
• Fix for re-engaging sleeping enemies.
• Minotaur is now Immune to [spoiler redacted].
• Zombie Pirate Captain is now immune to [spoiler redacted].
• Experimental Turn off GPU Skinning.
• Distance required to travel before time is incremented has increased from 16 units to 24 units.
• Increased walk and sneak animation speeds. 1.2x instead of 1.1x
• Fix exploit with infinite lockpick skill increase on the Infirmary Door.
• Increase speed of Tool Use increase in the Locks Room.
• Require the [spoiler redacted] to display the option to unlock the chest with the Captain's Key in Sea Caves 2G.
• Fix for gifting food and drink to Joel.
• Gift fixes for the Library Room.
• Fix exploit with the loop in Kyro's nightstand.
• More tweaks to manuals I've decided just to bundle them directly in the output folders - makes more sense to me than clever content mapping. Plus that works for zip-only platforms on GitHub.
• Gog: add tasks for the Manuals
• Gog: basic mapping for manuals path
• Steam: adding Manuals folder to Content repository Also renamed Manual to Manuals
• Renamed manuals for clarity
• Added game manuals to repository
• Fester Fence fixes for #1095.
• Fixed game lockup when interacting with Pyoter with the Gris-Gris
• Typo fixes re Yendor, Sun Jul 08 2018
• Typo fixes per NZ17 on the forum.
• Do not display obsoleted Journal entries
• Polish to dialogue notifications for Joel and Moira scripts.
• Minor Tweaks to spot distances by inactive hostiles in combat.
• Update text to reflect Demerits Book changes.
• Fix Joel's store stock to be more in line with his dialogue.
• Fine Dagger is available on Day 5, not Day 4.
• Notification tweak to Hide and Go Sneak.
• Get rid of Removed notification when adding equipment.
• Fix interaction point with sconce in Hidden Hallway.
• Update Movement panel to show disabled Run button.
• Fixes #1102; shortcuts for movement modes behave correctly.
• De-italicize the journal subheader.
• Refactor of the Journal: break up entries into header, subheader, and footer.
• Auto-end Find Map for Katie quest.
• Adjust AddStoreStock node to have clearer text.
• Adjust quality settings.
• Adjust Vsync configuration in ProjectSettings.
• Adjust sell price of Cloaker.
• Fix to Darla's Wing stairs.
• Darla's Wing event fix: make sure time-specific events don't occur too late if [spoiler redacted].
• Tweak timing of Warrior Drat encounters in the Castle.
• Fixed bad tag on looting Giant Proach
• Renamed Crests, since bad heraldry. Fixed a typo.
• Remove DEBUG text from message when failing to path to an object.
• Library - only prevent reading after 11 pm, Sea Caves: Fix bug in Katie quests.
• Re-enabled vblank=1 (In order to minimise changes while investigating animation issues)
• Fixed faculty lounge cabinet messages (typos) and letter from Donal (mismatched tags)
• Removing Katie Lockpicking Task
• Potential Fix for Shawn animation issue?
• Re-enabled vsync=1
• Adding damage types to the Change Health node and setting the Damage in the Phylactery scenario to be magical
• Text cleanup to Apple Core pile.
• Reset the camera after setting a trap on the apple cores in the Hall of Heroes.
• Golem death position is now correctly saved/restored upon re-entering the golem room.
• Fix for golem coming back to life bug.
• Remove Minotaur and Sea Serpent from Bossa Nova and Perfect Prowler checks. Remove Wraith Tomb from Tomb Raider check.
• Gog: fixed Mac manuals (also copy manuals inside mac app as well as outside for convenience of both zip and distribution)
• Make sure the phylactery trap is not fatal.
• Fix exploit with two Proach Brooches.
• Require Trap Trapper to unlock the chest in the Marlin Spike.
• Fix cursor flicker bug for issue #589.
• Play Pirate Shanty music when caught by the pirates in the Sea Caves.
• Bug fixes from forums.
• Turning off Graphics Jobs (Experimental)
• Fix for Skatter collision box too large #1097
• Reverted intro video
• Revert Al's new kitchen and sea monster video cut scenes
• Al's new kitchen and sea monster video cut scenes
• Slightly debuffed the Skeleton Warrior, Lemure and Skatter.
• Al's smoother intro movie
• Reduce respawn rates of Catacombs monsters.
• More Thomas conversation polish.
• Fix Shawn's dialogue when looting the Marlin Spike chest.
• Sound effect polish for the Tentacle Monster fight.
• Fix Ship Stern music; polish to Tentacle Monster death sequence.
• Fix 'pink some flowers' typo in the Courtyard.
• Add back resolution dialogue to Player Settings.
• Fix to 6pm Dinnertime script-- if it's a key plot event, teleport Shawn to dinner.
• Fix formatting on Task Journal interface.
• Fix Catacombs retreat sequence: if the door from the Underground Corridor is unbarred, Shawn ends up there rather than elsewhere.
• Typo fixes, polish to Thomas Library dialogues.
• Fix Todo List UI; make sure the second entry on the left pages is sized appropriately.
• Advanced First Aid bugfix: check to see if you have enough Fairy Parasols to make Magic Protection pills.
• Fix comment on entering the Drat Queen lair if the Drat Queen is dead.
• Update text to reflect Demerits Book changes.
• Fix Joel's store stock to be more in line with his dialogue.
• Fine Dagger is available on Day 5, not Day 4.
• Notification tweak to Hide and Go Sneak.
• Get rid of Removed notification when adding equipment.
• Fix interaction point with sconce in Hidden Hallway.
• Update Movement panel to show disabled Run button.
• Fixes #1102; shortcuts for movement modes behave correctly.
• De-italicize the journal subheader.
• Refactor of the Journal: break up entries into header, subheader, and footer.
• Auto-end Find Map for Katie quest.
• Adjust AddStoreStock node to have clearer text.
• Adjust quality settings.
• Adjust Vsync configuration in ProjectSettings.
• Adjust sell price of Cloaker.
• Fix to Darla's Wing stairs.
• Tweak timing of Warrior Drat encounters in the Castle.
• Fixed bad tag on looting Giant Proach
• Renamed Crests, since bad heraldry. Fixed a typo.
• Remove DEBUG text from message when failing to path to an object.
• Library - only prevent reading after 11 pm, Sea Caves: Fix bug in Katie quests.
• Fix Lock Room exploit reported in Steam.
• Remove tasks for Aeolus/Katie romance from the Todo List after Day 29.
• Fix eavesdropping bug with Katie's Door on Day 17-19; [spoiler redacted].
• Polish to Settings menu.
• Add disabled toggle to Settings UI.
• Add a Delete All button and confirmation panel to the Load Game scene.
• Changes to default quality.
• Add a toggle for texture filtering.
• Add a toggle to enable vsync.
• Fix Double Poobah exploit by ending the Poobah game at 9:59.
• GOG: Mark Mac uploader as executable
• Added a limiter to the combat camera change timer to prevent overshoot when transitioning.
• make_release: Handle github authentication errors more gracefully
• Reverted intro video
• Revert Al's new kitchen and sea monster video cut scenes
• Al's new kitchen and sea monster video cut scenes
• Slightly debuffed the Skeleton Warrior, Lemure and Skatter.
• Al's smoother intro movie
• Reduce respawn rates of Catacombs monsters.
• More Thomas conversation polish.
• Fix Shawn's dialogue when looting the Marlin Spike chest.
• Sound effect polish for the Tentacle Monster fight.
• Fix Ship Stern music; polish to Tentacle Monster death sequence.
• Fix 'pink some flowers' typo in the Courtyard.
• Add back resolution dialogue to Player Settings.
• Fix to 6pm Dinnertime script-- if it's a key plot event, teleport Shawn to dinner.
• Fix formatting on Task Journal interface.
• Fix Catacombs retreat sequence: if the door from the Underground Corridor is unbarred, Shawn ends up there rather than elsewhere.
• Typo fixes, polish to Thomas Library dialogues.
• Fix Todo List UI; make sure the second entry on the left pages is sized appropriately.
• Advanced First Aid bugfix: check to see if you have enough Fairy Parasols to make Magic Protection pills.
• Fix comment on entering the Drat Queen lair if the Drat Queen is dead.
• Update text to reflect Demerits Book changes.
• Fix Joel's store stock to be more in line with his dialogue.
• Fine Dagger is available on Day 5, not Day 4.
• Notification tweak to Hide and Go Sneak.
• Get rid of Removed notification when adding equipment.
• Fix interaction point with sconce in Hidden Hallway.
• Update Movement panel to show disabled Run button.
• Fixes #1102; shortcuts for movement modes behave correctly.
• De-italicize the journal subheader.
• Refactor of the Journal: break up entries into header, subheader, and footer.
• Ensure the sidebar does not appear when skipping the intro movie. Fixes #1142
• Added a limiter to the combat camera change timer to prevent overshoot when transitioning.
• make_release: Handle github authentication errors more gracefully
• Reverted intro video
• Revert Al's new kitchen and sea monster video cut scenes
• Al's new kitchen and sea monster video cut scenes
• Added a line to the Puzzle Floor in case [spoiler redacted].
• Slightly debuffed the Skeleton Warrior, Lemure and Skatter.
• Al's smoother intro movie
• Reduce respawn rates of Catacombs monsters.
• More Thomas conversation polish.
• Fix Shawn's dialogue when looting the Marlin Spike chest.
• Sound effect polish for the Tentacle Monster fight.
• Fix Ship Stern music; polish to Tentacle Monster death sequence.
• Fix 'pink some flowers' typo in the Courtyard.
• Add back resolution dialogue to Player Settings.
• Fix to 6pm Dinnertime script-- if it's a key plot event, teleport Shawn to dinner.
• Fix formatting on Task Journal interface.
• Fix Catacombs retreat sequence: if the door from the Underground Corridor is unbarred, Shawn ends up there rather than elsewhere.
• Typo fixes, polish to Thomas Library dialogues.
• Fix Todo List UI; make sure the second entry on the left pages is sized appropriately.
• Advanced First Aid bugfix: check to see if you have enough Fairy Parasols to make Magic Protection pills.
• Fix comment on entering the Drat Queen lair if the Drat Queen is dead.
• Update text to reflect Demerits Book changes.