Release Notes for WRATH: Aeon of Ruin

GID v1.4.2 (28 January 2021)

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed enemy damage values for all skill difficulties
• Fixed the exit to The Gardens on the skill difficulty Easy

GID v1.4.1 (15 January 2021)

• Fixed darkness graphical issue
• Fixed crashes caused by the Shotgun and Coach Gun's alt-fires
• Fixed the skybox's shader parameters in Mourningvale
• Fixed Profile selection menu
• Fixed Journal font scale
• Fixed +mwheeldown that would cause a weapon to retain the previous weapon's model
• Fixed issues with the menu's graphics
• Fixed incorrect messages when picking up the Fang Spitter and the Shotgun
• Improved performance when firing the Shotgun (related to the frame skip bug players have encountered in The Mire)

GID v1.4 (14 January 2021)

Additions

• 1 new level, The Hollow
• 1 new enemy, The Lurker
• 1 new artifact, Trinket of Deflection
• Updated enemy encounters in The Mire and The Priory and artifacts in The Undercrofts, The Mire, The Gardens and The Priory

General

• Added timestamps for saves
• Added a lot of destructible furniture to the indoor sections of The Priory
• Increased brightness across the board in the indoor sections of The Priory
• Tweaked many enemy positions and setups in The Priory
• Overhauled logic in The Priory so that sequence breaking still spawns things correctly
• Significantly decreased self damage with the Retcher and the Slag Cannon
• Mouse setup and keyboard binds are now separate menus
• Added crosshair scaling options
• Added toggle viewpunch scale

Bug Fixes

• Fixed rare cases of enemy cysts killing the player instantly regardless of health and armor, though this might still happen very rarely
• Fixed a logic bug in The Gardens
• Fixed a variety of bugs in several levels
• Fixed rare instances of unkillable Wretches
• Fixed skating Widows
• Fixed frame skips/lag in The Mire’s swamp when firing the Shotgun’s primary
• Fixed being able to fly when crouching on top of urns
• Fixed rare cases of enemies spawning at 0 0 0 when re-entering a map
• Fixed rare cases of Oppressors freezing after death
• Fixed a bug where jumping while walking stopped you in the air

Weapon & Enemy Balance

• Changed the Retcher's attacks slightly: primary attack cysts can now attach to surfaces and act as proximity mines. Players can shoot their own cysts to detonate them. Secondary attack cysts now bounce.
• Increased max ammo capacity for the Fang Spitter to 150 (was previously 100)
• Reworked the Executioner’s charge and turning speeds
• Wretches now give 15 health instead of 20 when the Life Siphon is used

Known Issues

• There may be rare instances of faces that are completely black or have weird lighting going on; this is a byproduct of a new map compiler we’re using. These issues will be solved for the release version.

GID V1.3.1 (28 May 2020)

• fixed Cyst pickup giving 30 ammo instead of 2
• fixed missing SDL2.dll required by sdl client version

GID V1.2.1 Hotfix (26 February 2020)

• Fixed end screen appearing when using only 2 relics rather than 3 • Fixed sudden and extreme stricken walk speed • Fixed invincible, shotgun firing afflicted • Fixed afflicted attack spam • Fixed weapons firing when clicking in the the F3 load menu • Fixed under water view fog remaining when loading a save from the load menu while submerged • Improved Confounding Attar projctile physics and affected enemy AI • Reduced duration of spinning Wretch head • Several small, miscellaneous fixes

GID V1.2 (25 February 2020)

NEW CONTENT

• 1 new level, The Gardens • 1 new enemy, The Wretch • 1 new artifact, Confounding Attar • Updated enemy encounters in The Undercrofts and The Mire

GENERAL

• Added support for 4096x2160 resolution • Added UI mouse sensitivity option • Added framerate cap options

BUG FIXES

• Fixed player only being able to carry one coffer key at a time • Fixed player being able to shoot while journal is open • Fixed some user settings not saving when game is closed • Fixed bad texture filtering name • Fixed Drowner's Apparatus overlay camera clipping and z-fighting • Fixed items dropped by enemies getting stuck in walls and surrounding geometry • Fixed items sometimes not coming out of coffers at the correct angles • Fixed invader attacking even though view to player is blocked • Misc fixes

GAMEPLAY

• Improved enemy AI • Added a "load menu" bound to F3 by default • Player momentum now slows gradually when crouching • Decoupled Shrines and Soul Tethers. The prevents situations where the player will lose a Shrine save by returning to a Soul Tether placed before the time the Shrine was activiated.

GID V1.1 (18 December 2019)

Announcement: Due to the nature of the Quake engine, previously saved games are not compatible with new versions of WRATH.

GENERAL:

• Added support for ultra-wide 21:9 resolutions
• Added option to delete player profiles
• Added option to toggle blood decals
• Sliders in options menu are now draggable
• Increased mouse sensitivity increments for fine tuning
• FOV limit increased to 120
• Improved skyboxes

BUG FIXES:

• Fixed erratic mouse movement on some systems
• Fixed "invert mouse" setting not saving when game is closed
• Fixed crosshair setting not saving when game is closed
• Fixed player sliding while standing on sloped surfaces
• Fixed enemy attack damage being stuck at 50% regardless of difficulty setting
• Fixed mislabeled next/previous weapon options
• Fixed minor spelling error in difficulty menu
• Fixed instances of loss of mouse input when loading a save game
• Fixed monster count in journal being inaccurate in some instances
• Fixed bug that caused inverted z velocities with melee lunge

GAMEPLAY:

• Added fourth difficulty option "Outlander"
• Soul Tether is no longer an Artifact but now a discrete item with a persistent HUD icon and quantity indicator
• Soul Tether activation is now bound to [F2] by default
• Soul Tether carry limit increased to 99
• Artifacts automatically re-equip same type if available
• Equipped Artifact quantity now displayed on HUD
• Increased time before death menu becomes active to mitigate misclicks and accidental loading - of an undesired save slots
• Added buffered weapon switching to shotgun
• Amount of life gained from Life Siphon is now dependant on enemy type
• Increased item pickup bounding box size
• Ammo counter now displays '0' rather than nothing when empty
• Coffers now drop items into the world rather than directly into the player's inventory
• Added "full" message when attempting to pickup an item at max capacity
• Added "locked" message to locked doors and coffers
• Added player air-control
• Added option for centered weapon viewmodels
• Added option to auto-switch empty weapons
• Added new shotgun alt-fire mode
• Improved enemy AI pathing near corners and doorways
• Icicles can be smashed by both player and enemies to prevent them from getting stuck
• Added a feature that automatically uninstalls the game when attempting to play on easy
• Wraith damage increased
• Added fly and impact sounds to Wraith projectile
• Invader is slightly more aggressive
• Heretic projectile no longer slows player
• Improved Heretic movement
• Decreased Heretic pain chance
• Increased Widow attack damage and health
• Increased Fang Spitter damage
• Decreased Fang Spitter ammo carry capacity
• Fang Spitter projectiles have been slightly enlarged and brightened for greater visibility
• Retcher splash damage increased
• Retcher impact damage decreased
• Many various changes to both The Undercrofts and The Mire
• Many miscellaneous super secret tweaks