Release Notes for Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones

Stygian Update 1.1.7 (16 April 2020)

• Turkish localization overall typo and expression fixes
• Several fixes in Russian, German and French localization

Stygian Update 1.1.6 (10 March 2020)

• Turkish Language Support
• Poison Spread Distillery Tank Investigation Fix
• Black Pyramid Entrance Cutscene Fix

Stygian Update 1.1.5 (14 January 2019)

• Jeremy Parson soldier specific cutscene freeze has been solved.
• Equipping the Survivor's Backpack disables the possibility to unequip or switch backpacks for the entire party
• Fixed an issue on denizen AI
• Fixed an issue about progression escape cells
• Fixed coca vin marie and powdered cocaine not increasing AP issue in combat
• Improve reloading mechanics when more than one character equip same firearm
• Improve exploration stealth check mechanics to take stealth modifier into checks
• Fix Witch House Attic Transition Does Not Dissolve Rest Bed
• Fix CameraController Drag Depends On FPS
• Fix Blood Circle blocking panic state driven AI operations
• Fix Cutscene Triggering With Mouse Spamming
• Fix incorrect reloading of firearms when two characters equip same firearm
• Exploration stealth check mechanics changed to take stealth modifiers into account event the character's stealth stat is zero

Stygian Update 1.1.4 (19 December 2019)

Add

• Character Profile System
• Quick Save Support
• Tutorial System
• Combat Hit Probability Indicator
• Credits video button to Landing Page

Improve

• Trade sorting algorithm now sorts items by their priorities
• Settings UI have new key binding and tutorial settings
• Nithon object layerings improved
• Recipes can be unlocked by leveling Survival skill on companions (except Winston)
• LUA Parsing through localization files
• Madness effect intensities lowered
• Theater Cultist dialogue lines improved
• Post-Combat mechanics for encounter during rest improved
• Inventory Capacity overload logic improved
• Improve combat dead character loot system
• Rework combat panic state ‘Locked Grip’
• Epilogue video ending has a new line

Change

• Combat character movement speeds are now faster
• Removed Spell Enhancement System
• The Colour Out Of Space combat dig icon
• Reinforced Hazard Suit skill requirement (Science 5)
• Witch House Attic now have resting point
• Attempt to cure Krogh no longer requires Bandages or Doctor’s Bag
• Remove flee cells from Outsider lynch combat
• Cycle of the Moon defect is now permanent
• Formula: Specimen Jar production quantity has been changed from 3 to 1.
• Richter now provides the player with 2 formaldehyde instead of 1 on non-medical approach.
• Combat Summary UI Angst Color is now red

Fix

Exploration

• A Possible Exit Quest rarely cannot be continued
• Dead Willows Wjatal combat flee exploit
• Settings sometimes reset to default when returning back to Landing Page
• Lost Man cutscene can trigger in Nithon even if you have him in your party
• Companions not following player
• Henchman recruitment bug
• French Hill Trap Door can be interactable randomly
• Blasted Street anomaly freezes player character
• Dead NPC loots can regenerate just like regular loots
• Struggle Begins infinite load
• Dead mobtsers can be infinitely looted exploit (Distillery)
• Settings cannot be saved properly
• Unlootable chest in the Post Office was breaking quest flow, leaving the player in limbo
• Inventory double click auto un-equipment of lantern if it is in lit mode
• Sanity damage carries over and even more decreases between saves
• Prevent combat trigger zone fire a combat when a cutscene is active (i.e headhunters)
• Corpse sprites not displaying correctly for dead companions in Exploration
• Artifact Brand of Taru defect does not appear on ANGST screen
• Artifact Venus of Willendorf defect does not appear on ANGST screen
• Consuming Disulfiral now clears all addictions
• Perks with item requirements not working properly
• Perks affecting critical failure not working properly
• Metabolism Catalyst and T.T.P. Mixture are now working properly
• State case where William can join party if not encountered at all
• Eduardo cannot trigger dialogue movement when entered riverside with a companion
• Angst gain increase takes into account all angst accumulated at current level
• Rare softlock case in exploration while trying to load combat
• Equipment modifiers also remove perk modifiers on unequip
• Wjatals activation state if entered combat via restricted zone
• Wilbur appears again in Nithon
• Blasted Street Fog does not kill player after loading game from combat
• Animation override issues
• Warehouse Sleeper cutscene can play twice

Combat

• Mind Control state getting stuck when character’s both main hand weapons are firearms are empty
• Mania getting stuck when character is unarmed
• Dead enemy loot issue after combat summary screen appears
• Old Blooded perk effect on panic state calculation
• Soft lock if travel combat encounter is re-started (Addresses most of the map related combat restarting bugs, seen as 'characters spawned on a different location in hub after combat and a soft lock is observed')
• Brand of Shame getting stuck on missed attacks
• Nameless Soldier’s Berserk state getting stuck when NS’ weapon has no ammo in it.
• Companion experiences sometimes not catching up with each other
• Made Man Distillery combat initiation
• Bleeding and similar states taken in combat did not clear properly after loading
• Reload a firearm during combat, in some cases caused lost of ammunition.
• The Sleeper Beneath combat getting stuck when more than 2 player party members move to the green hexes below The Sleeper Beneath.
• Two weapons appearing on character’s hands at the same time on combat.
• Dead henchmen can block progression
• Double reloading when accessing and initializing inventory from combat without first accessing from exploration, after a loaded game instance
• Updated Mi-Go display names on Nithon combats
• Combat panic state berserk issue causing a deadlock
• Additional AP checks for quick items on combat
• Combat panic state ‘Locked Grip’ state being stuck on character for the rest of combat
• Dead character prefabs on combat hubs
• Blood Circle logic rework
• Combat panic state henchmen drop weapon issue
• Hand of Nergal getting stuck on Outsider after the spells effect is cleared
• Outsider’s Spit of Al Razi blocking combat issue.
• Panic State dead character check
• Combat hex movement cost being more than 2 when more than 2 enemies die on the same cell Winston’s Tackle issue
• Party members still being in Stats pool even after they die
• Exp value for some of the Carrion Jack combat hubs
• Radial menu combat ability sub buttons filling method
• Combat freeze after restarting combat through Game Over UI
• HP / SP Bars In Combat Appear In Wrong Positions
• Panic state swap action issue
• Damage value calculation method on combat attacks
• Sanity zero characters being alive after combat ends issue
• Dropped items staying on the ground when attempted to be picked up on combat
• Critical Failure skill checks fixed
• Snapshot combat ability breaking attack flow
• Winston’s Tackle and Sonia’s Spectral Hands abilities being able to be cast to further enemies when another enemy is adjacent
• Radial menu not being able to open issue
• Companions not gaining xp when they escape/flee from combat and player character wins the combat afterwards.
• Quick item AP cost calculations
• Enemy still getting shattered even after the Petrified state is gone
• Players being able to attack fellow party members with Hands of Stone spell
• Outsider’s hands after Hands of Stone spell being cleared after spell wears off
• Random quick items being lost when another item is used on panic state and dropped due to panic
• Playable characters sometimes lose the ability to perform any actions after casting the "Children of Pazuzu" spell
• Die animation for Cultists and Cult Fedayeens where they play normal die animations instead of shatter while still being Petrified
• A breaking state that happens when another Blood Circle is cast before the previous one is still present
• Some spells not being able to be cast in a combat after fleeing a previous one
• Children of Pazuzu damage output inconsistencies

Crash

• Ward 10 pre-combat crash
• Keelan post-cutscene crash
• Setting VSync can cause crash

UI

• Tutorial UI Not Showing After Loading Game
• Rest anomaly for occult research, causing rest UI to soft lock
• In some cases inventory had items with empty technical names, causing UI to soft lock.Taken precautions against such cases
• Completing a combat encountered while at rest caused rest UI issues
• Weapon Powers and Maledictions cannot be revealed through Occult Research
• When companion cannot level up blocking entire tab menu
• Perks sometimes do not read stats correctly while leveling up
• Stacked levels showing higher level perks while leveling up
• Settings Resolution Pop-Up Can Stuck On Screen With Escape Key
• Combat Summary Pop-Up cannot close properly
• Hover tooltip display glitch when displaying nested rest activities and scrolling with mouse click instead of wheel
• Manuscripts show in rest screen if the spell is already learned
• Craft plans disappearing after learning new plan
• Buying multiple cigars if you do not have any cigar in your inventory counts as one cigar
• Trading for the first time with an NPC shows wrong cigar buy value
• Player can trade with Marino in Asylum during Cutscene
• Navigational Hub Switch UI issues
• Travel Map labels won’t disappear
• Resetting rest screen or closing rest screen does not clear activities properly
• Right-clicking rest activity clearing icon
• Research can continue after selling required items
• Canceling Rest window does not remove Research Plans
• Faithful perk can be acquired with all belief systems
• Rest UI to properly reset selected research activities when closed with ESC
• Combat Summary does not account for Angst increase effects
• Incorrect values of Total Angst and XP displayed with mouse hovering over corresponding bars in Character Sheet
• Pause and Quick load menus can be invoked with keyboard shortcuts while they should be unavailable
• Background and Archetype descriptions does not update after language switch
• Exploration menu settings button does not show in-game menu
• Exploration Menu "Options" hover text stays on screen after click
• Researching more blueprints than you can could break rest progression

Audio

• Tab Menu click sound does not read volume from SFX Volume
• Missing Warehouse Flesh Devourer Music

Cutscene

-Nameless Soldier end game cutscene codes not working accordingly to the narrative -Party gets stuck when Richter returns back -Nithon Lost Man cutscene player while Lost Man is in party. -Burning man cutscene (quest The Lost Patent) is auto triggered when main street loaded if player did not give him match -Keelan combat cutscene not unregistering from cutscene events properly causing encounter combats to freeze if restarted

Dialogue

• Black Lips Return dialogue and companion interaction issues
• Theater Cultist gender addressing issues
• Chad initiates dialog in Travel Map after running away from Wjatal in Dead Willows
• Marino now properly wants his 40 cigs
• Chad / Bagakaw Repeatable Dialogue

Stygian Update 1.0.4 (1 October 2019)

• Fixed issue with Companions not being able to leave Old Eel attic at the start of the game (impacted Aristocrat and Explorer archetypes)
• Fixed Brand of Shame (and kiss the Ground) attacks freezing AI for Cultist Fedayeens when the attack is a miss
• Fixed multiple issues with Chinese and Spanish localizations

Stygian Update 1.0.3 (30 September 2019)

Changes:

• Credits video

Improvements:

• Improve inventory active handset sync after combat
• Companions can also perform crafting now

Fixes:

• Fix combat logs that are appearing on Desktop.
• MacOS Retina resolution issues
• Fix dropdown does not read display resolutions in settings
• Winston and Wilkins spawned in the attic even they are killed
• Character Creator summary screen placeholder text removed
• Chinese Look-At pop-up display time fixed
• Fix tough characters’ throwable issue
• Fix dead enemies being looted after combat ends
• Isidore's challenge UI must be inactivated if TheBankOfLunatics is active
• Fix reload shortcut “R” not working / blocking the game
• Sonia Greene Carter intro dialogue 2 token
• Grimoire HP Cost Display Issue
• Blood Circle wrong spell cost description (numeric)
• If an equipped item is not present in inventory, causes soft lock after trading
• Outsider Cutscene Issue In Old Eel Attic