Release Notes for Gamedec - Definitive Edition

Patch 1.4 (27 January 2022)

General:

• A Traditional Chinese translation was implemented - there is a one bugged codex entry which appears to be not translated, we're aware of this and already working on it :)
• Fixed some major issues with the Player’s Character location after loading a save on various levels
• Fixed some major issues with NPCs not following the Player’s Character on various levels
• Improved audio on loading screens
• Added missing translations to some Codex entries
• Fixed some issues with loading NPC’s avatar’s during the dialogue
• Tooltips on Aspects will appear again in the Professions menu
• Fixed an issue with the dissapearing NPCs names in Codex
• Improved the text visibility in 720p resolution
• Improved ending’s graphics in the resolutions 1280x720 and 1152x864
• Improved save menu graphics in the resolutions 1280x1024 and 1280x768
• Fixed some minor language issues in the Options menu
• The controls graphic in Options menu was improved
• Fixed some formatting issues in Deduction menu
• The Player’s Character won’t randomly pass through a wall anymore
• Improved audio while going through dialogue with keyboard
• Fixed issues with broken formatting in the text
• Fixed some spelling issues and typos across all game
• The double “Open” button in Deduction menu won’t appear anymore
• After choosing a deduction suggestion from the dialogue, the Deduction menu will now close automatically
• After buying the Profession from the suggestion in dialogue, the Profession Menu will now close automatically
• Improved navigating between links in Codex
• Fixed an issue with random appearing double icons on the left side of the screen
• Fixed the Character Creation screen – the text in the French version won’t overlap boxes anymore
• Fixed notifications in Codex
• Placement of some general tutorials was improved

Like Father Like Son:

• It won’t be possible to move the Character around while getting up from the bed anymore
• Ramon will no longer be lying down and getting up rapidly before an interaction
• Fixed some issues with two NPCs not re-appearing after a certain interation
• Fixed an issue in which interaction with Ken wasn’t possible
• The card trick interaction won’t appear again after taking the cards
• The Player’s Character won’t be blocked after watching the card trick anymore
• The Player’s Character won’t be blocked after being in a dialogue for too long
• The NPC’s animation in the Theatre won’t be so glitchy anymore
• The additional inventory slot was added
• The music and audio effects in the Theatre and Rooftops was improved
• Player’s Character won’t collect information from a different deduction than chosen one
• Finding an NPC’s true nickname will now affect the dialogue with Ken
• The NPC will now remember seeing the Unicorn
• Some additional codex entries were added

Harvest Time:

• Fixed an issue with the black screen appearing after choosing to go back to the Apartment
• If the game was reloaded after restoring power in the Apartment, the light will remain on
• The dialogue about the job in the e-mail won’t repeat anymore during the same interaction
• Improved branching near the case finale
• Saving on the train’s platform won’t be teleporting the Player’s Character to the graveyard after reloading anymore
• Added an additional way to leave the graveyard
• The achievement for getting the maxiumum progress on the Farm will now be counted as intended
• The hay won’t appear on the middle of the road after making a save in the city
• The Player’s Character won’t be invisible after jumping from the roof
• Some case-specific tutorials were moved to the different places
• The sounds from graveyard won’t be appearing after returning to the city
• The quest with meeting the Sheriff at sundown was improved
• Audio improvements
• The Player’s Character won’t walk slowly after talking to a NPC
• The dialogue line which was supposed to be Player Character’s won’t appear as Stanley’s
• Lea Anne’s and Fruit Hilda’s speech buuble won’t re-appear after reloading the game
• The NPC’s shield will now dissapear after the duel
• Fixed collision on a cactus
• Fixed some issues with triggering an exploit on the Farm after reloading a save while harvesting

Fallen Hero:

• Fixed broken interaction in the investigation
• Audio improvements
• Fixed some issues with clues at the Bar
• Quest from the Captain will be dissapearing from the quest log after completing
• Improved some fail and win conditions in the quest with Bob and Rhonda
• Achievement connected with the investigation was fixed

Knight’s Code:

• The music near the Tree won’t cut rapidly anymore
• The Player’s Character will no longer be able to interact with the Forge if the inventory is empty
• It won’t be possible to throw every item from the inventory to bonfire in the Forge
• The information about having to complete quest from the NPC after taking another one is now more clear
• The quest with Staid Beetle was improved. The conversation will no longer lead to a blocker
• Some additional informations about the gamepad controls in the Jail minigame was added
• It won’t be possible to repeat a dialogue line with a NPC, which affected the relationship with him
• The item while eavesdropping interaction will be visible
• Fixed collision on Umbra’s house

Axis Mundi:

• Fixed an issue with failing to load a cutscene on the end of the case
• Added some new audio content
• The game won’t crash randomly after talking to Jester anymore
• The tutorial in the Gallery will now be visible
• The tutorial will now have new graphics
• The Player’s Character will not change their place in the final cutscene anymore
• The Player’s Character rotation during the jump was improved
• Added some new sound effects in the Haggis Office and the Labyrinth
• The Player’s Character won’t be able to fall off of the boundaries
• An issue with inactive deduction was fixed
• Fixed an issue with Jester not disappearing when he is supposed to

Paradise Lost:

• Audio improvements
• The dialogue with an Eagle was improved and fixed
• Fixed NPC’s avatar in The Vault
• Fixed collision of the car
• The dialogue which was supposed to be Player Character’s thought is not visible as NPC’s dialogue anymore

Hotfix 1.3.50 (2 December 2021)

• Various Backer's Content has been added: Editors in Codex, new NPCs names, companies and items names,
• Fixed some general formatting bugs in Codex and dialogues,
• Fixed some minor gamepad issues while using link mode in Codex,
• UI will no longer be visible during cutscenes while playing on the gamepad,
• Added a new gamepad graphic in Options,
• Fixed NPC's name inconsistency in Polish,
• Like Father Like Son: fixed an issue with bugged Ramon's animation after loading a save.

Patch 1.3 (24 November 2021)

General Fixes

• The controller support has arrived
• Improved controls in menu, UI and in game
• Fixed the issue that the code wasn't scrolling down in case of many unread posts
• Optimized foliage
• Further localization improvements and fixes
• Fixed the Excursion achievement graphic
• Fixed the issue where the game crashed after starting a new game

Harvest Time

• Fixed the blocker on the cemetery
• Fixed the issue with the blocked farm after level 8
• Fixed the issue where Acke wouldn't arrive at the scene in the field
• Fixed various animation and interaction issues
• Fixed various audio issues
• Fixed the issue where the player would gain $3 for picking golden pumpkin instead of $30
• Fixed the bug where during the event Super Harvest the timer could be reset by saving and loading the save
• Fixed the issue where workers wouldn't attend to the farm, even if the player paid for their work at Poppy's
• Fixed Ken's spawn point at the Saloon in Act 2; he will show up closer to gamedec now
• Fixed the issue where Handy Joe would say that the max level is 10, but the actual max level is 8
• After collecting 100000 coins, the UI will show the correct amount now

Like Father Like Son

• Fixed interaction issues
• Improved music
• Fixed graphic bugs
• Fixed further localization issues
• Fixed the issue where Bob would provide all the info to gamedec before helping him with his wife case
• Fixed the issue where gamedec could kill Ken too early while he is still speaking
• Fixed the minigame with Admin in Twisted & Perverted where the player's movement could cause glitches
• Fixed the issue where Miya and Maya wouldn't leave the subway
• Fixed the issue where after loading the save, Fredo wouldn't follow the player to the exit

Knight's Code

• Fixed interaction and animation issues
• Fixed graphic bugs
• Fixed the issue where the player couldn't pick up the wire
• Fixed the interaction with Jester and Lord after a conversation with the Lord
• Fixed the dialogue lines in conversation with Lord Moth in Umbra's Quest
• Fixed the bug where the player was able to pick up ginseng before taking a quest for it
• Fixed audio issues
• Fixed the issue where the player couldn't complete the meditation quest

Axis Mundi

• Fixed various glitches
• Fixed the issue in a labyrinth where the player could draw the picture with just one interaction

Backers

• Voice Mail with backer's input has been added to the apartment
• Hall of Fame as interaction at the bar in Low City

Patch 1.1 (13 October 2021)

GENERAL

• All known language issues should be completely fixed.
• Improved the quality of in-game music.
• Fixed the overall SFX issues.
• Improved the overall quality of SFX.
• Improved the overall performance issues and optimized the CPU/GPU usage.
• Fixed a bug when V-Sync could not be disabled using in-game options and still capped the FPS.
• Added the quick save button in the controls settings menu.
• Fixed numerous bugs affecting the playthrough and logic errors preventing players from proceeding.
• Fixed various 3D graphics bugs.
• Screens with key binding - fixed in all languages.
• Adding smooth animation for dialog entry and exit.
• Fixed some music issues on loading screens.
• Fixed missing Codex entries.
• Only high priority Codex entries get an exclamation mark at the beginning of the game
• Fixed missing dialogue options throughout the game. A number was present, but there was no line after.
• Fixed text scaling issues in NPC's speech balloons.
• Fixed the NPC occlusion on Paradise Beach.
• Fixed most of the issues with gender tags.
• Deduction scales well to different aspect ratios.
• Fixed crash which sometimes occured on loading screen between levels

ISSUES

• Exiting farm on Harvest Time won't crash the game anymore.
• Fixed an issue when, after talking to suspicious NPCs, meeting them at the Umbra House on Knight's Code is impossible.
• It's no longer possible to get inside Umbra's house without a key in Knight's Code.
• The tutorial appears correctly when it is turned on in the menu and no longer appears when the player turns it off.
• The "Rheistic Systems" counter is now counting tips correctly [Fallen Hero]
• Bug fixes on levels where lighting didn't work correctly.
• Fixed a crash during autosave while entering the theater.
• Fixed animation of Jester entering the portal.
• Fixed a blocker in interaction with Kid when Nanette appears.
• Gamedec won't run around with a gun after shooting Herman in Twisted & Perverted.
• The pistol disappears properly after your gamedec dies in Twisted & Perverted.
• Fixed an error when talking to Blazin' Dakota on Harvest Time that caused Akce Thomson to fall under the map.
• Fixed an issue with the couch that did not have the option to teleport to Harvest Time.
• Fixed the leveling bug on Twisted & Perverted.
• Fixed the bug where loading the game from a save causes items from disappearing from the HUD in Knight's Code.
• Poteto Gomuin in Knight's Code counts as an item and is not added to the total number of Gomuin.
• Collecting resources before the proper option appears no longer leads to a block in the quest in Knight's Code.
• Fixed the occasional significant loss of floor cardboard quality in Haggis Office.
• Fixed the saves thumbnails - they are no longer semi-transparent so that you won't see the question mark in the background.
• Fixed a bug when transforming from cat to human too close to the bridge railing caused the gamedec to fall under the map.
• Improved the shadow capsules quality for some of the characters.
• In the deduction, the Tip information box opacity was too high. Fixed.
• Fixed an issue when tutorial for minigame with glitches showed up when minigame hasn't started yet.
• Fixed dialogue with Starlett where she tells Gamedec where she took the boys. She did that twice on different occasions, which wasn't necessary.
• Fixed an issue with The Outlaw's favor bar. It was tilted as if we've got her trust, but we haven't.
• Fixed an issue when after the duel with the Sheriff and returning to the farm, Gamedec was still holding a gun in his hand.
• Fixed an issue in Twisted & Perverted, where the street sounds do not fade back in after the respawn.
• We politely asked the Unicorn from Twisted & Perverted not to spawn on the player, blocking the player's movement. You're a Unicorn, not a troll FFS.
• Fixed collision boundaries on Axis Mundi, a player won't cross the bridge into the nothingness and roam freely between bridges.
• You won't be able to talk with Wild Poppy after she disappears anymore [Harvest Time].
• Fixed missing dialogue lines with the Sheriff on Harvest Time
• The logs to the right of the bridge in Knights Code are now active.
• In Knight's Code - suspects should no longer return to the starting point if we have started a quest to eavesdrop on them and then skipped a cycle.
• Fixed an issue when a quest on Harvest time doesn't update correctly if you get the clues before going to the farm.
• Fixed the Apartment issue - If you saved the game after rejecting a call from Haggis, that causes him never to call Gamedec again.
• Fixed the UI in Knight's Code.
• Fixed clipping issues on Harvest Time.
• You can no longer click on a pumpkin on Harvest Time and then walk during a dialogue.
• You can no longer save/load the game to buy free strawberries.

Hotfix 1.0.50 (24 September 2021)

• Fixed a bug with a Diginet in AM.
• Fixed a missing NPC on Harvest Time’s cemetery.
• Fixed a bug with the Unicorn on Twisted & Perverted.
• Fixed a bug with Panisantor on Twisted & Perverted.
• Fixed an issue with mixed languages in the controls settings.
• Fixed an issue with a double barrier on Happy Hunting Grounds.
• Fixed an issue with mouse control when you had the controller connected.
• Killing an NPC to get a higher level in Twisted & Perverted won’t block out the dialogue needed to proceed.
• Minor fixes on Yeti’s bar.
• Fixed an issue with lockpicking the Knight’s Code vault.
• Fixed the initial CGI intro’s volume.
• Fixed an issue blocking progress when talking to Starlet in the Yeti’s bar.
• Fixed a conversation bug when talking to an NPC on Knight’s Code bridge.
• Resolved the codex sorting issue.
• When starting the game, already unlocked codex entries won’t prompt the “!” notification.
• The Dogman will not block the AM dialogue anymore
• Resolved the issue with Nanette dialogue dead-end on Harvest Time’s end-scene
• Fixed the unlocalized settings menu for the Simplified Chinese
• Fixed the interaction with Lord’s dresser in Knight’s Code
• Fixed the issue with resetting the clock while closing the rifts if the player decided to save the game at this point.
• Fixed the issue when you interrupt Tankred’s and Delia’s dialogue, resulting in no further interaction available.

Hotfix 1.0.45 (21 September 2021)

• Implemented additional localized content to the game
• Updated the English version of the Harvest Time case deduction

Hotfix 1.0.40 (17 September 2021)

• Added additional localized content to the English, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Russian, French, German and Spanish languages versions.
• The German localization will be tweaked in the more significant chunk in the next update.
• Fixed a blocker on a conversation involving Nanette at the Mushroom after the Harvest Time case.