Admin Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 Hello Community, We’ve just hotfixed The Long Dark to version 1.97 [85101]. This hotfix addresses issues that emerged with the launch of Episode Four, addresses certain gameplay bugs, and offers general game improvements. Please find the full list below. (NOTE: list may contain spoilers.) It may take some time for changes to take effect as platforms update. Thank you for your patience. There are two issues in particular affected players should be aware of: For any PlayStation players impacted by missing Episode Four Trophies at launch; we have a way to potentially regain your progress. Please visit this page on our support portal for more info. [SPOILERS] Episode Four Steam Tunnel puzzle; some players reported that they were unable to open the Control Room door after the ice thawed while solving the Steam Pipe puzzle. If you encountered issues with this puzzle, this document might be helpful. Don’t forget to visit our Support Portal for useful articles, or if you need to log an issue. To stay up-to-date with news and information about The Long Dark and Hinterland, sign up for our newsletter and follow us on Twitter (Game | Studio). * * * * * GENERAL FIXES [Optimization] Fixed a rare issue that would prevent the Player’s footprints from appearing correctly in certain circumstances. [Optimization] Fixed numerous performance hitches, which should result in a smoother play experience. [Steam] Updated the Workshop String Table to include all Episode Four strings. ANIMATION [Animation] Numerous tweaks and polish to various mission related animations. [Animation] Fixed an issue where certain climbing animations were broken when the FOV was set to maximum. [Animation] Fixed an issue where the animation twitched during the Kill/Release choice after catching a Rabbit. [Animation] Fixed an issue where Mackenzie’s arms shook incorrectly when climbing various areas. ART, ENVIRO, and UI [Accessibility] Updated Mature Language Filter to include some lines that were missed. [Art] Optimized render distance on various objects found in Episode Four so they will become visible at the appropriate distance from the Player. This will reduce instances of distant objects popping in to the world. [Art] Optimized the Steam Tunnels object and lighting draw distance to improve the overall visual quality and performance. [Art] Tuned lighting in various interiors and fixed mismatched lighting on objects. [Environment] Fixed an issue that caused the walls inside the Radio Hut to remain visible regardless of what room inside the Radio Hut you were in. [Environment] Optimized the Mines to ensure the Gas is not drawn when not needed, resulting in performance improvements. [Environment] Added some extra collision to the pipes in the Steam Tunnel to prevent the camera from clipping into the pipes. [Environment] Fixed a gap found in the doors of the Power Plant. [Environment] Fixed large black shadows found on the beds in the Blackrock Prison Infirmary. [Environment] Moved the “Danger Electric Cables Over-Head” warning sign in the Steam Tunnel to make it more visible. [Environment] Fixed numerous floating or clipping objects throughout the Blackrock Region. [Environment] Fixed an issue where the water splash sound effect was missing when walking through water found in the Abandoned Mine. [UI] Fixed an issue in the Journal’s exit button on the Collections -> Surveyed Locations screen so Players no longer need to change to a different screen to exit. [UI] Fixed an issue preventing the Region displayed on the Map from updating correctly when using a cave to transition to a new Region. [UI] Fixed an issue where the Mission Status tab would not reflect the state of the current active mission. [UI] Tuned the icons on the Map screen so Mission Markers are sorted above other Map Markers. [UI] Fixed an issue where the weather could change from the intended calibration preset while adjusting the Brightness in the Main Menu. [UI] Fixed an issue where Open Cans can appear as closed when viewed in the Cooking Menu. [UI] Fixed unaligned buttons on the “Continue to ...?” screen that appears after completing an Episode. [UI] Updated the Hardcase item description. [UI] Updated the icon for Key 8 found in Episode One to a higher quality version. GAMEPLAY [AI] Fixed an issue where Wolves continued to eat carcasses after the carcass is gone. [Audio] Added audio ducking to the Marine Flare, so its audio is no longer louder than in-game dialogue. [Gameplay] Fixed an issue where water longer disappeared when clicking the “Move All to Container” button, then immediately transferring the water back to the container. [Gameplay] Fixed an issue where the Maple Syrup would remain attached to the Player, instead of being removed from the world after being picked up. [Gameplay] Sprain Risk is no longer disabled when taking a phone call. CHALLENGE MODES [Darkwalker] Tuned the wait time between placing a Banish Glyph and the Darkwalker appearing. Players should not have to wait extended periods of time, now. [Hunted 1/2 and Whiteout] Added Socks to starting inventory. [Whiteout] Tuned the mission complete percentage to be more accurate. WINTERMUTE ** Please note that this section contains spoilers for WINTERMUTE. ** [Cinematics] Fixed several lighting issues across a range of Episode Four cinematics. [Cinematics] Fixed an issue during Chapter 1: Blackrock Blues that could cause the audio in cinematics to no longer align with the animations, if the Player skipped a cinematic. [Cinematics] Fixed an issue that would often cause in-game dialogue to be skipped if it was intended to play immediately after a cinematic during Episode Three. [Environment] Fixed an issue with the Wolf found near the farm during Episode One so it now feeds on corpses, as intended. [Environment] Fixed numerous locations where the Player could either become stuck or escape the map or intended progression route during Episode Four. [Episode One] Fixed an issue where Mackenzie would appear without a bandaged hand while picking up the Hardcase. [Episode One] Fixed clipping that could occur when climbing out of the Crash Site. [Episode One] Fixed an issue that caused the audio for the fires at the Crash Site to continue to play after they had burned out. [Episode One] Fixed an issue that would cause the skybox to briefly appear when exiting back to the Main Menu from inside the Grey Mother’s House. [Episode Two] Fixed overlapping audio that can occur while speaking to Jeremiah. [Episode Two] Fixed an issue where the Active Objective UI element would not appear as intended when bringing up the Radial Menu, after getting the Bear Spear during The Best Defense. [Episode Two] Tuned the Aurora that occurs during the Return to Dam mission so it will now be fully active, instead of just starting. [Episode Three] Fixed an issue that would prevent the Player from being able to progress if they saved the game right before answering the Phone at the burnt-out cabin, then reloaded the save during the Phone Call. [Episode Three] Fixed an issue so that removing the fuse now correctly disables both the electrical visual and sound effects during Aftermath. [Episode Three] Tuned the mission complete percentage to be more accurate during Forest Talker. [Episode Three] HUD will no longer remain disabled after speaking to Molly. [Episode Four] Fixed an issue where the final gauge could appear at full pressure when the valves were still incorrectly set during Steam Valve Puzzle #1. [Episode Four] Fixed an issue that caused the interaction point on the Valve to shift if the Player entered the tunnels, then returned to the Valves during The Detonators. [Episode Four] Fixed an issue where weapons and gear were not confiscated properly after completing The Detonators. [Episode Four] Added safeguards to help prevent the Player from dropping the Bolt Cutters into unreachable locations in The Detonators. [Episode Four] Fixed an issue that caused the Status bar to flicker prior to returning to gameplay after the cinematic sequence in Donner. [Episode Four] Dialogue will no longer continue to play on the Death screen if the Player is caught during Donner. [Episode Four] Increased the range at which the entrances can be seen during Convict Caches. PLAYSTATION 4 [General] Fixed an issue where the game crashed for some players on launch. [General] Fixed a potential crash that could occur when throwing an item. WINDOWS 7 [General] Fixed an issue where players using Windows 7 would become stuck on an unskippable black screen when playing an in-game video, such as the opening credits. MAC [Rendering] Fixed an issue that would cause rocks to not render on OpenGL systems. SWITCH [Rendering] Decreased the compression on numerous textures to increase the overall visual quality. 3 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistral Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 Thank you. 2,03 gig update so not a minor one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunarobverse Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 Hello! Thank you! Does this patch fix the "Possible old bear locations" bug that affects Faithful Cartographer completion? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteloud Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 (edited) I can't remember encountering any of the bugs described above. So Well Done HTL, for attention to detail. I'm now looking forward to the Survival update. Edited October 27, 2021 by peteloud 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProsPex Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 Quick patch.... thanks for fixing things 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mishka Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 THE DISCLAIMER CRASH IS FINALLY FIXED!!! The wait has been long, but definitely worth it for us PlayStation players! So excited to get into episode 4 at last and experience it for myself 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serenity Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 Optimized render distance on various objects found in Episode Four so they will become visible at the appropriate distance from the Player. This will reduce instances of distant objects popping in to the world. This is off topic, but could the maximum possible draw distance be increased in general? Even when setting it the highest, there is still a lot of object popping in very open areas. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alone sniper Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 33 minutes ago, Mistral said: Thank you. 2,03 gig update so not a minor one. Yep. It is a big one. 57 minutes ago, Admin said: Hello Community Hello Hinterland. 57 minutes ago, Admin said: We’ve just hotfixed The Long Dark to version 1.97 Thanks Guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corso Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 triple a games companies take years to respond to bugs you guys do the games industry proud 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kycko Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Serenity said: This is off topic, but could the maximum possible draw distance be increased in general? Even when setting it the highest, there is still a lot of object popping in very open areas. I've reported a bug two weeks ago and attached this video. Now waiting for fix.🙃 Edited October 27, 2021 by Kycko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kycko Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 Quote [Steam] Updated the Workshop String Table to include all Episode Four strings. Where it is??? The old table hasn't been updated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polynomial-C Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 v1.97 found at GoG. Great! 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted October 27, 2021 Author Share Posted October 27, 2021 Thank you for the feedback, folks. Reminder to file a bug report if you encounter additional issues: https://hinterlandgames.zendesk.com/hc/en-us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy1985 Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 Does this patch fix the "Possible old bear locations" bug that affects Faithful Cartographer completion? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diosmio123 Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 11 hours ago, Admin said: ... WINDOWS 7 [General] Fixed an issue where players using Windows 7 would become stuck on an unskippable black screen when playing an in-game video, such as the opening credits. ... 😉👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alone sniper Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 Guys any of you knows about in-game achievement on epic store? I bought the game on epic but the achievements won't show up ! Is achievements even active on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeanda Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 I seem to have acquired a new bug on Xbox! Whether it's temporary or not I'll have to see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_eat_only_wolf_meat Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 Are matches now much harder to find in interloper than they used to be? Or am I just having terrible luck? Most of the interloper runs I've started post - patch have me dying of exposure before I can even get started. Normally the main shelter in a zone would have a good chance of having a box of matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kycko Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 1 hour ago, I_eat_only_wolf_meat said: Are matches now much harder to find in interloper than they used to be? Or am I just having terrible luck? Most of the interloper runs I've started post - patch have me dying of exposure before I can even get started. Normally the main shelter in a zone would have a good chance of having a box of matches. I've just started 3 loper runs to check it. Timberwolf Mountain: found matches in Mountaineer's Hut; Pleasant Valley: found matches in Farmhouse; Timberwolf Mountain: found matches in Mountaineer's Hut. Seems all is OK. 5 of 6 starting locations have a 100% spawn place for matches, and it works in 1.97. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_eat_only_wolf_meat Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 I just had bad luck then. I haven't been able to find them in the FM poacher's camp, the ML trapper's cabin, or forestry lookout. Like you pointed out, I always find them in the TM mountaineer's hut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierra 117 Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 From my personal experience there are no guaranteed matches in ML, there will be a firestriker and a magnifying lense. However if you are lucky you will find matches as a random container spawn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcorbs79 Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 I submitted a support ticket last weekend, just wondering if anyone else has run into the issue I have. Before I explain, I can’t say I’ve experienced any other bugs listed. Really enjoying the latest episode! So my issue is a part of a cutscene missing upon a reload from a previous save. I went back to the earliest save in my list, which was the start of Donner. I wanted to try and make it through with more condition so I backtracked. After the opening cutscene, Mathis is not in the hallway investigating what happened, the Jace PA announcement doesn’t take place, and therefore the next mission point isn’t triggered. I can’t grab Astrid’s hardcase off the warden’s desk to make the convicts come after me. I’m literally stuck and cannot proceed. And don’t have an earlier save point than that one. It’s looking like I have to start the episode over if this doesn’t ever load properly. Has anyone else experienced this? I can point at the case but cannot grab it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gun Tech. Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 On 10/27/2021 at 10:15 PM, Mistral said: Thank you. 2,03 gig update so not a minor one. I think mostly re-download of the media files from the game-breaking issue with those. Glad you fixed the footprints, noticed those. Next the Survival update! Hyped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rzilla Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Love the game , love the update, thank you hinterland for this beautiful and challenging game! Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rzilla Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 16 hours ago, mrcorbs79 said: I submitted a support ticket last weekend, just wondering if anyone else has run into the issue I have. Before I explain, I can’t say I’ve experienced any other bugs listed. Really enjoying the latest episode! So my issue is a part of a cutscene missing upon a reload from a previous save. I went back to the earliest save in my list, which was the start of Donner. I wanted to try and make it through with more condition so I backtracked. After the opening cutscene, Mathis is not in the hallway investigating what happened, the Jace PA announcement doesn’t take place, and therefore the next mission point isn’t triggered. I can’t grab Astrid’s hardcase off the warden’s desk to make the convicts come after me. I’m literally stuck and cannot proceed. And don’t have an earlier save point than that one. It’s looking like I have to start the episode over if this doesn’t ever load properly. Has anyone else experienced this? I can point at the case but cannot grab it. Yes happened to me. You will have to relaoad an earlier save I wonder if skipping through dialog may cause this. Just a guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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