Halloween Update - v0.20.61488 [Default] & v0.19.61477 [Experimental]

Important : Crossplay compatibility is temporarily disabled on this version. Use the "Crossplay" Beta branch to stay on the old version and to enable crossplay.

Happy Halloween!

The weather's cooling down, leaves are turning shades of Dragon Stone but the distant cries of war and occasional invasion won't stop our good people from getting into the spirit of Halloween! We also wanted to wish you all a great autumn season and we wish you a mild winter.

Default & Experimental updates: Bug fixes

Greetings everyone. Today, we're releasing two updates - one on the default branch and one on the experimental branch. These patches are mostly aiming at bugs (and a little nod to Halloween). Note that the bugs fixed on the default branch are also applied to the experimental branch.

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Default Branch update v0.20.61496

Bug fixes

• Fixed a rare issue where Gilles the Hog could continue attacking after being killed.
• Fixed Gilles the Hog being able to leave the playable area during certain attacks.
• Made Gilles’ battlefield more open to reduce awkward combat areas.
• Fixed the screen not flashing red when taking damage during the second phase of Iseult the Banshee and Harold the Dragon.
• Fixed Gilles' audio bark incorrectly also playing for Iseult the Banshee.
• Fixed the Special bar not correctly displaying its active state after using an Ally Command when more than one tier was available.
• Fixed an achievement completing when bringing a level 3 Ally instead of the required max-level Ally.
• Fixed Chain Streak Challenges sometimes completing earlier than intended.
• Fixed the Army Composition tutorial when using mouse and keyboard.
• Fixed The Dragon sometimes failing to enter its death sequence for players who did not land the killing blow.
• Fixed chat incorrectly interpreting "|" characters as gameplay terms, which could also allow messages to greatly exceed the character limit.
• Fixed numerous collision issues across multiple battlefields.
• Fixed various floating environment assets and other level-art issues.
• Fixed several cases of overlapping or flickering environment geometry.
• Fixed hazard indicators on map nodes sometimes displaying the wrong number of hazards.
• Fixed the Urgent Objective prompt sometimes adding an unintended line break in languages other than english.
• Fixed incorrect terms in the Embellished Axe Head Charm description.
• Fixed Aodh's barks all triggering at once after dying during his unlock mission.

Misc.

• Renamed the Swapper to Anvil of Equivalent Exchange.
• The Seller now displays an invalid interaction prompt when it cannot be used because the player has no Charms.
• Limited individual chat messages to 256 characters.
• Increased the resolution of Hero portraits.

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Experimental Branch update v0.19.61502

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where a Companion unlocked during a Campaign could be lost after reloading a Mid-Campaign Save if unlocking it temporarily exceeded the Barracks Companion limit.

• Fixed Gilles the Hog being able to leave the playable area during certain attacks.
• Fixed the screen not flashing red when taking damage during the second phase of Iseult the Banshee and Harold the Dragon.
• Fixed Gilles' audio bark also playing during Iseult the Banshee's bark.
• Fixed a bug where Emblem Power would get applied improperly through Passive Emblems resulting in Emblems dealing massive amounts of damage.

• Added dynamic text scaling to Objective prompts to better support different languages.
• Fixed localization for the Beyond the Gates post-Boss Map Event.

How to try the Experimental Branch

To sign up to the Experimental Branch, right-click Tears of Metal in your Steam Library, click "Properties" and select "Game Versions & Betas" in the menu. In the list that appears, choose the "experimental" branch and close the window. Your game should update (if it doesn't, restart Steam). With that being said, we wish you all once again a Happy Halloween, hopefully the invaders that knock at your doors are here for candy, not blood!