Update 1.5.0 - Touch/Hand/Motion Controls added to Obduction.

22 MARZO

We’ve added hand controls in this feature-rich update — along with lots of clean-up and tuning. (Players who have already purchased Obduction for PC or Rift will receive Vive and Rift hand control support with this update.)

Art
Various art fixes and tweaks throughout Kaptar
Small LOD fixes in hunrath

Technical
Improvements to loading/streaming
Many fixes and improvements to the gamma adjustment option
Fix for game continuously minimizing after starting the game a second time

Localization
Obduction - Localization - Fix for "BACK" translation not being entirely in uppercase in Polish and Portuguese.
Many localization changes for the new menu entries

Known issues:
Missing localized new menu terms for Spanish, Polish, and Dutch
Overlapping localized terms in some controller screens
MRS toggle is greyed out
Sounds of footsteps when teleporting are missing
Active Dome sound missing in teleportation mode
Lever guides in Kaptar are misbehaving again
Coupler mechanism in Kaptar can't be engaged using VR motion controller in Free movement
Kaptar rotating bridge lock hard to interact with using VR motion controllers
Color corruption can occur on the waterfall in Hunrath with all AMD GPUs

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Update 1.4.2

8 FEBBRAIO

Hey everyone!

We have quite a few fixes and updates in this release, it also includes brand new community made translations for previously unsupported languages: Portuguese and Dutch.

Fixes and changes:

Audio
• Fix for some build types crashing when loading a level with ambient sounds in the world.

Art
• Various tweaks and improvements throughout Hunrath
• Various tweaks and improvements throughout Kaptar
• Bad collision area on the Hunrath Maray sphere.
• Fixed a shading pop on the mine cart when crossing the zone thresholds.
• Increased cart blocker volume size on the scrap yard gate.
• Scaled/moved one of the tower fog plane blockers where it didn't quite meet the wall.
• Cleaned up collision in the caves near the swap spheres.
• Open edge of Hunrath wall was visible near elevator. Moved/added some small rocks to hide it.
• Fixed river-flow direction in the Hunrath bosque, near the clothesline
• Fixed translucency issues on mine cart
• Many art updates and improvements to the stairs in Kaptar
• Fog in (area redacted) no longer displays overly bright
• Re-positioned the ‘fallen tree’ backer reward
• Hid/covered a couple of unsightly light map and clipping issues near the Kaptar stairs swap sphere.
• Minor tweaks to one of the Arai swarm's light path, as the light was (slightly) visible outside the hive where it shouldn't have been.

UI
• Updated UI elements to accommodate the requested Keyboard addition
• Updated Credits
• Generic fixes for setting resolution issues

General
• Fix for being able to "disable" the bomb as it's blowing up
• Fix for screenshots not using the correct view when engaged with objects like the mine cart.
• Fix for CW disappearing a little too soon while the door is closing on him
• Fix for being able to drive the mine cart while pushing a link button.
• Fix for Kaptar winch ride issue allowing player to move too far from platform
• Fix for the Kaptar elevator leaving without player
• Fix for engaging the mine cart after loading a game.
• Fix for the player falling through the very cold Maray elevator chamber.
• Fix for the Maray movie panel turning back on if you take a screenshot of it when it's off.

Performance
• Hunrath imagers now load in and out of memory at runtime.
• Many tweaks to loading zones in Kaptar, Maray, and Hunrath
• Fixes to pop-ins at Farley's house
• Fix for a loading issue in Maray that could cause a fall-through
• Fixes for loading when leaving the Hub on very slow machines
• Fixes for possible shader related crashes
• Misc tweaks to try and improve performance on very slow computers

VR
• Localization fixes for VR terminology in menu – translations have been finalized
• Fix for weird camera angles in player controller after playing in VR.
• Added text for mirror mode (M key) to keyboard mapping display (Oculus)

Localization
• Localized text for the "Too many save games" message now displays after menu fix
• Removed duplicated "EXPLOSION' subtitle line for back side of Farley’s tape
• All of Farley's vault journals have been finalized and have full localization

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Update 1.4.1

16 NOVEMBRE 2016

New Additions
• VR-only: Smooth Turning for VR is now available as an option in the Controls menu
• Addition of Texture Memory slider-
? We've added a manual adjustment slider that affects the amount of memory that can used for the game's textures. This can improve image quality when raised, and improve performance when lowered. While this options affects all users, this should help Intel HD graphics users who were unable to read puzzle solutions in-game.

Changes
• The auto-save icon now only appears when you are in the menu. It no longer appears in-game when you are walking around. It continues to save the game; it just won't display the save icon while it's doing it (in-game).
• VR-only: Added 'M' keyboard hotkey to toggle between stereo and mono mirroring modes.

Art
• Various small fixes and tweaks to art in Kaptar
• Various small fixes throughout Hunrath

Audio
• Misc sound fixes in Kaptar
• Raised volume of Imager devices in Hunrath

Misc
• VR-only: Users can no longer unlock doors by sticking their head through the door.
• Fix for buttons breaking if pressed while taking a photo.
• Fixes for navigation points with Farley's vault.
• Fixes for navigation points in Maray.
• Fixes for navigation points in Kaptar.
• Fixes for users getting stuck on an elevator in Maray.
• VR-only: Fix for flicker when changing Resolution Scale.

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Update 1.4.0

11 NOVEMBRE 2016

Hey everyone!
We've just pushed our newest fixes and features out to the Public Preview release:

New Additions
• Smooth Turning for VR is now available as an option
• Addition of Texture Memory slider-
? We've added a manual adjustment slider that affects the amount of memory that can used for the game's textures. This can improve image quality when raised, and improve performance when lowered. While this options affects all users, this should help Intel HD graphics users who were unable to read puzzle solutions in-game.

Changes
• The auto-save icon now only appears when you are in the menu. It no longer appears in-game when you are walking around. It continues to save the game; it just won't display the save icon while it's doing it (in-game).

Art
• Various small fixes and tweaks to art in Kaptar
• Various small fixes throughout Hunrath

Audio
• Misc sound fixes in Kaptar
• Raised volume of Imager devices in Hunrath

Misc
• Users can no longer unlock doors in VR by sticking their head through the door.
• Fix for buttons breaking if pressed while taking a photo.
• Fixes for navigation points with Farley's vault.
• Fixes for navigation points in Maray.
• Fixes for navigation points in Kaptar.
• Fixes for users getting stuck on an elevator in Maray.

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Hot Fix - 1.3.4 for VR

4 NOVEMBRE 2016

Hot-fix, for VR only! A setting is now available for those who want to play with smooth-turning in Free movement mode. This setting is NOT recommended for most players, only experienced VR users who know what they're doing, as it can easily cause discomfort or even sickness. Use at your own risk!

As this was created as a quick update, for now the setting can only be changed by editing a config file. If you'd rather not edit this file, we will be providing this setting as a menu option in an upcoming larger update (roughly planned for end of next week).

To enable:
make sure you have launched the game at least once in VR, and that the game is not currently running
from Windows desktop, click Start or press the Windows key on your keyboard, and enter this: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Obduction\Saved\Config\ConfigVR\WindowsNoEditor
using a text editor, such as Notepad, open the GameUserSettings.ini file
find the setting named FreeIntenseSmoothTurning, change it from false to true, and save the file
Smooth-turning in Free mode will now be enabled.

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Update 3

31 OTTOBRE 2016

Brand new features!

• Oculus Rift VR support:

? VR playable on Oculus Rift. Support for Oculus Remote and wide range of gamepads. Two movement modes available: Blink (teleport), and Free. Allows for seated and standing play.

• nVidia Ansel and HDR Support:

? Also being added is NVIDIA HDR support and NVIDIA Ansel, which allows players to capture stunning 3D 360 panoramic screenshots in super resolution, customizable with post-process filters and shareable with friends. Details on how to view the screenshots can be found on the NVIDIA GeForce blog.

• Razer Chroma support:

We are excited to announce that we have added support for Chroma-enabled products made by Razer into Obduction. If you own a Chroma-enabled mouse, mousepad, keyboard, or headset, you will notice that Obduction now lights up those peripherals according to events in the game. We have added the following Chroma effects to Obduction (minor spoilers ahead):

? Idling cyan + black breathing effect when in main menu
? Breathing effect between two prominent colors in the current world
? Linking effect between worlds (keyboard only)
? Picture-taking flash effect

(If you have chroma-enabled peripherals and want to turn them off, open the GameUserSettings.ini file and change the value of bIsKeyboardLightingEnabled to "false" and restart the game. Options for this in-game will be coming in a future update.)

ART

• Millions of fixes and improvements to loading zones. This should help improve loading hitches in all areas.
• Fixes for license plates at different graphics settings/resolutions
• Marker signs should now be much easier to read at lower resolutions
• Eric knocked over a gravestone. That's bad luck Eric.
• Fix for the grills on the seed machine only being clickable on the top handle portion instead of the whole grill.
• Lots of little improvements and optimizations to art in Hunrath
• Improvements and optimizations to art in Kaptar
• Improvements and optimizations to fog and smoke effects on low quality settings
• fixes to video playback in Maray
• Fixes for some doors closing at the wrong time under some conditions in Maray
• Many fixes for various control panels

UI

• Fix for Back Button functionality in the menu not working.
• Better support for gamepad in photo viewer
• Fix for language changes not saving correctly under certain conditions
• Fix for "Load" text not fitting in the text area on the load screen for multiple languages.
• Increased scale of the surrounding box to allow for longer words to be shown.
• Fix for Delete and Copy dialogs not being localized correctly in Save Game Menu
• Misc fixes for localization issues
• Can now traverse through photo albums with keys.
• A dialog box pops up notifying the user when they are attempting to copy a game but already have 10 save games.

Technical things

• More nodes, node fixes, etc
• Auto Detect graphics on Startup.
• Fix for ViewDistanceQuality settings.
• Fixes for issues with entering and exiting the mine cart in both free roam and point-n-click
• Gamepad input adjustments

Audio

• Adjusted volume levels on some levers and doors in Hunrath
test

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Patch 2

27 SETTEMBRE 2016

Hey everyone!

The results from the public preview are looking pretty good, so today we're moving the newest version of the game from our Public Preview out to everyone.

Most players will see only good things with this patch. But we have noticed a rare occurance on some systems with integrated graphics - textures may get blurrier. This is the result of being safer about allocating texture memory, and the graphic system not reporting correctly. We’ll continue to investigate this.

Mac Kickstarter Backers on the Mac beta will see some changes - mostly good, some bad. Generally, the Mac performance has improved dramatically. Almost everyone should notice that. The bad news is that you may crash, or only see a black screen at startup. There are two steps to fix this. The first is to upgrade to MacOS Sierra which has fixes that Obduction requires. The second is to remove old shader cache files. Here are the steps to delete the old files:

• Go to the Finder (usually the first thing in your dock)
• Hold down shift + command + g
• Type (or copy and paste) this... ~/Library/Application Support/Epic/Obduction/Saved
• Click Go or push return
• Delete two files... ByteCodeCache.ushadercode and DrawCache.ushadercache

(If you don’t see those files then you did something wrong, or you don’t have Obduction installed.)
If you require further help with this, please create a support ticket at: http://support.cyan.com/


The list of changes and fixes from the Public Preview have stayed the same, but, if you missed them the first time around, here they are:

Global
• Fix for game icon not appearing in windows task bar in some conditions
• Fix for unsupported OS languages causing failed loading and empty menus
• Fixed some missing Backer Rewards messages
• Photos now have a slideshow option
• Photos previously taken should sort correctly
• Photos will now appear for users with foreign or special characters in their Windows user account name
• Backer reward items popup is now disabled by default in-game. This can still be enabled through the options menu
• Updates to node navigation
• Fixes for minecart getting stuck in rocks under some conditions
• Fixes for misalignment in The Gauntlet
• Fix for Kaptar generator pistons losing correct state when loading
• Fix for player falling out of world on new game and load game in some cases
• Removed stacking of movement input. Sorry speed runners.
• Improvements to video memory usage
• Many updates to nodes in all worlds for point and click mode
• Updates for game pad controls
• Fixes for some dialogue playing back in incorrect areas
• Fix for an odd crash when loading
• Fixes for minecart persistence if lowered but not driven
• Raised blood pressure level of producer character "Ryan"
• CW's workshop door is no longer able to be closed after opening
• Removed debug commands bound to 'R' and 'Num9' keys

Localization
• Proper translation of 'Credits' across all languages
• Updated backer rewards popup under some languages
• Various settings UI language changes
• Various updates to all available languages

Art
• Lighting improvements across all worlds
• Tweaked imager parts
• Updates to Hunrath swing bridge
• Various large and small updates to art around Hunrath
• Various small collision fixes in Hunrath
• Optimization of art for the large Hunrath sphere
• Small art tweaks around Maray
• Collision and art fixes to some spheres in Kaptar
• Performance fixes for the Arai Hive
• Updates to shadows in generator room
• Updates to ending special effects
• Collision fixes in Maray
• Added a guide for the bleeder operation
• Updates to credits scene
• Fixes to books showing black bars at low resolutions
• Fix for falling off cliff near swing bridge in Kaptar
• Improvements for control panels in Maray

Sound
• Tweaks to sound in Maray
• Fixes for bird sounds in Maray

.....And too many more tweaks, updates, and fixes to list!


Mac Specific:

(Please remember, the Mac release of Obduction is currently in a beta state and is only available to Kickstarter backers as we work with everyone to improve performance and compatibility)

• Fixes for particle effects on AMD GPUs
• Media playback updates
• Small changes for Metal API shader model 5
• Fix for loading into a black screen under some conditions
• Fixes for lighting and loading effects
• Fixes for broken textures
• Performance tweaks

Known issues with the current Mac beta

• Some Macs may require an upgrade to MacOS Sierra
• Some Macs may see an odd black effect over the game's visuals when running Intel graphics
• Some players may see the minecart appear backwards from its correct position

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Patch 1

2 SETTEMBRE 2016

Hey Everyone!
We've just pushed the button and moved our first big patch from the public beta to the normal release. We hope you enjoy it! As always, if you run into any issues, please contact us at our support page. While we may not be able to get back to you right away, we are reading through every single one.


Global
Fix for stuck loading screens with unsupported languages! Game will now properly default to English when local OS language does not have a localization file available
Fix for resolution scale slider
Adjustment to gamma setting slider (Work in progress)
Small fix for the Credits
Tweaks for new game menu
Fixes for screenshots during loading

Art
Many small art tweaks around all of Hunrath

Nodes
Many fixes to nodes in Hunrath


Known issues in this release:

OS's with unsupported languages may see a missing menu hitting escape during gameplay

Photos and their ordering that were broken in previous builds may still appear broken

Windows user accounts with that contain foreign characters may not see their photos in the photo viewer. The photos will be available in the game's save directory.