A Hat in Time news & patch notes

Changelog

• Fixed summer death wish contracts being limited to 100 level ups
• Fixed Summer Death Wish contracts repeating more often than intended at lower levels

Hi all, hope you're enjoying the summer! Today we have a small selection of fixes for the Summer Event:

Change List

• Fixed the max summer event contract level being capped at 20. It is now uncapped as intended!
• Added -vulkan launch parameter to force-launch the game using the Vulkan graphics API (also available in graphics settings)
• Fixed some Summer event contract names not loading
• Temporarily removed a small selection of mods from the Summer event due to compatibility issues
• Fixed a bug where the screen would show as black on specific laptops. A warning now appears when this issue is detected and corrected.

Enjoy more than 100 community-made levels in the new Summer Event map, available from June 26th (now!) to July 31st! Play the new map to obtain the rewards from last year: - A sticker (level-up!) - 2 weapons - A dye Complete the summer Death Wish map to level up your Summer Drink sticker! Leveling up also ascends your Death Wish map with all-new challenges! The challenges and rewards are available even if you don't own any DLC. To keep Steam Workshop rewards installed when restarting the game, subscribe on the Steam Workshop page. In addition, the spaceship has been decorated for summer vibes. Check out all the featured mods on the workshop via the Summer Event Tag!

Online Party

Need help finding other players in Vanessa's Curse? Join the Online Party PECK or join our Discord!

A Hat in Time and all DLC is also 50% off!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/253230/A_Hat_in_Time/

Changes

Rendering

• Added DirectX 12 and Vulkan support - We still recommend using "Default" (DirectX 9) which has the best performance and support overall.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed rare crash when playing mods in Online Party
• Fixed Time Piece collect jingle playing for an incorrect duration[

A minor update is available for A Hat in Time!

Changes

Gameplay

• Fixed a stutter that would occur during the level intro sequence.
• Fixed setting Depth of Field to none in Graphics Settings negatively affected bloom.
• Fixed the game camera stopping rendering if the player quickly goes down a ladder after reaching the top at high framerate.
• Fixed inconsistent swimming behavior between Keyboard and Controller.

Modding

• Added coop support to OnlineParty's PlayerStateMeta feature
• Cook options can now be overridden in mod manager

A minor update is available for A Hat in Time!

Changes

• Fixed an issue where some players would stutter in 5 second intervals. Thank you to KeifersIsAwesome and psoron for helping in tracking down the issue.
• Added new option to Game Settings: Sort Hats By Obtain Order. If set, hats will be sorted by the order in which they were obtained. Otherwise will be sorted by yarn cost.

A minor update is available for A Hat in Time! This primarily focuses on changes and fixes to the Summer Event update.

Changes

• All the Summer Event Death Wish levels are now available - enjoy!
• Summer Event Death Wishes can now be reset, which allows re-rolling the MODifier
• Fixed Drink sticker being audible from all distances

A minor update is available for A Hat in Time! This primarily focuses on changes and fixes to the Summer Event update.

Changes

• Added a background icon in the pause menu to indicate which Hats and Badges are mandatory
• Increased Pon requirement for Cyclone Seafort
• Temporarily reduced Online Party lobby size from 50 to 25
• Minor changes to list of available MODifiers in Summer Death Wish map

Fixes

• Fixed patty-cake animation not playing for a specific Mafia in the night-time version of Mafia Town
• Fixed selected MODifier being incorrect in the level 3 Summer Event Death Wish map
• Fixed typo in Power Pons Summer Death Wish challenge
• Fixed Vanessa's Curse being required to complete the Summer Death Wish map
• Fixed Summer Drink sticker's description being empty at level 1
• Fixed being unable to equip dyes and weapons after completing certain Summer Death Wish challenges

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/5211581/83b33494d1a6db02232db975076403dcdf838290.png The SUMMER EVENT has kicked off with a new update to A HAT IN TIME, including a new summer vibin' Death Wish map containing fresh new unlockables! The SUMMER EVENT starts June 27th and ends July 31st! Enjoy!

Level Up!

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/5211581/5143b0d8aaeedd4d7678a1342c915c2d4741e2b7.gif Complete the summer Death Wish map to level up your Summer Drink sticker! Leveling up also ascends your Death Wish map with all-new challenges! Currently there is a limited number of available level-ups, as all players reach higher levels during the summer event, more levels become available.

MODifiers

As you tackle harder summer Death Wish challenges, you'll be presented with a spicy choice: Which Workhop MOD do you want to bring into battle? {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/5211581/a2383c0375a17b75c11ebd413ff7406ac3f6ce4f.gif

Online Party

Need help finding other players in Vanessa's Curse or Hattle Royale? Join the Online Party PECK or join our Discord!

The update will be applied automatically when you restart A Hat in Time.

New Feature: Emblems

• Added emblems to acts in the act select screen. Emblems are rewarded for: 0 jumps, speedrun, all rift token pages, all yarn, all rift pons, finding friend message, finding developer message.

Gameplay

• Brewing Hat breakables now spawn health if the player is missing health
• The Completionist's Hat now highlights pons that have been collected before
• Added "Prevent Accidental Falls" input setting, which prevents rare cases where Hat Kid may vault over a ledge to her death

Levels

• Fixed invisible sign meshes in The Illness Has Spread near the birdhouse
• Fixed pause menu not highlighting the correct Time Piece when in a Time Rift
• Ship Shape delivery guides now only refresh if the player strays far away from them
• Fixed trigger volumes required for Nyakuza Metro finale being exhausted when touched during other acts

Death Wish

• Fixed subtitle / voice line mismatch in Death Wish
• Added a leaderboard to Death Wish that show friends' stamps

Online Party

• Fixed online player messages not retrieving correctly.
• Added a game setting for turning off online player messages.
• Online player messages are now colored differently depending on the author (yourself / friend / mod author / Gears for Breakfast staff)
• Online player messages can now be placed in non-mod levels, but only friend and developer messages are visible
• Online Party join messages now close after a few seconds of being accepted. This fixes a softlock if the joined level is not installed.

Modding

• Added a leaderboard to Challenge Road
• Added bOnlyEnforceBlacklistWhileOnline and DoNotEnforceBlacklistOnlinePartyNamePrefix to Hat_MapInfo
• Fixed mod level playtime tracking not working
• Fixed crash caused by matinee interpdata not getting cleaned up properly when GC'd on cook
• Fixed crash if loading screen DLC logo is part of the root set
• Fixed EndPlayMap for mods passing the wrong name (was passing travel url, not map name)
• Fixed Hat_NPC_Player not calling ConvertNPCPlayer if no player pawn is present (such as in titlescreen)
• Added OnlineRestrictionsVolume to filter online player messages in specific locations (such as boss battles)
• Fixed AlwaysInPlayerBackpack not working for hats or badges
• Added support for non-weapon attachment points for hookshot

The update will be applied automatically when you restart A Hat in Time.

Hats

• Brewing Hat breakables now spawn health if the player is missing health

Mafia Town

• Fixed certain brewing hat crates in Mafia Town not spawning health as intended

Alpine Skyline

• Fixed invisible sign meshes in The Illness Has Spread near the birdhouse

Arctic Cruise

• Ship Shape guides now only refresh if the player strays far away

Death Wish

• Fixed subtitle / voice line mismatch in Death Wish

Vanessa's Curse

• Summer and winter event weapons can now be used in Vanessa's Curse
  • Thank you to Hatlagg for suggesting this addition!

The update will be applied automatically when you restart A Hat in Time.

Player

• Fixed Hat Kid staying in the double-jump animation if ledge grabbing after double-jumping
• Homing attack now starts movement slightly faster
• Fixed players not seen as "landed" when triggering OnLand on meshes with custom walkable floor Z
• Fixed being unable to drop carry-able objects on destroy within 0.5s of pickup if AutoPickupOnTouch is on

Hats

• Fixed brewing hat projectiles being blocked by EnemyBlockingVolume

Badges

• Fixed hookshot chain not attaching properly to certain end-points
• Updated player's movement curve at the start of a hookshot swing to be smoother

Mafia Town

• Fixed not attacking in the 2D plane direction when in the Mafia of Cooks boss battle
• Increased interaction distance to Mafia NPC blocking an entrance by the docks in Mafia Town

Alpine Skyline

• Fixed softlock in Twilight Bell in the room with the second key

Nyakuza Metro

• Added a Nyakuza Metro introduction camera sequence for when all Time Pieces have been collected

The Finale

• Fixed Hat Kid being vertically misaligned in the fake-out ending in The Finale
• Updated The Finale hyperzone background to be less visually noisy
• Moved boss battle phase 1's arena bounds to avoid part of the arena being out-of-bounds

Online Party

• Fixed crash in Online Party when a remote player would use specific weapons
• Fixed timed-out users stalling games in Vanessa's Curse

Modding

• Fixed GEI-implemented classes not finding functions
• Fixed flair ComponentOverride not working for Hat_Ability_StatueFall

The A Hat in Time Winter Event is active between December 4, 2023 - January 4th, 2024! The 2023 Winter event includes:

• 8 Death Wish challenges
• 5 unlockable stickers
• 1 unlockable weapon

Special thanks to the community members whose mods are featured in this event!

• Habijob
• jevil plushie (real)™ (Cassie)
• Chainsmokingpeepo

Check out all featured mods on the workshop Winter Event Tag!

Vanessa's Curse (Requires: Vanessa's Curse)

Vanessa's Curse stickers now drop at DOUBLE the rate for the duration of the winter event!

Not feeling Festive?

Grinches can disable the winter event under Game Settings

The A Hat in Time Steam Summer Event starts June 29, 2023, and ends July 31, 2023! An update will be applied automatically when you restart A Hat in Time.

Summer Event

• A brand-new in-game summer event is live from June 29th to July 31st!
• The spaceship has been decorated for summer vibes
• A new summer Death Wish map with 50 stamps is available, containing community-made challenges (accessible via Death Wish in the Pause Menu)
• The challenges and rewards are available even if you don't own 'A Hat in Time: Seal the Deal'
• Unlock 2 new weapons, a new sticker and a new dye
• To keep Steam Workshop rewards installed when restarting the game, subscribe on the Steam Workshop page.

Special thanks to the community members whose mods are featured in this event!

• SuperInkLink
• PastaPillows
• Khanromi
• Camb0t
• Teratorn
• Super Sandwich Galaxy
• SabMods
• Habijob
• Rhoyse
• Don
• jlintgod
• MrBrawls
• Catwish
• Biddy
• EpicYoshiMaster
• Jazzrabbit
• Dr. Treefrog

Check out all featured mods on the workshop Summer Event Tag!

Modding

• Added support for Death Wishes that depend on Steam Workshop content
• Added support for specifying in the ModInfo.ini which mod map to load on start (Map=MapNameHere under Info)
• Mod weapon models are now visible to other players in Online Party, as long as both players have the mod installed
• Added support for always-in-backpack weapons and dyes/outfits
• Added SetParticleTrailOnBone function to Hat_Collectible_Skin (dyes and outfits)
• Added GameMod::GetModWorkshopLocalID
• Death Wish titlecards now display the active Death Wish map as chapter name ("Summer" instead of "Death Wish")
• Improved performance of the mod menus
• Added loading screen when a mod is installing / compiling shaders

Fixes

• Fixed crash when transitioning to Death Wish with a map that isn't loaded
• Fixed a crash when loading out-of-date savedata
• Fixed sound spam when soda cans are wedged stuck
• Fixed bug where items stolen by Alpine Skyline cats would enter an intangible state if the cat is killed within 1 second of the item being stolen
• Fixed missing line for Conductor during Dead Bird Studio finale, and a missing line for Snatcher during the Subcon Forest finale (thanks to JDWMGB)
• Fixed wrong hat flair being equipped when using the "Set To Default Hat" Kismet node. This bug was visible when finishing the Subcon Forest finale.
• Fixed broken camera sequence during the final boss speech in the finale
• The camera sequence when entering the Subcon Well's hookshot room is now disabled while auto-skip cutscenes is active
• Fixed missing talking animation for Mustache Girl during the Mafia Town boss battle
• Fixed easter egg enemy in Nyakuza Metro being synced in online party, resulting in a softlock
• Fixed modding crash when using asset replace on loading screen textures
• Fixed asset replace refreshing when disabling/enabling a mod that doesn't use asset replace
• Fixed rare crash when receiving Steam Workshop updates

A Hat in Time is 50% off when the Steam Summer Sale starts on June 29th!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/253230/A_Hat_in_Time/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/787340/A_Hat_in_Time__Seal_the_Deal/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/940220/A_Hat_in_Time__Nyakuza_Metro__Online_Party/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1738980/A_Hat_in_Time__Vanessas_Curse/

The update will be applied automatically when you restart A Hat in Time.

Localization

• The German localization for A Hat in Time, A Hat in Time: Seal the Deal and A Hat in Time: Nyakuza Metro has been updated

Miscellaneous

• Fixed rare crash on startup when connecting to Steam Workshop
• Fixed Challenge Road mod icons not always loading
• Fixed bug where the first installed Steam Workshop mod would sometimes refuse to load
• Fixed rare crash in Online Party when a player disconnects
• Fixed rare rendering crash
• Fixed crash when transitioning to a Steam Workshop mod level that was still being downloaded
• Fixed crash when enabling and disabling Steam Workshop mods
• Fixed "Change Death Wish Map" text sometimes not rendering correctly

Modding

• Added a "Subscribe" button to the mod list. Mods now download without subscribing by default.
• Added GameMod::GetModScriptClasses

The update will be applied automatically when you restart A Hat in Time.

General

• Improved wallclimb to get less stuck on walls
• Fixed several instances of AudioComponents not being destroyed on completion
• Fixed jigglebone crash

Spaceship

• Fixed being able to select "empty" creator DLC when no Creator DLC is installed

Mafia Town

• Mafia Boss now has a reduced height hitbox while doing his horizontal spin attack. This allows players to jump over him without double-jumping.
• Reduced hitbox of charging Mafia summoned by Mafia Boss
• Fixed small rubble blocking the camera on the wooden platforms in Mafia Town

Battle of the Birds

• Fixed typo in Conductor dialogue in Dead Bird Studio Act 1
• Fixed typo in dialogue for the Express Band
• Fixed duplicate 'Bow Down' sticker in Dead Bird Basement
• Conductor / DJ Grooves Tokens now heal +1 HP on pickup

The Finale

• Mustache Girl will now teleport back to center of arena if she falls out of the arena

UI

• Fixed being able to click menu items via mouse click release, when changing menu

Death Wish

• Increased the hitbox of moving golden vault codes
• Made it less frustrating to wallclimb out of ice statue (Mafia's Jumps Death Wish)

Online Party

• Fixed players still showing as joining a level, even after having joined said level

Modding

• Fixed rare mod icon PNG loading crash
• Fixed Challenge Road mods being out of order
• Reduced fade-in duration of mods in mod menu list

The A Hat in Time Winter Event starts December 22nd, 2022, and ends January 5th, 2023. A Hat in Time is 50% off for the duration of the winter event!

The Spaceship

• The Spaceship has been decorated for the duration of the winter event! Don't ask about the Mafia ice statue. please.

Death Wish (Requires: Seal the Deal)

• A new limited-time Death Wish map has been added! Complete these new festive challenges and earn presents (stickers!)
• 5 new Death Wish challenges
• 5 new stickers Note: Some Death Wishes may not be available unless Online Party or Vanessa's Curse is installed

Vanessa's Curse (Requires: Vanessa's Curse)

• Vanessa's Curse stickers now drop at DOUBLE the rate for the duration of the winter event!

Settings

• Grinches can disable the winter event under Game Settings

https://store.steampowered.com/app/253230/A_Hat_in_Time/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/787340/A_Hat_in_Time__Seal_the_Deal/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/940220/A_Hat_in_Time__Nyakuza_Metro__Online_Party/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1738980/A_Hat_in_Time__Vanessas_Curse/

The Arctic Cruise

* Fixed annoying stair collision in Arctic Cruise's kitchen

Online Party

* Fixed Online Party player's dweller sphere being created multiple times, resulting in lag over prolonged game sessions

Vanessa's Curse

* Fixed being unable to use Vanessa's Curse stickers unless Nyakuza Metro was installed.

Modding

* Fixed crash in Kismet when an actor is selected with SpriteComponent with no sprite set. * Added support for custom death wish maps via Hat_SnatcherContract's new DeathWishGroupID property. * Modded Death Wishes are now by default on their own Death Wish map, allowing players to enjoy both a vanilla and modded Death Wish experience. * Fixed pause menu not showing Time Pieces in modded levels (thanks to starblaster64 for identifying the issue) * Fixed finales not working for mod Act Selects

A new update for A Hat in Time is now available.

• Online Party: Fixed a rare Online Party crash
• Online Party: Fixed a bug where having many inventory stickers would cause other players not to see displayed stickers
• Modding: Fixed ActSelector not using the currently active mod for the act select menu

This weekend we also say goodbye to the 5th anniversary event. It was fun while it lasted - happy birthday A Hat in Time!

We're celebrating A Hat in Time's 5th anniversary! A limited-time event will take place starting tomorrow (October 4th) and ending October 9th!

• During the event, the Spaceship will be decorated!
• We'll be having a casual developer anniversary party on October 5th at 7pm CET with a livestream on Twitch.tv ( Twitch.tv/GearsForBreakfastOfficial )

Vanessa's Curse

• During the 5th Anniversary events, sticker drops have been doubled
• All stickers dropped during the event will have a unique Birthday effect.
• A new exceedingly rare sticker effect (Hyperzone) has been added, and will remain as a potential unlock after the event ends as well.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug with velocity on hookshot swings after diving
• Workshop mod rate menu no longer forces the default hat (thanks to Psoron)
• Fixed players being unable to dive after taking damage mid-dive
• Fixed playerstart in Subcon Forest village dweller Time Rift
• Fixed audio sliders "sticking" when moving the cursor to another selection
• Fixed warning spam for workshop items with many config options
• Fixed the meatclub Mafia enemy's meatclub visuals rolling in the opposite direction
• Fixed voice acting mumble for Nyakuza Metro Empress and Dead Bird Studio Receptionist
• Potential fix for crash in vertex buffer and particle systems
• Potential fix for crash related to tick rate
• Fixed potential crash on bootup related to language settings
• Fixed potential crash in character animations
• Fixed crash if enemy nyakuza cats fail to find a path to the player
• Significantly increased hitboxes of sandbags at the end of Dead Bird Studio, since new players seem to always choke those for some reason
• Reduced hurtbox of flying knives during Dead Bird Studio finale boss
• Added slight variance to the fakeout disco ball drop in Dead Bird Studio boss
• Reduced hurtbox radius and height of Mustache Girl slap
• Fixed crash related to music looping

Modding

• Added support for custom HUB levels via Hat_ChapterInfo.

The update will be applied automatically when you restart A Hat in Time.

Miscellaneous

• Fixed common animation warning in Online Party
• Fixed location banners not supporting non-localized strings
• Multiple crash fixes
• Added new Community Gameday Sticker

The update will be applied automatically when you restart A Hat in Time.

Miscellaneous

• Fixed a rare issue where Steam Workshop mod splash screens would display "visit store" instead of "visit workshop page".
• Fixed the buttons on Steam Workshop mod entries being very narrow
• Fixed a rare crash related to Rift Collapse animations
• Fixed a rare crash that would occur when loading new levels
• Fixed a crash when the max number of particle effects in a level was hit
• Fixed a rare crash on exiting the game while a particle system is playing
• Fixed a rare AI crash
• Fixed a crash related to jigglebones on characters

The update will be applied automatically when you restart A Hat in Time.

• Added a new crash reporter, which can be toggled in Game Settings
• Fixed an issue where the "Unlimited Possibilities" achievement would unlock without any mods installed
• Fixed some misplaced window decals in The Finale

The update will be applied automatically when you restart A Hat in Time. * Added a new crash reporter, which can be toggled in Game Settings. * Fixed an issue where the "Unlimited Possibilities" achievement would unlock without any mods installed. * Fixed some misplaced window decals in The Finale.

The update will be applied automatically when you restart A Hat in Time.

Online Party

• Performance improvements
• Improved UI to have it recommend 'peck' and 'boop' as defaults

General

• Fix for light beams casting incorrect shadows in Picture Perfect / The Big Parade

We are happy to announce that a fix for the Online Party outage is going live today! The team at Valve provided us details on their recent changes, allowing us to implement a fix that restores all functionality and improves performance! We look forward to seeing you all back in Online Party! Note: during the outage, Vanessa’s Curse was removed from sale temporarily. We have requested Valve to release it again and expect it to be live soon!

UPDATE: This issue is now resolved. https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/253230/view/3215015328427149675 The outage of Online Party due to a Steam Client update is ongoing. This outage impacts both standard online party as well as Vanessa’s Curse. We are continuing to work on a solution, but anticipate this outage to continue for several weeks as we identify and implement a solution. Playing Online Party and Vanessa’s Curse is not recommended at current, as your experience will vary. Given the great collaborative effort put forth to achieve Online Party, our hopes were to resolve this with the team at Valve. However, as the weeks have progressed, many of our communications have gone unanswered. As a result we are actively looking into external solutions that we'll be prototyping on the 'experimental' Steam beta starting Wednesday, April 6th. We apologize for the impact this has had, and want to thank you for your continued patience.

UPDATE: This issue is now resolved. https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/253230/view/3215015328427149675 We're currently experiencing an outage in the Steam backend for Online Party after a Steam Client update on March 4th. As a result, Online Party is currently unavailable. We've engaged in discussions with Valve on the issue and hope to have a fix available with their assistance. However, given that this issue may be related to the Steam Client, we expect a fix to take some time to deliver. We'll post an update here once the issue is resolved.

Online Party changes

Players are now able to select the way their Online Party works by using specific prefixes in their online party lobby name.

• “NOMOD” - PURE TAG using this prefix will require all mods to be disabled for your online party (example: NOMODTAG1, NOMODTAG2)
• “ALLMOD” - ULTIMATE MOD FREEDOM! Using this prefix enables all mods, including mods not supported in standard Vanessa’s Curse lobbies. Be warned, these lobbies may be full of abnormal movement and unfair play.(example: ALLMODTAG1, ALLMODTAG2)
• No prefix- CUSTOMIZABLE FUN by not using a prefix in your online party name, mods that aren’t considered to contain exploits or competitive advantage will be allowed. (Example: TAG1, TAG2)

If you encounter unfair play in no prefix and "NOMOD" lobbies please be sure to file a report. To learn how to report please see our FAQ Here!

Changes

• Mafia Boss playable mod can now use his "spin" ability, EX version still disabled.
• If there is only 1 default cursed player, the points earned for indirect tags is doubled (30)

Bug fixes

• Fixed last player alive music playing at 0 players alive instead of 1 alive
• Improved UI performances