A House of Many Doors news & patch notes

- The amount of apprehensions one can get from poetry no longer correlates to Esoterica stat, in order to avoid a massive exploit; - Fixed one small borked branch of election concern during Gallows Minister's interview; - Amended one miniscule inconsistency during Violante's concern; - Buyable Scrutinies now properly remove Reproach; - Fixed limitations on stat advancement for two crew members (was unintentionally transferred from the mod); - A certain embassy in the City of Keys can be visited only once per visit now; - Error in Laudanum's pricing is fixed.

Thanks to Altotas for the new build! The following changes have been made: - Added an option to randomly pick your portrait and backgrounds at the start of the game; - Writing poetry en masse and advertising for new crew members should be more convenient now; - Fixed exploits involving the Consortium trader during Ashen's concern and Noddy Orb during Delgado's concern; - Fixed apprehension exploits in Cyrus Institute and New Draden; - Fixed apprehensions not showing up on the first visit to Panomnicon and the Library of Unfinished Books; - Fixed all softlocks in the Cromlech+Bradley banter event; - If you entered the location with a turned-off heartlight, it will be turned back on upon leaving; - Armour that has "resists occult damage" in its description now actually reduces occult damage (hull and anti-personal); - The kinetopede now properly disintegrates when its hull integrity reaches zero in out-of-combat situations; - Location discovery proc when you're right next to it should be far more reliable now; - The shop in Mycena Free State now properly reacts to Jhang Ba Sho's concern.

Thanks to Altotas for another excellent patch to bring us into 2024! The following issues have been addressed:

• New Frontier: potential crash fixed
• Waste Disposal: removed "South" option that erroneously appeared on the location screen
• Wordhunters' Hearth: first time discovery pop-up initiates correctly now
• Minor dialog issue with Augustus is fixed
• Fixed uninteractable monoliths in the Goat-Stones region
• Fixed missing map marker during final stages of Otto's personal concern
• Minor inconsistency in the City of Glass concern is fixed
• Violante's "infinite" flares exploit is fixed
• Defeated Noddy Orbs do not instantly return from the dead when Violante is in your crew and you started her concern
• No more flirting with unconscious Panorama
• Quest bubbles for Lookouts are now displayed on the correct portrait
• Further refinement of the Current Crew tab

Happy New Year, everybody!

A quickfire patch from Altotas that fixes a few bugs, some long-standing, some introduced in the update: - Fixed game crash on talking to Lucetta Quetzl after rescuing her from the Cathedral of Stolen Gods - Fixed the Vampire Hunter achievement not triggering for some players - Fixed VERY rare and absurd game crash that has been in the game since day 1. When leaving certain rooms (Waker's Respite, Kennedy Yard, Fargyle Keep, Clayton's Mill) by the SOUTH gate your game would crash BUT ONLY if your resolution is 1280 x 720

Hello again! As outlined in my previous post, A House of Many Doors is finally being updated with much-needed bugfixes and quality-of-life improvements, thanks to the hard work of super-fan Altotas. Please note that this update is massive and, as such, it will break existing saves. If you have an ongoing playthrough you want to preserve, you can switch back to the old version of the game very easily through Steam. Simply right click on the game in your library -> "Properties" -> "Betas" -> select the "compatibility" branch. Thank you so much to all of you still playing A House of Many Doors. I poured my heart and soul into this game and it's so gratifying to know that there's finally an official polished version out there. Let me leave you with a list of links: - If you want even more in-game content, check out Altotas' unofficial patch! - To discuss the new update, join the HOMD fan Discord. - And if you want to keep up-to-date with my future activities, sign up to my newsletter. Finally, here is a full changelog, courtesy of Altotas:

OPTIMISATION

-Proper deactivation of interactable scenery objects -Texture cache flushing added -An option to toggle additional Linux support in the main menu (disables some shaders that tend to crash the game for Linux users)

UI

-Slightly bigger line breaks for text -Got rid of the practically unreadable small font used in a few places -Increased transparency of the Notes (was obscuring the left corner of the screen too much) -More icons for cargo items and various other occasions -Current date display is lowered slightly and now also shows the region name -Adjusted UI of the Cargo tab -An attempt at fixing the scrollbar sometimes falling out of the dialogue box -Logbook sub-tabs now properly close when you click open the next one (just like the cargo tab already worked) -Current Crew tab now also shows stats -Relationships tab was divided into three separate tabs to avoid clutter and visual glitches: Relationships, Reputation and Scrutiny -Added new Logbook tab for finished concerns -Rearranged Miscellaneous Event Options so the quest-related ones are always on top. Also, reduced the number of tabs by separating them into categories -Added "Review the clues about the City of Glass" to the Miscellaneous Event Options -An option to drink Soporific Draught when you are Sleepless -While staying at various locations of the House, Miscellaneous Event Options are available under the separate tab called "Inside the kinetopede" to reduce cluttering -Fixed Sanity bar getting stuck (prevents it from going over 100 or under 0) -Player name turns red when one wound away from death -Fixed missing speech bubbles for certain crew members (UI element that shows you can start or progress their concerns) -"Continue" button now always correctly loads the latest save

UPPER DECK CREW

-When recruiting old friends, you can now see the tag "" or "" -Recruitment and Room of Memories now properly take into account instances when your crew members leave the team or are missing in action -All romances properly terminate with your partner’s death or them permanently leaving the crew -Rearranged the crew dialogue screen so the "Return" button always appears on top -Fixed Char's bugged romance progression -Corrected the required payment to Madam Sadie and Ten-a-Penny during Char's concern -Fixed one of the outcomes during Banjo's event in Waste Disposal -Fixed Vanch's event in Gandola not giving you the right Expiriences -Fixed Judith's bugged romance progression -Fixed a small bug that can be encountered during the last leg of Judith's concern -A Lonely Firepit's resident never leaves indefinetely, so to not soft-lock Fiona's concern -Fixed a bugged branch of Nicholas' concern -Fixed the notorious bug during Harmony's concern that gave you Radical Pamphlet instead of the Box of Terrifying Memories -Fixed a bugged branch of Rotherford's concern -Rotherford now has a "Hosting a guest" event ("My first content patch since 2017 lol" - Harry Tuffs) -Fixed Ransack's bugged romance progression -The game now remembers if you raised your bet with Bradley or not -To start Sandy’s concern you now actually need at least one Blinding Hooch, as it was intended -The long-standing Sandy's soft-lock when you do her concern after a certain event is now fixed by the addition of the short alternative scene -Missing text added back to Lucetta's recruitment screen -Fixed an exploit with infinitely obtainable Expiriences during Lucetta's recruitment -Fixed a repeatable exploit during Bishop's concern -Small Viola-centric plot hole is rectified

LOCATIONS

-Fix for "Inspection" events not firing consistently -More expensive lodgings now have access to the new Stash function (with corresponding Logbook tab) -Taking a month off now also heals your "Maimed" status -Adjusted prices in shops to make trading a lil bit more profitable and eliminate exploits -When you buy a kinetopede upgrade, it is then removed from sale. Similarly, if you already bought four weapons of the same kind, you can't buy more of them -For all kinetopede upgrades, you can read a preview of what they actually do before you buy them -Fixed Morbazar's Scrutiny that was supposed to be buyable from the Nameless Library -Banshee weapon is properly available for purchase in Ghoulwatch -Trepannic Fluid and Scorthidion's Scrutiny are available for purchase in Harlequin -Shop in MFS now properly reacts to the change of regime in the Chimeric Empire -Added missing text to Kelp Fortress, Recalcitrance and Calaram shops -To mitigate the hull damage done to your kinetopede after buying and changing armour, one time free hull repair is available after its purchase -Fixed "Number Of Times Visited Panomnicon" variable not saving properly (btw this was the reason why "Explorer" achievment wasn't actually achievable for some players) -Fixed the critically bugged Funghetto event in the City of Keys -Crossing Tarwater in the City of Engines now actually takes the required 20G out of your pockets -Fixed a minor inconsistency with Brabazon Bridge event in the City of Bridges -You can obtain Radical Pamphlets in Cinders Common (City of Angels) or in Harlequin -Any leftover Sleepless Wretches can be released into the wilds of the Waker’s Respite after certain destructive event -Fixed preaching events (often used wrong variable flags when checking what god you worship) -Added an option to take the girl from Brite as a passenger -Scavenging in Waste Disposal now actually has a failstate (no more crashing) -Fixed an absolutely insane bug that gave player 10 apprehensions per second on a particular screen in the Cyrus Institute -Fixed a repeatable Unique Expirience in Skeleton Party -Fixed an exploit with repeatable wandering events after save-loads -Fixed the wrong money requirements for Primordial Oddity in the Howling Pits and other such instances (usually Rest prices and various bribes) -Slightly increased sanity recovered on rest in various locations -Fixed Magnum Opus-related bugs -Writing poetry now allows you to not memorise your poems -Lady Nyctimene now actually gives you the rare Angelwine bottle in exchange for the Swarm Bomb (instead of the game straight up lying about it in your face) -Silent Minister needs three Glimpses for one of her mirrors (let's be real, it was too easy before) -The rotten feast event is fixed (you get Expiriences only first time, and then - only Mind-Shattering Disruptions) -Electing Ninth Minister won't brake your concerns anymore - alternative scenes were set up for all of them. Descriptions of surrounding locations change accordingly -Raised the reward from Lady Vadhera Thespian -Raised the reward for ending the Entomarch War -To prevent possible soft-lock, when you finish working for Ragged Emperor but don't have stability low enough to finish the main concern of the Chimeric Empire, each neutral biomech kill now decreases the Empire’s stability -Fixed a bug during Lisshan concern that erroneously deposited Fake Rebel Plans in your pocket, breaking quest logic in the process -Lisshan concern now properly checks what Plans you currently hold and warns you when you are about to make a descision that'll lock you out of helping the other side, thus making it more transparent for the player -After Lisshan concern any leftover Plans in your possession should be automatically removed now (just a fail-safe, you will probably never need it) -Slightly raised the skill check for star theft (makes it a little harder to miss one of the requirements for a "Death's Justiciar" achievement)

DARK ROOMS

-Better texture for the snow background -Refined collision on many scenery objects -Increased the probability of crew banter events occuring -Adjusted the probability of a couple of random events occuring -Increased the chance of darkness monster encounters -Fixed the game awarding you with the Bounty Hunter distinction even if you already have it -Birthday event now actually triggers -Disabled saving in the dark rooms (because this feature, plain and simple, does not work and can be used as an exploit) -Fixed all instances of the player slipping through the locked walls of the House -Corrected internal border coords of some regions (Oddwinter in particular was "spilling over" some assets outside the designated coords) -Increased the spawn chance of rare region-specific scenery objects in dark rooms -Adjusted the distance of Navigator's map updates -Fixed three locations being undetectable by your Navigator -Added red lights to all concern-related enemies that were missing it

MIRRORWISE

-Fixed various small bugs with mirror travel -Overburdened mirror travel exploit is fixed -Mirror travel destinations are arranged into groups by region -"Number Of Times Visited" variables now properly take into account mirror travel

COMBAT

-Increased crew moving speed -Increased enemy combatants moving speed -Increased kinetopede moving speed while in combat -Increased the speed of projectiles -Doubled Tyrannic's HP -Victories now slightly boost your sanity (+10 points), failing to flee slightly reduces it (-5 points)

AUDIO

-Slightly increased the volume of the engine sound when the fastest leg upgrade is equipped -Shortened pauses between musical tracks -Halved the EnemyEngineEmitter falloff (the Cathedral Tanks were the worst offenders, still clanking loudly long after vanishing from the screen)

MISC

-Various typos corrected -"Cruise Control" function and hotkey added ("G" by default, but can be rebinded) -Small corrections and clarifications for tutorial popups -Fixed various bugs with Divine Favours and Rewards -Cobblestone Favour now can be exchanged for three free hull repairs instead of one -Small increase to the Scrutiny gain during some specific actions -Trophy items correctly increase and reduce stats when they are equipped/unequipped -A certain art error is explained away (sort of)

Greetings, denizens and visitants. I bring some fantastic news to brighten your November. As most of you may already know, there's an unofficial patch for House of Many Doors, created by an incredibly talented and hard-working fan named Altotas. The patch fixes a huge number of bugs and adds some new content to the game. Well, Altotas contacted me behind-the-scenes recently. He has very kindly offered to let me add his bugfixes to the Steam game. (The added content will remain exclusive to the fan patch, though I encourage you to download and try it out!) What does this mean? Well, on the 21st November - to coincide with the Autumn Sale - I'll be updating the game for the first time in, oh God, 6ish years. A bunch of annoying bugs will finally be fixed, and some quality-of-life improvements will be added as well. Happy exploring! However, one thing to note is that this update will break your existing saves. But fear not - if you're currently playing through the game, you can use Steam to opt in to the "compatibility" branch, which contains the old unpatched version of the game. Huge thanks to Altotas for all their hard work! If you want to chat about the game or thank Altotas directly for their incredible efforts, you're welcome to join the HOMD fan Discord. And if you want to keep up with my future games and writing, you can sign up to my newsletter.

Hullo explorers! I'm just popping up to promote A House of Many Doors' unofficial (but officially endorsed) Discord, at the request of one of its hard-working admins. Follow the invite link below for game discussion, off-topic chatter, and memes about Morbazar. https://discord.gg/AFkfnJ44BV Thank you so much to everyone who's still following this game after all these years! ♡

Hello, all. Long time no see! Apologies for the long absence. I'm just posting to draw your attention to an unofficial patch created by a HOMD fan named Altotas. This patch restores some content that I had to cut for time, as well as fixing a few long-standing bugs and implementing a number of handy features designed to reduce gameplay friction. Installing is easy enough - just download, then copy the "data.win" file and "Images" folder to the "Steam\steamapps\common\A House of Many Doors" folder, overwriting the file when asked if you want to do so. Huge thanks to Altotas for all their hard work! If you're curious what I've been up to for the last few years, feel free to check out their transcript of the AMA I ran on the HOMD fan Discord.

This momentous update finally fixes all the bugs I know about on Windows, apart from a few lingering and very hard-to-fix ones that are unique to specific machines. (If you have one of these, please let me know.) Bugs fixed are as follows: - Fixed dependency issues preventing progress in the Abbas Salem quest. - Fixed some issues with exploring the Shambles in the Dreams of the Dancing God storyline. This wasn't bugged content, it was just very punishingly difficult and quite badly designed to begin with. I think I must have been very sleep-deprived when I came up with this. Made some simple changes that improve the quest progression tenfold. - Added a way to sell Sleepless Wretches from your cargo. - Fixed a minor dependency issue in the procedural Journalism quests. - Fixed a broken dialogue option in the Morbazar storyline. - Fixed blank-screen dialogue bug in the Nicholas storyline. - One of the dialogue options in the Library storyline didn't correctly reward guineas. - A bug I'd already thought was fixed: Travelling via fetch-mirror to Chimer and failing the skill challenge would sometimes drop you a bit too far north. Turns out this could still happen in very rare cases. Now fixed!

This momentous update finally fixes all the bugs I know about on Windows, apart from a few lingering and very hard-to-fix ones that are unique to specific machines. (If you have one of these, please let me know.) Bugs fixed are as follows: - Fixed dependency issues preventing progress in the Abbas Salem quest. - Fixed some issues with exploring the Shambles in the Dreams of the Dancing God storyline. This wasn't bugged content, it was just very punishingly difficult and quite badly designed to begin with. I think I must have been very sleep-deprived when I came up with this. Made some simple changes that improve the quest progression tenfold. - Added a way to sell Sleepless Wretches from your cargo. - Fixed a minor dependency issue in the procedural Journalism quests. - Fixed a broken dialogue option in the Morbazar storyline. - Fixed blank-screen dialogue bug in the Nicholas storyline. - One of the dialogue options in the Library storyline didn't correctly reward guineas. - A bug I'd already thought was fixed: Travelling via fetch-mirror to Chimer and failing the skill challenge would sometimes drop you a bit too far north. Turns out this could still happen in very rare cases. Now fixed!

Hi all, Sorry for the absence over the last few weeks - I couldn't maintain that bugfixing rate, and I ended up crashing a little. But now I'm back! The latest HOMD update adds rebindable keys, a much-requested feature. It also fixes a major CTD issue unique to the Mac build of the game which was unfortunately introduced in the V1.18 update. There are still a few bugs that I wasn't able to fix for this version and that I'm going to work on over the next few days, most notably the Abbas storyline and a few difficult-to-diagnose dependency issues in the Journalism quests. Those should be fixed in the next update. I'm looking forward to V1.2 - at that point, I think A House of Many Doors will be fully stable, and I can take a step back for a month or two and start planning new content updates and potentially my next major project after HOMD. Other minor fixes in this update: - Fixed a bug at the end of the Banjo storyline. - Fixed a bug when choosing a certain dialogue option in the Ashen storyline. - Fixed a random event that didn't properly take a Dangerous Beast (Alive) from your cargo. - Fixed a bug affecting some systems (not sure how many) where the fuel loss event wouldn't properly trigger. - Fixed minor issue where you get the wrong item when stealing something from Eld Abrathat. - Fixed a whole bunch of typos. - Fixed item requirements in one of the Unnamed Society quests. - SPOILER: Recalcitrance no longer still has shops after being destroyed. - Fixed a bug in the Nicholas Verdant storyline. - Fixed a bug stopping you from gathering news in Fargyle Keep. - Fixed minor bug preventing you click a dialogue option in one branch of the Trees questline. - Fixed bug that stops progression when following the Trees questline and attempting to gather materials for the Archbishop.

Hi all, Sorry for the absence over the last few weeks - I couldn't maintain that bugfixing rate, and I ended up crashing a little. But now I'm back! The latest HOMD update adds rebindable keys, a much-requested feature. It also fixes a major CTD issue unique to the Mac build of the game which was unfortunately introduced in the V1.18 update. There are still a few bugs that I wasn't able to fix for this version and that I'm going to work on over the next few days, most notably the Abbas storyline and a few difficult-to-diagnose dependency issues in the Journalism quests. Those should be fixed in the next update. I'm looking forward to V1.2 - at that point, I think A House of Many Doors will be fully stable, and I can take a step back for a month or two and start planning new content updates and potentially my next major project after HOMD. Other minor fixes in this update: - Fixed a bug at the end of the Banjo storyline. - Fixed a bug when choosing a certain dialogue option in the Ashen storyline. - Fixed a random event that didn't properly take a Dangerous Beast (Alive) from your cargo. - Fixed a bug affecting some systems (not sure how many) where the fuel loss event wouldn't properly trigger. - Fixed minor issue where you get the wrong item when stealing something from Eld Abrathat. - Fixed a whole bunch of typos. - Fixed item requirements in one of the Unnamed Society quests. - SPOILER: Recalcitrance no longer still has shops after being destroyed. - Fixed a bug in the Nicholas Verdant storyline. - Fixed a bug stopping you from gathering news in Fargyle Keep. - Fixed minor bug preventing you click a dialogue option in one branch of the Trees questline. - Fixed bug that stops progression when following the Trees questline and attempting to gather materials for the Archbishop.

Once again, a number of minor fixes. The next update will feature rebindable keys! The Mac version of 1.18 will update tomorrow. Here's the fixes: - Fixed bug getting the Explorer achievement. - Fixed bug/exploit in the Kind: when buying things for Apprehensions, it would take gold instead. - Fixed a bug at the end of Char's romance. - Fixed a bug with one of the Unnamed Society quests. - Fixed bug at the end of the Sandy storyline. - Fixed item requirement bug in the Spire storyline. - Fixed typo in the Peter storyline that said you'd been given the Bandit distinction. - Fixed a blank-dialogue bug when encountering a certain variety of giant beetle. - Fixed blank-dialogue bug in an obscure branch of the Ashen story. - Fixed bug that stopped you dropping off a Human Passenger at the City of Angels. - Fixed blank-dialogue bug in a branch of the Banjo storyline. - Fixed typo in the Prince's Heart storyline. - Fixed Banjo's quest speech-bubble persisting after his story was complete. - The Underbelly delve wouldn't properly conclude - now fixed. - Fixed spoilery endgame story inconsistency. - Fixed a spoilery endgame bug. - Fixed typo in the Otto storyline. - Fixed interaction in Hextall not properly granting a Romantic Encounter. - Fixed (hopefully) various CTD issues experienced by a significant number of Mac users. (Upload tomorrow for Mac users, however.) - Fixed scrambled dialogue in one branch of the Fiona storyline. - Fixed 2 different very specific locked Doors you could get stuck in after unlocking a certain secret area. - Fixed minor typos in the Vanch storyline. - Fixed a duplicated dialogue option in Ghoulwatch. - Fixed complex, very rare CTD issue with a specific type of neutral Ghoulwatch ship. - Fixed minor typo in the main story. - A Relationship increase in the Jack storyline wasn't firing properly. Fixed. - Fixed minor typo in the Entomarch storyline. - Fixed CTD bug in the Valeria storyline when at Misty Falls. - Fixed broken item requirement in Calaram. - Fixed minor story inconsistency in the Panomnicon. - Completing the Ashen storyline now removes a critical item from the Cargo, rather than letting it hang around forever. - Fixed repeatable exploit in the Room of Memories. - Fixed blank-dialogue bug in the Fractal Fortress. - Fixed bug when fleeing from a Noddy-Orb in the Violante storyline. - Fixed minor typo when inviting Tybalt to your Lodgings. - Stopped slave-taking wasps from appearing in the Entomarch after slavery is abolished.

Once again, a number of minor fixes. The next update will feature rebindable keys! The Mac version of 1.18 will update tomorrow. Here's the fixes: - Fixed bug getting the Explorer achievement. - Fixed bug/exploit in the Kind: when buying things for Apprehensions, it would take gold instead. - Fixed a bug at the end of Char's romance. - Fixed a bug with one of the Unnamed Society quests. - Fixed bug at the end of the Sandy storyline. - Fixed item requirement bug in the Spire storyline. - Fixed typo in the Peter storyline that said you'd been given the Bandit distinction. - Fixed a blank-dialogue bug when encountering a certain variety of giant beetle. - Fixed blank-dialogue bug in an obscure branch of the Ashen story. - Fixed bug that stopped you dropping off a Human Passenger at the City of Angels. - Fixed blank-dialogue bug in a branch of the Banjo storyline. - Fixed typo in the Prince's Heart storyline. - Fixed Banjo's quest speech-bubble persisting after his story was complete. - The Underbelly delve wouldn't properly conclude - now fixed. - Fixed spoilery endgame story inconsistency. - Fixed a spoilery endgame bug. - Fixed typo in the Otto storyline. - Fixed interaction in Hextall not properly granting a Romantic Encounter. - Fixed (hopefully) various CTD issues experienced by a significant number of Mac users. (Upload tomorrow for Mac users, however.) - Fixed scrambled dialogue in one branch of the Fiona storyline. - Fixed 2 different very specific locked Doors you could get stuck in after unlocking a certain secret area. - Fixed minor typos in the Vanch storyline. - Fixed a duplicated dialogue option in Ghoulwatch. - Fixed complex, very rare CTD issue with a specific type of neutral Ghoulwatch ship. - Fixed minor typo in the main story. - A Relationship increase in the Jack storyline wasn't firing properly. Fixed. - Fixed minor typo in the Entomarch storyline. - Fixed CTD bug in the Valeria storyline when at Misty Falls. - Fixed broken item requirement in Calaram. - Fixed minor story inconsistency in the Panomnicon. - Completing the Ashen storyline now removes a critical item from the Cargo, rather than letting it hang around forever. - Fixed repeatable exploit in the Room of Memories. - Fixed blank-dialogue bug in the Fractal Fortress. - Fixed bug when fleeing from a Noddy-Orb in the Violante storyline. - Fixed minor typo when inviting Tybalt to your Lodgings. - Stopped slave-taking wasps from appearing in the Entomarch after slavery is abolished.

As promised yesterday, this update allows you to look through your crew while in a city (via the new "Current Crew" section of the Logbook). You can also now see who you'll be replacing when you hire a new crewmember. And as always, some other miscellaneous fixes: - Fixed blank-dialogue bug when you pass a Vigilance challenge protecting ballots in the Ghoulwatch election. - Fixed minor spoilery bug in Lisshan. - Fixed blank-dialogue bug when comparing maps with a hollowgod in the Empire of Thread and then deciding at the last minute to attack them instead. - Fixed bug when bringing Cromlech to the endgame. - Fixed bug where one branch of the Chasmonauts storyline allowed you to repeat it. - Fixed minor story inconsistency in Pannachak. - Fixed minor story inconsistency in one branch of the Sandy storyline. - Fixed typo in the Buzzards' Omen casino. - Fixed a Prism trade exploit in Eld Abrathat. It was vaguely thematically-appropriate, but had to go. - Fixed difficulty accessing the Drifting Bean storyline. - Fixed blank-dialogue bug in random event in Affina.

As promised yesterday, this update allows you to look through your crew while in a city (via the new "Current Crew" section of the Logbook). You can also now see who you'll be replacing when you hire a new crewmember. And as always, some other miscellaneous fixes: - Fixed blank-dialogue bug when you pass a Vigilance challenge protecting ballots in the Ghoulwatch election. - Fixed minor spoilery bug in Lisshan. - Fixed blank-dialogue bug when comparing maps with a hollowgod in the Empire of Thread and then deciding at the last minute to attack them instead. - Fixed bug when bringing Cromlech to the endgame. - Fixed bug where one branch of the Chasmonauts storyline allowed you to repeat it. - Fixed minor story inconsistency in Pannachak. - Fixed minor story inconsistency in one branch of the Sandy storyline. - Fixed typo in the Buzzards' Omen casino. - Fixed a Prism trade exploit in Eld Abrathat. It was vaguely thematically-appropriate, but had to go. - Fixed difficulty accessing the Drifting Bean storyline. - Fixed blank-dialogue bug in random event in Affina.

The game's bugs are almost entirely gone now. This gives me time to focus on more quality-of-life features suggested by players. One of the most popular of these suggestions is now implemented: Unlockable Doors are now automatically marked on your Map when you stumble across them! Other miscellaneous fixes: - Fixed minor endgame bug. - Fixed minor endgame typo. - Fixed a bit of weird map confusion when loading a game saved at the Jagged Sands. - Fixed an option in Glitterberg that said it required a Fetch-mirror but didn't. - Fixed Apprehensions exploit in Chimer and the Cyrus Institute. - Fixed dialogue loop in the King in Kind storyline. - Fixed typo in the Genevieve storyline. - Fixed dialogue bug in the Chasmonauts storyline. - Fixed minor garbled dialogue in Ashen storyline. - Fixed minor bug in the Lucetta storyline. - Further sped up Wound Recovery. Next update: Being able to view who's in your crew while in cities.

The game's bugs are almost entirely gone now. This gives me time to focus on more quality-of-life features suggested by players. One of the most popular of these suggestions is now implemented: Unlockable Doors are now automatically marked on your Map when you stumble across them! Other miscellaneous fixes: - Fixed minor endgame bug. - Fixed minor endgame typo. - Fixed a bit of weird map confusion when loading a game saved at the Jagged Sands. - Fixed an option in Glitterberg that said it required a Fetch-mirror but didn't. - Fixed Apprehensions exploit in Chimer and the Cyrus Institute. - Fixed dialogue loop in the King in Kind storyline. - Fixed typo in the Genevieve storyline. - Fixed dialogue bug in the Chasmonauts storyline. - Fixed minor garbled dialogue in Ashen storyline. - Fixed minor bug in the Lucetta storyline. - Further sped up Wound Recovery. Next update: Being able to view who's in your crew while in cities.

Various small fixes. Expect more updates throughout the week! Later patches will add map markers for unlockable Doors and a way of examining your current upper-deck crew while recruiting new characters in the city. Total fixes in this patch: - Sped up WASD scrolling on map. - Fixed typo in the Maelstrom. - Fixed typo in Panorama storyline. - Fixed typo when resting at Bluesteel Court. - Fixed typo in Harlequin. - Fixed typo at Signal Station Null. - Fixed typo at the Skeleton Party. - Fixed typo when turning in information to Lady Nyctimene. - Added Steam screenshots. - Fixed minor discrepancies in Entomarch civil war. - Fixed the magnum opus option sometimes vanishing. - Fixed Apprehensions exploit in Latch and the Ballroom. - Fixed ANOTHER bug with the Abbas storyline (really hope this is fixed now). - Fixed minor story inconsistency in Byssus. - Now successfully removes story items at the end of every branch of the Dr Delgado storyline. - Fixed Oddwinter concerns displaying one tile too low. - Buying a Fossilized Ghost at the City of Keys will now properly give you a fossil-ghost instead of Ectoplasm. - Fixed an unlocked Door that should have been locked. - Fixed a few incorrect cargo icons. - Fixed repeated option in Banjo storyline. - Fixed broken dialogue option after following a horrible spider to a dark place. - Fixed a bug at the end of one branch of the Nicholas storyline. - Fixed bug in the mycena villages when talking to the Elder after doing the Jhang Ba Sho storyline. - Fixed minor spoilery bug at the end of the Char storyline. - FINALLY fixed long-running occasional CTD when writing certain kinds of poetry. This one was very, very well-hidden and took me a long time to hunt down. - Fixed spoilery endgame bug. - Fixed dialogue loop in New Draden. - Fixed bug when propitiating Abjah. - Fixed blank-dialogue bug in Buzzards' Omen. - Fixed the "academic" assessment of your Museum not showing up when it got too high. - Fixed item requirement in Violante storyline. - Fixed an unlockable locked Door not showing up. NOT A BUG: Lumber cannot be used as fuel if you have a special engine that burns other things like words, meat or occult objects.

Various small fixes. Expect more updates throughout the week! Later patches will add map markers for unlockable Doors and a way of examining your current upper-deck crew while recruiting new characters in the city. Total fixes in this patch: - Sped up WASD scrolling on map. - Fixed typo in the Maelstrom. - Fixed typo in Panorama storyline. - Fixed typo when resting at Bluesteel Court. - Fixed typo in Harlequin. - Fixed typo at Signal Station Null. - Fixed typo at the Skeleton Party. - Fixed typo when turning in information to Lady Nyctimene. - Added Steam screenshots. - Fixed minor discrepancies in Entomarch civil war. - Fixed the magnum opus option sometimes vanishing. - Fixed Apprehensions exploit in Latch and the Ballroom. - Fixed ANOTHER bug with the Abbas storyline (really hope this is fixed now). - Fixed minor story inconsistency in Byssus. - Now successfully removes story items at the end of every branch of the Dr Delgado storyline. - Fixed Oddwinter concerns displaying one tile too low. - Buying a Fossilized Ghost at the City of Keys will now properly give you a fossil-ghost instead of Ectoplasm. - Fixed an unlocked Door that should have been locked. - Fixed a few incorrect cargo icons. - Fixed repeated option in Banjo storyline. - Fixed broken dialogue option after following a horrible spider to a dark place. - Fixed a bug at the end of one branch of the Nicholas storyline. - Fixed bug in the mycena villages when talking to the Elder after doing the Jhang Ba Sho storyline. - Fixed minor spoilery bug at the end of the Char storyline. - FINALLY fixed long-running occasional CTD when writing certain kinds of poetry. This one was very, very well-hidden and took me a long time to hunt down. - Fixed spoilery endgame bug. - Fixed dialogue loop in New Draden. - Fixed bug when propitiating Abjah. - Fixed blank-dialogue bug in Buzzards' Omen. - Fixed the "academic" assessment of your Museum not showing up when it got too high. - Fixed item requirement in Violante storyline. - Fixed an unlockable locked Door not showing up. NOT A BUG: Lumber cannot be used as fuel if you have a special engine that burns other things like words, meat or occult objects.

I love it when players suggest little changes like this, that are easy to implement but drastically improve their experience! You can now use the WASD keys to scroll around on the Map. All changes: - Added WASD scrolling on the Map. - Fixed stone-circle NPC bug when interacting after Cromlech quest. - Fixed infinitely repeatable missionary-work at Scornvaunt. - Added an XX Large text option. - Made text sizes apply to the Shops tab. - Fixed minor typo in Lisshan. - Stopped Sanity bar from over-filling. - Can now drop off a mycena passenger at the City of Angels. - Fixed CTD issues when loading a save from the Ballroom. - Fixed dependency issues when dying while exploring the Shambles. - Fixed rare bug when rescuing a visitant from a ruined house. - Dropping off carchar passenger at the Kelp Fortress now properly gets rid of concern. - Fixed bug when you reach the final stage of the Panorama quest but don't have the correct items. - Fixed infinite Apprehensions exploit in the Room of Memories. - You can now sell Incriminating Evidence: The Governor to Basilmoth. - Fixed several branches of Abbas quest where items were not properly consumed. - Fixed running away from a spoilery enemy at the end of the Abbas quest. - Built Without Soul concern now properly concludes. - Fixed guineas requirement in Entomarch civil war. - Fixed horrible issue when talking to crewmembers at a certain magic point while passing between rooms. - (Hopefully) fixed very rare, very odd visual glitching in the Entomarch. - Can now sell Seditious Whispers: The Sixfold Principate to the Prince's Eye. - Fixed minor item detection bug in the Jhang Ba Sho quest.

I love it when players suggest little changes like this, that are easy to implement but drastically improve their experience! You can now use the WASD keys to scroll around on the Map. All changes: - Added WASD scrolling on the Map. - Fixed stone-circle NPC bug when interacting after Cromlech quest. - Fixed infinitely repeatable missionary-work at Scornvaunt. - Added an XX Large text option. - Made text sizes apply to the Shops tab. - Fixed minor typo in Lisshan. - Stopped Sanity bar from over-filling. - Can now drop off a mycena passenger at the City of Angels. - Fixed CTD issues when loading a save from the Ballroom. - Fixed dependency issues when dying while exploring the Shambles. - Fixed rare bug when rescuing a visitant from a ruined house. - Dropping off carchar passenger at the Kelp Fortress now properly gets rid of concern. - Fixed bug when you reach the final stage of the Panorama quest but don't have the correct items. - Fixed infinite Apprehensions exploit in the Room of Memories. - You can now sell Incriminating Evidence: The Governor to Basilmoth. - Fixed several branches of Abbas quest where items were not properly consumed. - Fixed running away from a spoilery enemy at the end of the Abbas quest. - Built Without Soul concern now properly concludes. - Fixed guineas requirement in Entomarch civil war. - Fixed horrible issue when talking to crewmembers at a certain magic point while passing between rooms. - (Hopefully) fixed very rare, very odd visual glitching in the Entomarch. - Can now sell Seditious Whispers: The Sixfold Principate to the Prince's Eye. - Fixed minor item detection bug in the Jhang Ba Sho quest.

I've been working on optimizing the map. There's still room for improvement, and I'll be working on it further tomorrow, but it's better than before. This update also fixes various miscellaneous bugs: - Map optimizations. - Fixed bug in Chimer quest. - Whispers in Murmurhold no longer overstay their welcome. - Fixed spoilery story inconsistency in Ghoulwatch. - Fixed exploitable bug where you could take Cromlech to see multiple plays. - Fixed fortune-teller bug in Buzzards' Omen. - Fixed Delving: Carapas concerns not concluding correctly. - Fixed very minor scrambled dialogue options in Jhang Ba Sho quest. - Fixed nasty CTD bug that was only affecting people on Mac. - Fixed various issues around the locked Doors south of Recalcitrance. - Attempts to fix the "rocketing kinetopede" bug resulted in a small number of players having an unacceptably slow kinetopede. No idea why this would happen, but I've reversed the change, so rocketing kinetopede will be back in this update. Hopefully no-one minds too much. - Fixed loop in Judith quest dialogue. - Fixed blank-dialogue in Genevieve quest. - Fixed dialogue loop in Char quest. - Fixed minor typo in Penitents' Bluff. - Finishing the Founder delve now correctly gives you a Hideous Revelation. - (Spoilers) Can no longer visit the Omnipope after you kill him. Next update: More map optimizations, WASD scrolling on map, bugfixes, perhaps some other stuff.

I've been working on optimizing the map. There's still room for improvement, and I'll be working on it further tomorrow, but it's better than before. This update also fixes various miscellaneous bugs: - Map optimizations. - Fixed bug in Chimer quest. - Whispers in Murmurhold no longer overstay their welcome. - Fixed spoilery story inconsistency in Ghoulwatch. - Fixed exploitable bug where you could take Cromlech to see multiple plays. - Fixed fortune-teller bug in Buzzards' Omen. - Fixed Delving: Carapas concerns not concluding correctly. - Fixed very minor scrambled dialogue options in Jhang Ba Sho quest. - Fixed nasty CTD bug that was only affecting people on Mac. - Fixed various issues around the locked Doors south of Recalcitrance. - Attempts to fix the "rocketing kinetopede" bug resulted in a small number of players having an unacceptably slow kinetopede. No idea why this would happen, but I've reversed the change, so rocketing kinetopede will be back in this update. Hopefully no-one minds too much. - Fixed loop in Judith quest dialogue. - Fixed blank-dialogue in Genevieve quest. - Fixed dialogue loop in Char quest. - Fixed minor typo in Penitents' Bluff. - Finishing the Founder delve now correctly gives you a Hideous Revelation. - (Spoilers) Can no longer visit the Omnipope after you kill him. Next update: More map optimizations, WASD scrolling on map, bugfixes, perhaps some other stuff.

Hello, all. In response to player feedback, in this update I've added some nice visual representation of Wounds among your upper-deck crew. This hopefully makes them clearer. Other miscellaneous fixes: - Fixed minor typo in Misty Falls. - Fixed bug when trying to drop off a carchar passenger at Phobetor Quinn after having already visited there 2 times. - Fixed blank-dialogue bug in helping Otto catch a shark. (This one has been plaguing me for days.) - Fixed rare CTDs caused by the lighting engine. - Fixed dependency issue in the Panorama quest. - Fixed blank-dialogue issues in Bishop storyline. Next update I'm going to seriously optimize the Map for a second time, as people with lower RAM are still experiencing FPS slowdown.

Hello, all. In response to player feedback, in this update I've added some nice visual representation of Wounds among your upper-deck crew. This hopefully makes them clearer. Other miscellaneous fixes: - Fixed minor typo in Misty Falls. - Fixed bug when trying to drop off a carchar passenger at Phobetor Quinn after having already visited there 2 times. - Fixed blank-dialogue bug in helping Otto catch a shark. (This one has been plaguing me for days.) - Fixed rare CTDs caused by the lighting engine. - Fixed dependency issue in the Panorama quest. - Fixed blank-dialogue issues in Bishop storyline. Next update I'm going to seriously optimize the Map for a second time, as people with lower RAM are still experiencing FPS slowdown.

As always, huge thanks to everyone reporting bugs. Here's the latest crop. - Acquiring a Troublesome Pup will no longer give you a hideous zombified head instead. - BALANCE TWEAK: Updating your stats now costs 15 Apprehensions instead of 10. - Fixed weird issue when saving at Murmurhold. - Fixed Tybalt quest not being properly cleared after completion. - Fixed Delving the Founder quest not being properly cleared after completion. - Fires no longer continue to spread while being extinguished by Engineers in combat. - Fixed blank-dialogue bug in Key Details quest. - Fixed infinite-Apprehensions exploit at the Panomnicon. - Can no longer invite Panorama round for tea and cake while she's comatose. - Fixed duplicate-dialogue typo in the City of Masks. - Fixed minor typo in Tybalt storyline. - Stopped kinetopede from rocketing forward too quickly when you enter a new room. - Fixed minor dialogue bug in Latch. - Fixed dialogue bug when encountering a circus-wagon. - Fixed minor typo in the mycena villages. - Fixed minor bug in Makkera where recruiting a treacle-coated ghoul would turn him into a human crewmember, but only if you recruited him as a Gunner. - A branch of the Empire's Overthrow quest would give you Boxes of Happy Memories instead of Angelwine. Fixed. - Fixed minor dialogue bug in the Harmony storyline. - Fixed bug in starting the Abbas romance. - Fixed CTD when fighting a neutral Galvanic warmobile. - Lord Aranach wasn't properly giving you money for Thrilling Yarns. Fixed. - Fixed blank-dialogue bug in the Kind. - One branch of the Prince's Heart quest wouldn't properly stop it from looping again. - The Panomnicon didn't entirely reflect certain changes in the story. Fixed. - Fixed the ending to the Abbas quest. NOT A BUG: To people worried about their Sanity dropping to Anxious, this is probably because you have a Hideous Revelation or Mind-shattering Disruption in your logbook. With knowledge like that eating a hole in your brain, you'll never reach Steady Sanity. NOT A BUG: Masterpiece progress will decrease the more you work on it. Just a fact of life. Don't think of it as losing progress; think of it as the goalposts moving further and further away. NOT A BUG: Your starting Lodgings will change depending on the wealth of your starting character build. This isn't your previous Lodgings carrying over to a new save.

As always, huge thanks to everyone reporting bugs. Here's the latest crop. - Acquiring a Troublesome Pup will no longer give you a hideous zombified head instead. - BALANCE TWEAK: Updating your stats now costs 15 Apprehensions instead of 10. - Fixed weird issue when saving at Murmurhold. - Fixed Tybalt quest not being properly cleared after completion. - Fixed Delving the Founder quest not being properly cleared after completion. - Fires no longer continue to spread while being extinguished by Engineers in combat. - Fixed blank-dialogue bug in Key Details quest. - Fixed infinite-Apprehensions exploit at the Panomnicon. - Can no longer invite Panorama round for tea and cake while she's comatose. - Fixed duplicate-dialogue typo in the City of Masks. - Fixed minor typo in Tybalt storyline. - Stopped kinetopede from rocketing forward too quickly when you enter a new room. - Fixed minor dialogue bug in Latch. - Fixed dialogue bug when encountering a circus-wagon. - Fixed minor typo in the mycena villages. - Fixed minor bug in Makkera where recruiting a treacle-coated ghoul would turn him into a human crewmember, but only if you recruited him as a Gunner. - A branch of the Empire's Overthrow quest would give you Boxes of Happy Memories instead of Angelwine. Fixed. - Fixed minor dialogue bug in the Harmony storyline. - Fixed bug in starting the Abbas romance. - Fixed CTD when fighting a neutral Galvanic warmobile. - Lord Aranach wasn't properly giving you money for Thrilling Yarns. Fixed. - Fixed blank-dialogue bug in the Kind. - One branch of the Prince's Heart quest wouldn't properly stop it from looping again. - The Panomnicon didn't entirely reflect certain changes in the story. Fixed. - Fixed the ending to the Abbas quest. NOT A BUG: To people worried about their Sanity dropping to Anxious, this is probably because you have a Hideous Revelation or Mind-shattering Disruption in your logbook. With knowledge like that eating a hole in your brain, you'll never reach Steady Sanity. NOT A BUG: Masterpiece progress will decrease the more you work on it. Just a fact of life. Don't think of it as losing progress; think of it as the goalposts moving further and further away. NOT A BUG: Your starting Lodgings will change depending on the wealth of your starting character build. This isn't your previous Lodgings carrying over to a new save.

Everything's stable now. There are still bugs here and there waiting to be squashed, but with this update I've run out of things that require urgent attention. Unless there's some massive game-breaking issue lurking in the update that I don't know about, this will probably be the only update today, as it's my birthday. - A bug in map optimization caused cities west of Vex to not show up properly on the map. Fixed now. - Fixed bug in Harmony quest. - Fixed minor dialogue inconsistency in Banjo quest. - Fixed CTD when campaigning along the Mausalon River during the Ghoulwatch election. - Fixed CTD when lying about your academic status in Hextall. - Gambling at Clayton's Mill still had a bugged loop, though it trapped you into losing rather than winning this time (which I imagine is rather more upsetting). Fixed. - Visiting New Draden would give you constant Apprehensions. - Fixed bug at the end of the Pioneer newspaper storyline. - Fixed dialogue bug in the Gladys storyline. - Fixed bug leaving Lisshan after concluding Chimer quest. - Fixed bug stopping you from fleeing goatmen shamans. - Fixed bug when dropping off a Ghoul Passenger at the City of Engines. - Fixed Tybalt sticking around where he shouldn't. - Stopped immortal beetles from persisting after you defeat them. - Stopped Oncoming Storm quest from repeating once completed. - Fixed map-glitch issue when saving then loading at the Goat-Stones. If you haven't left a Steam review yet, now would be an excellent time! Now that the game is in a stable state, it would be nice to see some more positive reviews coming out to balance the early ones that drew attention to the bugs.