Gloomwood news & patch notes

Ah, good doctors...

Last we met we'd finally added Full Controller Support to Gloomwood.

However, that still needed some cleaning up and improvement which is where this update comes in!

We've expanded and improved the controller options and well as improved default controller settings and sensitivity based on your feedback.

We've also improved the save/load menu:

And the brightness menu:

But enough of that, you want to see more progress on The Bank, yes?

So much tile...

Greedy, aren't they?

Fine, you can finally have a blackjack (stun baton), doctor.

They got improved, so why not YOU?!

And sure, why not have some Moss Arrows (feather harpoons) while you're at it:

They pair well with the new more "explodey" variety of harpoon:

You're going to need everything you can carry to break into the vault and get the Hightown Seal from the bank, Doctor - so be thankful we keep cooking up all these gadgets!

The weapon attachment system is also coming along nicely:

Oh and as you can see we've also updated the developer console :)

Gloomwood is currently on sale all week with the rest of the New Blood Stealth Trilogy to celebrate the release of Blood West: Scavengers!

So if you still haven't played Blood West or Fallen Aces, there's never been a better time to sneak on over and try 'em out, Doctor.

Full patch notes: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1150760/discussions/0/3378284761886698659/

This one was a long time coming, Doctors.

But we think you'll agree...

You're now more in control than ever before!

Now this is no half-assed implementation.

This is the FULL controller support you've been waiting for.

Complete with rebinding!

And updated tutorials:

We've also added a new shop in the market plaza for you to explore:

Fancy a dress, Doctor?

Meanwhile, work on The Bank continues.

Good luck getting in there, Doctor... BWAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAA

Back from Hightown already, Doctors?

Well good... there's a new store in the market district you may want to see!

Take the new portal from Hightown back to the Market district.

And head on over to The Prime Meridian.

You can pick up some new maps while you're in there...

But what's that? You couldn't even get to Hightown because you never got the seal from the Hive?

Focus, Doctor! We've now made it impossible for you to miss.

And I'm willing to bet the same people who missed the seal also missed the fact that you can quicksave!

Well now you can choose to enable quicksaves when you start a new game, you don't even have to go into the options menu. How about that.

For those of you who have been to Hightown, we heard you didn't think the Constables posed enough of a threat?!

Well now they've been, how should I say, BUFFED. Good luck with that, Doctors.

You can also now spawn them from the developer console.

Wonder how many Constables it takes to kill 10 Goatmen.

Only one way to find out...

Gloomwood and The Stealth Trilogy will be on sale all next week as part of the New Blood Anniversary sale so head on over if for some reason you don't own all our other games already!

And to celebrate we've even got some brand new Gloom Merch, Doctors!

Scarves? Lamps? Desk mats? Art prints? You're always asking for more things to buy in the shop, eheheh

TL:DR

• New mirror dimension connection to Hightown

• New map shop in the market district

• New maps of the Market and Plaza

• Constables buffed

• Constables now spawnable

• Improved throwing

• Enable quicksaves button added for New Game

• Hive seal is now unmissable (Focus, M!)

• Game's on sale for New Blood Anniversary!

• Cool new merch!

• Controller support update Next!

• Bank is being worked on!

Full patch notes:

Update v0.1.312

General

• Added window for selecting 'Allow Quicksaves' when starting a new game

• Improved tracking of throwable weapons/projectiles to avoid unintended close-range obstacle collisions

• Reduced enemy lifetime of burn duration and chance to spread fire to other enemies by contact

• Removed spoiler flag from all current Constable variants

• Item Cogwheel changed to a 2x2 inventory item and increased inventory model size

• Item Golden Egg can now be consumed for a full heal

• Reduced item Lion Canopic Jar sell price to match other canopic jar prices

• Reduced sell price for item Wax Cylinder to 25 coins

• Added Bonesaw to shop inventory if not picked up after the Underport Hive

• Added developer console commands 'Quicksave' and 'Quickload'

Research

• Analyzing a body part no longer dissolves it, allowing it to be used during serum concoction

• Added text in Huntsman research that the headshot damage bonus is also applicable to constables

• Added warning message log if failed to distill a serum (missing body part, missing substance, table not ready, ect.)

Mirror Realm

• Added Hightown island and mirror connection

• Added new obelisk model

• Added some additional shortcut scaffolding for easier navigation

Market

• Added 'The Prime Meridian' cartography shop

• Added 'Market District' and 'Market Plaza' map to cartography shop

• Added back shortcut to 'Dr. Thatherson's Elixers and Tinctures' shop

• Changed vent access between 'The Prime Meridian' and 'Dr. Thatherson's'

• Detailed and polished some the canal tunnels and gateways around the fish market

• Fixed Oldetown gate hole collision (rip all the brave Doctors who succumbed there)

• Fixed some geometry holes around the Hightown stairwell

• Fixed batbarber themed music not triggering if Doctor entered the east area via non-traditional means

Hightown

• Added mirror realm connection in new vanity room of Wrenbrook Manor

• Front door of Wrenbrook manor is now locked from the inside

• Added note near Auldmore Chapel warning about the constable snipers

• Added note in Tram Station about repairing the gear

• Added broken gear to Tram Station maintenance area

• Added some stanchion poles to Tram Station ticket booth

• Added a pipe and ladder to maintenance area of Tram Station for preventing softlocks

• Added a spark effect to lever if attempting to use Tram before gear is fixed

• Added some detailing/trim to back entrance of Montgomery's manor

• Added additional detail to Auldmore Chapel exterior and area

• Opened up access to the Auldmore Chapel belltower

• Made it more challenging to skip some areas via mantling

• Added some additional leaf piles

• Tweaked the location of some ammo and treasure pickups

• Fixed lightmap issues with some of the secret doorways

• Fixed some geometry holes / terrain issues

• Added some area portal optimizations

• Fixed issue with Tram Announcer Watchdog subtitles

Underport (Hive)

• Additional detail and lighting in seal room

• Added a magic barrier in the seal room that blocks the Doctor's way until the seal is picked up

Constables

• Improved speed and forward momentum of baton and stun baton constables

• Improved close range hit tracking for baton, stun baton and saber constables

• Increased the audible range of the sneak attack death squeal

• Saber constables can no longer block Goatman and Doctor Goatman form attacks

• Sniper constables will no longer fire a shot if the target becomes low visible (via darkness or choke cloud)

• Reduced the damage of the constable sniper shot towards the Doctor

• Slightly reduced the downward Y-angle of the constable sniper shots

• Constable hat now counts as part of the headshot hitbox

• Added new stone/dirt/carpet/tile footstep sounds

Watchdogs

• Gears are now protected from standard melee damage (Goatman form melee will still damage them)

• Increased the hitbox of the gears to make it easier to damage them with projectiles/explosives

Harpoon Gun

• Harpoon projectiles are now affected by gravity after a certain distance

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Baton Bolts for the Flaregun not always working correctly on small levers/buttons

• Fixed viewmodel clipping issues between Canesword/Bonesaw and offhands

• Fixed the handlantern light incorrectly rendering the shadow caster for some bush/bramble types

• Fixed issues with dynamic Harpoon rope attachment/parenting not working correctly

• Fixed animation issue with Revolver Carbine cylinder turn

• Fixed issues with Kerosene Bomb fire collision not working after dropping or being moved

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• Fixed some situations where the inventory upgrade would appear in shop even if already purchased

• Fixed issue where incorrect warning message was used when attempting to save with inventory open

• Fixed dead crow corpses turning into dead rat corpses when placed into inventory

• Fixed issue where mantling out of sound traps (broken glass, ect.) wouldn't correctly exit the trap condition

• Fixed issue where mantling off ladders would prevent gravity being restored

• Fixed Watchdogs not reacting to the Doctor when transformed into Goatman or Huntsman form

• Fixed some situations where Watchdog eye color would not match their alert state

• Fixed issue where AI sensory delay was longer than intended during certain suspicious events

• Fixed issue where Huntsmen would aggressively search some inappropriate situations

• Improved far away AI task handling to prevent situations where they would walk in place

• Fixed enemy animation freezing and T-posing when interrupting some flinch and status effect animations

• Fixed enemies not reacting to damage while blinded

• Fixed ash piles not appearing correctly after an entity is destroyed by fire

• Fixed music not correctly resuming when exiting the Lighthouse area

• Fixed some metal sliding gates not correctly updating their navmesh during opening/closing motion

• Fixed issue with some fire types (brazier) being the incorrect size

• Fixed burning carriage chaos green fire being more blue than intended

• Fixed issue with cranks and chains not playing their correct noises when in motion or displaying their correct state

• Fixed issue where objective complete sound would play when loading a save

• Fixed fog alpha mask being broken in some areas

• Fixed seasonal music playing when seasonal content was inactive

Cartographer's Update Hotfix

• Fixed Market -> Cliffside side passage transition door not working correctly

• Fixed Hightown Wrenbrook manor door opening the incorrect direction

• Fixed Hightown mirror activating in mirror realm before reaching the mirror in Hightown

• Fixed music not playing if returning to Underport after triggering it after the huntsmen dialogue

• Fixed evergreen pine bush rendering its shadowcaster

• Fixed sky cloud alpha mask for coastal areas

• Added logic to Underport beginning area to resume music even if the huntsmen conversation is no longer active

Sorry this took a little longer than expected, Doctor:

We wanted to get some cool new toys in for ya.

Good luck, Doctor!

Gloomwood Merch sale!

New Blood Holiday Giveaway!

New bundles including System Shock 2!

Happy Gloom Year!

Hello again, Doctors. Not much longer to wait now...

Will Hightown be opened for the Steam Winter sale? Yes.

Will Gloomwood be on sale for the Steam Winter Sale? Yes.

Are you prepared for the largest, most vertical open area we've added to the game and the most sophisticated, lethal and complex enemy force we've added to the game, yet...?

Probably not.

But then again, neither were the Huntsmen...

A bit of housekeeping for you, Doctors.

• Improved chain exploding for multiple barrels/objects with the 'combustible' tag
• Added a giblet spawn check system to help prevent corpse giblets from spawning outside the game world
• Huntsman Beastform Detect Life effect now fades away when using the inventory or journal
• Adjusted sell pricing for serums to better match the per dose value
• Added falling death and impact sounds for Goatman
• Improved force direction for Goatman slash attacks
• Goatman horns are now usable in Goatman serums
• Adjusted colors and brightness normal and Blood Moon weather settings to maintain the appearance of night
• Added captions for Beastform Huntsman mutterings
• Added Detect Life effect to Edward and Oliver
• Removed Detect Life effect from Grezzo
• Added note that Huntsman Beastform can use the Doctor's arsenal in journal
• Added a weather quality setting to 'Video' settings {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37871809/9bbcf77cd39e538cf8498bb59ed41bc14039c7dd.jpg
• Improved entity collision and surface detection of projectiles
• Various minor improvements to memory and performance handling
• Console Command 'Beastform ' can now be used without a duration parameter for permanent beastform
• Console Command 'Beastform 0' can be used to cancel beastform
• Console Command 'Set Inventory Size (x,y)' will now work with inventory upgrades (the largest values will be used)
• Console Command 'Infinite Ammo ' now works correctly after enabling 'Cheats 1'

• Huntsmen will now verbally acknowledge the Doctor while in Huntsman Form {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37871809/e60f244f4ce6a0a1be0d7419b9994c7167763bf0.png
• Huntsmen now have lines to inform each other when they've discovered the Doctor's true identity while in Huntsman Form
• AI will now become hostile if they witness Beastform Doctor attack an ally or create combat sounds unless already in combat
• Tweaks to AI target sorting to allow more situations where Beastform Doctor can join allied enemies in fighting other enemies

• Small and medium physics objects, like food, can now be placed onto the trap as bait while in carry mode {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37871809/78261e00a31f74bc66a01a040aa2567613b75e7f.png
• Traps now become consumed after 2 uses on standard enemies and 1 use on large enemies
• Traps now visually attach to leg of target creature when triggered {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37871809/ba4b3e8eb0f45a01bdc5ae379f7d824bdedb9b4d.png
• Fixed issue where ballistic projectiles would not trigger the bear trap
• Added break sound when trap becomes used up
• Broken trap debris now fades away after a time
• Improved save state loading and handling

• Fixed Goatman sometimes becoming permanently lit on fire from the attacking Huntsmen
• Increased Goatman's burn duration and vulnerability to that of its Tavern counterpart
• Increased Goatman defense multiplier against AI targets
• Fixed issue where the ambient Goatman sounds and music would persist after its death
• Standard Fishery music now resumes when returning to the Fishery after the Goatman encounter
• Fixed issue where Goatman could get stuck pathing the accounting office
• Fixed issue where safe 451 code dealt more player damage than intended

• The power switch for the Hive now defaults to 'Powered'
• Fixed issue where the power generator states would not save or load correctly
• Fixed Hive music not playing when entering via the Pump Station turbine route

• Fixed 'Brain Sample' research jar having incorrect entity ids
• Fixed some fire sources not being affected by the 'choke' tag (from Choke Bomb and Choke Bolts)
• Fixed some projectiles not always delivering their stim tag effects
• Fixed issue where projectiles could sometimes richochet off AI contact hitboxes
• Fixed AI entities not always flinching when attacked while unaware
• Fixed captioning source for AI after they were gibbed
• Fixed some instances where AI could not hit each other while in close proximity
• Fixed save/load issue with patrolling or leashing AI not always returning to their last task
• Fixed Crowman and Crowking vomit attack dealing more damage than intended
• Fixed Huntsman hats converting into the wrong item type
• Fixed texture skin issues with Beastform viewmodels
• Fixed Beastform sounds and properties not properly loading between saves and area transitions
• Fixed Crowman Beastform lifesteal effect applying to some entities without the 'meat' tag
• Fixed issue with swapping multiple items between melee slots
• Fixed picking up the Handlantern sometimes holstering the active weapon
• Fixed Bonesaw not correctly negating incoming damage when guarding
• Fixed Harpoons igniting entities with the 'combustible' tag
• Fixed Harpoons sometimes not spawning the pickup variant when hitting a valid surface type
• Fixed Harpoongun clipping in the inventory
• Fixed issue where jumping off a slope would cause the player to inherit slide velocity
• Fixed jump height modifier not working correctly when sliding
• Fixed shop items sometimes disappearing when loading a save
• Fixed being able to pickup and select non-slotted weapons without having the luggage case
• Fixed being able to pick up items through the drawer of a dresser object type
• Fixed oxygen values not loading correctly on area transition
• Fixed issue when loading the offhand handlantern in some rare situations
• Fixed player being able to physically push around AI or NPCs
• Fixed some incorrect room portal values causing sound propagation issues
• Fixed some roof windows not correctly allowing AI entities to fall to their death when shattered
• Fixed scorch decals not correctly showing up after explosions
• Fixed some Crowman giblet pieces having the wrong physics collision layer
• Fixed issue where damaged door collision would prevent projectiles through gaps
• AI thrown axes and hatchets should now correctly penetrate through windows
• Fixed weather types not correctly showing up in the Coastal Cave area

Now that all that's out of the way - we can focus exclusively on the Hightowne district. Here's your first look...

The Constables await.

Well would you look at that Doctor!

Two Gloomwood updates in two months?

I'd say you're on a roll!

During the last update we introduced research!

And gave the good doctor the ability to delve into the darkness a bit...

After slicing and dicing up monster bodies and combining them with jars of god knows what from around the city, the doctor gained all new abilities from the Crowmen, Goatmen and Bat Barbers.

Well now, due to popular demand - you can inject multiple doses of certain serums like the Bat Barber!

We've also made the labels easier to read on the monster parts you'll need to gather!

But more importantly, research will now become available when you first reach the lighthouse, and we've added the ability to research the most common enemy in the game...

The Huntsmen.

They'll never suspect a thing...

Surely you've played Oblivion, doctor...

This serum will allow you to detect life through the world, anywhere you can see, as well as blend in with the other Huntsmen, as if you were one of the boys.

But that's not all!

Research now also grants PASSIVE BONUSES. (that you keep forever)

We think you'll especially like the Huntsmen passive ability...

But you'll have to research it :)

There's even new ammo just for you types who like to make things go sploosh:

In addition to this:

• Crowman research will now give you a permanent holstered speed boost

• Bat Barber research will give you a permanent jump height boost

• Goatman research will give you a permanent damage reduction

And don't forget that Goatman serum... you're going to want it...

That's right... the world of Gloomwood will now change as the story progresses!

When revisiting old areas after reaching certain story points you may find things have indeed changed.

Even the weather! (and music)

There may be a Goatman stomping around The Fishery ^^

Or you could see Bat Barbers lurking high within The Caves...

Or you may head back to The Tavern only to find that the Huntsmen are now merrily drinking the night away... since the Goatman is no longer a threat to them...

Don't worry, these new encounters will only appear once and enemies will not "respawn" so if you're the kind of player who wants to KILL EVERYTHING in the game - you can still do that.

And if you're the kind of player who wants to GHOST EVERYTHING in the game - you can still do that.

This is Gloomwood, after all.

After this we're putting research on hold for a bit as we bake Part 3 into our next content update.

Load up on rope and lace up your climbing shoes, we're heading to the rooftops of Hightowne next.

TLDR:

• Research is now available sooner

• Huntsman research added (detect life ability)

• Multiple dose serums added

• Journal improvements

• Passive research bonuses added (even headshots!)

• New labels for monster part jars

• New ammo type added

• New voice lines added

• New encounters, music and weather (when you return to old areas)

• You can now turn the power off to the Hive (it spooky)

• Full Patch Notes

• Improved cache handling of shader variants to reduce shader compilation stuttering
• Improved memory handling causing performance and stuttering issues over longer play sessions
• Creatures will now attack the Doctor if repeatedly attacked even while in an allied Beastform
• Creatures will now attack each other after repeatedly receiving friendly fire by other allies
• Replaced static medicine and alcohol bottles throughout the game world with interactive pickups
• Improved the visual FX of claw and blade trails for most creature attacks
• Added bundle variants for flaregun bolts and harpoons

• Added Beastform Doctor corpse carry viewmodels
• Added Beastform Doctor swim animations
• Fixed shortcut slots not being cleared correctly and causing slotted weapons to change
• Fixed Canesword and Bonesaw guarding not always blocking attacks from very close enemies
• Fixed Bonesaw guarding not always playing the guard fx
• Fixed Bonesaw draw not being correctly flagged as a one-handed action
• Fixed fall damage not being correctly calculated while in a non-Batbeast form
• Fixed issue where repeatedly mantling/jumping in Batbeast Form could prevent attacking
• Fixed Crowman Beastform light gem not reading lighting data correctly
• Fixed Goatman Beastform getting stuck when exiting transformation while in a low ceiling area
• Fixed force physics when gibbing enemies while in Beastform
• Fixed weapon redraw not working when exiting Beastform in some scenarios
• Fixed some viewmodel lighting having incorrect light anchors
• Fixed handlantern viewmodel not having a correct animated motion configuration
• Fixed issue where Journal rendering when multiple inputs were pressed

• Increased the size of the cabin chimney
• Added handles to many of the interactive slanted window types
• Locked off the vent room beneath the cargo room... for now

• Fixed wooden barricade being breakable by the Canesword and Bonesaw

• Increased the size of the Lighthouse chimney
• Fixed 'Research Diagram' not correctly spawning when the laboratory opens
• Fixed laboratory bookshelf not correctly flagged as platform for its books
• Fixed roombrush in laboratory causing some dropped items to be silent

• Huntsman corpses can now be carried or gibbed for body parts
• Fixed Goatman being able to jump through the attic door and elevator shaft if blocked

• The chimney in the first Manor now connects properly to the outside
• Added handles to skylights to the blood altar room
• Improved texturing in the blood altar room
• Crucified Goatman will now spawn correctly on load and can be gibbed for body parts
• Fixed incorrect localization id for Market Waterfowl Tavern key
• Fixed elevator to the Emerald Terrace sometimes instantly moving back to its initial position

• Fixed issue where using primary fire could trigger the buy action in the shop
• Fixed some items would not correctly print out on the Merchant's shop receipt

• Fixed blood rain not correctly triggering on Blood Moon
• Improved performance of rain in some scenarios
• Added weather exclusion zones to some areas that should be blocking rain
• Fixed issue where mantling out of the electrified water at Lampfire Power Station would not clear the damage trigger

• Fixed Countess dialogue focus volume not being reset if player skips the Seal
• Fixed some lightmap issues in the exit saferoom

• Fixed New Game and Load Game not working correctly if a incomplete save is found in the save folder
• Fixed issue where flaregun projectiles would incorrectly bounce off surfaces or not affect targets
• Fixed projectile force not always pushing targets in the correct direction
• Fixed windows blocking projectiles even after being destroyed
• Fixed an issue where AI could path through a closed door if near a steep incline
• Fixed issue where Fishdogs and Rats could not hear player footsteps while sleeping
• Fixed Crowbeasts not being immune to acid damage (like from exploding eggs)
• Fixed metal doors and pickups not being marked as indestructible
• Fixed wooden planks not playing destruction fx
• Fixed issue where door crushers could damage entities that aren't the active blocker
• Fixed issue where traps could make non-flesh physics objects bleed
• Fixed flaregun light beam not correctly disabling when loading or transition levels while holstered
• Fixed issue where AreaPortals wouldn't correctly render the fog plane
• Fixed issue where air bubbles would not appear underwater in some bodies of water
• Fixed issue where sliding on a steep slope wouldn't limit contact momentum
• Prevent climbables from being grabbed while in Noclip mode

Patch v0.1.305.02

• Fixed an issue where some old saves would not load area transitions with out of date data
• Fixed some pickups not setting the correct loaded quantity
• Fixed metal crates not being destroyed by door crush triggers
• Fixed armor huntsmen missing some innate physical resistance

Patch v0.1.304.28

• Research system has been added! Enter the mirror realm and take the passage to the lighthouse laboratory to start concocting
• A dark presence grows inside the Doctor, and it yearns to claw free
• The journal has received a rework, now having diegetic hand animations and new art and quality-of-life adjustments for each section
• The tabs for the journal can now be selected with the 1-6 Weapon Select keys
• The area selector for the 'Files' section of the journal can be rotated with the 'Lean Left' and 'Lean Right' keys
• The journal health and mind meters will now show 'Excellent' when the player is at max value
• The Bonesaw melee weapon has been added, a new melee weapon with heavy damage and the ability to cut up corpses, but lacks the canesword's sneak damage bonus
• Enemies now stagger based on an internal poise system instead by random chance. Faster weapon attacks (like canesword swipes) should now consistently trigger enemies to stagger when used in rapid succession
• Improved entity defense and damage handling to ensure better consistency
• The Flashbomb stun time has been increased to 8 seconds (from 6)
• Improved the throw animation of the Chokebomb and Flashbomb to sync up with the input
• Reworked the art of the default syringe
• All enemies now have pickup and item giblet types
• Improved hit detection of player melee weapons and attacks
• Improved handling of canesword and bonesaw chained attacks
• Improved swimming and water transitions
• The action log will now inform which item was dropped if not enough space was found
• Increased ambient brightness on some key types
• Improved Goatman walk animation
• Improved effect textures for some melee trails
• Added a sound cue that plays when entering a new district for the first time
• General performance and art improvements

• Added an ingredient stockpile to the Fishery main building

• Fixed issue where the waterfalls could clip the player into the cliff wall

• The Doctor's Laboratory will now become accessible after visiting the Mirror Realm

• An ingredient stockpile has been added to Dr. Thatherson's Apothecary
• The Drunken Waterfowl tavern has been opened
• The crucified Goatman can now be gibbed

• The 7x5 Inventory Upgrade is now available upon arriving at the Merchant's Shop

• An ingredient stockpile has been added to Van Der Meer's warehouse
• Fixed an issue where the electrified water in the Power Station would not correctly electrocute enemies
• Improved AI pathing to allow non-leaping enemies to reach the basement level of the Power Station
• Fixed Gate 3 not correctly getting jammed visually when activating it from the Control Room

• A new secret exit has been added
• The sideroute from the archeology digsite now has a deployed rope to aid players who skipped the harpoon gun
• Fixed issue where corpses would not always break falling damage

• Fixed incorrect baked directional lighting
• Fixed issue where the player could get stuck in the falling teleport plane

• Fixed issue where crowking corpses would spawn crowmen giblets
• Fixed issue where carried burning objects would incorrectly clear its instigator
• Fixed issue where rats could get stuck in bidirectional rat holes
• Fixed issue where thrown projectiles would sometimes not be parried or deflected correctly
• Fixed an issue where huntsmen rifles would not sometimes have a pickup round in them
• Fixed issue where AI footsteps would not register sound traps (like shattered glass piles) correctly
• Fixed issue where the Gold Crank from Van Der Meer could not be carried without an inventory
• Fixed issue where the shortcut elevator gate in the Underport canal would not open
• Fixed issue where the Goatman would not receive crushing damage from elevators
• Fixed issue where crosshair would incorrectly reset when drawing and undrawing a main hand weapon while the handlantern was raised
• Fixed various chest opening clipping issues
• Fixed some lamps not having a light flare

Doctor! The old laboratory at the lighthouse is up and running again. Time to get to work...

• Winter event has been extended to January 10th
• Added Winter attire for watchdogs, infected rats, crowmen, crowkings and crowbabies
• Added new Winter ambience for outdoor and indoor spaces
• Added Winter icicle props to some statues
• Crowkings and crowbabies are no longer marked as spoiler tagged entities
• Adjusted various sounds and the AI reaction to them
• Added player landing sound for glass shards material
• Slightly increased AI sight range on Full and Blood Moon
• Slightly increased AI non-alert dark vision range
• Adjusted several AI attack states to allow flinch/headshots to interrupt them
• Increased brightness of iron key pickups to be more visible in the dark
• Increased size of shader variant collection that are prewarmed on startup

• Added some pickup bricks to Mr. Croup's office
• Added interactive crank recepticle and gate to power generator room
• Improved the geometry of the well cavern beneath the cabin

• Fixed drawbridge shortcut collider not correctly being set when raised
• Fixed some geometry issues with the barnhouse
• Fixed fort gate not raising to the correct height
• Fixed issue where the padlocks controlling the door to the cannonball storage room would not respond correctly
• Fixed some issues with the main city gate collision

• Added some decal indicators to show the elevator needs power and some additional guiding lights

• Added additional snowball piles to area
• Fixed several doors not correctly applying their lock state
• Tweak light culling distance for some lights around the barbershop

• Added snowball piles to area
• Fixed exploration music not triggering when entering the area
• Improved geometry and texturing in some areas
• Fixed water volume in sewer that was not activating correctly
• Added metal crates to crowmen sewer section to aid with the door timer
• Improved navigation in power station basement to allow humanoids to enter the flooded area
• Removed key in tram station that had no purpose

• Fixed the shotgun pickup in the supervisor station locker disappearing on load
• Fixed some navigation jump links not being correctly usable by crowmen
• Added empty valve recepticle on the other side of the waste treatment gate door
• Improved geometry and texture work of engineering area
• Added additional signage and hints of goal around engineering area
• Oil drums around the finale area now correctly change state on the harder difficulties
• Sealed the area beneath the elevator platform more thoroughly for the finale sequence
• Flagged several nearby stalagtites as non-mantle-able near the finale elevator
• Added buttons to the top of the finale elevator to call or lower the elevator
• Fixed incorrect sound and weather room configuration in some spots
• Fixed some sound emitters not working correctly

• Fixed Winter hats not correctly appearing on huntsmen, fishdogs, batbarbers and rats
• Fixed issue where snow would appear in several indoor areas
• Fixed issue where snowballs would not correctly apply the blind state duration
• Fixed issue where chests would collide with world geometry and not open
• Fixed active music not loading correctly after saving the game via the save slot menu
• Fixed vent doors not being interactive after opening
• Fixed AI not updating their search state to new contact detection events
• Fixed AI not correctly applying their sense proficiency overrides
• Fixed some instances of AI not correctly checking for door states or applying their door block status
• Fixed issue where the canesword would not detect the correct body material of dead huntsmen props
• Fixed crowking not fleeing when on fire
• Fixed fire sources not correctly loading their save state
• Fixed physics objects duplicating after parrying a throw projectile
• Fixed several issues with chokebomb/chokebolt saving and loading
• Fixed issue with ceiling windows not correctly updating navmesh and physics collision after being shattered
• Flagged pickup harpoons as not mantle-able to prevent physics issues
• Fixed some issues where pickups would have the incorrect stack size on spawn
• Fixed various instances where ladders would have the incorrect material sounds
• Fixed various issues when multiple valves are linked to a single sliding door
• Fixed issues with water flow values not being applied correctly
• Fixed issue with 'spawn item' command when spawning unloaded weapons
• Fixed some sound portal and propagation issues

• Improved player/enemy body collision handling
• Improved some data handling to during scene loading

• Fixed several AI patrols not initiating correctly

• Fixed transition door not correctly locking during the scripted intro event
• Fixed guncase shotgun not being able to be picked up after shattering the glass
• Fixed issue where goatman could jump through attic door

• Fixed several cabinet/padlocks in the gun shop that weren't working correctly

• Changed new playthrough inventory upgrade to 7x5 upgrade instead of 8x6 after returning the first seal. 8x6 will still be available later in the game (note: you can still give yourself the 8x6 upgrade early through the console with the command 'give item_luggage_upgrade_8x6`).
• Improved shop dialogue handling for luggage case upgrades

• Fixed various AI patrols not starting correctly
• Fixed issue where Van Der Meer's golden crank would incorrectly transform into a normal crank when dropped out of inventory
• Fixed lighting issue near the first bridge sewer segment
• Fixed levers for canal bridges not correctly allowing them to be raised or lowered in older saves
• Fixed issue where canal bridge would not play sound correctly

• Fixed water clipping issue near the egg drop in room
• Fixed several geometry issues
• Fixed AI event issue during the finale event
• Fixed some incorrectly assigned sound portal links

• Fixed save/load issues that prevented proper state persistence and transitioning to other levels
• Fixed flare rounds for the flaregun duplicated after save/load
• Fixed issue where explosive barrels wouldn't properly damage breakable objects
• Fixed issue where some elevators wouldn't crush the player
• Fixed issue where some metal pipes would make the incorrect footstep sounds
• Fixed issue with valve wheel item description

Good doctors! We know it has been quite some time since we've updated you on Gloomwood development... So please sit back as we dig into what we've been up to...

NEW AREAS

NEW FEATURES

WHAT'S BEEN TAKING SO LONG?

THE HIVE

Thank you for your patience as always. Gloomwood is an incredibly complex game to develop and we appreciate your support.

Good luck, doctors...after this things are going to get... darker.

• New area
• New enemies
• New loot
• More story & lore
• First person swimming animations!
• Rat AI (not made with AI)
• All new rain and weather effects and soundscapes
• The Crowmen HIVE is our next update

Hello again good doctors. Apologies for the lack of announcements over the last few months, but we've been... rather busy. And today we bring you a full report on progress of Gloomwood's upcoming Underport District.

The Underport will be the largest and most interconnected district you've yet to explore in Gloomwood. Featuring not only the looping dungeon design Dillon is so fond of, but new and clever ways to approach getting both in and *out* of it.

Bigger than the market.

Spookier than the Tavern.

More verticality than the caves.

But that's not all.

We've added rain (with accurate indoor/outdoor soundscapes)

And... RAT AI?!

Plus some new routes in The Caves to give the doctor even more options for how to approach his initial escape.

We're getting into the real MEAT of the game now, doctors... come prepared.

• Crouch will now release you from climbable ropes and ladders
• AI Lure Behaviour has been improved to be more consistent and capture the target AI's attention more, allowing the player to more easily sneak by
• Improved consistency of AI Search Behaviour contact events
• Increased player exposure visibility at sprint/holstered speed
• Buffet cabinet doors can now be opened
• Vanity mirror desk drawers can now be opened
• Merchant now sees food items as junk and will no longer buy them
• Improved shader variant and process handling for GPU performance
• Improved CPU handling for sound propagation, entity components, physics handling, VFX systems, fire propagation, door colliders and global illumination renderers
• Improved optimization of Shadow Projectors
• Improved material pass handling
• Changed splatter particle for food items

• Added initial critter behaviours like Scent Lure, Eat and Attack
• Added rat holes to allow rats to navigate around closed doors
• Added rat corpse item and pickup
• Improved various animations
• Improved rat hitboxes and collisions

• Changed Mr. Croup's initial safe dial values to prevent accidental input of easter egg code

• Added a new shack and scaffolding to the main elevator chamber to allow alternative routes around huntsmen
• Tweaked huntsmen patrols to make them a bit more exploitable

• Tweaked the cannon instructions to make it clearer where the required items are located
• Added additional AI jump spots and navigable areas

• Added an elevator lever to the top of the elevator shaft before the Emerald Eye
• Fixed various geometry and clipping issues

• Fixed an issue where AI could spot suspicious targets like corpses in the dark from afar
• Fixed issue where AI to AI line-of-sight checks would not target the correct position
• Fixed issue where climbables would not allow the player to correctly jump off them
• Fixed exploit where weapon animations could be cancelled by opening the journal
• Fixed issue where framerate would notably drop when speaking to Oliver in the Market
• Fixed issue where the player could clip the crush trigger while riding the dumbwaiter in the Market
• Fixed handlantern light animation not playing correctly during draw/holster/raise/lower animations
• Fixed issue where Flare Gun would not stock correctly in the shop
• Fixed outdated save issue where shop item text would not load correctly
• Tweaked Huntsmen navigation base offset so they snap better to the ground
• Fixed issue where weather effects would not play outside the Slaughtered Goat Tavern
• Fixed some texture issues in the Slaughtered Goat Tavern
• Fixed issue where pixel gap filler shader wouldn't work correctly

Ah, good Doctors... We have a surprise for you this holiday season!

But that's not all!

Happy Holidays!

• Improved the fidelity and texture work for the gloves and models of the following viewmodels: canesword, revolver, shotgun, flaregun, beartrap, flashbomb, handlantern, light gem ring, jackolantern, syringe, enemy carry models
• Added inspect animation to light gem ring
• The canesword can now be unsheathed and charged up with a single input hold
• Lightmaps are now formatted for high definition range (HDR) and handle color/shadowing in a more gradual and smoother way
• Improved shop restock and inventory handling
• Added a Reset to Defaults button in the settings menu
• Added Anisotropic Filtering in video settings
• Improved antialiasing for point-filtered cutout surfaces
• Added action log message for placing the inventory in an invalid position
• Added action log message for trying to add an item to a full inventory
• Tweaked sound propagation so outdoor sounds travel a bit further

• Added outdoor falling snow and ground snowfall
• Added weapon 'Snowball' which douses fire and blinds impacted enemies
• Added Santa Hats to Huntsmen and Batbarbers
• Added Krampus skin for the Goatman
• Added Reindeer costume for the Fishdogs
• Added tiny Santa Hat for Bubert the Rat

• The locked watchtower is now accessible with a key
• The carriage basement garage is now accessible

• Added new kitchen and hammock area to the lighthouse

• Added entrance to the future Underport district
• Added Lord Kar manor entrance hall
• Added some additional enemies to Lord Kar's manor
• Reworked some of the structures outside the front of the barbershop
• The chest reward for the hidden switch has been replaced with a new unique treasure
• Stocked the kitchens and various dining rooms with new food items
• Tweaked some of the ammunition and treasure balance
• Made the jewlery box in the pharmacy shop openable
• Improved some detailing and texture trims
• Fixed dumbwaiter not dealing crush damage

• Added attic area

• The mirror beckons you...

• Wax cylinders should no longer appear in the shop on difficulties that don't require them
• Fixed issue where AI would sometimes not react to suspicious objects like allied corpses
• Fixed issue where AI could rotate past their IK limits
• Fixed issue where AI could not break doors correctly
• Fixed issue where rapidly interacting with the attached key on the Goatman's back would create a glitched duplicate
• Fixed various issues with AI pathfinding not taking the correct navmesh links
• Fixed market gunshop clerk room door not being properly locked
• Fixed Batbarbers not facing the correct direction after a lunge attack
• Fixed issue where repeatedly examining an item would gradually offset it in the examine window
• Fixed several issues with fire propagation and contact fire checking
• Fixed bullet trails not correctly pooling and restoring
• Fixed issue where projectiles would not correctly play their loop sounds after pooling
• Fixed physics issue where players would be killed while crouched while riding an elevator
• Fixed various geometry and occlusion issues
• Fixed various description typo issues
• Fixed an async error when switching monitors in settings
• Fixed an issue where empty save slots could be deleted
• Fixed issue where pause menu would override input while in load game menu
• Fixed null reference with model dynamic attachments

Well well well - good ol' PC Gamer voted Gloomwood as one of their top 25 most anticipated games (neat) and asked if we could show off some upcoming content for the game... SO WE HAVE.

You'll be able to delve into The Underport early next year, but we also have a sizeable Gloomwood update coming for you in DECEMBER. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37871809/92f98b7f1801a6d1568e274f4fd77a5238957d67.png See you soon, Doctor...

• Added the ability to 'Quick Use' food items by using right click (Alternate Fire)
• Added flashbombs to the merchant's shop inventory and changed restock logic
• Improved AI search handling when the AI has some visibility or cannot reach the target
• Tweaked AI senses/visibility to prevent some situations where their view angle was too large
• Tweaked AI senses/visibility to improve some situations where they should be able to see the target
• Improved particle effect for muzzleflashes
• Muzzleflashes are now factored correctly into player visibility
• Tweaked name and description for 'Undertaker' Flare Pistol
• Improved pooling for decals, ejected casings and projectiles
• Improved light visibility performance for blood splatter decals
• Improved light cell volumes for each area to improve memory handling

• Tweaked soundscape propagation
• Tweaked some door angles to avoid wall clipping
• Added some additional pathing jump links
• Fixed various sound propagation issues
• Fixed various occlusion issues
• Fixed a few paintings that were hovering off the wall

• Fixed several issues that would cause save files to write incomplete data and fail to load or load incorrectly
• Fixed null reference when a SaveObject was decoupled from its linked GameObject during save/load write
• Fixed issue where incorrect prompts displayed in the Load Game Menu
• Fixed issue where sound clips would incorrectly repeat if sound asset was set to 'RandomOrder'
• Fixed some situations where saving while throwing a flashbomb would not save the fuse timer state
• Fixed issue where Armored Huntsmen wouldn't apply the armor defense modifier for ballistic damage
• Fixed issue where AI search would incorrectly handle the exit delay state
• Fixed issue where AI would not correctly do their gib sound when gibbing
• Fixed issue where AI reaction targets would still be valid even without an assigned instigator
• Fixed an issue where AI could still react and shout about suspicious actions to their disembodied body even after they were dead
• Fixed an issue where AI's task handling would freeze after a navmesh jump
• Fixed an issue where AI would walk in place if stalk target was no longer detectable
• Fixed issue where the draw/holstered state of the current weapon wouldn't save/load correctly
• Fixed issue where weapon reload would cycle indefinitely if interrupted
• Fixed issue where items could save/load into the incorrect inventory position
• Fixed issue where muzzleflashes light sequence was timed incorrectly
• Fixed issue where blood decals would cast shadow projections
• Fixed subtitles not correctly displaying gib voicelines
• Fixed initialization order issue with RoomPortal transforms
• Fixed issue with PixelHoleFiller shader not initializing correctly in the execution order
• Fixed issue where LightSource data would persist even when disabled
• Fixed out-of-range index argument when too many light visibility requests were made
• Jack-o-lantern item can now be correctly unpacked

• Improved light source priority handling to improve general performance
• Improved AI update priority handling

• Added occlusion culling portals to many windows/archways to improve performance
• Added boundary clips along several outer buildings and walls to prevent out-of-bounds mantling
• Breaking Lord Marwyn's manor study window will no longer activate the gun shop alarm
• Tweaked some detail occlusion to prevent some window flickering

• Tweaked occlusion culling portals to improve performance

• Fixed an entity null reference when saving corpse attachment data
• Fixed issue where the revolver could not be continually fired by holding down the primary fire button
• Fixed issue where AI would target doors and objects with their throw attacks instead of meleeing them
• Fixed issue where player would not vocalize a 'hmm' when attempting to place an item into a full inventory
• Fixed issue where player would not vocalize a 'grunt' when attempting to place the inventory in an invalid position
• Fixed issue where projectiles would not play audio when rented back from object pool
• Fixed crowman beak skinning issue
• Fixed crowman being unable to move during the tease sequence in coast_cliffside

• Added All Hallows' Eve jackolantern turnips to all areas
• Added 'Subtitles' option for both Dialogue and General captions
• Added 'Seasonal Content' toggle to set whether seasonal content is shown
• Added color preview for highlight sliders
• Added several pathing ledges for AI to navigate by jumping to all areas
• AI now has a harder time chasing a player in combat if the player is in the darkest visibility
• Player can now parry thrown projectiles like axes, hatchets and daggers with firearms
• Increased the reaction priority of thrown bottles
• Added huntsmen sounds for moving and jumping on surfaces like tile/metal/leaves, ect.
• Added inventory resize console command

• First throwable weapon type
• Can hold to increase throw distance and cook fuse timer
• Will blind all creatures in the visible detonation area for 7 seconds
• Stacks up to 3 times in inventory

• Seasonal throwable item
• Will damage and ignite creatures and targets on a direct hit
• Stacks up to 3 times in inventory

• Can now throw their axe at targets if they are attempting to escape or climb out of reach of them

• Added scripted event where woodsmen lift the drawbridge

• Added flashbomb pickups

• Added interior areas to several manors and structures
• Added structures to skybox around the market
• Added new AI spawns, pickups and treasure locations
• Added some barriers to the main street
• Tweaked some pickup quantities
• Improved various textures to fit the style a bit better

• Fixed several issues with AI sense detection and hearing queue sorting
• Fixed several issues with inventory equip and item state handling
• Fixed issue where woodsmen would still charge at targets even when there was no valid path
• Fixed issue where ladder climbing would continue past the length of the ladder
• Fixed issue where merchant would not correctly lipsync his quell voicelines
• Fixed several issues where AI animations would get stuck or incorrectly interrupted
• Improved rendering and accuracy of projector shadows
• Fixed several issues with fire propagation
• Fixed issue where weapon viewmodels would get duplicated
• Fixed memory allocation issues with some RenderTextures
• Fixed various null ref and save/load issues

A New weapon! The Flashbomb.

The Huntsmen AI has been improved.

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PUMPKINS

• Improved clipping and AI navmesh in various areas
• Improved accuracy of Shadow Projector renderer
• Improved carry object collision detection
• Set 'list' command to be sorted alphabetically
• Added 'physics_plate_wood' to entity spawn list

• Fixed issues where inventory assigned shortcuts would be set incorrectly
• Fixed issue where swing doors would not detect physics objects and not be properly blocked
• Fixed issue where some elevators in older saves would not operate correctly
• Fixed issue where Market Gunshop elevator would move to the incorrect floor
• Fixed issue where the Caves elevator would kill the player if using the inventory or crouching while riding it
• Fixed issue where some metal sliding gates would not correctly allow the AI to path through when opened
• Fixed issue where Goatman IK acted incorrectly when attacking doors
• Fixed issue where electricity particles would not load correctly for the electric door in the Coastal Caves
• Fixed issue where swipe/melee trails would render incorrectly
• Fixed issue where torch Huntsmen would not correctly transfer torch burning state to corpse entity
• Fixed various issues where loading or transition levels would cause a black screen
• Fixed various null reference issues

• Slightly reduced direct mid/near horizontal angle vision cone to prevent some unfair detections
• Increased AI search task priority of audio disturbances to prevent AI ignoring bottle distractions
• Improved AI search task handling of disturbances that aren't reachable
• Improved handling of AI patrol task when returning to route from disturbances or combat
• Reduced carry throw force addition for bottles when moving forward
• Improved accuracy and performance of high detail Shadow Projectors
• Added physics_pillow_bed_1 through physics_pillow_bed_6 to entity package list for spawning

• Slightly reduced dark vision range

• Slightly reduced fishdog presence on half moon and crescent

• Added various navmesh links to allow huntsmen to drop down from ledges

• Adjusted balance of enemies and resources on all difficulties
• Improved visual clarity of front gate when opened to show its a transition zone
• Reworked the Queen's Road / Ashfall Bridge intersection to make the route more challenging
• Added fallback patrols and watch tasks for huntsmen and batbarbers after ambushing
• Added navmesh links for both huntsmen and batbarbers to allow better navigation in various areas
• Moved crate stack near barbershop to prevent players from getting stuck

• Added navmesh surfaces for all agent types

• Fixed issue where quicksaving could occur when when disabled
• Fixed issue where Market side of the front gate would still be shut even if destroyed from the Coast side (ensure you backtrack to the Coast via the East End Canal tunnel once so the Coast map can verify the gate is destroyed)
• Fixed issue where wooden doors would not ignite from fire
• Fixed issue where fire sources like torches would not load correctly
• Fixed various culling and geometry issues
• Fixed issue that caused weapon inventory shortcuts to be deleted
• Fixed issue where pickpocketing keys could fail
• Fixed various material contact fx type issues
• Fixed issue with selling equipped weapons to the merchant
• Fixed various save state issues that caused loading to fail

• Fixed various issues that caused old save files to fail to load