ROGUE FLIGHT news & patch notes

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45219989/5045aa03c580beb8f9b3c62dbd29b39f82d60ace.png We’re still thrilled at the response Rogue Flight has gotten from both STG fans and casual players across the board. The next major update includes some important additions and oft-requested improvements to the overall experience, in ways we feel should continue to hone any rough edges left over from the frenzy of development and release. It's given us time to add ███████ ████████████ █████, and ████ ██ which may shed light on the ███████ ████████ ██ █████. What’s new in 1.2.0 > ████ █████████ Has been added. Access is restricted to ███████ ███████, with ███████ ██ ███ ██ ! Be sure to follow @PerpGames and @truantpixel on socials for more info! > All boss battles have been revised to allow for additional player strategies. WingTrail attack is now more effective against boss weak points. > Damage to boss thrusters and engines will now cause disruption in the jetwash to allow for additional player maneuvering without penalty. Players will still need to mind the flames, obviously! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45219989/b6b8ca3064b2ca180dbb205bf3b63ecfe157e939.gif > Infinite continues now available. For players who want a more contemporary approach without changing difficulty; When enabled, if a player exhausts all their lives during a run, they will have their current score reset, but can return to the current stage via the continue button in the main menu. If players disable this option, they will receive additional modulus points for restarting. > Added additional information to emphasize roguelite elements. You'll see small reminders peppered throughout. And remember to use your loadout screen between stages! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45219989/9b749d50453a684b68782c7879bdbbbe6ea1baf4.png > Ending credits for NewGame+ updated. Worth another watch if you've seen it already! > Alternate final battle and credits music for Rogueflite+ mode. Call it the 'Dramatic Bout' version... > Various cinematic updates and improvements. IYKNK. > Additional tweaks and QoL updates. Basically fixes for little things that don't really need individual mention. > ‘Late hits’ from the AirSpike enemy type in stage 2 have been fixed. This should ease some folks' frustration! > Additional Bonus Livery added, with multiple color variations. Because why not?

Version 1.1.2 patch migrated from beta channel build Enemy Variants Updated. -Stage 5 and Stage 7+ now include a variant of the 'monoblade' drone with a radial laser. -Stage 7+ now includes a new drone type with a peripheral laser field. -These enemies were in the concept stage but weren't quite ready in time for the initial release, so have fun dodging / destroying them! -The "Borg" enemy types (bipedal mechs) are less bullet-spongey. This should allow players to maintain combos easier. -The damage area around the Stratos boss type thrusters has been decreased to be slightly more forgiving. Tutorial Toggle Added. -Players could already choose to skip the tutorial via the pause menu, however due to popular demand I've added a toggle to disable it completely. -Players must of course complete the tutorial at least once before being able to shut it off. Caravan Mode Added for Level Select. -Special thanks to our kindly community for suggesting this. -The "Caravan Mode" implements a 5 minute timer for Level Select. Enemy waves come fast, and feature the strongest enemies for that stage. -Playing on "Hard" or "Extreme" difficulty will net an additional score bonus! -Upon completing, the Caravan Score will be visible in the upper left corner of the stage select movie for each stage. -Disabling Caravan mode will hide the current Caravan score for that stage. Bonus Livery 1 Added. -to celebrate the launch, I've added a new set of liveries to the livery editor, featuring 5 alternative color schemes. Game Credits updated. -Game credits now include individual credits for our FIGS localizers, as well as folks who have kindly assisted with our Japanese localization. General bug fixes and QOL updates -Global Rank will now be visible for steam users: We've crossed an important threshold so now scores will be visible in the 'ship settings' menu when the various sub menus are opened. -Fixed the Japanese "New Game +" description which was incorrect -Disabled windowed mode switch; this was causing serious issues with audio sync during cinematics, as Unity would not register the focus loss to all objects. As this is an engine-level bug, the only remedy here is to prevent the switch. -Decreased the volume of the intro movie; turns out the music was mastered at a higher volume than the rest of the game audio, so apologies to any streamers who got rocked a little harder than intended!

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45219989/483797d8e583a30ac7f6f11a8eed69d53bf32706.png Hello all! We're excited to announce a publicly available Beta branch for Rogue Flight, to allow users to try out new features before they make their way into the 'official' release channel. This requires opting in through Steam (under the game properties, select beta participation and the beta branch): {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45219989/47348c84187f66137124ac6c091fe9a364aa505a.png Builds on this branch will include new features that we want to give a little time to simmer, to ensure proper stability before going into the live channel. For players of the French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Japanese localizations, please be aware that we do utilize temporary machine translation for new features as a placeholder, until our localizers have had time to provide updated strings in the proper format. Okay! So, onto what's included in version 1.1.2

• Enemy Variants Updated.
-Stage 5 and Stage 7+ now include a variant of the 'monoblade' drone with a radial laser. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45219989/d9510febe5ca9eb6a0cc98996681aa0f2f23cc8f.jpg -Stage 7+ now includes a new drone type with a peripheral laser field. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45219989/b97b6046e1db1ad5050e9f49bc2682a117cf700c.jpg -These enemies were in the concept stage but weren't quite ready in time for the initial release, so have fun dodging / destroying them! -The "Borg" enemy types (bipedal mechs) are less bullet-spongey. This should allow players to maintain combos easier. -The damage area around the Stratos boss type thrusters has been decreased to be slightly more forgiving.
• Tutorial Toggle Added.
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45219989/b61d239410610ae3402869da4118a1e684cc2f69.jpg -Players could already choose to skip the tutorial via the pause menu, however due to popular demand I've added a toggle to disable it completely. -Players must of course complete the tutorial at least once before being able to shut it off.
• Caravan Mode Added for Level Select
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45219989/91bbfb59aee4f8348094ae80268676518c4c61f9.jpg -Special thanks to our kindly community for suggesting this. -The "Caravan Mode" implements a 5 minute timer for Level Select. Enemy waves come fast, and feature the strongest enemies for that stage. -Playing on "Hard" or "Extreme" difficulty will net an additional score bonus! -Upon completing, the Caravan Score will be visible in the upper left corner of the stage select movie for each stage. -Disabling Caravan mode will hide the current Caravan score for that stage.
• Bonus Livery 1 Added.
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45219989/f64f0bbc74a3f5b276d4a15df5052a6af840ce0f.jpg -to celebrate the launch, I've added a new set of liveries to the livery editor, featuring 5 alternative color schemes.
• Game Credits updated.
-Game credits now include individual credits for our FIGS localizers, as well as folks who have kindly assisted with our Japanese localization.
• General bug fixes and QOL updates
-Global Rank will now be visible for steam users: We've crossed an important threshold so now scores will be visible in the 'ship settings' menu when the various sub menus are opened. -Fixed the Japanese "New Game +" description which was incorrect -Disabled windowed mode switch - this was causing serious issues with audio sync during cinematics, as Unity would not register the focus loss to all objects. As this is an engine-level bug, the only remedy here is to prevent the switch. -Decreased the volume of the intro movie - turns out the music was mastered at a higher volume than the rest of the game audio, so apologies to any streamers who got rocked a little harder than intended!

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45219989/d1b4d9ed4323da32c3fe11f3945a96a1470e400d.png Hey All! As we take in all the impressions from launch, I thought it would be a good time to briefly talk about how the save system works in Rogue Flight. This will be good info to reference later in case you encounter any issues down the road! Rogue Flight utilizes an automatic save system that is fairly instantaneous. It saves upon scene load and scene exit in most cases. RF access the C:\Users\l\AppData\LocalLow\Truant Pixel, LLC\RogueFlight folder. It's also compatible with steam autocloud. This allows you to go back-and-forth between rigs and / or steam deck, for example. Now, in order to prevent cheating, we use an encryption system that is tied to your unique Steam account. For that reason, if you have multiple users under the SAME windows account, you will need to back up your save and delete the old one before swapping users. if you don't, you'll encounter the corrupted save error screen below: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45219989/5e04ba6f6e263bb39575492b455b61b461461ae6.png If this occurs, here are the steps you can take to remedy the issue: Login to the original steam account that created the save Delete the current one and start fresh. this may require disabling steam cloud temporarily. If you encounter any issues creating a save file, remember that the game needs to be allowed to access the C:\Users\l\AppData\LocalLow\Truant Pixel, LLC\RogueFlight folder If you encounter any other issues, as always, feel free to reach out and we'll endeavor to help!

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45219989/4e68017ec2f2a5afb49dc0cc443600bd7a9b47ff.jpg Based on the (unexpected, honestly!) popular demand, we've gone and implemented mouselook and keyboard support. This is now available as an alternative launch option through Steam. The caveat here is that, since controller support is still considered the default option, when selecting the M/KB launch option you will need to disconnect your controller before booting the game. This change was implemented in order to allow folks having a hard time with the traditional controls a wider array of options, and to allow for players that utilize assistive technologies which may hinge upon mouse support to do so unencumbered. We still recommend traditional gamepad controls as the intended way to play the game, however we're happy to offer this alternative to everyone. The feedback to this change has been positive from all the players who were kind enough to test it for us, and as we prep for launch we hope this will help Rogue Flight find its audience!

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Update 04/30/2025:

ROGUE FLIGHT has been reviewed by Valve and is has been confirmed as Steam Deck playable! ROGUE FLIGHT has been built from the ground up for the best possible performance on Steam Deck. (We are close to being deck 'verified' however there were queries regarding the legibility of certain HUD elements, however we believe these actually concern non-essential text layers that are decorative rather than functional in nature.) The latest build no longer requires any additional user changes to the proton version being used or altering the deck performance settings. The most current stable Proton release, 9.0-5, provides optimal performance and stability! For archival purposes, we'll leave our previous recommendations for past system firmware iterations in case users need to rollback to a prior version of the Steam or Proton software.

Update 10/11/2024: October Steam Deck Client

ROGUE FLIGHT has been built from the ground up for the best possible performance on Steam Deck. It utilizes the Steam Play compatibility layer, and based on current testing we recommend users enable the "Force Compatibility" option in game-specific settings for Proton 8.0-5. Proton 9 and the experimental channel are not presently compatible with the game. The game is optimized for performance at the highest quality level at 60Hz on both the LCD and OLED Steam Deck, with the option for 90Hz mode available. (Upon first launch, it will default to "60hz/Vsync off". No tearing will be visible for users that have hardware synchronization on by default.) Users that wish to utilize the 90Hz option are encouraged to disable HI graphic quality in the settings menu in-game for the best possible experience at that framerate. In testing, however, 60Hz gave the most consistent experience at the highest quality setting using the default hardware settings.

Update 11/11/2024: NOV Steam Deck Client Update

Based on the most recent Steam Deck software, here are the recommended settings for 60hz performance (graphics options are found in the "settings" option in the main menu). Changes include system level tweaks for issues introduced in the Nov 5 client update. . On the original LCD Steam Deck:

• In the Steam deck system settings, disable frame rate limit*
• Default frame rate option to 60hz / Vsync off (hardware anti-tearing can remain active)
• Disable HI graphics option
• VHS effects and Film grain can be toggled to the user preference, they will not affect performance. *new requirement since the Steam client Nov 5 update.

On the OLED Steam Deck

• In the Steam deck system settings, disable frame rate limit*
• Default frame rate option to 60hz/Vsync off(hardware anti-tearing can remain active)
• HI Graphics option can remain ON. Disable if you want to run at 90 hz/vsync OFF
• VHS effects and Film grain can be toggled to the user preference, they will not affect performance. *new requirement since the Steam client Nov 5 update.