Salt and Sanctuary news & patch notes

Another update -- Now that the dust has settled on the last patch, it's time for some cleanup. This cleanup patch arrives with many bugs squashed and some wrinkles ironed out. 1.0.2.1 Bugs General - Fixed a crash with Exit to Desktop. - Fixed an issue with Dedicated Fullscreen mode. - Game now defaults to Windowed or Borderless on first boot. - Fixed an issue with Borderless Fullscreen sometimes being out of focus or behind the start bar. - Fixed an issue with Poison Gas hit checking. - Fixed some throwing daggers not dealing physical damage in Enhanced. Bugs Randomizer - Fixed boss hp bar not displaying correctly for The Coveted. - Nameless God can no longer throw you through fogwalls. - Fixed an issue in the randomizer that allowed Wyrm and Tree to have extra friends in their arenas. - Fixed an issue with monster tiers not always working in Scaling Randomizer. - Fixed randomizer coop not working when using Random Monsters. - Fixed an issue with the randomizer seed not updating when making a new character. - Fixed Unspeakable Deep having adjusted Salt and Gold drops in Scaling Monster Randomizer. - Fixed an issue with bosses not being grounded properly. Other - Updated Borderless mode to fit the screen. Is now based on system resolution. - Reduced audio volume of Witch of the Lake's barrage. - Adjusted scalings in Scaling Randomizer. First area is now considered Tier 0. - Dragon Skourzh and Bloodless Prince can no longer be in triple boss fights in randomizer.

Highlights A momentous moment has arrived! A storm of chaos settles on the Isle of Salt with the addition of a Randomizer. Choose from three options how you wish to tackle this new challenge mode. Feed it a seed or let it select one for you. You can even take on such worlds with a friend in couch coop when using the same seed. Tired of playing in English or another boring old language? There's newly added Turkish localization! Also featured in this build is a shift from XNA to MonoGame as well as higher resolution support for 4K/UHD users. 1.0.2.0 Bugs & Misc. - Fixed Wyrm sometimes not finding a valid landing location. - Fixed guide's fast travel in hardcore mode. - Fixed beards & masks with hide helmet. - Fixed an issue with objects stealing salt. - Fixed slimes not dropping items or salt after grab breakout. - Fixed offhand weapons damage being restricted by mainhand class restrictions. - Fixed skill nodes not being upgradable when nearby nodes are unlearned (enhanced only). - Fixed an issue with coop boss settings. - Dark Coil ignoring iframes is now isolated to Enhanced Mode, as intended. - Talking to an NPC will now de-aggro enemies. - Fixed a bug with Carsejaw triple slash not always hitting. Updates - Windows build now uses MonoGame. - Added Turkish localization. - Randomizer Options added. - Higher resolutions now supported (e.g. 3840 x 2160). New Randomizer Challenges - New challenge options: Item Randomizer, Monster Randomizer, Scaling Monster Randomizer. - Item Randomizer - Randomizes all non-essential items around the world. - Monster Randomizer - Randomizes enemies and bosses without stat changes. - Scaling Monster Randomizer - Enemies and bosses have adjusted stats. Enhanced Mode Changes - Adjusted the drops of Saltless, Alkymancery Knight, and Eye Scorpion. - Adjusted stats on Forgotten Three, Stench Most Foul, Nameless God, Eye Scorpion, and Murdiela Mal. - Created new NG+1 base stats and incremental stats for NG+2-7. - Throwing daggers are now available at all merchants. - Fire and Sky's Clarity buff now grants more focus on regular spells and incantations and less on barrage-type spells. - Reduced previous weight adjustment on greataxes.

Wishlist Salt and Sacrifice now! A once-peaceful kingdom is plunged into chaos by encroaching tides of Mages: merciless embodiments of elemental chaos. The Marked Inquisitors, a doomed force of the condemned, once again mobilizes to stand against the existential threat of Magic. A buried secret threatens to bring an ancient empire to utter ruin. Team up with a fellow Inquisitor for full online co-op and drop-in quickplay online co-op, or engage in fast and chaotic PvP through various factions. Explore a large and labyrinthine world filled with scavengers, secrets, traps, and powerful guardians. Craft unique weapons and armor from the otherworldly flesh and bones of the Mages you destroy. You may be bound to the Inquisition, but your choices are yours.

1.0.1.1 Bugs - Sanctuary place icon prompt crash fixed. - Particle limit reached crash fixed. - Max resolution on Windows adjusted. - Witch of the Lake has a tighter leash to her arena. - Dried King is now less pushable. - Hide Helmet option properly shows hair when using a mask. - Hide Helmet option properly shows beards. - Added more vertigo cancels to red hall thief area. - Healing prayers now correctly split between classic and enhanced. - Fixed some localization strings. - Fixed some UI issues with changing languages. Other - Players can now leave certain NPC menus with the cancel button. - Sellsword menu now grays out mode-mismatched characters. - Gaoler's Ear drop rate increased from 10 to 40. Undocumented Prior changes - Dead character prop invalid inventory crash fixed (1.0.1.0 hotfix). - Language selection no longer requires reboot (1.0.1.0). - Language selection now displays in its own language (1.0.1.0). Enhanced - Negative resist math reverted (No combat differences). - Third Lamb hp and defense readjusted, partial revert. - Some more adjustments to miscellaneous enemy defenses. - Player now starts with fatigue when on the Ship, capping stamina to original 80. - Roll stamina costs and Wrapped ring reverted to same as Classic. - Flask of Fire now has a minimum healing of 50% max hp. - Cleansing cloth now correctly gives 1 per turn in. - Dagger second light attack reduced from 1.4 multiplier to 1.2. - Weapon buff consumables reduced from 50% to 35% bonus damage. - Lesser weapon buffs reduced from 30% to 22.5% (60% to 45%). - Greater weapon buff reduced from 50% to 30% (100% to 60%). - Pistol, Crossbow, and Whipsword damages increased. - Various slow hitter adjustments. - Early game str/dex split weapons readjusted to balance against new split calculations. - Readjusted heal values of Mend, Spirited Mend, and Rejuvenate.

Another update has arrived! Patch 10 (v1.0.1.0) includes many bug fixes and code cleanups. It also is the release of a new game mode: Enhanced Combat. The patch notes are a bit long for this one and are linked at the bottom. Notable Changes:

• Players can now quit to desktop.
• Logos are now skippable.
• Hide helmet option added.
• Classic Mode: All existing characters are Classic and you can choose your mode on character creation.
• Enhanced Mode added. It has some mechanics and numbers changes to give an alternative balance and feel to the game.
• Coop players in Enhanced mode now receive their own sanctuary items, if the main player is at an owned sanctuary.
• Weapons with split stat scalings have reduced stat softcaps in Enhanced mode.

For the full patch notes: https://steamcommunity.com/app/283640/discussions/1/5738190785830442726/

A quick follow-up for the Linux version; Windows and macOS were not affected! This update makes a small update to SDL that was added today, to fix Steam Deck OSK support: https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/commit/c4b9f621649d4e2ddb05e7f396e43e2d9e0402cc With this change, the name entry screen should now automatically bring up Steam Deck's built-in keyboard! Aside from the SDL binary, all other files in the installation were untouched. We're hoping that this is the version that will get us a fully Verified rating! Enjoy!

Hi everyone! This is just a quick update from the game's Linux porter to bring the 1.0.0.9 update to Linux and macOS - this was important to preserve save compatibility across all three OSes, which is needed to pass Deck Verified cert. As soon as I finish writing this I'll be resubmitting the game to Valve so that we can get Deck support fixed! If you're playing on Deck right now, I strongly recommend forcing SteamLinuxRuntime in Properties > Compatibility > Force Compatibility Tool. Once our Deck status is updated it will likely end up doing this anyway, so better to be early than too late! Thanks to everyone for their continued support!

The recent public beta is now over and the patch has been released. As previously noted, major patches will now be preserved in Steam Beta branches. The previous patch is still accessible as it was when it was live. 1.0.0.9 Saves - Moved save data, config file, and log files to User Documents (Windows Only). - Existing saves and config file are copied to the same folder. - Added cloud saves for Steam (Windows Only). - Player inventory size has been increased, saves are no longer backwards compatible. Input Glitches - Fixed double inputs for long jump. - Fixed double inputs for weapon swapping/ instant incantations. - Fixed double inputs for ladder movement / glide. - Bell of Return no longer works while airborne. - Fixed an input combination allowing aim-flying. Menus - Added screenshake menu options: 100%, 50%, 0%. - Added blood/gore menu option: normal/reduced. - Added framerate menu options from 60 to 360. - Added in game Vsync menu option. - Fixed mouse control option not saving to config file. - Added inventory sorting option, cycles between: None, Equipped, Upgrade Rank, Type->Tier->Upgrade. - Percentage toggle is now also used to toggle numeric scaling values on weapons. - Added strike/slash breakdown to weapons. - Press and hold for level and item incrementation now work on keyboard/mouse. Coop Tweaks - Removed rare item restriction for shared pickups. - Added shared gold pickups. - Rotten platforms respawn faster in coop. - Enemies have increased stagger values in coop. - Coop player may turn in work at their proper creed. Item Updates - Kismet Ring updated from +3 to +15 item find. - Fixed Sparkling Ring, now grants +25% to all healing. - Fixed Ring of Meditation, now grants proper 10% prayer cost reduction. - Fixed Burning Sky Ring, now also grants proper 10% incantation cost reduction. - Fixed Pale Charm, now grants reach to all melee attacks. - Added Twinmetal Ring, Corroded Ring, Band of the Humble, Heartspent Ring, and Stone Ring. - Twinmetal Ring grants 50% damage multiplier to fist damage. - Corroded Ring grants +50% damage to thrown potions. - Band of the Humble grants +3 wisdom. - Stone Ring grants +10 poise. - Heartspent grants +50% focus for -50% health. Other - Unarmed attack damage now shows in the player menu. - Merged spell and incantation carry/cost reduction formulas. Both now use incantation’s calculation. - Magic costs in the UI now show their base focus costs instead of their stamina costs. - Alchemist NPC now properly grants the zone bonus of +10% to all defense. - Screens with resolutions greater than 4096x4096 no longer crash. - Guardian Blade and Flamestar now ignore enemy iframes from recent hits. - Crossbow now properly uses aimed trajectory when using mouse. - Aiming now shows aim-line, even when mouse is set to hidden. Enemies - Fixed various enemy grabs ignoring collisions and/or teleporting the player. - The Coveting can no longer go off screen. - The Coveting now both activate upon damaging the Coveted axe. - That Stench Most Foul's stenchpods can now reenter the arena. - Angsty Bones ai updated. Can teleport a maximum 3 times in a row. - Murdiella Mal no longer drops salt on NG+ cycles. - Kraekan Wyrm no longer clips into the floor. - Witch of the Lake can no longer go off screen. - Jester can no longer be pulled out of his room. - Ground fire can no longer damage bosses if player is outside the arena. - Tree of Men now properly returns stolen salt at 75% hp.

Here's what's happening: - The 1.0.0.9 beta will run for 1-2 months. This build is limited to Windows. - The majority of changes are done and will be monitored. Other changes are still ongoing. - The patch includes a save location migration and cloud sync to that location. - There are new menu options in English. Further language localization will be implemented for the release version. Instructions and patch notes in Discussions. I will also be around in there. -- Zephyr ːsteamsaltyː :thethree:

Hello again! We have been hard at work preparing a new patch for you. Patch 1.0.0.9 is coming soon. Bugs are getting squashed and quality of life features are being added, including cloud saves! As a precaution and for testing, the patch will be released as an opt-in beta sometime in late August. When we are confident that the patch is what was intended, it will go live to all of Steam. We will also be preserving the previous patch as it has lasted a while, and many may want to preserve former ‘features’. Through the same process as Steam opt-in betas, you will be allowed to down-patch to 1.0.0.8. Specific core patches in the future may also be preserved this way. Any old patches will be as they were, so they will lack any new features and fixes.

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Vigil: The Longest Night is out now, and I'm pleased to announce that not only does that game feature some sweet crossover Salt and Sanctuary content, but that owners of Salt and Sanctuary also receive a 10% discount! Official release from Glass Heart Studios: Vigil: The Longest Night will be available on Steam and Switch for on October 14 th 2020 and we are proud to announce that, thanks to the wonderful people at Ska Studios, we will be including some exciting Salt and Sanctuary content! This content includes a unique questline, exciting battle against a familiar enemy, and a “unique” weapon. Owners of Salt and Sanctuary on Steam will receive an additional 10% discount on Steam from launch until the 21 st of October! Vigil: The Longest https://store.steampowered.com/app/720560/Vigil_The_Longest_Night

- Implemented Russian, Polish - Fixed scaling on Lucent Musketoon, Hellfire Arbalest, Adrasteia, and Purifier - Merchants now sell higher-tier salt consumables to wealthy patrons - Magical light orb now flips in vertigo mode - Fixed letter groupings in message writer - Fixed glitches related to grabbing enemies near message bottles and rotting platforms - Increased charm scaling on weapons that share the charms' damage types - Added poison to Flask of Defilement vulnerabilities - Removed Black Pearl from sellable items - Fixed faction leader work resetting on NG+ - Tweaked elemental visual effects The following languages should now be fully implemented: French Italian German Spanish Portuguese (Br) Japanese Korean Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) Russian Polish And we're done with adding all the planned languages! Thank you so much for your patience.

1.0.0.7

-Implemented Korean -Implemented Reaper executions -Finished French localization -Restored consumable buff values and boosted prayer/incantation buff values -Simplified Chinese first pass (beta) The following languages should now be fully implemented: French Italian German Spanish Portuguese (Br) Japanese Korean We're working on Russian and Polish next and finishing Simplified Chinese.

1.0.0.7

-Implemented Korean -Implemented Reaper executions -Finished French localization -Restored consumable buff values and boosted prayer/incantation buff values -Simplified Chinese first pass (beta) The following languages should now be fully implemented: French Italian German Spanish Portuguese (Br) Japanese Korean We're working on Russian and Polish next and finishing Simplified Chinese.

1.0.0.6

- Spanish, Portuguese, French localizations implemented (actually, more of a work in progress) - Reduced damage buff for consumable weapon buffs - Minor fix for O/X Accept/Cancel issue - Fixed crash caused when attempting to render prop characters with invalid loadouts - Fixed mouse clicks not registering at <60fps

1.0.0.6

- Spanish, Portuguese, French localizations implemented (actually, more of a work in progress) - Reduced damage buff for consumable weapon buffs - Minor fix for O/X Accept/Cancel issue - Fixed crash caused when attempting to render prop characters with invalid loadouts - Fixed mouse clicks not registering at <60fps

Hello everyone! We now have the option of poking holes in beta builds before we push an update live for everyone. The nature of software lends itself to sometimes breaking something when a fix is made and as much as we test a build, issues can get through. So, we'd like to get more eyes on builds before it's pushed as an update. In particular, we are currently trying to check on crashes happening to some players where there are hanging bodies. If it does break, there will be a stack trace (error output) that refers to PropChar. Hopefully, this shouldn't happen in the next update. If you would like to be a part of the beta, you can join by right clicking your game in the Steam library, select the BETAS tab and select "beta - Windows only" in the drop down, close properties and wait for the update to download. Once downloaded, the current beta version, as of this post, is Ver. 1.0.0.6. If you have issues relating to specifically the beta build, please post them in the beta subforum in the community hub. The changes for the beta will be: 1.0.0.6 - Spanish, Portuguese, French localizations implemented (actually, more of a work in progress) - Reduced damage buff for consumable weapon buffs - Minor fix for O/X Accept/Cancel issue - Fixed crash caused when attempting to render prop characters with invalid loadouts - Fixed mouse clicks not registering at <60fps Thanks! <3 ːsteamsaltyː

Hello everyone! We now have the option of poking holes in beta builds before we push an update live for everyone. The nature of software lends itself to sometimes breaking something when a fix is made and as much as we test a build, issues can get through. So, we'd like to get more eyes on builds before it's pushed as an update. In particular, we are currently trying to check on crashes happening to some players where there are hanging bodies. If it does break, there will be a stack trace (error output) that refers to PropChar. Hopefully, this shouldn't happen in the next update. If you would like to be a part of the beta, you can join by right clicking your game in the Steam library, select the BETAS tab and select "beta - Windows only" in the drop down, close properties and wait for the update to download. Once downloaded, the current beta version, as of this post, is Ver. 1.0.0.6. If you have issues relating to specifically the beta build, please post them in the beta subforum in the community hub. The changes for the beta will be: 1.0.0.6 - Spanish, Portuguese, French localizations implemented (actually, more of a work in progress) - Reduced damage buff for consumable weapon buffs - Minor fix for O/X Accept/Cancel issue - Fixed crash caused when attempting to render prop characters with invalid loadouts - Fixed mouse clicks not registering at <60fps Thanks! <3 ːsteamsaltyː

Hello everyone! James and Michelle are out at BitSummit this week, so they weren't able to get these notes out at the same time as the release. Here's what yesterday's download was all about:

1.0.0.5

- Japanese version launch! - Linux and macOS version launch! - Implemented X/O O/X accept/cancel toggle - Fixed co-op char repair for missing vertigo brand after killing the Kraekan Wyrm - Fixed Italian localization Linux/Mac support will be handled in this dedicated subforum.

Hello everyone! James and Michelle are out at BitSummit this week, so they weren't able to get these notes out at the same time as the release. Here's what yesterday's download was all about:

1.0.0.5

- Japanese version launch! - Linux and macOS version launch! - Implemented X/O O/X accept/cancel toggle - Fixed co-op char repair for missing vertigo brand after killing the Kraekan Wyrm - Fixed Italian localization Linux/Mac support will be handled in this dedicated subforum.

1.0.0.4

- Added controls reset to defaults - Implemented crash logging (crash logs appear as crash.log in game directory) - Fixed strong mace attack requiring no stamina - Fixed work menu exploit allowing one turn-in to earn all turn-ins - Fixed missing mouse support to Candlelit lady dialog - Fixed mouse causing store items to show as 0 gp - Fixed throwables: now able to hold throw as with crossbows/arrows - Swapped gamepad LT/L2/RT/R2 icons for arrows when using mouse - Removed LT/L2/RT/R2 in some windows when using mouse - Fixed Light Armor skill node appearing as Assassin when using mouse - Implemented mouse alternative to L3 stat toggle - Updated German strings

1.0.0.4

- Added controls reset to defaults - Implemented crash logging (crash logs appear as crash.log in game directory) - Fixed strong mace attack requiring no stamina - Fixed work menu exploit allowing one turn-in to earn all turn-ins - Fixed missing mouse support to Candlelit lady dialog - Fixed mouse causing store items to show as 0 gp - Fixed throwables: now able to hold throw as with crossbows/arrows - Swapped gamepad LT/L2/RT/R2 icons for arrows when using mouse - Removed LT/L2/RT/R2 in some windows when using mouse - Fixed Light Armor skill node appearing as Assassin when using mouse - Implemented mouse alternative to L3 stat toggle - Updated German strings

1.0.0.3

- Hotfix for co-op keyboard issues. Currently co-op requires at least one gamepad, so k+m/gamepad and gamepad/gamepad are valid, but keyboard/keyboard is not. Apologies for the inconvenience! - Thanks for supporting our Steam launch! It's been a crazy few years.

1.0.0.2

- Fixed firepot/fireball damaging non-creature enemies

1.0.0.1

- Fixed X/Y swap for leveling + buying multiples

1.0.0.0

- Steam launch hype! - Currently pending localizations: Spanish, French, Portuguese, Japanese. - Thanks for your support! We love you. - Please visit the forums for issues/bugs/suggestions. Please be sure to read the code of conduct, FAQ and check for already existing threads on your topic before posting.

1.0.0.3

- Hotfix for co-op keyboard issues. Currently co-op requires at least one gamepad, so k+m/gamepad and gamepad/gamepad are valid, but keyboard/keyboard is not. Apologies for the inconvenience! - Thanks for supporting our Steam launch! It's been a crazy few years.

1.0.0.2

- Fixed firepot/fireball damaging non-creature enemies

1.0.0.1

- Fixed X/Y swap for leveling + buying multiples

1.0.0.0

- Steam launch hype! - Currently pending localizations: Spanish, French, Portuguese, Japanese. - Thanks for your support! We love you. - Please visit the forums for issues/bugs/suggestions. Please be sure to read the code of conduct, FAQ and check for already existing threads on your topic before posting.

Welcome everyone! As you may know, we launched Salt and Sanctuary on PS4 March 15th. We can't say a specific date just yet but very soon, Salt and Sanctuary will be coming to Steam. In the meantime, we hope you enjoy our brand new Steam Community hub. Please take a peak at the code of conduct then discuss away! We'll do our best to keep up with these forums here and answer questions. Thanks everyone! We hope you enjoy!

Welcome everyone! As you may know, we launched Salt and Sanctuary on PS4 March 15th. We can't say a specific date just yet but very soon, Salt and Sanctuary will be coming to Steam. In the meantime, we hope you enjoy our brand new Steam Community hub. Please take a peak at the code of conduct then discuss away! We'll do our best to keep up with these forums here and answer questions. Thanks everyone! We hope you enjoy!