Update v1.0.2:

Performance

Fixed an issue where Dual Shock controller detection caused major hitches in-game

 

PLEASE NOTE: We continue to actively work on improving performance in the game and appreciate everyone’s continued feedback on this topic

 

Steam & GOG

Fixed detection of DLC. Now, the game is able to detect whether or not it is enabled in store settings

 

Loading and Saving

Added further changes to increase the robustness of the loading system

 

Players experiencing loading into ‘black screens’ has been greatly reduced based on internal testing. The team will continue to monitor community feedback on this topic

 

Fixed an issue where the loading screen showed that it had completed immediately and wouldn't start the game

 

Loading screens have seen improvements where it won’t end prematurely allowing the player to begin interacting with the game before it is ready and potentially causing issues

 

Fixed an issue where the save button wasn't blocked during events when saving isn't supported, such as during cutscenes and combat moves. Saves made during these kinds of events are likely to run into issues when loaded and it is therefore important to be prevented from being made

 

Fixed an issue where sometimes characters end up invisible after loading a save during a mission

 

Fixed an issue where movement events failed to trigger when loading a save during a mission

 

Fixed an issue where the game would start without any unit placeable if loading a save made during deployment with no unit placed

 

Fixed an issue where multiple copies of units where visible when loading a save made during deployment

 

 Combat

Added a ‘Reset Ability’ button. You can now reset abilities on your Hirdmen at no cost and as often as you’d like!

 

Cycling units during deployment now skips already placed units

 

Fixed a bug where two units could end up occupying the same tile after being pushed when one of the units were in a prone state

 

Made vaulting over obstacles follow the movement path more closely preventing units from ending up at unintended locations at the end of the vault and sometimes even outside the combat area

 

Missions

Fixed an issue where missions would stop becoming available on the map

 

Added a fail safe system that adds back missions that have somehow gone past the deadline and gotten removed

 

Hammer Time

Removed the reinforcement event during the second encounter. Additionally, we have removed the accompanying reinforcement horn

 

It is no longer possible to deploy on the high ground area in the first encounter

 

Fixed issue where the game could soft lock on second encounter waiting for reinforcement that never came

 

Fixed an issue where the second encounter would not end after killing all enemies, soft locking the game

 

Wild Hunt

Fixed a bug where some boars became invisible

 

Battle of the borg

Fixed cutscene not appearing after loading a save

 

Village

Fixed an issue where Village UI elements would sometimes disappear after playing cutscenes

 

Removed empty wait time between events while progressing to next turn

 

User Interface

Fixed Einherjar row not flashing when level is reached and path is not yet selected

 

Localization

Added localization for the newly added "Reset abilities" button

 

Update v1.0.1:

Combat

Fixed wrongly displayed value on the unit health bar during “At The Gates”

 

Fixed crash that could occur if loading a different map during camera transition

 

Fixed wrong move AP preview after hovering a unit

 

Tweaked spearman animations

 

Re-baked several animations to help counter some glitching

 

Fixed Fenrir Tunic stretching while using “Body Slam”

 

Fixed identical abilities sharing cooldown, as an example if a Hirdman had two throwing axe utility items equipped both were consumed on one use. Now they should work as intended where you use one at a time

 

 AtTheGates

 

Removed double tap protection as it was causing issues

 

Improved target selection for voice line

 

Added temporary "CantBeTargeted" effect to prevent double tap when units enter at the gates

 

Fixed a problem where units would stand up when being missed by an attack while “At The Gates”

 

Added trigger for AllyAtTheGates audio event

 

Armor display and Ability Preview

 

Fixed inconsistent armor gathering method

 

Clamped hit chance calculation reflex to 0

 

Fixed Ability Preview showing up unintended sometimes

 

Focus

 

Changed icon so it's no longer a duplicate of "Hawk's Eye"

 

Boar passive

 

Fixed small boar passive missing name/description

 

Momentum

 

Made a fix where momentum bar wasn’t resetting on new deployment

 

Fixed momentum not being saved

 

Bersekr

Bear Swipe

 

Updated to match being an einherjar ability

 

Damage increased from 50% to 150%

 

Ap cost increased from 4 to 5

 

Cooldown increased from 4 to 5

 

Slayer

 

Fixed Ferocity being removed early

 

Bogmathr

Bloodseeker

 

Fixed additional damage not being multiplied with status effect lifetime

 

Death's kiss

 

 Reduced damage from 300% to 200%

 

Ullr's arrow

 

Increased damage from 300% to 400%

 

Drengr

Trading Blows

 

Added missing audio event trigger for OrderAllySwap

 

Meat Shield

 

Updated supported abilities to only include damaging single target attacks

 

Added proper cooldown

 

Now changes weapon visibility of target on start and end to prevent clipping

 

Thor's Roar

 

Reduced shaken turns inflicted from 2 to 1 (previously compensated for status effect countdown)

 

Included origin when inflicting focus status effect

 

Improved timing of effects

 

Hersir

Tactical exchange

 

Replaced animation with motion captured version

 

Added Audio event trigger for OrderAlly

 

Flyting

 

Fixed unintended single target configuration

 

Order Attack

 

Replaced animation with motion captured version

 

Added Audio event trigger for OrderAlly

 

Warcry

 

Fixed inflict status effect applying different settings on the owner

 

Fixed Ferocity status effect not being added for the intended amount of turns

 

VIP Specific

Gunnar - Prowman Path

 

Bondi ability changed to "Trading Blows"

 

Raider ability changed to “Glima”

 

Housecarl ability changed to “Ram”

 

Gunnar - Leader Path

 

Housecarl ability changed from "Chopper" to "Brawler"

     

Sigrid

 

Swapped "Death's kiss" and "Blood seeker" (from trickster to sharpeyed)

 

Replaced duplicate "Death's kiss" with Ullr's arrow

 

Steinarr Drengr status effect

 

Removed stability (was meant for rekkr status effect)

 

UI

Improved Lighting on the Hirdman Screen after a mission ends so it’s in line with the other End Screens

 

Replaced the button shown for highlighting interactables to be the Highlight Interactible button instead of Show Details

 

Options Tab: Fixed gore setting being unchecked on startup

 

Tutorial: Changed the button icon in interactable tutorial from ShowDetails button to HighlightTargets button

 

Fixed issue where the pause logic in Tutorial was run even when the tutorial window wasn't open resulting in time being slowed down leading to practical soft locks when time (almost) stops. Now it only runs the logic while the tutorial is visible so this doesn't happen anymore

 

Blocker button: Fixed progression animation not working

 

Fixed wrong highlighted interactables during combat. Now players in combat can not highlight interactables from exploration mode

 

Combat HUD: Fixed wrong button prompt for inspection mode

 

Mission preparation: Fixed back button being unusable during mission deadline while using a controller

 

Ability preview: Changed sort order so this is always shown on top

 

Mission end screen: Added failsafe for transform policy failing on title

 

Ability Tooltip: Added failsafe for transform policy failing on title

 

Armor Keyword: Added icon

 

General Tooltip: Added override when used on map so it still triggers the extended tooltip

 

Stopped the input action from consuming lower level inputs

 

Updated ability listings to use the ability tooltip

 

Optimization

Enabled nanite for axes and spears

 

Reduced excessively high texture resolutions

Food items

 

Farmer, Fisherman and Sons of The Wolf Drums

 

Ground, Ground cover, Roads,Mountains and surfaces

 

Docks and Drapes

 

Cooking and Corpses

 

Carpets

 

Blacksmith and Tools

 

Mushrooms, Bones

 

Boots and bracers

 

Vehicles

 

Structures

 

Lights

 

Decals

 

All armor textures.

 

Containers

 

Modular Assets

 

Banners

 

Some Modular assets

 

PLEASE NOTE: We are actively working on improving performance in the game and will continue this going forward.

 

Save System

 

Added Retry Mission button to the pause menu during combat

 

Fixed issue where you got stuck when loading saves made during combat in A Debt Of Blood

 

A Debt Of Blood blocker - Fixed a bug where players were unable to progress after the first turn when loading a save that was made in the final encounter of the mission

 

Fixed a bug when a player is able to save game during a soft cut scene

 

Fixed crash that could happen when loading a save made during a mission

 

Fixed a softlock when reinforcements arrived in last encounter in Iron Will

 

Fixed wrong hirdman data sometimes being loaded after restarting a mission

 

Fixed issue where retrying mission on the second part of a multilevel mission it would reset progress data from first part of the mission, now it returns to the state you were in at the beginning of the second part

 

You are now blocked from saving during video cutscenes

 

Added pre mission save that is triggered when departing for a mission. This save is a separate type and will not be overwritten by auto or quick saves. It gets overwritten when departing to a different mission

 

Modified loading system to prevent loading complete triggering early which can lead to issues when the player starts performing actions in the game and triggering events before everything is ready

 

Hirdmen

Updated Arnsteinn Profile Picture to match his current Haircolor

 

Fixed a minor typo (Birgr and Birgir)

 

Profiles fix

 

Replaced some hirdmen profiles

 

Deleted an NPC armor that used an old Hersir armor with a false description

 

Missions

Training With a View

Fixed missing Gunnar bracers in cutscenes

 

Borre (Escaping Borre)

Added slight delay to Alert tutorial

 

Fixed broken burning haypile, should now inflict burning as intended

 

Fixed some of Steinarr's reinforcement units being controllable by the player in the final encounter

 

Modified AI behaviour of allied units in final encounter to make sure they stay aggressive and moved their starting positions so they are a bit more centered in the encounter

 

Settling In

Increased the accuracy of the boat interaction area

 

Ullrs Arrow

Increased interactivity range on runestone

 

Iron Will

Removed superfluous encounter triggers for encounter 2

 

Forced second encounter to require enemies to be active

 

Cleaned up unused events and simplified setup

 

Fixed issue where the autosave would fire before last objective was complete, but after the encounter, causing a blocked state when loading that autosave

 

Debt of Blood

Polished transitions when switching teams and areas throughout the mission

 

Removed unnecessary level streaming before final cutscene

 

Removed some assets that were floating in the air when the longhouse wall fades during final combat

 

Added missing dialogue to final encounter

 

Enabled missing archer in final encounter that had negative consequences for the encounter's balance

 

Added - Destructible combat barricade

 

Changed turn order, and replaced barricades

 

Removed evac point for 1st encounter

 

Into the Lair of the Beast

Fixed minor navigation bugs

 

Fixed unit that seemingly had no movement restrictions

 

Fixed rock thrower that only wanted to retreat and use defensive stance

 

Fixed wolf warriors using alert every turn for too many rounds

 

Removed some underground navmeshes

 

Made sure it's not possible to walk off the rock bridge

 

Grounded characters that were floating on the bridge at the start of the mission

 

Eliminated underground NavMesh that seemed to cause issues for navigation, particularly for controllers / WASD

 

Longshot for A Longship

Fixed second encounter being invisible after loading a save before the encounter

 

Expanded fading wall collision

 

Battle of the Borg

Updated enemy enemy formations and status effect timings on the bridge so they join the fight much quicker

 

Changed enemy types on the bridge to adjust difficulty of the encounter

 

Made change to enemy alert timing

 

Switched out archer that was unable to shoot past obstructions with a spearman

 

Moved flanking berserker enemy closer in first encounter so he can reach a target easier

 

Restricted navigation on parts of the bridge to avoid AI units going outside of the grid

 

Utlagi Camp

Removed empty interactable volume

 

Added new camera to boss intro level sequence, Ambush pathway

 

Wild Hunt

Added activity to move navigation volume

 

Added collision to the jarl and guard

 

Update navigation near the longhouse to avoid characters going through the stones

 

Fixed Health decrease displayed as Gunnar equips the boar spear over the shield

 

Karl Comes Begging

Replaced an archer that spawned too far away with an outcast spearman

 

Added the correct campfire combat actor

 

Village

Fixed and flattened a departing area in the docks to prevent units from clipping into the ground

 

Fixed issue where you would get stuck if clicking on the blocker button to start mission preparation from the map screen

 

User Interface

Fixed a wrong input context after timeline progress is ended - probably it could block a player from progression

 

Fixed mission info not displaying difficulty consistently between map and mission preparation

 

Balancing

Higher provision consumption, 2->3 pr hirdman

 

Higher tier 2 project costs + more spend of riches

 

Sigrid is hunter instead of seamstress

 

No key item for docks

 

No key item for makeshift camp (hirdmen can be injured)

 

Drakkrship higher woodworker cost 1 -> 3

 

Jol, instead of +1, outdoor worksites receive -2

 

Higher cost of housing

 

Worksites

Added idles for Blacksmith and Seamstress when state machine starts

 

Localization and Text

General Localization fixes:

 

Applied widespread localization fixes, translating missing text strings and correcting inconsistencies

 

Tutorials

 

Removed duplicate mention of leather in the resources tutorial

 

German

Updated Character Bio text

 

Added missing German Translation for No Lamb for the Lazy Wolf cinematic

 

Rewrite of all loading screen text

 

Fixed several flavor quotes

 

Fixed some translation inconsistencies

 

Norwegian

Additional fixes

 

Audio

User Interface

Concurrency tweak to menu components that may stop a bug, soundset update for menu components that may fix another

 

Updated Unit Component so it is compatible with saves made in Norse 1.0.0

 

Resave of core audio components controlling menu sounds as these are different in the build to the editor

 

Interactions

Added sound for untying prisoner to the animations used for these

 

Assigned physics materials to wooden bridge components so correct footsteps play

 

Music

Borre

 

Fixed redundant music triggers in Training section

 

Cutscenes

Into the Lair

 

Added audio to Grimlingr in his first appearance

 

New Beginning

 

Removed a bit of the dialogue lane to stop the ducking compressor blowing a music crescendo

 

Promise of Slaughter

 

Set the correct mix control on the cutscene

 

Brothers Again

 

Updated atmosphere stem to add the fire properly

 

Swapped the control mix for the sequence

 

Combat

Reinstated the audio for Drengr blocking arrows with a deflected condition attached.

 

Added audio for opening gates to the BP

 

Combat Voice

 

Balanced DissJorunn voice select lines

 

Altered Berserkr charge ability so charge doesn't play off the target and it has some audio for impact

 

Settling In: Swapped one of the prisoner poles to the correct voice on freeing them (Hardsteinn's)

 

Mastering

Stealing The Show

 

Rebalanced level env vs music, added a proper treescape, removed some things that were a bit odd, added several missing details

 

Iron Will

 

Made the river audio coverage less omnipresent and aggressive, and more in keeping with what the water now looks like

 

Fixed a number of general environmental audio issues, overbearing windage etc.

 

Balanced out Bog Lord's dialogue

 

Balanced the music for combat better

 

Into The Lair Exterior

 

Balanced out the rain sound, sorted out weirdness with water audio, set physics components on the wooden bridges

 

No Lamb for the Lazy Wolf

 

Dialogue stem for prerendered section for sub/loc

 

Hammer Time

 

Deactivated dynamic weather audio, balanced environment out a little better

 

A Karl Comes Begging

 

Rebalanced explore music vs weather, deactivated dynamic weather audio component as this is unnecessary

 

Night Terrors

 

Environment: calmed the wind audio down, switched off weather sound from dynamic weather audio as this is unnecessary

 

Cinematics and Lighting

A Debt of Blood

 

Fix for last cutscene inside Longhouse

 

Updated longhouse interior lighting to improve readability

 

Updated cutscene lighting to reflect new changes

 

Camera polish on Debt Of Blood 02

 

Adjusted fire VFX for the close up shot

 

Extended duration of firelight to cover end credits roll

 

 A Promise Of Slaughter

 

Lighting pass

 

Village - Fisherman Worksite

 

Adjusted position of Fisherman Worksite actor so that the character is standing in a better position for the shot

 

Adjusted position of Camera_Fisherman

 

Added lights to Camera_Fisherman

 

Training With A View, Little Magpie 2, Ullr's Arrow

 

Polished camera and made adjustments to depth of field

 

Fixed frame boundary issues causing lighting glitches

 

Longhot for a Longship

 

The animations were reworked to ensure that all possible weapons selected by the player appear correctly in the cutscene

 

Blacksmith - Master Smithy

 

Adjusted camera and blacksmith position in master smithy to be consistent with other worksites

 

Updated lighting in master smithy

 

Known Issue

 

Some users are experiencing a black screen on loading a previous save. If this happens to you, as a work around please try the following:

 

Start a new game

 

Once you're in the first mission (training with a view), you can quit that game and

 

Load the save you want to resume your campaign on