Trine 2 changelog

v1.14(b) - May 16, 2012

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aka "Retail maintenance"

Languages:

- added Traditional Chinese

- fixed "localization missing" messages for all languages with English texts

Misc:

- added English & Brazilian Portuguese manuals to the game folder

v1.14 - March 26, 2012

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aka "Going hardcore and wrecking relationships"

Major changes:

- added the Hardcore Mode

- characters are only revived by new checkpoints, making the game considerably harder and more oldschool

- added the option to prevent self-levitation

- added the option to prevent levitation for co-op players

Technical:

- fixed Forlorn Wilderness being unlocked in the Host Game menu when Latest Save exists

- fixed several rare crashes

Multiplayer:

- fixed client stuck waiting for full sync after level change

Languages:

- fixed Launcher languages to match ingame languages

- fixed minor language issues

v1.13 - February 8, 2012

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aka "Now with more languages"

Technical:

- added error codes to online multiplayer disconnection messages

- added more 3D beta features (No-Stretch SBS/TB)

Languages:

- added Romanian language

- added Brazilian Portuguese language

- fixed Russian (minor)

Mac:

- added UseDefaultGamma option (for desktop color issues)

- fixed sample rate again

v1.12 - January 18, 2012

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aka "The best time to change a major gameplay component to fix one bug"

Technical:

- fixed lever save/load issue (fixes some broken levers in certain situations)

- tweaked Puzzle Advisor areas in The Story Begins

- tweaked Puzzle Advisor areas in Forlorn Wilderness

- tweaked Puzzle Advisor areas in Mudwater Dale

- tweaked Puzzle Advisor areas in Mosslight Marsh

- tweaked Puzzle Advisor areas in Petrified Tree

- tweaked Puzzle Advisor areas in Shadowed Halls

- tweaked Puzzle Advisor areas in Hushing Grove

- tweaked Puzzle Advisor areas in Mushroom Caves

- tweaked Puzzle Advisor areas in Eldritch Passages

- tweaked Puzzle Advisor areas in Icewarden Keep

Languages:

- added Turkish language

v1.11 - January 11, 2012

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aka "We survived Xmas"

Major changes:

- The Final Chapter (end boss) now restarts properly (boss health) upon Game Over on Medium and Hard difficulties

- Private Game password support in multiplayer

- private lobby with no password is visible to Friends only

- private lobby with a password is visible to everyone but only joinable with the correct password

Technical:

- fixed cursor being hidden when text chat is active

- fixed Thief's object pushing when the bow is drawn

- fixed experience orb spawn related to frozen goblin archers being shattered

- fixed weapon animation context information missing when visiting the inventory (resulting in a wrong animation for the Hammer)

- fixed minor issue with health item rotations upon spawn

- fixed goblin archers sometimes shooting through breakable objects

- fixed the Knight's Charge so that it doesn't always destroy certain objects (e.g. Wizard's Plank)

Multiplayer:

- added text about wanting to change characters in multiplayer

- fixed characters being changed in a multiplayer game upon Game Over

- fixed player slot count being incorrect in the server list when players are connected but not spawned

Languages:

- Polish: fixed Upgrade points amounts

Tweaks:

- tweaked co-op camera in The Story Begins

- tweaked co-op camera in Forlorn Wilderness

- tweaked co-op camera in Mudwater Dale

- tweaked co-op camera in Mosslight Marsh (aka the GiantBomb fix)

- tweaked co-op camera in Petrified Tree

- tweaked co-op camera in Shadowed Halls

- tweaked co-op camera in Hushing Grove

- tweaked co-op camera in Mushroom Caves

- tweaked co-op camera in Mushroom Murk

- tweaked co-op camera in Searock Castle

- tweaked co-op camera in Eldritch Passages

- tweaked co-op camera in Icewarden Keep

- tweaked co-op camera in The Final Chapter

- tweaked singleplayer camera in Forlorn Wilderness

- tweaked singleplayer camera in Mosslight Marsh

- tweaked singleplayer camera in Petrified Tree

- tweaked singleplayer camera in Shadowed Halls

- tweaked singleplayer camera in Hushing Grove

- tweaked singleplayer camera in Mushroom Caves

- tweaked singleplayer camera in Mushroom Murk

- tweaked singleplayer camera in Eldritch Passages

- tweaked singleplayer camera in Icewarden Keep

- tweaked collisions in Shadowed Halls

- tweaked collisions in Eldritch Passages

- tweaked the lowering platform in Forlorn Wilderness to work with the grappling hook when using a gamepad

Mac:

- fixed some graphics bugs (shaders)

- fixed font issues (losing the outline during cinematics etc)

- fixed audio sample rate changing

- fixed some focus issues

- fixed mouse wheel so that it can be set for character change

v1.10 - December 20, 2011

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aka "Let's not break anything before the Holidays"

Technical:

- fixed bouncy + dynamic objects blocking ("flying animation" on mushrooms etc)

- fixed Thief and Knight cursors sometimes missing (Happy Holidays, Jukka! :) )

- fixed Wizard's objects breaking underwater (now allowed)

- fixed standing on the edge of hatches

- fixed experience orbs spawned by enemies sometimes flying into the sky (now directed to the player)

Controllers:

- fixed jump double binding (W/space) issue

- fixed menu slider usage on gamepads

Usability:

- fixed ESC/return in Join online game menu

- fixed some menu texts (localization)

Mac:

- fixed Mac fonts during cutscenes

- fixed some black planes (not all) that appear on some Macs

v1.09 - December 15, 2011

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aka "Things we forgot"

Technical:

- added Alt+F4 support

- added WindowTitleBar user option for hiding the title bar in windowed mode (only available in options.txt)

- fixed a couple of crashes

Controllers:

- tweaked server list when using a gamepad

Multiplayer:

- added listing of full games to server list

Mac:

- fixed Brightness slider in Visual Settings

v1.08 - December 14, 2011

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aka "Wednesday! All in!"

Technical:

- added framerate cap (Visual Settings -> FPS cap)

- fixed several crashes

- fixed Bonecrusher AI which couldn't hit the player in certain situations

- fixed swimming problems

- fixed Visual Settings menu reset to reset all options properly

- fixed some stuttering issues (e.g. on ATI CrossFire)

- fixed getting damage incorrectly when blocking falling rocks with the shield

Multiplayer:

- added full games to server list

- fixed chat messages disappearing when upgrade menu was opened

- fixed chat to support Russian (and other Unicode) characters properly

- fixed character change issues in online multiplayer when using keyboard + mouse

- fixed server list profile button problems (changes join logic to be mouse double click instead of single click)

- fixed framerate issue with the scrollbar (server list)

- fixed removing first player in the host game / game settings menu (not allowed anymore)

Controllers:

- added support to override binds

- added support to turn off USB HID and XInput device detection (options.txt)

- fixed Thief's jump/climb up on rope issues

- fixed user binds deletion (now only deletes actual user binds, not everything in UserBinds directory)

- fixed swimming up on gamepads (pressing jump to swim up now works)

- fixed mouse cursor not being in the right place after input reset (Controller Config menu issue mostly)

Usability:

- added user interface hide toggle to F11

- hides the GUI (incl. menu & subtitles) for a few seconds for e.g. screenshot purposes

- added a menu option to disable tooltips

- added a menu option to configure GUI size

- added a menu option to reduce the input lag (as opposed to options.txt)

- added Enter as menu navigation selection binding

- added user option HideAimIndicators which hides the players' aim indicators

- added a menu option to reset Control Settings menu

3D (NVIDIA 3D Vision):

- increased Stereo 3D Separation range in Visual Settings menu

- fixed player depth UI in Stereo 3D mode

Mac:

- added resolution detection to Mac launcher (2560x1440 should work)

- added support for vibration/rumble on gamepads and Xbox 360 Controller (with Colin Munro's drivers)

- fixed (possibly) some lighting issues on some Macs

v1.07 - December 9 & 12, 2011

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aka "The dreaded Friday patch, and the fix on Monday"

Technical:

- added error message when render target creation fails

- added support for more mouse buttons in Configure menu

- added gamepad vibration multiplier support to options.txt

- fixed net sync issues (Jumbo Frames)

- fixed multiple crashes

- fixed save game corruption upon incompatible version (multiplayer)

- fixed Configure Controls menu to work properly with DirectInput pads

- fixed saving the last used controller for the first local player

- fixed default gamepad names

- fixed gamepad binds loading issue

- fixed various localizations

- tweaked loading screen; controller does not change anymore

- Mac: file deletion fix (Reset to default button)

- Mac: Xbox 360 Controller now works (but is not configurable yet)

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Trine 2 Beta updates:

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Trine 2 Beta 8th update 5 December 2011 (v1.06):

Technical:

- fixed crash problems on launch

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Trine 2 Beta 7th update 30 November 2011 (v1.05):

Major improvements:

- improved graphics rendering to provide better framerate

- GPU overheating issues may increase; please see forums for more information

Technical:

- fixed some possible rendering resolution initialization issues

- fixed game launch problems on Windows XP

- fixed resolution reduction issues on Mac

- fixed black experience vials on Mac

- fixed weapon change name being empty sometimes

- fixed fonts on Mac

- fixed Hammer getting stuck to walls and other places

Multiplayer:

- added scroll bar to server list in the Join Online Game menu

- fixed Steam caching friend lobby infos

- fixed treasure chest opening animations in multiplayer

Usability:

- tweaked Controller Configuration and Host Game menu layouts

- changed character GUI to 2/3rds in 3D Stereo mode

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Trine 2 Beta 6th update 28 November 2011 (v1.04):

Technical:

- added preliminary support for SLI graphics cards

- fixed crash related to the High Rise Achievement

- fixed conjured objects sometimes not falling until touched if framerate low

- fixed goblins to climb over their frozen brethren

- fixed animations related to bouncing on mushrooms etc

- fixed projectiles and hatches (so projectiles don't collide with hatches if they're down)

- fixed black flashes on Mac

- fixed various Mac crashes

- fixed save slot selection issues

- fixed Unlimited mode singleplayer interface issues

Multiplayer:

- added support for custom nicknames in multiplayer

- added individual mouse pointers for co-op players in the pre-menu

- fixed multiple keyboards and mice support in many ways (kb & mouse pairings, menu fixes, general)

- fixed chat key repeat (now possible to hold down a key properly)

- fixed chat not being closed with enter if nothing was written

- fixed Knight's Charge sync in multiplayer

- fixed Wizard's floating animation in multiplayer

- fixed a client being stuck in the loading screen in certain cases

- fixed the skill upgrade menu error message for clients, which caused the menu not being closed after that

Usability:

- added specific hint messages for keyboard and mouse

- added 3D options tooltip to Visual Settings menu

- fixed gamepad navigation for host game menu and controller config menu

- fixed Wizard's floating grab cursor for mouse

- fixed gamepad controls and poem chests' incorrect instruction to use ESC instead of Start button

- tweaked Stereo 3D (NVIDIA 3D Vision) settings and made them saveable

- tweaked the drop down menu selection logic (no scroll images if nothing to scroll)

- changed the tooltip for levers to include "left" and "right" keys

- changed Push to Talk button to R for Mac too

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Trine 2 Beta 5th update 21 November 2011 (v1.03):

Mac update

- fixes sounds

- fixes antialiasing (upside down rendering)

- adds support for Unicode fonts and minor changes in the Launcher

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Trine 2 Beta 4th update 18 November 2011 (v1.03):

Major improvements:

- added the Beta for Mac

- added support for NVIDIA 3D Vision

Technical:

- fixed several issues with controllers

- fixed minor things in the Launcher (resolutions, refresh rate choices update, background image disappear)

Multiplayer:

- fixed the Knight's shield "leaking" with high latency

- fixed Wizard animation not always being restored in the Tutorial in a multiplayer game

- fixed "Hosting Online Game" and "Connecting" message screens issues

- fixed toggling Multiple Mice & Keyboards option causing a controller disconnection

- fixed controller hintmessages not being shown for the local player properly

- changed text chat to not break words

Usability:

- added ability to change controller type in the Game Settings/Host Game menu

- added Network Settings menu

- added Microphone menu

- added version number to Main Menu

- added support for ESC to close loading screen window

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Trine 2 Beta 3rd update 14 November 2011:

Major improvements:

- added controller configuration

Technical:

- added framerate counter (options.txt in %APPDATA%/Trine2, set "ShowFPS" to true)

- added graphics quality options (low-end settings work)

- fixed several "sky models" (seams etc)

- fixed several grappling hook target helpers

- fixed physics/animation timing if framerate dropped below 30

- fixed various issues for non-wide resolutions (incl. shadow projection)

- fixed a crash related to ending a multiplayer game

- fixed a crash related to exploding barrels

- fixed sound effects being muted after resuming the latest save

- fixed Knight's animation sync

- fixed Achievement detection for air flow

- fixed Upgrade menu (Monster levitation/Charge popup reset; ESC logic; texture color bleeding/stripe)

- fixed Pause menu "(B) Return" button add for PC (for gamepads)

- fixed Gameover menu failsafes

- fixed controller breakdown if changed on the fly in the Tutorial

- fixed grappling hook issues (visualization/animation)

- fixed a mouse wheel direction problem

- tweaked minor things in Forlorn Wilderness; static collisions, camera areas

Multiplayer:

- improved network throttling

- fixed ice shattering effect not being displayed for clients

- fixed players warping to wrong position (0,0,0) when dying in a multiplayer game

- fixed random frame rate drops during a multiplayer game

- fixed "ghost lobbies" appearing in the lobby list

- fixed server list pinging

Usability:

- changed upgrade menu bind to TAB (used to be I)

Misc:

- added a couple of credits

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Trine 2 Beta 2nd update 11 November 2011:

Major improvements:

- added controller configuration

- added framerate counter (options.txt in %APPDATA%/Trine2, set "ShowFPS" to true)

Technical:

- added graphics quality options (low-end settings work)

- fixed several "sky models" (seams etc)

- fixed several grappling hook target helpers

- fixed physics/animation timing if framerate dropped below 30

- fixed various issues for non-wide resolutions (incl. shadow projection)

- fixed a crash related to ending a multiplayer game

- fixed sound effects being muted after resuming the latest save

- fixed Knight's animation sync

- fixed Achievement detection for air flow

- fixed Upgrade menu (Monster levitation/Charge popup reset; ESC logic; texture color bleeding/stripe)

- fixed Pause menu "(B) Return" button add for PC (for gamepads)

- fixed Gameover menu failsafes

- tweaked minor things in Forlorn Wilderness; static collisions, camera areas

Multiplayer:

- improved network throttling

- fixed ice shattering effect not being displayed for clients

- fixed players warping to wrong position (0,0,0) when dying in a multiplayer game

- fixed random frame rate drops during a multiplayer game

- fixed "ghost lobbies" appearing in the lobby list

- fixed server list pinging

Usability:

- changed upgrade menu bind to TAB (used to be I)

Misc:

- added a couple of credits

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Trine 2 Beta 1st update 1 November 2011:

Major improvements:

- online text chat now accepts longer sentences, displays client numbers properly, and works better in general

- game now uses/saves the settings from the Launcher during first startup (this was due to missing AppData/.../Trine2 folder)

- multiple keyboards and mice now has an option in Control Settings

- 4:3 displays now uses slightly different FOV that should make sure no unintended graphics are shown (outside of the the actual art)

Technical fixes:

- added Steam minidump information (map + position) for easier debugging

- fixed "invisible players" issue/crash

- fixed a crash related to firewall blocking

- fixed a user interface potential crash ("ButtonCatcher")

- fixed a crash related to Hail of Arrows Achievement

- fixed a myriad of potential crashes

- fixed multiple minor under-the-hood issues

- fixed Profile button in the menus

- fixed "Recently played with" list entries

- fixed Delete profile button

- fixed missing skull texture in Forlorn Wilderness

- fixed Hail of Arrows Achievement unlocking

- fixed multiplayer lobby list a bit

- fixed/added Wizard's introduction scene effects

- fixed a few grappling hook "helpers"

- fixed the snake's targeting a bit

- fixed "Report this to the programmers" error(s)

Usability fixes:

- added ping to lobby list

- added note about data corruption if detected

- added Esc to close the Upgrade Menu

- fixed tooltip for using the Inventory (default: I)

- fixed "Ready!" and "Press Start" buttons in local multiplayer menu (now they can't be clicked)

- fixed Windowed mode issues (icon, ignore Alt/F10 special key stuff)

- fixed videos/logo images on non-wide resolutions to be letter-boxed instead of stretched

- changed "Push to Talk" voice chat button to R (used to be Q)

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Trine 2 Beta first release 26 October 2011:

- initial version