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| 1s | hey everybody this is Tim Campbell here |
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| 3s | and I'm pleased to bring you a |
| 4s | development update about our progress on |
| 5s | stormgate as well as some information |
| 7s | about our very next patch which is |
| 9s | coming right up the vast majority of our |
| 11s | team has been heavily focused on some |
| 12s | really big Endeavors in particular we've |
| 15s | rolled up our sleeves on are in the |
| 16s | middle of a top to bottom overhaul of |
| 18s | the first two campaign chapters that |
| 19s | were launched at Early Access we're |
| 21s | going to share more about this in the |
| 22s | near future but effectively we're |
| 25s | tackling all the things including a full |
| 27s | roster of updated character models |
| 29s | revisiting Mission Scripts and |
| 31s | re-recording vo even overhauling the |
| 33s | terrain and the mission objectives in |
| 35s | them additionally we've been hard at |
| 36s | work on team Mayhem our upcoming 3v3 |
| 39s | team-based competitive mode that I am |
| 41s | super excited about it's entering closed |
| 43s | Alpha Testing at this stage so it's |
| 45s | something that we be sharing more about |
| 47s | and rolling out to everyone as soon as |
| 49s | we can in the near future we're also in |
| 51s | the early stages of a refinement pass |
| 53s | through storm Gates art and audio where |
| 55s | we go top to bottom through the game |
| 56s | experience to iterate improve and polish |
| 59s | it for you |
| 61s | this is a big effort and it's something |
| 62s | we're going to be sharing more about in |
| 63s | the weeks ahead but I couldn't be more |
| 65s | excited about it in the meantime our |
| 67s | October patches here so let's dive in |
| 71s | our team has been actively working to |
| 72s | better optimize the game and this update |
| 75s | brings several performance improvements |
| 77s | first up we fixed some of the stability |
| 79s | and performance issues we had with |
| 81s | direct X12 and have made this the new |
| 83s | default mode if your Hardware can |
| 84s | support it we've seen increases in |
| 86s | direct X12 frames per second by up to |
| 89s | 50% on some of our Hardware |
| 90s | configurations in local |
| 93s | testing in general direct X12 better |
| 96s | utilizes your GPU and stormgate supports |
| 98s | nvidia's dlss three features such as |
| 101s | super resolution frame generation and |
| 103s | Nvidia reflex with supported Hardware |
| 106s | we've also been focused on performance |
| 108s | improvements for late game scenarios and |
| 110s | lower spec Hardware where we've been |
| 112s | generally CPU Bound in the past these |
| 115s | optimizations should help alleviate |
| 117s | input lag in many of those situations |
| 121s | our roll back implementation is also |
| 123s | more Dynamic roll back improves |
| 126s | responsiveness but at the expense of an |
| 128s | extra tax on the CPU so now roll back |
| 131s | will not be active if there isn't enough |
| 132s | CPU headro to support it we'd love to |
| 135s | hear if you feel the difference or |
| 138s | not next up this patch also includes |
| 140s | some changes aimed at improving hero |
| 142s | progression in our Cooperative 3v a mode |
| 146s | our gear system in general was something |
| 148s | that a lot of players didn't even |
| 149s | realize was available able to them in |
| 151s | Co-op but was super exciting once they |
| 152s | found it unlocked at level 11 in order |
| 155s | to make this more visible the first two |
| 157s | gear slots will now unlock at hero |
| 159s | levels 6 and 11 and a sixth piece of |
| 162s | gear has been added to each hero also |
| 166s | when you return to the co-op character |
| 167s | select screen after playing a scenario |
| 170s | you will now keep your previously |
| 171s | selected hero highlighted so that you |
| 173s | can quickly continue playing without |
| 175s | miscuing as the wrong character this is |
| 177s | just the start there's a lot more on the |
| 179s | way for Co op to continue making this |
| 181s | mode as fun and approachable as |
| 184s | possible we've also made several |
| 186s | improvements to the core systems and |
| 187s | gameplay experience one big quality of |
| 190s | life Edition is our new Range indicator |
| 192s | system this feature enables abilities or |
| 195s | attacks to visually preview how far they |
| 197s | can reach so that you can use them more |
| 199s | effectively in |
| 201s | combat this is especially useful preg |
| 203s | units such as the atlas or |
| 206s | hellbo as well as hero |
| 209s | abilities we've also taken our first |
| 211s | step towards Target validation which is |
| 213s | a new feature that will enable us to |
| 215s | provide clear feedback about when and |
| 217s | why you might not be able to perform an |
| 219s | action in game one part of this is that |
| 222s | your mouse cursor will now change when |
| 224s | you use a unit's ability to reflect |
| 226s | whether or not your target is |
| 228s | valid we've added a mission restart |
| 231s | button in campaign so that you can have |
| 232s | an easier time restarting on those |
| 234s | harder difficulties some new options for |
| 236s | team color displays are also now |
| 238s | available here's how they work |
| 240s | standard colors are assigned based on |
| 242s | the player slot so in versus player one |
| 245s | is always blue player two is always red |
| 249s | and in a team 2v2 game you might spawn |
| 251s | in it as the warm color set or the cool |
| 254s | color |
| 256s | set cool versus warm assigns you the |
| 259s | cool set of colors and your enemies the |
| 261s | warm set of colors and friend versus |
| 264s | faux colors are designed to help battle |
| 266s | readability by making your enemies |
| 268s | appear red regardless of what player |
| 270s | slot they're in in Co-op and team games |
| 273s | there can be multiple enemy players so |
| 275s | this unifies their colors to make it |
| 277s | easier to identify the bad |
| 279s | guys for the Halloween season we're |
| 281s | giving away two free Cosmetics as a |
| 284s | thank you to everyone who is |
| 285s | participating in Early Access and |
| 287s | helping us to polish and refine |
| 289s | stormgate The Souls of the Fallen fog of |
| 291s | War treatment where Restless Spirits |
| 293s | haunt the edges of your |
| 295s | vision and Shutterfly a ghastly moth pet |
| 300s | both are free for those who log in at |
| 302s | least once between the patch date and |
| 304s | December |
| 306s | 4th I'd like to end by saying thank you |
| 308s | again to you the community from us here |
| 310s | at Frost giant we would not be able to |
| 312s | be here to do the things that we're |
| 314s | doing and to deliver this game |
| 316s | experience if it were not for you and |
| 318s | your support so thank you very much I'm |
| 320s | excited to get this patch in your hands |
| 322s | I'm even more excited to hear what you |
| 324s | think about it so please let your voice |
| 325s | be heard let us know and send your |
| 327s | feedback to us so that we can continue |
| 330s | improving stormgate and making it as |
| 331s | great as possible so again thank you and |
| 334s | I'll see you on the battlefield |