R-Type Dimensions III — Patch 1.0.2 is now live

About two weeks ago, we released our first large patch for R-Type Dimensions III, which already addressed a lot of the most pressing and entirely valid issues the community raised. Our second patch is focused - besides a variety of improvements in the categories graphics and audio - primarily on mechanical accuracy in gameplay. We want to pay a faithful tribute to the original, and we hope these changes reflect that commitment.

General:

• Fixed 2D charging animation playing in reverse

• Adjusted 2D charging animation speed to match original

• Fixed the game time jumping far ahead when alt-tabbing

• Added 3D Wave Cannon muzzle flash particles for the different charge levels

• Fixed spelling/grammar errors in the French localization

• Fixed Cyclone Force Capsule Laser being spammable during level transitions

• Added delay before Capsule Laser Pit Unit shots can turn

• Fixed audio issues with the charge sound effect playback

• Fixed Display Issues with Ultrawide Resolutions

• The player now gains invincibility on boss kills

• Added flashing animation when player is invincible

• Added missing default shot for LV1 Shadow Force when detached

• Pit units now block shots correctly when in hyper mode

• Fixed boss intro sting

• Hyper mode heat sound effect now correctly switches when changing graphics mode

• Changed 3D HUD Beam Type text to be consistent with 2D Version

• Fixed Shadow Force Guide laser shooting faster than intended when shooting near an enemy

• Reworked force docking behavior to match original

• Fixed charge sound sticking when switching graphics mode

• Fixed small 2D screen appearing when switching graphics mode after disabling crazy mode

• Adjusted the cyclone force red laser behavior to match original game (Will now pierce through enemies)

• Improved BGM looping

Level 1:

• Fixed frame pacing for shooting animation of 2D large mech robots

• Fixed Stray Explosions when respawning on Stage 1 last checkpoint

• Fixed incorrect behaviour in the Mode 7 Pillar section:

  • Small Mech Robots no longer go off screen

  • Pillar appearing now should match the original

  • In 2D Mode Robots now correctly appear behind the pillar

  • Spawn Positions for Robots adjusted to match original

  • Robots now turn before leaving, shooting animation offsets adjusted

  • Robots should now be hittable from the same time as the original

Level 3:

• Advanced mode turrets now immediately stop shooting when destroyed

• Ambushing Robots now also have a camouflaged "eye" form in 3D

• Fixed respawn position when respawning in vertical scroll sections

Level 4:

• Large red beams now destroy POW Armors

Level 5:

• Fixed invisible hitboxes being leftover when the second pair of WallSnakes are killed

• Moving Block now correctly moves offscreen when the surrounding blocks have transformed

• Force now attaches to the weakspot of Dobkeratops when launched at it

• Cell boss now correctly plays its forming animation in the last phase

• Cell boss hitbox now only gets activated once morph is complete in last phase

• Transforming enemies (Green, Red, Yellow) are now invincible during their transform animation

• The yellow tanks now correctly display their second form (Turret destroyed)

• Green enemies now shoot in advanced mode

• Fixed Outslay head appearing on the screen after defeating Gomander

• Added missing advanced mode behaviour for Dobkeratops (Rest of the bosses coming soon)

Level 6:

• Fixed behaviour of blue crabs (90 degree monsters)

  • Slightly reduced speed of normal mode crabs

  • Improved wall collision accuracy of crabs

  • Crabs should now despawn reliably when moving offscreen

  • Fixed blue crabs colliding with walls while spawning

• Fixed slider push strength being inconsistent at high framerates

• Made safe spots consistent (Hanging to the left when the single wall moves towards the player now doesnt result in a death)

• Mother BYDO fixes

  • Last phase now is invincible while shooting

  • Improved tracking of projectiles in mother bydo last phase on high fps

  • Last phase projectiles now can go further off the screen before despawning

  • Fixed mother bydo still doing damage after swallowing the force

• Added the missing fade in/out sounds for level 6

• Added Head Regrow Animation for EndBoss in 3D

• Audio: Fixed intro sting in new graphics

Once again, thank you for being so passionate about R-Type, for contributing to making R-Type Dimensions III better, and for sticking with us!

- Your ININ Team <3