Patch 14 - Steam Deck Playable + Performance Mode!

Confronted should now be playable on your Steam Deck! I've aimed for a smooth 30+fps. There's also a new 'Performance mode' in the graphics settings, which can boost your FPS by 30% or more. This is auto-enabled on the Deck. Other noticeable updates include an overall volume increase for the audio mix, an engine upgrade and performance improvements across the board.

General

• 500MB reduction in size of the game.
• The text 'Dorinela' has been added to the beginning of some voice lines.
• All sliders in the menus are now faster with Controller.
• Updated News on the main menu.
• Portcullis gates now fall more quickly.
• Intro logo now 4k.
• The underlying engine for Confronted has been upgraded from UE5.4 to UE5.5. This may have some minimal performance improvements.

Bug fixes

• Brightness adjustments in the menu now carry over properly when playing.
• Chapter 2 & 3 as 'coming soon' now show after finishing Chapter 1.
• Fixed rare chance of enemies not continuing their chase when seeing the player.
• Fixed rare chance of enemy getting stuck looking at a hideout.
• Fixed case of game freezing if near a hideout during a hunt in the crypts.
• Fixed rare chance of getting a duplicate enemy spawn.

Audio

• Overall sound mix increased in volume by about 20%.
• Adjusted some SFX volumes (mostly lowered) for a better overall mix.
• Updated death SFX.
• Disabled WMFMedia plugin. Electra is used instead for media playback.

Performance

• Performance mode is now available in the Graphics settings. This enables FSR for 30%+ fps boosts.
• Disabled high quality translucent reflections; not worth the performance cost at the moment, minimal affect on visual fidelity.
• Lumen uses global instead of detailed lighting. No noticeable difference in visual fidelity.
• Global illumination and reflections use High scalability instead of Epic, with no noticeable difference but better performance.
• Some environments have been converted to instanced static meshes.
• Optimised shadows on some lights, translucent effects and materials on meshes.

Steam Deck

• Now playable on the Steam Deck at a smooth 30fps.
• Currently cutscenes are played as an image instead of a movie, as I am unable to get videos working on the Deck. Hopefully this can be rectified in the future.
• Performance mode is automatically enabled for the Deck but can be switched off still in the menu graphic settings.