This update requires a new game. Saves from earlier versions cannot be continued.
Greetings, fellow cultivators. This update brings more family ties, friendships and old grudges into the starting world, alongside combat controls and interface improvements.
New Content
- Characters can begin with parents, children, siblings, close friends and sworn companions. Some also inherit unresolved grudges from the previous generation.
- Added local animation to all twelve cultivation residence overviews, including wind, water and drifting clouds. The main menu now shows the residence from your most recent save.
- Added more outfit and hairstyle variants, with clothing icons that match individual outfits.
Changes
- Relationships now use closeness and awe, without a separate trust value.
- When a character cannot pursue their main goal, they can turn to other activities available to them.
- The consequences of killing now distinguish revenge, self-defense and acting under orders. Wanted notices and teleport checks are handled by county.
- Refined target selection for homing attacks, ground targeting and quick steps during recovery. Added target highlights and landing indicators, and reduced hit shake.
- Updated the main menu title and layout, added an opening scroll for nearby characters, unified portraits in Relations and Family Tree, and refreshed combat health and spiritual energy bars.
- Removed the separate item quality rating while retaining item tiers. The compendium now recognizes items you have seen for sale or know how to craft.
Fixes
- Fixed the main menu selection marker jumping between entries, and restored Esc navigation from the load game, credits and scenario selection pages.
- Fixed several cases where killing a story character through a regular attack could block later quest progress.
- Corrected dialogue that did not match a character's identity, an escape outcome or the events that had occurred.
- Corrected several outfit collars, hair colors and portrait alignment issues, and reduced stuttering when reopening storage.
Please report any issues in the Steam discussions with your version, location and what happened. Screenshots, recordings and saves are welcome, but are not required.
With thanks,
Guixu Studio