Release Notes for PERISH

Update #5 (16/03/2023)

Difficulty

• The enemy spawn rate changes considerably between Forgiving, Tough and Punishing difficulty levels
• Punishing spawn rate is increased, Tough is similar to pre patch #5 and Forgiving is somewhat more relaxed
• Tartaros is now even more difficult! There is now a small chance that any regular Athanatoi are replaced by champion-level Athanatoi

UI/General

• When starting the game for the first time, PERISH will now select the language that Windows OS is set to, if it is supported
• Weapon upgrades in the shop now more clearly display their status
• Kicking but not hitting anything now has a sound effect

Balance Changes

• The Minotauros enemy is now considerably more aggressive, charging at players with less preamble and more ferocity
• The arrows of the Apollonian Bow now start with +1 penetration, making it much more effective against armoured enemies; sweet collaterals are now possible
• The overall damage multiplier (including all stacked boosts) is now capped at 5x
• Relentless Rage damage increase has lowered from 1.5x to 1.2x damage
• Explosive Daggers explosion range reduced from 180 to 100

Bug Fixes

• Looking up or down all the way while using a controller and having “Invert Y” enabled no longers locks the player’s view at the max/min pitch
• Throwing a dagger and then immediately engaging ADS with the Boreas no longer unhides the Boreas weapon model incorrectly
• Fixed an issue that could cause the “interaction circle” UI element to get stuck on a player’s screen when interacting with some objects
• Fixed issues with the Spitha hammer active upgrade
• The Spitha meteor should now activate much more reliably, and hit on-target more as well
• When placing a meteor marker on an enemy, the marker will now target at their feet, causing the meteor to more accurately aim for them
• Fixed a number of issues with the player spectator camera
• Spectators should no longer get whipped up into deep space when all players die
• Spectators should now always be able to switch between valid living players
• The timing of the debris that falls under Kakos has changed to prevent players from getting stuck between the debris and the lava floor
• The Boreas rifle model is no longer visible during cutscenes
• Aiakos’ arena should no longer be escapable when flung into the air by him
• The area around the Lamia stelae no longer gets in the way of melee attacks/kicks
• Eos’ ranged attack can now damage Python statues
• Pyr Demons now die rather than disappearing when defeating Kathorao
• Standing on top of Karkinos as it dies no longer causes camera flickers
• Fixed a number of “safe spots” where enemies wouldn’t attack players
• Broken pillars in Tartaros now have proper collision
• Fixed some cases where the Lamia soul could spawn in the air if she died there. It will now spawn close to the ground regardless of her height at death
• Removed collision from some small shells in the Maelstrom of Charybdis

Update #4 (16/02/2023)

Save Backups

• The saving system has been made more robust, and additionally it now saves 5 sequential backups that can be manually reinstated. This should mean even if you crash during a save you should have at least 1, if not more valid saves to go back to that aren’t far from your current progress.
• Saves can be found in %appdata%/Local/PERISH/Saved/SaveGames and any of the “PERISH_Save_BackupX” files can be renamed to “PERISH_Save” to use one of the backups

Bad Connection & High Latency Improvements

• Disconnections or crashes after long play sessions should now be much less likely to occur
• General network responsiveness should be slightly improved for clients with high ping

Tartaros Difficulty

• The Tartaros difficulty has been increased significantly
• Enemies can now spawn further around the player
• Max number of enemies increased
• Interval between enemy spawns reduced
• “The enemy threat increases” events increase both max number of enemies and reduce the spawn interval even further

Balance Changes

• Reduced Kourai Khryseai armour hit damage reduction from 80% to 50%
• Tartaros (the location) has been increased in difficulty significantly, with an adjusted roster of enemies
• Further to Tartaros level tweaks, there is a new "crimson and steel" Tartaros skin for the default character model

Enemy Spawning

• Changed the timing and/or location of “enemy threat increases/decreases” events

Bug Fixes

• Kourai Khryseai no longer rave-dance when stuck or when all players are dead
• Rebinding any keys including movement should now work as expected
• The Phorcid’s invincibility effect is no longer reversed for clients
• Terror damage from the Staff of Thyrsus explosion no longer damages other players
• Medusa’s glare card now triggers consistently every 2.5 seconds rather than by chance
• Fixed a rare issue where Karkinos’ legs could desync, causing her to regain health
• Fixed an issue that allowed a player to stand on a portcullis gate before it opened
• Zeus Conduit active ability (electrical mines) no longer persist through runs
• Doryktetos card should no longer be presented to clients more than once in a run
• Being resurrected from death when entering Charon’s Crossing should no longer leave an unused portal in the sky
• Apollonian Bow "perfect-timing" window now matches both the powered up-arrow and the upgrade progress

Update #3 (07/02/2023)

• When switching rings, "Rings Full" should no longer be shown if there are any free ring slots (no more losing fingers!)
• Gaps in floor and cliff-face in Thalassian Fissure are now resoundingly plugged
• Phorcid Monolith Pool objective marker softlock is now fixed
• Added first implementation of Tartaros difficulty setting

Update #2 (06/02/2023)

Enemy Spawning

• Spawning has received a number of changes based on player feedback
• Enemies will now always try to spawn in a cone in front of the player, it should be much less likely that enemies spawn directly behind you
• Enemies should no longer ever spawn within 10m of any player
• Enemies will now spawn in much slower before players take the first step of an objective
• Once players start an objective, the spawn rate increases and “The enemy threat increases” appears on screen, time to prepare!
• Once players complete an objective, the enemy spawn rate will decrease again and “The enemy threat lessens” will be shown

Bad connection/High Latency improvements

• Movement input lag should be greatly reduced for clients with very high ping. Both dashing and jumping now feel much snappier for the client in these extreme network scenarios
• An improvement to hit feedback for clients with high ping is being investigated

Balance Changes

• Eurus base damage per projectile increased from 42 to 52
• Eurus max spread decreased from 4 to 3
• Bow damage increased from 160 to 200
• Kakos Sentinel health range max increased from 21,000 to 32,000

Bugfixes

• Sniper aiming laser will no longer go through walls
• Clients should no longer sometimes fly upwards when leaving portals
• Improved hitboxes around Talos’ leg pieces
• Fire cannon should now hide correctly when throwing items/daggers
• Devil daggers should now apply correctly if a dagger is thrown just before card selection
• Fire cannon sound should now work for clients/hosts alike
• Equipping ring upgrades should now work correctly when ring slots are full
• It should no longer be possible to spawn multiple eidolons in the Thalassian Fissure
• The correct number of logs should now always be present for the labyrinth snake burning
• Card selection godmode now begins as soon as the time slowdown starts, and only ends once the time slowdown ends
• The route to the crucible portal after completing the Talos objective is now blocked off
• Spectator camera should no longer be stuck in player’s heads, or fly around the level
• Standing on the firebowl or cerberus state in the Temple is no longer a safe spot from enemies

Update #1 (03/02/2023)

• Fixed a bug where Forge Cyclops weapons would not disappear correctly after death, causing them to spin around the room
• Fixed a bug where progress could be blocked in multiplayer if a statue was activated too soon
• Fixed Orphic Rite achievements unlocking for the whole lobby instead of only for the player carrying the rite
• Fixed the Persephone Rite not behaving correctly in multiplayer, denying people to fulfil their rite
• Fixed a bug where Voice Activation was toggled on permanently in the main menu
• "Buyer's Remorse" and "Window Shopping" achievements now unlock correctly
• "Bank X-amount of Danake" achievements are properly tracking Danake count (unfortunately, you will need to earn the amount required by the achievement again)
• Codex entry models for Labrys and Eos now display the correct double-edged axe and flame-sword instead of the old hatchet and khopesh models
• Improved the EOS sign-in and invite flow on all platforms