The 1.008 beta patch. Contains a lot of bug fixes and adds a hardcore mode. See full details. The final version should be out in a couple of days.
Soldak Entertainment has released a beta patch updating Depths of Peril to v1.008. This patch fixes a lot of typos and localization issues, a few of bugs, but more importantly adds a hardcore mode.
This patch is a beta patch, which means it has been tested, but not enough to be an official patch. So use at your own risk.
1.008 Change Log
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- fixed a typo in elemental text
- fixed a typo in Badlands text
- fixed Devastating Blow description
- fixed some typos in hulk text
- fixed a couple covenant dialog typos
- fixed lacking typo in covenant dialog
- fixed typo in lucky trait description
- fixed tax magic bonuses not being capitalized like others
- fixed a potential crash in item spawning
- increased disarm trap bonus per point
- changed Virtility to Virility
- now flip min & max damage if min damage is higher
- Left click to read is now localized correctly
- ghost revenge NPCs should no longer be able to be killed
- revenge quest now properly tells you to talk to NPC in town
- fixed X armor on items not localizing correctly
- fixed X defense on items not localizing correctly
- fixed item comparison text not localizing correctly
- fixed attribute names not localizing correctly in character screen highlights
- fixed npc titles not localizing correctly
- localized versions can now turn off rank endings (1st, 2nd, 3rd, ...)
- localized some general quest stuff
- localized talk to stuff in quests
- localized quest fail conditions
- localized versions can now turn off plural ending - 3 monster(s)
- localized Left Click to Select Quest
- localized xp prints
- localized miss type prints
- localized damage types on item bonuses
- fixed chared remains plural issue
- increased XP reward for thief quest
- influence now has a max to prevent math overflows
- fixed an infinite loop when trading really large amounts of influence
- fixed sometimes not being able to finish kill X monsters quests
- tweaked some item drop numbers so tomes aren't so plentiful at high levels
- fixed xp bar background showing as stripes on some graphics cards
- fixed kick icon showing as stripes on some graphics cards
- fixed an issue where multiple covenants could get credit for destroying the same covenant
- boosted set bonuses for Fuse, Drel, Raven, Aversion, Retter, Shankar, and Mudbeard
- added some code to prevent dual storylines if another covenant solves a storyline quest
- added gold max to prevent math overflow
- localized the rest of the tutorial quests
- fixed good food typo
- added unicode support for random names
- added a hardcore mode