1.16.111 : hotfixes - Next patch preview - Ode to Castlevania Soundtrack
BETAVicious Hunger gold yield buffed and major online desyncs fixed in v1.16.111, alongside a massive v1.17 beta preview featuring Custom Characters.
Key Changes
- 1Vicious Hunger gold yield buffed to restore efficiency
- 2Major fixes for online desyncs and achievement tracking
- 348 bonus Castlevania tracks added to the Steam Soundtrack
- 4Custom Characters and Steam Workshop support added to Public Beta
- 5Performance optimizations for late-game frame drops
- 6New character 'Baron Husker' added to Public Beta
- 7Separation of main game and DLC achievements on Steam
All Changes
🎮Gameplay(2)
- buffVicious Hunger: Buffed gold yield to approach pre-collision-fix values
- changeBloodmoon bosses: Reduced amount of knockback received by bosses
🛠️Bug Fixes(14)
- fixOnline Mode: Resolved issues causing online desyncs
- fixAchievements: Fixed several achievements and secrets not triggering during online play
- fixArgent Flow: Fixed an issue where enemy defenses were not being reduced
- fixGifts: Corrected drop rates for Pearl Magatama and Velvet Dodecahedron
- fixQuickStart: Fixed QuickStart getting stuck on repetitive setups in late-game save files
- fixSurvarots: Fixed functionality issues when unlocked via spells
- fixBloodmoon evos: Corrected pricing for Bloodmoon evolutions
- fixEmerald and Joker Disks: Fixed stages sometimes failing to unlock
- fixBloodmoon characters: Fixed evolutions not always registering for character unlocks
- fixForbidden Siren: Fixed weapons not being cleaned up properly upon removal
- fixLunarBight: Fixed an issue where enemies were not being slowed down
- fixWeapons: Fixed weapons failing to fire correctly at very low cooldown values
- fixAudio: Resolved background music hiccups
- fixPerformance: Optimized performance to reduce late-game frame drops
🎵Audio(1)
- newSoundtrack: Added 48 bonus tracks from Ode to Castlevania to the Steam OST
⚙️System(2)
- changeSteam Achievements: Separated main game achievements from DLC achievements to protect completion rates
- changeGame Engine: Major engine version update implemented in public beta branch
📅Coming Soon(11)
- newCustom Characters: Steam Workshop support for custom characters (Beta)
- newStages: New stage full of crap (Beta)
- newRelics: New relic (Beta)
- newCharacters: New character: Baron Husker (Beta)
- newWeapons: New weapon and evolution (Beta)
- newDarkanas: New Darkana (Beta)
- newWeapons: New passive weapon, or potentially four (Beta)
- newCharacters: Upcoming character: Sefi Rotto
- newWeapons: Two upcoming weapons and evolutions
- newDarkanas: Two upcoming Darkanas
- newRelics: One upcoming 'incredibly useless' relic
Summary
Live Update (v1.16.111)
This hotfix focuses on stability and balance, primarily addressing online desyncs and performance issues during late-game frame drops. A notable gameplay change includes a gold yield buff for Vicious Hunger to restore its efficiency following previous collision fixes.
Public Beta (v1.17.108)
Players can now access the public beta branch to test a major engine update and the new Custom Characters feature with Steam Workshop support. This preview includes a wealth of upcoming content including new stages, weapons, and characters like Baron Husker.
Castlevania Soundtrack
In celebration of Castlevania's 40th anniversary, 48 bonus tracks from the Ode to Castlevania DLC have been added to the Vampire Survivors OST on Steam at no additional cost.