Ye olde Nineteen Nineties knockabout shooter Rise of the Triad was remastered and rereleased as Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Version final yr. As our Shaun Prescott mentioned on the time, it hasn’t aged properly however it’s best to nonetheless play it. It is a goofball historic artifact with some enjoyable power-ups and extra hidden doorways than Fortress Dracula, and it is simply obtained an replace.
Model 1.1 brings cross-platform multiplayer, which means that gamers on Steam and GOG can gib one another finally, in addition to our mates over on Swap, PlayStation, and Xbox. It additionally provides an alternate Lightning Guard enemy—the final lower character from the beta model to be restored for the Ludicrous Version—and reveals your kills and secrets and techniques completion on the map display for every stage.
Different additions embrace a toggle to show off routinely switching to new weapons while you decide them up, a jukebox for the extent editor, and default sound settings that the patch notes name “much less ear-splitting.” This is the whole record of modifications.
Added
Cross-platform multiplayer.Added the ultimate alternate actor, the lightning guard.A brand new setting that permits gamers to forestall routinely switching weapons on pickup.Textual content chat button has been added to multiplayer menus.Stage statistics: similar to kill and secret counts, have been added to the map display.(PC) Added assist for connection to a LAN tackle from the interface.(PC) Stage editor now has a music jukebox.(PC) Foyer invites can now be despatched to mates from the principle foyer display.(PC) Add affirmation for beginning a COMM-BAT recreation whereas taking part in single-player.(PC) Added assist for `-file` parameter for loading customized KPF recordsdata.Outdated `-file` parameter has been modified to `-file0`.(PC) A brand new community stats possibility has been added to the choices menu.
Modified
Fonts now have slashed 0’s to make them simpler to learn.On-line timeout has been adjusted to twenty seconds.Higher default sound settings which can be much less ear-splitting.(PC) Scanning for lobbies now tells you what’s going on with the scan – if it is nonetheless scanning or if it is full.(Swap, Sony) Vital efficiency enhancements when ground or ceiling textures.
Fastened
Numerous rendering glitches that have been observed at increased resolutions have been fastened.Vital enhancements to on-line lobbies have been made, making connections extra dependable.Quite a few shortcomings with the netcode have been addressed, particularly in situations of low bandwidth.It’s now not attainable to get caught within the recreation upon connection to a server that shuts down throughout stage load.Booting into the editor now now not has messed-up digital camera controls.Platform icon is now not stretched within the scoreboard.Killing Huge John with a flamewall or god ball now not softlocks the sport.Many situations of menu stack corruption have been addressed, fixing numerous softlocks.Title display has many fewer lacking pixels on the backside of every column of pixels.Rumble now not persists between ranges.Default music tracks now not trigger extra CPU utilization.Disabling freelook now snaps the view to the horizon.Utilizing the “No goal” cheat code throughout the oscuro battle now not crashes the sport.HUD Preview is now correctly cleared when the menu is exited through unconventional means.(Consoles) Default binds at the moment are now not merged with user-provided binds.(Sony) Music now not stops taking part in in situations the place it incorrectly stopped.(Swap) Going from docked to handheld mode now not prevents controllers from getting used.(PC) Rumble now correctly works in on-line video games.(PC) Invites to hitch a recreation can now be accepted in additional locations.(PC) Becoming a member of from an invitation now not probably causes a hold.(PC) Outdated lobbies at the moment are cleared when lobbies are re-scanned.(PC) Stage editor verification has undergone a number of enhancements.(PC) Invalid display sizes now not trigger the sport to refuse to launch.(PC) Customized gravity now not carries over from multiplayer video games.(PC) Disconnections have been made extra dependable and are much less prone to freeze up controls.(PC) On-line lobbies at the moment are just a little extra useful in telling the consumer why the foyer died.(PC) Forestall the scoreboard from being caught in an enabled state between matches.(PC) Numerous lightning ranges ought to now work in COMM-BAT mode.(PC) Cases the place participant shade and character may very well be switched within the menu with out taking impact ingame have been addressed.(PC) Gadgets that spawn in midair at the moment are correctly respawned at their right Z top.(PC) Voice chat choices now not present up in a LAN foyer.(PC) Violence is now all the time compelled to HIGH in a foyer, for consistency.(PC) Returning to the foyer in the course of a recreation now not has the potential to crash the server.(PC) Taking pictures one other participant point-blank will now all the time hit them.