[Game Update] - 653176

[JesseB_Klei]

Changes

• A Shallow Grave item has been created to spawn in place of skeletons if skeletons are not permitted. Wendy’s Graves By Wendy skill will also work with this Shallow Grave.
• Wendy
  • Gestalt Abigail can be mutated during a waxing and full moon  now, and returned to a regular ghost during a waning and new moon.
  • Reduced the amount of Planar Defence added with the Shadow Sisterhood III buff.
  • Cursed Vexation does not alter Abigail’s vex multiplier. It now just adds some flat Planar Damage.
  • Moon Moths can be crafted with the Mourning Glory I skill.
  • Wendy can add Mourning Glory to the Picnic Casket.
  • When Unyielding Draught and Distilled Vengeance are used on a survivor, they are no longer one use only. Now there is a 10 second cooldown before it will work again, but this will last until the end of the elixir's duration.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the descriptions of Grave Beatification and Graves by Wendy. Graves By Wendy is where the Spirit Vessel is crafted from.
• Fixed the timing of the updated post attack animation of Gestalt Abigail.
• Fixed some eyes in Wendy skins.
• Fixed WX-78's Masquerader skin having more wings on the backside of the head than intended.
• Fixed being able to bypass Wendy’s Team Spirit skills cooldown.
• Fixed a bug with Abigail damaging Shadow Puppets (and other things) when dash attacking.
• Fixed a bug where Abigail’s scare could be interrupted.

Notes for Modders

• Dedicated servers now have the following launch options available and are to be used at your own risk.
  • -allow_ioopenwrite_sandbox_escape
    • Allows for io.open(path, "w") to write files again in and around the data folder.
• TheSim:QueryServer on either the client or server may now query to localhost or 127.0.0.1.
• io.open(filepath, "w") will work for filepaths that go into the "unsafedata" directory, and end with ".txt", ".tex", ".xml", ".png", or ".json".
  • Example: io.open("unsafedata/mymodnamehere_data.txt", "w")

 

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[HeatAndRun]

1 minute ago, JesseB_Klei said:

• Moon Moths can be crafted with the Mourning Glory I skill.
• Wendy can add Mourning Glory to the Picnic Casket.
• When Unyielding Draught and Distilled Vengeance are used on a survivor, they are no longer one use only. Now there is a 10 second cooldown before it will work again, but this will last until the end of the elixir's duration.

Juicy nice changes!

[Kacpert25]

Where are the changes to Walter ?

Edit: Of course these changes to Wendy are good, but where are Walter and Wortox ?

Edited February 5, 2025 by Kacpert25

[Crimson Hollow]

jeez plz tell me there will be another update apart from this hotfix this week 

[Echsrick]

....another wendy update....its so over for walter and wortox......

[Jason]

Walter stuff IS coming. The last couple updates has had Wendy stuff, so it might look like it's superseding Walter stuff. That is not the case. Walter's tree has been worked on in parallel. The Walter stuff will come to the Beta when it is ready.

[Crimson Hollow]

1 minute ago, Jason said:

Walter stuff IS coming. The last couple updates has had Wendy stuff, so it might look like it's superseding Walter stuff. That is not the case. Walter's tree has been worked on in parallel. The Walter stuff will come to the Beta when it is ready.

May i ask for a little bit of info on which direction its going? cause right now us walter mains are just hanging on the released half of the tree and everything has been chewed over and over again for quite a while, and I feel like its the same with Wortox mains.

Thx for the work!

[Chewabacca]

4 minutes ago, Jason said:

Walter stuff IS coming. The last couple updates has had Wendy stuff, so it might look like it's superseding Walter stuff. That is not the case. Walter's tree has been worked on in parallel. The Walter stuff will come to the Beta when it is ready.

That is very good to hear, thank you. If you wouldn't mind: is it reasonable to expect some time for us to play and give feedback on the Walter changes before the skill trees go live? Asking because I know the beta has been going on for longer than expected.

Edited February 5, 2025 by Chewabacca
Forgot question I wanted to ask

[BeastNleashed]

3 minutes ago, Jason said:

Walter stuff IS coming. The last couple updates has had Wendy stuff, so it might look like it's superseding Walter stuff. That is not the case. Walter's tree has been worked on in parallel. The Walter stuff will come to the Beta when it is ready.

I like that Wendy still gets Updated since months everytime, and on other Skilltrees in the past you just made "here you have" no matter what Community said. And yeah also Walter and Wortox doon't get any changes.. 

i think i may should have insulted Klei back in the days for Chars i like... like other people now doing for Wendys Skilltree, because we all see that it works and you change more and more and more. 

[Chewabacca]

1 minute ago, BeastNleashed said:

I like that Wendy still gets Updated since months everytime, and on other Skilltrees in the past you just made "here you have" no matter what Community said. And yeah also Walter and Wortox doon't get any changes.. 

i think i may should have insulted Klei back in the days for Chars i like... like other people now doing for Wendys Skilltree, because we all see that it works and you change more and more and more. 

Buddy perhaps do not do this when a developer finally gives us some communication.

[Echsrick]

8 minutes ago, Jason said:

Walter stuff IS coming. The last couple updates has had Wendy stuff, so it might look like it's superseding Walter stuff. That is not the case. Walter's tree has been worked on in parallel. The Walter stuff will come to the Beta when it is ready.

no wortox?

[PunkShark]

1 minute ago, Jason said:

Walter stuff IS coming. The last couple updates has had Wendy stuff, so it might look like it's superseding Walter stuff. That is not the case. Walter's tree has been worked on in parallel. The Walter stuff will come to the Beta when it is ready.

Hey Jason, i'm happy with the transparency. I was wondering if there is still Wortox changes in the works as well? It's been a bit quiet and i 100% understand the team is likely in a rush to get this finished and that's why you haven't been chatting much lately. All power to you and the team, should take much time as needed. It's just that there hasn't been any mentions of Wortox changes since before the holidays and we're just getting a bit worried. Any news would be appreciated but not required if you don't have the time

[BeastNleashed]

4 minutes ago, Chewabacca said:

Buddy perhaps do not do this when a developer finally gives us some communication.

Why shouldn't i tell my opinion? Should i be thankful now that ONE Single chars gets all the attention since months because some people raged and insulted them, and other Chars didn't got any or enough when the community were nice and chilled? 

and yes he said there will be Update for Walter but that is really spongy.. what kind of update? Maybe just 1 Ammo? Maybe a new haircut? Also i didn't help about the Chars who already got a skilltree, and since it took so many fun out of the game for me i can complain like i want. 

I mean its nice to give the info that something is changing but just a "has been worked on" is not transparent. So don't complain about me telling my opinion. 

[Dingle]

The lack of any mention of Wortox is really apparent now.

Has he just been done for over a month? Should we even expect any new vfx?

[Koomin]

These are all actually great changes for Wendy.  Seems her stuff is definitely finalized now - please forth on now to Walter and Wortox.  And please don't leave Wortox in the lurch with a bunch of significant problems just because his feedback wasn't as confrontational and divisive.

[Mr. Furman]

5 minutes ago, Dingle said:

The lack of any mention of Wortox is really apparent now.

Has he just been done for over a month? Should we even expect any new vfx?

When his skill tree was first released, it was considered the best tree among the three. Maybe this has something to do with why he didn't get many changes.

[Bughead]

38 minutes ago, JesseB_Klei said:

Gestalt Abibail can be mutated during a waxing and full moon  now, and returned to a regular ghost during a waning and new moon.

Abibail 

[Chewabacca]

6 minutes ago, BeastNleashed said:

Why shouldn't i tell my opinion? Should i be thankful now that ONE Single chars gets all the attention since months because some people raged and insulted them, and other Chars didn't got any or enough when the community were nice and chilled? 

and yes he said there will be Update for Walter but that is really spongy.. what kind of update? Maybe just 1 Ammo? Maybe a new haircut? Also i didn't help about the Chars who already got a skilltree, and since it took so many fun out of the game for me i can complain like i want. 

I mean its nice to give the info that something is changing but just a "has been worked on" is not transparent. So don't complain about me telling my opinion. 

Saying that you should have made huge personal attacks on the developers is a bad thing to say, especially in a reply to one of them, whether or not you're frustrated with the update. Believe me, I'm not exactly the happiest with the lack of Walter content (and RIP to Wortox players) but the reason personal attacks on game developers were bad was because that's not how human beings should treat one another without a way better reason than some videogame updates being disappointing, not just because it doesn't get what we want. And this sort of thing just gives more reason for the devs to not talk to us, since they'll get attacked whatever they say.

[Steorra]

2 minutes ago, Koomin said:

These are all actually great changes for Wendy.  Seems her stuff is definitely finalized now - please forth on now to Walter and Wortox.  And please don't leave Wortox in the lurch with a bunch of significant problems just because his feedback wasn't as confrontational and divisive.

They said Walter working in parallel. So there's no reason Wendy and Wortox out of the parallel. Which means Wendy's feedbacks are still meaningful.

Also, Yes this update is ofc a great step of Wendy since we could found that the mutation process of Lunar Abby has been changed followed as community voices. It's must be complex for coding and I'm doubt that it still need more test for checking the potential issues. And the test and feedback is also important for other changes of this update. I.e. amount of Cursed Vex and Shadow Abby.

And we knew not everyone would agree with the current direction of Wendy's tree. They would still give their efforts for what their needed. And sisturn III is still debatable since it now is weird and inconvenient for the on/off switching.

[Wortoxx]

Thanks for your effort, but i hope tha Klei can give a sure date of the new updates. I love this game, and love how much care Klei give to each detail. 
People are getting very anxious about a skilltree update, because its the best kind of update that we, players, wait for.

[Kondr_]

mb too late but here some thoughts about walter:

better survival kit like:

* dried meat at start.(we saw he has some in one of his shorts)

* survival-tab-unlocked crafts

* faster drying meat.

* better traps. more durable traps.

* something with weather resists like trees gives him more protection

* 10% speed buf in forests?

* tiny bigger map reveal

* something with drowning or sailing. sailing with walter it pretty challenging since you cannot run away if you get hurt and everything goes really bad.

* personal little boat?

[Dingle]

6 minutes ago, Mr. Furman said:

When his skill tree was first released, it was considered the best tree among the three. Maybe this has something to do with why he didn't get many changes.

 

It had major issues at the time (Naughty was horrible), and has remaining issues now.

What you're saying could be the reasoning of Klei, sure. But if that's the case, Wortox was extremely unlucky to be in the same update as Wendy and Walter.

[JesseB_Klei]

We are happy with the current Wortox tree layout and choices players are making with it for the different ways to play the game and the character. A mid to late game Bug Net was needed to be created before the Knabsack can be a Bug Net alternative and will be going out with the Walter changes. Some visuals for the Knabsack need polished to give it its hefty weight and we will see what we can do with that.

[OMEGASCRUFF]

Oh. Oh god. Wortox is really going to release like this, with nothing fixed, isn't he?

[Koomin]

3 minutes ago, Steorra said:

They said Walter working in parallel. So there's no reason Wendy and Wortox out of the parallel. Which means Wendy's feedbacks are still meaningful.

Also, Yes this update is ofc a great step of Wendy since we could found that the mutation process of Lunar Abby has been changed followed as community voices. It's must be complex for coding and I'm doubt that it still need more test for checking the potential issues. And the test and feedback is also important for other changes of this update. I.e. amount of Cursed Vex and Shadow Abby.

And we knew not everyone would agree with the current direction of Wendy's tree. They would still give their efforts for what their needed. And sisturn III is still debatable since it now is weird and inconvenient for the on/off switching.

Haha please no more Wendy, this last batch is more than enough.  It's time for the other characters and the rest of the game.