Dark and Darker Early Access Hotfix #44 Released, April 25 Patch Notes and more

Ironmace has released a new update for Dark and Darker, titled Hotfix #44. The update introduces fixes to several bugs and gameplay issues. Furthermore, the update resolves a new issue where video settings under the TSR options were unchangeable.

Furthermore, changes made to items via the Squire while in a party setting will now reflect correctly on the lobby character. Overall, this update seems like a super fine deal for all the players, especially that the Combat mechanics have been tuned quite extensively. Francisca Axe and Throwing Knife are now fully functional across classes through Weapon Mastery, and the Crowssbow reloading glitch during Warlock’s Phantomize ability has been fixed.

Also, the Goblin Cave exploit that allowed players to access different areas via a fireball jump is now fixed. Withouit further ado, you can find the patch notes below.

Dark and Darker Early Access Hotfix #44

• Fixed an issue where sometimes TSR video options could not be changed to other options.
• Fixed an issue where changing items through Squire while in a party was not reflected in the lobby character.
• Fixed an issue where Francisca Axe and Throwing Knife could not be used when Weapon Mastery was used by another class.
• Fixed an issue where the Crossbow could be reloaded while using Warlock’s Phantomize.
• Fixed an issue where certain areas of Goblin Cave could be accessed through fireball jump.
• Fixed an issue where the Goblin Mage’s staff animation looked strange when he died.
• Fixed an issue where the Ghost King’s clothes looked unnatural when the cloth simulation option was turned off.
• The curve of Spell Casting Speed ​​has been adjusted.
• The curve for Regular Interaction Speed ​​has been adjusted.
• Fighter’s Victory Strike are now limited to all melee and ranged physical attacks and bladed thrown items.
• Barbarian’s Reckless Attack now only works with melee physical attacks.
• Barbarian’s Achilles Strike are now limited to all melee and ranged physical attacks and bladed thrown items.
• Rogue’s Ambush, Weakpoint Attack now only works on melee physical attacks.
• Rogue’s Poisoned Weapons, Rupture, Cut Throat are now limited to all melee and ranged physical attacks and bladed thrown items.
• Cleric’s Faithfulness now slows targets hit by Divine attacks.
• Cleric’s Smite can now only be used in melee physical attacks and has an Attribute Bonus Ratio of 50%.
• Warlock’s Blow of Corruption now only works on melee physical attacks.
• Adjusted difficulty in obtaining learning tokens.
• Mindwipe now resets daily.
• As an experiment, party members’ names will no longer be displayed in High Roller.