Hey NecroDancers, we've got a big SYNCHRONY update for you this time around featuring a brand new game mode (Ensemble Mode!), new achievements, a Friendly Fire option, and lots of various changes and fixes!! Check out the full details below: Crypt of the NecroDancer v3.7.0 is now available!

New features

• Added Ensemble Mode to SYNCHRONY:
  • Complete all zones in one run, but play a different character each floor!
  • Pick a character for each floor before starting the run.
  • Items and extra heart containers are carried over across levels!
• Added new achievements to SYNCHRONY:
  • Polyphonic: Complete an "Ensemble Mode" run in single-player or co-op mode
  • Family Trip: Complete "All Zones Mode" as Cadence, Melody, Aria and Dorian in co-op mode
  • Tachyarrhythmia: Complete Zone 1 in "Double Tempo Mode" with solo Bolt
  • Fool's Mate: Checkmate Deep Blues without harming another piece
  • Destructive Interference: Kill Dead Ringer with his own attack
  • Fully Loaded: Equip an item in every possible slot
  • Ghost in the Pot: Take control of Teh Urn
  • Sunk Cost: Sell everything you have to the Pawnbroker
• Added character previews to Character Select room
• Added Reflective and Prismatic Mirrors to the level editor
• Added accented characters to the game's primary font
• Added an option to import all unlocked characters, items, NPCs and modes from previous versions of the game
  • This option can be found in the Gameplay options menu, under Manage save data
  • Using the option does not overwrite any existing unlocked content - the old and new unlocks are merged together
  • Save data is copied from versions 1.27, 2.59 and 3.6.1
• Added support for pressing 'Ctrl+C' to copy the seed in the run summary menu

Balance changes

• Reflective Shield: Now reflects Fireball Spells, Gorgon's Gaze and Electric Orbs back at the caster
• Shrine of Duplication: Now drops Reflective Shield when destroyed before activation
• Ring of Luck: Now allows chests to appear in multiple locations, making them easier to find
  • After a chest was observed at any of its possible locations, the superposition collapses and the chest stays in place
  • Wearing a Monocle causes all chests to be observed immediately, cancelling out the effect
• Trident: Throw attack now always deals damage along three lanes, even after passing through narrow corridors
• Throwing Charm: Now allows Melody to perform one full returning throw per floor, instead of a one-off ranged attack
• Shrine of Sacrifice: Now drops copies of items held by sacrificed players
• Shrine of Binding: Now drops items across multiple tiles
• Shrine of Binding: Now averages the health of fused players (rounded up) instead of adding it

Charm spell rework

• Charmed monsters are now permanently converted into Pets
• Pets follow their owner across floors
• Pets target the closest visible enemy near their owner
• Pets that are not currently targeting an enemy now follow their owner instead of idling
• Kills made by Pets now contribute to their owner's Coin Multiplier and spell cooldowns
• Minibosses can now be charmed, causing the exit stairs to be unlocked
• Shopkeepers can now be charmed after being provoked, causing all future shops to be empty
• Pets can be healed by re-casting Charm Spell near them
• Now spawns a Green Slime if no charmable enemies are nearby
• Greater Charm now affects monsters within a larger radius
• Cast cooldown decreases every beat once all Pets are dead
• Pets no longer take damage when shoved into an obstacle
• Multiple Pets in a row can be shoved at once
• Shoving a submerged Pet clears the liquid
• Shoving a Pet against a door opens the door
• Shoving a Pet against a solid obstacle now swaps positions with the owner or pushes the Pet aside

Item pool changes

• Ice Spirit Familiar: Added to Melody's item pool
• Shopkeeper Familiar: Added to Melody's item pool
• Grenades: Added to Diamond's item pool
• Throwing Stars: Added to Diamond's item pool
• Reflective Shield: Added to Flawless Victory boss reward chests
• Heavy Shield: Removed from Flawless Victory boss reward chests
• Courage Shovel: Removed from Coda's item pool

Item price changes

• Shovel of Courage: Reduced price from 300 to 200 gold
• Dash Spell: Reduced price from 313 to 188 gold
• Berserk Spell: Reduced price from 250 to 188 gold
• Onyx Broadsword: Reduced price from 188 to 125 gold
• Onyx Spear: Reduced price from 250 to 125 gold
• Onyx Cutlass: Reduced price from 375 to 250 gold
• Onyx Weapons: Reduced prices from 300 to 200 gold (Onyx Longsword, Flail, Harp, Staff, Cat o' Nine Tails, Rapier and Axe)
• Reflective Shield: Increased price from 75 to 150 gold
• Torch of Foresight: Increased price from 50 to 75 gold

All balance changes are applied while the SYNCHRONY DLC is active.

Other changes

• Changed "Friendly Fire" extra mode to also apply to weapon attacks, allowing players to hit each other directly
  • The 5x5 region around the spawn room is a safe zone in which players cannot attack each other
• Changed Chaunter to collect heart containers as "shattered hearts", which are retained across possession
• Changed equipment sprites for Rapier, Warhammer and Whip
• Changed sprite for Shrine of Duplication
• Changed Dove to be able to "defeat" bosses by tickling them with her Flower
• Changed Throwing Charm to visually indicate when its returning throw recharges

Modding features

• Added "Did you mean?" suggestions for fixing various errors
• Added function [noparse]characterSwitch.perform()[/noparse] and for changing player characters mid-game
• Added events [noparse]event.objectCharacterSwitchInit[/noparse]/[noparse]SwitchFrom[/noparse]/[noparse]SwitchTo[/noparse] for handling player character changes
• Added function [noparse]objectPreview.draw()[/noparse] and rendering entity previews, such as in the character selection room
• Added function [noparse]object.die()[/noparse] for passing additional parameters to [noparse]event.objectDeath[/noparse]
• Added event [noparse]event.objectPreview[/noparse] for customizing how an entity should be drawn in its preview
• Added event [noparse]event.spellRedirect[/noparse] for handling spell redirections
• Added event [noparse]event.objectUpdateTargetability[/noparse]
• Added event [noparse]event.itemBanCheckType[/noparse] for cross-character item ban checks
• Added component [noparse]spellcastRedirectable[/noparse], [noparse]spellRedirector[/noparse] and others for spell reflection
• Added component [noparse]projectileReflectable[/noparse], [noparse]itemReflectProjectileOnKill[/noparse] and others for projectile reflection
• Added component [noparse]itemInitial[/noparse] for tracking items given as part of the starting loadout
• Added component [noparse]inventoryBannedItemSlots[/noparse] for specifying individual item ban flags per item slot
• Added component [noparse]soundInteractFocus[/noparse] for sounds only audible to the interactor
• Added component [noparse]worldLabelCharacterStats[/noparse] for displaying stats as in-world text
• Added component [noparse]wiredDamageTypeModifier[/noparse] for adding damage flags to attacks performed while standing on a wire
• Added component [noparse]Sync_charmablePriority[/noparse] for increasing the move order of charmed pets
• Added component [noparse]targetableOffByDefault[/noparse] for marking entities as conditionally targetable
• Added component [noparse]dropTombstoneOnDeath[/noparse] to control lingering enemy hitboxes
• Added field [noparse]initialInventory.pending[/noparse] for controlling whether starting items are given out
• Added field [noparse]initialInventoryUnlockReceiver.pending[/noparse] for controlling whether Single Zone items are given out
• Added field [noparse]initialInventoryTrainingWeaponReceiver.pending[/noparse] for controlling whether training weapons are given out
• Added field [noparse]castOnCollision.attackFlags[/noparse] for controlling the targeting flags for deployed Familiars
• Added field [noparse]grabRowOrder.offsetZ[/noparse] for controlling the render order adjustment when a Monkey grabs another entity
• Added field [noparse]cameraMode[/noparse] to level table for overriding which camera mode is used in a level
• Added fields [noparse]cameraLockToHomeArea.offsetW[/noparse] and [noparse].offsetH[/noparse] for adjusting the view range in some boss fights
• Added module [noparse]PersonalStats[/noparse] for tracking character progress
• Added module [noparse]SequenceUtilities[/noparse] for generating lazy-initialized lists of tile coordinate pairs
• Added function [noparse]fileIO.isSubstituted()[/noparse] for checking if a resource pack replaces a specific file
• Added function [noparse]settingsPresets.loadFromTable()[/noparse] for loading settings presets in-memory
• Added function [noparse]menu.suppressKeyControlForTick()[/noparse] for preventing misinputs from in-game-triggered menus
• Added function [noparse]commonEnemy.ignoreLiquids()[/noparse] for making enemies immune to liquids in entity schema events
• Added function [noparse]targeting.updateTargetability()[/noparse] for recomputing the targetability flags of entities
• Added event parameter [noparse]ev.weapon[/noparse] to [noparse]event.objectDealDamage[/noparse]/[noparse]TakeDamage[/noparse]/[noparse]Death[/noparse]
• Added event parameter [noparse]ev.attacker[/noparse] to [noparse]event.objectDeath[/noparse], storing the original attacker for forwarded kill credit
• Added event parameter [noparse]ev.context[/noparse] to [noparse]event.pingCheckTile[/noparse] and [noparse]event.pingCheckEntity[/noparse]
• Added parameter [noparse]closeDelay[/noparse] to confirmation menu
• Added support for attribute [noparse]ignoreLiquids[/noparse] in legacy XML mods
• Changed stack traces to include a larger number of stack frames

Bugfixes

Gameplay bugfixes

• Fixed Throwing Charm not causing Blood Weapons to inflict infinite damage during the returning attack
• Fixed Throwing Charm not auto-returning thrown weapons to their holders upon exiting the level
• Fixed Throwing Charm not auto-returning thrown weapons when the holder dies
• Fixed Throwing Charm not auto-returning thrown weapons when the charm is stolen by a Thief
• Fixed Throwing Charm allowing weapons to be thrown from inside walls
• Fixed Throwing Charm allowing weapons to pass through Dorian in Cadence's final boss fight
• Fixed some maps being impassable for Coda without spending a bomb or using items
• Fixed Training Sarcophagus losing its spawn cooldown when cloned by Scroll of Duplication
• Fixed Training Sarcophagus being targeted by charmed monsters
• Fixed friendly Electric Orbs being targeted by enemies
• Fixed shields not consistently blocking Electric Orbs
• Fixed Electric Zombies not inflicting electric damage while standing on a wire
• Fixed Coral Riff's Tentacles sometimes attacking while submerged
• Fixed Charm Spell not unlocking exit stairs, trapdoor ambushes or arena fights
• Fixed Red Dragon sometimes breathing fire immediately after unfreezing
• Fixed secret shop entrance walls sometimes spawning in unreachable locations
• Fixed barrels getting stuck in place when rolling through a Rat Familiar
• Fixed Aria's final boss not taking damage when attacked via the Golden Lute
• Fixed Aria's final boss immediately counter-attacking when taking damage from Ring of Pain
• Fixed Shrine of War not applying to all enemies on Aria and Tempo
• Fixed minibosses being downgraded by Ring of Peace in Training Mode
• Fixed Blood weapons sometimes taking an extra beat to become active after being picked up when at low health
• Fixed invincibility frames not preventing the Leprechaun from stealing gold
• Fixed Armadillos not rolling when the player jumps past them via a bounce trap
• Fixed Rat Familiar, Ice Spirit Familiar and Dove Familiar not becoming inactive while inside a wall
• Fixed Dove being able to encounter Shock Monkeys
• Fixed Skeletons spawned by Skulls not dropping gold is the Skull was previously tickled by Dove
• Fixed confused enemies becoming passive when their confusion wears off while the player is wearing a Ring of Shadows
• Fixed confused Bats sometimes standing still
• Fixed Chaunter being ejected from Gorgons when turning into a statue
• Fixed Shrine of Binding creating three-way or four-way links if local co-op players are involved
• Fixed charmed Shopkeepers running away from enemies
• Fixed charmed Nightmares casting a shadow
• Fixed Shrine of War not applying to arena secret rooms
• Fixed Heart Transplant and Shrine of Rhythm appearing in No Beat mode
• Fixed Zone 4 floors sometimes lacking a treasure wall
• Fixed Tempo's clock not resetting when activating Shrine of Fire
• Fixed Chaunter half-dying when killed by retaliation damage
• Fixed Monkeys being able to grab Chaunter immediately after unpossessing

Modding bugfixes

• Fixed error when a modded entity has [noparse]wiredAnimation[/noparse] component without also having [noparse]wired[/noparse]
• Fixed errors when opening the "Change Skin" menu if a mod adds a character without a head sprite
• Fixed [noparse]object.clone()[/noparse] not resetting the state of equipped items cloned without their holder
• Fixed uncommon errors when using [noparse]objectEvent.fire()[/noparse] with prototype entities
• Fixed rollback deferral settings being marked as cheats
• Fixed Rat Familiars being able to deal damage to their owner after switching teams
• Fixed "Song ended!" trapdoor appearing in lobby if the song is removed
• Fixed [noparse]deleteOnBossFightStart[/noparse]/[noparse]deleteOnBossFightEnd[/noparse] despawning persistent entities
• Fixed [noparse]targeting.getAlignedHostileEntity()[/noparse] sometimes returning a friendly entity
• Fixed duplicate images being uploaded when publishing mod updates
• Fixed mod publishing indicator not displaying upload progress percentage
• Fixed color-specific item pool components being aliased to [noparse]itemPoolChest[/noparse]
• Fixed custom tiles turning into the void after the mod adding the tile is unloaded
• Fixed custom characters inheriting their template character's unlock condition
• Fixed custom characters not inheriting Synchrony balance changes

Level editor bugfixes

• Fixed Chaunter and Klarinetta being unable to pick up their own starting weapons in 'No items' custom levels
• Fixed Pawnbroker not offering his wares when placed outside of the secret shop in a custom level
• Fixed level editor being able to delete local co-op link entity
• Fixed dungeon upload menu not handling screenshot preview mouse input correctly
• Fixed Dove's health exceeding her heart containers if the "No Items" setting is enabled in a custom dungeon

Input bugfixes

• Fixed Pause and Run Summary menus sometimes opening without a selection cursor
• Fixed Ping Tool being activated when clicking during a cutscene

Multiplayer bugfixes

• Fixed desync when multiple players reveal a co-op enemy simultaneously
• Fixed Cadence's penultimate boss causing significant rollback in multiplayer during phase 2
• Fixed Cadence's penultimate boss ceasing to move after being knocked back repeatedly in multiplayer
• Fixed some co-op enemies being assigned unfair combinations of health and movement speed in Randomizer Mode
• Fixed own shrine activation sounds being attenuated in multiplayer
• Fixed possible desync when a backpack is equipped/unequipped during a level transition
• Fixed multiple Throwing Charms not working correctly when thrown simultaneously in multiplayer
• Fixed player kills not increasing the coin multiplier or reducing spell cooldowns
• Fixed Chaunter being able to take weapons from the Blood Shop in co-op low%
• Fixed visual stutters when two players open a chest simultaneously

Engine bugfixes

• Fixed performance issues when generating large numbers of items at once
• Fixed item generation rarely leading to different results across processor architectures
• Fixed non-existent Daily Challenge leaderboards appearing in the lobby

Visual bugfixes

• Fixed long subtitles being cut off in some languages
• Fixed alternate player skins being displayed at incorrect offsets when applied to characters with larger sprites
• Fixed incorrect texture offsets when applying skins designed for Mary to Klarinetta
• Fixed dig particle colors not matching their corresponding tiles
• Fixed Clones appearing unobscured in Mystery Mode
• Fixed ability icons sometimes not appearing in the HUD
• Fixed Tar Monster creating tar particles while submerged
• Fixed Tar Monster sometimes appearing above the entity being grabbed
• Fixed pixel scaling artifacts on Aria's final boss
• Fixed overlapping elements in the mod menu when using a high view multiplier
• Fixed menus with extremely long captions extending past the screen borders

[ 2023-05-08 18:19:56 CET ] [ Original post ]