0.2.4 | Patch Notes + FIRST LOOK AT NEW BOSS

Sker Islanders, we have an upcoming patch filled to the brim with updates and optimisations that you can expect early next week! Not only that, we have stolen a first look at the brand new boss from Episode Three from our dev team!

Sker Ritual
Patch v.0.2.4 - COMING SOON

Newly Added
- Graphics
- Added Dynamic Resolution Support with the following Upscale Options:
- AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 1.0 (FSR)
- AMD FidelityFX Contrast Adaptive Sharpen (CAS)
- NVIDIA Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS)
- Temporal Anti-Aliasing (TAA)
- Catmull-Rom

- Added Experimental HDR Support targetting 1000/2000/3000 Nits Displays (Note: Temporarily, Enabling HDR will disable Dynamic Resolution, Film Grain, Blur, FXAA, Full Screen Window Mode)
- Added toggles for the following graphic options: Shadows, Texture Streaming, Texture Streaming Reduction Level, Bloom, Subsurface Scattering, Micro Shadows, Contact Shadows, Volumetric Fog, Distortion, Vignetting, Blur
- Added quality options for the following graphic options: Ambient Occlusion, Motion Blur, Chromatic Aberration
- Added Experimental Support for DirectX 12 & Vulkan (It can be tested by adding the following launch options -force-d3d12 or -force-vulkan)

New Changes
- Howler
- Changed the position of the weapon when aiming down the sights

- UI
- Renamed Gameplay Options to Interface Options
- Added the following diagnostic options: CPU Time, GPU Time
- Redesigned the option menu buttons to be able to fit more options on the screen at once
- Fixed an issue causing the Diagnostics to Overlap


Bug and Performance Fixes
- Fixed a bug causing item pick ups not to disappear when playing solo & when you're not the host online
- Texture Streaming Budget default is now based on the how much VRAM the GPU it's running on has
- Various Performance improvements

INTRODUCING THE STRANGER

As promised, here is also your first look at The Stranger, a mysterious and menacing force who has a few furry friends with him too... What challenges will you face in the dark and dangerous Sewers of the Dead? Find out in Sker Ritual's Episode Three, coming next month!



Please do also see our list of known issues here.

Once again, we'd like to invite everyone over to our Discord channel to chat with the devs and the community, and also please do leave the game a review over on the Steam page which supports our Early Access Beta journey!

Wales Interactive Team

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1492070/Sker_Ritual/

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