The Sinking City 2 - Major Update 1.1.0 Now Live!

Major Update 1.1.0 is live! HDR (with HDR10+ support!), FSR, bug fixes, two new outfits for Calvin, and more. Full list below ːsteamhappyː

The Steam Demo is also back and available, with your saves carrying over to the full game!

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Patch Notes:

- Added HDR output on PC.

- HDR 10+ Support.

- Added an in-game HDR brightness calibration screen with a peak brightness range up to 500 nits on all displays.

- Added multi monitor HDR support on PC.

- HDR follows your system HDR setting and will not be forced on if HDR is disabled there.

- Added AMD FSR 4.1.1 to the Video settings.

- Added a Legacy mode for NVIDIA DLSS. 

- Fixed a visual glitch when switching DLSS off during gameplay at 4K and 1440p. 

- Inventory slot upgrades and weapon upgrades now carry over into Ex Oblivione. 

- If you find an inventory or weapon upgrade you already own, you now receive Dream Essence instead. 

- Added Pure New Game, which starts a completely fresh playthrough after you have finished the game. 

- Fixed weapon upgrades for the Holloway Manor revolver being granted a second time when starting Ex Oblivione. 

- Fixed the Dream Essence icon covering a locked supply crate icon on the map in Ex Oblivione. 

- Added two new outfits for Calvin: The Warlock and The King in Yellow. 

- Added wardrobe preview images for both new outfits. 

- Updated the Warlock outfit textures. 

- Encounters have been retuned in "The Wake-Up Call", "A Sight for Sore Eyes", "Time and Tide" and "Cold Comfort". 

- Enemy counts and wave composition are reduced in the encounters you told us were overwhelming. 

- Explosive props read more clearly and cover more ground. 

- Increased Grenade Launcher damage. 

- Increased the damage of explosive gas cans. 

- Explosive lamps are now red so they read clearly as explosives. 

- Reduced the delay before a Slither weak point becomes vulnerable. 

- Reduced how often companion commentary triggers during boss fights. 

- Fixed an Acheronian Juggernaut standing idle when Calvin blocked its path while its attacks were on cooldown. 

- Fixed an Acheronian Juggernaut being killed by a single Grenade Launcher shot. 

- Fixed an Acheronian Juggernaut temporarily stopping after being hit by an explosive barrel. 

- Fixed an Acheronian Juggernaut not always breaking breakable objects as it passes. 

- Fixed an Acheronian Juggernaut being unable to land attacks on Calvin standing on the ledge by the fence ("A Sight for Sore Eyes"). 

- Fixed all arena enemies freezing after an Acheronian Juggernaut was damaged by an explosive barrel during its acid attack ("A Sight for Sore Eyes"). 

- Fixed a Shadow not banishing after taking 125 damage from The Minuteman with Doyle's Cold Blood ("A Sight for Sore Eyes"). 

- Fixed a Shadow becoming idle after being banished once you moved away from it ("A Sight for Sore Eyes"). 

- Fixed a Shadow becoming stuck in the terrain at a specific location ("A Sight for Sore Eyes"). 

- Fixed a Shadow teleporting near the Observation Ward and becoming stuck in the floor ("A Sight for Sore Eyes"). 

- Fixed a Shadow unable to pass a doorway while in combat ("A Sight for Sore Eyes"). 

- Fixed a Shadow not attacking if Calvin stood in a specific spot as it spawned ("Holloway Manor"). 

- Fixed the Grenade Launcher not destroying Shadow spikes. 

- Fixed Shadow spikes failing to spawn in the church. 

- Fixed the Grenade Launcher dealing no damage to a Deep One when fired point blank during its attacks ("Time and Tide"). 

- Fixed Deep One approach behavior breaking after it crossed a navigation link. 

- Fixed a Deep One becoming stuck in the cold storage ("Time and Tide"). 

- Fixed a Lethian Revenant becoming stuck mid dodge against collision ("Holloway Manor"). 

- Fixed a Stygian Harvester becoming idle and unresponsive ("Holloway Manor"). 

- Fixed a Stygian Harvester snapping back to a bear trap when leaping over it. 

- Fixed a Slither becoming stuck mid charge while approaching Calvin near the safe ("A New Day"). 

- Fixed a Slither appearing in mid air in the locker room ("Time and Tide"). 

- Fixed a Slither being misplaced from its coffin during the spawn animation ("A Sight for Sore Eyes"). 

- Fixed a Slither sliding after stepping onto the first stair while attacking ("A Sight for Sore Eyes"). 

- Fixed a Slither falling through the floor if you moved away and came back. 

- Fixed a Slither being blocked by a navigation link while using attack animations. 

- Fixed Slither killed in doorways not disappearing and clipping through the doors ("A Sight for Sore Eyes"). 

- Fixed a dead Slither keeping collision against Calvin after you opened an interaction screen. 

- Fixed default melee attacks sometimes dealing no damage to a Slither. 

- Fixed Slither Colonies couldn’t be stomped while the Grenade Launcher was equipped.

- Fixed single doors staying open if Slither Colonies were killed inside the door frame.

- Fixed water blocking radial damage from the Grenade Launcher. 

- Fixed critical damage applying when shooting a Slither weak point with the Grenade Launcher ("Cold Comfort"). 

- Fixed being able to fire the Grenade Launcher while it was still being drawn. 

- Fixed being unable to switch weapons after taking specific damage. 

- Fixed enemies being able to throw physical objects and breakables through walls. 

- Fixed enemies pushing Calvin out of the arena bounds with a melee attack while dodging ("Time and Tide"). 

- Fixed enemies not spawning in the swamp arena ("A Sight for Sore Eyes"). 

- Fixed enemies appearing from thin air when backtracking to the fire department ("The Wake-Up Call"). 

- Fixed a boss not falling fully when shot in the legs on sloped ground ("The Wake-Up Call").

- Fixed a boss starting phase one with no health ("Cold Comfort"). 

- Fixed a boss occasionally not summoning a Slither during the healing phase ("Cold Comfort"). 

- Fixed a missing navigation mesh that stopped a Slither from reaching Calvin ("Holloway Manor"). 

- Fixed companion dialogue triggering out of place at the start of a boss fight ("Time and Tide"). 

- Fixed arena supply drops reverting to default before the arena ended ("Time and Tide"). 

- Improved frame rate in several locations throughout "Cold Comfort". 

- Fixed a hard hitch after completing the first arena wave ("A Sight for Sore Eyes"). 

- Fixed frame rate drops and hitching when traveling between the printing house and the church in both directions ("The Wake-Up Call"). 

- Fixed frame rate drops when entering the tunnels ("Holloway Manor"). 

- Fixed performance drops when opening the Examine screen. 

- Fixed low frame rate once VRAM was fully used with auto detected settings. 

- Fixed hitching after picking up new items with Frame Generation enabled. 

- Fixed enemy lighting and shadow quality no longer moving with distance ("The Wake-Up Call"). 

- Fixed a crash when changing graphics presets. 

- Fixed a crash when starting a session with DLSS Frame Generation presets. 

- Fixed a crash during the first Slither scene ("A New Day"). 

- Fixed a crash during "A Sight for Sore Eyes". 

- Fixed a crash before the second arena fight ("Cold Comfort"). 

- Fixed a crash after idling in the pause menu and then resuming ("Cold Comfort"). 

- Fixed the game process staying open for around ten minutes after quitting on Steam. 

- Fixed being able to clip through the whale carcass after loading the crane ("The Wake-Up Call"). 

- Fixed the Prism station completing with a duplicated prism, which could block progression ("A Sight for Sore Eyes").

- Fixed a prism duplicating if rotated at the last moment before validation ("A Sight for Sore Eyes"). 

- Fixed a station value changing while a prism was charging if the rotate button was held ("A Sight for Sore Eyes"). 

- Fixed a correct value being read as incorrect on the largest glyph circle ("A Sight for Sore Eyes"). 

- Fixed the last light bulb staying off after entering a value ("A Sight for Sore Eyes"). 

- Fixed being able to change your answer during validation on the Brain Radio puzzle ("A Sight for Sore Eyes"). 

- Fixed being able to change your answer during validation on the obelisk puzzle ("The Wake-Up Call"). 

- Fixed being able to change your answer during validation on the fuse box puzzle ("A New Day"). 

- Fixed an upgrade in the printing room being available before the puzzle was solved ("The Wake-Up Call"). 

- Fixed being able to leave the radio room before the doors locked ("The Wake-Up Call"). 

- Fixed bullet holes appearing on an installed coin ("The Wake-Up Call"). 

- Fixed Calvin being launched upward when dodging toward the edge of a ramp after using a ladder ("The Wake-Up Call"). 

- Fixed being unable to collect an evidence item at the fresco after the sinkhole if you had not already collected it ("Time and Tide"). 

- Fixed a document reappearing after saving and loading once it had been taken from the picture ("Holloway Manor"). 

- Clarified the wording of two puzzle hints so the intended solution reads more clearly. 

- Made the supply crate essence easier to collect in the General Ward ("A Sight for Sore Eyes"). 

- Made the supply crate ammunition easier to collect in the General Ward ("A Sight for Sore Eyes"). 

- Made the Grenade Launcher upgrade easier to collect ("Time and Tide"). 

- Made the backpack easier to collect, the prompt no longer requires a specific angle ("Cold Comfort"). 

- Added a map marker for the passage that opens after raising the crane ("The Wake-Up Call"). 

- Fixed an incorrect icon on the museum door ("Holloway Manor"). 

- Added a unique map icon for the Holloway Manor museum door ("Holloway Manor"). 

- Fixed the stairs area being marked complete on the map before the lore note was collected ("Holloway Manor"). 

- Fixed lighting and shadows switching in the General Ward ("A Sight for Sore Eyes"). 

- Fixed placeholder textures visible at the start of the Fish Market. 

- Fixed missing textures in the ship boss arena ("Time and Tide"). 

- Fixed exaggerated effects above the arena on the Low preset ("Time and Tide"). 

- Fixed wall level of detail on the construction site while crossing the bridge ("Time and Tide"). 

- Fixed level of detail popping on building windows near the Fish Market ("Time and Tide"). 

- Fixed light leaking at a specific location ("Time and Tide"). 

- Fixed the ship entrance cutscene freezing and flashing white ("Time and Tide"). 

- Fixed a tunnel lamp switching on and off with distance ("Holloway Manor"). 

- Fixed hair disappearing on a character with distance ("Holloway Manor"). 

- Fixed excessive light emitted by proximity mine traps on the Low preset ("Holloway Manor"). 

- Fixed candle lights remaining lit after saving and loading ("Holloway Manor"). 

- Fixed low hair detail in the final pier cutscene on the Low preset ("Cold Comfort"). 

- Fixed a snow pile disappearing in a single frame ("Cold Comfort"). 

- Fixed default engine materials on Slither Colonies in a cutscene ("The Wake-Up Call"). 

- Fixed poor window textures near the hotel gates on all presets ("The Wake-Up Call"). 

- Fixed excessive geometry appearing during a boss scene ("A New Day"). 

- Fixed white water near the first water gate on the Low preset ("A New Day"). 

- Fixed overexposed lighting near the prism station on the Low preset ("A Sight for Sore Eyes"). 

- Fixed terrain and grass flickering at the start of the dungeon with DLSS enabled ("A Sight for Sore Eyes").

- Fixed poor surface foliage at the start and end of the dungeon on all presets ("A Sight for Sore Eyes"). 

- Fixed a dead Slither disappearing at certain camera angles. 

- Fixed a dead Deep One disappearing at certain camera angles ("Time and Tide"). 

- Fixed enemies killed by movable shelves despawning in a single frame without effects ("The Wake-Up Call"). 

- Fixed Calvin's model blinking after some interaction and puzzle screens. 

- Fixed a lighting effect remaining on surfaces after toggling the flashlight. 

- Fixed mirrors and windows turning gray when lit by the flashlight. 

- Fixed the rain screen effect scaling incorrectly with render resolution. 

- Fixed tree geometry breaking after changing Global Illumination from High or Ultra to Low. 

- Fixed tree geometry breaking after changing graphics presets on a cleared shader cache,

- Fixed a wall material issue in the church crypt appearing and disappearing at distance ("The Wake-Up Call"). 

- Added new jacket wrinkle detail for Calvin. 

- Fixed music stopping during a boss fight ("Time and Tide"). 

- Fixed sliders in the settings menu not changing or not saving their value. 

- Fixed High DPI scaling affecting in-game resolution. 

- Completed a full review pass on the Polish localization. 

- Fixed typos and translation errors in Polish and Ukrainian. 

- Fixed text overflowing the map boundaries in Turkish, and untranslated text in one location. 

- Proofread the maps of "A New Day" and "The Wake-Up Call". 

- Added missing Kickstarter backers and playtesters to the credits.