V Rising Update Surprises Players With Big New Feature

A brand new V Rising replace is reside on Steam alongside patch notes that element the whole lot Stunlock Studios has executed to the early entry recreation with the patch. As you’d count on, the replace has quite a lot of enhancements and adjustments, however it additionally has a brand new characteristic. More particularly, the replace comes with a LAN mode, which allows gamers to play the sport offline solo or with associates. 

When the replace goes reside at 11:00 UTC / 13:00 CEST, Stunlock Studios warns that servers may go down for as much as half-hour. As for the replace’s file dimension, no data is offered, which suggests if there is a obtain we will not provide any perception into how lengthy it could take to obtain. 

Below, you may try the complete patch notes for the replace for your self, courtesy of the sport’s Steam web page:

PATCH NOTES 0.5.41448

We have now enabled LAN Mode, permitting gamers to play V Rising with out an web connection. Players can activate this mode throughout the host recreation display and when beginning up the server. LAN Mode may be performed solo or with associates on the identical native community. Please needless to say we’ll work on bettering the LAN Mode as we proceed to develop V Rising throughout Early Access.

We additionally added the characteristic to ship server-wide messages. On GPortal servers, a message will present up within the chat when a server restarts as a part of its upkeep routine, warning gamers to get to security earlier than the server shuts down. The anticipated downtime for server restarts can last as long as a minute. Other server hosts can use this new characteristic to ship vital messages to gamers on a selected server.

This patch additionally consists of a number of fixes to the “Authentication Error” that hindered gamers from getting again onto particular servers.

Salvaging cloaks now not returns the full crafting price, gamers can now not make a fabric revenue by crafting and salvaging sure cloaks together with the tailoring flooring bonus.

Previously, if a participant positioned a soul shard in a container, it might despawn after just a few hours and reset, resulting in confusion. Players could now not place soul shards in containers. Instead, the sport clarifies that gamers must construct the soul shards inside their fortress to maintain them. Also, gamers can now not disguise soul shards in lockboxes earlier than being raided.

This patch additionally fixes the next points:

• Players can now not ship the identical servant on a number of hunts by putting a number of thrones.
• Castle flooring will now not disconnect from the Castle Heart when two gamers dismantle connecting flooring concurrently.
• Players will now not get a number of gear buffs by equipping two weapons concurrently below sure circumstances.
• Some characters in Simplified Chinese, Korean, and Japanese used to show incorrectly at instances. We up to date the font used within the recreation to stop this from taking place.

Steam Cloud can now retailer V Rising Server History. The computerized save is enabled by default. To disable it, please go to the Steam Properties for V Rising. This will resolve a problem with “lacking character” that would happen when becoming a member of a server from a special PC.

Server icons have been added subsequent to the identify on official servers to make it simpler to establish them.

Admin Commands
To enhance administration of privately hosted servers, we’ve got added new admin console instructions:

changehealthofclosesttomouse
This command modifies the well being of the goal unit/object closest to the admin’s cursor, permitting admins to deal harm or heal targets.

changedurability
This command modifies the sturdiness of outfitted objects. Note that it can’t be used to restore damaged objects that aren’t outfitted.

addtime
This command provides as much as 12 in-game hours to leap in time, affecting the present in-game hour and the respawn timers of models and objects. Use this command in fast succession so as to add extra time. Please observe {that a} server can by no means return in time.

LAN/Offline mode

To play V Rising with out an web connection it is advisable comply with these steps:

Before you disconnect from the web it is advisable

• Start Steam
• Go Offline on Steam (Steam -> Go Offline…)
• After this, you may disconnect from the web

Start V Rising

• If you might be internet hosting a neighborhood server it is advisable begin the server in LAN Mode by utilizing the checkbox within the UI or beginning the devoted server with the “-lan” parameter
• If you might be connecting to a LAN server it is advisable test the “LAN Server” test field within the Direct Connect to Server window or by utilizing the “ConnectLan” console command

V Rising is out there by way of the PC and proper now solely the PC. There’s no phrase of Steam’s hit new recreation coming to different platforms, however its recognition suggests it is inevitable this can change.