- State of the game - 30 June 2024
This is not an update with new features, nor a software release. In fact the game isn't changing at all, however it's now moving into being marked as released. Many have asked why there are no updates, and asked for more communication. And rightly so, as the game has been in early access for quite some time, and hasn't received an update for a lot of that time. So this is an official communication about the state of the game. Master Bladesmith was always an experimental game. This is especially true for the game's mechanics. This is fitting since it's a virtual reality game, and this is a new frontier for gaming, where developers have tried many different game mechanics and designs. The development of Master Bladesmith can only be described and a mish-mash of experimental mechanics. The ones that worked stayed, and the ones that didn't were thrown away (also some stayed that were not su…
- Mining and Washplant update - 1 March 2022
Major New Features: Washplant: There are new major changes that will require much more management of the mining. However this allows the players to better control which ore is being mined. Also, if you are in need of a specific ore quickly you can now spend more fuel to get what you need quicker. This should lower any advantage in leaving the game running to mine as the mining needs more direction than before. Panels: The 5 levels of panels have been completely redone: Ore selection slider: This now includes an ore selection slider which allows you to manually select the ore type you wish to mine. This replaces the previous mechanic of unlocking various ores by Time chamber (TC) level. For example, previously you needed to get to TC level 100 to get more nickel, now you need to buy the level 3 panel to allow nickel mining. Overdrive button: You can now choose to mine ore much more quick…
- Update 15: Locomotion, Wall collision, Bug Fixes - 24 June 2021
General Locomotion fixes: You can no longer walk through walls - Walls are now a collide-able object both via locomotion but also via walking with real-life head / body - These changes make falling out of the world impossible or very hard to do - if you still manage to fall out of the world, the game will reset you back up - book menu changes to make locomotion options more functional, but also more legible. - When scrolling through the backpack, rotation will now be disabled First Person Locomotion Changes: - You will now rotate in one place, and can no longer rotate to traverse inside other objects via rotation - Axis of rotation will always work correctly no matter where you stand in your VR area, or which way you're turning (even outside your VR area), this has greater reduced motion sickness for smooth rotation - Default rotation speed has been approximately doubled - and greater o…
- Bug Fixes 2 - 1 May 2021
This is a smaller update but includes a lot of essential fixes to help the game become more stable: -Fletching skill requirements reduced for the final 2 arrow types -Fixed chalkboard texture to match the above change -The chance of getting smithing skillup from hammering a blade has been reduced by approx. 17% -No room in inventory message will now show exactly which inventory type it's talking about -Target armor textures corrected for levels 960+ -There is now a level 1000. Achievement has also been fixed. -New desktop icon for the game. -The game can no longer autosave before the crank attaches to the door, leaving you in a stuck state -Autosave on weapon create was removed, as it was a minor feature that was causing a bunch of problems -You can no longer hit targets with fuel gems -Parts on the mining machine will no longer slowly drift out of place -Arrows level 900 - 1000 have im…
- Update 14: Mystery of the Museum finally revealed! - 23 April 2021
The Museum next to the starting area has been expanded to include multiple table displays. These tables are pedestals to display special relics that are collected in the time chamber. The Hanging Displays in the Museum are now functional and will display a duplicate of any pristine sword you are able to create! These hanging displays will show the pristine swords of the best quality material you have ever created, so if you create one with a higher material it will replace it. Upon reaching various tiers in the time chamber, the coverings on the table displays will be removed. The collected relics can be pieced together on the tables. The bottom side of the relics are identified by numerals that match up to the tables. Finishing each tablet will award powerful and unique items for each tablet collection completed (coming in update 15). All 10 tablets will be required in order to unlock…
- Update 13: Battle System, Item System Changes - 3 March 2021
Battle system rewrite that fixes the following issues: - Various causes of assert error signs appearing in the time chamber fixed - Massive slowdown after leaving time chamber fix. - The bow can now be thrown and retrieved inside the time chamber. - Various sources of phantom damage corrected. - The battle will tell you at the beginning if you are missing your weapon or bow, instead of halfway through battle. - The time chamber door will open even if you don't have a sword now, however you can't start battle without it. - The sword can no longer swipe through objects if swung late. - Damage will not count against you if targets are hit a little late. - A partially ajar time chamber door will now auto-close. - Time chamber door audio fixes. - Targets can no longer appear inside other targets in rare cases. - You can no longer bring foreign objects into the time chamber. ( crucible, unequ…
- Update 12: Options and Bug Fixes - 22 December 2020
A new options book is now available in the main area in the game! Locomotion Options The previously available locomotion options have been moved to the book. Graphics Options These options include: Resolution Scale View Distance Quality Anti Aliasing Quality Shadow Quality Post Processing Quality Texture Quality Shading Quality. The game will auto detect your hardware and set the proper defaults for your system. You can switch back to these defaults at any time. These options will all save. Audio Options These options include: Master Volume Music Volume Sound Effects Volume Ambience Volume Voice Volume These options will all save. Character Options These options include: Quiver On left Hip Belt Height Auto Saving on time chamber exit Toggle New ability to auto save on weapon create Jump toggle These options will all save. More options coming soon... Fixes: Copper coins will now save and…
- Master Bladesmith Discord Server - 17 November 2020
Small Announcement: I realize we should probably have had this from the start, and this is a long time coming. We now have a discord channel. All community members or those interested in learning more about the game are invited to join us: https://discord.gg/pAd63NAYk2
- Bug Fixes 1 - 29 October 2020
The game has reached a point where it really needed to have a concentrated effort on reducing some of the Issues and bugs. Therefore this is a smaller update which addresses some of the long standing bugs. It's important to keep the game as playable as possible to the highest reasonable quality while in early access. The biggest change that players may notice are some visual fixes to the lathe and cooling pond. Major updates for the game are continuing to be developed simultaneously to bug updates including the new Mining and Boss systems! Full List of bugs/Issue fixes: Crafting: -Steam particles will now draw in the more realistic place ( over the hottest item in the cooling pond ) -The cooling pond will now continue to cool objects when you walk away without sacrificing optimization. -You can no longer piece together a blade if your ~crafting~ skill is
- Update 11: Coins, Shopping Crate, Bug fixes - 27 September 2020
Shopping Crate: Many players asked for this, so it's been made a reality. Once you unlock it by purchasing the voucher, you can now use a shopping crate to hold multiple items at once. You can throw as many items as you like into the crate and bring it to the scale with you to purchase multiple items at once! Coins: Coins and coin stacking have been completely reprogrammed from the bottom up to optimize stacking and eliminate frame dropping for large stacks of coins ( a must for end game ). Removing a coin from the stack will drop coins and line them up unevenly as they fall using custom physics. Coins are now more fluidly animated on battle rewards: Scale: The shopping scale code has been refactored. The rewrite improves item and coin parsing and optimization. The scale now supports better physics and the new coin stacking algorithm. Tongs and Scoop: Physics have been improved and inst…
- Update 10: Blade Stats and UI expansion - 29 July 2020
This is a huge quality of life upgrade which will detail much more of the important stats and durability of all the blades in multiple places, while also removing extraneous information and allowing the player to better understand which are the best blades to craft next. SWORDS The durabilty for the swords is now shown in multiple places. Smithing books show various listings for all the different ore types to let the player know the exact results of each creation: You can now see and compare blades on the stands when you place them there. It will give you a listing of the most important stats: On the wall you will see your combined blade power - showing you exactly how powerful your blades will be in the battle chamber: REWARDS The rewards listing gave WAY too much extra information that was largely usless and confusing to players. This has been upgraded to a much nicer looking, cleaner…
- Pristine Crafting Update - 5 June 2020
Along with smithing the final 3 skills have been implemented: Crafting: - Skillups implemented - Influences weapon creation - Influences lathing success Fletching: - Skillups implemented - Influences bow creation - Influences arrow creation amount Forging: - Skillups implemented - Influences ingot creation - Influences weapon cooling success Pristine weapons: Are now craftable - these will provide a noticeable increase in durability and function. Failures: Now come in all shapes and sizes, make sure to keep your skills up to avoid these unfortunate outcomes. - Master Bladesmith can only spawn once on level up - You can no longer pour metal into a full mold overtop of another ingot - Backup ergonomic fixes - x(Number) fixes on backpack and items - Sound fixes on backpack - Notched arrows can no longer disarm targets - Can no longer build arrows with unbought arrow tips and feathers - Swi…
- Optimization Update - 1 May 2020
The game has been optimized heavily over the last week and will now run much smoother on lower end hardware. Shader complexity Shaders and materials have been tweaked to optimize render times and reduce polygon overdraw: before / after Texture Streaming 100's of textures have been edited to reduce texture streaming data. Here is one obvious example for heavy image data reduction: (12 x 2k textures became 1x 1k texture and compressed to greyscale): Engine Scalibility The game will now auto-detect your CPU and GPU and run and cache a benchmark. The engine will then scale video setting to best guess levels. If you would like to customize these settings they can be found at: C:\\Users\\YOUR_NAME\\AppData\\Local\\MasterBladesmith\\Saved\\Config\\WindowsNoEditor\\GameUserSettings.ini With settings 0 - 4: 0 representing Low, and 4 representing Cinematic ** note: in the near future these video…
- Height Adjustment and Battle Realism Update - 24 April 2020
Battle Platform: - New adjustable battle platform to accomodate the vast majority of player heights (4'8 - 6'4"+) - Platform should allow most teenagers as young as 13 to play the game aswell - Platform should allow seated play more easily, although this still isn't officially supported Battle Realism: - Major update to the sword trace that should eliminate any swing-through misses, independent of framerate or how fast you swing - physics will act much more naturally in battle, and elements should no longer get stuck in space or explode away un-realistically - should never be able to swing through arrows and miss - should be able to cut all elements on a single swing (for example all arrows stuck to your shield) Changes to stats: - Stats have a max cap of 100, this should allow players to eventually max out all stats at max level - Dexterity now influences how fast your arrows will fly…
- Achievements and Music Update - 8 April 2020
The game now has a full achievement set for players to unlock! Battle music theme has been extended ! Alot of the following have been hotfixed over the last week, but some have been added in todays update: - Adjusted the Oculus controllers 10° forward to allow a more natural swing - Adjusted the Vive controllers 15° forward to allow a more natural swing - Adjusted the Windows Mixed controllers 15° forward to allow a more natural swing - Bug where players can get stuck in level transition is likely fixed, if its still happening it will now throw an assert for future diagnosis - Ore produced by the mine will only stack with closeby stacks now - Ladle ore drip revamp, drips are more natural looking and wont fall through the table - Battle optimizations for better frame rate in higher tier levels - Back wall of level 180 fix - Back wall of level 290 fix - Ore will no longer invert their mes…
- Major Update #1 Battle, Crafting and Tutorial. - 30 March 2020
TUTORIAL AND BEGININGS OF THE STORY - More background about who and where you are - Introducing the Master Bladesmith to guide you on your way - In-game explanation of gameplay to aide new players - New area to introduce players to the game BATTLE CHANGES - Every level is different! - More challenge! Welcome to the ultimate test of your wits and reaction time. - Balanced accumulation of wealth keeps the game challenging and fun. - Checkpoints are now every 5 levels - gear mechanism has an added component to allow this. CRAFTING CHANGES - Crafting skillups - Necessary to build swords - You can fail on blade crafting Other feature additions - All dummies can be broken by arrows - New artwork for arrow feathers - Sounds for pouring molten metal - Higher cooling pond for player comfort - Price changes on fuel gems - High res game icon for steam and windows {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36307142/2d6143…
- Crafting and Bugfix Update - 17 March 2020
This is our last minor update before our first major update which we anticipate to release on March 30, 2020. - Battle stats get properly reset when restarting - Swords can no longer get deleted in battle - Falchion hilt will be constructed correctly now - All references to Inconel have been renamed Invar - Elemental symbols on ores - Elemental symbols on chalkbaord - Elemental symbols in books - Elemental symbols on ingots - Forge collision cleanup and usability - Removed very high pitch sound from fuel gem extractor - Armor colliding with own dummy fixed - Fixed crash when not using index controllers and running game through steam - New quiver mesh - Fixed bow visibility errors - New arrow grab from quiver, will now automatically place arrow into hand when grabbing - Ore no longer goes inside out sometimes when grabed out of bag - Chests now contain more interesting rewards - Shield a…
- Controls Update - 4 March 2020
Additions Windows Mixed reality - Now officially supported: tested, verified and adjusted using a Samsung Odyssey+ Valve Index Knuckles: - Skeletal Animated hands now supported! - Removed jitter on partial trigger press - Controller remapping: rotation fixes, jump fixes, out of body fixes, tongs / scoop fixes - Hand positions adjusted to better match real life hands HTC Vive wands: - Controller remapping: rotation fixes, jump fixes, out of body fixes, tongs / scoop fixes - Hand positions adjusted to better match real life hands Oculus - Hand positions adjusted to better match real life hands All: - You can now grab objects out of a hand with tongs in your opposing hand - You can now grab objects out of the tongs with your opposing hand - Controllers are now potentially hot swappable while the game is running - Lerped hands to animate and remove jitter - Scrolling through items in the kn…
- Autosave Update - 19 February 2020
Additions - Autosave after battle end - Can now pause battle by pressing the return to body button, holding will allow you to leave the battle - Vignette option for movement - Chalkboards now reveal ingot combinations only once book is bought - Unused experience scrolls now stack in backpack - Arrow count on quiver Fixes - Cooling pond will now cool things held in tongs - Cooling pond will produce steam from the correct object location - Cooling pond now properly cools things even if you leave its range - Ladle visual cleanup during first person rotation - Optimized unnecessary shadows - Level selection crank now starts with highest level - Level and date now properly show on save data - Lathe audio - Weapon parts throwable - Lathe wood no longer becomes invisible when reattached partway through cutting - Scale glow now properly toggles on all purchasable and sellable items - Battle sky…
- Locomotion Update - 11 February 2020
Updates: - Teleport and Locomotive movement options Bug Fix highlights (not exhaustive list): - Ladle rotation control revamp - Fixed arrow head not craftable - Holding an object while saving now saves held object - Game no longer crashes when sliced target cannot create mesh cap - All craftable arrow types now show up in quiver - Buying weapons no longer sets their material to tin - Adventure board now updates values when you get close - Cleaver hilt now craftable, mesh data was missing, oops - Mixed material ingots no longer get reheated into tin - Sword duplication on weapon queue fixed - Small ingots no longer turn into big ingots - Players will be notified (and removed from battle) if they enter a bow level but are missing a bow - Journal dupe on save fix - arrows no longer fall through the world
