Vampire survival gameV Risingis the latest multiplayer title to go virally popular on Twitch, leading to a massive unforeseen surge in players. And like many of the virally popular indie games that preceded it,V Risingis rushing to do what it can to polish its Early Access experience with limited development resources. To its credit, developer Stunlock Studios has continued to deliver significant hotfixes sinceV Rising’s launch, the latest of which has now been delivered.Hotfix 6, patch 0.5.42236, is now live for allV Risingplayers. The update is specifically focused on addressing issues withV Risingand as such doesn’t include any content. Technically, it does add two new features, though they’re for server administration rather than gameplay. The first is the “decayusercastles” console command and allows a server admin to put a player’s castles into decay. Second, adminlist.txt and banlist.txt files load from both default Settings and local override Settings.RELATED:V Rising’s Big New Update ExplainedBy far the biggest change may be considered a bug fix, but is more accurately a change in Stunlock’s design. Lumber, Stone, and Plant Fibre will no longer blockV Risingplayers from using waygates or applying bat form. This should makemap traversal inV Risingfasterwith material a less risky proposition. Stunlock specifically called attention to the decision on Twitter, publicly acknowledging player feedback over the frustrating limitation.
Four bug fixes are what remains of Hotfix 6 forV Rising. First, there’s a fix for a crash that could occur when destroying castles. Second, using the command “claninvite” could crash another player’s game client, but has now been fixed. Third, a dupe exploit used by resurrecting and terminatingV Rising’s servantshas been removed. Lastly, some fine-tuning of remote connection has been done for players having issues with dedicated servers.
Altogether, Hotfix 6 isn’t an update that mostV Risingplayers will notice having an impact in their regular gameplay. The changes to bat form and waygates are more than welcome, of course, butV Risingplayers had likely grown comfortable with the grind if they’re still playing. Future players will appreciate the change, though. Altogether, the hotfix is mostly about improving the overall quality of the game as it moves toward leavingSteam Early Access.
In May, Stunlock confirmed that bug fixes and technical functionality would be its priority for the near future. That doesn’t mean content isn’t being worked on, of course. Endgame expansion and improvements are at the top of Stunlock’s list, as is creating content based onV Risingplayer requests. There’smore to come forV Risingin 2022, including both hotfixes and content updates.
