Patch notes - Scales of Aether

Patch notes for version 0.8

Added leg animations to dragons
Added 2 new ring trials to the later islands
Added 2 new artworks that can be unlocked by completing the new ring trials
Added more breakable crystals to the later islands
Added new textures for the player
Added cloth physics to the player's loincloth
Added inverse kinematics to the player's legs when the player is not moving
Added an option to change flight sensitivity to the control options
Made grass bend when the player walks on it
Made dragons 20% larger
Improved blending of player's animations from ground hit to movement
Improved dragon navigation
Changed action bar to collapse when there are no actions to show
Reduced jitter while climbing on a dragon
Fixed flight ring speedlines not showing when flying the fire dragon
Fixed framerate affecting the length of flight ring speed boost
Fixed framerate affecting flight sensitivity and dragon free look sensitivity
Fixed look sensitivity not affecting dragon free look
Fixed invert look y not affecting dragon free look
Fixed being able to collect collectables through crystals by punching

Patch notes for version 0.7

Fixed not being able to respawn while climbing a vine
Fixed being able to jump while a landing animation is playing
Fixed artwork unlock pop-ups occasionally flickering
Fixed fully pressed buttons making a sound when stepped on
Removed a crystal from the Button and Door island
Adjusted the scroll speed of text in artwork unlock pop-ups
Decreased the required amount of hits to break crystals from 4 to 3
Increased the hit radius of the player's attack
Increased player gravity to make movement feel less floaty
Changed the environment to account for the change in player gravity
Changed buttons to press down faster when being stepped on
Changed flight paths of dragons to be more deterministic
Changed flight paths of some dragons to be less linear
Improved the audibility of sound effects
Improved the feel of flying through rings by increasing the fov and adding speedlines for the duration of the received speed boost
Reworked crystal visuals
Made crystals that are attached to dragons glow more prominently
Made it possible to attack while moving
Made it possible to repeatedly attack by holding down the attack button
Added an option to disable hold to attack
Added an additional vine to the Water Tower islands
Added an additional checkpoint to the Pyramid island
Added an additional checkpoint to the Volcano island
Added new textures for the first dragon
Added a VFX that plays when a checkpoint is activated
Added a pulsing sound effect to crystals that are attached to dragons
Added dragon eggshells to the first island

Patch notes for version 0.6

Fixed resolution scale option incorrectly showing 0.25 before being changed for the first time
Fixed action bar not showing in cutscene pause menu
Fixed foliage and view distance quality options not applying without reloading the save
Fixed foliage quality not affecting grass density
Fixed view distance option working incorrectly with grass
Fixed not being able to re-attach to a dragon under certain conditions
Fixed a bug where player's climbing animation kept playing while riding a dragon
Removed shadows from purple grass to make them appear consistent with other vegetation
Moved the point where the player dies in lava from waist to feet height
Changed jump off impulse's direction to account for player's position on the dragon
Increased the radius of checkpoints from 2.4 and 4 meters to a flat 4.5 meters
Increased the draw distance of grass, dragons, crystals and trees
Improved camera behaviour when flying at dragon's max altitude
Improved dragon dismounting by disabling camera blending when jumping off a dragon
Added keyboard icons for action bar actions
Added new animations for when the player hits the ground
Added an animation that plays when the player finishes climbing up a vine

Patch notes for version 0.5

Here are the fixes and additions for this version:

Fixed collision not being enabled for rocks around Water Tower islands
Fixed show button prompts option not applying when loading a save
Fixed camera jittering when climbing certain vines
Fixed a minor visual artifact on the first dragon’s tail
Fixed altitude meter’s color not starting as white at base altitude
Fixed being incorrectly able to climb down vines in certain spots
Fixed a checkpoint at Water Tower islands spawning inside ground
Removed the ability to climb on the backside of vines
Reworked flight ring visuals
Various visual tweaks to the game world
Changed climbing with gamepad’s analog stick to use 2 fixed speeds instead of the speed being fully analog
Adjusted climbing animation speeds to match more closely with the movement
Made sideways climbing on vines slower
Split video options into two categories (game and video)
Added various graphics quality options
Added option to change anti-aliasing mode
Added DLSS support for RTX GPUs (Windows only)
Added an option to reset gamma to default value
Added macOS support

0.5.1

Fixed ending cutscene not playing properly

Patch notes for multiple versions

Version 0.2 patch notes

Initial release

Version 0.3 patch notes

Fixed vine climbing bugs
Fixed gamepad navigation in credits menu
Fixed playtime not being tracked when Show Playtime is disabled in settings
Changed credits to auto-scroll and loop
Changed respawn tip to say hold 2 seconds to respawn (was incorrectly 3)
Changed altitude meter base altitude to match the height at which the current dragon initially resided
Added fade to black on death
Added button prompts for diving and respawning (shown while falling)
Added debris to Water Tower islands
Added an additional checkpoint to Water Tower islands
Improved camera blending between the player and the dragon

Version 0.4 patch notes

Fixed game crashing when opening a save with version 0.3
Fixed lava uv
Fixed launchpads clipping into the ground on volcano island
Slightly reduced dragon jump off impulse
Improved the effect of camera being submerged in water or lava