ARKTIKA.1 Patch Notes

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We are continuously striving to make ARKTIKA.1 the best possible VR experience for the community. On this page you can find all the latest patch notes. Our latest updates include German, French, and Spanish language options, Cloud Save functionality, and now save profiles. Profile manager allows multiple profiles, so you can start a new game without losing progress on your current one. For more details, read below!

Hotfix v.435222 [27.02.2018] 

Level Specific

  • Fixed a bug allowing the player to destroy the Firebird using the Freccia in SECRET HQ: Unknown Territory and GALLERIA: Meeting Mr. Mitchell.

  • Fixed a bug in SECRET HQ: Unknown Territory causing images to still be displayed after screens are destroyed.
  • Fixed a bug in SECRET HQ: Unknown Territory causing the drone to fly through the control room servers.
  • Fixed a bug in SECRET HQ: Unknown Territory preventing progression at the second Firebird scanning location.
  • Fixed a bug in SECRET HQ: Unknown Territory causing the tablet to scan endlessly.
  • Fixed a bug causing movement points to incorrectly spawn after the battery is destroyed in GALLERIA: The Lab.
  • Fixed an issue in SECRET HQ: Melt It Down causing sockets to break if the player drops the fuse.
  • Fixed a bug in GALLERIA: Meeting Mr. Mitchell causing an Elite Soldier to move through the player.

 

Gameplay

  • Fixed a bug causing the Meticulous achievement to incorrectly unlock.
  • Fixed several additional minor bugs.

Patch v.427825 [17.01.2018]

Cloud Saves & Save Profiles

  • ARKTIKA.1 now has save profiles so you can start multiple games without losing progress on previous ones.
    • Existing save data will automatically be assigned to “Profile 1”.
    • Players can see the game progress at the save slot UI.
      • You must load your existing save data, and progress enough to add to your save file, before you will see story progress displayed in the profile manager for your existing profile from before the update.
    • Profile manager allows for deletion of profiles.
  • Cloud saves have been fine tuned.

 

Localization

  • Fixed a few localization bugs.

 

Technical

  • Fixed several known crashes.

 

Level Specific

  • Fixed a bug causing the bomber solider to deal no damage to the player in METRO: Robot Gone Rogue.
  • Fixed a bug preventing the player from grabbing the plug and activating the console in GALLERIA: The Lab.
  • Fixed a bug in GALLERIA: The Lab allowing the player to disable the same turret generator infinitely.
  • Fixed a bug in GALLERIA: The Lab preventing the player from replacing the fuse.
  • Fixed a few bugs preventing completion of SECRET HQ: Unknown Territory puzzle.
  • Fixed a bug allowing the player to destroy the Firebird using the Punisher in GALLERIA: Meeting Mr. Mitchell.
  • Fixed a bug causing the player to become invulnerable in RAIL DEPOT: The Vault.

 

Gameplay

  • Weapon attachments and upgrades have been tweaked to improve gameplay.
  • Fixed a few bugs encountered when discovering secrets.
  • Fixed collision issues throughout.
  • Fixed several additional minor bugs.

 

Patch v.420870 [01.12.2017]

Localization

  • ARKTIKA.1 is now available in German, French, and Spanish!

 

Cloud Saves

  • ARKTIKA.1 now has a Cloud Save functionality that retains your save files, so you can play from any PC.

 

Technical

  • Fixed a bug causing saved progress to persist between different Oculus accounts on the same machine.
  • Fixed several known crashes.
  • Multiple performance improvements throughout.

 

Level Specific

  • Fixed a few bugs encountered during METRO: Robot Gone Rogue causing yagas to act unintentionally.
  • Fixed a bug where objects thrown at the player by the mech in METRO: Robot Gone Rogue and TERMINAL: Robot Redux were not destructible.
  • Updated balance for the Punisher against the mech in METRO: Robot Gone Rogue and TERMINAL: Robot Redux.
  • Fixed a bug encountered during the mech battles in METRO: Robot Gone Rogue and TERMINAL: Robot Redux causing the mech to become immortal or act unintentionally.
  • Fixed a bug causing the drone to infinitely format data in SECRET HQ: Unknown Territory.
  • Fixed a bug allowing the player to destroy the Firebird using the Punisher in GALLERIA: Meeting Mr. Mitchell.
  • Fixed a bug preventing progression in RAIL DEPOT: The Vault with Punisher equipped.
  • Fixed a bug with container locks on RAIL DEPOT: The Vault

 

Gameplay

  • The player can no longer accidentally start levels without their weapons holstered.
  • Weapon balance adjusted throughout.
  • Weapon damage output post-upgrade has been corrected.
  • Attachments have been balanced throughout to work more accurately and provide the player with better precision.
  • Several achievements and perks have been balanced.
  • Fixed a bug allowing the player to destroy friendly drones with the EM Pulse perk.
  • Fixed several bugs involving movement points causing the player to get stuck.
  • Fixed several additional minor bugs.

Patch v.416462 [02.11.2017]

Technical

  • Fixed several bugs causing crashing issues on launch and throughout the game.
  • Fixed a bug causing stuttering and freezes on Ryzen processors.
  • Fixed a bug causing the player to experience sound issues on launch.
  • Fixed several FPS issues.

 

Level Specific

  • Fixed a bug in Citadel causing the player to ride through the elevator floor.

  • Fixed a few bugs encountered during the mech battles in METRO: Robot Gone Rogue and TERMINAL: The Lab causing the mech to act unintentionally.

  • Fixed a bug in GALLERIA: The Lab preventing progression when the player tried to take the box with samples from Victoria.

  • Fixed a bug allowing the player to break the steam valve and prevent progression using Punisher in CARGO: Red Ice Reward.

  • Fixed a bug allowing the player to kill the friendly drone using the EM Pulse perk in TERMINAL: Robot Redux.

  • Fixed a bug causing soldiers to appear closer to the player if the Carver or Hunter attachment was equipped during TERMINAL: Robot Redux.

  • Fixed a bug allowing the player to kill the friendly drone using the EM Pulse perk in SECRET HQ: Unknown Territory.

  • Fixed a bug preventing level progression on SECRET HQ: Unknown Territory if the enemy sniper destroys the drone. The player can now finish the mission after failing the second objective.

  • Fixed a bug causing the light soldier enemy to get stuck on the stairwell in SECRET HQ: Unknown Territory.

  • Fixed a bug in SECRET HQ: Unknown Territory allowing the player to teleport to a movement point in midair in the elevator shaft.

  • Fixed a bug in SECRET HQ: Unknown Territory where enemies were spawning in front of the player at the elevator.

  • Fixed a bug in SECRET HQ: Unknown Territory causing the next movement point to disappear if the player teleports before the elevator has stopped.

  • Fixed a bug in the RAIL DEPOT: The Vault puzzle causing issues with incorrect box placement.

 

Gameplay

  • Game difficulty has been changed from Easy to Medium by default.
  • Fixed several bugs involving movement points causing the player to get stuck. The player will no longer be able to teleport to incorrect nodes.
  • Corrected the player's height in the car in Citadel, CARGO: Final Showdown, and GALLERIA: Meeting Mr. Mitchell.
  • Fixed a bug where the confirmation submenu didn't pop up when buying weapons from the store.
  • Fixed a bug preventing secondary objective prices to not appear in wrist menu.
  • Fixed a bug where the Umbani wasn't destroying all destructible objects.
  • Fixed a bug causing strange shadows when the player teleported using two torchlight attachments.
  • Fixed several additional minor bugs

 

Suggestions for Common Issues

  • The game crashes on launch.

If your PC/laptop has an integrated GPU, the game may be trying to run on the integrated GPU. Try changing your settings to use a supported Graphics Card instead.

  • Sound issues on launch.

Try to install DirectX End-User Runtimes (June 2010) from the below link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8109&751be11f-ede8-5a0c-058c-2ee190a24fa6=True

 

Patch v.413165 [10.10.2017]

  • Fixed several bugs causing crashing issues throughout the game.
  • Fixed a bug causing difficulty retrieving weapons from holster.
  • Fixed several additional minor bugs.
The ARKTIKA.1 Team