A New Update Has Taken To The Slopes
Descenders Next is certainly off to a flyer.
Not only has the game attracted more than 500k players since its launch, but No More Robots and RageSquid have also just released the first major update for the game.
The details of the patch were released over on Steam, alongside a thank-you message from the developers for all the support the game has received so far from players.
The patch focuses on some post-launch issues, with more updates confirmed to follow in the very near future.
You can see the patch notes in full below:
v0.4.38 Changelog:
- Boss Runs: Top node info fell off screen when hovering over it, now fixed
- Boss Runs: Time of day now won’t change by backtracking over nodes
- Boss Runs: Access would sometimes be prevented, should no longer be the case
- Audio: People respawning next to you no longer briefly play their movement sound
- Bails: The button combination to manually bail is now only for devs
- Networking: The game should now boot correctly in offline mode (PC)
- Languages: Simplified Chinese font updated
- Customization: Grid size fixed on SteamDeck (player would go over the grid)
- Newsfeed: Links can now be opened again
- Newsfeed: Can now display multiple news items again
- Tutorials: Reset tutorial option in the Extras menu
- Gameplay: Scatter spawn points added to parks/races, people no longer always spawn on top of each other
- Bails: The bail screen now has a ‘hide UI’ button, for nicer screenshots
- Newsfeed: Added the option to make platform specific news items
- Boss Runs: Lots of sound effects added
- Remove Force Bail (from Settings Bindings)
- Tweak Skidding trick score
- Off pistes now have scattered start locations.
- PC: Save system now differentiates between which player is logged in.
- Remote player board SFX tweaked/updated.
- Fixed: UI malfunction when buying gear while offline.
- Fixed: Race Time being Medal time but Medal not obtained.
- Fixed: Explore Biome Achievement not redeeming.
- Fixed: Controller Rumble during gameplay.
- Fixed: Customization UI fixes.
- Fixed: Objectives in manic mines and masami mountain.
- Fixed: Localization canyon creek.
- Fixed: Stats for top levels in Boss Runs going off screen.
- Fixed: Team objective line length.
- Fixed: Kita Mountain river gap.
- Fixed: Boss Runs: Top node info fell off screen when hovering over it (again)
- Fixed: Not finishing when pausing while going over the finish line
- Fixed: Hair color being reset when changing your Avatar Icon
- Fixed: Claiming and equipping rewarded gear when gear is not of the current sport
- Fixed : World map scroll functionality for Mouse & Keyboard + Changed zoom input to match the indicator text
- Fixed: World map Team Objective Behaviour
- Fixed: Session Summary is now faster
- Fixed: Save files being shared by different accounts when using the same device
- Fixed: Rebinding showing the wrong bindings
- Fixed: Rebinding Conflicts
- Fixed: Offline mode errors
- Feature: Fill in a default Replay name
- Feature: World map now shows lines to possible nodes when selecting a node
Descenders Next is available on PC and Xbox. The game is also available on Game Pass and Xbox Cloud Gaming.
