Halls of Torment (HoT) update is now available for PC(Steam) players. According to the Halls of Torment patch notes, the latest update adds quality-of-life improvements and fixes.
Unfortunately, since the last Halls of Torment patch, some players are experiencing bugs and errors in the game. Today’s HoT patch will fix a few of these issues.
Read more details below.
Halls of Torment Patch Notes – September 21, 2023
Features
- Refactored display of stats in character sheet and “Traits & Abilities” section
- stats are displayed in a more dynamic manner: weapons and items are displayed in separate categories
- Most stats of abilities are now displayed properly
- Stat labels are more context sensitive, e.g. it is shown which attributes are affected by Force
- (Some stats might still be missing and should be added later on)
- Profile containing game progress is backed up once a day
- Added profile management menu which allows you to:
- Browse and restore profile backups
- Reset your current progress (if you want a fresh start)
UI
- Names of ability upgrades are listed in ability tooltips
- upgraded abilities are marked with chevrons in the HUD
Tome of Mastery
- allows you to pick any ability from the pool of all available abilities
- replaces initial ability scrolls in all stages
Balancing
- further reduced agony score ceiling in Frozen Depths so Agony V is achievable
Visibility
- improved contrast of bright purple enemy projectiles against bright backgrounds
- increased sprite contrast of red and blue burning skull monsters
Bugfixes
- Fixed “get xp while closing” exploit in chest UI.
- Fixed input issue caused when first time selecting a character using the keyboard.
- Fixed a bug that would give all enemies a 100% damage buff.
- Fixed a bug with modifier categories that caused modifiers to affect abilities they shouldn’t apply to.
- Flame Strike “heatup” traits applied burn chance modifiers the wrong way.
- Kugelblitz crit chance traits now affect the lightning from the High Voltage upgrade.
- Frost affinity corrected text “frost damage” to “ice damage”.
- changed frost avalanche “attraction” traits pushback force from -20 to -30.
- Fixed a bug that caused ballistic bullets to fly way too fast.
- Fixed a bug that caused electrified orb damage not being updated on movement speed changes.
- Shieldmaiden’s “stalwart dedication” now restores health when max health is increased.
Prelude savegame import
- Fixed prelude savegame format so import function in full game works again.
- (Start the prelude once to update the savegame before importing)
Download free Halls of Torment update on Steam.
