YAR - Major Update

Couchpotato spotted a major update for the Early Access title YAR: Forgotten Throne:

Big update! Ready to download!

Greetings to everyone! The moment has finally come, after 16 months. Yes, you won’t believe it, but I spent 15 of those months working on this update, and now you can see it for yourself and understand why it took so long. The update is truly large; prepare 25–30 hours to complete it fully. And that will only be half of the game. You won’t have to wait another 16 months for the second half - it’s already finished, but I want to introduce new content carefully and gradually.

Important to read!

1. You should treat this update as a testing phase of the game. There may be quite a few bugs since the game is large, and even with cheats, it takes me several days to go through everything, check every dungeon, every quest, every item, and so on. Any change often causes new issues.
2. It is highly recommended to start a new game, since many new mechanics have been added. In old saves, they will not work correctly because they simply don’t exist in those files. That’s the reality of Early Access. However, in future updates, you most likely won’t need to start over. Most likely, you won’t see your old saves because the game’s name has changed. The old saves are located at:
   C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\ElderLegacy\Saved\SaveGames 
   If you want them to appear in the new version, you need to move all files to:
   C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\YAR\Saved\SaveGames
3. Those who have already played — read the tutorial for the new combat system carefully, as it has changed significantly. Also, make sure to read the “Combat System” note in the journal under the “Information” section, or better yet, read all of them. In short, instead of stamina, there is now a battle resource, and your entire damage output depends on it. The lower it is, the weaker your damage becomes. Fast attacks restore it, other attacks consume it. Keep your battle resource above 50% at all times.
4. Save in multiple slots to avoid losing progress in case you encounter a critical bug. I’ll need your save with the bug and the one before it so I can debug and understand the issue.
5. Work on optimization is still in progress. Since the world has become much larger, FPS in cities may be lower than it was in Early Access, but this will be resolved later, no worries.
6. Carefully study the journal and notice boards. Explore the locations — many quests are not easy to find. The game does not lead you by the hand, but if you buy a map from Greka in Torzhok, some difficult objectives will be marked on it.
7. Many Early Access issues have been fixed, but some were postponed until the end of development since the priority was new content. For example, grammatical errors in some places will be fixed near the end, once I’m sure the text won’t change anymore.
8. Inventory categories currently don’t display all items correctly. If an item doesn’t appear in a category, that doesn’t mean you don’t have it — check the general sorting tab.
9. The Mage faction (Volkhvy) will be added in future updates, so for now, play as the Warrior of Arms.
10. Many minor bugs can be fixed simply by saving and loading the game.
11. Play in fullscreen mode if the graphics appear blurry or unclear.

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