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Torchlight |OT| The Definitive Loot game of 2009
- Thread starter Teknopathetic
- Start date
Turns out it was tied to the weapon I was using. I switched to a different gun and my spells started working again. Weird thing is I was using that gun with no problem for the past day.Wrekt said:
So I switched to a 1 handed gun. Then on my first time out, I picked a wand up off of the ground and it put it automatically equipped it in my main hand which killed my dps. I opened up my inventory to take it off and died when I wasn't paying attention. Damn my bad luck.
The patch should be out tomorrow.
http://forums.runicgames.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=2030
Torchlight 1.12 Patch Notes -
* Fixed several issues which could overwrite saves, and protected against possible save loss. Save backups are now also generated.
* Much reduced load times for many users
* Some minor ingame performance improvements
* Fixed Needle Arc XP exploit
* Fixed Shadow Armor stacking effects
* Fixed vendor dupe bug
* Fixed various fullscreen startup issues
* Fixed broken Brink cinematic on subsequent plays
* Fixed merchant 'thief' exploit
* Fixed right clicking in inventory casting certain spells
* Fixed console not activating on Steam builds - this also fixes the fact that subsequent characters didn't see the random dungeon unlock after the first completion
* Fixed issue with Syl's cinematic not being "skippable" during first boss fight
* Fixed some DOT deaths not dropping loot
* Quest items no longer allowed in stash
* Several level fixes for a few places where things overlapped, or collision was missing, or stuck-issues cropped up
* Fixed texture/mesh/ replacement issues with mods
* You can now change difficulty level on the fly from the console without being branded a Cheater ( UNLESS you're playing hardcore )
* Fixed pet minions not awarding fame
* Fixed slow load times when mods were enabled
* Pets inherit your spell masteries
* Magic find takes the max value between you and your pet when pets or pet minions make a kill
* Visible/increasing chance of stripping enchants via enchanter. Price based on # of enchants. Variables tunable in globals.dat
* Troll pet is properly invincible
* Tree Boss could be charmed - fixed
* Fixed issue - Returning to town if you died during Ember Colossus or Medea would make them dormant on return
* weapon + shield doesn't count as 'dual wielding'
* Shimmering Scale ( and 2 other socketables ) now work properly when socketed
* Ember lance slight nerf
* Ember lightning slight buff
* Aloe Gel summon provides better healing
* Equippables properly provide bonuses to passive skills
* Fixed display issue where multiple skill bonuses on the same item would collapse into a single display
* Hardware skinning settings respected properly for pet paperdolls
* Fix for potential bad state in the henchman battle
* Enchantments at level 100 now work
* Relabeled difficulty levels, and added tooltips explaining each
* Fixed 'free spell purchase' exploit
* Socketables cannot be heirloomed
* Fix for masteries not updating certain spell bonuses until logout/login
* Summon Blood Skeleton has 11 levels now
* Various small grammar and spelling fixes
* ADDITION : Rimlights, HW Skinning, and VSynch can all be altered from the Settings menu now.
* MODDERS: Items can be set to 'always identified'
http://forums.runicgames.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=2030
Torchlight 1.12 Patch Notes -
* Fixed several issues which could overwrite saves, and protected against possible save loss. Save backups are now also generated.
* Much reduced load times for many users
* Some minor ingame performance improvements
* Fixed Needle Arc XP exploit
* Fixed Shadow Armor stacking effects
* Fixed vendor dupe bug
* Fixed various fullscreen startup issues
* Fixed broken Brink cinematic on subsequent plays
* Fixed merchant 'thief' exploit
* Fixed right clicking in inventory casting certain spells
* Fixed console not activating on Steam builds - this also fixes the fact that subsequent characters didn't see the random dungeon unlock after the first completion
* Fixed issue with Syl's cinematic not being "skippable" during first boss fight
* Fixed some DOT deaths not dropping loot
* Quest items no longer allowed in stash
* Several level fixes for a few places where things overlapped, or collision was missing, or stuck-issues cropped up
* Fixed texture/mesh/ replacement issues with mods
* You can now change difficulty level on the fly from the console without being branded a Cheater ( UNLESS you're playing hardcore )
* Fixed pet minions not awarding fame
* Fixed slow load times when mods were enabled
* Pets inherit your spell masteries
* Magic find takes the max value between you and your pet when pets or pet minions make a kill
* Visible/increasing chance of stripping enchants via enchanter. Price based on # of enchants. Variables tunable in globals.dat
* Troll pet is properly invincible
* Tree Boss could be charmed - fixed
* Fixed issue - Returning to town if you died during Ember Colossus or Medea would make them dormant on return
* weapon + shield doesn't count as 'dual wielding'
* Shimmering Scale ( and 2 other socketables ) now work properly when socketed
* Ember lance slight nerf
* Ember lightning slight buff
* Aloe Gel summon provides better healing
* Equippables properly provide bonuses to passive skills
* Fixed display issue where multiple skill bonuses on the same item would collapse into a single display
* Hardware skinning settings respected properly for pet paperdolls
* Fix for potential bad state in the henchman battle
* Enchantments at level 100 now work
* Relabeled difficulty levels, and added tooltips explaining each
* Fixed 'free spell purchase' exploit
* Socketables cannot be heirloomed
* Fix for masteries not updating certain spell bonuses until logout/login
* Summon Blood Skeleton has 11 levels now
* Various small grammar and spelling fixes
* ADDITION : Rimlights, HW Skinning, and VSynch can all be altered from the Settings menu now.
* MODDERS: Items can be set to 'always identified'
PhlivoSong
Member
(1) I downloaded the demo from Steam, and after I bought it - it converted my demo copy right into retail. I didn't have to re-download a new version of the full game. That caught me by surprise. Do all Steam demos work that way?
(2) I played the demo on normal and it was pretty boring. I was hesitant to start a game on very hard, because I figured that you could re-play the game with your existing character starting on a higher difficultly. Once I realized that you can't, I started a game on very hard. It doesn't really matter that you can't start a new game with your existing character after you beat it, because it appears that you can just keep playing 'random' dungeons to your hearts content once the story ends. I am liking the difficulty of very hard so far, because finding good loot is no longer, "oh, that's some cool looking stuff," it's more... "thank god! I have a better chance of survival!"
(2) I played the demo on normal and it was pretty boring. I was hesitant to start a game on very hard, because I figured that you could re-play the game with your existing character starting on a higher difficultly. Once I realized that you can't, I started a game on very hard. It doesn't really matter that you can't start a new game with your existing character after you beat it, because it appears that you can just keep playing 'random' dungeons to your hearts content once the story ends. I am liking the difficulty of very hard so far, because finding good loot is no longer, "oh, that's some cool looking stuff," it's more... "thank god! I have a better chance of survival!"
Patch is available now, but be sure to download the update from your selected vendor (thanks DRM!).
http://forums.runicgames.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=2030 lists which vendors have deployed the patch, lists patch notes, and patch discussion.
http://forums.runicgames.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=2030 lists which vendors have deployed the patch, lists patch notes, and patch discussion.
Tenkai Star
Member
Oh nice. Gonna check Steam now. Medium was a bit to easy.CeePhour said:
Tenkai Star
Member
Yeah I know. Keeping my laptop on next to me at work and hopefully I will get the patch before my trainride later today. Want to play in Hard mode.No45 said:
mysticstylez
Banned
Is there a certain way to update games via Steam, does it just do it on its own when I try to load the game, or do I just have to uninstall/reinstall?
rohlfinator
Member
I finally beat the main dungeon on Normal last night, and the Shadow Vault seems to be providing a nice boost in difficulty. I'm debating continuing that character (the Vault has given me a fair number of nice gems already) or starting a new character on Hard.
Depends on the game, I think. Torchlight uses the method where the demo is the full game, just with some locks on it (like all XBLA games). AFAIK that's pretty uncommon among the larger multi-GB games.PhlivoSong said:
According to the wiki, there's "polished", "star", and "flawless" beyond that.Javaman said:
I downloaded the demo off Steam and I didn't have to play more than 10 minutes to make up my mind. I just bought my first game through Steam! 
Edit: Actually, I'm having trouble purchasing the game so I haven't technically gotten my first game through Steam. Hope I can make it work soon so I can keep playing.
Edit: Actually, I'm having trouble purchasing the game so I haven't technically gotten my first game through Steam. Hope I can make it work soon so I can keep playing.
It's funny, before this game was released I was afraid that fishing would still be "broken" like it was in Fate. Now I wish fishing was more like Fate. When you got to the later infinite levels, you could fish for 20 minutes and pull up a good amount of level appropriate gear (even unique weapons and armor). Then you could cash that stuff out for greater profits.
Maybe I am doing it wrong, but every new level I go into the Shadow Vault (level 10 now), I usually blow through about 7-9k worth of pots and only come back with about 15k of total money. So, then I buy another 8k in pots and only have 7k to spend on other crap (either gambling or enchanting). It seems like every level I go deeper the more money in pots I am spending. Pretty soon I am going to hit a wall unless I can start significantly upping my armor/ele protection.
There is something systematically wrong about a level 43 weapon having the same resale value as a level 18 weapon.
Maybe I am doing it wrong, but every new level I go into the Shadow Vault (level 10 now), I usually blow through about 7-9k worth of pots and only come back with about 15k of total money. So, then I buy another 8k in pots and only have 7k to spend on other crap (either gambling or enchanting). It seems like every level I go deeper the more money in pots I am spending. Pretty soon I am going to hit a wall unless I can start significantly upping my armor/ele protection.
There is something systematically wrong about a level 43 weapon having the same resale value as a level 18 weapon.
Good god, that is going to take a lot of gem parts to max them out. Once I learned that you can combine 4 magical items I've completely changed the way I'm handling things in the dungeon. Before I would send everything back with my pet to sell, but now I only sell the normal gear. It kinda sucks though since my carry capacity fills up with magical stuff so quickly. Usually I end up having the pet carry the extra magical stuff once my main inventory fills up, but then I have to drop it on the ground and wait for the dog to get back. It really isn't worth selling any of the magic stuff, since gems cost $600 and you might get 240gold for selling a four set of magic junk. Between buying gems from the gem lady, combining junk and exploring floors, I'm getting over 12 gem chunks per level explored.
hulot said:
That sucks, I was hoping to ratchet one up to absurd levels. Somehow I found 2 of the same pieces of a set; two poison wands of something. I really wish the set items would let you remove gems without destroying them. Who in their right mind is ever going to put a good gem in one and end up needing to destroy one or the other?
BobFromPikeCreek
Member
Oh man. Just beat Ordrak. What a jack off. he had so much god damn HP.
The S-Word
Member
is that patch up on steam yet? i just got done playing so...
Wait a minute, I don't understand this. What are you doing with the magic items you get? You can do something other than sell them?Javaman said:
Patch is in beta apparently, Runic are testing.The S-Word said:
He's easy as hell until you have a sea of adds to deal with as well, just takes patience. >_<BobFromPikeCreek said:
BobFromPikeCreek
Member
Throw 4 junk magic items into the transmuter and 1 random gem comes out.No45 said:
jim-jam bongs
Member
The S-Word said:
Nah I'm hanging out too, although none of the game-killing bugs have hit me so I'm still playing while I wait.
Not sure if you realise but you can go to your games list, right-click a game and select "view update news". It should open with the last update up, and have previous updates listed below. Torchlight says "Last Update: December 31, 1969" which is 1 second before the beginning of time as far as computers are concerned, so I don't think they've patched it at all yet.
4 Unique items give you a discolored gem
4 Blue give you a dull
4 Greens give you a cracked
(I'm pretty sure that's how it goes)
Personally, I sell my stuff for money. Although I could see myself using a mule to loot the lower levels and then just keep pumping out gems which I give to my main. Hmm...
4 Blue give you a dull
4 Greens give you a cracked
(I'm pretty sure that's how it goes)
Personally, I sell my stuff for money. Although I could see myself using a mule to loot the lower levels and then just keep pumping out gems which I give to my main. Hmm...
DJ_Lae
Member
magus said:
Thank god. The first one there is probably my only real gripe with the game - load times between levels are around 30 seconds on my computer when there's no good reason why they should be.
The Brink glitch could be skipped, but it was still weird.
The latter one I found on my own, but I was a bit confused seeing extra quest NPCs appear out of nowhere.
Chris Remo
Member
I don't know whether this patch has been released to Steam yet (although my Steam Torchlight has definitely been patched at least once because I noticed it updating last night), but seeing that date doesn't necessarily mean a game hasn't been patched. It just means the developer didn't upload patch notes to Steam.jim-jam bongs said:
jim-jam bongs
Member
Put me in the camp that had no idea you could transmute magic items for gems. I'd actually started to wonder why there were so few gems dropping for me, because the vendors don't sell enough of them for that to be the reason. That makes a lot more sense now.
I'm starting to realise that for a top-tree skill, Arrow Hail is seriously lacking, and needs to be adjusted. When you first get it and start pumping up the points it's extremely effective. However, once you get past level 35 - 40, it becomes all but useless because it doesn't scale with weapon DPS like Exploding Shot does.
Well you learn something new every day. I'd always just assumed that uploading some notes was mandatory.
edit: Patch!
I'm starting to realise that for a top-tree skill, Arrow Hail is seriously lacking, and needs to be adjusted. When you first get it and start pumping up the points it's extremely effective. However, once you get past level 35 - 40, it becomes all but useless because it doesn't scale with weapon DPS like Exploding Shot does.
Chris Remo said:
Well you learn something new every day. I'd always just assumed that uploading some notes was mandatory.
edit: Patch!