Archive Update: Balance, Improvements, and Fixes

Mind Over Magic

Design, build and manage your magic school to explore what lies below. Study lost arcana, grow exotic plants, brew potions, and raise undead servants -- only you can prepare your fragile students to harness their Mind Over Magic.

July 31 [list] [*] Display Relic teaching bonuses on relevant hovers. [*] Graduate and Retire rituals now give the same XP bonus for Trials as Apprentice and Hire so that Relics gain that XP before dropping. [/list] July 29 [list] [*] Fix some rare construction cases that created isolated pathing areas, causing issues with pathing estimates. [*] Keep Book of Rooms button visible even if filter is minimized. [*] Fix order of rooms by reward and put kitchens together in Book of Rooms. [*] Fix not being able to use Cancel Pulverize on Relic window details. [*] Fixes for Interior Kitchens on Balanced (Shuffled). [/list] July 28 [list] [*] Fix for some roof attachments claiming they aren't on constructed surfaces even though they are. [*] Make it so both 1x1 (old) Gargoyles and new Gargoyles can be used for room types. [*] Fix Mage score not actually accounting for Relics. Also fixes a graph overflow for Mage score. [*] Improve layout on Summoning UI to keep the summon button from being off screen. [*] Don't allow leveling of Relics beyond their cap. [*] Added support for filter search in the Book of Rooms. [*] Fix direct order for Teaching if a different Mage is already teaching. [*] For Observatory, change Interior keyword to Pristine in Shuffled Balanced, Shuffled Wonky, and Chaotic modes. [/list] [h2]Potential Hardware / Driver Issues[/h2] We've seen reports from some players where they are crashing to desktop somewhat regularly. For the ones we've been able to investigate, these crashes occur in dozens of different places within the core Unity engine. We will continue investigations where we can but here are few things to consider: [h3]Driver Updates[/h3] We hate to go to this and sometimes we can work around driver bugs but having up-to-date drivers can make the difference, particularly for newer cards. [h3]Intel Voltage issues[/h3] Intel has noted some voltage issues with their 13th/14th gen CPUs. Here is a relevant article with some information: [url=https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/processors/intel-finally-breaks-silence-points-finger-at-microcode-algorithm-voltage-errors-and-says-its-going-to-patch-core-13th14th-gen-cpu-stability-issues-mid-august/]PC Game Report[/url]. It appears that will likely be a patch available in mid-August so you might stay on the lookout for that. That said we've also seen players with AMD chipsets who are experiencing instabilities which range widely. One thing you can try is adjusting the Worker Thread Count. We've added this option in Settings under Misc where you'll also find some additional information. Thanks for the reports and feedback!