Rogue Trader Patch Notes – December 2023

Rogue Trader has finally gotten its first major patch, and it packs a wallop. With over 300+ fixes for the most pressing issues with the game, here are the notes for your viewing pleasure.

All Rogue Trader patch notes 1.0.1 - December 14, 2023

Lord Captains, our first large patch is live! We’ve done our best to address some of the most annoying issues, and intend to release a couple more patches in December.

Check https://steamcommunity.com/app/2186680/discussions/0/4027970580228219058/ for up-to-date information on known issues and upcoming patches.

Highlights

• The host now shares their DLCs with the clients automatically - you no longer need an exactly matching set of DLCs to play;
• Fixed the black screen after the cutscene in Chapter V;
• Fixed disappearing texts in dialogues and descriptions that were caused by font size options resetting to 0;
• Fixed camera rotation and camera movement speed resetting to 0 - you may need to set it back to the preferred value once after the patch;
• Subtitles in interchapter videos are now shown correctly;
• As per your requests, the bug report icon will no longer be visible on the screen all the time;
• Major update to Chinese localization;
• Fixed the behavior of enemies when they run away from the character in battle which could cause the battle to be stuck;
• Fixed Cassia’s face mutations;

If you are playing with mods, don’t forget to update them before loading your saves!

System and stability

• Saves now include DLC information and will warn about missing DLCs when attempting to load them from a game without the DLCs;
• The camera could get stuck on a unit during the enemy turn, preventing the player from moving it elsewhere - fixed;
• Fixed lag when overlapping multiple stratagem areas;
• Fixed multiple cases of error log spam, which could lead to performance drops;
• Optimized charge calculations to avoid lag when selecting charge route;
• The game no longer returns to the main menu when a gamepad is connected;
• When loading a save the game could crash to the main menu occasionally - fixed;
• Fixed disappearance of companions in peaceful locations under certain circumstances;
• The game will no longer create a corrupted save if something prevents it from creating a save normally - it will display a flashing error message instead;
• Fixed possible game freeze when exploring some planets;
• Fixed the black screen after the cutscene in Chapter V;
• Fixed camera rotation and movement speed resetting to 0 - you may need to set it back to the preferred value once after the patch;

Co-op

• The host now shares their DLCs with the clients automatically;
• The list of player's DLCs is now displayed in the lobby;
• Fixed a desync case when switching to the global map;
• Fixed desyncs when players had different auto-save settings;
• Fixed desyncs when using Medical Mechadendrites;
• Fixed duplicating "Lobby not found" error message after multiple attempts to connect;
• Fixed issues with movement during simultaneous control of the voidship in space combat in co-op;
• Fixed the possibility to switch weapons of another player after changing the player’s character during a battle;
• Health bars no longer cover the character names in co-op;
• Deleting a save was not synchronized - fixed;
• If one player used the bug report function, and the second started a cut scene, the first player's bug report could close and not open again - fixed;
• Names of disconnected players are no longer displayed above the characters;
• You can now also ping friendly units and neutral NPCs in co-op using the ALT button, not just enemies;
• You can now ping the ground using ALT during the combat preparation phase;

Narrative

• Adjusted Convictions requirements in Act III;
• Added a few new reaction dialogue lines for Heinrix in his companion quest;
• Added a few new reaction dialogue lines for Marazhai;
• Added additional banter on the bridge and Footfall Atrium related to your Convictions;
• Added multiple conditions and reactions, improving the final cutscene in Act IV;
• Added reactivity for your arrival to guards in Ryzza's room in Act 4;
• Dialogue with surrendering enemies at Eufrates II was updated to make it more clear why they surrendered;
• Epilogue slide with Aeldari now shows correctly for Iconoclast conviction;
• Fixed a problem in dialogue with the cogitator on the bridge;
• Fixed a broken dialogue option in Argenta's dialogue on the bridge;
• Fixed cases of incorrect epilogue being displayed for Heinrix;
• Fixed conditions and reactions in a dialogue with Chorda in Act IV;
• Fixed conflicting epilogues about Eufrates II;
• Fixed some instances of incorrect commoner banter on Footfall;
• Improved cutscenes and added additional conditions and reactions to dialogues in the "Judgement Of Footfall" quest;
• In the final Marazhai romance scene, the player now better remembers the kiss attempt;
• New dialogue with Heinrix interrupting the conversation in Outer Spire Halls;
• One of Cassia’s romance dialogue lines could pop up again in Act IV, potentially fully breaking the dialogue - fixed;
• The description of the Kasballica Mission faction has been updated;
• Companions now properly disappear after leaving the Rogue Trader who has fallen into heresy;
• After the Rat Hunting quest was completed, Jae could disappear from the party after leaving Footfall - fixed;
• Argenta's first quest now properly describes a second objective;
• Clarified where to find Achilleas in the "Spiders in a Jar" quest objective description;
• Fixed the error when the player could skip Jae's event in Chapter 4 after breaking up with her;
• Fixed the situation, where you could finish the game with Ulfar in the party, but without completing his companion quest - Ulfar will now ask you to help him finish his quest, and part ways with you if you disagree;
• One of the romance episodes with Jae appeared much later than intended - fixed;
• To complete Jae's Mercatum Tabula Officiale quest, one signet is now enough;

Mechanics

• "Bleeding" was dealing damage at the start of the turn of the unit that applied bleed, instead of the turn of the bleeding unit - fixed;
• The quest in the Warrant Chamber for equipping weapon now triggers the objective correctly when equipping a two-handed weapon in the offhand slot;
• A description of the Erratic Injections Wych ability has been added;
• Alpha Retaliates talent now works correctly;
• An enemy who died while moving no longer blocks a cell with their body;
• Arch-Militant's Versatility feature now correctly counts burst fire as a separate type of attack;
• Astra Militarum Commander talent Timely Rescue now works correctly;
• Astra Militarum Commander talent Unflinching Heroism now works correctly;
• Burst attacks could only be made when the weapon had enough ammo for the full rate of fire -fixed.
• Now Burst attacks can be made as long as the weapon has at least 2 ammo - if the amount of ammo in the weapon is lower than Rate of Fire, the attack will shoot fewer projectiles;
• Characters could get stuck when sidestepping from the cover for shooting - fixed;
• Fresh Wound timer no longer ticks out of combat;
• Interactable objects in unexplored areas could become visible on the map as loot when caught on the camera in cutscenes - fixed;
• It could become impossible to interact with some objects (such as doors) that became visible for the first time in a cutscene - fixed;
• It's no longer possible to push the Chaos Space Marine into a tile with another unit;
• Machine Spirit Banishment was reducing only ranged damage - fixed;
• Officer's Finest Hour! desperate measure was removing the attack limit on the next interrupted round, not on the one given by the ability - fixed;
• Operative's Inflict Despair talent now correctly applies the penalty;
• Operative's Tide of Excellence talent now grants additional damage correctly;
• Press the Advantage effect was not removed by using Navigator Powers or Psychic Powers that caused damage - fixed;
• Sanctic psyker's Shield of the Emperor now correctly applies its effect until the start of the psyker's turn, instead of the ally's turn.
• Bonuses added to Overpenetration damage were calculated not once on the first hit, but on each hit on the target - fixed;
• Soldier's Alacrity talent now correctly calculates the amount of Agility it grants;
• Soldier's Firearm Mastery desperate measure didn't give additional attacks - fixed;
• Some dead enemies regained 1 HP after saving and loading in combat - fixed;
• The critical Hit Chance of melee attacks is now increased by 1% for every point of Weapon Skill the attacker has above the target's Weapon Skill (and decreased in the same way if the target has more Weapon Skill than the attacker);
• The death of an enemy squad could cause the battle to freeze - fixed;
• The second combat encounter in Rykad Minoris spaceport could break and continue forever - fixed;
• Vanguard talent "Beacon of Might" now correctly adds Strength bonus;
• Warrior lacked Field Medic talent - fixed;
• Warrior's Break Through ability now correctly allows to use Slash several times, instead of once;
• Weapons of some Drukhari enemies in Chapter 2 were changed;
• Late-game companions could take Psychic Awakening talent of the Exemplar - fixed;
• Critters could become stuck on corners - fixed;
• Fixed the behavior of enemies when they run away from the character in battle which could cause the battle to be stuck;

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Items

• Wanderer's Portent Long Rifle had wrong prerequisites and was treated as a one-handed weapon - fixed;
• Added a new quest item: Codes for traversing the minefields;
• Added missing loot to some space exploration events;
• Charm of Bonded Souls: the item description has been corrected. the amulet requires Iconoclast conviction, not Heretical;
• Corrosive Grenade did not always work correctly - fixed;
• Embroidered Cloak description was updated;
• Empyrean Transceiver doesn't react to friendly fire anymore;
• Equipment icons were updated;
• Fencing boots now work correctly;
• Fixed damage values of Battle-Scarred Mantle;
• Fixed Incandescent Storm Plasma Gun using full Ballistic Skill characteristics instead of Ballistic Skill
• Bonus for additional damage calculation;
• Fixed Triumph of Faith hammer stunning permanently and not resetting attack cooldown;
• Gloom's Disgrace now correctly reduces the dodge of enemies around;
• Lightweight Boots item used to give 2xSTR Bonus to parry (instead of STR Bonus) - fixed, reduced parry bonus to STR bonus;
• Mind Assemble Circlet now works correctly;
• Mindkiller Staff effect was stacking from any kills, not just from Telepathy psychic powers - fixed;
• Mindkiller Staff effect was stacking from attacks on allies - fixed;
• Properties of Navigator staves (devastating, castigating, infusing) used to stack if the staves with the same property were equipped in both weapon slots - fixed, only the properties of the currently selected staff will be applied;
• Provocateur's Helmet now works correctly;
• Stimm incorrectly reduced the character's MP until the end of combat - fixed, the debuff now lasts 2 rounds as intended;
• The Bladewings ability is now correctly removed when the wearer unequips the item;
• The firing range of Well-Maintained Stub Revolver was adjusted to be the same as Stub Revolver's range;
• The hit chances of Scrappy Lasgun, Lasgun, and Laspistol were corrected;
• The lists for cargo distribution have been corrected;
• The Von Valancius Cloak now can only be equipped by the main character;
• Updated the description of Prey Scanner;
• Using Medkit in the tutorial task will always remove Old Wounds effect now;
• Vivisector's Visor no longer overrides the limit of Assassin's Opening bonus damage;
• Vortex Pendant now works correctly;
• Warp Reflex Ring now works correctly;
• Wraithbone Staff never reduced the veil degradation caused by Divination psychic powers - fixed;

Locations

• "Dirt-Covered Vox" book was added to Quetza Temer;
• Improved balance of the encounter at The Upperway;
• Mutants from the "zoo" in Footfall Atrium no longer appear in Adeptus Amasecus after they were killed;
• Opticon-22 is now shown as an important NPC on the map of Footfall Void Dock Alpha-Rho;
• Removed an inactive exit icon from the Epitaph Arena;
• Some characters were not visible in Footfall slums - fixed;
• Plague rats were added to Footfall slums;
• Starting cutscene in Plasma Drive Chamber could trigger again after killing all enemies - fixed;
• Tanakia is now easier to find on Epitaph;
• Fixed desync problems on the global map;
• Fixed desync problems in the Shadow Quarters;

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Visual

• Cassia’s face no longer makes you scream in horror when she equips a two-handed weapon;
• Added navigator powers VFX during various scenes and dialogues with Cassia;
• Added new VFX to Screamer Slam ability;
• Added proper burst animations for Necron Lokhust Heavy Destroyers;
• Added VFX to teleportation effects on various creatures;
• Argenta's left leg no longer clips through her robe;
• Color correction for interchapter videos;
• Covers will no longer dissolve on camera rotation or display purple textures under them;
• Expanded the variety and diversity of NPC looks;
• Female nobles no longer have their right leg clipping through their dress;
• Fixed a bug when a character could not use the ladder if there was an enemy on the other side;
• Fixed a number of visual errors in Prologue(NPC positions, T-poses, camera positioning, etc.);
• Fixed lighting and subtitles in the cutscene with Jae's introduction;
• Fixed missing objects in multiple cutscenes;
• Fixed visual changes of Footfall in Chapter 4.
• Fixed frame-switching animation in the opening cutscene;
• Herald of Corruption model was not visible - fixed;
• If screen or accessibility settings were changed, the screen could blink when loading the game - fixed;
• Improved smoke effect in one of Prologue scenes;
• Made some visual improvements to the cutscene in Adeptus Amasecus in Act IV;
• Pre-order throne now has Purity seals on it;
• Servitors with multi-melta had their shots coming out of their legs - fixed, the shots' VFX are now properly attached to the weapon's barrel;
• Subtitles in the interchapter videos are now displayed correctly;
• The combat servitors with multi-meltas had an incorrect model with a heavy bolter - fixed;
• Throne-sitting animation no longer makes the characters hover over the throne;

User Interfaces

• A message about an additional move has been added to the combat log;
• Added more clarifications for Burst Shot mechanics to the tooltips and the combat log;
• Added the notification in psychic power description that allows players to differentiate between major and minor psychic powers;
• Changed the red color of some text in the settings menu to be darker and more comfortable for reading;
• Charge ability now shows the expected damage;
• The Colony Management window could fail to open after the completion of certain subsequent projects - fixed;
• Combat log now always scrolls correctly to the bottom without having to reopen it when playing with a controller or on a console;
• Fixed a bug that caused talents and abilities that use formulas to show incorrect values in tooltips during level-up;
• Fixed a bug where switching to Tier 2 and Tier 3 Archetype descriptions in the character generation interface made it impossible to scroll and navigation in the whole interface would break;
• Fixed a problem with switching between quests, rumours, and contracts;
• Fixed disappearing texts in dialogues and descriptions that were caused by font size options resetting to 0;
• Fixed display of character biography;
• Fixed focus shifting and incorrect navigation when changing characters on the Reputation screen;
• Fixed font size for resources on planets;
• Fixed icon in Trauma description;
• Fixed incorrect description of 5th level of Iconoclast Conviction;
• Fixed incorrect display of what will be gained or lost in dialogues;
• Fixed incorrect tooltips for Chain Lightning and Psychic Scream and added additional Sanctioned Psyker description for clarity;
• For smaller locations, the map was looking very small on the screen - fixed, it is now zoomed in so that it is much larger by default;
• If a tutorial window appeared while the settings window was open, the settings window was blocked - fixed;
• Improved speed and responsibility of loot, cargo, and vendor UI;
  Improved the interaction with elements when playing with a gamepad or on a console.
• Screens now show only one element in focus, making it easier to identify the active interface;
• In interchapter videos, the subtitles are now better split, only showing one line at once;
• Minor color updates for level-up interface elements;
• Momentum tooltip has had its formatting fixed;
• Perils of the Warp are now correctly shown in the combat log;
• The planet selection frame remained on the screen on top of the colony management window - fixed;
• Removed display of system saves in the game save/load interface;
• Rogue Trader portrait could be replaced by Cassia portrait under some circumstances in the Biography interface - fixed;
• Screen and accessibility settings changes were not applied after restarting the game - fixed;
• Some dialogue options could become cut if the font size was bigger than the default - fixed;
• Subtitles in interchapter videos are now shown correctly;
• Switching weapon sets is now more responsible to clicks;
• Taken "Point-Blank" talent is now correctly shown in the talents list;
• The "?" button on the local map UI now works correctly when playing with the controller or on a console;
• The bug report icon will no longer be visible on the screen all the time;
• The chance of success was not displayed for Logic skill checks - fixed;
• The damage displayed in the weapon description and in inventory was reset to a base one;
• The description of the "Deadly Aim" talent has been updated to show correct values;
• The description of Ulfar's Swift Hunter feature was updated;
• The display of Keystone Features for Warrior and Operative was fixed;
• The display of the "due to" icon is removed from the interface if the icon is missing;
• The initiative tracker could remain on the screen after the battle when playing with a gamepad or on a console - fixed;
• The mini-map icon could remain on the screen after closing the map - fixed;
• The name of the central Defiler Cannon was corrected;
• The resource requirement value was displayed incorrectly in some contracts such as Shadowy Dealings - fixed;
• There is now a notification when the turn ends automatically, to avoid skipping the next turn by mistake;
• Updated the text on the reminder from the beta about collecting trophies from colonies in the journal - trophies can now be collected remotely;
• When playing with a gamepad or on a console, the interface displayed a familiar that could not be interacted with - fixed;
• When playing with the controller or on a console, tooltips are now enabled by default and appear on the right side of the screen;
• You can now see the voidship Officer Post ability upgrade descriptions before selecting them;
• Fixed a Conviction related item tutorial triggering at the wrong time;
• Fixed a desync problem when selecting the Archimilitant option in the Level-up window;
• Fixed a possible problem with the disappearance of the exit from the Lord Captain's quarters;
• Fixed zooming of the global map;

Localisation

• Major updates to Chinese localisation;
• For Japanese and Chinese localisations, text on the buttons in the settings menu is now better visible;
• Numerous fixes for typos, localisation errors, and missing text for all languages;
• Fixed a bug where ship customization had incorrect localisation;
• Replaced some of the [draft] strings with proper localisation in all languages;

Sound and Music

• Daemonic teleportation now has a sound effect;
• NPCs in Prologue will now speak louder;
• Removed the annoying loud banging sound from the voidship's bridge;

Space

• Fixed a bug where navigation could behave unpredictably in the Officer Post assignment window when playing with a gamepad or on a console;
• Fixed a bug where scrolling in the Officer Post assignment window did not work;
• Fixed problems with turn order when the player's voidship didn't act first when it should have;
• Incorrect sides for weapon batteries were displayed in tooltips - fixed;
• Ram attack now displays the range correctly when checking the move through the hologram;
• The description of ship abilities for the upgrade was updated;
• The Interstellar Sextant is now taking more turns before escaping in the Warp;
• The Results of some colonization events were not reflected in the colony stats - fixed;
• It could become impossible to open a warp route to Imperator's Palm system if the player spent all their Navigator's Insight before visiting it. A route will be now created automatically if the quest related to this system begins and the player has no routes there;
• Ice Planet in the Hundred Dreams Crossroads could be scanned in dialogue using basic augur component - fixed;
• Fixed a bug when the player couldn't cast main ship weapon abilities after player's torpedoes detonated on previous turn;
• Fixed the problem with opening the Officer Post assignment window;

Miscellaneous

• Cutscene before Webway Gate could fail to start - fixed;
• Greatest Exploration achievement conditions were fixed;
• Achievements were granted when loading a save - fixed, now they are given immediately;
• Interchapter cutscenes and some tutorials were not displayed on Steam Deck - fixed;
• Interchapter cutscenes could be played more than once - fixed;
• No Stone Unturned achievement was fixed;
• Removed camera twitching when switching to gameplay after playing cutscenes at the end of the game;

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