The nostalgic 1990s knockabout shooter Rise of the Triad was remastered and re-released last year as Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition. As our own Sean Prescott said at the time, it hasn’t aged very well, but it still needs to be played. It’s a self-paced historical artifact with some fun power-ups and more hidden doors than Dracula’s Castle, and it just got an update.
Version 1.1 brings cross-platform multiplayer. This means Steam and GOG players will finally be able to give up on each other, and they’ll also be able to play with friends on Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox. Also, a replacement Lightning Guard enemy (the last character cut from the beta to be restored for the Ludicrous Edition) has been added, and each level’s map screen will display kills and secret completions.
Other additions include a toggle to turn off the feature that automatically switches when picking up a new weapon, a jukebox in the level editor, and a default sound setting called “less deafening” in the patch notes It will be. Here is the complete list of changes:
Added
- Cross-platform multiplayer.
- Added the final alternate actor, Lightning Guard.
- New setting that allows players to prevent automatic weapon switching on pickup.
- Added text chat button to multiplayer menu.
- Level statistics: Added to the map screen, including kills and secrets.
- (PC) Added support for connecting to LAN addresses from interfaces.
- (PC) Added music jukebox to the level editor.
- (PC) You can now send lobby invitations to friends from the main lobby screen.
- (PC) Adds confirmation to start COMM-BAT game during single player play.
- (PC) Added support for `-file` parameter to load custom KPF files.
- The old `-file` parameter has been changed to `-file0`.
- (PC) A new network statistics option has been added to the options menu.
changed
- The zeros in the font are now slashed to make them easier to read.
- Online timeout has been adjusted to 20 seconds.
- Default sound settings have been improved to be less harsh.
- (PC) Scanning a lobby now shows what is happening with the scan, whether it is still scanning or has completed.
- (Switch, Sony) Significantly improved performance when checking floor or ceiling textures.
Repaired
- Fixed various rendering glitches that occurred at high resolutions.
- Online lobbies have been significantly improved to make connections more reliable.
- Many shortcomings of netcode, especially at low bandwidth, have been resolved.
- The game no longer hangs when connecting if the server shuts down while a level is loading.
- Camera controls are no longer confusing when launching the editor.
- Platform icons are no longer stretched to the scoreboard.
- Defeating Big John with Flame Wall or God Ball no longer causes the game to softlock.
- Many instances of menu stack corruption have been resolved and various softlocks have been resolved.
- The title screen now has significantly fewer missing pixels at the bottom of each column of pixels.
- Rumble no longer persists between levels.
- The default music track no longer causes excessive CPU usage.
- Views now snap to the horizon when free look is disabled.
- The game no longer crashes when using the “No target” cheat code during Oscro Battle.
- HUD previews are now properly cleared when exiting a menu using a non-traditional method.
- (Console) Default bindings are no longer merged with user-specified bindings.
- (Sony) Music no longer stops playing if it is accidentally stopped.
- (Switch) Going from docked mode to handheld mode no longer prevents you from using the controller.
- (PC) Rumble now works properly in online games.
- (PC) You can now accept game invites in more locations.
- (PC) Joining from an invite can no longer cause a hang.
- (PC) Rescanning a lobby now clears old lobbies.
- (PC) Several improvements have been made to level editor validation.
- (PC) Game no longer refuses to launch due to invalid screen size.
- (PC) Custom gravity is no longer carried over from multiplayer games.
- (PC) Cutting is more reliable and the control is less likely to freeze.
- (PC) Online lobbies are now a little more helpful in telling users why the lobby ended.
- (PC) Prevents the scoreboard from remaining active between games.
- (PC) Different lightning levels now work in COMM-BAT mode.
- (PC) Fixed an issue where player colors and characters could sometimes be toggled in the menu without being enabled in-game.
- (PC) Items that spawn in the air now respawn properly at the correct Z height.
- (PC) Voice chat option no longer appears in LAN lobby.
- (PC) Violence is now always forced to HIGH in lobbies for consistency.
- (PC) Returning to the lobby mid-game no longer has a chance of causing the server to crash.
- (PC) Shooting another player at close range will now always hit you.
