Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms

v0.0.9855a

Encroaching Entities III Update

It's been a long time coming. But Transliminal now has three new entities and myriad much needed fixes and quality of life tweaks.

The following has been added or changed for

'Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms' v0.0.9855a:

New Additions

• You may now return the fully assembled doll to Mother

• Windows will now take you to a new location

• A new ending is available

• Phase Emitters may now be removed from the Heart of Electrics Gateway after being installed.
  

• The Item inventory list, Keys list, and Objective list now sort alphabetically and arrange Items as they are collected dynamically

• Blunt hits to the player will now cause knockback in the opposite direction

• Baby Dolls can now be picked up and thrown

• UI indicator of how many animated Baby Doll entities exist

• New ambient noises in Playgrounds

• More room variation in Run Down, Dilapidated, and Ruins quality areas of Level 0

• More Variation in sanity based alternate Level 0 map

• New music played on phonographs

• New voice lines

• New sound effects

• A Castle rests atop the tallest hill in the center of The Playgrounds

• Defeating a Baby Doll entity while in The Playgrounds results in Red Time

• Some doors are now barricaded

• You may choose to throw the assembled baby doll into the fire

• Clumps

• Hounds

• A familiar entity will now lurk in appropriate variations of Level 0

• There is now an option to Toggle Sprint in the Controls menu

• The Sprint Key may now be rebound

• An Emitter may now be found in The Hospital

• Assets added to some Hospital rooms

• Instead of only a pair of eyes, Mother’s true form closes in on you when in her realm

• Playgrounds background scene for title screen if the game was saved there

• The top ramp of Level 1 can now lead to The Blacktops

• New Audio in Level 1

• PA Loudspeakers

• Old time radios

• 4 New collectable Sketchbook pages

• Hobbytown Display Arch walls added to some Level 0 Areas

• PA Speaker Poles in Playgrounds may play 3 different songs now

• Added particle effects and puddles to Drain Grates with running water and changed texture speed of running water

• Entities now add to a threat meter once spawned and subtract from the threat meter once destroyed or out of range. The Threat meter decides certain actions like the protagonist speaking or not

• Holding the Status Key(Tab) will now open the Status Menu and tapping it will show quick status details

• Getting inside of a locker and closing it will now make you “hidden”

• Howlers may now spawn in all Level 0 Complex Variants

• Improved Howler wall navigation

• The Aberrant Daemon ‘Mother’ can now be defeated

• New voice lines and sound effects related to new content 

• 3 New Achievements

• Peeking around corners may be disabled in the SYSTEM>CONTROLS Menu

• Rain in some “outdoor” areas

• Washboard color variations in Level 0

Tweaks/Fixes

• Controls are now properly restored after teleporting to the Playgrounds with a Memberberry, or teleporting there via gateway

• The game will now save each time upon entering a different level

• Fixed player position script that wasn’t enabled to properly transport to alternate Level 0 maps

• Start Menu mask now changes width depending on aspect ratio to prevent masking inconsistencies

• Changed method for step sound effects that should reduce stuttering

• Added manual Garbage Collection during scene loads. Should help the game from being less performant the longer you play

• Corrected import settings on many texture maps

• Baby Dolls will now also appear at night in the Playgrounds

• Lower occurrence chance and quantity for moai heads that can appear in the Playgrounds

• Raised and simplified the collider of Wind Turbine

• Raised area trigger of playgrounds effects

• Baby Dolls now have glowing yellow eyes

• Baby Dolls are now able to be defeated by throwing them into fire

• Eating a Backshroom while completely insane will reduce Health. It will still increase Nourishment when in Survival Mode

• Increased radius of rainbows in playgrounds so they won’t clip through water towers

• Fixed walls erroneously disabling themselves in the Pitfalls room of the Complex Level 0 map during the Threshold ending

• Corrected error in Tic-Tac-Toe script that was prematurely activating or preventing activation of event scripts

• Windows are much more likely if all 6 Doll Parts have been collected

• The amount of Baby Dolls no longer increases when the Entities option is off

• Changed how the amount of Baby Dolls in the world are calculated

• Extended culling range & fog distance in Playgrounds 

• Fixed behavior, smoothed animation transitions, and added sound effects to Jungle gym mimics

• The Compass notification now appears when entering playgrounds

• Material tweaks

• Fixed the widow exit on level 0 not having any ceiling tiles

• Only the most recently installed Phase Emitters may be uninstalled

• Phase Emitters can no longer be installed when the menu is open

• Picking up non-hostile Baby Doll entities will make them hostile

• When sitting on a couch there is now a small time delay before you are able to stand. This should prevent some instances of TV Bob not playing the video

• Adjusted the volume of some voice lines

• Lowered the sanity level needed to spawn Red Oval Sky Ceilings in pools

• Increased LOD distance of some walls

• Smilers can no longer attack after they have been shot with the Phase Emitter

• Capacitor collection is now only possible if the Phase gun has less than maximum charges

• Added colliders to Large Hill in playgrounds that were previously able to be clipped through

• Fixed instances where player dialogue subtitles would stay on screen when entering the castle

• Capacitor collection screen no longer appears when collecting a recharge

• Puddles around drains at the bottom of the scale Pools puzzle room now appear at an appropriate time

• Fixed misaligned computer screen overlays

• Increased the rate at which The Lantern burns fuel

• Smilers no longer award max sanity if scared away by the Lantern

• Slightly increased the length of the Phase Emitter beam

• Fixed issue where protagonist voice lines would sometimes play inappropriately

• Fixed some world blocks in Level 0 variants and Async Threshold ending maps that were spawning twice on top of each other, causing huge lag

• Fixed wall bounds that were visible on some level 0 wall components 

• Dumpster color variations

• Lower quality areas of Level 0 may have construction walls

• Fixed visible bounds on some Level 0 walls

• Added better colliders to some objects

• Fixed walls that had no bounds in Level 0 Crosshalls world blocks

• All objects that can be sat on now have a delay before you can stand back up. Fixing what I dub, “The Zoomer Problem”

• Fixed invalid script assignments on some objects that were causing crashes to the desktop

• Fixed pool chairs that wouldn’t let you stand up

• Improved Hound behavior

• Improved Clump behavior

• Fixed issue where construction walls would have solid wall props and decals 

• Some Protagonist vocals rearranged for use in different situations

• Bacteria/Howler is affected by Phase Emitter Beam

• Fixed and improved accuracy of Deathmoth hitboxes

• Fixed audio that wasn’t playing during Clump Actions 

• Properly tagged obstacle objects that were untagged

• Removed some instances where the protagonist makes incorrect comments upon entering some areas

• Changed script setting that would result in certain world blocks having no floor

• Loading or teleporting to Level 1 will no longer put you back in the elevator

• Screens on the Gateway Console are now presented at full resolution on any graphics setting

• Changed the dimensions of some Reflection probes in upper level window blocks

• Hounds may spawn on the higher floors of Level 1

• Shadows and Fog may spawn on the lower floors of Level 1

• Slightly reduced chances of PA Speakers in Playgrounds

• Fixed Title screen pools not having any water

• Fixed wooden chair detail map

• Fixed ceiling smiler not being able to be shot with Phase Emitter

• Resized Clump colliders to prevent them from clipping through things

• Changed Level 0 arch wall chance method to prevent it spawning in rooms with no floors or ceilings

• Lowered chance of Level 0 arch walls

• Better validation on all level 0 world blocks featuring arch walls

• Changed the way Locker internal components activate and spawn

• Removed Locker door collider when door is open or opening

• Increased Hound range before it attacks

• Fixed script that was preventing new audio tracks from playing on PA Speakers

• Clumps are now light sensitive

• Fixed script error that was preventing the toggling of Survival Mode

• Crawlspace dissolve wall actually dissolves now

• Slightly Increased Ceiling Smiler kill range. And changed the physics layer of the Kill Trigger

• Smiler Phase animation now disables the kill trigger to prevent being killed by a Smiler while it’s in its death throws

• Added a vision range to Clumps so they don’t only chase when you get close

• Corrected the size of the Menu Mask on 4:3 and 16:9 ratios

• Increased Hit radius of Howler Strikes

• Howler properly phases when shot with emitter

• Status popups will disable upon pressing the Status key and upon opening the menu

• Fixed some barricaded doors that were able to be opened before clearing 

• Fixed floating Pools platforms

• Fixed doors with possible barricades not being able to be opened if no barricades spawn

• Elevator will now only spawn in Level ACID/Glitch when arriving there by elevator

• Replaced some wall structures that weren't spawning via prefabs

• Ceiling vents in Level 0 now have duct work

Thanks to everyone who has continued to support the development of this very complex project.
I appreciate the patience while waiting for new content.

Next up;
The Offices of Level4
The Infinite City
&
The Beast Of Level 5
And so much more!

_-=[ ComAdore ]=-_