Today we have a new patch for you that’s focused on fixing a few small bugs, an elusive desync, and also adding some great new features to our Practice Mode!
Input Recording and Save States, two of our most requested Practice Mode features, are now available. These updates have been in the pipeline for a while now and should add plenty of features to help players learn the game and grind specific interactions. Be sure to let us know if you find any bugs since we expect this feature isn’t perfect yet with all types of controllers. Let’s dive in to patch 2.1.6.4:
If you like labbing, head into practice mode to try out the new features. There you can use save states to practice scenarios by recording inputs for a specific player slot, and then playing the inputs back.
You should be able to practice all kinds of different scenarios right in game, but if you want to get extra fancy, the inputs are saved to files in your %AppData%/RivalsofAether/training folder. This means you can even share practice scenarios with other players by sharing input files.
You can also loop or randomly shuffle the input playback from the scenarios you currently have recorded. Perfect for practicing a common scenario, or trying different reactions to a situation to see what’s best.
You can also save or load the entire game state during a training mode session. Note that Workshop items are not supported. You can also use hotkeys for these new Practice Mode features, which are 1-6 by default.
And one of the best changes for practicing – you can now control other player slots without the need to have multiple controllers plugged in!
Bugfixes
- Fixed multiple Sylvanos desyncs.
- We did a deep dive into the previously assumed “howl” desync and were able to find multiple causes after some considerable sleuthing.
- We did a deep dive into the previously assumed “howl” desync and were able to find multiple causes after some considerable sleuthing.
- Golden Olympia now has the proper golden skin effects. (Unlock this skin by purchasing her adorable plush here).
- All plush skins should now properly unlock the Catnip Bravo buddy.
Clairen’s Gold Skin (Specifically the custom color variant), doesn’t have this effect.
CAN U PLEASE ADD A CATAGORIES SHARE SO MY FREINDS CAN HAVE THE SAME LOOKING CLEAN RIVALS I HAVE PLEASE, i spent a whole day just organizing all the workshop characters and if there was a way to transfer or to share your categories it makes rivals so much more appealing visually when there’s not a clutter and someone’s done the work for them , the characters that don’t fit the categories should just get pushed to the end where all the other rivals random characters would be pretty please
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Hello! I’m the father of a teenager who really enjoys playing Rivals. He is into programming games. Hoping to do this for a career, and is attending a collegiate high school to further his knowledge in programming.
I was wondering if you had opportunities for him to volunteer and help build his skill set as well as helping you ease your workload. I can share more if you’d reach out to me via my email. Thank you in advance.