-- World to the West --

title.......... world_to_the_west
genre.......... Action
game id........ 1601056795
url............ https://www.gog.com/en/game/world_to_the_west
user rating.... 8%
release date... May 05, 2017

game items.....:


    standalone...:

        [world_to_the_west_1_6_0_gog_galaxy_80224.sh] -- World to the West
            version: 1.6.0

extras.........:

    [world_to_the_west_wallpapers.zip] -- wallpapers

changelog......:

<h4>Patch 1.4.0 (13 August 2019)</h4><h5>Major:</h5>
<ul>
<li>Fixed the controls interface being very confusing when the game was started without a controller plugged in.
Minor:</li>
<li>Fixed not being able to purchase health shrine locations for Clonington if you hadn't talked to Hypodermia about it before getting Teri's ultimate upgrade.</li>
<li>Fixed a text bubble being invisible in the cutscene where you get Lumina's ultimate upgrade.</li>
<li>Fixed showing too many hearts on the characters in the load game menu.</li>
<li>Fixed being able to blink through a fence in Carteblanche when you shouldn't be able to, causing a potential sequence break.</li>
<li>Fixed a door next to Carteblanche that would be closed again after it had been opened by Teri, if you came back as a different character than Teri.</li>
<li>Various improvements to the cutscenes around the final boss fight.</li>
<li>Various performance improvements throughout the game.</li>
</ul><hr><h4>Patch 1.3.0 (27 August 2018)</h4><h5>Performance improvements:</h5>
<ul>
<li>Optimized geometry for better culling and batching in most levels</li>
<li>Optimized many visual effects</li>
<li>Replaced many visual effects and animations with more performant versions.</li>
<li>Fixed occasional stutters when saving the game</li>
<li>Greatly improved performance of Knaus' ice flakes</li>
<li>Improved performance for objects that occasionally animate, like chests, doors etc.</li>
<li>Improved performance during the last boss.</li>
<li>Improved compression for many assets.</li>
<li>Improved the performance of the UI.</li>
</ul>
<h5>Visual improvements:</h5>
<ul>
<li>Adjusted water edges in all levels with water to match the shore better.</li>
<li>Improved lighting in several levels that were too dark.</li>
<li>Made fish less likely to escape the water.</li>
<li>Improved look of fog in many levels.</li>
<li>Added burn marks to several explosions.</li>
<li>Improved look of foot dust effect.</li>
</ul>
<h5>Bugfixes and improvements:</h5>
<ul>
<li>Repaired holes in the level geometry in quite a few levels.</li>
<li>Improved AI navigation in most levels.</li>
<li>Minor fixes to the Japanese translation.</li>
<li>Fixed bug where the music sound would get permanently lowered until the game was restarted when entering and exiting the menu many times.</li>
<li>Moved several NPCs which could get the player stuck behind them.</li>
<li>Fixed an issue where Clonington could get stuck after a pugilism match.</li>
<li>Fixed ridden monsters moving too slowly after being ridden into a scene.</li>
<li>Fixed some instances of creatures that were falling to their doom teleporting back to safety.</li>
<li>Fixed some NPCs not playing their walking animation when walking around, and some other animation issues.</li>
<li>Fixed Lumina being able to blink through a few level transitions without triggering them, causing the player to fall off the edge of the map.</li>
<li>Fixed bug where Clonington would get locked into his ground stomp attack</li>
<li>Fixed bug where Clonington would get locked into his haymaker attack</li>
<li>Fixed some shader bugs causing graphical artifacts.</li>
<li>Fixed a few mismatched level transitions, which could cause players to end up outside the playable area if entering certain levels.</li>
<li>Fixed issue where you would fall through some stairs.</li>
<li>Fixed several levels having the area under it's death plane marked as walkable, causing the player to occasionally get stuck there.</li>
<li>Fixed issues where you had to leave the area to be able to pay Bear and Cat to change their song again.</li>
<li>Fixed issue where the Flailmunk's homerun effect would get triggered at the wrong time.</li>
<li>Fixed Flailmunks getting eaten mid-attack by Grues.</li>
<li>Fixed SnortHogs getting stuck in an invalid state if you stopped mind-controlling them mid-charge.</li>
<li>Improvements and fixes for sound and visuals in the end credits.</li>
<li>Fixed issue where Steam saving would lock up.</li>
</ul>
<h5>Features:</h5>
<ul>
<li>Flailmunks are now afraid of Clonington when he flexes.</li>
<li>Added drop shadow to all controlled characters, and greatly improved the performance on the characters that already had drop shadows.</li>
<li>Added a character bark when switching between characters in the totem map menu.</li>
<li>Knaus now moves much faster while underground, and digs holes faster.</li>
<li>Portuguese language added.</li>
</ul><hr><h4>Installer update (16th December 2017) [macOS Only]</h4><ul>
<li>Installer update - No game files were changed.</li>
</ul>