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Category: Patches

  • NEStalgia v1.73 Update + Original Soundtrack

    Today’s NEStalgia v1.73 update (notes) doubles the game client’s frame rate and also significantly improves the responsiveness of the movement controls. These upgrades make a huge difference in how smooth the the game both looks and plays, and they’ve been a long time coming. In general most of the changes in v1.73 are internal upgrades ported over from […]

  • v1.70 Online + Submit Your Podcast Questions!

    Getting v1.70 up and running turned out to be a bit of a struggle, but the server is back online and all of the major bugs have been squashed. However, there are still several things that need to be addressed in v1.70 before I can turn my focus back over to the expansion: Players with massive savefiles are […]

  • NEStalgia’s 2015 Easter Holiday Event

    NEStalgia v1.69.0 went live on the Official servers this morning, and along with it comes an improved and expanded Easter event. Similar to the style of the new Halloween event from several months ago, the expanded Easter content includes an entirely new region with its own reputation, badges, unique items and recruitable companions. Called “The […]

  • NEStalgia v1.68.8 + Savefile Transfers

    The NEStalgia v1.68.8 update is now live, and simply contains a few minor bug fixes related to the recent server and savefile merges. With those bugs out of the way, we are finally able to start accepting savefile transfer requests for players on the official servers. In order to request a savefile transfer, please visit the […]

  • NEStalgia v1.68 Released, Steam Coming Soon

    After several months of non-stop development work, the v1.68 update finally went live Friday night. For those of you who are unfamiliar with either this update or our forthcoming Steam launch, here are the highlights: v1.68 has a massive change log There are a ton of changes in v1.68, both small and large. You can […]

  • NEStalgia v1.68 Preview, Plus a Podcast!

    So how about that Steam launch? Well, the BYOND team is still working as fast as they can to get all of the Steam API stuff integrated into NEStalgia. Once that’s done, we’ll be finally be able to release the game on Steam (hopefully this month). In addition to lending a hand in that process […]

  • Podcast Ep16: Preparing for Steam

    It’s been a long, long time since we’ve recorded a podcast, but part of our goal as we move development ahead at full throttle is to increase the frequency of blog posts and updates about what’s going on behind the scenes. Today’s podcast is a meaty one, clocking in at 42 minutes. On this episode […]

  • v1.67.3 Patch and More Steam News

    The  v1.67.3 update went live on all servers earlier today. This patch added a couple cool features (overworld hotkeys!) and streamlined the game’s interface a bit.  All of these changes are related to NEStalgia’s upcoming launch on Steam as we scramble to get the game ready for wide-scale distribution. About that Steam launch… Here is a small taste […]

  • v1.65.3 Brings Marketplace and Vault Overhauls

    The v1.65.3 update (notes) which went live last night comes with some significant improvements to the Marketplace listing and Vault storage systems.  Both of these systems have been upgraded to use the same “bin” format that was just recently implemented for the Companion Ranch, which makes for much easier access and organization of stored items. The […]

  • v1.65 – The Lag Killer Patch

    Earlier today the v1.65 update went live. There aren’t many visible changes in this patch, but the good news is that it should take care of most of the post-companion slowdown and lag that has been plaguing the servers recently. All of v1.65’s back-end efficiency improvements should have a huge impact on server performance, but I’ll be […]