The Legend of Heroes: Trails From Zero has received a major update today on PC that implements several bug fixes and improvements.
This patch addresses some visual improvements like the changes made to the water rendering so it looks better now. There are various other bug fixes implemented in this patch as well and a new Auto Text Advance feature has been added to the game too. Get the details on this update below, or see them on Steam.
The Legend of Heroes: Trails From Zero December 28 Patch Notes
Major New Features
- Water rendering update: water now optionally uses a pixel shader which distorts the reflections/refractions. We tuned this for most bodies of water in the game and it looks pretty neat.
- Added an “Auto Text Advance” feature. Note that there are a few events in-game where this will not apply since they require manual advance.
- Check and trigger achievements on loading saves. This means that if you e.g. import a save from a playthrough of a different version of the game, applicable achievements will now trigger. (Note: this mostly applies to collection-type achievements)
Major Bug Fixes
- Resolved an issue which could cause portraits not to be displayed in very specific circumstances.
- Implement a number of English localization fixes.
Additional Changes and Fixes
- Improve font rendering performance by avoiding unneeded copies and temporary textures. This might be noticeable on slower systems when a lot of text is displayed.
- Map geometry fixes on many maps, and some map collision fixes. Some of these are specific to ultra-wide monitors, but others are visible in 16:9 as well.
- Show correct button prompt in detective notebook for “Details”.
- Add mouse support for the casino exchange menu.
- Made direct camp menu save button prompt clickable.
- Check whether detective rank is in a valid range when loading saves.
- Fixed crash when failing to delete saves.
- Allow cancellation of dialogs in the settings menu with the back button.
- Always apply framerate limit, even when VSync is enabled (or forced off). This is to prevent issues when VSync is off globally.
- Fixed an issue where battle character outlines could flicker with high FPS.
The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero is a 2010 role-playing video game developed by Nihon Falcom. It takes place in Crossbell, a city-state located between two great powers fighting for control over it. The game and its 2011 sequel, Trails to Azure, form the series’ “Crossbell arc”. They were finally localized in English this year and released on PC and consoles.
