Posted October 07, 2021
Update notes for Patch 3, and now introducing: CLASSIC VIDEO mode!
Hey all, Hannah from Cyan here. Patch 3 is here for Myst on PC/Mac! It’s a big update with lots of fixes & feature updates (some of which have been highly requested by y’all), so hang tight and come along for the ride!
New Features
The feature you’ve all been waiting for… we’ve added a "Classic Videos" option to the display settings menu! Enabling it will allow you to watch some classic, upscaled versions of Myst videos where applicable, plus the original audio to go along with it. This setting is disabled by default but can be enabled (or disabled) at any time. A few things to note:
If you change this setting in the midst of a game session, you may have to reload your save, or leave + re-enter the area you’re in to see the nearby videos and audio change.
We do not yet have subtitles in for the classic audio, as this will require some time to write up the timing + words in the format Unreal Engine prefers, and put that text through another localization pass.
(SPOILER) This change does not apply to the characters in any of the end-game sequences, or the regular fly-by videos for each Age.
(SPOILER) Classic videos mode currently won’t play the “extra” video that plays after the player learns of the fireplace code page. This is the video of the brothers immediately reminding the player of the fireplace code page instead of taking a minute to get to it. We will put a fix in for this in the next patch.
If you wish to see tutorials for gameplay every time you encounter a puzzle instead of tutorials for interactions you have not yet learned, we’ve added a menu option for you! "Always Show Tutorials" is a new option in our display settings menu that will do just that for you.
For all of you who don’t want to bask in the glory of our full 20s Cyan logo movie every time you start up Myst, we now have "skip" functionality implemented. After 5 seconds of dreaded waiting, you can skip through the logo scene with the enter key or with the bottom face button on your controller.
Added framerate limit setting to graphics settings menu (unlimited by default).
Added motion blur option to graphics settings menu (disabled by default).
For folks who want the cursor to get out of the way more often for screenshots or whatnot: We’ve added an option into the display settings menu to allow the cursor to auto-hide if you are not moving around or hovering over an interactable.
Engage mode cursor speed now respects the look/turn sensitivity players set in the menu.
There are new launch options as of 2 days ago (August 30th) to start up the 2D game with dx11.
VR-specific Fixes
Updated Knuckles controls to allow for height reset & other shortcuts; see the new controller diagram for it in the controls settings menu for more information.
Fix for Myst appearing unresponsive when taking off SteamVR HMD for a few minutes and then putting it back on.
Updated launch options so that they don’t start up SteamVR if you selected a 2D play mode.
Another potential fix for the menu disappearing for some SteamVR users running the game with their HMD above 90hz. If you are still encountering the issue, please ensure your graphics drivers are up to date, delete your GameUserSettings.ini file in C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Myst\Saved\Config, and attempt to validate game files to see if that helps.
General Fixes & Improvements
(SPOILER) Fix for the white page disappearing from D'ni when the player opens + closes the menu it’s floating in the air.
Fix for the channelwood spiral staircase door locking you out from middle level on a revisit of the Age if you pulled the lever more than once while it was opening the first time you visited that age
Fix for some pickupable objects in Mechanical caches being invisible when you open the menu + close the menu while inside of the cache.
Fix for the music volume not being set on startup after setting it to 0 in a previous game instance.
Fixed some LOD pops on Myst Island.
General performance improvements for users with M1 Mac laptops.
Fix for the elevator blocker lever in the Mechanical Age being unresponsive sometimes, or flipping back to a position you did not intend for it to.
Numerical elements on clocktower puzzle gears have been darkened so that they are more readable at lower resolution scales.
Fix for being able to use the fortress rotation controls while inside of the elevator in the Mechanical Age.
Fix for some items spawning outside of the drawers on save/load.
Changed the colors up on the pipe controllers in Channelwood so that the levers have a more interactable appearance.
Fix for the fog showing up in ray traced reflections.
Fix for the player being able to pick up a book in VR and 2D when the bookshelf in Myst Library is open.
Fix for the ceiling fan and linking book in Stoneship ship becoming visible when stepping to the end of the plank on Myst Island.
Fix for softlock in Mechanical on the second floor when being booted from the elevator.
Fix for main menu scene not being reachable from logo scene if there are no audio devices available, or music is set to 0 on gamestartup.
Prevent player from being able to change walk/run mode while in Cyan Logo scene, and if it can't change walk/run, prevent the notification from showing at all.
Added a “fail” sound for Myst Island tower elevator if the player tries to move it without the door closed.
Added a “fail” sound for Channelwood elevators if they are powered but the player tries to move it without the door closed.
Linking books can now be used to link by clicking on any part of the panel page, instead of the book closing if you press the white space below the linking panel.
Fix for disengage from Myst Island bookshelf not working if you previously disengaged from reading a book with the left mouse button.
Fix for some interactable cursor offset issues after going up or down a ladder.
Upcoming
Thank you to everyone who has reported issues with crashes on startup after enabling certain menu options. In most cases, ensuring 1. Your machine fits out minimum spec, 2. Your graphics drivers are up to date, and 3. Verifying game file integrity should fix the issue for most, but there are some legitimate engine issues on specific hardware in dx12 that we are looking into resolving. Also, if you’ve enabled some graphics settings that caused Myst to poop out launching every time after then, you can delete your user settings here: C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Myst\Saved\Config, and please let us know which setting it was that caused the issue (as well as information about your machine). As a workaround for these issues for now, you can use our new launch option for starting the game in dx11 mode, and that should get you in the game ASAP.
We hope to implement a menu feature to increase dialog subtitle size in 2D.
We are looking into a fix for the half page in Stoneship being very dark when picking it up from the side of the drawer. As a workaround for now, you can see the page clearly if you pick up the page with the drawer opened directly in front of you.
For the folks playing in a true-free-roam environment in VR (literally walking around in a physical space), we have some hopeful fixes coming soon for the screen randomly appearing to turn black when you walk in tight collision arenas.
Some folks with their system language in languages other than English have found that changing the game language while in a game instance does not immediately update the journal textures to match the desired language. We will look into fixing this, but as a workaround for now, you can quit and restart Myst, and the textures should reflect the desired language.
More fun improvements and features are in the pipe that we’ll announce at a later date.
Extra Notes
If anyone encounters any crashes or other issues, please email support@cyan.com with the following information:
Dxdiag (if on Windows) or screenshot of “About this Mac” page (if on Mac) of your machine,
The contents of your C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Myst\Saved directory, zipped up, or if on Mac, the contents of your /Users/username/Library/Application Support/Epic/Myst/Saved directory, and
Details of the bug, with any repro steps if possible.
For folks who monitor our Steam page for patch update information but own Myst on other platforms, and are still waiting on a patch for Myst to come to Gamepass/Xbox One/Xbox Series/Windows Store, please note that all updates we push on those platforms have to go through a certification process on Microsoft’s end that can take a week or longer. We are submitting a patch today and we hope for it to be approved sometime next week. Unfortunately this process is completely out of our control so we can only hope for it to get through the queue ASAP and be approved at the end of it all.
We will be out of the office this Labor Day weekend, through the end of the day Monday, and will address any tickets or discussions once we’re back in the office on Tuesday.
Thank you for all of your support! Enjoy playing Myst, and have a great weekend, y’all!
- Hannah @ Cyan
Hey all, Hannah from Cyan here. Patch 3 is here for Myst on PC/Mac! It’s a big update with lots of fixes & feature updates (some of which have been highly requested by y’all), so hang tight and come along for the ride!
New Features
The feature you’ve all been waiting for… we’ve added a "Classic Videos" option to the display settings menu! Enabling it will allow you to watch some classic, upscaled versions of Myst videos where applicable, plus the original audio to go along with it. This setting is disabled by default but can be enabled (or disabled) at any time. A few things to note:
If you change this setting in the midst of a game session, you may have to reload your save, or leave + re-enter the area you’re in to see the nearby videos and audio change.
We do not yet have subtitles in for the classic audio, as this will require some time to write up the timing + words in the format Unreal Engine prefers, and put that text through another localization pass.
(SPOILER) This change does not apply to the characters in any of the end-game sequences, or the regular fly-by videos for each Age.
(SPOILER) Classic videos mode currently won’t play the “extra” video that plays after the player learns of the fireplace code page. This is the video of the brothers immediately reminding the player of the fireplace code page instead of taking a minute to get to it. We will put a fix in for this in the next patch.
If you wish to see tutorials for gameplay every time you encounter a puzzle instead of tutorials for interactions you have not yet learned, we’ve added a menu option for you! "Always Show Tutorials" is a new option in our display settings menu that will do just that for you.
For all of you who don’t want to bask in the glory of our full 20s Cyan logo movie every time you start up Myst, we now have "skip" functionality implemented. After 5 seconds of dreaded waiting, you can skip through the logo scene with the enter key or with the bottom face button on your controller.
Added framerate limit setting to graphics settings menu (unlimited by default).
Added motion blur option to graphics settings menu (disabled by default).
For folks who want the cursor to get out of the way more often for screenshots or whatnot: We’ve added an option into the display settings menu to allow the cursor to auto-hide if you are not moving around or hovering over an interactable.
Engage mode cursor speed now respects the look/turn sensitivity players set in the menu.
There are new launch options as of 2 days ago (August 30th) to start up the 2D game with dx11.
VR-specific Fixes
Updated Knuckles controls to allow for height reset & other shortcuts; see the new controller diagram for it in the controls settings menu for more information.
Fix for Myst appearing unresponsive when taking off SteamVR HMD for a few minutes and then putting it back on.
Updated launch options so that they don’t start up SteamVR if you selected a 2D play mode.
Another potential fix for the menu disappearing for some SteamVR users running the game with their HMD above 90hz. If you are still encountering the issue, please ensure your graphics drivers are up to date, delete your GameUserSettings.ini file in C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Myst\Saved\Config, and attempt to validate game files to see if that helps.
General Fixes & Improvements
(SPOILER) Fix for the white page disappearing from D'ni when the player opens + closes the menu it’s floating in the air.
Fix for the channelwood spiral staircase door locking you out from middle level on a revisit of the Age if you pulled the lever more than once while it was opening the first time you visited that age
Fix for some pickupable objects in Mechanical caches being invisible when you open the menu + close the menu while inside of the cache.
Fix for the music volume not being set on startup after setting it to 0 in a previous game instance.
Fixed some LOD pops on Myst Island.
General performance improvements for users with M1 Mac laptops.
Fix for the elevator blocker lever in the Mechanical Age being unresponsive sometimes, or flipping back to a position you did not intend for it to.
Numerical elements on clocktower puzzle gears have been darkened so that they are more readable at lower resolution scales.
Fix for being able to use the fortress rotation controls while inside of the elevator in the Mechanical Age.
Fix for some items spawning outside of the drawers on save/load.
Changed the colors up on the pipe controllers in Channelwood so that the levers have a more interactable appearance.
Fix for the fog showing up in ray traced reflections.
Fix for the player being able to pick up a book in VR and 2D when the bookshelf in Myst Library is open.
Fix for the ceiling fan and linking book in Stoneship ship becoming visible when stepping to the end of the plank on Myst Island.
Fix for softlock in Mechanical on the second floor when being booted from the elevator.
Fix for main menu scene not being reachable from logo scene if there are no audio devices available, or music is set to 0 on gamestartup.
Prevent player from being able to change walk/run mode while in Cyan Logo scene, and if it can't change walk/run, prevent the notification from showing at all.
Added a “fail” sound for Myst Island tower elevator if the player tries to move it without the door closed.
Added a “fail” sound for Channelwood elevators if they are powered but the player tries to move it without the door closed.
Linking books can now be used to link by clicking on any part of the panel page, instead of the book closing if you press the white space below the linking panel.
Fix for disengage from Myst Island bookshelf not working if you previously disengaged from reading a book with the left mouse button.
Fix for some interactable cursor offset issues after going up or down a ladder.
Upcoming
Thank you to everyone who has reported issues with crashes on startup after enabling certain menu options. In most cases, ensuring 1. Your machine fits out minimum spec, 2. Your graphics drivers are up to date, and 3. Verifying game file integrity should fix the issue for most, but there are some legitimate engine issues on specific hardware in dx12 that we are looking into resolving. Also, if you’ve enabled some graphics settings that caused Myst to poop out launching every time after then, you can delete your user settings here: C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Myst\Saved\Config, and please let us know which setting it was that caused the issue (as well as information about your machine). As a workaround for these issues for now, you can use our new launch option for starting the game in dx11 mode, and that should get you in the game ASAP.
We hope to implement a menu feature to increase dialog subtitle size in 2D.
We are looking into a fix for the half page in Stoneship being very dark when picking it up from the side of the drawer. As a workaround for now, you can see the page clearly if you pick up the page with the drawer opened directly in front of you.
For the folks playing in a true-free-roam environment in VR (literally walking around in a physical space), we have some hopeful fixes coming soon for the screen randomly appearing to turn black when you walk in tight collision arenas.
Some folks with their system language in languages other than English have found that changing the game language while in a game instance does not immediately update the journal textures to match the desired language. We will look into fixing this, but as a workaround for now, you can quit and restart Myst, and the textures should reflect the desired language.
More fun improvements and features are in the pipe that we’ll announce at a later date.
Extra Notes
If anyone encounters any crashes or other issues, please email support@cyan.com with the following information:
Dxdiag (if on Windows) or screenshot of “About this Mac” page (if on Mac) of your machine,
The contents of your C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Myst\Saved directory, zipped up, or if on Mac, the contents of your /Users/username/Library/Application Support/Epic/Myst/Saved directory, and
Details of the bug, with any repro steps if possible.
For folks who monitor our Steam page for patch update information but own Myst on other platforms, and are still waiting on a patch for Myst to come to Gamepass/Xbox One/Xbox Series/Windows Store, please note that all updates we push on those platforms have to go through a certification process on Microsoft’s end that can take a week or longer. We are submitting a patch today and we hope for it to be approved sometime next week. Unfortunately this process is completely out of our control so we can only hope for it to get through the queue ASAP and be approved at the end of it all.
We will be out of the office this Labor Day weekend, through the end of the day Monday, and will address any tickets or discussions once we’re back in the office on Tuesday.
Thank you for all of your support! Enjoy playing Myst, and have a great weekend, y’all!
- Hannah @ Cyan
Post edited October 07, 2021 by pen311
