The Stone of Madness (Switch): all the updates (latest: QoL Update 1)

4 March 2025 Lite_Agent The Game Kitchen, The Stone of Madness, Tripwire Interactive

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The Stone of Madness – Ver. ??? (QoL Update 1)

Release date: March 4th/5th 2025
Patch notes:

Summary

Addressed over 150 issues.

Improved Player and NPC navigation.

Improved overall performance.

Improved menu navigation.

Added some feedback and quality of life features.

Balanced specific skills that were not fun to use.

Added new graphics, vfx and animation.

Nintendo Switch

Improved overall performance

Improved overall memory usage

Improved Campaigns scene visuals

Improved enemy detection cone visuals

Various audio tweaks and balancing

Various quality of life features have been added

Various tooltips have been updated

Various additional fixes have been added

Addressed issues where guards can become stuck and not chase a character

Addressed guard vision cone visual anomalies

Addressed an issue where vision cones would make red cushions appear black

Addressed an FX issue with a pyre in St. Jerome’s Wall

Addressed an issue where a readable item in the Abbot’s room in the Cloister had incorrect text

Addressed an issue where an incorrect image of Agnes during The Gate of Saint Jerome was being displayed

Addressed an issue where white chickens were not able to be placed in the player’s inventory or used in the environment

Addressed an issue where Evil Eye VFX would disappear when a character used a trap door or portal to travel

Addressed an issue where some mechanical gates had no SFX

Addressed an issue where players who completed the Prologue, quit the game, and re-loaded the game, would see ‘Start New Game’ instead of ‘Continue’

Addressed an issue where Eduardo’s health capacity would not automatically increase after unlocking “Resisting Adversity”

Fixed blurry frames when videos are played

Fixed player frames being out of position in the Prologue

Fixed background flickering when in the pause menu

Exit to title menu pop up no longer flickers when exiting to title menu.

Fixed frame drops from occurring in the following scenarios:

When switching between characters

When navigating between tabs in the tab menu

When reaching a new time quarter

Improved menu navigation

Overall character movement is now smoother

Characters will no longer become stuck between various objects during movement

In The Gate of Saint Jerome Campaign, a possible blocker when completing the objective Rest in Peace has been fixed

Decreased overall vibration intensity

Various skills have been re-balanced for better user engagement

VFX from soldier’s shooting at a character now show

The plants next to the “Old Abandoned Chapel” trapdoor can now be harvested

Leonora can no longer use her skills through fences

No more characters being in shadow when hiding behind furniture. Improved illumination.

Characters can no longer walk through doors that have been restricted

New Features

Added new animations for the main cast during the Night Phase character selection screen when a Planning type Night Action is active.

Added new animations for the main cast during the Night Phase management screen.

Added new sprites and animations for alarm bells and some specific doors.

Updated player portrait images.

Added new VFX for Set Trap skill.

Suitable hiding places are now highlighted when your character is being chased.

Suitable hiding spots for bodies are now highlighted when your character is carrying a dead or unconscious NPC.

Hiding spots now show an Icon indicating if a dead or unconscious NPC is located inside.

New visual effects were added to several level elements.

Added a new unread notification icon to several menus when new content becomes available.

Balance changes

Skills

“Blessing” is no longer a forbidden action.

“Gunshot” Skill range has been increased.

“Throw Rubble” Skill range has been increased. Distraction is more effective.

“Unchained!” Skill range has been increased. Stun duration has been increased.

“Block Door” Duration of locked doors have been increased.

“Set Trap” Trap setting range has been increased.

“Set Trap: Mousetrap” Duration of the skill effects have been increased.

“Set Trap: Chocolate” Duration of the skill effects have been increased.

“Mockery” Skill range has been increased.

“Evil Eye” Skill range has been increased. Stun duration has been increased.

“Possession” Skill sanity cost has been halved.

Items

“Knowledge Stones“: Knowledge gain has been increased

Night actions

“Study” Knowledge gain from studying most items has been increased

Several night action costs have been tweaked to improve balance.

Disorders

Sanity damage caused by several Disorders has been lowered.

Alfredo’s “Headaches” duration has been lowered. He’s no longer affected by the monastery clock bell.

Eduardo’s “Fear of the Dark” Time before triggering the sanity damage has been increased

Other

Tweaked enemy chasing speed and memory to improve chasing situations.

The duration of NPCs’ distracted state after hearing noises has been increased. This includes the ones caused by skills such as Eduardo’s “Throw Rubble”, and Leonora’s “Gunshot”.

Improved the quality of items achieved after confessing to the Inquisitor during Campaign “The Corrupt Hand of the Church”.

Panecillo’s shop inventory now features “Apples” and “Scrolls“,

The amount of “Dead Man’s Finger” items available each day in Panecillo’s shop has been increased to 2 (previously was 1).

Panecillo’s shop prices have been adjusted

“Wood” now cost 3 coins (previously were (2 coins)

“Mousetraps” now cost 12 coins (previously were 14 coins)

Pianist NPC aura range has been decreased. Melody duration has been shortened.

Windows will take more time before they make noise.

Costs for haggling with the Man In The Hat have been tweaked.

Completing certain objectives will heal some of the group’s sanity.Other

Fixes

General

Fixed an issue that caused hidden NPCs to not update after a day passed.

Fixed an issue that caused a crash if a body was hidden in a specific cabinet.

Fixed an issue that caused the resolution to be set to Low settings after booting the game for the first time.

Fixed an issue that caused the Inquisitor NPC to remain in the scene after a certain objective.

Fixed an issue that caused carried planks to disappear when a cutscene was triggered.

Fixed an issue that caused Alfredo’s priest suit to disappear when a cutscene was triggered while wearing it.

Fixed an issue that prevented Eduardo from moving crates in certain situations.

Fixed an issue that caused NPCs to walk across chasms before a wooden plank bridge was set.

Fixed an issue that caused character sprites to remain in place while moving them.

Fixed an issue that caused NPCs to freeze in certain situations.

Fixed an issue that caused some objective fulfillment conditions to require all items in the same character.

Fixed an issue that sometimes caused guards to freeze after a character was caught on a ladder.

Fixed a few issues related to NPC’s chasing state.

Fixed an issue that could crash the game after using Amelia’s “Play” night action.

Fixed an issue that caused Soldiers to not raise the characters’ Suspicion level.

Fixed an issue could cause NPCs’ Vision Cone to not update after being affected by Alfredo’s sermon in certain situations.

Fixed an issue that caused players to be stuck on the “Press any button” prompt when the internet connection was interrupted.

Fixed an issue that caused some characters to become unresponsive to the Beckon command on certain situations.

Improved character movement when moving close to a wall using controller, mouse or keyboard.

Fixed a few items that were out of the player’s interaction range.

Input

Fixed an issue that caused characters to move to a point that differed from the clicked location.

Fixed an issue that caused Eduardo to fall into traps while clicking on them.

Fixed an issue that prevented climbing down if the clicked location was on top of a crate.

Fixed an issue that caused unintended behavior when unreachable crates and ledges were clicked.

Skills

Fixed an issue that caused Mockery skill to increase Amelia’s Punishment meter.

Fixed an issue that caused the wrong log to appear when using “Blessing” on an Anima.

Fixed an issue that enabled some switches to be activated twice with Leonora’s “Gunshot”

Fixed an issue that caused Animas to be selected as valid targets by Agnes’ “Goetia” skill

Graphics and VFX

Fixed an issue that caused certain skills’ visual effects to remain in place after their effects ended.

Fixed several VFX sorting order issues.

Fixed some item materials that were not correctly updated after being highlighted.

Fixed a lootable crate sprite that was not showing its lid when closed.

Fixed an issue that caused NPC shadows to disappear during certain animations.

Campaigns

General

Fixed an issue that caused the spell “Flies” to not work on certain bodies.

Fixed some doors and gates that were not interactable from all sides.

Fixed some buttons that could be pressed from unintended locations.

Fixed some locks that could be picked by Leonora from invalid locations.

Fixed a Gargoyle that remained invisible during a certain objective.

Fixed several walls that allowed NPCs’ Vision Cones to pass through them in certain situations.

Fixed some items that did not award the intended amount of Knowledge on interaction.

Fixed some Forbidden Areas across all campaigns.

Fixed some issues that caused certain items to not be interactable.

Fixed some issues that caused certain items visibility to not update as intended.

Campaign: Prologue

Fixed an issue that caused an invisible trapdoor to appear during the Prologue campaign.

Campaign: Corrupt Hand of the Church

Fixed an issue that caused the Inquisitor to turn invisible in certain situations during the “The Secret Meeting” objective.

Fixed some issues that prevented players from getting the Inquisitor Ring during the “The Antidote” objective.

Fixed an issue that could cause some breakable planks to reappear after they were broken during campaign “The Corrupt Hand”

Added new gargoyles in Laundry.

Moved the special item “Broken Doll” to Mother’s Superior room. This item was referenced in a conversation but was not in the correct location.

Moved a certain lever in Laundry’s garden section. Now it is located inside the abandoned tower.

Fixed an issue that allowed the Wine Cellar scenario to be accessible sooner than intended.

Fixed some NPCs’ collisions.

Fixed Inquisitor’s Ring inside an inaccessible chicken’s inventory in The Corrupt Hand of the Church campaign.

Fixed soldier in Laundry’s balcony during a specific objective which was referenced in a conversation but never activated.

Fixed an issue that caused a certain Saint George chest in Cloister to be empty.

Fixed a clue inside the Laundry building that was visible even if the building was invisible.

Fixed a guard in the Library complaining about a fence placed in the middle of his route.

Tweaked Inquisitor’s office puzzle to make it clearer.

Fixed an issue that caused a certain special corpse to disappear when a guard detected it during the “The Last Sacrifice” objective.

Campaign Gate of St.Jerome

Fixed an issue that allowed hiding inside an unintended piece of furniture inside the pianist room.

Fixed an issue that caused a certain stained glass window to not show during a cutscene.

Fixed an issue that caused a certain NPC to remove Alfredo’s priest costume on certain situations.

Fixed an issue that caused performance loss during “The Fire” objective.

Fixed an issue that caused Fray Pedro to become immune to knock outs if “Flies” and “Knock Out” were used in sequence during the “Screams and Shots!” objective.

Corrected position of light switch in pantry, so now Agnes can solve the puzzle to save Leonora in Refectorium.

Fixed clue leading to the pig inside the slaughterhouse.

Audio

SFX for player step sounds on different surfaces have been reviewed and updated.

Fixed an issue that could cause Bell Ring sounds to keep ringing in certain situations.

Fixed an issue that caused certain music themes to keep playing after entering the Curfew phase.

Fixed an issue that caused certain SFX to play after loading the game.

Added SFX to some object interactions that lacked one.

UI, Texts and Localization

Adjusted UI scaling to properly account for Windows DPI settings, preventing UI from appearing too small on high-resolution displays.

Fixed an issue that caused the time elapsed since last save to show incorrect values.

Corrected information shown during the “Get My Chickens!” objective.

Corrected information shown during the “The Mechanisms” objective.

Fixed a dialog option that didn’t show up during the “The Harvest” objective.

Fixed several names that were not translated if Simplified Chinese was selected.

Fixed typos on tutorial tooltips.

Fixed a tooltip that was showing up before it was intended.

Tweaked certain objectives’ texts to improve clarity.

Improved feedback when a character is unable to reach a clicked location.

Improved feedback when a dialog option is not available due to the lack of inventory space.

Updated video preview for some disorders, tutorials and skills.

Fixed some tutorials that were not showing up during the campaigns.

Fixed some tooltips that did not appear after possessing a Gargoyle using Agnes Possession skill when using a controller.

Fixed an issue that could cause some character dialogs to play on unintended situations.

Fixed an issue that caused some items’ description to not display properly if some settings were selected.

Fixed a message during the campaign “Gate of St.Jerome” related to the Pianist.

Fixed an issue that caused the game screen to display artifacts at certain aspect ratios.

Fixed an issue that caused the “Take All” button to not work in certain situations.

Fixed an issue that caused some icons and UI elements to display in incorrect positions on certain resolution settings.

Fixed an issue that caused chapter number to not show on the Objective menu on certain language settings.

Fixed some items that were displaying the wrong description.

Fixed some texts that were not displaying correctly during the Night Phase.

Fixed an issue that caused a certain special corpse to not be marked with the intended UI marker.

Fixed a few texts that did not show the correct font after selecting a different font setting.

Fixed several issues related to UI elements displacement after selecting certain settings.

Tweaked some texts across the three campaigns.

Fixed several generic localization issues.

Fixed an issue that caused an incorrect number of days to show up after curing a character disorder.

Updated tactical pause UI.

Additional notes: none
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How to download updates for The Stone of Madness for the Nintendo Switch?

To download the updates for The Stone of Madness, you have three options:

let the console do its thing if you have automatic downloads activated, and didn’t completely turn it off

If not…

try to launch the game from the Home Menu while being connected to the internet. You should get a prompt when doing so: simply follow the instructions on screen;

select the game > press either + or – to go to the Options page > select Software update > select Via the Internet.

To check that you have the latest version installed, simply select the game on the Home Menu, and press – or + to go to the Options: the version number is displayed just below the game title.