some questions about the changes from the original

[phee]

what are the exact quality of life changes that were made and how is the map different?
also if I load in a save from the original that has certain scrolls already, would that automatically give me the relevant achievements for the remaster, or would I need to start a new save file to get them?

[monoculo_jim]

I'd like to know this as well!

[Fredrik]

After boss 4, a map improvement - After beating the orb boss you can enter the scroll room from the bottom of the tower shaft by walking all the way to the left, shooting your way through a wall. After picking up a scroll there, the map will show all the scroll locations. In the next room there will be 10 small teleporters leading to different time trial challenges.
- You will get achievements according to your old saved game automatically when you load it
- The scene transitions might be smoother, depending on your system and internet connection, in the case if you could see a lag spike there before.

[phee]

Originally posted by Fredrik:

After boss 4, a map improvement - After beating the orb boss you can enter the scroll room from the bottom of the tower shaft by walking all the way to the left, shooting your way through a wall. After picking up a scroll there, the map will show all the scroll locations. In the next room there will be 10 small teleporters leading to different time trial challenges.
- You will get achievements according to your old saved game automatically when you load it
- The scene transitions might be smoother, depending on your system and internet connection, in the case if you could see a lag spike there before.

thanks for the answer!

[Fredrik]

took the time to write a longer list

- Lots of lots of graphical improvements. I'm not going to list those here.
- The game can be completed without collecting 15 scrolls
- The physics engine has got an update.
- The button hints will now be more specific on some known controllers like the xbox controller and dualsense
- Made controller remapping available on the xbox version
- Rumble features got a full rework on all consoles
- Some bugs where the player would reset to the last checkpoint unexpectedly were fixed
- PS5 and Xbox Series versions were made
- Some bugs where the in-game menu or map wouldn't show up were fixed (when doing a 36 scroll playthrough in one sitting, and then continuing after that).
- Ability to carry Fernus boxes out of his scene (next patch)
- Fixed bug where Oleg suddenly lost track of the player during the bossfight. (And some soldiers in the intro scenes). (also next patch)
- Tons of other minor stuff.

[PersonalC0ffee]

Hah did they fix the bug where after you've done the tower lightening maze, it is difficult to go back because it keeps checkpointing you at the top?

[Slug Camargo]

Originally posted by PersonalC0ffee:

Hah did they fix the bug where after you've done the tower lightening maze, it is difficult to go back because it keeps checkpointing you at the top?

I come from the future to say that they did NOT in fact fix this as of yet. I'm up there having missed the f'ing scroll, and feeling consumed by a deep seated hatred for everything that exists in the world - mostly everything that is related to this game, really.

[PersonalC0ffee]

Originally posted by Slug Camargo:

Originally posted by PersonalC0ffee:

Hah did they fix the bug where after you've done the tower lightening maze, it is difficult to go back because it keeps checkpointing you at the top?

I come from the future to say that they did NOT in fact fix this as of yet. I'm up there having missed the f'ing scroll, and feeling consumed by a deep seated hatred for everything that exists in the world - mostly everything that is related to this game, really.

I'm very sorry. what is uh going on

[Fredrik]

There is a shortcut on the side once you have the staff.