[OUDATED] The Sinking City | New version out now | F.A.Q.

[S.S.O]

UPDATE: Hey everyone, we just launched a new thread for The Sinking City Remastered. Please consult it for F.A.Q. and common issues.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/750130/discussions/0/594022969417695805/


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Hey everyone,

The latest version of The Sinking City is now available on Steam. It's free for the existing owners, and it comes with the previous bug fixes and optimizations.

Keep in mind that

- due to several technical reasons, your old saves aren't compatible with this version.
- Your Necronomicon Edition is now Deluxe Edition
- Owners of Necronomicon \ Deluxe editions get the new DLC for free within 24 hours of the release of the latest version.

Please read the F.A.Q. to learn more about the changes and how they may affect you.

Q. What's included inside the new version of The Sinking City?
A. The new version includes the bugfixes and optimizations previously released for the game on other platforms. Essentially, it's a patch. The reason we are calling it a new version is to emphasize the fact that it will exist alongside the current version for some time.

Q. Is this new version free for everyone?
A. Yes.

Q. Will my saves work with the new version?
A. No.

Q. But what if I don't want to lose all my progress and start a new game when the new version is released?
A. We're keeping the current version until February 28th, 2024. When you launch the game from Steam, you will see this window[prnt.sc].

From there, you can choose the version you want to play.

Q. But I want to play the new version without having to start from scratch.
A. We've prepared saves for you to download and continue your playthrough in the new version, they’re available here[drive.google.com].
To add saves to the game, simply download the ones you need and put the files into the %localappdata%\TSCGame\Saved\SaveGames folder.

Q. Are there any visual enhancements or gameplay updates in this new version?
A. No. That’s not to say we are not considering it in the future.

Q. Will the new version affect the game's system requirements?
A. No.

Q. Do you also plan to release the DLC that is available on other platforms?
A. Yes, all 3 DLC (Merciful Madness, Chicago Organ Grinder, and XP Boost) are available now to purchase.

Q. Will the owners of the Necronomicon edition get the DLC for free?
A. Yes. The DLC will be released within 24 hours for the owners of the Necronomicon edition. Due to certain limitations we were facing, we were forced to add the DLC directly to the Investigator Pack, rather than as separate items.

To make sure you have the DLC, please check that you have the golden Tommy gun in your weapons menu.

Also, your Necronomicon Edition is now Deluxe Edition, though it's only a cosmetic change in the name only.

Q. So does Merciful Madness now include Silence is Golden? I already had that before as part of my base game.
A. Yes, Silence Is Golden was always supposed to be part of Merciful Madness, and now due to certain technical and publishing reasons (which we are not going to bore you with), we had to remove it from the base game and include it inside MM.

BUT!

The owners of the standard edition now receive a new side quest in return (Darling of Fortune) for free.

The owners of Deluxe Edition, in turn, receive the rest of the Merciful Madness quests (Defunct Brain Cylinders & Fool's Gold), as well as Chicago Organ Grinder and XP boost for free.

Q. Are you planning to sell this DLC (Chicago, MM and XP) separately?
A. Yes.

Q. Is this DLC going to work with the existing version of the game?
A. No.

Q. If I bought the DLC that is available now (Worshippers of the Necronomicon, Investigator Pack), will it work with the new version of the game?
A. Yes.

Q. I previously bought the game as a standalone build on Gamesplanet, will I be granted a Steam key as well for free?
A. Yes. Gamesplanet will reach out to you soon - please contact them if you have any questions or issues.

Q. Are you adding new store functionality with the new version?
A. Yeah, Trading cards and cloud saves.

Q. Will this new version include Denuvo?
A. No.

[RobotMan #08]

Publicado originalmente por ???:

Publicado originalmente por S.S.O:

Hey everyone,

Can you please decipher the meaning of saves?

I just did this for anyone else needing help!

https://steamcommunity.com/app/750130/discussions/0/4138312502520575940/

[???]

Publicado originalmente por RobotMan #08:

Publicado originalmente por ???:

Can you please decipher the meaning of saves?

I just did this for anyone else needing help!

https://steamcommunity.com/app/750130/discussions/0/4138312502520575940/

O thanks. You probably spent a lot of time on this.
In saves with side quests, the main plot was not completed at all?

[demitt]

Unfortunately, there is no my saves - even if I chosen old version:( Fresh game with default settings and no saves.

[shade00]

Publicado originalmente por demitt:

Unfortunately, there is no my saves - even if I chosen old version:( Fresh game with default settings and no saves.

no my saves
you are refering to your personal saves?

[vd99]

Good day.
Current new version have bad optimization for Steam deck(even first video scene skipped, also video bags occurred during like old tv lose signal).
If studio have position like its ukrainian its required audio translation also, not only russian.

[vd99]

Доброго дня.
Поточна версія гри при грі на Стім дек має дефекти з сценами відео та інколи зображення стає таким як наче фон при профілактиці ТВ на декілька секунд. Такаж хотілось би побачити повну українську локалізацію якщо ви себе позіціонуєте як українська студія, при тому що доступна російська.

[Relight]

Publicado originalmente por S.S.O:

Q. So does Merciful Madness now include Silence is Golden? I already had that before as part of my base game.
A. Yes, Silence Is Golden was always supposed to be part of Merciful Madness, and now due to certain technical and publishing reasons (which we are not going to bore you with), we had to remove it from the base game and include it inside MM.
BUT!
The owners of the standard edition now receive a new side quest in return (Darling of Fortune) for free.

I'm still confused about this lol. I'm mostly just curious, since I've become a fan of this game, and I'm interested in the history and the different releases/configurations. Anytime I Google the side quests and DLC, all I find is old Reddit posts where people are confused lol. Especially re: how/when exactly some of the side quests get triggered. And the game Wiki is lacking as well. Anyway, I've been enjoying the version "Series X|S Deluxe Edition" on Xbox X, purchased back in October, hopefully that release is your version! I am going to buy it on GOG this week as well so that I have a PC copy. So not directly related to Steam but still PC-related, but asking here since the GOG forum isn't active like this forum is.

My confusion with what you wrote, so on PC, does that mean "Darling of Fortune" wasn't part of the original Standard Edition? Was that quest not on PC at all? Or was "Darling of Fortune" in MM instead, and "Silence Is Golden" was in Standard, meaning, on PC versions (compared to console version), the quests were switched? So confusing lol. But anyway, I guess all's well that ends well, in the end I guess all versions have all quests/DLC now, regardless of how they're packaged.

It's also a bit confusing when I read PC news articles etc that talk about "new" DLC/quests and since I'm playing on Xbox, at first I was thinking, you made brand new DLC! But there isn't any "new" content, it's just that some existing content is new for PC players because it wasn't available on PC before. So I have my fingers crossed for any future plans you might have for the world of Sinking City! Charles Reed is a great character and it would be great to have more adventures with him!

Final question: Is there any chance of releasing the Art Book and OST on GOG? I'd love to have the OST in lossless audio (such as WAV) if it's possible. I can buy on Steam if there's no other way, but really prefer GOG when possible.

Best wishes to you Frogwares!

[Link Wellz]

so basically you're just cyberpunk-ing it but instead of doing it steadily over years, you wait roughly 3 years after release when people have already beaten it a multitude of times, while adding ZERO new features or expansions that would increase immersion or interest for the game .... seems like a bit of a misstep.

[ace]

Publicado originalmente por Link Wellz:

so basically you're just cyberpunk-ing it but instead of doing it steadily over years, you wait roughly 3 years after release when people have already beaten it a multitude of times, while adding ZERO new features or expansions that would increase immersion or interest for the game .... seems like a bit of a misstep.

This. I waited years to get this version, i gave up on waiting and bought the PS5 Deluxe version and now you decided to release the Deluxe
version here...

[Link Wellz]

Publicado originalmente por ace:

Publicado originalmente por Link Wellz:

so basically you're just cyberpunk-ing it but instead of doing it steadily over years, you wait roughly 3 years after release when people have already beaten it a multitude of times, while adding ZERO new features or expansions that would increase immersion or interest for the game .... seems like a bit of a misstep.

This. I waited years to get this version, i gave up on waiting and bought the PS5 Deluxe version and now you decided to release the Deluxe
version here...

bit of a cold sting isn't it mate. the only sad part is there is barely anything that adds to the game, just bug fix's. if even that because of some of the ... less than ideal choices made for the game.

[Paul von Nod]

Publicado originalmente por Link Wellz:

so basically you're just cyberpunk-ing it but instead of doing it steadily over years, you wait roughly 3 years after release when people have already beaten it a multitude of times, while adding ZERO new features or expansions that would increase immersion or interest for the game .... seems like a bit of a misstep.

Publicado originalmente por ace:

Publicado originalmente por Link Wellz:

so basically you're just cyberpunk-ing it but instead of doing it steadily over years, you wait roughly 3 years after release when people have already beaten it a multitude of times, while adding ZERO new features or expansions that would increase immersion or interest for the game .... seems like a bit of a misstep.

This. I waited years to get this version, i gave up on waiting and bought the PS5 Deluxe version and now you decided to release the Deluxe
version here...

Wow. You both really have no clue what is going on...

[Link Wellz]

Publicado originalmente por Paul von Nod:

Publicado originalmente por Link Wellz:

so basically you're just cyberpunk-ing it but instead of doing it steadily over years, you wait roughly 3 years after release when people have already beaten it a multitude of times, while adding ZERO new features or expansions that would increase immersion or interest for the game .... seems like a bit of a misstep.

Publicado originalmente por ace:

This. I waited years to get this version, i gave up on waiting and bought the PS5 Deluxe version and now you decided to release the Deluxe
version here...

Wow. You both really have no clue what is going on...

Can you enlighten me then mate? because from what i can tell based off of the current information, they are fixing a majority of bugs that is involved with the game. If there is a roadmap that is expanding the game itself i haven't seen it, and can only summize that they are doing what is basically cosmetic surgery, no actual expansion or augmentation to the game's pre-established functions. if i am missing something do share. (not being sarcastic but based off of my own understanding of how they have explained it this is all i am seeing that they are doing.)

[Paul von Nod]

1. Frogwares is the developer.

2. Nacon was the publisher.

3. There was a dispute over who will get the money from Steam for the game.

4. As it happened, accorging to the contract, Nacon got the rights, with minor exceptions:
a. it couldn't get any content made after the split.
b. it couldn't get any updates to their version after the split.

5. During last couple of years, until beginning of this year, the game was in fact castrated and full of bugs early version. Other platforms, for which Nacon didn't have the rights to publish, had fully updated version with all DLCs.

6. As previously mentioned, rights went back to Frogwares, which promptly released updated version and all missing DLCs. But being a good company:
a. they also left older version for people who started the game and wanted to finish it.
b. they released whole set of saves for updated version, so people could jump right in, more or less in the spot they left it in old version of the game.
c. they gave to people having Necronomicon Edition all the rest of DLCs for free.


I hope it was informative.

[Link Wellz]

Publicado originalmente por Paul von Nod:

1. Frogwares is the developer.

2. Nacon was the publisher.

3. There was a dispute over who will get the money from Steam for the game.

4. As it happened, accorging to the contract, Nacon got the rights, with minor exceptions:
a. it couldn't get any content made after the split.
b. it couldn't get any updates to their version after the split.

5. During last couple of years, until beginning of this year, the game was in fact castrated and full of bugs early version. Other platforms, for which Nacon didn't have the rights to publish, had fully updated version with all DLCs.

6. As previously mentioned, rights went back to Frogwares, which promptly released updated version and all missing DLCs. But being a good company:
a. they also left older version for people who started the game and wanted to finish it.
b. they released whole set of saves for updated version, so people could jump right in, more or less in the spot they left it in old version of the game.
c. they gave to people having Necronomicon Edition all the rest of DLCs for free.


I hope it was informative.

actually it was, appreciate it mate.

[ace]

Publicado originalmente por Paul von Nod:

Publicado originalmente por Link Wellz:

so basically you're just cyberpunk-ing it but instead of doing it steadily over years, you wait roughly 3 years after release when people have already beaten it a multitude of times, while adding ZERO new features or expansions that would increase immersion or interest for the game .... seems like a bit of a misstep.

Publicado originalmente por ace:

This. I waited years to get this version, i gave up on waiting and bought the PS5 Deluxe version and now you decided to release the Deluxe
version here...

Wow. You both really have no clue what is going on...

I do. I know about the whole Nacon VS Frogwares dispute and the amount of people that were always trying to find the "definitive version" of the game here on Steam. Doesn't change what i said. I just don't come around here every week to check if the "definitive" version is available, since it's been, what, 2 or 3 years this game was released? I thought this would never happen. If i knew it would happen one day, i would've bought the game here, since it's cheaper than the PS5 version, I'm just voicing my frustration. I bought the game, anyway