Patch Notes for Man of Medan

[[Izmar] Community Manager]

Hello everyone!

Thank you all so much for playing Man of Medan, the first game in The Dark Pictures Anthology. We’re committed to these games being great horror experiences, and a big part of that is fixing performance issues and bugs when they crop up. Today, we’re sharing the first official patch for The Dark Pictures: Man of Medan, and we will continue to monitor any further issues and publish patches where necessary.

Fixes available in this patch:

• Using ALT+TAB in Solo Story mode no longer hides the game from the active list of programs.
  
• Using ALT+TAB in Shared Story mode no longer causes the invited user’s game to reject keyboard and controller inputs.
  
• Activating the “Invert Y-Axis” viewing mode option no longer disables some story choices.
  
• Steam accounts that use special characters or unique nicknames can now be invited to Shared Story mode.

Our thanks to everyone who submitted these issues, you’ve helped us immensely! Please keep the bug reports coming!

If you’re in the US, you can contact the support team here: https://fcld.ly/mom_support_us
If you’re outside of the US, you can contact the support team here: https://fcld.ly/mom_support_eu

Once again, thank you for joining us here at the start of The Dark Pictures Anthology. We have so many more scares to share, and we’re excited to have you, the Steam community, along for the ride for the first time!

See you again soon!

[[Izmar] Community Manager]

A new patch is live today!

All Platforms

• Game no longer locks during the “Meetup” chapter when the user must choose between “Jump” and “Run” while playing in Shared Story Mode.
  
• Game no longer crashes if a user is invited to join Shared Story mode while on a “disconnected controller” message screen from within in the “Character and collections” interface.
  
• Replaced missing subtitles for Fliss and Julia during the “Dive” chapter in Shared Story Mode.
  
• Corrected Currator’s dialogue in his third cutscene so it no longer contradicts certain moral choices in Shared Story Mode.
  
• “Return to start” arrow at the end of comic book has been replaced.
  
• Character models no longer overlap on the Relationship/Trait menu during the “The End” chapter when in Movie Night/Solo Story Mode.

Removed framerate drop or stutter:

• When Conrad explains about the duration of the storm in the “Kidnap” chapter.
  
• During cutscenes between gameplay in the “Meetup” chapter.
  
• During cutscenes between gameplay in the “Glamor Girl” chapter.
  
• During the final QTE when Conrad climbs a ladder in the “Glamor Girl” chapter.
  
• While walking through the locker room in the “An Escape” chapter while in Solo Story Mode.
  
• While walking through the engine room in the “An Escape” chapter while in Solo Story Mode.
  
• When entering the first room during the “Distress Signal” chapter.
  
• While walking through the Kitchen in the “Caskets” chapter.
  
• During the QTE “Keep calm” in the “Trapped” chapter.

Steam/PC

• Game will no longer lock the invited player’s game if the host plays the Shared Story Mode “Caskets” chapter as Joe.
  
• Game no longer locks if the player fails Julia’s initial stair-climbing QTE in Solo Mode during the “Meetup” chapter.
  
• Game no longer crashes if the player presses “R” during Conrad’s chase scene in the “Glamor Girl” level while playing in either Solo Story or Movie Night mode.
  
• Game no longer refuses keyboard or mouse input after alt-tabbing away from the program while in low resolution and fullscreen mode.
  
• Pictures and Secrets collected during gameplay now correctly update on the Achievements page.
  
• The “View Collectables” screen no longer blocks keyboard input.
  
• Left mouse button is now correctly highlighted when swiping through the pictures from the Divecam.
  
• Pressing “R” during the chase scene in the chapter “Glamor Girl” no longer returns the player to the title screen when in Movie Night/Solo Story Mode.

Removed framerate drop or stutter:

• When entering the Radio room during the chapter “Distress Signal.”
  
• When Brad drops down the gantry in the “Olson” chapter.

[Kara]

Hello everyone,

A quick update on Man of Medan. Thanks to your support, we have managed to isolate and fix an issue:
In the Shared Story mode, when Conrad runs away from the pinup, you could become stuck on a loading screen. This has now been addressed!