This is Beta version, we cannot guarantee compatibility of save data, etc.

before playing the beta version,
Users\username\AppData\LocalLow\59Studio\WizardryFoV2\savedata
You can back up your saved data from above location.

If you agree to the above, right click on "Wizardry: The Five Ordeals" in the Steam library, select properties, and enter the password "IReadAnnounce" in the beta tab. The "publicbeta" version can be selected. This will automatically update the system, and you can also return to the current normal version by selecting no beta from the Beta tab. However, we will not be able to provide support for data corruption caused by version inconsistencies due to the use of this switch.

New
- More Optimizations

Updates
- Adjust the brightness of the lighting in the labyrinth
- Adjust the input state of the buttons after a soft reset
- When a invalid value resistance settings in item, the display will show "Blank" resistance. The game process is the same as before, and there is no effect at all.
- Changed alternate image from “face_d” to ‘face_c’ when portrait “face_i” is not available.


Fixes
- After healing/ressurection at the temple, button mashing could affect the value of the BGM volume
- Unintended random teleportation could occur after the end of a battle at a battle point
- The initial cursor could be in an unintended position at certain pool events
- For riddle (battle) events, the flag was not turned off after the event.
- Portrait “face_l” was not displayed when selecting targets for attack spells, etc.
- Some walls in the distance were not displayed in fast-movement mode.

"Wizardry Variants Daphne” is a newest of the "Wizardry" series. The Steam version is finally available! The game is free to play, but its solid RPG gameplay is just “Wizardry”. Fans of 3D dungeon RPGs should check it out, as well as “The Five Ordeals”.

Store page：
https://test-steamproxy.haloskins.io/steamstore/app/2379740/Wizardry_Variants_Daphne/

we have various plans for next year that we hope will continue to be enjoyed by our users. We hope you will continue to support "Wizardry: The Five Ordeals" in the future.

This update includes all of the following patch notes:
https://test-steamproxy.haloskins.io/steamstore/news/app/1308700/view/4141695629539789542
https://test-steamproxy.haloskins.io/steamstore/news/app/1308700/view/4141695629555493023
https://test-steamproxy.haloskins.io/steamstore/news/app/1308700/view/4204746659258537862
https://test-steamproxy.haloskins.io/steamstore/news/app/1308700/view/587256990569332755
https://test-steamproxy.haloskins.io/steamstore/news/app/1308700/view/587257174530457728
https://test-steamproxy.haloskins.io/steamstore/news/app/1308700/view/505066838869148647

and

Fixes
- In the scenario select, the number of pages had increased when the list was exactly 10.
- In the 3:2 UI, the G.P. display on the status screen was out of alignment. Also, some items were right-aligned.
- Depending on the setting position of the event “Item makes a door” a sound effect may not have sounded when the door was passed through.

Fixes
- One of the B1 messages did not show a trailing tail line.

This is Beta version, we cannot guarantee compatibility of save data, etc.

before playing the beta version,
Users\username\AppData\LocalLow\59Studio\WizardryFoV2\savedata
You can back up your saved data from above location.

If you agree to the above, right click on "Wizardry: The Five Ordeals" in the Steam library, select properties, and enter the password "IReadAnnounce" in the beta tab. The "publicbeta" version can be selected. This will automatically update the system, and you can also return to the current normal version by selecting no beta from the Beta tab. However, we will not be able to provide support for data corruption caused by version inconsistencies due to the use of this switch.

Fixes
- The width of some 2-byte symbol characters in the font was significantly different between the HD and SD/3:2 UI.

As a bug that is not scheduled to be fixed,
✕✔✓☑⏎
When some 2-byte symbols are used in messages, etc., the font size of the corresponding line in the HD-type UI will be different from what is expected. Please avoid using this in user scenarios.
Please use “×” for the 2-byte cross mark.

- Some "languages" items on the options screen could be rewritten to unintended settings.
- When the backward movement was set to “Backward” in the options, the S key could not be used to backward.
- When using the HD UI, it was not possible to exit the screen by right-clicking in the Monster dictionary.
- Some portrait differences were not displayed correctly when only certain images were prepared.
- Some English UI items of certain user scenarios was not displayed correctly.
- Slight spelling correction in English UI.

This is Beta version, we cannot guarantee compatibility of save data, etc.

before playing the beta version,
Users\username\AppData\LocalLow\59Studio\WizardryFoV2\savedata
You can back up your saved data from above location.

If you agree to the above, right click on "Wizardry: The Five Ordeals" in the Steam library, select properties, and enter the password "IReadAnnounce" in the beta tab. The "publicbeta" version can be selected. This will automatically update the system, and you can also return to the current normal version by selecting no beta from the Beta tab. However, we will not be able to provide support for data corruption caused by version inconsistencies due to the use of this switch.

Updates
- Revert footstep sound change when floating.

Fixes
- After using the conditionally search on scenario selector, the game sometimes softlock.
- Some items had different default values than expected when an older version of the options file was available on the PC.
- Portrait Face_a was not displayed correctly in many scenes in SD/3:2 UI.
- The portrait display did not return to normal when escaping from battle with the spell “teleportation” while suffering from temporary abnormalities.

This is Beta version, we cannot guarantee compatibility of save data, etc.

before playing the beta version,
UsersusernameAppDataLocalLow59StudioWizardryFoV2savedata
You can back up your saved data from above location.

If you agree to the above, right click on "Wizardry: The Five Ordeals" in the Steam library, select properties, and enter the password "IReadAnnounce" in the beta tab. The "publicbeta" version can be selected. This will automatically update the system, and you can also return to the current normal version by selecting no beta from the Beta tab. However, we will not be able to provide support for data corruption caused by version inconsistencies due to the use of this switch.

New
- Overall optimization
- New Options
- Revamped some monster sprites

043(Via Option), 087, 107, 134(Via Option), 146, 321

- Streamer/low exposure/SFW mode on some monsters
Note: No-mosic in-game.

The default mode is for streamers/low exposure/SFW mode.

- New SEs

Footsteps, attacks in battle, destruction of weapons and armor in battle, resurrections in temples, etc.

- Added final confirmation when using the spell “Evacuate” in camp
- Portrait settings to be carried over at reincarnation.

The reincarnation data must be recreated.

- Added shortcut for controller

R2＋Y / R2＋△ View map (use wizard eye shortcut and view map log)
R2＋X / R2＋□ Search body/adventurer

- Added portraits variation

Allow HP/debuff variation on face_a
face_l: displayed in spell selection scenes and in selecting hostile targets for spells

- In-game display name can now be set for each user portrait.

You must need once in the training ground, and selecting “View Characters”->“Change Mark”->“User”.
go to Users(UserName)AppDataLocalLow59StudioWizardryFoV2savedata
userFace.json is configfile. please note that caused by rewriting them will not necessarily be supported.

- Added view a list of spells in the scenario in the edge-of-Town Utility.

This is an omission from the previous patch note.

Updates
- High-resolution monster sprites are now built into the main game.

To switch, please select from the options screen. The current monster sprites DLC data and store page may be removed in the future.

- Changed the way textures in the game in general are compressed to optimize the game for the Nintendo Switch version.

Please note that the image quality is slightly degraded, especially in the monster sprites.

- Improved game behavior after repeated software resets.
- In the display of messages during battle, the timing when effects are applied to monster sprites has been changed from before the message waiting time to after the message is displayed.
- When using heal spells in the camp, the status of the character with debuff is now displayed instead of the maximum HP.
- Changed the initial cursor position when discarding items from the item box.
- Changed in-game Japanese font for HD UI.
- In the HD UI, when there is no corresponding portrait variation in the inn, the text is now centered.
- Fixed translation of some English messages.

Fixes
- The default scenario was not correctly set to “The Price of Deception”.
- Disabled some tag input for name input, etc.

about tags, absolutely no support will be given for this. We are not responsible for any related issues.

- When the auto-mapping view was disabled, the game would stop working if the destination setting for the “Teleportation” spell was set to an extreme floor.
- The spell “Turn Undead” and the spell like “Petrify” and “Instant Death” were always used against the first character of the party or first enemy in group during battle.
- The price of the item at the top of the list would change when performing certain operations when trading with NPCs.
- When more than 10 people were enshrined in a temple, it was not possible to switch to the acceptance of bodies page.
- The acquisition level of special abilities was not correct in the description of the lord when creating a character.
- The name of unclaimed items in the list was displayed when certain procedures were performed during transactions with NPCs.
- Some items were displayed incorrectly when performing a transaction of a specific category from an item box in a store.
- Portraits of lost items were not displayed correctly in the diary screen.
- In the SDUI, some spell descriptions were not displayed in the correct format.
- In the SD/3:2 UI, the display was incorrect when the total value of a specific ability value changed due to equipment exceeded 100.
- The update notification system was not working properly when the “GAME START” button was pressed.

Only user scenarios updated after 1/11/2025 will be supported.

- The description of another user scenario was sometimes overwritten after the user scenario was installed.
- In the scenario selector, the language setting was reverted to Japanese after updating a user scenario.
- In scenarios with spells that could only be used while camping, the game would stop working if you tried to cast the spell in battle if only you had learned it.
- In certain Riddle events, certain answers could always be answered was correct.
- When investigating an “Item Message” event, the event occurred regardless of the setting of the direction of investigation.
- When another event was placed at the destination of the event “Q Combat + Item Passage”, there was a combination of events that did not work as expected after “Q Combat + Item Passage”.
- Spell “Cure All” functioned as a full heal spell while camping sometimes, ignore the scenario's spell settings.
- Some files were not affected when updating or deleting user scenarios.
- When no encounter message was set for an NPC, the background music was lost until the timing for switching background music thereafter.
- The subtitle text on the title screen was always displayed in Japanese, regardless of the scenario settings.
- The teleport command in test mode could not jump to a specific floor.

We are 76 reviews away from the big 500 for “Wizardry: The Five Ordeals” Steam review! We are looking forward to your support. We hope that you will nominate this work to the ongoing Steam Award 2024 and do a Steam review and talk about it on social networking sites so that we can tell many people about this game.

Thank you for supporting "Wizardry: The Five Ordeals".
We will report the overall progress as of July 25, 2024.

Currently, the development team is working on the game itself, editor, and some ports in parallel. We would like to inform you of the current status of each of them.

There have been no major developments since the beta update. We do not plan to update the game until development of the version for other devices.

We have made some progress in optimizing the game for other devices, and are working on further updates to the game.
We are considering releasing a beta update for Steam once we have made some progress in the development of the other device versions.

The English version will be released in August. It is important to note that the editor itself is still in the beta stage, regardless of the language.

We are slowly making progress, but we need to work with outside partners on some development, so we will continue to take our time. We hope to be able to announce more details by the September.

August：English Support for Editor
*If there are any changes to the schedule, we will notify you in the next report.

We are afraid that we have not made much progress, but we plan to inform you of the editor's updates and other information in the next issue on Wednesday, August 15.

Thank you for supporting "Wizardry: The Five Ordeals".
We will report the overall progress as of June 27, 2024.

Currently, the development team is working on the game itself, editor, and some ports in parallel. We would like to inform you of the current status of each of them.

There have been no major developments since the beta update. We do not plan to update the game until development of the version for other devices.

We have made some progress in optimizing the game for other devices, and are working on further updates to the game.
We are considering releasing a beta update for Steam once we have made some progress in the development of the other device versions.

The English version will be released in end of July or later. Until then, we will continue to polish the functionality in Japanese only.

We are slowly making progress, but we need to work with outside partners on some development, so we will continue to take our time. We hope to be able to announce more details by the end of the summer.

July：Development Situation updates
end of July or later：English Support for Editor
*If there are any changes to the schedule, we will notify you in the next report.

We are afraid that we have not made much progress, but we plan to inform you of the editor's updates and other information in the next issue on Wednesday, July 10.