PlayStation Whispers in the Walls: Hotfix #3 + 3.1

[[DE]Danielle]

Whispers in the Walls: Hotfix #3

Happy Monday, Tenno! Today’s Hotfix, alongside some great fixes and changes listed below, contains some prep for Operation: Gargoyle’s Cry, going live today at 2 PM ET. LIVE NOW! A full “How To Play”  has been posted alongside its launch to give you all the details on how to play, rewards, and more: 

Additions: 

• A teleport portal will now appear after selecting a Bounty in the Sanctum Anatomica that will take you directly to the mission start waypoint (similarly to the Zariman Bounties). 

Heart Of Deimos Quest Changes: 
Seeing as Heart of Deimos is a requirement to unlock the Whispers in the Walls Quest, the following changes have been made to make it more newer player-friendly. 

• “Locate Father Within the Cambion Drift” Stage: 
  • Reduced the number of Jugulus that spawn after the Necramech’s final stand. 
• “Exocrine Expedition” Stage: 
  • Reduced the number of Jugulus that spawn with the Infested enemies that must be cleared outside of the Necralisk. 
  • Reduced the amount of Infested enemies needing to be cleared outside of the Necralisk. 
  • Added the Gear Wheel binding callout to the “Equip Fishing Spear” prompt to better direct players on how they can do so. 

Changes: 

• Adjusted push volume on Necraloid in the Whispers in the Walls Quest so that players can get closer to him. Taking notes from Simaris, I see. 
• Made improvements to the background placement for in-game Market purchase screens.
• Murmur Sarcophages will now display their name when hovered over with the reticle to help players identify them better!
• Added markers to the rewards dropped from defeating the Mocking/Scathing Whispers and The Fragmented Trio. 
• Added Summon Necramech consoles to additional tiles in the Albrecht’s Laboratories tileset. 
• Primed Redirection can now be Chat linked! 
• Made improvements to performance in Albrecht’s Laboratories tileset by turning off destruction effects for items that are out of view. 
• Renamed “Duviri Slipper Chair” Dojo decoration to “Duviri Senate Chair”, and updated the description to match. 
• Reduced the flare size of Mandonel’s charged projectile VFX. 
• Made adjustments to the Rogue Culverin’s recovery animations. 
• Made adjustments to the Lumbering Fragment’s animations. 
• Updated Rogue Culverin sound effects timing to better match animation.

Netracells Changes & Fixes:

• Increased Netracell enemy levels by +30 to bump up the difficulty slightly.
• Fixed Netracells having Steel Path modifiers applied if the player’s Star Chart was set to Steel Path. It is intended that there is no Netracell Steel Path variant.  
• Added additional movement sound effects to the Necramite Drones. 
• Further fixes towards Necramites not having the intended blue pulsing effects in Netracell missions.
• Fixes towards a crash related to Netracells.
• (Missed note from last Hotfix) Fixed being able to clip through the map as Titania Razorwing to enter the Netracell. 

Fixes: 

• Fixed the Secondary Critical Chance embed bonus from Topaz Archon Shards not working. It seems the fix didn't take! We're looking into why this bug is still occurring to hopefully resolve in the next Hotfix.  
  • We are also aware of and looking into the issue of the Tauforged version using the default 50% buff instead of the intended 75%.
• Fixed receiving a defective blank Riven (no stats or compatibility) after activating a stackable Riven and then immediately using a Riven Cipher on it or sometimes after returning to your Orbiter after completing the unlock challenge.
  • Any existing "blank" Riven Mods you had before this hotfix should resolve themselves to their intended state on login or mission completion. 
• Fixed various levels of function loss when casting Qorvex’s Chyrinka Pillar or Containment Wall in a nullifier field. 
• Fixed inventory counts not updating immediately after fusing Archon Shards with Coalescent Fusion. 
• Fixed Melee Exposure counting Transference as an Ability cast.  
  • Similarly to Arcane Power Ramp, the Arcane requires an ability be cast (Energy consumed) in order to trigger the Corrosive Damage buff on Melee strikes. 
• Fixed being unable to progress in the Rising Tide Quest after purchasing the New War Firepower Pack or a Railjack from the in-game Market before the “Inspect the Reliquary Drive” stage. 
• Fixed Loki’s Irradiating Disarm causing several issues to the Fragmented enemies in the Whispers in the Walls Quest and the Effervo, Deimos mission.
• Fixed revives being reverted after Host Migration in a secret mission variant where they are disabled. 
• Fixed boss in secret mission variant being named incorrectly for Clients after Host Migration. 
• Fixed the amount of Vosfor received from dissolving Arcane Momentum being lower than intended. 
• Fixed Magus Aggress’ description stating “Critical Chance” instead of “Critical Damage” as intended to the Arcane’s function since launch. Now reads: 
  • “On Warframe Melee Transference: Heavy Blades deal +300% Critical Damage for 4 consecutive attacks. Cooldown 20.”
• Fixed Whispers in the Walls Quest tileset elements appearing in regular Albrecht Laboratories missions. 
• Fixed Amps appearing in a Whispers in the Walls Quest cinematic.
• Fixed a certain gate in the Whispers in the Walls Quest opening too early and also not playing sound when it does. 
• Fixed Mocking/Scathing Whispers being killed immediately upon spawning the Fragmented Trio on Effervo (Deimos).
• Fixed Mocking/Scathing Whispers getting stuck in some of their ability casts, causing them to be invincible and unmoving. 
• Fixes towards the doors to Albrecht’s Laboratories not opening after beginning Bounty/Mission from the Sanctum Anatomica. 
• Fixed being unable to pull in Murmur enemies with Sevagoth’s Shadow’s Embrace.
• Fixed an unintended teleport volume in the Albrecht’s Laboratories tileset. 
• Fixed Albrecht’s hands missing texture in the intro sequence of the Whispers in the Walls Quest cinematic. 
• Fixed Velocitus Heavy Gun charged projectiles not being detected as hits if they were too close to terrain. 
• Fixed a script error in Stage 1 of the Whispers in the Walls Quest. 
• Fixed being able to skip the extraction cinematic in Albrecht’s Laboratories missions.
• Fixed Albrecht’s Laboratories nodes on the Star Chart being able to matchmake into Bounty variants of those missions.
• Fixed player Necramechs not regenerating Shields. 
• Fixed Rogue Necramechs in Albrecht’s Laboratories not having their intended Machinery health resistances. 
• Fixed Rogue Necramechs missing their recovery animations after being ragdolled. 
• Fixed Violet Archon Shard’s “+% primary electric damage” stat not updating if multiple of these Shard effects were imbued in a Warframe. 
• Fixed Qorvex’s Disometric Guard not scaling with rank. 
  • With this change, we did not increase the Ability’s stats at Rank 30, instead we have reduced the stats at lower ranks to match scaling with other Warframe Abilities. 
• Fixed players being able to get stuck in the first stage of the Whispers in the Walls Quest. 
• Fixed a script error related to Murmur spawners.
• Fixed enemies unintentionally appearing in a Whispers in the Walls cinematic.
• Fixed Velocitus Heavy Gun charged projectiles not being detected as hits if they were too close to terrain.
• Fixed Jarka’s Ignis floating in the Drifter Camp. 
• Fixed Xaku’s Grasp of Lohk not targeting The Fragmented Trio. 
• Fixed a script error caused by Frost’s Freeze.
• Fixed a hole in the Mirror Defense, Munio tileset.  
• Fixed a script error in the final stages of the Whispers in the Walls Quest. 
• Fixed a crash related to Mocking/Scathing Whispers.
• Fixed a script error with The Fragmented Trio. 
• (Missed note from last Hotfix) Fixed a rare crash going from hub to Open Zone. 

General console note: The following fix is a code fix, and for that reason we are unable to hotfix it on consoles without a Cert build (learn more about these terms in our Update Lexicon). It will be fixed in the new year!

• Fixed Tennokai not applying to Heavy Slam Attacks. 

Check out our Known Issues thread!

 

 

PSN Whispers in the Walls: Hotfix #3.1

This hotfix will download and appear as an update! 

• Fixed PlayStation Clients getting migrated into their own Squad alone after Host Migration. 

• Fixes towards a PS4 crash caused by the new Cross Platform Play VOIP feature that was released with Update 35: Whispers in the Walls. 

• Fixes towards a PS5 graphics crash.

Edited December 20, 2023 by [DE]Megan
PSN Whispers in the Walls: Hotfix #3.1

[(PSN)lord_makino234]

Quick question does the ability damage affect every ability that does damage like even wuclone or not its very confusing cause it's very niche and situational so I just hope to use it on other frames that does ability damage but not focus on there procs

Edited December 18, 2023 by (PSN)lord_makino234

[(PSN)slightconfuzzled]

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Fixed Netracells having Steel Path modifiers applied if the player’s Star Chart was set to Steel Path. It is intended that there is no Netracell Steel Path variant. 

 

If at all possible, could this be something reconsidered or discussed?

I actually accidentally did my first few Netracells this way with some friends, and we really really enjoyed it. It was hard, but very fun! Didn't realise it was a possibly a bug/unintended until later. Now that I have seen a few different threads on the Forums and on Reddit, there are actually quite a lot of us, that really enjoy the harder Steel Path Netracell version. Really tests out some of out kits and strategy, and team work. Personally I wouldn't need any extra rewards or incentives, just a toggle. Maybe you could have a screen pop up warning players if they attempt the Netracell that Steel Path was toggled on, and if they wish to toggle it off, or something along those lines. 

Cheers! 

[(PSN)Adeak]

35 minutes ago, [DE]Danielle said:

• Increased Netracell enemy levels by +30 to bump up the difficulty slightly.
• Fixed Netracells having Steel Path modifiers applied if the player’s Star Chart was set to Steel Path. It is intended that there is no Netracell Steel Path variant.  

You... you do realize that these two directly contradict each other? Why not leave the casual players alone and just keep SP in?

35 minutes ago, [DE]Danielle said:

• Fixed being able to skip the extraction cinematic in Albrecht’s Laboratories missions.

This is NOT a fix. This is objectively a quality-of-life DOWNGRADE.

And of course there's still no mention of a fix for stealth attacks being broken on the new enemies, or the melee aiming bug that's been around since Echoes of Duviri. They're not even on the known issues list.

[(PSN)Stealth_Cobra]

Operator still always gets stuck in hitting thin air animation over and over, really makes it hard to use him properly.

[(PSN)Shaun-T-Wilson]

14 hours ago, (PSN)lord_makino234 said:

Quick question does the ability damage affect every ability that does damage like even wuclone or not its very confusing cause it's very niche and situational so I just hope to use it on other frames that does ability damage but not focus on there procs

not to clones weapons, but to the 3rd ability the clone copys from you

[(PSN)ApoX95]

my game currently downloads an apparent update (Warframe Version 2.23) even though I just played yesterday and I see no new update scheduled for today. and it's a full update, nothing that happens in the launcher that appears when you already go ingame - this update appeared before even starting the game. highly confused about this since again: I just played yesterday evening. I downloaded every update and every hotfix already.

[(PSN)TEAINSHENNON]

On 2023-12-18 at 2:30 PM, (PSN)Adeak said:

You... you do realize that these two directly contradict each other? Why not leave the casual players alone and just keep SP in?

This is NOT a fix. This is objectively a quality-of-life DOWNGRADE.

And of course there's still no mention of a fix for stealth attacks being broken on the new enemies, or the melee aiming bug that's been around since Echoes of Duviri. They're not even on the known issues list.

Or any fix to broken tenno were you just use the stupid pulse attack repeatedly and can't do anything else in that state makeing any tenno required thing impossible say like a angle fight

[(PSN)midniteNinja1337]

3 hours ago, (PSN)ApoX95 said:

my game currently downloads an apparent update (Warframe Version 2.23) even though I just played yesterday and I see no new update scheduled for today. and it's a full update, nothing that happens in the launcher that appears when you already go ingame - this update appeared before even starting the game. highly confused about this since again: I just played yesterday evening. I downloaded every update and every hotfix already.

same here, surprise update with no update

[(PSN)jaymario97]

On 2023-12-18 at 1:49 PM, [DE]Danielle said:

Added markers to the rewards dropped from defeating the Mocking/Scathing Whispers and The Fragmented Trio. 

I've been waiting for this one :-)

[(PSN)CryCel_AI]

Since 3.1 I’m crashing while using my Incarnon Latron it’s easy to replicate 

have loads of enemies on screen then go incarnon and shoot them instant crash to PlayStation dash board 

[(PSN)Aiodan]

1 minute ago, (PSN)CryCel_AI said:

Since 3.1 I’m crashing while using my Incarnon Latron it’s easy to replicate 

have loads of enemies on screen then go incarnon and shoot them instant crash to PlayStation dash board 

Im crashing alot since the update too. Hardly ever crashed before the 3.1, had 2 crashes in 2 missions since.

[(PSN)CryCel_AI]

Crashed multiple times already. Always reported it so hopefully they’ll take note of that 

I’m trying to do the event and I can’t finish the mission because it keeps kicking me out of it. And it won’t let me re connect to the session because it can’t for some reason😂

[(PSN)RaptormkII]

I've crashed out of every mission I've been in since the +3.1 patch downloaded. Multiple attempted netracell runs as well as Effervo. It also doesn't seem to matter what frame or weapons I use.