It’s hereeee! We are jumping up and down in excitement!
Here’s what you can expect in this Title Update:
*I’m Thorough Achievement – collect all the relics ~ The Jeweled Cross has been removed and the player requires the 54 unique relics to complete this achievement.
*Private Matches can no longer be joined by public players.
*Players no longer have to fight Circe and Tepes again once they have already been defeated.
*Remote players can no longer pause everyone’s game – Just the host.
*Rex heals more viable, Charlie heals no longer as overpowered.
*Possibly more things James forgot he tweaked and didn’t write down. Will update this list as he remembers. x_X
I also am taking this opportunity to remind you all of the rules of the blog which can be found on our About Page. We’d like to keep comments open so keep it respectful. You absolutely may voice your concerns, opinions and requests but if it is disrespectful to us or others, it will be deleted.
Anyone interested playing legit without using any mods add me. My gamertag is “Tatt00ey” the O’s are zeros.
If you are using any modded items don’t bother. I find it rather pathetic people have to cheat in a game that requires no skill to play. Where’s the fun in running super fast, killing everything even the final boss in one hit, & can’t ever die? Defeats the whole purpose of playing the game to begin with.
This game is currently broken. 1 out of every 1,000 are legit & the other 999 are all using modded items. When you finally find another player who isn’t modding then the very cheap poor hosted dedicated servers start lagging horribly. Only way to fix the lag is to restart the game only for it to return within 10 to 15 minutes later again.
Please fix this game. The modded items should be the number 1 priority. Then the lag should be fixed next. This game is broken. I spend more time looking for legit players & restarting the game because of lag then actually playing the game.
I’m having trouble understanding why the developers of this game just simply don’t care enough to fix it & prefer a bunch of 12 years old to take over the game with their modded items & ruin it for the small 0.01 percent that actually play legit.
Even if I said screw it I’ll play with the modders for the sake of not wasting a few hours trying to find legit players rather then playing the game at all. All they do from the moment they spawn is begin to attack their own teammates & instantly kill them with one hit. Then they revive them only so they can kill them again because the developers fail to understand that a friendly fire setting in this game is not only very much desired but necessary unless you want to spend the very little time you have to play this game without lagging to hell getting killed every few seconds because some 12 year old wants to show off his redundant pathetic modded items as if no one else has them already or because they find it hilarious they wasted money on a game not play it as it was meant but instead cheat before they even play the game once legit only for the sole purpose of trying to grief others players who are playing legit. Keep one hit instantly killing them just to troll them because they find it amusing.
Never in my life have I ever seen a great game so poorly managed & left to rot with obviously red flags that are eminently destroying the game if it isn’t already completely destroyed. What a shame. What a great game this could of been…..
Anyone who agrees or disagrees I don’t care. If you want someone to play with who isn’t going to attack you for any reason nor use modded items & who isn’t going to rage quit 5 seconds after starting the game only to rejoin the same lobby & pick the same character. Then shoot me a friend request or game invite. Gamertag is “Tatt00ey”
The O’s in my gamertag are zeros. (123″00″456)
Yea aka you all should make it where every one won’t fight about characters my friends throw some of the WORST hissy fits ever about it
Thank you so much for the MP3s! If anyone can figure out the lyrics for Zombie Mall, that would be awesome. In the meantime, I’m going to throw some money at the music site.
Can something be done about modders, they are annoying as hell. Also maybe let there be so a player can join mid game, with an invite of course. Oh! And possibly a surrvial mode? And a higher level? And new difficulty? If that’s okay. Love the game.
Hey people,
Thanks for all the feedback! As Michelle indicated, I’m not too great at responding on the Internet. If you’ve ever met me at PAX or something, you’ll know that I’m really happy to talk about our games, our direction, our problems, etc.; it’s just that once the Internet gets involved, I get a bit terrified. Possibility the anonymity can make people more aggressive, and that puts me off. Sorry about that.
The focus of the patch was the dumb Achievement bug. There were a bunch of other fixes as well. The netcode has improved for many, but it’s still far from great. There are a number of reasons behind this, and they probably all sound like excuses, but the bottom line is that a patch is a seriously delicate thing, and getting the Achievement fix in with netcode that still *sort of worked* seemed way safer than an Achievement fix with a massive netcode overhaul that could have broken the critical path, deleted your save files, and set your pool on fire. Every change was sweated like no change has been sweated before. When Michelle thought the patched Achievement was still broken, she nearly had a nervous breakdown. To top it all off, there were literally months of non-work issues related to the title update process.
I do listen and am still ever grateful for your support. I’d still like to get to the bottom of the lag issue, but I’m mostly just relieved that Charlie Murder is 100 percentable.
Tyler- I found the songs, and it wasn’t easy! They were two songs I made in college; I didn’t think they were good enough for the soundtrack. :/ I uploaded both of them, here are the links:
> http://ska-studios.com/files/zombiemall.mp3
> http://ska-studios.com/files/turkeymurder.mp3
Thanks, all!
I just wanted to know what the song is that plays in the tattoo parlors, about a mall full of zombies. It’s about the end of the world, and it’s not Charlie Murder’s “When I Save The World”. I’ve been looking everywhere for this song, and maybe I’m just blind. But if anyone could tell me what it is, I’d really appreciate it.
I was going to comment on the abhorrent connection issues in this game, but after reading the comments on just this post I realized how futile that would be. There’s nothing i could say on the issue that hasn’t been said already. What really disheartened me was Shelldragon’s comment on how the sole owner and programmer doesn’t even read the blog, and how he’s too involved in his next project to be concerned with Charlie Murder. It makes me feel as tho this level of apathy is what to expect from any future Ska Studios releases. Why should consumers give you money for your products? The “unfortunate reality” is that we’re not buying your video games so that you can afford dinner. We’re buying your video games because we want to have fun, and lag issues to the point of unplayability in a game that “truly shines as a multiplayer game” isn’t worth a damn. No fun for us, no dinner for you. This is your job, after all.
That being said, I do realize you’re an indie game company, and you don’t have a magic hat to reach into and pull out a solution to every problem. The remote pause tweak was a welcome change, and I thank you for it.
As for suggestions: A vote-kick option, or a host-only option to kick players is desperately needed. It’s far too easy for one person to ruin an entire game (Or in the case of props, hours worth of work in 30 seconds).
Why can’t I host a match? When the match starts 3…2…1, my screen says remotely paused? Did I do something. .__.
The leaderboards have been totally taken over by modders. They run amok in this game and its ridiculous. It used to be just infinite anarchi and damage but lately they got stuff that makes them get back up automatically when they die and they can run at super-speed. They also have ridiculously modded amounts of money, which I assume they get from selling gear with modified price tags. They just slide along the ground and brag about their modded gear. The worst part is they’re all squeakers, sharing this crap with their squeaker friends. You can tell they’re modded items because they’re usually brightly colored honeybadger claws, pumpkin heads, leatherfaces etc. Please guys. If you enter a game and see them, report them, file a complaint for cheating and move on. I’m getting recording equipment so I can attempt to get as many of their accounts banned as possible. Also, I’ll try to forward specific links to you devs so you can try to get the sites shut down. If you ever get a second update out for this, please, work on something that puts a cap on the amount of anarchi and strength. I hope you’re able to nullify these affects so these little babies can’t hide behind them anymore. I worked my butt off to get my guys this strong. It ain’t right.
Thank you for updating one of my favorite games, the lag has been totally fixed for me and my friends playing online, we went through it on normal with new characters and not a bit of lag or trouble the entire playthrough. Very enjoyable thanks for all your hard work and I look forward to your next work of art
Enjoyable game, except the fact that the game has terrible netcode which makes paying online horrible whenever the 2-bar connection thing pops up (Which is often, within 10 minutes of playing online or less).
You guys should reach out to someone for netcode help to make this game really enjoyable. I’m about to drop it if this keeps up.
I’ve had this game since it firstt came out.. Great game except after you nerfed the heal.. I’ve farmed literally the baddest equipment and my enchantress is literally unstoppable.. But when I am trying to farm the last area that 500 health i am getting instead of 2300 health from heal doesn’t even scratch my characters life bar.. I am almost getting 1 shotted and can’t heal enough for the life of me.. Yea I can keep popping bats for cool down but now I just feel like I am wasting items and having to make too many trips back to the pet shop.. Let alone keeping other players healed and alive.. I feel like heal is useless now.. Like one of those guys said in the previous comments.. Instead of his 800 heal it is now like 150.. Might as well just had gotten rid of heal completely..
The game is honestly pretty fun, but the problem is massive lag problems when online. I am sure you heard that before, but this is the #1 thing that needs to be fix as the game becomes nearly unplayable once it starts lagging.
It seems to only lag for players that are not the host, and it becomes very unplayable/unpredictable once it has started up.
I’m really loving the game so far, and wish to keep playing it. The only problem is the multiplayer isn’t even playable. it requires me to spend about 30 seconds on each enemy, and killing them at least 6 or 7 times! is there any way you guys could maybe do something to fix the multiplayer so i can continue playing with friends and having a good time on the game?
When I try to do a quick match on Live it always says game is full or not available
I have tried doing everything it doesn’t work please help
I can try to push to get the networking fixed but in the end it’s up to James’ motivation and the console support. I would love it. Charlie is also popular right now because it’s free. It’s not making anyone money which is an unfortunate reality in what gets old games support. In a perfect world, they’d have all the resources to help us push another patch. If this was State of Decay, which makes them a lot of money, we might get the support. Again, I can try to push for it and I really want the networking issues fixed. I see what is posted on the blog and social media and all I can do is forward it along. Unfortunately, James doesn’t read it. As the sole programmer and owner, He’s really the driving factor in what we do next and he’s pretty hunkered down in our next new project. Maybe you all could poke at him a little more directly? ;D
Please please fix the lag issue this game is amazing and its killing the experience thank you.
Love the game and the update!
Are the leaderboards displaying the correct numbers? If so, Its crazy that I have hocked and hoarded so many items in the time I have played (maybe its time for me to go outside)
Thank you Ska Studios. I got the game and it is really good. About to get your other one. Hope you guys continue your work!
Shell, I just finished Charlie Murder again and I’m looking at the credits, and I saw Twisted Pixel was in the “Thanks” list. You guys may want to reach out to them as far as the netcode goes, they’ve done 2 games that have 4 player online co-op (splosion man and ms splosion man), maybe they can give you guys some pointers on how to work out the issues with the Charlie Murder co-op. Also, you may want to reach out to Undead Labs about going through the patching process, they had some growing pains in that department as well and seem to have it down pretty well now, they patched their latest DLC in a few days. Just some suggestions, you guys are doing a great job, keep it up!
I have all the props in the game except for one. Some of them are very elusive or require two accounts and a particular scenario to get them to spawn. For instance, in order to get the little antenna tv prop you need to destroy it during the little cutscene with the scientist beating on the Lonliest Cyst before he runs away. Having two accounts means that you can punch the other guy out before the cutscene ends and try over. The props I’ve obtained include:
-the couch
-nightstand with lamp
-nightstand without lamp
-brown rectangular table
-orange rectangular diner table
-mailbox
-small antenna tv
-front facing computer
-side facing computer
-explosive barrel
-acid barrel
-regular brown barrel
-memorial bulletin board
-charlie murder promo standee (angle 1)
-charlie murder promo standee (angle 2)
-pool table
-bloody altar
-shopping cart (standing)
-shopping cart (on side)
-candelabra
-weapon rack
-suit of armor
-bar stool
-wooden barrel
-swingset
-blood fountain
-giant tiki head
-blue crystal
-round wooden table
-slide
-barbed wire fence
-ducky ride
-unicorn ride (rarity?)
-pyramid head pony ride
-gourney
-quetzal costl standee (facing left)
-quetzal costl standee (facing right)
-rounded tombstone
-edged tombstone
-cross tombstone
-door
-golden chest
-standing lamp
-orange arcade machine
-blue arcade machine
-green arcade machine
-red arcade machine
-destroyed ambulance
-destroyed cop car
-destroyed pickup truck
-destroyed minivan
-square debris
Missing
-bed
-car debris
-barstool debris
If anyone knows how to force these items to spawn as props when you destroy them let me know.
Perhaps someone has asked this before, but I’ve looked online and could not find the answer anywhere. I reviewed the Charlie Murder soundtrack and could not locate a particular song. This is the song that is played when you enter the tattoo studios. There is essentially a radio playing in the background. After they play the Charlie Murder,”When I Save the World” song, there is a break for a commercial, some listener interaction, and then the DJ says,”Now here’s a song about a mall full of zombies…Let’s do it!”. I was wondering about the title/artist for the song that plays after that statement.
I had my wife’s Android App, Google Sound Search, try to identify it, but it came up blank.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
We know how frustrating the online play issues are. We certainly have tried to fix them. Networking is incredibly difficult. I’m not sure why you would say it isn’t. It’s a major reason many games do not even include online multiplayer. The second part of the problem is how challenging it is to get a patch through test and certification on console. You guys saw how long it took just to get this one through. If anyone knows a great, experienced Xbox Live networking programmer who is knowledgeable with XNA and willing to do the work, we could possibly try to make another push but I can’t promise anything. Makin’ games for console with two people is a tough business, ya’ll. :<
The game is really fun but you guys have to fix the lag online my friend and I love this game but we can’t play it together once the lag starts it becomes nearly impossible for us to even be on the same screen at the same time other than that its an awesome game hope to see DLC levels and characters in the future
Please Fix The Lag It Isn’t That Hard Please If u don’t wanna use servers just make sure it goes by people connection
Thanks guys!
Keep up the good work!
Great game, SKA Studios.
Me and my girlfriend are loving it so far. 🙂
Cheers 🙂
Yea this patch is good but it’s still near impossible to play with friends online due to lag issues =(
Also I ment to put nerf and not nerd. I blame autocorrect.
This update helped with many of our problems, but now my heal aura barely heals small chunks when before it could regenerate my full healthbar. I don’t know if this nerd was on purpose or not but it seriously makes playing the white would a lot harder.
Thank you so much for the update me and my friends played this game a lot and couldn’t get that last achievement but the connectivity issues are still a huge problem though.
Great game, but why not give us the option to turn friendly fire on or off? My gf and I loved to play it and just beat each other up at random. It was hilarious. Its what made us really like playing this game. Now, I understand some people can be jerks and kill their team just for giggles when they’re 20 levels over, but what about us that really just like to play this game with good friends and intentionally murder one another? Please….think of us….and the children.
Thanks for this Patch, now i can complete the game with all Achievements 😀
Loving the game so far but, it seems like lag becomes an infinite problem after another player has a small connection problem with their internet.
I was playing with a random and we were mopping up pretty well but, then his connection started dropping (I don’t know, maybe Comcast or something) and our game was still somewhat playable but all the enemies and my co-op partner were appearing in random spaces across the screen.
Also, I ran into some guy with a level 119 Lester. I was like “what”. Or maybe it was 19 and the font just goofed.
All I wish now that could be done is to rid the game of all the little toddlers with modded gear. Every lobby is filled with little 4 year olds running around with boosted characters with brightly colored modded gear including such mods as infinite anar-chi and infinite strength to where they’re so strong they not only cannot die, they’re straight up gibbing enemies in total anarchy in 1 hit. These are the disgraceful players on top of the damage leader boards, showing up as impossible, unobtainable levels of damage. I wanna find out who started this plague of modded gear and get them console banned forever.
Awesome update guys, much appreciated.
I’m not sure if this is in the listings to be fixed, but I’ve had some issues with multiplayer. Specifically, I play as Lester and my friend plays as Tommy. Every time I activate my special all he sees is Tommy launching buzzsaws, while on my screen I sometimes see buzzsaws, other times Tommy is shooting ice and still others he seems to be riding my and healing.
Is there any structure to which ability Tommy uses while teamed with Lester and are there any plans to show guests using alternate abilities during the team special?
Finally. Glad its here but thanks Ska for the update keep on rocking and hope maybe there can be dlc to this game
Waited 10 months for the glitched relic to be fixed, and I’d say it was worth it. Thanks for making a great game!!!
Sure didnt fix the lagging and connectivity problems =(
this is unplayable online with my friends
Fantanstic news guys, thank you! Now I’ll have completed the game AND have a signed Charlie poster on the wall of my room (:
So far the update seems pretty awesome, but I’ve been playing as the Paladin and I noticed that his heal marked at 45 is taking more than triple the time of my Flame rune or Sawmada which are both marked as 50 to cooldown and be available again. Kinda wondering if I’m just missing something or if it’s a bug. Worst comes to worst Ill just stop using it, but otherwise I’ve been loving this game since it became free ^^
I just played an entire level on multiplayer with my friends with no lag at all! This is awesome!
oh,and can u make it so people can’t ruin your room?I mean i spent alot of time getting props,and i don’t wanna lose one because someone forgot to put the silver hammer on before they went and smashed my stuff.Or they might not have even known that it was my room i spent alot of time on
Ok,first off,thanks for making it so randoms can’t join my private matches,and thanks for making it so they can’t pause it.Both of those were really frustrating.I have a question though.Can u make collision off for players when a room is clear?We should only be able to attack each other in the PVP room.I try and look thru my loot real quick,and the apparent 10 year old starts hitting me as if to say “c’mon lets go kill more stuff” and not care about all the effort you guys put into customizing the characters.I don’t mind enemies getting hit by the person and the enemy smashing into me knocking me over,i like that part.I just can’t stand playing with a random who won’t let me check my phone for anything.
oops,i’m retarded,it’s right above me 😛
Where exactly can i find the update notes?
lame
For some odd reason my xbox will keep crashing whenever I try to download this new update 🙁
Hey guys! I love ALL of your stuff, AND when I found out you guys are in Seattle WA, I FREAKED! Do you guys have like, an office or something I could visit, would really love to see anything I can up their! thanks guys, peace!
Hi,
Thanks!
Yup, Charlie and Rex’s heals were tweaked. I updated the list to reflect this. Thanks for bringing it up, James had forgotten he changed it!
Hey guys,
Great game! I am really loving it so far.
After I downloaded the patch, my Heal Aura when playing as a berserker (Charlie) no longer heals very much. It went from healing 700-800 per tick to now only around 160 or so. If this was intentional, that is something I will have to get used to, as it makes the game a bit harder on solo. If this was unintended, though, I do wish to bring it up, and perhaps let others know.
Thanks!