Echo Of The Void - Changelog v1.0.6.1 (Hotfix)

Date: 2026-03-26

Hotfix Summary

This hotfix focuses on behavior corrections for Sheep?, Watcher?, fleeing Specials, and Follower?.

Fixes

Sheep? - Glitched Chameleon visibility rule

• Fixed the color-shift condition for the sheep variant that changes wool color.
• The variant now changes color only when the sheep is not broadly visible to the player.
• This is no longer limited to strict direct crosshair focus checks.

Watcher? - spawn distance and visibility

• Reworked watcher spawn selection to avoid close/visible spawns.
• Increased practical spawn distance window so watcher arrivals are farther from the player.
• Added strict out-of-view validation during spawn selection.
• Removed unsafe close fallback behavior; if no valid out-of-view location exists, watcher spawn now aborts cleanly.
• Kept the existing hidden/approach sequence behavior after spawn.

Fleeing Specials in water

• Added anti-stuck behavior for fleeing specials when they enter water:
  • they now sink into the ground and despawn, instead of getting stuck pathing in water.
• Applied to fleeing states:
  • Watcher?
  • Knocker?
  • Hurler?
  • Shadow?
  • Follower? when in flee mode
• Explicitly not applied to non-fleeing behavior such as Usher? guidance and Attacker? combat behavior.

Follower? behavior update

• Added new stealth approach phase:
  • if the player does not see the follower, it approaches very slowly.
• If the player sees the follower (broad visibility, not only direct look), follower returns to its normal distance-preserving behavior.
• Added contact-triggered escalation:
  • on contact while in stealth approach, follower plays a Hurler-style scream and switches to attack behavior.