- The Persistence Enhanced: Patch 1.01 - 17 August 2021
Hi everyone! Thank you so much for your feedback, we have a number of fixes to report for you today with our patch notes for 1.01. Updated to Nvidia DLSS v2.2 Online/Offline Saving - Fixed issues relating to Offline save functionality. Missing Keycard - Fix implemented for a keycard periodically vanishing, preventing overall progress. Resolution Options - Fixed a specific issue relating to playing in 2560x1440 resolution. VR Comfort Options - Fixed issues relating to VR Comfort Options being saved within the title. HTC Vive and Oculus Rift/Rift S - Implemented fix for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive headsets and removed occasional stutter encountered during gameplay. PC VR - Sweep for PC VR Stability, ensuring nothing stability/ no further additional crashes. PC Quality of Life - Several minor graphical faults fixed. Thanks so much for playing! - Team Firesprite
- The Persistence Enhanced: Out Now - 11 June 2021
We're excited to announce that The Persistence Enhanced is out now Today we’re excited to announce that the Enhanced Edition of our critically acclaimed rogue-lite survival horror title, The Persistence, is available now! The Persistence Enhanced dials up the intensity of the dark foreboding decks of the doomed deep space colony ship to new heights with improved lighting and particle effects and the addition of Raytracing via DXR and NVIDIA® DLSS specifically implemented for supported RTX cards. The Persistence Enhanced is available as a standalone paid digital download and as a free upgrade for existing owners of The Persistence on Steam and includes a free concept art book and soundtrack DLC bundle. The Persistence Enhanced will feature: DXR implementation: Realtime shadows, Reflections and Realtime Global Illumination Full DLSS support for NVIDIA® RTX Supported Graphics Cards Improve…
- Experimental Ray-traced Reflections in VR - 1 June 2021
Captured on Intel 8700K, 32GB RAM NVIDIA 2080 Super with Oculus Quest 2 in Rift Mode Hi everyone! We’d like to first caveat that this is an experimental feature we’ve included – we are not going to develop this any further, but we want to include this for those that want to tinker. To reach the required framerate for VR, we’d recommend a high end DLSS supported NVIDIA® card. The above video was captured in real time on an NVIDIA 2080S. To access Ray-traced Reflections whilst in VR, head to the “Raytracing” menu to turn it on along with configuring a DLSS profile. Realtime Global Illumination and Ray-traced Shadows unfortunately cannot be enabled whilst in VR as the game does not boot. Just to note, we don’t recommend turning this on by default and we cannot and will not take responsibility for any damage to hardware. We do, however, hope you enjoy experimenting with the feature!
- NVIDIA® DLSS Support - 1 June 2021
Hi everyone! Today we’re excited to officially announce that The Persistence Enhanced will feature support for NVIDIA DLSS as part of the Raytraced rendering that we’ve included in the game. It is also supported when playing in VR too. Let’s take a look at what you can expect from The Persistence Enhanced! Captured on Intel 8700K, 32GB RAM, NVIDIA RTX 2080S The Persistence Enhanced supports NVIDIA® DLSS with featuring Quality, Balanced, Performance and Ultra Performance profiles. The above video was captured in 4K with the “Ultra Performance” profile enabled on an NVIDIA 2080S but we’d recommend a 3000 series RTX card if you require the game to run in 4K resolution above 60fps. The Persistence Enhanced will feature: DXR implementation: Realtime shadows, Reflections and Realtime Global Illumination Full DLSS support for NVIDIA® RTX Supported Graphics Cards Improved effects and particles…
- The Persistence Enhanced Available June 11th - 1 June 2021
Hi everyone! A quick update for you that The Persistence Enhanced will now be available June 11th, just a slight delay whilst we add a final touch of polish. More details on our enhancements coming very soon!
- The Persistence Enhanced Coming to Steam June 4th - 29 April 2021
We're excited to announce that The Persistence Enhanced is coming to Steam on June 4th! The Persistence Enhanced brings improved lighting and particle effects for both non-VR and VR modes, requested quality of life improvements and UX/UI refinements for players. DXR will be supported with Raytraced Shadows, Global Illumination and Realtime Reflections for graphics cards which support DXR extensions. Specific hardware feature support will be confirmed in due course. The Persistence Enhanced will be delivered as a free update to players who already own the game on Steam. We have taken your feedback from the feature threads on the Steam Community forums and, although we haven't been able to integrate everything that has been asked for, we have integrated what we were able to. Features: Updated in game UI in non-VR mode Updated effects and particles DXR implementation: Realtime shadows, Ref…
- The Persistence: Share your Feedback With Us - 18 September 2020
We are interested in getting your thoughts about The Persistence. Responses to this questionnaire are anonymous - we will not request any email address information, nor are we tracking IP addresses, so please do not include any personally identifiable information in your written answers. Share your feedback with us HERE This is a short questionnaire which should take no more than 3 minutes to complete. Many thanks! - Team Firesprite
- The Persistence: Top Tips - 1 June 2020
Can you survive The Persistence? Here are some of the team’s top tips! Stealth is effective. Especially in the early game, evading enemies can be a good way to progress whilst your upgrades are at a low level. So is your Stem Cell Harvester. Quietly sneaking up behind enemies and taking them down is a very powerful strategy, and your best way to gather all important Stem Cells. It’s often best to resist the temptation of offloading guns into unsuspecting enemies, as this can alert other dangers. In Deck 1, this strategy should deal with most enemies. Unlock all the weapons. As you find Erebus Tokens and get the opportunity to unlock weapons, a good strategy is to use them to unlock weapons before upgrading. You should find the ones that suit how you want to play, before drilling down on your favourites. Be warned though, upgraded weapons cost more to fabricate. Use R1 and L1 in the Armo…
- The Persistence: Multiplayer Companion App - 28 May 2020
Connect a phone or tablet running IOS or Android to the game for up to 2 players to take control of ‘Solex’ – the ship’s engineering system - in local couch co-op play. Once connected, players get powerful control over the game, including abilities to lure enemies, open doors, and disable traps. By helping you, your friends can upgrade their Solex system to unlock even more powers, like the ability to freeze enemies to help you escape. But beware, sometimes your friends get rewards if you die! With the ability to spawn new enemies and make them attack, can you really trust your friends to help you out? The app can be downloaded here on the Apple App Store and from Google Play and includes an exclusive The Persistence artbook. With the app, you connect directly into your friend’s game where you get to see the procedurally generated layout of the ship. You have powerful ways to interact i…
- Can You Survive The Persistence? - 30 March 2020
The ship is caught in the gravity well of a black hole, and the spiraling debris will soon destroy it entirely if you can’t jump the ship to safety. To do that, you will have to repair the Stardrive, plot a course, enable the sensors and make it to the Bridge to engage the ship’s systems. The problem is... The ship is completely overrun with your mutated ex-crew members and your journey is a dangerous one! Here’s what you need to know in order to increase your chances of survival: Stealth is Important The Persistence is totally overrun, and these mutants are out for your blood - keep out of sight and out of trouble. Sneak, scope-out and stalk to gain an advantage, take the time to learn enemy behavior and come up with new tactics for your next run. Fight back If you prefer to be the hunter rather than the hunted, you’ll want to seek out weapon fabricators. Here, you can unlock and upgra…
- The Persistence: Death is Just the Beginning... - 20 March 2020
The Persistence is a procedurally generated roguelike, and chances are you are going to die.... a lot. You play as Security Officer Zimri Eder. Well, sort of. With each new life, you play as a fresh clone with her Engrams (digitized memories and personality) restored. The Persistence is a colony ship that suffers a ‘spark gap event’ during a jump, landing it in the inexorable pull of a black hole, wreaking havoc on the ship and corrupting the Clone Printer, which is now creating mutated copies of your ex-shipmates. These clone-printed monstrosities, constantly replenished by the ship’s malfunctioning clone printer, are the only thing standing between Zimri and her mission to restore the ship’s functionality. If an encounter with these foes proves fatal, Zimri’s consciousness is uploaded into a new host body, ready to try again. The colony starship has a self-configuring macrostructure w…
- The Persistence: Ship and Technology - 16 March 2020
It's the year 2521 and you are stranded aboard a doomed deep space colony starship 1,291.6 light-years away from Earth. Today we’re taking a closer look at the technology of The Persistence. The Eon-class colonisation vessel The Persistence is a self-configuring macrostructure imprinted inside the asteroid 19-Fortuna, a 200-km wide rock from the solar asteroid belt. Operating with a flight crew of seven personnel, the ship is designed for a maximum capacity of 780 settlers, to be clone-printed from the engram reservoir upon arrival at the intended destination. Making the journey with the smallest possible active crew is more resource efficient, and reduces psychological and political risks: deep space travel requires a particularly robust psyche. The ship is equipped with the latest singularity drive technology, and capable of making unprecedented 40 light year jumps. The previous gener…
- THE PERSISTENCE COMING SOON TO STEAM - 9 March 2020
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F36997753%2F23a003cbf26104ac18949a1f73312c90da0f714b.jpg Everyone’s Dead… Even You. The Persistence is set aboard a colony ship that suffers a ‘spark gap event’ during a jump, landing it in the inexorable pull of a black hole, wreaking havoc on the craft and corrupting the Clone Printer, which is now creating mutated copies of your ex-shipmates. You are the last survivor. Your mission? Restore functionality to The Persistence and somehow make your way back to Earth. We’re really excited to bring "The Persistence" to Steam and we’ve optimized the game with UI & controls tailored for non-VR alongside VR headset support for Oculus Rift, Oculus Rift S, HTC Vive and WMR headsets. Coming to Steam in 2020. Add us to your wishlist!
