Cairn Patch Notes

# Cairn Patch Notes ## What changed - **No Survival option** — now refills your survival gauges when activated, helping you recover during difficult situations - **Loot drops in hard difficulty** — increased chance to find useful survival items when you're struggling - **Finger taping** — now available as an automatic option - **Breathing feedback visualization** — new accessibility feature that displays **Aava's** breathing efforts on screen to assist climbers with hearing disabilities ## Improvements - **Aava's wall descent** — improved behavior to prevent falling when getting down from walls - **Climbot's positioning** — reduced how close **Climbot** approaches you, especially noticeable in **Free Solo mode** ## Bug Fixes - Multiple significant bugs have been fixed throughout the game ## Overall Cairn's latest patch adds accessibility features like automatic finger taping and breathing visualization for **Aava**, while improving survival mechanics and AI companion behavior for smoother climbing gameplay.

## What changed - **Save file corruption** — resolved an issue preventing save data from loading - **Rappel mechanic** — fixed teleportation bugs that occurred while using rappel - **HUD display** — fixed the interface disappearing when fishing and climbing simultaneously - **Aava character model** — fixed clipping through the bridge after performing a run and jump - **Aava character model** — fixed falling immediately after executing a mantle down - **Tenzen objectives** — objectives now remain available after dying in the gym - **Pause menu** — fixed soft lock when pausing during troglodyte fires - **Climbing** — fixed soft lock occurring during the final climbing segment when walking - **Controller input** — fixed soft lock when multiple controllers are connected ## Bug Fixes - **Corrupted saves, teleportation, HUD rendering, character collision, objective tracking, pause functionality, climbing sequences, and input handling** — all addressed to improve stability and prevent progression blocks ## Overall Cairn's patch eliminates game-breaking soft locks during climbing and pausing, fixes **Aava** clipping issues, restores **Tenzen** objectives after gym deaths, and resolves corrupted save files and multi-controller conflicts.

## What changed - **Finger taping** — left click now allows taping with keyboard and mouse even if the mouse doesn't move - **Game closure** — fixed cases where the game wouldn't close properly - **Launch black screen** — fixed 2 different issues causing black screens at startup - **Bag cursor** — fixed cursor disappearing when accessing the bag - **Save corruption** — fixed corrupted saves occurring near the Vault - **Audio** — fixed audio cuts and corrected loudness levels at Wind Palace and Dome ## Bug Fixes - **Left click taping workaround** — enables finger taping functionality regardless of mouse movement - **Startup crashes** — addressed multiple black screen issues preventing game launch - **Save file integrity** — resolved corruption affecting saves in the Vault area - **Audio localization** — balanced audio output at Wind Palace and Dome locations ## Overall This patch fixes multiple startup crashes, save corruption near the Vault, audio issues at Wind Palace and Dome, and restores **finger taping** functionality for keyboard and mouse players.

## What changed - **Windows launch option** — added `-force-d3d12` flag for improved compatibility - **Linux launch option** — added `-force-vulkan` flag for improved compatibility - **Steam Deck launch option** — added `-force-vulkan` flag for improved compatibility ## Bug Fixes - **Limb selection panel tutorial** — fixed screen remaining on-screen if player falls during tutorial - **Phone call message** — fixed message staying on-screen for Turkish players ## Overall Cairn added graphics API launch options for Windows, Linux, and Steam Deck, and fixed tutorial and messaging UI bugs.