StarTopic Sonic Origins |ST| Gotta Go Past! [Plus Expansion Pack + Physical Release Coming June 23, 2023]

[MondoMega]

Worth reading the full thread.

 

[VolcanicDynamo]

Sonic Origins has been updated to Version 1.0.4. We got a few key fixes:

• Added features to the "Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles" sound test
• Fixed track mismatches in the Museum for certain music tracks included in the Classic Music Pack
• Corrected an issue in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 where Tails goes off-screen and is unable to rejoin
• Additional bug fixes

 

[VolcanicDynamo]

The full patch notes for Version 1.0.4 have been posted to the Sonic Origins official site. Here they are, covering all of the fixes and tweaks that have come to the game across all platforms:

Update ver. 1.04 for Sonic Origins is now live.
Make sure to update your game for a smoother and more stable experience.

■Update details
・Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles: Added a function to Sound Test.

・Sonic the Hedgehog 2: Fixed a bug where Tails would not return from outside the screen and a sound effect would continually play.

・Fixed a bug that was causing some songs from the Classic Music Pack to have incorrect titles displayed in the Museum.

・Sonic the Hedgehog 2: Fixed a bug that caused the sound effect for collecting Rings to be interrupted when collecting them in quick succession.

・Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles: Adjusted Competition Mode on the Nintendo Switch™ so that it can be played without registering two Joy-Cons™ / Pro controllers. *Made registration for two Joy-Cons™ / Pro controllers in Time Attack unnecessary, and made it possible to cancel controller registration in other modes.

42 other bugfixes.

・Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles: Fixed a bug where leaving many Item Boxes in front of the sub-boss of Hydrocity Zone Act 1 would cause the game to crash when defeating the sub-boss and moving on to the next Act.

・Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles: Fixed a bug that was causing players to get stuck when playing a Special Stage from the level select menu after playing Time Attack Mode.

・Sonic the Hedgehog: Fixed a bug where retrying a stage in Classic Mode from My Data and getting a Game Over would make players get stuck at the Title Screen.

・Fixed a bug in the "Fireball Dash" mission where it was possible to move outside of the mission area, and clearing the mission would result in the player becoming stuck.

・Fixed a bug in the "Slippery Swim" mission that was causing invisible blocks to appear in areas they aren't supposed to appear in.

・Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles: Fixed a bug in Competition mode that caused players to go back a lap when they took damage or fell out of the stage.

・Fixed a bug in the "Animal Rescue" mission where players would stand on top of clouds instead of bouncing or falling off them.

・Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles: Fixed a bug in Angel Island Zone Act 1 that teleported players when the island is set on fire.

・Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles: Fixed a bug in Carnival Night Zone Act 2 where the boss would leave the area if hit by a mid-air attack while entering.

・Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles: Fixed a bug that caused a sound effect to continually play when the player transitioned stages after defeating the boss of Death Egg Zone Act 1.

・Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles: Fixed a bug in Flying Battery Zone Act 1 that caused a sound effect to continually play if a player transitioned stages when close to a magnetic object.

・Sonic the Hedgehog 2: Fixed a bug that caused Tails' flight sound effect to continually play after moving to the next stage if you were flying with Tails during the transition.

・Sonic the Hedgehog 2: Fixed a bug in 2 Player VS mode where the time would never expire if it reached 0 during a player mistake.

・Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles: Fixed a bug in Competition Mirror Mode that was causing the courses to not be mirrored.

・Fixed a bug in the "Bounce House" mission where characters would become inoperable if they collided with a Bounce Pad from the bottom when time expired.

・Fixed a bug in the "Extreme! Super Sonic Finish" mission where falling off the platform shortly after reaching the goal would cause the camera to lock and prevent the player from progressing.

・Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles: Fixed a bug that caused Sonic and Tails to get stuck on a burning rope in the middle of Angel Island Zone Act 2, which made it impossible to progress.

・Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles: When starting in Classic Mode with a save file where the game has been cleared, entering and exiting a Special Stage without touching a checkpoint would cause the game time to incorrectly start at 9:59.

・Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles: When starting the game as Sonic with a cleared-game save data file, performing certain actions in Angel Island Zone Act 1 would cause the player to be incorrectly moved to Knuckles' boss area route.

・Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles: Fixed a bug in Classic Mode where performing certain actions in the boss fight of Lava Reef Zone Act 2 would make the camera shift, and the character would fall out of the stage.

・Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles: Fixed a bug in Angel Island Zone Act 1 where performing certain actions after the stage is set on fire caused the player to lose a life.

・Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles: Fixed a bug in Lava Reef Zone Act 2 that allowed players to avoid the falling boulder that moves them to the boss stage.

・Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Story Mode: Fixed a bug where the transition time from Mystic Cave Zone Act 2 to Hidden Palace 2 would be added to the player's Best Time.

・Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles: Fixed a bug in the boss battle of Hydrocity Zone Act 2 that caused an invisible ceiling to appear, which prevented players from jumping higher.

・Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles: Fixed a bug where immediately opening the pause menu when entering the first Special Ring in Mushroom Hill Zone Act 1 and selecting "Restart" would cause players to start the stage from an unnatural position.

・Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles: Starting the game in Classic Mode using saved data with a recorded Time Over in Angel Island Zone Act 1, and then getting a Game Over would cause players to immediately lose a life upon reaching the sub-boss.

・Sonic the Hedgehog 2: Fixed a bug that was causing crashes due to incorrect object calculations.

・Fixed a bug in the "Aerial Attack" mission where players would get stuck on blocks and be unable to move.

・Fixed a typo in the credits.

・Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles: Fixed a bug where opening the pause menu just before entering a Special Stage and then selecting "Restart" would move the player to a different Act.

・Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles: Fixed a bug where coins would be increased in debug mode.

・Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles: Fixed a bug where the BGM in Special Stages would slow down after collecting 50 Rings.

・Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles: When starting the game in Classic Mode on a save file with a recorded Time Over, the Time would not reset from 9:59 upon clearing a stage.

・Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles: Fixed a bug in Classic Mode of Death Egg Zone Act 2 where opening the pause menu and selecting "Restart" after transitioning to the boss stage would cause the player restart the boss fight with 0:10 Time.

・Removed an extra space from "PlayStation™Store" in the Simplified Chinese text. (PlayStation®5 / PlayStation®4)

・Fixed a bug where exiting while connected to Xbox Live and syncing data would cause the game to crash. (Xbox Series X|S)

・Fixed a bug where having multiple autosaves in a short period of time would result in them not saving correctly. (PlayStation®5 / PlayStation®4)

・Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles: Fixed a bug in Mushroom Hill Zone Act 2 that caused textures of objects to not display correctly. (Nintendo Switch™)

・Fixed a bug that was causing save file contents to be different when manually saving the game. (Xbox One / Xbox Series X|S)

・Fixed a bug that caused the game to freeze for about 10 seconds when going to offline mode after launching the game in online mode. (Xbox One / Xbox Series X|S)

・Fixed a bug where launching the game while connected to a network, disconnecting from that network after reaching the Main Menu, playing a sound in the Museum, and then returning to the Main Menu would result in a crash after 15 seconds. (Xbox One / Xbox Series X|S)

・Fixed a bug that was causing lower-performance GPUs to be automatically selected in multiple-GPU systems. (Steam / Epic Games)

These fixes are all great, but what might be the most interesting is the "added function" to Sonic 3K sound test. What this appears to be are a litany of cheat codes that were found in the base release of Origins but weren't implemented. Some of these codes are directly from Sonic Mania, featuring the same effects as in that game. Many are brand new, however. We got Super Peel-Out, altered competition mode movesets/physics, and other neat features! The full list of known passwords can currently be found here.

 

[VolcanicDynamo]

This has gotten discussion over on the main boards, but Sonic Origins Plus has finally been revealed with a release date of June 23, 2023 - Sonic's birthday and exactly one year after launch. The highlights are playable Knuckles in CD, playable Amy in all of the main games, plus all twelve Sonic Game Gear titles included. It also includes all of the content that was previously released as add-on content, including all of the paid DLC previously released for the game.

If you didn't purchase Sonic Origins yet, you're in luck - the game will cost the same $39.99 that the base release did, and there's a small art book and reversible cover that comes with the brand new physical release. For anyone who already owns Origins, however, this is not a free update - the Plus Expansion Pack will cost you $9.99.

I'll be updating the OP at a later point with the new details.

 

[VolcanicDynamo]

Happy Birthday Sonic! Sonic Origins Plus is now out on all platforms.



A few things of note:

• The base price of Sonic Origins has dropped to $30. So digitally, you can buy Origins and buy the Plus Expansion Pack at a later point for the same price as Sonic Origins Plus.
• From what I've heard, the physical release has Origins Plus as a download code. The Disk/Cartridge only has Origins on it. Buyer beware!
• The Plus Expansion Pack comes with all of the DLC from the base game, Knuckles in Sonic CD (with some new routes in each Zone), Amy in all of the main games, and Game Gear games. Currently, the Game Gear games have some sloppy audio thanks to a weird stereo filter and a pixel perfect aspect ratio you cannot change
• Separately from the DLC, Sonic Origins received an update that addressed a couple of issues. The music and visuals have not been touched, but there are a few good fixes. The "roll lock" that was in Sonic 1 and 2 has been fixed, meaning that the Drop Dash in particular feels more correct. The pistons in Sonic 2 launch you ever so slightly lower so that you don't get thrown into spikes unintentionally. Sonic 3 has seen a few collision fixes here and there; for example, Special Stage that was rendered inaccessible by solo Sonic in Hydrocity Zone Act 2 due to him not being able to reach the platform anymore now works like in the original (so Sonic can now reach it).
• According to SteamDB, there still seems to be work in the project, so perhaps we'll get an additional patch?

I haven't tried the patch or the DLC myself. Feel free to share your impressions here!