Major - Fixed being unable to view the Rime note or the Rime book on Myst Island under certain circumstances after leaving and returning to the Myst Library. Minor - Fixed a small hitch that could occur in Rime when approaching the hut. - Using a mouse to click on any area of the new Welcome screen when prompting for any button to be pressed will now proceed, instead of requiring the player to use their mouse to click precisely on the prompting button itself. - Fixed the outline displayed on save game slots not showing properly under certain circumstances.

Features - “Press Any Button” welcome screen has been added. Minors - Minor edits made to the sketches in the back of Atrus' Rime journal in the Myst library. - Minor tweaks made to color values on the last page of Sirrus and Achenar's journals in Rime. - Added an additional sketch to Sirrus' crystal observation notes in the Rime lab. - Updated design of the hidden panel in the forechamber dock. - Fixed an issue with being able to rotate specific cranks with the shoulder buttons while holding down trigger buttons simultaneously. - Minor improvements to lever haptics. - Improved LODs on some trees on Myst Island. - Fixed an issue where the focus on a game slot could be incorrect when using a controller under specific circumstances.

Majors - Fixed the color context subtitles showing a missing string error on Sirrus’ and Achenar’s notebooks in Rime. Minors - Minor visual updates made to the star fissure.

Majors - Re-added “Teleport to Safe Spot” button in the Help settings menu. - Fixed issues with controller support when using the shoulder buttons on certain puzzles. Minors - Various performance improvements made. - Various LOD improvements to meshes made. - Added improvements to gamepad cursor speed to be relative to horizontal resolution of a display. - Improvements made to default cursor movement speed to feel more natural. - Fixed an issue with one of the videos in Channelwood not playing properly under certain circumstances. - (SPOILER) Fixed a translation issue happening under certain circumstances with the Rime note in the Myst Library. - Shortened a translation in German for “contextual rotate/flip” as it was too large for the controller diagram to display it. - Fixed an issue with the tower plaque not displaying a clue correctly in Spanish under certain circumstances. - Fixed an issue where the player could lower a bridge in Channelwood without the bridge being powered, possibly allowing the player to get stuck on one side of the bridge. - Fixed a possible race condition where the player could enter the interior of the rocketship on Myst Island, but not see the interior meshes render properly. - Fixed a missing translation issue with the Invert X option. - Fixed an issue with an achievement in Rime firing off even when a particular puzzle hasn’t been solved yet. - Fixed some controller diagrams showing up too small when playing Myst at resolutions larger than 1080p. - Fixed red and blue pages flickering under certain circumstances.

Majors - Fixed a journal texture appearing in English when it should have appeared in French when the French language is selected as the in-game language. - Fixed a journal texture appearing in Spanish in the Channelwood journal on Myst Island when it should have appeared in Portuguese when the Portuguese language is selected as the in-game language. - Fixed a timing issue that could occur where the Rime book pedestal could be raised, but unable to be clicked on. - Re-enabled SM5 RHI to help with performance on lower-memory Macs. - (SPOILERS) Fixed an issue where after players go from Rime back to Myst Island, they were unable to return to Rime without closing and re-opening the pedestal contraption containing the Rime linking book. Minors - Improved the visibility timing of some areas in Rime. - Fixed some shoulder button issues with gamepad interactions with certain puzzles. - Fixed lighting for a specific chamber on Myst Island. - Improved the appearance of frost on the hut in Rime. - Fixed splash effects not appearing in Channelwood when the frog jumps into the water based on certain circumstances. - Fixed a case where some levers in the Myst Island library could cause progress to be blocked. - Updated cached shaders to help with minor hitching across the game. - (SPOILERS) Fixed an issue where Atrus’ hair was not properly fading out when he links to Myst Island from D’ni. - Material fix made on some crystals in D’ni. Due to Apple’s recent announcement of newer macOS software updates preventing the future support of many non-Apple Silicon Macs, and increased frequency of reports to our support address of instability on Intel and AMD Macs in the latest macOS versions despite our lack of impactful changes to our games during those times, we are updating our minimum and recommended requirements of Myst to remove official support for non-Apple Silicon Macs. You may still be able to play Myst on certain Intel and AMD-based Macs at this time, but you may run into unexpected issues with game stability, performance, visual defects, and more, especially if you are playing on macOS Sequoia or above. Unfortunately, Cyan is unable to make meaningful changes to remedy these issues, as they appear rooted in changes in the operating system updates themselves and how they interact with our games over time. As a studio that has been around for over 35 years, we've seen many operating systems and different hardware platforms go through similar growing pains. With some of our games being on digital stores for 15+ years, we pride ourselves in being able to maintain and continue offering our decades-old award-winning games to folks. However, there almost always comes a time in which software or hardware deprecation forces us to make tough decisions like this, and we can no longer provide the experience folks expect us to in those cases.

Majors - Fixed a journal texture appearing in English when it should have appeared in French when the French language is selected as the in-game language. - Fixed a journal texture appearing in Spanish in the Channelwood journal on Myst Island when it should have appeared in Portuguese when the Portuguese language is selected as the in-game language. - Fixed a timing issue that could occur where the Rime book pedestal could be raised, but unable to be clicked on. - Re-enabled SM5 RHI to help with performance on lower-memory Macs. Minors - Improved the visibility timing of some areas in Rime. - Fixed some shoulder button issues with gamepad interactions with certain puzzles. - Fixed lighting for a specific chamber on Myst Island. - Improved the appearance of frost on the hut in Rime. - Fixed splash effects not appearing in Channelwood when the frog jumps into the water based on certain circumstances. - Fixed a case where some levers in the Myst Island library could cause progress to be blocked. - Updated cached shaders to help with minor hitching across the game. Due to Apple’s recent announcement of newer macOS software updates preventing the future support of many non-Apple Silicon Macs, and increased frequency of reports to our support address of instability on Intel and AMD Macs in the latest macOS versions despite our lack of impactful changes to our games during those times, we are updating our minimum and recommended requirements of Myst to remove official support for non-Apple Silicon Macs. You may still be able to play Myst on certain Intel and AMD-based Macs at this time, but you may run into unexpected issues with game stability, performance, visual defects, and more, especially if you are playing on macOS Sequoia or above. Unfortunately, Cyan is unable to make meaningful changes to remedy these issues, as they appear rooted in changes in the operating system updates themselves and how they interact with our games over time. As a studio that has been around for over 35 years, we've seen many operating systems and different hardware platforms go through similar growing pains. With some of our games being on digital stores for 15+ years, we pride ourselves in being able to maintain and continue offering our decades-old award-winning games to folks. However, there almost always comes a time in which software or hardware deprecation forces us to make tough decisions like this, and we can no longer provide the experience folks expect us to in those cases.

Hey all, You’ve been asking, and we’ve been listening. We’re happy to announce that this major content update and quality of life patch of Myst introduces the Age of Rime. This new Age offers additional content for players following the successful completion of the story of Myst. Once completing your game or loading a completed game, a new journey awaits you somewhere on Myst Island. Some fans may know that Rime was previously a part of realMyst and realMyst: Masterpiece Edition. This reimagining of Rime will bring fresh discoveries to new and old players alike. The Age of Rime introduces players to the snowy, mountainous seascape that Atrus and his family would visit in years past, before the events of Myst and Riven upended their lives. Sweeping vistas, beautiful ice structures, and fantastical natural phenomena await new visitors. This breathtaking new Age also houses a detailed laboratory space where bold experiments were made, delving into the mysterious nature of Linking Books themselves. This new version of Rime includes all-new narrative beats, new lore, and new sights to behold. We hope to bring this patch to as many currently supported platforms for Myst as possible, so hang tight while we get that sorted. Thanks, and enjoy. Features - Added the Age of Rime. - Auto detect now supports auto-setting appropriate supersampling settings based on your scalability settings and platform type. - An option for Color Context Subtitles has been added to the Interface settings menu. This will show text next to puzzles that require seeing particular colors to figure out a solution. - Added the ability to zoom in on things with the Z key on mouse and keyboard, or left bumper on gamepad. - Visual improvements made to the Myst Island library. Majors - Fixed cranks not reacting properly if you wind them past their endpoints. - Fixed a rare crash that could occur going between two different engage points. - Fixed DualSense controllers not working natively in the game. - (Mac only) Implemented a workaround for auto detect not behaving well on Mac and sometimes setting too high of settings for what your Mac can handle. Auto detect will now use a specific set of rules based on the number of cores available on your Mac. This may also resolve issues on startup for folks on some Macs. Please make sure that your MacOS is on 15.3.2 or above to make sure this issue is resolved. Minors - Adjusted LODs on some meshes to prevent popping. - Fixed deleting a screenshot from your notebook bouncing you back to the main menu instead of the Notebook submenu. - (SPOILER) Fixed a missing material in D’ni. - (SPOILER) The player is now stopped from being able to link back to Myst in the good ending until Atrus is done speaking with you. - Fixed music not persisting upon save/load. 3.0.4 Fixes Global Majors - Fixed an issue where some players who had previously played a randomized game of Myst prior to the Rime update were seeing a puzzle on Myst Island become unsolvable, preventing those players from reaching Rime. Minors - Minor mesh and lighting fixes implemented. - Fixed a typo in Sirrus’s Journal in Rime. - Fixed some interaction issues with the miniature lens toy in Rime. - (SPOILER) Updated miniature lens toy model to have the same number of notches as the imager device. - Adjusted the lab ruler model and textures in Rime so the "1" is in the right spot. - Added an elevator region for the buttons in Rime. - Fixed an issue with the aurora in Rime initializing to the wrong color under certain circumstances. - Fixed some issues with the blank book in Rime causing incorrect behavior.

Hey all, You’ve been asking, and we’ve been listening. We’re happy to announce that this major content update and quality of life patch of Myst introduces the Age of Rime. This new Age offers additional content for players following the successful completion of the story of Myst. Once completing your game or loading a completed game, a new journey awaits you somewhere on Myst Island. Some fans may know that Rime was previously a part of realMyst and realMyst: Masterpiece Edition. This reimagining of Rime will bring fresh discoveries to new and old players alike. The Age of Rime introduces players to the snowy, mountainous seascape that Atrus and his family would visit in years past, before the events of Myst and Riven upended their lives. Sweeping vistas, beautiful ice structures, and fantastical natural phenomena await new visitors. This breathtaking new Age also houses a detailed laboratory space where bold experiments were made, delving into the mysterious nature of Linking Books themselves. This new version of Rime includes all-new narrative beats, new lore, and new sights to behold. We hope to bring this patch to as many currently supported platforms for Myst as possible, so hang tight while we get that sorted. Thanks, and enjoy. Features - Added the Age of Rime. - Auto detect now supports auto-setting appropriate supersampling settings based on your scalability settings and platform type. - An option for Color Context Subtitles has been added to the Interface settings menu. This will show text next to puzzles that require seeing particular colors to figure out a solution. - Added the ability to zoom in on things with the Z key on mouse and keyboard, or left bumper on gamepad. - Visual improvements made to the Myst Island library. Majors - Fixed cranks not reacting properly if you wind them past their endpoints. - Fixed a rare crash that could occur going between two different engage points. - Fixed DualSense controllers not working natively in the game. - (Mac only) Implemented a workaround for auto detect not behaving well on Mac and sometimes setting too high of settings for what your Mac can handle. Auto detect will now use a specific set of rules based on the number of cores available on your Mac. This may also resolve issues on startup for folks on some Macs. Please make sure that your MacOS is on 15.3.2 or above to make sure this issue is resolved. Minors - Adjusted LODs on some meshes to prevent popping. - Fixed deleting a screenshot from your notebook bouncing you back to the main menu instead of the Notebook submenu. - (SPOILER) Fixed a missing material in D’ni. - (SPOILER) The player is now stopped from being able to link back to Myst in the good ending until Atrus is done speaking with you. - Fixed music not persisting upon save/load.

Hey all, You’ve been asking, and we’ve been listening. We’re happy to announce that this major content update and quality of life patch of Myst introduces the Age of Rime. This new Age offers additional content for players following the successful completion of the story of Myst. Once completing your game or loading a completed game, a new journey awaits you somewhere on Myst Island. Some fans may know that Rime was previously a part of realMyst and realMyst: Masterpiece Edition. This reimagining of Rime will bring fresh discoveries to new and old players alike. The Age of Rime introduces players to the snowy, mountainous seascape that Atrus and his family would visit in years past, before the events of Myst and Riven upended their lives. Sweeping vistas, beautiful ice structures, and fantastical natural phenomena await new visitors. This breathtaking new Age also houses a detailed laboratory space where bold experiments were made, delving into the mysterious nature of Linking Books themselves. This new version of Rime includes all-new narrative beats, new lore, and new sights to behold. We hope to bring this patch to as many currently supported platforms for Myst as possible, so hang tight while we get that sorted. Thanks, and enjoy. Features - Added the Age of Rime. - Auto detect now supports auto-setting appropriate supersampling settings based on your scalability settings and platform type. - An option for Color Context Subtitles has been added to the Interface settings menu. This will show text next to puzzles that require seeing particular colors to figure out a solution. - Added the ability to zoom in on things with the Z key on mouse and keyboard, or left bumper on gamepad. - Visual improvements made to the Myst Island library. Majors - Fixed cranks not reacting properly if you wind them past their endpoints. - Fixed a rare crash that could occur going between two different engage points. - Fixed DualSense controllers not working natively in the game. - (Mac only) Implemented a workaround for auto detect not behaving well on Mac and sometimes setting too high of settings for what your Mac can handle. Auto detect will now use a specific set of rules based on the number of cores available on your Mac. This may also resolve issues on startup for folks on some Macs. Please make sure that your MacOS is on 15.3.2 or above to make sure this issue is resolved. Minors - Adjusted LODs on some meshes to prevent popping. - Fixed deleting a screenshot from your notebook bouncing you back to the main menu instead of the Notebook submenu. - (SPOILER) Fixed a missing material in D’ni. - (SPOILER) The player is now stopped from being able to link back to Myst in the good ending until Atrus is done speaking with you. - Fixed music not persisting upon save/load.

Hey all, You’ve been asking, and we’ve been listening. We’re happy to announce that this major content update and quality of life patch of Myst introduces the Age of Rime. This new Age offers additional content for players following the successful completion of the story of Myst. Once completing your game or loading a completed game, a new journey awaits you somewhere on Myst Island. Some fans may know that Rime was previously a part of realMyst and realMyst: Masterpiece Edition. This reimagining of Rime will bring fresh discoveries to new and old players alike. The Age of Rime introduces players to the snowy, mountainous seascape that Atrus and his family would visit in years past, before the events of Myst and Riven upended their lives. Sweeping vistas, beautiful ice structures, and fantastical natural phenomena await new visitors. This breathtaking new Age also houses a detailed laboratory space where bold experiments were made, delving into the mysterious nature of Linking Books themselves. This new version of Rime includes all-new narrative beats, new lore, and new sights to behold. We hope to bring this patch to as many currently supported platforms for Myst as possible, so hang tight while we get that sorted. Thanks, and enjoy. Features - Added the Age of Rime. - Auto detect now supports auto-setting appropriate supersampling settings based on your scalability settings and platform type. - An option for Color Context Subtitles has been added to the Interface settings menu. This will show text next to puzzles that require seeing particular colors to figure out a solution. - Added the ability to zoom in on things with the Z key on mouse and keyboard, or left bumper on gamepad. - Visual improvements made to the Myst Island library. Majors - Fixed cranks not reacting properly if you wind them past their endpoints. - Fixed a rare crash that could occur going between two different engage points. - Fixed DualSense controllers not working natively in the game. - (Mac only) Implemented a workaround for auto detect not behaving well on Mac and sometimes setting too high of settings for what your Mac can handle. Auto detect will now use a specific set of rules based on the number of cores available on your Mac. This may also resolve issues on startup for folks on some Macs. Please make sure that your MacOS is on 15.3.2 or above to make sure this issue is resolved. Minors - Adjusted LODs on some meshes to prevent popping. - Fixed deleting a screenshot from your notebook bouncing you back to the main menu instead of the Notebook submenu. - (SPOILER) Fixed a missing material in D’ni. - (SPOILER) The player is now stopped from being able to link back to Myst in the good ending until Atrus is done speaking with you. - Fixed music not persisting upon save/load.

Hey all, You’ve been asking, and we’ve been listening. We’re happy to announce that this major content update and quality of life patch of Myst introduces the Age of Rime. This new Age offers additional content for players following the successful completion of the story of Myst. Once completing your game or loading a completed game, a new journey awaits you somewhere on Myst Island. Some fans may know that Rime was previously a part of realMyst and realMyst: Masterpiece Edition. This reimagining of Rime will bring fresh discoveries to new and old players alike. The Age of Rime introduces players to the snowy, mountainous seascape that Atrus and his family would visit in years past, before the events of Myst and Riven upended their lives. Sweeping vistas, beautiful ice structures, and fantastical natural phenomena await new visitors. This breathtaking new Age also houses a detailed laboratory space where bold experiments were made, delving into the mysterious nature of Linking Books themselves. This new version of Rime includes all-new narrative beats, new lore, and new sights to behold. We hope to bring this patch to as many currently supported platforms for Myst as possible, so hang tight while we get that sorted. Thanks, and enjoy. Features - Added the Age of Rime. - Auto detect now supports auto-setting appropriate supersampling settings based on your scalability settings and platform type. - An option for Color Context Subtitles has been added to the Interface settings menu. This will show text next to puzzles that require seeing particular colors to figure out a solution. - Added the ability to zoom in on things with the Z key on mouse and keyboard, or left bumper on gamepad. - Visual improvements made to the Myst Island library. Majors - Fixed cranks not reacting properly if you wind them past their endpoints. - Fixed a rare crash that could occur going between two different engage points. - Fixed DualSense controllers not working natively in the game. - (Mac only) Implemented a workaround for auto detect not behaving well on Mac and sometimes setting too high of settings for what your Mac can handle. Auto detect will now use a specific set of rules based on the number of cores available on your Mac. This may also resolve issues on startup for folks on some Macs. Please make sure that your MacOS is on 15.3.2 or above to make sure this issue is resolved. Minors - Adjusted LODs on some meshes to prevent popping. - Fixed deleting a screenshot from your notebook bouncing you back to the main menu instead of the Notebook submenu. - (SPOILER) Fixed a missing material in D’ni. - (SPOILER) The player is now stopped from being able to link back to Myst in the good ending until Atrus is done speaking with you. - Fixed music not persisting upon save/load.

- Integrated a fix from Epic for a potential crash that could occur on certain machine configurations on a subsequent startup after already playing the latest patch with ray tracing enabled. - Fixed a random crash that could occur when moving very quickly between two areas with different music playing. - Various audio updates and improvements made to Myst Island and Stoneship. - Fixed an issue with the clocktower randomized solution not visually representing the correct time with the clock hands on the clocktower with certain solutions. - Fixed the Myst Island linking book video ending shortly before the audio does when you view it in the linking book during the intro sequence. - Fixed various footstep sounds not playing the correct footstep sound in certain areas. - Fixed gamepad controls not working correctly with the clocktower puzzle. - Fixed some environment sounds on Myst Island not playing properly if you run across the island back and forth. Please note that there is a crash occurring with M4 devices on startup of Myst and other games in MacOS 15.1, resolved in MacOS 15.1.1. This issue was addressed in the MacOS update and there is no workaround available to fix this issue in Myst other than the user needing to update their MacOS version from MacOS 15.1 to a newer MacOS version. Thank you for understanding.

- Fixed the bullfrog animation in Channelwood not properly hopping away - Ray tracing enabled now forces foliage to be on Epic quality behind-the-scenes to workaround some performance issues related to anything less than 100% foliage density - Other ray tracing performance improvements - Minor hitch performance improvements

Myst now comes with better platform stability, AND support for hardware-accelerated ray traced reflections, now available on Macs with the powerful M3 family of chips. We’ve upgraded Myst from using Unreal Engine 4.27+ to Unreal Engine 5.3.2. Doing this has resolved a WIDE number of stability issues related to the game running on various platforms. Engine Upgrade Features - Visual changes/stability: The newer engine has resolved a lot of flickering texture issues we saw come up on lower-end hardware especially. There should also be some slight improvements in lighting, reflections, and more. - HDR support changes: HDR has better support on all platforms now. - RHI support changes: Metal 3 RHI support has been added. It is only enabled when on the M3 family of chips at this time. SM5 is the default RHI for all other Macs. - OS Requirements: We are increasing our MacOS minimum requirement from MacOS 11.5 to MacOS 14.5. UI Refresh We’re happy to introduce a cleaner, more usable, and much nicer looking version of the menu for everyone in Myst. For those who have played our remake of Riven, you may find some similarities between the two. Here are some of the improvements our new menu in Myst brings compared to the old one: - New cursor options have been added, and the default cursor has been switched to be the hand cursor. The default cursor size has also been modified to accommodate this change. This will override what folks currently have set in their cursor settings as we believe it is the best default experience for folks moving forward. - The graphics settings menu is now much clearer on which settings need to be “Applied” and which ones will Apply automatically. - Updated naming for “Gameplay Context Subtitles” to “Sound Context Subtitles” for clarity - There’s a “Help” sub-menu now, and you can find the game’s version number there, in addition to “Teleport to Safe Spot” when you are in-game, should you need it. - The controller/keyboard diagrams are now much clearer and scale better for a variety of screen sizes instead of being baked images. It will also properly detect the kind of controller you are using. Note that a couple of bindings may have changed – in particular the screenshot binding is now “x” instead of spacebar. - A Gamma settings menu has been added that all users will be prompted with when they start up the game for the first time (or if they have not previously configured the setting through this menu, which should be just about everyone right now!). - The default font used in Myst for subtitles and other in-game UI has been changed to be more readable and aligned with the general style Myst already has. - The credits formatting has been updated to be more readable, and new folks who contributed to this patch have been added to the credits as well. Updated Supersampling Options - MetalFX is now the default Supersampling option on Mac. - FSR has been removed as a Supersampling option on Mac. General Fixes - Fixed crash or hang that could occur on startup of the game when you had AirPods as your current audio device - (SPOILER) Fixed incorrect translation of a Polish clue to get to the Selenitic Age - Saving and loading while music is playing in an area now has better persistence when loading back into those areas - Fixed some textures flickering if you stand too close to them on certain quality settings - Fixed haptics not working in some areas - Fixed unexpected lighting changes occurring when moving between various areas - Fixed some items appearing outside of their drawers when you load into the room the drawers are in - Added water splashing sounds when walking over puddles in Stoneship - Lighting on AMD Macs has been improved in various situations HOTFIX - Fix being unable to escape the Overwrite Save Game prompt - Fix being unable to take more than 50 photos - Fix small sound context subtitles - (SPOILER) Fix for clues to Stoneship in the tower getting truncated in certain languages

Myst now comes with better platform stability, AND support for hardware-accelerated ray traced reflections, now available on Macs with the powerful M3 family of chips. We’ve upgraded Myst from using Unreal Engine 4.27+ to Unreal Engine 5.3.2. Doing this has resolved a WIDE number of stability issues related to the game running on various platforms. Engine Upgrade Features - Visual changes/stability: The newer engine has resolved a lot of flickering texture issues we saw come up on lower-end hardware especially. There should also be some slight improvements in lighting, reflections, and more. - HDR support changes: HDR has better support on all platforms now. - RHI support changes: Metal 3 RHI support has been added. It is only enabled when on the M3 family of chips at this time. SM5 is the default RHI for all other Macs. - OS Requirements: We are increasing our MacOS minimum requirement from MacOS 11.5 to MacOS 14.5. UI Refresh We’re happy to introduce a cleaner, more usable, and much nicer looking version of the menu for everyone in Myst. For those who have played our remake of Riven, you may find some similarities between the two. Here are some of the improvements our new menu in Myst brings compared to the old one: - New cursor options have been added, and the default cursor has been switched to be the hand cursor. The default cursor size has also been modified to accommodate this change. This will override what folks currently have set in their cursor settings as we believe it is the best default experience for folks moving forward. - The graphics settings menu is now much clearer on which settings need to be “Applied” and which ones will Apply automatically. - Updated naming for “Gameplay Context Subtitles” to “Sound Context Subtitles” for clarity - There’s a “Help” sub-menu now, and you can find the game’s version number there, in addition to “Teleport to Safe Spot” when you are in-game, should you need it. - The controller/keyboard diagrams are now much clearer and scale better for a variety of screen sizes instead of being baked images. It will also properly detect the kind of controller you are using. Note that a couple of bindings may have changed – in particular the screenshot binding is now “x” instead of spacebar. - A Gamma settings menu has been added that all users will be prompted with when they start up the game for the first time (or if they have not previously configured the setting through this menu, which should be just about everyone right now!). - The default font used in Myst for subtitles and other in-game UI has been changed to be more readable and aligned with the general style Myst already has. - The credits formatting has been updated to be more readable, and new folks who contributed to this patch have been added to the credits as well. Updated Supersampling Options - MetalFX is now the default Supersampling option on Mac. - FSR has been removed as a Supersampling option on Mac. General Fixes - Fixed crash or hang that could occur on startup of the game when you had AirPods as your current audio device - (SPOILER) Fixed incorrect translation of a Polish clue to get to the Selenitic Age - Saving and loading while music is playing in an area now has better persistence when loading back into those areas - Fixed some textures flickering if you stand too close to them on certain quality settings - Fixed haptics not working in some areas - Fixed unexpected lighting changes occurring when moving between various areas - Fixed some items appearing outside of their drawers when you load into the room the drawers are in - Added water splashing sounds when walking over puddles in Stoneship - Lighting on AMD Macs has been improved in various situations HOTFIX - Fix being unable to escape the Overwrite Save Game prompt - Fix being unable to take more than 50 photos - Fix small sound context subtitles

We’ve upgraded Myst from using Unreal Engine 4.27+ to Unreal Engine 5.3.2. Doing this has resolved a WIDE number of stability issues related to the game running on various platforms. Myst now comes with better platform stability, AND support for hardware-accelerated ray tracing, now available on Macs with the powerful M3 family of chips. In particular, Myst offers Ray Traced Reflections. Engine Upgrade Features - Visual changes/stability: The newer engine has resolved a lot of flickering texture issues we saw come up on lower-end hardware especially. There should also be some slight improvements in lighting, reflections, and more. - HDR support changes: HDR has better support on all platforms now. - RHI support changes: Metal 3 RHI support has been added. It is only enabled when on the M3 family of chips at this time. SM5 is the default RHI for all other Macs. - OS Requirements: We are increasing our MacOS minimum requirement from MacOS 11.5 to MacOS 14.5. UI Refresh We’re happy to introduce a cleaner, more usable, and much nicer looking version of the menu for everyone in Myst. For those who have played our remake of Riven, you may find some similarities between the two. Here are some of the improvements our new menu in Myst brings compared to the old one: - New cursor options have been added, and the default cursor has been switched to be the hand cursor. The default cursor size has also been modified to accommodate this change. This will override what folks currently have set in their cursor settings as we believe it is the best default experience for folks moving forward. - The graphics settings menu is now much clearer on which settings need to be “Applied” and which ones will Apply automatically. - Updated naming for “Gameplay Context Subtitles” to “Sound Context Subtitles” for clarity - There’s a “Help” sub-menu now, and you can find the game’s version number there, in addition to “Teleport to Safe Spot” when you are in-game, should you need it. - The controller/keyboard diagrams are now much clearer and scale better for a variety of screen sizes instead of being baked images. It will also properly detect the kind of controller you are using. Note that a couple of bindings may have changed – in particular the screenshot binding is now “x” instead of spacebar. - A Gamma settings menu has been added that all users will be prompted with when they start up the game for the first time (or if they have not previously configured the setting through this menu, which should be just about everyone right now!). - The default font used in Myst for subtitles and other in-game UI has been changed to be more readable and aligned with the general style Myst already has. - The credits formatting has been updated to be more readable, and new folks who contributed to this patch have been added to the credits as well. Updated Supersampling Options - All Supersampling options have been updated to newer versions to bring you even better performance and visuals in Myst based on your hardware’s needs. - MetalFX is now the default Supersampling option on Mac. - FSR has been removed as a Supersampling option on Mac. General Fixes - Fixed crash or hang that could occur on startup of the game when you had AirPods as your current audio device - (SPOILER) Fixed incorrect translation of a Polish clue to get to the Selenitic Age - Saving and loading while music is playing in an area now has better persistence when loading back into those areas - Fixed some textures flickering if you stand too close to them on certain quality settings - Fixed haptics not working in some areas - Fixed unexpected lighting changes occurring when moving between various areas - Fixed some items appearing outside of their drawers when you load into the room the drawers are in - Added water splashing sounds when walking over puddles in Stoneship - Lighting on AMD Macs has been improved in various situations

Hotfix, 1.8.6 Fixes - Fix for Legacy Navigation mode inadvertently causing players to disengage with puzzles while in puzzle engage mode. Don’t forget to contact support@cyan.com with any bugs you might encounter!

Features - Myst’s file size is now about 5% smaller. - Legacy Navigation mode: Available in the controls settings menu for platforms that support mouse & keyboard or touch controls. Selecting this option will allow you to move around by double-clicking with a mouse or tapping on the screen (touch controls in general are still a work in progress though). Fixes - Potential fix for some users not seeing the interior of rooms when loading games inside of the room. - Fix for particular areas of the game not loading properly if your system’s language was set to a language not supported in Myst. - Tweaked some menu formatting. - Scaled up some gameplay context subtitles so they’re a bit easier to read. - Increased texture fidelity on some portions of Achenar’s temple and the elevator interior in Channelwood. - Fix for the “Teleport to Safe Spot” confirmation dialog running off of the screen when playing in the Russian language. - Fix for camera button prompt not showing correct prompt when using a controller. - Show the “rotate” tutorial when interacting with the generator in Stoneship. - Updated the credits to add some extra names.

Features - You can now access the photo album from the main menu, not just from the in-game menu. - Myst is now running on Unreal 4.27, which comes with various rendering and performance improvements. - 17% decrease in game size on disk. Fixes - Fix for parts of Myst Island being hidden or made visible unintentionally when running into particular areas/walls. - If you press the ‘P’ key (shortcut key for photo album) and you don’t have any photos to view, we’ll let you know that you don’t have any photos to view before you see an empty photo album. - Fix for the mazerunner glass windows not rendering on low & medium effects settings. - (SPOILER) The white page will now no longer appear from a marker switch on very random occasions that you flip the switch up. - (SPOILER) The fireplace book will no longer flip to the correct page one Brothers’ speech too early. - (SPOILER) Fix for the fireplace sometimes spamming a loud sound when you open it, leave the library, and return to the fireplace.

Features - Clickable regions on most interactables have now been sized-up a bit to make it easier to select things in the world. Fixes - Fix for some translated text overlays not appearing if going from System Language → some language in the menu → back to System Language when your machine OS is using a language other than English. - Various performance improvements made. - Fix for parts of Myst Island being hidden unintentionally when running into particular areas/walls. - (SPOILER) The white page will now no-longer clip through the arm in the marker switch it comes out of. Please note there is currently a graphics driver issue on specific Mac AMD GPUs that causes the mazerunner puzzle interior to be very dark. We encourage folks who encounter this issue to please report it to Apple.

Hey all, Patch 6 is here for Myst on Mac! It is a smaller patch than previous ones but aims to address a couple of issues that have been discovered since launch. Features Russian & Polish localization added. Witamy na wyspie Myst… Добро пожаловать на остров Мист …! New “Engage Sensitivity” slider added to controls settings menu. This decouples the regular cursor sensitivity option from how sensitive your cursor is in engage mode, and vice-versa. Added a “Gamma” slider to the display settings menu. Added a “Delete All” option to the photo album, for all of you who want an easy way to clean up the photo album. ‘P’ key now allows you to open the photo album directly. Same with the left face button on a gamepad. Some performance improvements to AMD FidelityFX FSR on Mac. Fixes Added black plane to prevent folks from seeing the sky when looking up the elevator shaft in Mechanical. Fix planetarium music sometimes cutting out when pressing the planetarium puzzle buttons too many times in quick succession. Fix for some command-line overrides for windowed, fullscreen, etc. not applying when starting Myst with custom command-line overrides. Controller support for Mac is a bit more robust now. (SPOILER) Fix for crash occurring on some Macs with Intel GPUs when linking to D’ni. (SPOILER) Fix for Sirrus’ and Achenar’s hair looking a bit swimmy on Mac during end-game sequences.

Fixes: - Renamed keys to WASD on French keyboard diagram - Localization fix for objects not localizing correctly when “system language” is selected in the language options, or the OS language is set to something other than English. This fixes situations like Atrus’ note to Catherine sometimes not showing the correct translation. - Fixed fish schools disappearing at fairly short distances in Stoneship - Fix for the red page missing when going directly to the red page in Mechanical - (SPOILER) Fix for white page turning invisible if loading a save game with a marker switch holding out the white page There are still some issues we are hoping to fix within the next few weeks, some of the hot-button ones being: - (SPOILER) Some Macs with Intel GPUs will crash when linking to D’ni. Some more features we’re looking to add soon: - Subtitle size changing ability. - Localization for Russian & Polish languages. We have received localization from our localization partners for these and now we just have to implement them (aiming for this to be in Patch 6!). - Subtitles for Classic Videos. This is going to take some time as this will require some time to write up the timing + words in the format Unreal Engine prefers, and put that text through another localization pass for every language we support.

Hey all, Patch 4 is here for Myst! This one is less meaty than Patch 3 (if you haven’t seen it yet, we added CLASSIC VIDEOS mode in that patch!) but still contains some stability fixes we were able to make within the week. Please beware -- spoilers ahead! New Features - Generator room lights now turn on like the original Myst did when you enter the generator room. CA-CHUNK, CA-CHUNK, CA-CHUNK! (if you're an OG Myst fan, you could probably "hear" that) - There are now bats that fly through the Selenitic tunnel when you turn the lights on for the first time. Spooky! Fixes - Fix for Channelwood spiral staircase tree having its bark look separated from the middle of the tree when on Low effects settings. - Fix for in-game photos sometimes looking oddly cropped if you take an in-game screenshot while engaged with a puzzle or the library bookshelf. - Fix for the Stoneship beacon light on the top of the lighthouse not being visible while the player is under the umbrella. - Fix for the half page in Stoneship being completely black when held at particular angles (it should be a bit brighter now in those circumstances). - Fix for the half-pages being torn on the same side regardless of which side (front or back) you’re looking at. We had a good laugh about that one. - (SPOILER) Fix for the fireplace code reminder videos not playing when in Classic Videos mode. There are still plenty of issues we are hoping to fix within the next few weeks, some of the hot-button ones being: - (SPOILER) Some Macs with Intel GPUs will crash when linking to D’ni. Some more features we’re looking to add soon: - Subtitle size changing ability. - Localization for Russian & Polish languages. We already have our localization partner looking into this. - Subtitles for Classic Videos. This is going to take some time as this will require some time to write up the timing + words in the format Unreal Engine prefers, and put that text through another localization pass for every language we support. Extra Notes/Support Thank you to everyone who has reported issues with crashes on startup after enabling certain menu options, or even on the first attempt to start the game. In most cases, ensuring your Mac meets our minimum spec will resolve the issue. If anyone encounters any crashes or other issues, please email support@cyan.com with the following information: - “About this Mac” page of your machine, - The contents of your /Users/username/Library/Application Support/Epic/Myst/Saved directory, and - Details of the bug, with any repro steps if possible.

New Features - The feature you’ve all been waiting for… we’ve added a "Classic Videos" option to the display settings menu! Enabling it will allow you to watch some classic, upscaled versions of Myst videos where applicable, plus the original audio to go along with it. This setting is disabled by default but can be enabled (or disabled) at any time. A few things to note: If you change this setting in the midst of a game session, you may have to reload your save, or leave + re-enter the area you’re in to see the nearby videos and audio change. We do not yet have subtitles in for the classic audio, as this will require some time to write up the timing + words in the format Unreal Engine prefers, and put that text through another localization pass. (SPOILER) This change does not apply to the characters in any of the end-game sequences, or the regular fly-by videos for each Age. There is also an issue where the "extra" video in classic mode won't play reminding the player of the fireplace puzzle page that we will fix in the next patch. - If you wish to see tutorials for gameplay every time you encounter a puzzle instead of tutorials for interactions you have not yet learned, we’ve added a menu option for you! "Always Show Tutorials" is a new option in our display settings menu that will do just that for you. - For all of you who don’t want to bask in the glory of our full 20s Cyan logo movie every time you start up Myst, we now have "skip" functionality implemented. After 5 seconds of dreaded waiting, you can skip through the logo scene with the enter key or with the bottom face button on your controller. - Added framerate limit setting to graphics settings menu (unlimited by default). - Added motion blur option to graphics settings menu (disabled by default). - For folks who want the cursor to get out of the way more often for screenshots or whatnot: We’ve added an option into the display settings menu to allow the cursor to auto-hide if you are not moving around or hovering over an interactable. - Engage mode cursor speed now respects the look/turn sensitivity players set in the menu. General Fixes & Improvements - (SPOILER) Fix for the white page disappearing from D'ni when the player opens + closes the menu it’s floating in the air. - Fix for the channelwood spiral staircase door locking you out from middle level on a revisit of the Age if you pulled the lever more than once while it was opening the first time you visited that age - Fix for some pickupable objects in Mechanical caches being invisible when you open the menu + close the menu while inside of the cache. - Fix for the music volume not being set on startup after setting it to 0 in a previous game instance. - General performance improvements for users with M1 Mac laptops. - Fix for the elevator blocker lever in the Mechanical Age being unresponsive sometimes. - Numerical elements on clocktower puzzle gears have been darkened so that they are more readable at lower resolution scales. - Fix for being able to use the fortress rotation controls while inside of the elevator in the Mechanical Age. - Fix for some items spawning outside of the drawers on save/load. - Fix for the player being able to pick up a bookwhen the bookshelf in Myst Library is open. - Fix for the ceiling fan and linking book in Stoneship ship becoming visible when stepping to the end of the plank on Myst Island. - Fix for softlock in Mechanical on the second floor when being booted from the elevator. - Linking books can now be used to link by clicking on any part of the panel page, instead of the book closing if you press the white space below the linking panel. - Fix for disengage from Myst Island bookshelf not working if you previously disengaged from reading a book with the left mouse button. - Fix for some interactable cursor offset issues after going up or down a ladder.

- Players playing Myst with Ultra Wide monitors can now interact with parts of puzzles that were previously cut off. - Stoneship lighthouse crank will now auto-crank about a third of the way just by clicking on it. This should alleviate some confusion about the crank being unable to charge the generator. - Removed hover tooltip about ladders for "textures" in graphics settings menu. Turns out ladders and textures have almost nothing to do with each other... weird!! - Fix for input placement on elevator rotation puzzle in Mechanical. - Fix for imager room door occasionally trapping players when it opens as people leave. Someone needed to just come and grease that thing! - (SPOILER) Fix for white page and other pages on Myst Island not appearing when you complete the game and start a new one within the same game instance. For all you folks trying to accomplish the "Speedy" achievement, this one is for you!