Version history

• fixed some crashes

• added: Hyrule Survivors: Performance Mode, fixing lots of crashes because of overloaded buffers

• fixed:Hyrule Survivors: Hyrule shield not automatically equipped when upgrading the Ordon shield

• added: Hyrule Survivors: Performance logs

• Fix native R bow combinations blocked by item-provider detection

• Hyrule Survivors: build a Roundtable-inspired hub

• Hyrule Survivors: Add independent Autosave toggle

• Hyrule Survivors: Preserve Dusklight cheat preferences during Survivors runs

Added: New Title Screen and intro for Hyrule Survivors

Add enemy count settings and fix Darknut Arena spawn coverage

• Added Fate portals across all maps with random effects

• Updated Hyrule Field bosses: Giant Bokoblin, mounted Bullbo, Aeralfos, and King Bulblin.

• Unified Boss HP scaling: Desert, Palace, and Castle gain successive 10% increases over Hyrule Field.

• Improved spawn distribution and accessibility

• Changed Gerudo Desert field bosses to Stalfos.

• Added energy Platforms to Palace of Twilight

• Updated Throne Room Basic enemies

• Save slots now display meta level

• the minimap arrow follows the camera.

Add Survivors enemy HP bars and damage numbers with Twilit Essentials compatibility. Thanks to Fimmel for this.

Reworked Survivors bosses with faster attacks, new combos, volleys and summons.

Doubled scheduled boss HP and added a separate Boss HP multiplier.

Added terrain-following boss arenas with five-times-taller Ganondorf light walls.

Paused normal enemy spawns during boss fights; added automatic recovery for stuck bosses.

Fixed melee spacing and hit detection for Stalhound, Stalfos, Death Sword, Shadow Beast and Dynalfos.

Improved Stalfos/Dynalfos blocking and aggression; enlarged Stalfos bosses and accelerated Stalchildren.

Fixed Stallord projectile aiming, hitboxes and independent projectile hits.

Enabled repeated King Bulblin spin and Darkhammer ball hits, limited to once every 0.5 seconds.

Accelerated Puppet Zelda attacks and added alternating triple fans/bursts.

Halved Gibdo scream stun, added every-third-shot archer volleys and doubled Darknut sword-throw cooldown.

Fixed cliff landings and pit recovery; falling out of bounds now costs one heart.

Fixed permanent damage immunity in Gerudo Desert.

Fixed Restart Run returning to the hub.

Added talent-style −/+ difficulty controls, with 0.5 steps and x5 caps. Updated Twilit Rank to 5–25, scaling score and Meta XP from x1–x5.

Added twilit-rank-based equipment scaling: 100% boss/elite drops at Rank 25, with 75% Epic / 25% Legendary.

added: more skills and balanced meele skills in Hyrule Survivors

added: equipment drops from bosses in Hyrule Survivors with randomized stats and abilities on higher rarities and an inventory chest in the HUB-Area

fixed: optimized performance

added: more talents to the meta level progression

added: Endless mode after clearing a map in Hyrule Survivors

added: individual High-Score section in Hyrule Survivors

added: Chest Keys inside breakable pots in Hyrule Survivors

added: A toggle to disable Hyrule Survivors in Dawnlights General settings

fixed: intro-skip is using custom Names now, instead of fixed Link and Epona

A New Game Mode for Dawnlight! "Hyrule Survivors" arrives in v5.0.0 as a Twenty-minute Bullet Heaven with automatic weapons, item chests, random upgrades, per-map high scores and permanent talents.

Fix bow combine

• Fix Fire Arrows combinations with HD HUD and touch oil gauges

• Add configurable flowing aura and eye bloom for Dark Link forms

• Preserve Poes in the Cave of Ordeals randomizer

• Unlock Dark Link after defeating the Temple of Time Darknut

• Fix Diababa HP scaling for side heads and the main core

• Respect custom Midna bindings with Z Items enabled

• Fix Cinema / 3rd Person aiming on magnetic ceilings

• Add Free Transform option for Dark Link

• Preserve Fierce Deity charge across areas, death and save/load
• Fix Dual Wield crouch shield height and attacks with Lazy Tweaks
• Add Epona spurs position and scale to HUD editor

• Add Tears of Light HUD position and scale controls
• Integrate Dual Wield with TE Collection service
• Preserve interaction prompt positions with custom HUD layouts
• Add native file pickers to HUD import and export
• Add full settings import/export to the mod panel
• Fix Dual Wield victory-flourish wrist and Jump Strike charge pose
• Make Dark Link blacker by reducing diffuse and specular brightness
• Allow native auto-jumps during the Sacred Grove guardian puzzle

• Keep vanilla Epona block animation with Dual Wield
• Fix slow-motion crashes with 5.1 and 7.1 audio

• Fix glider visibility with Deferred Fog

• Fix missing Epona reticles in custom Aim modes
• Fix Dark Link crashes with TE outfits
• Added TEs visual equipment to Dark Link effects

• Fix low-stamina Midna charge crash with Cosmetics
• Replace R2/L2 jump bindings with left bumper
• Fix Manual Jump Off being bypassed by Revali's Gale

• Integrate Twilit Essentials stamina and prioritize its settings
• Rename Manual Jump and add selectable jump button
• Improve Midna touch button and fix unstable icon capture
• Add L3/R3, Jump and Dark Link touch buttons
• Add L3 and R3 Dark Link activation bindings
• Fix extra touch button fades and title-screen visibility
• Add Dark Link Settings and relocate gauge auto-fade controls

• Fix Armos death crash when its flash emitter is unavailable
• Improve slow motion for bosses and minibosses
• Adjust dual-wield scabbards outward with an estimated alignment offset
• Fix Progression System locking the Sprint setting

• fix guay crash on Windows

• Add Cave of Ordeals enemy randomizer to Hard Mode settings
• Add Boss Rush settings, difficulty Clear Timers and Cave boss visits
• Add continuous slow motion and spawner entries for remaining Cave enemies
• Expose Fierce Deity HUD API and integrate KH2 HUD drive gauge
• Preserve shield ownership during Dual Wield equipment changes

• Change "Fierce Deity "Mode To "Dark Link"
• Add Dark Link visuals, warp transitions and activation controls
• Fix HD HUD text alignment when copying GameCube to Custom
• Skip Dual Wield sheathing animation when deploying the Glider

• Fix R Jump while Wolf Link carries objects in his mouth

• Keep Disable Auto Jump, HP-Scaling and no normal hit invulnerability independent of Dawnlight Mode
• Fix Gale Boomerang terrain lock-on in Cinema and 3rd Person Aim
• Fix R Jump while carrying stuff

• Show native hit effects during Flurry Rush
• Skip Dawnlight Z slot when HD HUD or Essentials provides it
• Keep HUD auto fade hidden during Link's idle animations
• Hide duplicate HD HUD letters when moving buttons in the HUD editor

• Add Stamina Settings with per-action costs and heart progression
• Confirm editing Dawnlight-locked settings before adopting manual values
• Add bar fade settings and independent HUD Auto Fade
• Add Wooden, Ordon and Master Sword choices for Dual Wield

• Fix Twilit Essentials Quick Access touch editor support
• Fix Dual Wield guard during knockdowns and while holding items
• Restore native shield blocking for Dual Wield

• Fix Gale cancellation and native shortcuts with touch controls
• Add configurable LB and D-pad touch buttons with native editor
• Add manual wolf jumps, Disable Auto Jump and configurable Wolf Sprint
• Improve Hero's Shade strides, combat footwork and ability transitions
• Add Dual Wield gameplay option with alternating attacks and cross guard
• Add dedicated Midna button and integrate extras into Dusklight's touch editor
• Add Ordon Sword selection to the Collection menu for Dual Wield
• Fix duplicate B glyph in HD HUD Shield Attack and Flurry Rush prompts

• Fix Lazy Tweaks compatibility: avoid UserSettings offsets in gyro lookup
• Keep L touch button available on maps with Dawnlight Touch UI
• Hide separate X/Y shine texture layers with Round Buttons

• Add General tab, Dawnlight Mode and story-based progression
• Use DawnlightCustomGlider BMD as the default glider fallback
• Add BMD replacement for the Glider

• Add sprint speed setting, synchronized animation and longer sprint jumps
• Add Jump Height, Cucco Glide and Revali's Gale settings
• Add original Glider model, texture and Glide Item selection

• Fixed HUD editor minimap, Midna and Twilight HD bottle positioning

• Randomize Hero's Shade combat phases and intermissions

• Fix immortal enemies after Wolf attacks in Enemy Hard Mode
• Fix X/Y/Z ammo positioning in the HUD editor with Twilight HD HUD
• Fix Fierce Deity Mode
• Add Hero’s Shade Boss in Boss Rush. The Arena is located when existing Cave of Ordeals through the Stairs

• improved Bossrush visuals

• Add ZR Arrow Modes: fire arrows and triple shot

• Fixed HUD Editor and restored compatibility with Twilight-hd-hud
• prevent enemy Spawner crash in Boss Rush Hub Area
• fix clawshot targets in 3rd-Person und Cinema Aim
• Add Hard Mode Settings for enemies and bosses
• disabled the GitHub update checker in favor of the built-in update checker for the mod-website
• prevent fierce deity mode crashes

• Update Dusklight to v1.4.1-402
• Fix Clawshot reticle feedback and hanging aim camera in 3rd-Person Aim

• improved 3rd-Person aim for bow, (double) clawshots, gale boomerang, Dominion Rod and ball and chain. Slingshot still need improvements.
• fixed the aim reticle always being shown in vanilla aim.
• removed the notification of successful spawns of the Enemy Spawner
• adds a vertical offset for the reticle in 3rd Person aim

• fixed 3rd-Person aim
• fixed crashes when using Bullet Time or Flurry Rush
• added an Enemy Spawner to Gameplay Settings
• fixed gyro aiming during bullet time
• disabled manual shielding in wolf form

• Fixed intro-Skip
• Fixed Slingshot Cinema-Aim
• Expanded Boss Rush Supplies (Arrow Pot, Decu Seed Pot, Oil and Red Potion Refills, Fairy, Bigger Bomb and Arrow Bags, Bomb Chest, Ordon Shield)
• added a Sprint feature. hold B after rolling to sprint with 50% increased movement speed
• added an exhaust when stamina reaches 0%
• added a toggle to turn off all stamina restrictions
• added HUD-Controls for the Stamina bar and the fierce deity bar
• improved slow down animations and values of bullet time and flurry rush

• Flurry Rush after a perfectly timed evade
• Shared Stamina meter for Bullet Time, Flurry Rush, and the Great Spin projectile, including compatibility with Lazy Tweaks stamina actions.
• Fierce Deity mode with a charge meter, temporary Magic Armor model swap, and doubled sword damage.
• some smaller bugfixes

• added a new Models section in Dawnlight Settings. You can place custom .arc files in the mods-dircetory and replace Link's Models.
• added an option to Hide Shields in the Models section
• added a Projectile to the Great Spin Attack. This can be toggled off in the Gameplay Settings of the Mod

• Sommer bullet time and aim movement fixes

• Z-Items toggle completely shuts off the hooks, making Dusklight more compatible with Twilit Essentials or Lazy Tweaks, etc.
• Bullet Time initial implementation as .dusk mod
• Touch-UI now shows oil and ammo while an item bound to Z