Myst 9+

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.