Thanks for the info, Corley! Chill Fang was a tough boss for slow-moving characters.

Today's update 29 Nov25

Hi everyone,

Further updates/balance for the War Bot.

Map Changes

Hill Tops - Act5
Chill Fang Boss - Reduced run speed slightly.

Class Changes

Warbot
Raised base health pool slightly.
Reduced delay of base heat/charge reduction from 1S to 0.5S

New skill: Thermal Recirculation

Scorching Barrage: Improved targeting of skill
Rocket Salvo: Rearranged Tier Bonus
Freezing Barrage: modified cast sound effect.
Sulphur Launcher: heat generation is now instant(it was gradual over time before)
Fists of Steel: Small changes to Tier 2/3 bonus(improved melee attack speed)
Glacial Strike: Small changes to Tier 2/3 bonus(improved melee attack speed)

@ phantasmal : Ace-team collectively says "You're Welcome"!
Much feedback testing has been gathered from various players and ourselves over the years. It has been quite a challenge at times to build this mod to where it stands today yet the solutions have been just as intriguing. Thanks again for your time playing and consideration for our work.

@ HiFive : Huge thanks for logging those bug reports. Next update may help to solve those issues.

@steffire3 thank you for making this! seems like a lot of hard work has been done; i am moving towards the new content and have been lovin the feel of the veteran. tinkering with GUTS for merges gave me some serious respect for how in-depth ACE is lol

Hey, just to let you know, I've posted a few bug reports today.

@ phantasmal : It's quite interesting as usually we get the opposite request. A simple Add-on mod (that would go above Ace in the Load Order) may be considered by the Ace team. Thanks for mentioning this.

hi there, I've been loving the mod, but the game feels a little quiet without the familiar call-outs lol. they're really nostalgic.... is it possible to make the Narrator voice an option?

@ Arten Ransk : Thank you very much for the feedback. Keeping the mod's game balance close to vanilla levels (and yet a fair challenge) is intentional. Giving players another option among the other styles of adventure mods is something we enjoy. So glad to hear of your satisfaction.

Really great mod. Just pulled it out to play multiplayer again after 10 years. I appreciate how much more subdued it is than Synergies. Things are challenging still and require full use of the game's systems. Good job with all the work you've done.

@HiFive - we are doing a complete play trough at the moment with the Warbot alongside other classes. This is mainly from the feedback/run we are doing at the moment. Hopefully the changes make the Warbot a little more balanced and also more fun. There will likly be a "2nd pass" as we get deeper in the levels and hit end game!

@ HiFive : I've tested the new changes with a Level 100 War_Bot and all the re-balances make the experience much smoother to play. Thanks for your time and looking forward to your feedback.

@ Awkward : 'Twas a pre-release test to ensure that the big update today was successful.

Wow! You've put a lot of work into the Warbot. Thankfully, mine has been resting for a while, so it will be fun to try him out again, or maybe I'd rather make a new one to get the full experience of his "remaster". I'm sure it'll be fun!

Today's update 16 Nov25

Hi everyone,

Please find latest update and patch notes below. we have largly focused on the warbot and doing additonal balance/development to skills this time.


Class Changes
War Bot

General: Tidied up several skills that have a small mana cost.

Fists of Steel:
Attack Speed increased +10%
Reduced cooldown 10%
Reduced heat generation from 3% to 2% to support early game

Glacial strike:
Attack Speed increased +10%
Reduced cooldown 10%
Tier 1 and 2 bonus swapped

Magma Slam: Attack Speed increased +10%

Ice Nova: Reduced cast skill sound volume!

Salvo Shot: Fully reworked into "Scorching Barrage".
Freezing Barrage: Reduced casting speed noise

Running Hot: Skill moved to 4th skill tree

Rocket Salvo: moved to skill tier 4, instead of 6

Glacial Spike: Tier4 bonus now in place

New Experimental skill added: "Fire Punch" added

Bug Fix
War Bot, Warning Flare level 3 issue corrected

No info about changes?

@ HiFive, @ Skillo : Thank you very much for your time and care.
Descriptions across the sites shall be updated to match the latest changes.

Sick mod! Thank you for the hard work

Don't forget to update the top of the main page!

Good work finding and fixing the issue so fast.

Today's update 14 Oct25

Hi everyone,

This is a small but important update, Multiplayer should be working again now!

Bug Fix
Fixed Multiplayer crash issue

@ Everyone : I have begun a Discussion (Link is at the bottom of this comment) to make it easier to post long comments and responses for plans, feedback, and ideas to resolve the Multiplayer issue.

We are a patient and resolute mod team; we have faced big issues in the past and the mod continues to walk forward faithfully - through it all.

Y'all extended feedback is most welcome. The TL2-Ace Team thanks you incredibly for your support during this time of need.

https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/workshop/filedetails/discussion/654068491/596287304339920226/

@ Everyone : The easiest solution is to open another Workshop port of the Ace mod specifically gutted out on some months worth of updates to offer an "unstable" version for Multiplayer testing.

We keep this (here, the original) version untouched "as Single Player" temporarily; to reduce any complications on the matter.

Prevents further issues trying to purposely break the features (searching for the issue) currently present; for those enjoying the current state of the mod.

Protecting forward progress on several months worth of work while offering another version that "plays it safer" for Multiplayer.

Challenge Dungeons would be largely untouched naturally; ensuring that both versions are still as compelling as each other minus some newer class updates for Multiplayer.

Y'all feedback is most welcome; glad to open a Discussion on this if required.

And I thank y'all very much for all your offers and info to help on the matter. Most Welcome.

@Corley I did dig into the comments back until November 2023, the first multiplayer crash reports start from March 2025, before that date (until nov. 2023) nobody did mention it.

I would suggest keep the updates going like it goes and provide a link to ealier versions around februari 2025 or so.

To find back the cause it would help to check what part of the game was worked on around Jan/March 2025 that could have broken it. Since it does crash immidiatly it might have something to things getting out of the borders like maybe the warbot that doesn't go well in multiplayer.

Searching into the code is frequently hell of a workaround, what can help is getting big chunks out of the mod like keeping a whole added new class out and see if the crash still persist.

If the game is on sale I might give you guys an extra gift account. That can help multiplayer testing!

@TheWayMan - agreed with the issue with multiplayer, it is currently not working and we have added a comment to the top of the mod description. We are still trying to work out what broke this. The mod pushes the limits of torchlight.

@Torchlight2 Plus - that is also our thinking, we have backup versions and we could roll back to a different older version. The problem is we are not 100% sure when the multupleayter issue occured. We would have to do alot of experimenting and my overall concern is that we "break" the mod or make things worse.

@𝔭 𝔞 𝔭 𝔦 - it is 98% complete, 1 more skill remains to be added, we were hoping to finish this off and final balancing in one of the next updates.

Overall me and Steffire are discussing next steps and if we try to recover multiplayer but at the risk of the overall mod. We may start a discussion on this and get everyone else thoughts before we do anything major

is the vampire class finished?

@TheWayMan @Steffire3: A solution could be earlier versions of the mod that didn't gave problems in multiplayer? Steam only provides the latest versions but there might be backups of early versions of the mod placed elsewhere?

I am also interested to know if my 26 pet slots mod work fine in multiplayer setups. Couldn't test that myself... (I think it does since it affects only the players local files and the torchlight inspect each others inventory doesn't work on each other pets?)

Update for everyone: This game is not working with multiplayer. I tried many different mods to make sure it wasn't me, all mods work fine when playing multiplayer. I tried Ace alone, and with mods. I remove ace, it works fine, ace by itself crashes the game as well. I made sure to follow all multiplayer tips and tricks. All my other mods work fine, I can play with my wife fine. It is ONLY ace that causes the crashing. I hope they fix it as it is an amazing modpack/tweek to the original TL2.

@steffire3, I hope y'all look into it. This is easily the best mod that doesn't just break the game. I played solo up to level 50 and man it is so much better than standard TL2. If I can do anything to help let me know. My wife and I have been wanting to play after I told her about it.

@cohlE >> source: this mod description.
"Critical hits removed from all enemies - no more random one shot deaths"
They also nerved the lethal blade floor traps in act 2.

I would have opt-in for mob still can crit but for like 10-20% bonus damage.
So yes they implemented a no random one shot death. On hardcore I still work with extra local saves. I had once a insane damage instant kill shot from the werewolf boss. Code can be silly at times ;)

I love this mod. Just one question... can the mobs still one shot you? I hated this in vannila. You could be strong as hell and still get one shot from a basic troll etc.

@ TheWayMan : Indeed, our concern has been whether Ace itself has had an update some time ago that broke Multiplayer and it appears it has. I'm going to list it as Single Player for the time being until further notice. Apologies.

I'm only using ACE. I figured it would be best to just try one mod at a time. And what do you know... It crashes instantly when joining. I found out a long time ago to just use one mod pack make sure it works then add more. But just ACE alone crashes the game. I tried different classes deleting my games folders all that stuff. Kinda sad been wanting to play TL2 but just not vanilla.

Check the comments on the bottom of page two and top of page 3 of this comment section. Apparently, some mods don't work well with co-op, so if you are using other mods with this one, one of those mods might be the issue.

Multiplayer broken for anyone else ?

Thanks, Corley. It seems I'm having a number of issues with my current load of class mods. I'll have to do a lot of exploring and/or experimenting to find out which mod is causing the problem.

hi HiFive, just confirming we haven't touched or modified this or the other phase beast areas in anyway

Re: Phase Portal 10 in Langhaven. Did you recently nerf the instance a bit? My visit there today gave me one green gel and only 2 of the regular purple ones. If you haven't made any changes to the instance then it's probably one of my other mods.

@ HiFive : Huge thanks! We enjoyed working on those.

Thanks for the update! The new character icons look good.

Today's update 10 Aug25

Hi everyone,

Please find latest update and patch notes below.

Class Changes

New Character Icons
Soldier Icon Updated
Vampire Icon Updated


War Bot
Fists of Steel: Updated Icon
Rocket Jump: Updated Icon
Rocket Coptor: Updated Icon
Steam Launcher: renamed to Sulphur Launcher
Eye Laser: Now has a 16th skill point

Vampire
Deep Wounds: Description updated to clarify that HP/MP steal effects work with this skill.
The Hunger: Further rescaled skill to be stronger at lower levels.
Blood Bath: Reduced cooldown to 3 seconds.
Death Scythe: Improved skill animation
Blood Scythe: Tier Bonus added
Blood Eruption: Tier Bonus added
Bat Swarm: Updated Icon
Slow Aura: Skill completed
Bat Form: Reduced speed when skill active, modified Skill icon
Gargoyle Form: Tier Bonus added
Blood Line(Tab 4 skill page) Tier2 completed, minor tweaks/balances to tier 1

Bug Fix
Fixed an issue with one of the corrupted lightning gems not triggering correctly.
Berserker Battle rage duration correctly stated as 5 minutes
Berserker Storm Claw duration correctly stated as 5 minutes

@ cohIE : Possibly some missed text in the tab. Shall review this for our future patch notes.

Battle Rage
Duration increased from 60 seconds to 5 minutes

Stormclaw
Increased duration to 5 minutes

Neither of the changes has been changed in the skill tab. Is that a bug?

@ seralexperments : Back-up (copy, paste) the Mod-save folder before making changes.
I have yet to test Grand Larceny mod with Essentials however the mod that goes on top will take priority (all features will be available) while the mod below will have overlapping features overridden (not available in-game). Has to be tested to know for certain.

i use Grand Larceny this and Essentials in that order and was wondering if i should flip this with Larceny i got Grand Larceny due to chests with uniques how will they mess which other?

@ klc_kemal : I actually do play with Ace above and Essentials below in the load order.
Essentials makes it's own changes to the game as accessibility feels more complete with both.

If in need of a work-around to get the Stash functional - there's a trick where adding certain Inventory mods above Ace can solve that issue:
https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/workshop/filedetails/discussion/654068491/4353365446950849460/

Could I combine this mod with essentials or should I play it alone?

I'm just proposing that people try checking these things out. It's weird, but often things that seem totally unrelated to the issue at hand are found to be the culprit, such as TL2's local_settings file getting corrupted and causing all sorts of odd problems with the game.

Arekkusu and steffire3,
Shot in the dark musings about the multiplayer issues:
1) Sometimes other devices hooked up to a rig can interfere with a game. Perhaps this can also affect multiplayer?
2) Sometimes 3rd party software that is supposed to improve gameplay performance (such as MSI Afterburner) can do the opposite on games - especially older games. Perhaps this kind of software can also affect multiplayer.

@ Arekkusu : My thanks for your persistence in looking for a fix. One of our trailers does showcase a second player in multiplayer at this specific moment in the linked video (the first Dark Alchemist Boss Laser scene):
https://youtu.be/sXwDpNdH3_g?si=KA-Tn3TC7LpUF1dY&t=98
We know that Internet Service Provider methods can cause connection issues however as to why a mod affects players separately to join multiplayer is somewhat beyond what the TL2 community has been able to discover through the years of report gathering.
My apologies for the inconvenience.

Thank you @ Steffire3 for the quick reply. I will try deleting my mod save folders, files and then Verify Game files via Steam. I did use different mods in the past which might have affected certain files. I really want fo find a solution since I know I am not the only one with this issue.

For you information, the issue we have is by using ACE only, we have no other mods active at the moment.

I know Torchlight 2 multiplayer is a bit janky with mods but I was trying to find a video or even an image of people playing together. Nothing for the moment. I almost thought this mod was for single player only.

@ Arekkusu, @ Dera : Unfortunately it's hit-or-miss whether some mods function for some players in multiplayer - it's one of TL2's annoyances that we've been noting for years.
Here's one example:
https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/groups/TLM2H/discussions/5/3184614124776722217/