Update for 1/21/26

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue that caused multiple cameras to render simultaneously tanking frame rates

• Head mesh is now correctly hidden when wearing a helmet after scene changes

  -Previously had to re-equip gear to fix

Optimizations

• Did another round of optimizing grass and other foliage shaders

• As a result, I was able to reduce foliage polygon counts by about 50% with no noticeable dip in quality. Frame rates in dense vegetation vastly improved.

• Implemented more aggressive object culling for objects far away.

  Some pop-in will be present, requires more tweaking

New Features

• Added New plant types to Fungal Forest

• Added New animals to Fungal Forest

• Added animal behavior types: Passive, Aggressive, and Avoidant

• Some animals may become aggressive when you are present. These will chase after you and attack

• Passive animals will mostly ignore you, Avoidant animals will actively run from you

• Expanded explorable area in Fungal Forest slightly

• New UI element in base camp console to control time of day

  Interact with this console to wait for night or daytime

• New UI element for Stamina

  Stamina will act as a universal stat for taking damage from animals or weather conditions

• When the stamina gauge is exhausted, you'll collapse and an emergency transport will get you back to the station

• a small amount of RP is now awarded when discovering hidden attributes on items

Misc Changes

• Animal behavior and navigation was re-tooled to better respond to player and environment

• Adjusted environment lighting for Day/Night cycle on Mycera

• Added some new NPC dialogue and revamped dialogue overall to reflect the games' tone better.