Patch Notes [BU30]

Another update is now out that features more explorable options, and also a few reworks of already explorable POIs. It also includes a world map that can be accessed from the start, and an added cheat window for those who would like to play in a creative building mode.

Some of the POIs are still under development, but I have choosen to release them in this update to allow you to test it out and provide feedback for improvements.

This update also contains some optimization features, including the decision to not use Lumen as the default rendering mode anymore, as it doesnt seem necessary for this project.

As always, I hope you like the update, and I would love to hear what you think of the new additions and changes.

Below is a full overview of the new additions:

New

• Added a cheat window. (List of cheats)

• Added a world map that can be accessed from the start by pressing (M).

• Added console commands for teleportation and spawning items.

• Added a new harvest animation for rabbits.

• Added a new harvest animation for the other animals.

• Added a new research site.

• Added a wolf nest. (Work in progress)

• Added two new story notes.

• Added lanterns.

• Added two new achievements.

• Added weather.

• Added fireflies effects.

• Added more blood decals on the weapons and player hands when hurting or harvesting animals.

POI changes

• Reworked the treehouses.

• Changed the area around the waterfall.

• Removed building blocked zones.

• Relocated the discoverable hatchet.

Visual Changes

• Adjusted and fixed a couple of animations.

• Adjusted the visuals of several shaders and effects.

• Adjusted the landscape shader.

• Adjusted the darkness of shadows.

• Adjusted the blueprint shader to make it more visible.

• Lumen is no longer being used as the default global illumination mode to optimize performance.

AI Changes

• Adjusted the frequency of rabbit sounds from trapped rabbits.

• Changed the peripheral vision angle from 90 degrees to 45 degrees.

• Changed the sight radius from 1500 to 1000.

• Wolves no longer spawn once the nest has been cleared.

• Replaced one of the spawners with foxes instead of wolves.

• Wolf health changed from 200 to 350.

• Boar health changed from 350 to 450.

• Adjusted hit trace of wolves to give more accuracy.

Other changes

• Disabled player collision on the fractures that drop from tree cutting events.

• Default quality for global illumination changed from epic to high.

• Default quality for shadows changed from epic to high.

• Default quality for anti-aliasing changed from epic to medium.

• Default screen mode changed from fullscreen to borderless.

• Changed from DX12 to DX11

• Foliage and trees will no longer block blueprint placements.

• Leaves, cloth and vines are now automatically added to the inventory when destroying furniture/buildings.

• Changed the ID of the leaf item to fix building issues.

• Made changes to how trees are saved and loaded.

• The icon over the campfire now only appears on the map.

Fixes

• Fixed a bug where players could not set the tamed animals name.

• Fixed a bug where the ai name was slightly offset to the left.

• Fixed a bug where only one wolf would howl when spotting player.

• Fixed a bug where there would be no water footstep sounds when passing through the pumpkin river.

• Fixed a bug where pressing “default” button in the settings menu didn’t work as intended.

• Fixed a bug where it would be as bright as day during the night when turning global illumination quality to low or medium.

• Fixed a bug where caves would be bright for some players.

• Fixed a bug where the toolbar would disappear when going from the building category to crafting.

• Fixed a shading issue with the interactable boulders.

• Fixed a bug where the toolbar would disappear when destroying buildings.

• Fixed a bug where the toolbar would disappear when pressing the inventory button while the building tab was open.

• Fixed a bug where players could only get to 499 rocks in the 500 rocks achievement.

• Fixed a bug where players could not build a campfire.

• Fixed a bug where the game would freeze for some players when getting close to the treehouses.

• Fixed a bug where the howling audio would keep playing when wolves took damage mid-howl.

• Fixed a bug where sticks could not be used in campfires.

• Fixed a bug where animals would stutter away or freeze when they were supposed to flee.

• Fixed a bug where vines could be held and used like leaf bandages.

• Fixed a bug where some weapons would not have camera shake effects.

• Fixed a bug where tamed animals would not accept any other commands than follow.

• Fixed a bug where predators would damage each other instead of the player.

• Fixed a bug where overscrolling in the main menu settings would close the settings tab.

• Fixed a bug where when clicking outside buttons in the settings or load save tab, it would revert back to the main menu screen.

If you want to give more direct feedback, feel free to head to the official discord server.