Cloud Save Fixes, Better Performance, and Upgraded Combat!

Dear Conductors,

Thank you for your continued support of OxyRail! 🚂🌱

We have received reports from players about cloud saves, game crashes, performance stutters, and the multiplayer experience.

In this update, we have made extensive under-the-hood optimizations to address these issues, while also introducing brand-new hand-crank engine upgrades, combat system improvements, and a better building experience.

We hope this update gives more Conductors a smoother and more stable journey!

☁️ Key Fix: Cloud Save Issue Resolved

We fixed an issue that prevented older cloud saves from being downloaded.

Please note:

✅ Your old saves have not been lost!

After updating the game:

• Your existing cloud saves will appear normally

• You do not need to start over

• No additional action is required

Thank you for your patience and feedback. ❤️

🆕 New Content

⚙️ Complete Upgrade for Hand-Crank Engines of All Levels

We have remade every level of the hand-crank engine so that equipment at each stage feels more distinct.

Upgrades:

✨ Brand-New Models and Textures

• More noticeable visual differences between levels

• A stronger sense of equipment progression and clearer upgrade feedback

🚂 Improved Dynamic Rotation Animations

Now:

• Hand-crank engine animations adjust to the train's actual movement speed

• The faster the train moves, the more realistic the animation looks

🛠️ Improved Controls

Adjustment:

• When a hand-crank engine has already reached its maximum level

• The upgrade prompt will no longer appear when interacting with it

This makes interactions feel more natural.

🛠️ Fixes and Improvements

⚙️ Major Performance Optimizations

This update includes extensive under-the-hood optimizations.

Improvements:

• Addressed crashes that occurred immediately when launching the game

• Significantly improved map-level performance

• Added dynamic switching for rendered models

• Reduced resource pressure when entering the game

This now effectively reduces:

• Crashes on startup

• Gameplay stutters

• Resource loading pressure

Allowing the game to run stably on a wider range of PCs.

🧠 Object Pool System Optimization

We optimized the game's underlying object management system.

Improvements:

• Improved the performance of all interactive items

• Reduced performance costs when large numbers of objects are present

• Reduced the likelihood of stutters and crashes

🌬️ Easy Mode Experience Adjustments

To give new players a more comfortable exploration experience:

Adjustments:

• Reduced the oxygen consumption rate in Easy Mode

• Players now have roughly twice as much time to explore away from the train

Making it easier for new players to get to know the world.

🔨 Building System Improvements

We have further improved the building experience.

Fixes:

• Fixed an issue where holding the button would not continue building

• Fixed incorrect building orientation

Improvements:

• Building animation adjustment:

  • Construction now occurs only after the hammer actually swings

• When the hammer successfully swings to build:

  • Added an impact sound effect

  • Improved building feedback

🧱 Wall-Mounted Item Placement Improvements

Fix:

• Fixed placement issues affecting all items that snap to walls

Now:

• Items snap to walls more easily

• There is no need to repeatedly fine-tune the angle

Making placement much more convenient.

🚂 Train System Performance Optimizations

We have extensively optimized train-related logic.

Improvements:

• Inactive buildings on the train no longer take part in rendering or calculations

• Optimized train movement calculations

• Reduced the cost of repeated calculations

• Improved performance during construction

Significantly reducing:

• Stutters while the train is moving

• Stutters while building

• The likelihood of crashes

🚂 Train Operation Logic Improvements

Adjustment:

Conditions for an advanced engine to stop working:

Before:

• It stopped when there were no players on the train

Now:

• It stops when there are no living players on the train

This prevents situations where:

• A player's character dies while they are away

• The train automatically travels far into the distance

• Teammates are unable to continue playing

🏹 Enemy Behavior Improvements

🏹 Archer Improvements

Improvements:

• Adjusted archer shooting logic

• Fixed an occasional issue that prevented attacks from triggering

🐺🐻 Wolf and Bear Combat System Improvements

We have further improved animal combat logic to make battles fairer.

Now:

🎯 More Accurate Hit Detection

Wolves and bears must:

• Be properly facing the player

• Hit the target in the direction of their attack

Only then will the attack deal damage.

If the player:

• Moves to the side before the attack connects

• Moves behind the enemy

Then:

✅ The attack will be considered successfully dodged ✅ No damage will be taken

🐻 More Natural Tracking Attacks

Improvements:

• Wolves and bears will still try to adjust their direction to track the player during an attack

• But their turning speed is limited

You will no longer see:

❌ Instant turns ❌ Unreasonable U-turn attacks

Making combat respond more naturally to player movement.

🌐 Multiplayer Experience Improvements

We are continuing to improve the co-op experience.

Fixes:

• Fixed an issue where clients and the host saw different resource quantities

• Fixed resources no longer respawning after passing through a map for the second time

🐺 Multiplayer Animal Synchronization Improvements

Fixes:

• Fixed wolves occasionally becoming invisible in multiplayer

• Fixed killing one wolf sometimes granting loot rewards for multiple wolves

Improvements:

• Improved client-side model synchronization for wolves and bears

• Resolved target recognition conflicts when multiple wolves spawn at the same time

• Each attack now resolves only against the target it actually hits

• Each animal's death and reward are processed only once

In addition:

• Reinforced bear spawning logic

• Improved bear display synchronization

• Improved the animal loot process

Making multiplayer hunting more stable and fair.

💬 Thank You for Your Support and Feedback

Thank you to every Conductor aboard OxyRail! 🚂🌱

We know stability is extremely important for a game built to grow over the long term.

Every issue reported by players helps us identify where improvements are needed.

We will continue to improve:

⚙️ Game performance 🚂 Train systems 🌍 World exploration 🐺 Combat 🤝 Multiplayer

Our goal is to make OxyRail an even more stable and enjoyable journey.

Thank you for accompanying OxyRail as it keeps moving forward! 🌱🚂

We look forward to traveling toward a more distant future with you!

— The OxyRail Development Team 🚂✨