Update 1.0.2.0
For this update we've fixed a few issues reported to us. If you encounter any issues you can report them to us on the forums here . Can follow on Twitter: Patch Notes: Fixed behaviour of crab not triggering some animations when in singleplayer. Engine Added updates to plugins tha
For this update we've fixed a few issues reported to us. If you encounter any issues you can report them to us on the forums here.
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Original post Patch Notes:
- Fixed behaviour of crab not triggering some animations when in singleplayer.
Engine
- Added updates to plugins that handle steam integration.
- Added various back-end engine updates.
Environment
- Fixed cave gaps in Raruhenga on Naupta.
- Fixed collisions on some rock models.
- Fixed distance field shadows on some models not behaving correct.
Interface
- Fixed some early access text still present in menu’s.
- Fixed some copywrite and trademark notices with more up-to date info.
Firstly we wanted to rework the characters to not only be higher quality, but more importantly support a wider array of clothing, hairs, and new headwear such as hats. There are now around 20 more hair options than there were for female for example, and a good number for the male character too.
You can layer clothing so hoodies and jackets can go over the top of t-shirts, and various tops can go over the top of swimwear (you can visibly see the straps from the swimwear depending on whats covered). There are also variants for most clothing such as denim can come in full length, capris or shorts, some jackets can be armless and bikinis can have different styles of straps/ties.
The editor itself now has its own background which you can change to view different lighting on the character as well as change pose making it easier for you to see what you are doing. The camera system has also been completely reworked for the character editor so can move around your character as you need.
Under options menu you can now preview emotes when you asign them to your favourite slots. As you hover over it will play the current animation.
There are now 20-30 more hair options which is a large increase in options over previous. In addition to this more than 2 thirds of these hairs will support hats including an altered wear style depending on how the hat sits. By default a baseball cap and beanie are included free options, but more novelty hat options are included in a DLC we'll talk about later in these notes. Several hairs also come with gradient options for addtional color customization.
Above you can see there is various makeup options for all the common things like blush, lipstick, eyeliner etc. Makeup is stored independent to your outfit, so you can switch outfits and makeups seperately rather than have to set it up for every combination. Outfits now have 32 save slots, and makup has 8 given you way more freedom to store multiple looks.
Our new vehicle type in this update is Hot Air Balloons which can be spawned at two locations (Mataara and Taipū). These balloons behave as balloons would and are not steerable per-se, but more controlled based on changing wind directions at various altitudes (In bottom right of your screen you'll see the wind direction indicator added to the compass, as you increase in altitude this will change and determine which direction you'll be taken).
Once you've eventually reached your target with a balloon, we've added the ability to skydive and parachute. You'll need to have at least 50 meters relative altitude for skydiving to work, and ideally something like 80 meters to really slow your decent enough (else you'll enter rag-doll state when you land). The relative altitude means you can also attempt to base-jump from some hills or cliffs, and be able to parachute.
Our Cybercity side-region has been expanded sligthly with the addtion of a new area, as well as an addtional club area so be sure to explore these new locations. Various graphical and lighting improvements have been done for existing areas too.
Roads have been improved with better road mesh, and signficiantly more detail along each route especialy in gaps between areas where previously wasn't much in the way of detail. Outer islands haven't been completed yet, expect this in a future update.
Various existing areas have been given additional detail and filled out more. One example from images above is Wai Tai area, where additional islands, ship wrecks and a much more detailed dock area have been added. A rework of the roads in the vicinity has also been added to improve flow of driving through the area.
Next up we've spent a lot of time improving performance, especialy at key areas, and you'll notice that you should be getting higher fps in some areas where it would usualy dip. For Ultra settings we've improved the shadow quality further, but if your fps does dip a little - reverting to 'High' for shadows, will be effectively what previous 'Ultra' shadows were.
In order to help fund development we've also released a new DLC called the "Year 4 Pass" which will introduce 2 additional boats, including a cabin cruiser with customizable interior, and also 1 additional variant of the balloon.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1475340/Capsa__Year_4_Pass/
The DLC will also include 9 additional hat types (Propeller Cap, Sun Hat, Newsboy, Miner, Fedora, Derby, Cowboy, Panama, Santa Hat).
Please let us know if you encouter any issues as we intend to do various hot-fix updates over the coming weeks. Our next major update will be in the New Year.
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Over the past week or so you’ve likely seen posts from other developers outlining their current situation in relation to COVID-19 pandemic.
Firstly, the team is currently safe and in good health, but we are expecting some disruption to usual development hours potentially in the short term. The game server we host, and general function of the game will however be unaffected as these use 3rd party / off-site services and in the short term these providers have stated they do not believe there will be any disruption.
Given we know a lot more people are going to be at home we have decided to reduce prices on most Capsa DLC’s for the week by 50%, this will of course exclude our recent releases. So, if you are new to Capsa and don’t yet have the standard edition or simply want to support us then now is a great time to purchase.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/976050/Capsa__Starter_Pack/
As always if you encounter a bug or issue with the game, then please post in the bug-reports discussions forum so we may address it. Our next major update is already underway with us expecting to have it released sometime in mid-May. We’ll be covering what this update entails in future posts over the coming weeks.
Stay safe and thank you for your ongoing support.
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For Caspa 0.13 we've added various quality of life improvements to the race and customization systems, as well as environmental improvements to the sky and select areas.
There has also been a long list of bug-fixes to reported issues over the past couple of months.
At sunset you'll find a more orange and vivid sky that reacts great with these new clouds but this is not where the new features stop. After sunset we come to the considerable improvements to the night sky which now includes real time, accurate, 3D stars based on a database of information. This will allow you to see the night sky as you would be seeing it at that very moment if you were to be on the loosely based on french polynesian island in the south pacific. Capsa's stars also move based on your position and this is a feature we will be using later on as the world expands, but for now in the real world you can pretty much use the Latitude and Longitude of -16.499701, -151.770538 if you want to compare to online star mapping tools.
In addition to stars you'll also be able to see planets you would normally be able to see with the naked eye so something to look out for! Because not everyone knows the night sky off-by-heart and even less so for a distant south pacific island; we've added the ability to highlight in real-time the constellations in the night sky. By default this is achieved through holding the N key, but can be changed in options too. Upon holding this key all 88 constellations including all stars that comprise them will be highlighted. But do bare in mind this is a South Pacific island so you'll only see the stars as from that perspective and not all will be above the horizon.
Also for homes we've added optional Coffee Tables in a range of matching styles to existing furniture which can support at least 6 small items on them. The above picture is from the Retro home items pack which has been expanded as part of this update, items such as flowers, books and candles are included by default with more to be added over time.
On some tables as well as some existing side tables you can now choose to place some books or a selection of vinyl on the lower shelf as well.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1249250/Capsa__Retro_Home_Items_Pack
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1249251/Capsa__Contemporary_Home_Items_Pack/
Lots of additional furniture has been included in this update both free and as part of DLC. We are re-releasing two prior home item packs the Retro, and Contemporary (previously just named Modern). These re-releases are free updates to anyone who owns these packs from some point before separately or from the Home Essentials pack that was sold for a while so you do not need to purchase them if that is the case. Additional home items have been added to the Starter Packs as well as a free update.
Some areas like Kataara, Mataara and Moka have been targeted this update for quality of life improvements to bring them up to par with more recent areas. Mataara in particular you will find things like a functioning door on the gas station shop, moving windmill with ambient sounds, as well as additional ambient sound volumes for things like the gas station air-con unit. Mostly little things but helps improve the ambience as a whole when visiting these locations.
We've worked on the race track area to bring it up to par with added detailing such as tirewalls, track graffiti and improved landscaping. This track now features as a circuit race as part of the event system.
The races as a whole have had various improvements, notably circuit races will now track per-lap timings and show you your best lap time. This time is what is stored on leaderboards.
One change we've made as part of this update is implement the bare-bones of a progression system which handles the unlocking of vehicle parts (and eventually other things). This can really only be found by looking under the statistics menu right now, but as it gets developed there will be a lot more to this.
The way it works in principle is essentially earning points for progress towards specific things such as say completing races, locating hidden items or driving distance in a specific vehicle, this all accumulates and determines your overall level. Currently there is only 10 levels, and not all of these grant a reward so is still bare bones and will be going more into this over future updates as it progresses.
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This update is fixes various issues with the Event and customization systems, it also includes engine fixes from migrating to a slightly newer version.
In addition to these fixes, we've added support for throw pillows / cushions to work on all sofa types, as well as added an additional set of patterns for the rugs.
For this update we've expanded on the homes system to allow much wider customization. This includes the ability to set up the garden area for homes, as well as introduces an a new home type. There are also many new items to customize both inside and out of all homes.
The Tropical Cottage, can be found in 4 locations across Kiokio and Naupata, with more to be added soon. It is a painted wood design with similar theme on a larger scale to that of the Beachshack. There is seating for the outside decking, as well as a side garden where you can also have seating, a campfire or a blanket to sit at.
Other homes have also been updated to feature a garden area as well as a selection of items to populate with. One thing you can choose to have at your homes is a campfire like seen around with the dedicated camps. There is also various table and chair setups to allow sitting at while watching media on the garden cinema screens.
Shown above are screenshots of some of the improvements done to one home in particular, the San Francisco. This has been given an optional outside awning, and new base materials for the frame. You can also change the appearence of the door, and customize the welcome mat.
In the lower right screenshot you can see the improvements to in-house lighting in reactance with the new matrerials. The homes now have better illumination overall and feature dynamic shadow casting from multiple directions to match up with spot-lights in the ceilings.
To make the addition of so many new customization parts easier on homes we've added an additional tab to the home editor to split the interior and outside parts. These changes have also been added to the editor for ground vehicles, where on the second tab you will now find the engine in one easy accessible place.
Boats haven't escaped improvements in this update with the outboard motors being given new materials and a selection of patterns to customize with. Previous 'Motor Mount' and 'Motor' have been combined into a single slot to make customizing these parts easier.
Other changes in this update include various bug-fixes including some to the event system. Please let us know if you encounter any further issues or any issues relating to this update.
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This update includes an area expansion to the outer island of Tautini, it also introduces significant load time reductions.
The new area is reachable by heading north from Kapiti or boating across from Hianga. It includes an inland waterway with a swamp like area that goes into a river. Connected to this area to the west are other work in progress areas which will be finished in future updates. Below are screenshots from this new area.
In addition to the new area is optimizations to the loading times through changing how the game is packaged. We've tested our changes on a range of hardware, including some low-end SSDs, and various old disk based drives. For a low-end SSD that would load the game in around 4 minutes previously, this has been brought down to around 30 seconds, and an old disk based hard drive that took 6 minutes, is now able to load in just over a minute.
Faster more typical SSD's useful for gaming worked out between 20 and 30 seconds. M.2. drives were also tested, but these were already pretty quick before the changes, but on different hardware loading times was brought down to between 10 and 20 seconds.
These times are for first time extended loads or after a major update. In order to undertake these changes a one-time large update was required to restructure game files (why this update is just over 2gb in size compared to our regular size ones).
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For this update we've done various improvements and fixes, as well as introduced a new drivable boat. This new Junker Boat has been added to our Starter Pack DLC as a free update. It's 44ft long (the Pontoon is 25ft for comparison) and is the largest boat introduced so far and can sit 8 people in addition to the driver (as well as plenty of standing room). It has a top speed typically of around 15 mph.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/976050/Capsa__Starter_Pack/
NOTE: Users who owned Caspa before it was free to play will also get it as the Starter Pack DLC is basically a continuation of that paid package.
Other changes this update features includes a reworked camera system for boats that will allow players to offset the pitch slightly, and only the yaw get reset. This helps to angle the camera above the larger boats.
Buggy's such as the Raptor and Enforcer have gained some rear crates/tookboxes as options (these are included free). Also the Scorpion Buggy has received some tweaks to its handling to improve the steering a bit which was previously a little twitchy. In addition some of the camera's used for its customization have been reworked to make it easier to see.
For this update we've focused on improving the boats, this includes giving them improved wake visuals, adding in over 40 different patterns for customization, as well as a few functional additions such as optional locked throttle and ability to toggle fenders or bimini if equipped.
Above is a screenshot showing the wake effects for various boats, there are also splash effects for landing after jumping a wave. These effects will be pausable for the Photo Mode as well as all previous water effects such as waves being updated for Photo Mode as well.
NOTE: Wake effects will change depending on graphics setting set, shown above is as it would look in Ultra. In High they are similar just reduced in amount, and in Medium/Low these effects are disabled.
Below are screenshots showing a selection of the more than 40 new included patterns for boats (each boat has at least eight new pattern options in a catagory labled 'Classic'). Each of the boats in these screenshots is using a color preset for its main pattern (so you can easily have your boat looking like any of these if you wanted), but they can each be color customized freely to your personal taste.
There are so many changes to the boats that you may need to adjust your customization a bit for some boats. Notably the floors and interiors of boats are now in seperate customization slots, allowing more customization on boats where you previously couldn't set these independently.
The base materials of all boats have been improved to give better detail and resolution, you'll also find a few additional customization parts, some free and some as part of various kits. Above is a rounded Barracuda hull which is free, and a different front for the Moray (railing was seperated from the previous middle part so have an option to work with some patterns) is part of a DLC pack. Also notably there is also unpainted steel headlights added to the Moray and Pontoon included.
In addition boats have gained a couple extra functions such as the ability to toggle fenders or the bimini (these require a DLC purchase to unlock as are part of various kits), this is with Z and X key by default, but of course can simply be changed in options menu if you wish.
Another useful addition is the ability to toggle boats to a locked throttle (c key via default or can be set to be on by default in game options). This means the throttle will not throttle down when the throttle or move forwards key is released. You can also increase or decrease throttle to the setting you wish. There is no visual indicator of your throttle at the moment, but this may be something for a future update.
In this update we’ve massively overhauled the Abandoned School in the Kura area, which now includes more than a dozen new rooms and features an updated Halloween Pumpkin Event.
https://steamcommunity.com/games/588120/partnerevents/view/1615031015068350689
Above is a link to the current Halloween event, below are some screenshots showing improvements done to the Kura area.
Beyond bug-fixes this update does have a few other nice additions such as the ability to color salt camp fires (shown below) and theres also some new dance emote options available. More in the full patch notes below.
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For this Halloween Capsa is running an updated version of its Pumpkin Hunt from last year, with a new set of Pumpkins to locate in the Kura area as well a nice reward.
If you previously found 40 Pumpkins last year then there is 10 new ones to find, with the reward for finding all 50 shown in the above screenshot, a Skull Campfire for use at the Camps.
The additional 10 Pumpkins are located in new and reworked parts of the previous Kura area added in over the past year including, but not limited to, the new waterfront, trails connecting with Pekanga, improved graveyard area, and overhauled abandoned school building which has more than a dozen new rooms. Some of these locations are shown below.
In addition to this all of Capsa's DLC is currently on sale for another couple of days, with most up to 75% off, plus if you purchase the Essentials or Complete bundles you can get an additional 40% off!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/976050/Capsa__Starter_Pack/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/976051/Capsa__Vehicle_Essentials_Pack/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1003680/Capsa__Pet_Essentials_Pack/
Some new DLC was added in the past week including the new Home Essentials Pack which adds dozens of new furniture and decor items for homes.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1171202/Capsa__Home_Essentials_Pack/?curator_clanid=30701603
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For Capsa's second anniversary update we've added a new cyberpunk region that features a new club to dance at. This region co-exists on the same server, but is disconnected and doesn't require loading the tropical region to reach. This gives considerably higher performance and very short load times. To access this region you can find it on the spawn menu where other locations are normally found.
You can teleport to different regions while on the server, but on the first time a loading event will occur to load the other region. Shown below are various screenshots of this new region.
In addition to this new region various core bug fixing has been done as well some improvements to the recently added race system, including 3 new races. We've also added 3 new DLC packages shown below.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1171202/Capsa__Home_Essentials_Pack/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1171200/Capsa__Pet_Novelty_Patterns_Pack/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1171201/Capsa__Pet_Flag_Patterns_Pack/
There are many more additions in this update listed in the full patch notes below.
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Update 0.12 has been released and is one of the largest updates to Capsa so far. It introduces online multiplayer racing through a new event system, adds several improvements to existing areas, and features an overhaul of ground vehicle item drops.
The new online multiplayer racing events each consist of 5 stages. Each stage is a different circuit or checkpoint race that’s randomly selected from a pool of 18 different courses with various modifiers such as course direction. Throughout the event players will accumulate points towards a different level of rarity of item drop that’s rewarded after the final stage.
To use the dropped items there is a new ground vehicle engine editor, which can be accessed via 2 key or via the radial menu when sat in a buggy. This system provides you with 8 engine slots, and you can switch engine slot independently to your currently chosen buggy; which means you can reuse the same engine across all your vehicles if you wish.
Other changes in this update include additions to several areas, as well as updated spawn menu images for most locations. Loading has also been improved so it will be slightly quicker for most users (5-10 seconds less) but more imporantly it now shows the loading percentage for the individual map tile step, allowing you to see the real loading progress.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/977170/Capsa__Vehicle_Raider_Pack/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1003681/Capsa__Vehicle_Race_Pack/
In the past week we've also improved the above DLC packages, which now include a few more items each as well as better promo images. In addition to this, some parts have also recieved additional pattern options and nearly every vehicle customization item has recieved color presets so you can get ideas and a start point for how you want your vehicle to look.
But this update isn't all vehicle themed, you'll find a new Bar in the Mataara area which features functional bar stools. The existing bar has been updated to also feature fully functional seating. In addition to this work-in-progress seating has been added to the dock near the creek in Mataara and Pond at Rohai, this allows you to sit on cushions with your feet over the edge.
Other noteworthy changes include time of day cycle when changing via command, this means for users on high graphics settings users will see the time of day move quickly to the changed time over a few seconds rather than instantly snap. Also added is improved responsiveness for lighting changes after leaving caves, and toggling the hide/show hud option; both of which should be fairly instantanious now.
There are many more additions in this update listed in the full patch notes below.
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This update introduces a world map menu which allows the player to see markers of unlocked areas, locations of players, and place a waypoint to travel to. There are filters to switch which marker type is shown as well to display players which are friends only. To open the map it is M key by default for keyboard and Back button (or equivilent) for gamepad.
In addition to this we've also overhauled the gamepad mappings with support for all recently added features and improving action set switching. You may need to grab the latest official gamepad mapping in Big Picture mode if it isn't automatically updated for you.
Theres also a bunch of general bug-fixes and quality of life improvements as listed in the full notes below. But first is a few more screenshots of the world map system.
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This update improves the ground cover foliage for forests with improved appearence and performance optimizations. There is also various improvements to the island of Kiokio, updating some coastal sections, foliage placement and adding the shoreline wave effects in spots.
Additionally this update brings back the female animation set with improvements to IK handling (feet have better ground placement).
Screenshots below show some of revised foliage in various areas.
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This update continues the focus on improving and expanding areas, notably giving Pekanga reworked paths and trails, adding some additional islands off the coast of Pitonga, and giving the west side of Atahua island an improved coastline.
One of the Pitonga islands features a new cinema and some homes, with homes also to be found in Whakatupu area as part of the Atahua additions. Screenshots of these additions and more included below.
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This update improves the south and south west coast of Metarahi. Notably in the Taipu area is a new Cinema location plus added entrances to the Beach race track. Additionally Pitonga area has received various new trails plus an improved homes area. Screenshots of both these areas improvements and additions are shown below.
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