Season 1.3 is live!

Hey everyone! I apologize for the delay. I needed to take a step back from the game and look at it as a consumer, rather than the game's developer. As most developers will say, it is a completely different experience when you've watched the game grow from the ground up. After taking some time to evaluate the state of the game, and after taking in the feedback I've gotten so far, I've decided that a large number of creative changes needed to take place. The most major change was the game's name. Day Zero Build, Craft, Survive obviously lacked inspiration and was honestly kind of spammy, so I've decided to name the game after the series it is meant to introduce. Therefore, while I am still focused on developing awesome features for you guys to enjoy, I am going to be shifting my main focus on improving the cinematic experience for the Prologue and Season 1 episodes of the Campaign. Then, I will be moving back to completing the Space Sim features that the game was originally designed to implement. o7 Behronzo

NOTES

• THIS BUILD IS THE HEAVIEST BUILD I'VE RELEASED SO FAR!
• I'M PACKAGING THE HOTFIX AS THE CURRENT BUILD IS UPDATING. IT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE AS SOON AS MY INTERNET CAN GET IT UP TO YOU!
• LOWERING SHADOW QUALITY IS USUALLY THE FIX IF YOU HAVE PERFORMANCE ISSUES! OTHERWISE, TRY LOWERING OTHER VIDEO SETTINGS UNTIL YOU ARE AT YOUR DESIRED FRAMERATE!
• FATAL ERRORS ARE ALMOST ALWAYS RELATED TO PERFORMANCE ISSUES. IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING CRASHES TRY REDUCING YOUR GRAPHICS SETTINGS. IF THIS DOESN'T HELP, CONTACT ME WITH SOME REPRODUCTION STEPS AND I'LL GET IT RESOLVED ASAP!
• IF YOU ARE HOSTING A LISTEN SERVER (I.E. USING YOUR GAMING COMPUTER TO HOST A MATCH) AND IT KEEPS CRASHING, YOUR PC IS NOT POWERFUL ENOUGH TO HOST AND YOU WILL NEED TO WAIT UNTIL DEDICATED SERVERS ARE OUT.
• I'M NOT ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE THE WEBSITE AND SUPPORT CONTACT. IF YOU HAVE ANY ISSUES, PLEASE CONTACT ME AT [email protected] I'LL HAVE A NEW SOLUTION OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!

CHANGES/FIXES

• Added a new prologue with 10 main missions to get you into the story.
• Added a new season 1 scenario with 100 unique main missions (still in development and side quests coming soon)!
• Added new scenarios with a few new maps.
• The space sim has been moved to a test scenario until it is stable.
• Added a cloud simulation (still needs some work).
• Improved Star/Planet shaders.
• Added a drop ship with a full interior!
• Fixed some issues with multiplayer.
• Improved visual effects/sounds.
• Completely revamped the quest system.
• Tweaked some minor things with the user interface.
• The tutorial has been updated.
• The keybinding system has been completely revamped to make it easier to interact with the game world.
• Modifier keys have been removed in favor of long press actions and context menus
• Added a weapon/tool/ability wheel to replace most modifier functions.
• Added over 500 handcrafted and unique items.
• Added over 115 new attachments.
• Improved FPS reload animations.
• Updated achievements
• Added leaderboards
• You can now build without holding a blueprint in your hand.
• The blueprint just gives you quick access to a few common build parts now.
• Added a VERY simple market simulation to the Unity Network so you can trade to earn money.
• Fixed an issue with hosting matches.
• Removed match filters until dedicated servers are ready.
• Added footstep sounds.
• Improved bullet vfx.
• Added retractable arm blades (energy and standard).
• Brought the plasma saber back to the default loadouts.
• Shotguns now fire multiple pellets.
• Added new attachments.
• Added a new modular sniper rifle.
• Added two new sniper rifles, a new sub-machine gun and a new pistol.
• Added music.
• Added a R.P.G. and Grenade Launcher.
• Added four new scopes.
• Reduced distracting UI elements.
• Moved ammo display to a 3D widget attached to your gun.
• Removed the minimap in favor of screen markers.
• Added player profiles for each character.
• Added a simple market transaction system.
• Added new building prefabs.
• Added a new city builder system. (Managed through your base terminal).
• Added custom spawn locations.
• Added a display for point based game modes.
• Added button hover and click fx.
• Improved shield system.
• Improved Bullet penetration.
• Reduced the number of active companions to 3 for now until they are easier to manager.
• Added a random element to enemies that give them different health and damage.
• Added a Power (mana) system.
• Added random quotes to the Campaign death screen.
• Added a loading screen movie.
• Added a simple journal so you can take notes.
• The building list has been restructured to only include working buildings.
• Dual wielding has been removed for now. It was way too buggy to justify having in the game right now.
• All reported issues from 1.2 have been resolved. Keep them coming!

• KNOWN ISSUES:

• The second to last tutorial stage doesn't show a marker for the trigger. This is purely cosmetic, but will make it hard for you to trigger the final stage. NOTE: The final stage is just a description letting you know that the tutorial is finished, so you can leave the tutorial at any point when you reach the bug without missing any content.
• Tips aren't updating. This has been resolved and will be out in the hotfix.
• The Avi and Soma triggers are acting a little wonky in the Prologue. This issue has been resolved and will be out in the hotfix.
• Player profile symbols are extremely large. This has been resolved and will be out in the hotfix.
• Visualized weapons will save themselves. This issue has been resolved and will be in the hotfix.
• You have to manually quit space defender after a capital has been destroyed. This has been resolved in the hotfix.
• It's possible for you to load under the world in the Prologue. If you wait a second, you will be put back where you started. I'll be updating the timing for the loading screen to compensate in the hotfix.
• AI can see players through walls. This has been resolved in the hotfix.
• AI will shoot their own teammates in the back. This has been resolved in the hotfix.
• For the moment, I am using text to speech for dialogue. I plan on replacing this as soon as possible.
• Body modifications are not showing up properly (this is why I added the coming soon screen in the customization menu).
• Guide pictures are all displaying the raw meat icon for now. I'll have new pictures soon!
• The guide panel (and some other menus) look a little weird. I'll be slowly adjusting these through the hotfixes.
• AI movement can be a little weird inside of buildings. I'll be improving this over the next few updates.
• Abilities are implemented, but they haven't been tested. There will probably be some issues with them.
• Player profile icons aren't being saved right now.
• Plasma blades are really weak right now. This will be balanced over the next few updates.
• Bullets are OP. This will be balanced over the next few updates.
• Level Colors aren't changing when using the tram.
• The cloud sim looks pretty bad. I'll have it fixed up when the other issues are cleaned up!

UP NEXT (Season 1):

• More weapons, armor, crafting, buildings, etc...
• Better spawn positions for the AI in the Prologue.
• In Game browser.
• Dedicated Servers
• Mod/workshop support.
• Music mixer for custom playlists. The menu is there, but no music is available.
• Shop to buy new music.
• Armor support for human and alien characters.
• Custom character choices for multiplayer. I.E. Biomorph, Human, Anima, Alien.
• Card Games.
• Forge Mode.
• Updated prologue and season one maps.
• Updated cinema for the prologue and season 1.
• Side Quests for the prologue and season 1.
• More sandbox/space sim content.
• Exploration System (scanning, learning languages, finding logs, etc...).
• Tools for non-lethal target elimination.
• Hand Grenades.
• Improved Map system.
• Optimized user interface.
• Updated ship models for space defender.
• Improved Idle NPC interactions (random move to, random conversations, greeting the player when they walk by, etc...).
• Conversation system.
• Companion Influence System.
• Audio/Video/Text logs.
• Manual item drops in Campaign. (Finding special weapons in hidden areas.)
• AI should simulate errors.
• More Tips.
• Advanced interaction system.
• Cinema/Maps/Objectives for season 2,3,Epilogue.
• Killstreaks & Perks.
• Lobby System.
• Lottery System.
• Bounty Hunting System.
• Hunting System .
• More abilities.
• More optimizations.
• Spatial Queries/Layered Coordinates (space sim stuff).
• Full body customization.
• Planetary Weather system.
• Snow/Wind/Rain/etc... FX.
• Improved Cloud Sim.
• Improved shaders to help reduce filesize/performance issues.
• Asteriod Belts.
• Planetary rings.
• Space mining.
• Lazorz (drills, weapons, etc...).
• Advanced Damage system (dismemberment, broken bones, etc...)
• Custom Factions(Corps)/Alliances/etc...
• Save/Load destroyed foliage.
• Foliage damage system.
• Advanced consume system.
• More space ships with full interiors/single seat fighters.
• Animations for entering/exiting vehicles.
• Land Vehicles.
• Interiors for land vehicles.
• Boats with interiors.
• Aircraft with interiors.
• Improved AI movement (finding cover, strafing, formations, etc...)
• AI command system.
• Custom abilities for each starting class/loadout.
• Ability customization system.
• Soft leveling system.
• Hard leveling system(If you guys want? Might kind ruin the immersion...)
• Dual Wielding.
• Blocking.
• AI triggers on damage, weapon firing, footsteps, etc...
• Scaling health and damage based on rounds for horde mode. (Hopefully out in the hotfix...)
• Improved collisions in the Quarantine map. (No more invisible walls catching bullets.)
• More scenario maps.
• Waiting until next for year UE5 and nanite. =']
• Telescopes? (Mayyybeee)
• Moar Cheet Codez.
• Campaign Easter Eggs (memes...SOOOOO MANY MEMES!!).