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Platypus Adventures 1.38

Platypus Adventures 1.38

Minor update focused on optimisation

Core upgrades

  • Engine upgraded to Unreal Editor 5.7.4

Optimisations

  • Optimised the various character animation blueprints to enable thread-safe animation

  • Various screen space based optimisations for characters

  • Enabled Update Rate Optimizations for characters, allowing frames to be skipped from animations for performance

  • Simplified animations for distant characters

  • Adjustments to grass LOD distances

  • Reduced global foliage amount

Adjustments

  • Adjusted character lighting at night

  • Adjustments to grass material

Gameplay

  • When health drops below 75HP, a prompt appears in the health bar instructing you to heal with the quick use button

  • Objectives no longer disappear after 1 minute, and will remain onscreen until completed

A special thanks to the Platypus Adventures Discord server for continuing to play and share the game, and for helping me to identify issues 🙏

Cheers!

- David