PATCH | June 29- 2021
Added 3 Playable Animals (Random)
New Natural Distaster: Lightning Strikes
New Mechanic: Trample damage for food bushes
New Mechanic: Grooming/Bathing
Corrected Giraffe def stats
Increased water loss while sprinting
Increased Giraffe mother visibility distance
Increased partly cloudy weather
Increased animal scent particle travel
Improved retreat logic
Improved visibility of compass
Improved Nearest forage area calculation
Improved Mother npc pace and speed
Improved Flee logic
Improved Flood logic
Improved all animals resting cycles
Improved Tornado logic, fade-in sound, slowed down movement
Improved flies and gnats sounds
Improved Croc/Hippo water aggression
Darkened flood water
Fixed healing Armour & HP error
Fixed mother heart emotes
Fixed Forage area marker displaying migrate
Fixed player trample not working on birds and bugs
Fixed bug and bird carcass logic
Fixed gap in map in southeast
Fixed carcass max size too big
Fixed double mother icon
Fixed Village hunter attack sound + Damage
Fixed Fennecs and Jackals falling through the map when dead
Opened South fence more for mother npc
Improved player base growth time
CLARIFICATIONS
-Documentary mode is temporarily available in the demo. It will be locked down in a followup update soon. Patreon supporters will continue to have access via a password, and will soon also be able to choose animals freely.
-If you encounter significant lag, go into your graphical settings, and turn down your shadows to low, then if needed turn down your view distance.
KNOWN ISSUES
-One of the added animals is spawning under the map(Will fix asap)
-Fatal error related to spawning under the map(Will fix asap)
-Built-in Photomode pics being saved to unknown location(Use Steam or Nvidia Ansel for now)
UPCOMING
Hunting Grounds for predators
Improved Overall Performance
Improved Map performance
Expanding Territory Mechanic
Ticks & Grooming
Canyon & Desert Outlands Regions
Mud & Quicksand Hazards
Rockslide Hazards
Photomode fix
Improved AI: predator logic, Herd logic, Human Activities
Improved foraging areas
Seasonal Foliage
Biome hud icons