NIGHTLY UPDATE | January 21
NEW MECHANICS
- New Mechanic: Bleed from injury (WIP)...Bleed damage, Bleed icon,
- New Mechanic: Enemy icon shows when player is targeted
- New Mechanic: Reintroduced combat music
- Added Bleed icon to status bar
- Added Build version with numbered format to player hud
- Added ability for Leaders to vocalize commands
- Added Orphan status for offspring without parents
- Added Territory size in meters to territory & Home icon
- Added Eggs to some animals nesting ability
- Added more variety to levels and stats
ADJUSTMENTS
- Combat music now supercedes Exploration/Roaming music
- Improved TGC logo in hud
- Improved optimization of WAnimal Communication Airway
- Improved Ai Huds
- Improved distribution algorithm for birthplaces
- Improved Hyena walk/run animations
FIXES
- Fixed combat music not playing for fights
- Fixed regional cinematic not showing region name
- Fixed bug causing herds to form too quickly and too large
- Fixed Zebras,Rhinos, wildebeest not creating herds
- Fixed animal communication icons not following animals
- Fixed exposure adjustments snapping instead of fading
- Fixed animals moving before they finish getting up
- Fixed animals skipping nuzzle ritual when choosing new leader
- Fixed elephant tusks glitching player camera
- Fixed a mistake causing adults and babies to trade sizes
- Fixed broken player attack collision
- Fixed Guineafowl & Crow alert calls not working
- Fixed ostrich not able to eat green foods
- Incremental performance improvements
- Reset build version to Jan 12.2023
NEW DEVELOPMENTS
- Began work on learning system. This system will be used to gain abilities.
- Began work on Co-op gameplay
CLARIFICATIONS
KNOWN ISSUES & OFFICIAL GUIDANCE
- This update has caused a few bugs to reemerge: hud&music start too early, parent moving while asleep, parent forgets previous objective while reuniting with baby that strays too far. (Fixing these right now)
- Walking into deep water may cause a fatal error. You can drink but avoid deep water until the new swimming system is implemented
- Some animals are awaiting adjustments to get their walk animations back in sync with their speed
- Survival Mode(early access) normally accessible via password to patreons and discord server subscribers, is temporarily using the demo map.
- Built-in Photomode: If pics are not in your default photos folder, check... %localappdata%\LocalThe_Great_Circle_C2\Saved\Screenshots\WindowsNoEditor (or use Steam or Nvidia Ansel for now)
UPCOMING DEVELOPMENT (*near future)
- Combat, Hunting, Rival Fights, Playing babies, Hunting Ambushes
- Co-op survival mode
- Cheetah
- Water creatures, Swimming Overhaul
- Improvements to player Hud (+Performance)
- Follow social media (Youtube, Twitch, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tiktok, Discord)
- Buy a subscription on TGC's Official Discord
- Buy a patreon subscription
- Donate directly via paypal