A new patch for Astride is now available. Here are the new features and changes/fixes that have been made. More patches and updates will come soon.
You may have to restart your Steam client if the update is not immediately available.
Patch highlights
Added content & features
- The main menu and the Horse Creator UI has been overhauled
- “Delete save data” and “Delete horse data” are added to the main menu
- Added options to change mane and forelock in the Horse Creator
- The Norwegian Fjord horse and Icelandic horse have been implemented
- Players can now switch between different horse breeds and change their height and face shape in the Horse Creator
- Pangare, splashed white, and silver have been implemented
- Added in the “Hair and coat color” tab in the Horse Creator, “Show gene options” that will let the player further customize the different gene outputs
- When hovering the ⍰ next to any text in the Horse Creator, helpful information will be displayed
- Added age and gender options in the Horse Creator
- A randomizer button in the Horse Creator has been implemented in the shape of dice
- Option to reset the horse in the Horse Creator by pressing “Reset”
- Added different camera views as an option in the Horse Creator
- Option to hide UI and change background in Horse Creator
- The horse’s selected age will now affect how some genes display on the horse, such as grey
- Lead changes has been implemented and can be triggered by pressing Q while the horse is moving straight forward in canter
- Stirrups have been added
- Added more colors to saddle pads
- A stable has been added to the map
- A limited version of multiplayer save has been added, details of what is loaded and saved can be found in the multiplayer menu
- A respawn button has been added to the in-game pause menu
Fixes & adjustments
- The horse no longer stutters when the jump animation is played
- The cream gene has been placed together with the other genes, check both checkboxes next to the gene name to get a double dilute
- Swapped the light green saddle pad for a white one
- The reins are now shorter and less jiggly
- Reins now have the same color as the bridle
- The jump indicator arrows above the jumps are now back to white and has a bigger difference in size and transparency from the first jump to the next jump in the order
- Hotkey to hide UI has been moved to F5
- The horse no longer collides/walks on top of the dressage rails
Known issues
- Animation issue when jumping while the horse is on the left lead
- The reins sometimes clip through the neck and both reins end up at the same side of the neck
- There are some clipping/skinning issues with tack
- The pangare texture has seams going through the chest, belly, and legs