Hey Islanders,
Our stress test for Update #3 is now live. We'd like to start off by taking the opportunity to thank everyone for their continued patience and support as we toil away on the final stretch of Update #3.
While we understand that many of you are eager to dive headfirst into the stress test, we'd like to properly temper expectations by making it extremely clear from the get-go that the stress test is an important event to help us identify and eliminate any issues that may only arise within servers that are filled to their maximum capacity. Please be aware that during the test you are likely to encounter bugs, missing or not yet fully functional features, performance issues and limited server availability. We expect the stress test to last for one - two weeks. If you're looking for an optimal play-experience we recommend waiting for the full release of the upcoming update.
In order to participate in the stress test you'll need to swap your Steam beta branch:
Right click The Isle in your Steam library > left click Properties > Betas > in the dropdown menu select "Quality Assurance Branch" and your game will now automatically update to the latest available version.
If the Quality Assurance branch is not visible in your dropdown menu, simply restart Steam.
You can identify Official Stress Test servers by the names listed below:
Official Evrima Stress Test - EU
Official Evrima Stress Test - NA
NOTE: THE AMOUNT OF PLAYABLE SERVERS WILL BE LIMITED AND SCALED AS WE DEEM NECESSARY DURING THE STRESS TEST.
Known issues:
- Grouping temporarily disabled
- Spawning atop new map scenes
- Schooling Fish can be overly difficult to catch
- Some caves have been blocked off until they have been completed
Below you'll find a short description of the abilities that accompany the two new playables. The full changelog will not be available until the release of Update #3.
The Deinosuchus.
- Spacebar in water - Swim upwards.
- Ctrl in water - Swim downwards.
- Hold RMB when waterwalking (walking on the bed of water sources) - Big lunge. Used to grab targets to drown them. Only effective on targets half your weight or less, otherwise causes you to be staggered.
- Hold RMB on land - Small lunge. As above, but doesn't launch as far and costs more stamina.
- Tap RMB when swimming - Water boost. Used to rapidly launch yourself to your fastest swimming speed.
- Passive - Water Sense. Used for detecting nearby movement in water.
- Hold Q while underwater - Enhanced Water Sense. Used to detect movement in water at a further range. The longer the key is held, the further you can sense. In order to use regular scent you must be above the surface of water.
- The Deinosuchus cannot eat food while underwater. The Deinosuchus must rise to the surface of water or be on land in order to do so.
The Pteranodon.
- Hold Spacebar while stationary - Stationary take off. Used to launch yourself into the air to fly.
- Hold Spacebar while sprinting - Running take off. Costs less stamina than the stationary take off but takes longer to get into the air.
- Hold Spacebar while flying - Fly upwards.
- Hold Ctrl while flying - Fly downwards.
- Hold Shift while flying - Fly faster at an increased stamina cost.
- Hold Z while flying - Air break. Used to slow yourself down in order to land safely.
- Hold RMB while flying close to a water source - Skim the water. Perform this action above ripples in water sources to catch fish. Release RMB when prompted to catch a schooling fish.
- The Pteranodon cannot swallow food while flying.