Hello fellow submerged sailors!
The day is here! Update 0.25 is now live on a new public beta branch (detailed instructions on how to access the beta branch can be found below). This update includes the new water, an improved sky and a new character controller.
We know this update has been a long time coming, it is the result of a ton of work over a long period of time.
We have long known that several key pieces of our technology required a rework, our hope is that the extended development time for these will make progress faster in the future, as well as making our systems more extendable and easier to work with.
We want to thank all members of our community for supporting us during this period - your feedback, your suggestions, and test participation has been invaluable to us and for the overall quality of Wolfpack.
Sincerely,
The Wolfpack Team
Highlights
New water
The update features the new, long-awaited water asset - you will now have to take sea state into account when preparing for your convoy attacks!
The skybox has been completely revamped, it now features physically correct particle scattering.
Improved character controller
The character controller has been reworked and improved, details such as wind in clothes and swaying has been added.
The refactor should also massively alleviate future work on the character controller.
Improved lighting and rendering
The game now uses a more accurate colour space, which improves the lighting and material fidelity.
Why opt-in beta?
We thought that giving you access as soon as possible would be a good idea, and hence some promised features are still missing.
They will be added in smaller patches in the following weeks.
There are also some minor bugs that still need fixing, which will be remediated as soon as possible.
What now?
Discord Q&A on Tuesday 10/8, 17.00 GMT.
Have any questions, feedback or suggestions on update 0.25, or Wolfpack in general? Let us know! We will be on Discord to answer all your questions.
You can join the Wolfpack Discord here.
Additional 0.25 features
Oscar will be taking a well-earned vacation, so for the next two weeks there will be no new patches.
Following that we will rapidly release smaller updates improving the upon features of this update and adding missing ones. These include:
- Foam and wake simulation.
- More weather types.
- More torpedo types.
- Torpedo failures.
Update 0.26, 'the Interior'
We will release Update 0.26 with the following highlighted features:
- The complete interior of the type VII u-boat, alive and animated.
- Rework of the conning tower to match the new interior.
Accessing the public beta branch
Step 1:
Right-click Wolfpack in your Steam library.
Step 2:
Select “Properties” in the drop-down menu.
Step 3:
Select “Betas” in the menu on the left.
Step 4:
Select “beta” in the opt-in drop-down menu.
Steam should now prompt you to update Wolfpack to download the new version, if you wish to revert to another branch, you can use the same instructions.