Hey, space cowboys! The new update is finally here and we hope you will enjoy it. There are few very important features, a new quest and areas to explore and even a miniboss.
CRASH REPORTS
As you may know, we added a huge and useful tool in previous update—crash reporter. And we would like to thank everyone who sent their reports. We found and managed to fix numerous bugs with your help.
For those who missed the previous update, crash reporter allows you to send us the report with the information that will help us analyze and fix the crash. It shows up when the game has crashed. And it is up to you to choose whether you wish to send the report or which files go into it—you can easily delete the ones you don't want to send, just click on What does this report contain? to open a new window with error report details.
It also allows you to enter your email and/or a short description of your last actions before the crash—click Provide additional info about the problem (recommended). That’s very important because we might contact you to tell you that the crash is fixed or if we might need some additional info. Also, it is much easier to find your report among the others.
In this update we also added another useful thing to the feature. From now on, you can send us reports right from the game. Just press Alt+F1 combination to send it. Unfortunately, the window still says ExoplanetFC has stopped working which is not true, don’t be confused, we will improve the tool later.
A quest bug, a glitch or a bad looking texture—you can let us know in a few seconds. Also, keep in mind, that crash reporter making an in-game screenshot when you press Alt+F1 so you might want to be sure that the visual problem you’re referring to will be captured.
x64 BINARIES
As you may know, Exoplanet is developing on our own custom build engine called Sahara but it is still in development as well and could use a lot of improvements so far. And we would like to announce a really big one today.
From now on, Exoplanet has x64 executable. What does it mean? That means that the game finally can use more than 4Gb of your RAM which is really good due to the fact that optimization ain’t flawless yet. We really hope that you’ll find that Exoplanet runs smoother than usual and has more stable FPS numbers. Please, let us know about the game’s performance on your rig.
If you have any troubles with the client, please, do not hesitate to send us crash reports. We will do our best to fix everything as soon as possible. And, of course, we will do our best to improve optimization of the game.
2K / 4K & LOW RESOLUTION SUPPORT
Due to the really old UI which will be completely reworked from the scratch later, some players complained about small fonts on 2K / 4K displays which make it almost impossible to read.
We are glad to inform you that we managed to adjust our UI and it should feel much better now if you have resolution more than 1920x1080. Please, let us know if it works fine.
Also, we made few tweaks for 720p as well. I hope it will please the ones with old laptops and proud owners of 4:3 displays.
DAMAGE INDICATOR
Another important feature is damage indicator. Since Exoplanet has gunplay mechanics, we believe it is necessary for players to know where bullets come from. Probably, that's not final, so let us know what do you think.
CHANGELOG
WORLD
- new area: Abandoned Fort is now open for exploration
- new area: The Scarecrow's lair
- new area: Lemonade Wade's Stronghold
- improved design of the Outcast Camp
- added Pale's Platform to the Outcast Camp
- added five Pale's followers with new dialogues
- added Pale's Altar to the remote area at the edge of the map in preparation for future quest
- added more generic NPCs with new clothing styles and default dialogues to Outcast Camp
- a big rock blocking the road on the west from the Fort has been removed
- removed unnecessary boxes in Barnabas' room
- removed possibilities to get stuck when controlling a bitebug in Barnabas' room
- added more details to Scalphunters' cave entrance and Cutthroat pass arch
- improved roads throughout the location
VISUALS
- new bandits with unique appearance: Lemonade Wade and his cronies
- added new assets of human skeletons and remains
- old nanogrease barrels replaced with new ones redesigned from scratch
- new skin textures for Scalphunters
- crucases now can detect corpses to eat
QUESTS
- new bounty quest: The Scarecrow
- new miniboss: Lemonade Wade
AI
Various bandits' AI enhancements:
- bandits play turning animations now
- added recoil for guns
- bandits can play shotgun cocking animations
- bandits can point gun up/down if the target is above or below
- bandits use actual weapon's delay between shots
- fixed bandits losing their targets when crowded
- added patrolling bandits
- snipers now have higher range where they can see Jack and shoot him
ANIMATIONS
- pray animations for Pale's Followers
- animate shooting and turning NPCs with ranged weapons
- better striking animations for aboris and humans
AUDIO
- added ambient music for Scarecrow Lair
- added new sounds for force fields
- improved sound of security turret
UI
- UI adjusted to be readable in 4K as well as 720p
- added UI damage indicators
- allowed mapping of extra mouse buttons
- added different loading screen images
- random tips displays during loading screen
- fonts are more readable now
- added confirmation on loading / overwriting save game
- fixed journal buggy word wrapping
- improved tutorial messages
OTHER
- from now on, Exoplanet works fine with Unicode symbols if you have any on the path to game's folder
IMPORTANT
If there's no sound after game's loading, try to alt-tab to Windows and then go back to the game.
If you're stuck / hero doesn't move, F5 (quick save) and F9 (quick load) can help you in such matters.
If you have a weak PC or a laptop (especially the ones with Intel integrated graphics), we highly recommend to launch Exoplanet from its folder, not via Steam.
Keep in mind that integrated graphic cards are not supported despite the fact we do our best to make it possible. At the moment, there's a chance you can run the game but your performance probably won't be good enough to enjoy Exoplanet.
If you have BitDefender antivirus and can't launch the game, please, unblock Exoplanet's .exe.
If you have any other problem, please let us know via our Discord channel. You can also report about bugs on technical support forum, send us a mail to [email protected] with description of the problem and your PC specs or simply use our crash reporter to do that (Alt+F1).
You can find your .log file here: Documents\Alersteam\Exoplanet First Contact\system.log
As usual, we recommend to start a new game.
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