Jaws of Extinction – Public Alpha v0.2.8.5a
Player
- Tentative fix regarding temperature issues (please see message below patch notes for further details).
- Fixed issue where the campfire was not being set as a heat source modifier.
- Braziers now act as a heat source.
- Fixed issue not being able to harvest one type of pine tree.
NPCs
- First implementation of AI-controlled safezone survivors. Head over to the Hanouten safe zone to see them in action.
- Added ten new survivors to Hanoten safezone, each with their own unique appearance. Characters vary in size and shape, including children and elderly people. Each character has their own job and schedule in the safezone.
- At lunch and dinner time, survivors will go take a break at the safezone ‘eatery’.
- At the end of a long day, survivors will gather around the campfire or eatery before eventually heading to bed in the house.
- Survivors can sit, stand about or grab a coffee from a coffee machine in the ‘eatery’.
- Survivors can loiter around the paddock in the safezone or take a seat outside the house.
- Survivors can clean the house and barn by sweeping the floor or cleaning the windows.
- Survivors can cut up wood outside the barn.
- Survivors can tend to the farm outside the house by picking plants or raking the ground.
- Survivors may also pick crops from field area around the back of the house.
- Survivors each have their own ST-RV watch.
- Wanderers will no longer chase players in to the safe zone. This functionality will be updated further when guards are introduced.
- Children are scheduled to go to bed earlier than adults.
- Survivors will look at you as you get close to them.
- Implemented facial expressions for blinking when awake.
- Various general error fixes for AI.
Building
- Fixed issue causing building parts to not be saved.
- Added visual effect when destroying building parts.
Game
- Upgraded project engine up to Unreal Engine 4.22. Includes various performance improvements.
- Fixed an issue where the main menu would not work correctly when exiting the game back to the main menu.
- Added new UI visual effect to the main menu.
- Fixed issue with VSync setting being reversed.
- Fixed issue with VSync UI button text being overlapping itself.
- Added new experimental mode in graphic settings.
- Added experimental shadow control for "Dynamic Shadow Distance Cascades".
- Added new game loading screens.
- Added new world loading screen.
Environment
- Added new Main Menu scene.
- Added additional lighting around Hanouten Safe Zone.
- Fixed hole in ground near fence in Hanouten Safe Zone.
- Added new Eatery area to Hanouten Safe Zone.
- Added interior for engineering building in Hanouten Safezone.
- Added interiour to manor house garage storage in Hanouten Safezone.
- Added wheat and corn farming area behind manor house in Hanouten Safezone.
- Added two decorated bedrooms to manor house in Hanouten Safezone.
- Added brooke & water source to Hanouten Safezone.
- Added interior to horse barn in Hanouten Safezone.
- Added woodwork zone outside horse barn in Hanouten Safezone.
- Added hidden third entrance into Hanouten Safezone.
- Implemented additional LODs added to manor house in Hanouten Safezone.
Performance
- Improved performance relating to Wanderer AI navigation.
- Improved optimisation on programmatically generated house roofing.
- Improved optimisation of NPC-owned campfire lighting.
Audio
- Added new safezone ambient music titled “Official Jaws of Extinction - Call It Home” (YouTube/Twitch safe).
- Added new score to main menu "Official Jaws of Extinction - Welcome to Eden-Nadir" (YouTube/Twitch safe).
- Fixed footstep sounds sometimes sounding like they are behind you.
- Updated clothing foley sound effects.
- Added new wading through water sound when walking in deep water.
- Added sound effects on jump and landing.
- Updated grass sound effects with random twig snapping.
- Updated forest floor sound effects with random twig snapping.
- Footstep volume can now be adjusted by the effects audio slider in the options.
- Reduced overly loud audio on NPC campfires.
- Reduced audio attenuation on burning braziers.
- Added underwater sound mixing that will muffle all other sounds when submerged.
**Temperature issues:** We have implemented various tentative fixes relating to issues causing the player’s temperature to become uncontrollable. However, we have since identified further factors likely to be at the core of the issue. We are going to be focusing on getting the remaining temperature issues fixed from Monday. Please expect a hotfix from the start of next week once we resolve any further issues.
Our pre-ordering service can give you alpha access here:
http://www.jawsofextinction.com/preorder
Or via the Steam page:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/617850/Jaws_Of_Extinction/
THINGS TO REMEMBER BEFORE PURCHASING JOE
We are aware that the game is currently very demanding on performance and bugs can cause problems during gameplay. JoE is in constant development by two developers and a single 3D artists. We are keen to resolve issues as promptly as possible, although please understand that they are to be expected as the game continues into development.Please make sure to read the following statement from our Steam store page before considering your purchase, as always your support is appreciated.
BEFORE YOU PURCHASE: AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM THE DEV TEAM
In the spirit of our ethos of transparency and integrity we want you to know that our game is at ALPHA stage in EARLY ACCESS and will therefore contain many bugs and have performance issues on low to mid-end machines. We’re really proud of how it plays so far (it’s a lot of fun!) but if your rig DOES NOT meet the RECOMMENDED spec then the game may not perform well and as much as we appreciate your support we would suggest that you wait until later in development before you invest your money. We don’t want you buying something that’s going to disappoint you.
Please also be aware that multiplayer is not yet implemented. This is under development and planned for Q4 2019.
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