Added/Changes: -Updated to UE 5.0.3 (fixes day and night audio issues) -Added SFX Flies for body decay -Added Drink/Eat button text -Added death sound effects -Cleaned up death and spawn transitions -Added cycling in-game tips panel -Added ability to carry offsprings/prey -Added ability to take meat from bodies -Removal of Aquatics and animals that don't exist in North America -Removed Progression Gamemode -Removed Primal Island -Added Fish AI -Added Fishing -Added Blood spatter to bites -Changed Grizzly bear sit animation -Created a new map - Elira -Added a option in game to enable or disable Lumen -Added a keybind for picking up things -Removed rabbit AI for now (All Carnivores can fish) -Made night time more horrifying -Added player count to players tab menu
Fixes: -Fixed stuck undermap bug -Fixed Elk stutter bug -Fixed day and night audio not working -Fixed footstep transitions not working correctly -Fixed health being stuck on screen after death -Fixed UI alignment problems -Fixed being able to call while dead -Fixed buggy and terrible looking underwater effects -Network optimizations -Performance optimizations
Upcoming: -Adding Eagle back in as playable -Adding Eagle Juvi skin -Adding a bear threat stance -Cleanup of Eagle movement code -Adding Dens
Planned to come in later: -Adding Eagle knock off ability -Dieting -Temperature -Skin customization
As I'm sure most of you encountered, the terrible issue with UE5 and it's Lumen, Well no longer will there be a dedicated branch to switch over to disable lumen you can now do that inside your settings, by default it is off, if your computer can handle the use of lumen then feel free to enable it in the settings panel and with this new update the store front is being updated too to match PNA and the new game direction
Montana was placed on hold until a new map can be redeveloped for it as the current one can't be converted to world partition and the size is a bit extreme. Some of the other features planned for PNA is on hold until part 1 of this update is polished off and stable and I receive more feedback on the current update. Elira is going to be the main development footprint for the entire update, so Dieting, Temperature, etc. will all be test ran and polished off inside that map before expanding to any other maps/options. PNA is not the only feature pack that will be developed, so Tigers, Leopards, Orcas, Lions etc. will have their own set of feature packs, servers can enable what pack they want to use in their server options. Sandbox can use any of the animals. This update is to pull back the animal count to properly redevelop everything and help be more stable and have a purpose, it's not realistic to have Tigers in a North American theme map. So as you can imagine there will be a Jungle, Ocean, Mixed, Safari etc. As for the Ocean area I mentioned that will actually be a artic setting with creatures like polar bear, walrus, penguins, orcas, sharks, sea lions etc. enjoy this first iteration and direction change there's a lot more to come
-opendix
Project North America
Hello everyone,
A complete direction change is in phase to aim the game towards a North American styled game. other creatures like the Tiger, Leopard etc. will have their own domain in the time to come, but for now this is the new direction of the game
For latest news on this new phase of development please join my discord
Patch 4.1.2
Small bug patch and performance work
Patch 4.1.1
Fixes
Invites stuck on screen Screen getting stuck black when spawning Hud stuck on screen after dying nametag & playerlist fixes Music turning back on when disabled, or suddenly getting loud
Added a new version of the game that disables lumen Right click the game -> Properties -> Betas -> drop down box and select "ArtemisheaNoLumen"
Small patch
Small audio bug patch
Version 4.1.0 Patch
▫️Fixed orca stuck floating on the surface of the water ▫️Fixed settings not saving ▫️Nametag patches ▫️Added the larger lakes to the sniff ▫️Added a sound for when AI spawns ▫️Adjusted AI spawn ▫️Fixed Weather sounds and flooding is now enabled
Whats next ▫️Animal movement refining (including eagle and orcas) ▫️Buggy falls ▫️Performance issues ▫️AI work & Fish ▫️Fishing system ▫️Combat work with better animal movement
Development Build Ready for testing
Hello,
You can now swap over to the Development branch and play the upcoming update, features for this update won't all be there, but you can still enjoy a newer and much better version of the game
To update: Right click the game in steam -> Properties -> Betas -> Click the drop down box and select "devbranch"
Servers will go live 12:00AM EST.
Major Game News
Hello!
So, to stat things off a lot of stuff is going to be changed, Eagles are on the way back in, and now we have new aquatic animals. Orca's and Great White Sharks.
Orca Preview
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As you saw in the video the interactive water is being developed too
This map has a tropical coastal section which has dozens of nesting spots for eagles and any other flying creatures that make their way into the game
Tropical coastal biome
Tropical Jungle/Marsh biome
Forest Biome
As you can see there is currently a new map being designed around these new animals, Eagles, Orcas and snakes. Inside the Jungle biome is where you can find most of the snakes, these snakes can poison a player and result in a slow death if they do not find a way to recover from the bite (Cliche, but you guessed it, it's plants)
Head tracking is currently being worked back into the game, along side that is Foot IK
Head Tracking
Foot IK Test Previews
If you have been following along in my Discord you will have seen the video previews of fishing for eagles, bears and cats
Eagle Fishing Preview/Test
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Leopard Fishing Preview/Test
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Eagle/Leopard fishing concepts
Currently I have Fish AI being worked on, Rabbit AI and Snake AI. New plants will be added to help remove the poison effects if you're bitten.
Poison Healing Plant
Eagles will also be able to nest
Eagles Nest
This map is designed to allow Aquatics to hunt players on land, So there is a stream that runs right through the center of the map that connects to the ocean on either end, named the "Orca Stream" if you want to get the to the other side of the map players will have to either cross this river or a stone bridge near the tropical coastline
I am still working and sorting out all bugs and issues the game still faces while adding a lot new things to the game, Diets will start to make its way into the game, so, animals like eagles will like a fish diet more than a meat diet, carnivores will like a herbivore diet more than carnivore on carnivore. Fishing animals like Bears and Cats will like meat and fish, but the fish helps with their diet and overall health, same for the Eagle.
There are plans to add Alligators which will have sun preference. So they will like to sit in the sun a lot, no diet requirements. And temperature requirements, so the nice hot and humid jungle/marsh area will make it the most comfortable.
Also the environment plans to get much more deadlier, if it's not players it's going to be poisonous plants and maybe weather.
As talked about before there will be Rabbit AI that spawns almost anywhere at any time for players to hunt, Eagles will be able to pick rabbits up and take them to their nesting site or wherever.
So that about wraps up for the plans, Alligator and diets will be coming later to the game, but for now what I've shown and talked about is on its way in soon, Have a great day!
Eagle Fishing (WIP) + Snake AI And Rabbit AI
Eagle is being worked on and a fish mechanic is in the works, a new sniff highlight will show fish location in water. Rabbit AI + Snake AI is also WIP too, snaked will threaten mostly young animals with its venom
Eagles may end up being able to snatch certain baby animals too
https://youtu.be/HLoa6XwQ-mc
Region1 Returns
Fixed some problems with drinking/eating timing and brought back the old Region1 Map
