This update includes several significant improvements to the game as well as some new features. One new feature is the addition of a new hidden item type that makes use of picklock gameplay as well as doors you need to picklock in your quest for hidden items.
Among the improvements, we now track both first person and 'game mode' mouse movement more globally in the game, plus have a default preference option. Going forwards 'game mode' will be enabled by default, but can be easily changed under Camera options, under Game in Options menu.
A second really important improvement is that we've overhauled the tracking of stats and achievements so they should be firing instantaneously when you collect an item while less important stats, such as distance, will update every 2 minutes. These can also be checked in the updated statistics menu in game too.
Other improvements include an overhaul of the 'Rewind' function for vehicles and characters, for aiding when getting stuck. This feature now only tracks the 3 seconds of rewind ability vs velocity, so being stuck in one place, motionless, means you will have a virtually infinite window to press the rewind button (F4 by default).
Additionally, we've done significant performance optimizations which reduced the game's installation size by over 2 gigabytes. This will have a positive effect on memory usage and loading times.
Below are some pictures of some area changes we've made, there are lots of other additions in this update.
Huna on Kiokio
North Wapu on Naupata
Toka on Naupata
North Arohata on Naupata
Patch Notes:
Customization
Added improvements to the default preset for the Barracuda boat, the initial configuration looks better as seen by new players.
Environment
Added improvements to several areas on both Kiokio and Naupata. Notable areas with significant improvements are Kutekute, Huna, Wapu and Arohata. Various other areas have minor additions.
Added improvements to collisions of rope bridges, horses should traverse them now without issue.
Added various additional fish and turtles near Wapu.
General
Added camera option to options menu to set whether ‘game mode’ is enabled by default when you first play the game. Going forwards it will be enabled by default, the hotkey remains to allow you to toggle ingame too.
Added camera option to options menu so you can set whether the game will start up in first person by default, by default this is disabled.
Added improved handling of achievements and stats. Achievements such as items and areas should appear now within seconds of obtaining, with stats being updated every 2 minutes generally. There are also on-screen notifications when finding areas now.
Added improved handling of item drops, now all inventory items are automatically stacked, so you can easily tell if you have a duplicate.
Added various improvements to the loading screen.
Added improvements to cave entrance volumes, with fixes to some areas that weren’t correctly identifying the area the cave was located in.
Added improvements to rewind functionality. The 3 seconds of rewind is only counted against a moving character or vehicle.
Added various improvements and additional stats to statistics menu.
Added various performance optimizations, reducing installation and potential memory usage by around 2.3 GB.
Added interactable locks with lockpicking.
Added new hidden item type, a locked box which can be picklocked to receive a one-time item drop.
Added new drop type that will occur in both singleplayer and multiplayer, which will grant lockpicks.
Fixed an issue with rewind function showing a speed trap widget on screen.
Fixed various stats not tracking on statistics menu.
New-player experience Improvements
Added ‘game-mode’ camera option to be enabled by default. This can be changed by going to options > game > camera and changing an option here.
Update 0.10.19.1
For this update we are running an event for thanksgiving weekend, a turkey hunt! Whakatupu area on the island of Atahua has 40 hidden turkey items to locate, unlocking rewards as you progress as outlined in image below. There is also a brand new water cave location which can be driven through with boats. Additionally until Monday we have upped the item drop cap from 5 to a max of 10 per day.
Patch Notes:
Customization
Added color presets to the Barracuda hull.
Fixed an issue with victor roll bars not applying color correctly.
Environment
Added significant area expansion to Whakatupu.
Added new water cave area.
Added improvements to scene color depth of underwater areas, this should allow more colorful coral and other areas.
Added improvements to how water reflections are handled in a cave when using a basic scene capture, this prevents overly shiny or out of place water in caves.
Added improvements to caustics decal depth, so doesn’t appear in deep caves or inside most shipwrecks. Mostly confined to shallows.
Added new grass which should both be improved in look but also offer much greater performance.
Added various homes, clubs and camps to Atahua island.
Added various vehicle respawn locations to Atahua Island.
General
Added 40 hidden turkey items to Whakatupu area.
Added new Smash Gates, Smash Signs and Hidden items across Atahua island.
Added new achievements for hidden and smashable items.
Added unlockable ingame titles for hidden items.
Added improvements to pet unlock handling for future update pet additions.
Item Store
Added thanksgiving character pattern pack
Update 0.10.18.0
This update continues to add more performance improvements and tidy ups from our recent major update earlier in the week. In this update we've done some improvements to ambient cave lighting and introduced around 60 more buggy parts to earn through item drops, some of which are shown below.
Patch Notes:
Customization
Added a simple pattern to the scorpion buggy.
Environment
Added improvements to ambient cave lighting.
Fixed some walls inside out on Naupata.
Fixed some climbing holds inside rocks at Arohata.
Fixed overgrown stream near Tonga Hawi.
General
Added performance optimizations to various vehicle textures and models.
Added performance optimizations to some character textures.
Added around 60+ more item drops to the game relating to the buggy engine.
Fixed back button not working in statistics menu.
Item Store
Added Race Kit for the Scorpion Buggy.
Update 0.10.17.0
This update is primary performance optimizations and fixes to our recent major update. In this build we've found around 2GB of memory savings, which will effect both install size and loading times. We've also added an additional pattern for the recently added Scorpion Buggy.
Customization
Added a simple pattern to the scorpion buggy.
Environment
Added performance optimizations to memory usage of Rohai area, by reducing size of some low importance textures.
Added performance optimizations to both memory usage and general hitches of Kura area through reducing size of some low importance textures and up some outstanding blueprints and unused asset references. There are also optimizations to low importance collisions.
Added performance optimizations to a cave bunker in pekanga to reduce hitches.
Added texture memory optimizations to Hianga area.
Fixed some performance spikes around Mataara as a result of collisions on Coral Rocks and other underwater foliage.
General
Added some improvements to statistic menu so long numbers have grouping.
Fixed unable to select statistics menu with gamepad.
Item Store
Added flame pattern for Scorpion.
Update 0.10.16.0
This update introduces a new area, a ship graveyard, plus a significant expansion to the existing Kapohau area. We've also included several fixes to various reported issues over the last few days.
We've also introduced a statistics menu that is still a little work in progress, but it should make keeping track of progress towards some achievements easier. This will be refined over the coming week.
Another addition is usable flashlights, which by default can be enabled using the tab key. Refinements to this after feedback, including controls for gamepad and other devices will be added in the coming days.
On the item store we've added a new Buggy (which users who owned the game before free-to-play will get for free). This sandrailer will recieve several paint job options (both paid and free) throughout this week.
Patch Notes:
Environment
Added expansion to Kapohau area, mountain top windmill location. This includes additional roads and hidden item spots.
Added new area to the bay area near Mataara, this is a shipwreck graveyard which can all be explored, some easier than others.
Fixed an item placement at Matapari.
Fixed an item placement on north kiokio.
Fixed crystal gems color in a cave in Matapari.
Fixed climbing holds at Rawhiti.
Fixed river audio volumes placement on Naupata.
Fixed an issue with area volumes in Kopia.
Fixed some terrain painting at Village.
Fixed some foliage placement at Rawhiti.
Fixed clothing placement on a washing line in kapohau
Fixed some grass placement in kapohau
Fixed a wooden platform with no collision in Naupata.
Fixed a rock near Pekanga.
Fixed club audio claim not present at Papa Taunga.
General
Added Vista Points to Matira and Paka areas.
Added hidden items and vista points to Kapohau area.
Added several new achievements.
Added new Scorpion Buggy, this is a premium vehicle. Users who owned the game before free-to-play will be granted it automatically. More paint job options (both free and paid will be added in coming days).
Added usable flashlight which can be activated by using tab key by default.
Fixed an issue with Nomad achivement.
Fixed Matapari and Taheke achievement tracking. Some items have moved to different areas to avoid confusion with a cave area name.
Fixed duplicate water vehicles in character editor list.
Fixed duplicate horns and steering wheels in water vehicle customization.
Fixed an issue with torches not being breakable when respawned.
Item Store
Added several new hood ornaments.
Added Scorpion Buggy.
Update 0.10.15.1
This update includes fixes to various reported issues from the past day. Primarily we've fixed some issues found when switching gender in the character editor, and fixed some things at Katara relating to a hidden item. There are also fixes to some issues relating to tire unlocks and an item drop the wrong material.
Patch Notes:
Customization
Fixed some minor texturing issues with the frame of the Beach Shack home.
Fixed an issue with Male leather pants.
Fixed an issue when switching gender the outfit names were not updated.
Fixed an issue when switching gender the skin color icon was not updated.
Environment
Fixed an issue with a hidden item at Katara.
Fixed palm tree obstructing climbing holds at Katara.
General
Fixed an issue where joining a server sometimes wouldn’t produce the spawn menu.
Fixed an issue relating to Crabby achievement that wouldn’t register.
Fixed an issue with unlocks on some tires.
Fixed an issue with incorrect material on a buggy engine part.
Update 0.10.14.0
This update is primary a bunch of fixes to various reported issues. We've also updated the Junk Yard in Matira with more detail and hidden items to discover.
Patch Notes:
Customization
Fixed an issue relating to a left-over point light from using pet menu.
Environment
Added some additional rocks along beach at mataara.
Added improvements to the junk yard near Matira.
Added torches to katara area.
Fixed some performance spikes near Whakatupu.
Fixed an issue with gas station building near dock at Papa Taunga.
Fixed some chairs not sittable at Papa Taunga.
Fixed various unsmooth portions of road.
General
Added new hidden items to matira.
Added new super jump and various crash gates to matira.
Added several new achievements relating to new hidden items.
Fixed an issue with the range it takes to interact and mount a horse.
Fixed an issue where spawn menu sometimes wouldn’t show when joining a server. Added a timeout function so will always show.
Fixed an issue relating to prop destruction not triggering.
Fixed an issue relating to sea horse achievement not triggering.
Fixed various other background stat tracking issues.
Update 0.10.13.0
This update introduces some improvements to homes such as addition of ability to spawn at your home, permissions to restrict access and some additional beach shack color variants to choose from.
We've also added some Fireworks near Mataara for a limited time for Fifth of November.
Patch Notes:
Customization
Added Pink, Purple and Yellow variants for the Beach Shack.
Environment
Added lighting to all homes that automatically comes on at nighttime.
Added fireworks in the bay near Mataara, visible from Tori, Katara, Rawhiti, Whare Whiti, Tiata, Mowhiti and many other locations. These will remain present for a short time for the fifth of November commemorations.
Added additional camp to Mataara and removed one that wasn’t situated well.
General
Added spawn to respawn menu that allows players to spawn at their homes.
Added permissions to homes that allows players to deny entry to people not on their friends list entry to the home itself.
Added permissions to vehicles that allows players to restrict access to only people on their friends list.
Added patio firepit to San Francisco Homes.
Update 0.10.12.0
This update is fixes to various issues reported and some background changes to customization systems.
Patch Notes:
Customization
Added polka and stripe pattern for all home types (internal walls).
Fixed an issue with how the female jumper sits on the character.
Fixed an issue with camera rotation buttons in character editor.
Environment
Fixed a collision issue in church area.
Fixed heat distortion issue with some candle particles.
Item Store
Added wallpaper patterns for homes to item store.
Update 0.10.11.0
This update adds a few more improvements to character customization menu, with on-screen buttons to focus, and rotate camera. There are also a few fixes to various reported issues.
Patch Notes:
Customization
Added on-screen buttons to allow to move camera left and right and zoom in / out in character editor. Will roll this out to other editors in the future.
Added changes so camera in character editor is always in focused mode by default.
Added additional camera options to character editor so you can either focus on face or zoom to whole body.
Added few changes to default male outfit selection, players will now spawn for the first time with a colored hoody rather than the long-tshirt option.
Added few tweaks to default morph targets applied onto characters by lowering the age slider by default.
Fixed ‘breast size’ option (that didn’t do anything) showing up for male characters.
Fixed an issue relating to moving with ws keys in character editor.
Environment
Added additional horse spawn to Kura near front of the school building.
Fixed some decals not showing up in catacombs area.
Fixed claim node on camps a little low to the ground.
General
Fixed an issue relating to the orientation of some orange hidden items.
For this update we are running an event for thanksgiving weekend, a turkey hunt! Whakatupu area on the island of Atahua has 40 hidden turkey items to locate, unlocking rewards as you progress as outlined in image below. There is also a brand new water cave location which can be driven through with boats. Additionally until Monday we have upped the item drop cap from 5 to a max of 10 per day.
This update adds a few more improvements to character customization menu, with on-screen buttons to focus, and rotate camera. There are also a few fixes to various reported issues.