-improved soil fertilizer model
-trees are now smaller and more varied in size
-improved inventory "tablet" 3d model
-added small details to the inventory UI
-improved structure placing process
-new weather monitor 3d model
-improved ice drill 3d model
-you can now interact with the ice drill and use it up to 3 times per day
-optimized particle system
-increased solar panel hardware cost
alpha v.5a changelog
-Hardware welding process is faster
-Hardware welding process animation
-Player 2 can now interact with the welder.
-You can now destroy any safe house and recycle some of the material used.
-New help menu
-You can now change between different camera distances when using the kayak
-Sun daylight is now shorter
-new sunset color palette
-new camera trap location icon
-added abandoned greenhouses with seeds
-added abandoned containers with wood
-small changes and improvements to the map
-Base building-
You can now reposition some structures/items.
New structures:
New safe house
Water tank
Antenna (allows you to use your map)
Soil fertilizer (allows you to plant trees)
Improved solar panels model
-Sled and kayak-
-kayak and sled improved compass system
-increased kayak speed, changed main color and proportions
-Sled dogs menu and eating/drinking states improved
-dogs with low health will not be able to pull the sled.
-Storms-
-storms now last a whole day and you can play through them.
-you now collect more data from weather monitors during storms.
-radically improved storms particle system.
-Getting ready for a storms now requires energy instead of wood.
-Planting-
Planting trees or plants now requires a nearby “Soil fertilizer”
New pines you can place in your base
Pine: drops pine seeds that allow you to keep expanding your garden
Med pine: gives medicinal leaves
Nest pine: drops bird eggs daily
Rest pine: restores the dogs’ energy when they are nearby
-Fishing-
Fishing now requires bait, you can get bait by creating a grass patch and collecting worms.
-Tools-
Binoculars now hide the crosshair when being used
Improved compass model and interface
-Data-
New data spots icons
New data spots animation
-Base camp -
You can now withdraw wood from the basecamp whenever you want
New npcs UI
Fixes:
Fixed anti-aliasing bug that forced you to have anti-aliasing ON
fixed "irregular terrain" constantly when placing most structures
fixed bow aiming or binoculars zooming in when placing stuff from the build menu.
Fixed inventory lagging for a sec when turned on
fixed fisher npc checking arrows instead of meat supplies when you send them on a fishing trip.
fixed hardware welder stuck rotation bug
fixed weird shadown on kayak when fishing
fixed waypoint placing system
fixed crosshair showing when using binoculars
fixed crosshair showing when placing objects q
coop fixes
fixed missing P2 sled
fixed game lagging after a long coop session
fixed P2 resources and building UI
fixed map not working for player 2
Alpha v.5
Alpha v.5 is finally out after working in silence for over 3 months.
Below you will find a very small part of the change log, I’ll make an elaborate post about all the changes and new game play mechanics tomorrow.
Fixes:
Fixed anti-aliasing bug that forced you to have anti-aliasing ON
fixed "irregular terrain" constantly when placing most structures
fixed bow aiming or binoculars zooming in when placing stuff from the build menu.
Fixed inventory lagging for a sec when turned on
fixed fisher nap checking arrows instead of meat supplies when you send them on a fishing trip.
fixed hardware welder stuck rotation bug
fixed weird shadow on kayak when fishing
fixed waypoint placing system
fixed crosshair showing when using binoculars
fixed crosshair showing when placing objects q
coop fixes
fixed missing P2 sled
fixed game lagging after a long coop session
fixed P2 resources and building UI
fixed map not working for player 2
