New Mission - FLATLINE: RESEARCH

Item Alteration System

Data Decentralization Update

Feature Upvote

Changelog v1.2.8.98950

Additions, Fixes & Changes

• Adding Prospect Images for FLATLINE: Research, Setting corrected Locked State on the Talent Tree, Updating Mission Rewards to bring them more in line with the effort required for the mission
  
• Updating Various Talents so they work with the new alterations system, Spear Maximum Health Alterations Now Stack, Pickaxes now have increased durability on talent upgrades, and fixed knife felling damage awarding a virtual stat and not a base stat
  
• The number of Digested Enzymes that Drop when an Animal is skinned is Scaled by the number of Players Connected. A Maximum amount of time that can be added until the biological containment fails, this is based on selected difficulty. The amount of time provided by the Digested Enzymes is now displayed on the UI and a Maximum Limit is also displayed in the UI.
  
• Increasing Catalytic Gas Size, Increasing Time gained from Digested Enzymes in all difficulties
  
• Modified when the Catalytic Gas appears and added the Poison Modifier if players enter the gas during the FLATLINE mission
  
• Reducing the number of Digested Enzymes that are gained from skinning
  
• Adjusted the Catalytic Gas particle emitter so its clearer to the player that there is something dangerous
  
• Made Small adjustments to FLATLINE mission objective text to reflect changes
  
• Custom items no longer display a 'Star' but instead have a nice golden glow behind the item
  
• Updating Bloodclaws Spawn Location During FLATLINE: Research so the creature spawns on the Navmesh without issues
  
• Updating Quest Steps and reshuffled for FLATLINE: Research so the objectives are clearer
  
• Adding Custom UI for the Biological Containment World Interactable
  
• Buffing Bloodclaw the Unique Scorpion so it has far greater projectile resistance, melee will be the way to take him down
  
• Adding Various Tags for The FLATLINE mission items and creating new inventory setups for the Biological Contaiment Interactables
  
• Adding ability one a Biological Containment World Interactable to release Enzyme Gas which will casue poision damage to players within the vicinity
  
• Updating Stabilisation step of FLATLINE mission so the time gained, changes based on player selected difficulty
  
• Adding Item Attachments System Prototype. Adding a two new Benches Alteration Bench and Attachments Bench. The Attachments Bench can be used to craft attachements for items, the Alteration Bench can be used to place Attachements onto items. Adding protoype item attachment 'Sharp Blade' and a new Alteration 'Melee_Damage_1'. Adding new gameplay tags for Item Attachments. Updating Various Stat Retrival functions to allow accessing the item container system and therefore item attachements so they can be displayed on the UI and added to the items stat container for stat calulation during gameplay.
  
• Adding Dropship Spawns & Quest markers to FLATLINE: Research so the mission can be played on STYX
  
• Updating FLATLINE: Research so the Timelimit & Time Gained from Quest Objectives to be based on player selected difficulty
  
• Creature Bosses in FLATLINE: Research scale based on selected difficulty
  
• Adding new Unique Creature Boss for FLATLINE: Research
  
• Fixes for FLATLINE: Research, Removed Slow stat from smaller Armored Scorpions, Increased Timers by 5 minutes to all difficulty levels, Digested Catalysts now provide the correct time increases, projectile resistance has been reduced slightly on all amored scorpions, the number of smaller armoured scorpions now properly scales per players base of 3, for each player add 2 to a hard limit of 10
  
• Increasing the Armored Scorpions Projectile Resistance Dramatically
  
• Added Smaller Armored Scorpions which appear alongside Bloodclaw, adding new enteries into the AI setups for the armored scorpions
  
• Enabled the in-game tooltip for Enzyme Geysers.
  
• Added recipes to the Cooking Station to allow butchering of higher quality meats, allowing conversion of other meats into raw meat.
  
• Rebalanced Biofuel Composter recipes for cooked and raw meats. [Feature Upvote]
  
• Deep Ore Veins now spawn on Outposts in the same way they do on Prospects [Feature Upvote]
  
• Added a popup notification to the Titlescreen if the player's GPU is using a driver version earlier than our recommended driver version
  
• Driver out of date notification now only shows for NVIDIA and AMD cards which are at or above our minimum requirements
  
• Changed area marker for Abyssal Oxite Deep Vein to a single icon on ABYSS: Research. Updated descriptions to better guide the player of the mission requirements.
  
• Fixed an issue causing the Olympus E6 meta deposit from spawning.
  
• Changed Berry Jam and Glass Jars (filled with water) to allow them to be consumed from the hotbar. [Feature Upvote]
  
• Removing the Item Name Prefix for Alterations as it does not work with the current system, Renaming Display Prefix to Display Name, Removing ability to build item names via Alterations
  
• Update to tree cover audio - handle scenario where a tree has been partially felled, which was incorrectly applying tree cover parameters even if it was just a small trunk remaining.
  
• Fixed issue where the Electric Furnace wouldn’t connect to the power network [Feature Upvote]
  
• Fixed crash in editor where GFur was trying to access a pointer that hadn't been initialised yet
  
• Fixed Ramp Up Stockpile question description to Concrete Mix, instead of Cement Mix
  
• Scorpion Pincer Trap immobilize period now scales with Creature level. Lowest level creatures will stun up to 5 seconds, while highest level creatures will stun up to 2 seconds. Previously it was 3 seconds across the board
  
• Committing Missing Json file for the Attachments Prototype
  
• Fixing the Includes for the ItemData for the Attachments Prototype as it was breaking the build
  
• Fixed issue where hotbar didn’t stop scrolling when scrolling through crafting inventory [Feature Upvote]
  
• Keybinds are no longer reset to default when swapping from a branch with a new keybind to one without it
  
• Submitting auto-generated banks and uassets For chazz's change: Adding a small amount of quad delay to the character vocal bus
  
• Adding a small amount of quad delay to the character vocal bus
  
• Fixed issue where unique item components were not being added when upgrading (e.g. reinforced glass) [Feature Upvote]
  
• Fixing follower wolf spawn Transform Location pointing to Scale resulting in no followers spawning in the Alpha Wolf encounter In the BP_Boss_Den
  
• Fixed an issue causing beams to be placed in midair on certain building types.
  
• Ensure all Statue meshes use 26DOP collision rather than boxes or complex
  
• Fix folder setup for Statues (don't need individual folders for different material types)
  
• Removing the top Seperator for Alteration Descriptions, if they are first in the list to help clean up the UI
  
• Made the separator for Alteration Descriptions thinner.
  
• Fixed the modifiers for Vegetable Pie and Frostbite to give the correct modified stat (and relevant buff/debuff text).
  
• Greatly improved beam placement options when placed on ramps.
  
• Updating Cooking Station icon
  
• MERGE: Adding Icons for the Alteration System allowing players to see icons associated with each alteration in various situations, Also adding a popup to the alteration image which displays a descripton and the stats active due to the alteration. Basically players can now see what alterations are doing on crafted devices.
  
• Add Decoration Statues for Scorpion, Bear and PolarBear to Rustic Decorations Bench
  
• MERGE: Quick pass on some of the names in the D_Alteration table to try and better represent what the alteration is doing, for example using Expanded instead of Extended for extra inventory slots.
  
• Swapping out icons for the alteration system to ones that have a solid background to make the level of alteration more readable.
  

Future Content & Art

• Made new LC Cave MED_001
  
• Impassable Blockout, Red Quad, Prometheus
  
• First impassible block out on Blue and Green Quads
  
• Updated Arrowhead Plant's base texture groups
  
• Updated TallWeeds Bush texture groups
  
• Updated Ponga Tree texture groups
  
• Updated Mangrove Sapling texture groups
  
• Updated Flax Plant texture groups
  
• Updated Cypress Sapling texture groups
  
• Updated Bog Flower texture groups
  
• Updated Blackberry Bush texture groups
  
• Updated Arrowhead Plant texture groups
  
• Changes Landscape Test Level
  
• Added tundra landscape textures
  
• SM_SW_TallWeeds_Bush mesh, textures and material
  
• Submitting Armadillodoge and textures
  
• Imported Terrain 019 DLC map, including developer level setup and initial ingame map render
  
• New LC Cave Template SML_001 Added, LC voxel added & Cave Stamps Added
  
• Created Swamp template SML_002, SML_003 and edited previous swamp templates with new materials
  
• LC Macro 03 - first pass
  
• ROCK LC Lrg 06 - disabled RVT on material
  
• Submitted asset SM_StatueCougar_Bronze into the project, created material and added textures
  
• Add/improve various LODs
  
• Various texture optimizations
  
• DCO_StatuePolarBear_Bronze adjusted colour to match other bronze statues
  
• Updated the texture group of the icarus decorative statue and added it to the prop small texture collection
  
• Added decorative statues to texture collections and changed texture groups to small
  
• Fixed filenames on Caveworm Statue textures. Fixed texture settings
  
• Updated collisions and reduced max texture size to 1024 on decorative statue assets
  
• Exposed to MPC extra options for Erosion on Impassables
  
• Updated T4 Generator textures
  

Three hours only for Abyss: Research

One of the advantages of Icarus' session-based missions is that we can continue to vary and experiment with mission structures - such as shorter durations or optional objectives.

Over the course of developing Icarus we learnt a lot about how players respond to time limits. Originally we launched with a real-world timer, which was unique and not a common game design choice. The threat of permanently loosing your character and gear if you missed your deadline certainly motivated people, but when it took players by surprise returning to the game a week later, well, that it seemed unfair. In response to your community feedback, in April we changed our timer to a easier-to-understand in-game timer, although the penalty is still the same.

We also heard that some players missed the time pressure and the harsh permadeath-like penalty. So, just as we have a choice of difficulty settings, we plan to offer a choice of varying length missions. That should cater to players who like to take their time and prepare before setting out as well as those who love to recklessly race ahead.

However, we haven’t changed the time limits of any of our existing missions at the moment, so we don’t upset any of your missions-in-progress.

Jake Dodunski - Project Lead

Deep Mining Ores in Outposts

Key fixes

• Fixed the damage type of many tick damage sources to no longer cause damage to armor, notably storms. This means the damage taken from storms will no longer be prevented by armor, but armor will still provide exposure resistance. This means you will take more damage to your base health, but your armour will not deteriorate
  

• Fixed an issue where Concrete Items Crafted in the Cement Mixer would recieved the 'Reinforced Glass' Stats unintentionally
  
• Reduced Water Consumption on Glass Bench from 1000 to 250 - Upping Water Consumption on Cement Mixer from 100 to 250
  
• Added the long awaited Glass Floor buildable
  
• Fixed an issue with deployables losing shelter if they were placed on a Frame and then a Floor was placed on top of the same Frame, overlapping the deployable
  

Changelog v1.2.7.98644

Added


• Added Mission: ABYSS: Research.
  
• Fixed tagging on ABYSS: Research items.
  
• ABYSS: Research, added area indicator for first objective. Fixed multiplayer objective tracking.
  
• ABYSS: Adding item icon for Environmental Monitoring Station in D_Itemable
  
• ABYSS: Research, fixed monitoring station balloon interaction. Rescaled pacing on optional objective.
  
• Mission fixes for ABYSS: Research, rewards are available, tooltips fixed, multiplayer progress shows properly, recipes updated.
  
• Configured ABYSS: Research dialogue, descriptions, timer and rewards.
  
• Corrected Feature Level and Added Talents for ABYSS: Research
  
• Implemented final core gameplay for ABYSS: Research, pending polish.
  
• ABYSS: Research mission framework in, pending assets and tree toppling.
  
• ABYSS: Research, additional content. Pending finalization, testing and polish.
  
• Initial setup of ABYSS: Research mission.
  
• Added Glass Floor Pieces.
  
• Adding Deep Ore Deposit spawn points to outposts 1-5
  
• Added a keybinding to show/hide the Quest UI (Numpad 7 by default)
  
• Adding new mission Items Partially Digested Enzyme, Biological Contaimment Power Source, Enzyme Containment Unit
  
• Adding new Session Flags for Enzyme Containment Unit
  
• Adding new functionailty so creatures can add items to their contence based on session flags
  
• Add unique screenshake and muzzleflash effects for each projectile weapon (Pistol, LeverAction, BoltAction, Shotgun). Weapons now project light when muzzle flash plays.
  
• Moved a bunch of Debug logic into a separate function in BallisticBehavior Base. Added some Trajectory debugging.
  
• Tweaked notifier in Pistol reload montage so that it finishes the animation before allowing the next shot to take place
  
  
  

  Fixes

  
  
• Fixed the damage type of many tick damage sources to no longer cause damage to armor. Notably storms.
  
• Fixed issue with deployables losing shelter if they were placed on a Frame and then a Floor was placed on top of the same Frame, overlapping the deployable
  
• Fixed the crash which would happen by closing the game during an active weather event
  
• Map Icon for scanned Exotic deposits will now persist between sessions
  
• Resasving Inventory and Quests Datatables as there was unsaved changes when committed files related to the new Missions
  
• Fixing KillCam Damage numbers so they display the actual value dealt and not the artifically inflated values
  
• If a prediction triggers a KillCam, the damage will guarentee a kill on hitting the target
  
• Kill cams will only guarentee a kill on hit if the target is the same as the one in the KillCam predicted - this means, if a boss or other creature gets in the way after a KillCam prediction has occured, the boss or other creature will not be insta-killed if it is not the predicted target"
  
• Fixing issue where Concrete Items Crafted in the Cement Mixer would recieved the Reinforced Glass Stats unintentionally
  
• Reducing Water Consumption on Glass Bench from 1000 to 250
  
• Upping Water Consumption on Cement Mixer from 100 to 250
  
• First pass of audio terrain zone FMOD implementation. Base pass on Narrow, Medium and Wide canyon delay. Removed blend sends from quad delay.
  
• Cleaning up bad file commit in source art Script Folder as per request
  
• Improve reflection audio debug - create new log category and use it to activate visual debug too. Code review tweaks to audio reflection system. Remove deprecated reflection system from BP_PlayerEnvironmentalAudioComponent.
  
• Attempted fix for Floor Torch Niagara effects not enabling on rejoin of a Prospect
  
• Spam left clicking does not consume stamina
  
• Fixing issue with Sprinting while under the effects of BaseStaminaActionCost_+% costing no stamina
  
• Adjusting audio for updated geyser effects. More intensity and additional bonus splash at the end. Adjusted play rate to fit updates better
  
• Additional FMOD quad delay parameters which set weighted averages of left and right strength results. Will be implemented to pan delay channels away from adjacent cliffs etc.
  
• Adjustment to geyser audio volume and burst rate to match with intensity better
  
• Adding in geyser burst audio and blueprint functionality. Will require looped Niagra effect (coming soon)
  
• Audio terrain zone heatmap functionality. Allows us to set up heatmap gameplay textures to define zones in each terrain for audio-specific purposes. PlayerEnvironmentalAudioComponent samples the map and uses the results to set global FMOD parameters defined in a new datatable - this can be expanded to include other functionality. Have included a WIP test texture but havent assigned it in D_Terrains - audio team will test drive before we commit to using this.
  
• Minor ProjectionComponent refactor. Projection widgets should now have their fade in/out distance set by component only. Fixed some projection widgets not fading in and out correctly. Hunting blood trail direction indicator now stays visible as long as player is near (as long as trail has been interacted with previously). Slightly increased range at which you can see other players names. Added name widget to mount. Removed player name when riding mount
  
• Small adjustments to the quad delay (reduction by about 2db and slight eq tweaks) for better subtlety. Also adding biome specific impulses
  
• Fixed issue causing glass angled roof pieces to have incorrect materials when destroyed.
  
• Updated Dry Run: Expeditions map markers to use the latest systems. This fixes a bug in the old implementation. Fixed the location registration of the cave objective.
  
• Set up new convolution reverb routing based on biome group. This is a starting point to give us more flexibility around how different areas broadly defined areas will sound - further tweaking to follow.
  
  
  

  Future Content & Art

  
  
• Added recorder component to Mounts. Mounts are now tied to a CharacterID owner/tamer. Mount names can be edited by their tamer and serialise for reload. Added saddle item to be used with mounts, you can only ride a mount if has an equipped saddle. Improved mount tooltip. Mount interaction is now done through the Character instead of the attached saddle. Added native mount base class. AIcarusCharacters now support Recorder classes and orchestration event binding in blueprint
  
• Added interface for interacting with mount inventory and equipment. Added ability for mounts to be named (only on server currently). UMG_DarkTitlebar is now localization friendly. Everything that was referencing UMG_DarkTitlebar should now be linked correctly to our string tables. UI Stat displays now support non-player targets. Mount AISetup now has Developer feature level.
  
• Added Mission: FLATLINE: Research - locked?
  
• Adding new Mission FLATLINE: Research - Where prospectors will need to stabilise a damaged biological containment unit
  
• FLATLINE: Research is playable from start to end
  
• Locked FLATLINE: Research behind Development feature level
  
• LC Cave Entrances 01 02 - first pass
  
• Created Swamp Cave 01 template and stalagmite stamps
  
• Added SW_Cypress_Var3
  
• Added SW_Cypress_Var2
  
• Added SW_Cypress_Var1, including first pass of chopped tree BP
  
• Created A New Test Level, To Play With New Assets And Block Out Concepts
  
• 2nd pass on Swamp Macro 03
  
• Fixed Random floating lily pads on Blue/Red/Yellow Quad, Styx
  
• Submitted asset SM_DCO_StatueGrizzly_Bronze to the project, created amterial and added textures
  
• 2nd pass on Swamp Macro meshes 01-02
  
• Updated compression on the wooden roof RMA map to match reflectivity to other wood pieces.
  
• Fixed random lily pads floating on map in Green Quad, Styx
  
• SW Cliffs - temporarily swapping out incorrect LOD materials
  
• First pass on SW cave entrances
  
• Added a new destructable mesh for the dropship made from the crashed dropship debris assets.
  
• Second pass on swamp macro 5, tweaks to master SW rock shader and tiling textures
  
• Improve grass types allowing them to appear farther in the distance. Fix SM LOD distances do they swap out sooner to improve perf.
  
• Added more cliff stamps for volcanic biome
  
• Made swamp cliff stamps for new DLC biome with SW Rocks
  
• Create cliff stamps for new Volcanic biomes
  
• Made cliff stamps for Swamp biome with new SW rocks
  
• Updated blackberry bushes with damaged leaf textures and tweaked LODs
  
• first pass on small swamp rocks
  
• First pass on Medium swamp rocks
  
• First pass on LRG swamp rocks
  
• DCO_StatuePolarBear_Bronze mesh, textures and material
  
• Added temp collision and LODs to Swamp Macro meshes
  
• LC Large Rocks - mesh, textures, materials added
  
• LC Medium Rocks - meshes, textures, materials added
  
• LC Small Rocks - temp LODs and collision added, material tweaks
  
• LC Cliffs - temp LOD and collision added, material tweaks
  
• Added Terrain 018 as a test map for artists
  
• Delete prototype assets for swamp water
  
• Added swamp surface function and required extra MFs and textures, changed MA_UniversalWater to include option for swamp
  
• Removed the flickering from the arrowhead plant bilboard shaders
  
• Updated flax plants bilboard shader to remove two sided flickering
  
• Added 3 variants of the arrowhead plant to the project.
  
• First pass on swamp Macro meshes
  
• Submitted the asset SM_DCO_StatueScorpion_Bronze to the project, created material added textures
  

Free Build

Building Improvements

Modding Support Efforts

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UPCOMING: Work on DLC and major future plans

As noted previously, the major DLC will also be released with a free update to the game, striking a balance to not lock too much content behind a DLC and fracture the community. Additionally, we will be making the DLC as permissive as possible so that if some don't have the DLC it won't cause issues playing.

UPCOMING: Work towards Dedicated Servers and Decentralization

Community-driven Changes

Outpost Drop Zone selection

• If you leave by "Return to Character Select" button then rejoin you'll return to the place you left like on normal prospects
  
• If you leave by dropship you'll return by dropship and bring with you the loadout you selected
  

Concrete Durability

• Increased concrete building pieces durability.
  

Incorrect Prospect Difficulty

• Fixed incorrect difficulty of Prospect shown in Join Prospect screen
  

Wood Composter not making fertilizer

• Fixed issue causing wood composter recipe to not process
  

Changelog v1.2.6.98371

• Changed how players return to Outposts instead of always returning by dropship:
  
• If you leave by "Return to Character Select" button then rejoin you'll return to the place you left like on normal prospects
  
• If you leave by dropship you'll return by dropship and bring with you the loadout you selected
  

Free Build/Building Update

• Added ability for players to turn off auto building grid focus(Home Key), to allow players to place building pieces near one another without grid snapping being enforced. Buildings placed on separate grids will not provide structural stability to one another.
  
• Added ability for players to manually adjust the height of newly placed buildings grids (PgUp and PgDn keys). Buildings must still properly touch an anchorable surface to receive anchored stability.
  
• The Defocus Grid command (End key), in addition to starting a new grid, now also resets grid auto focus, and resets grid manual height adjustments.
  
• Fixed an issue where terrain trace hits could fail to snap to buildings and also not allow new building placement.
  
• Added double doors and windows to thatch, interior wood, glass, concrete and aluminum walls.
  
• Added keybindings for building Unfocus Grid and Raise/Lower Grid
  
• Reinforced Glass now comes with a health and wind resistance buffs so its on par with stone
  
• Removed wood beam variant that is not yet implemented.
  
• Increased concrete building pieces durability. [Suggestion] Concrete Durability should be higher than stone
  
• Add average quad reflection strength audio parameter and use for some basic automation of reverb volume - audio team will do another pass for further tweaks. Renamed all quad delay FMOD parameters for better clarity on what they now do.
  
• Adjusting quad delay from audio group feedback session.
  
• Adding quad delay tweaks as a starting base point for testing
  
• Adding new event notify for when a player launches a dropship
  
• Updating Exploration and Recon missions with extra quest step explaining that launching their dropship will end the mission, removed the interact trigger that was previously used as it was confusing to players
  
• Committing missing outpost file which was causing a build break
  
• Fixing up missing talent widget which required pins to be refreshed after modifying underlying data structure
  
• Adding new outposts table to store extra setup data such as mission / flag requirements to unlock
  
• Remove unnecessary values from D_Talents json and pointing outpost talents to use the new outpost row handle for setup
  
• Reducing outpost talent setup to be the base talent setup with the appropriate extra data so we arent storing information no longer required
  
• Added a description to the crocodile and kea carcasses.
  
• Fixed incorrect hardcore and insurance settings in Join Prospect screen
  
• Fixed incorrect difficulty of Prospect shown in Join Prospect screen [Bug] Mission difficulty not visible when joining a session
  
• Fix crevasse audio not working. BP_Crevasse needed an update in order to work correctly with recent changes to AudioListenerCollider.
  
• New FMOD parameter which can be used to make mix adjustments when the player is under cover of trees. Updated existing FLOD overlap check behavior to perform an alt test using a smaller radius which seems to do the trick. Not yet implemented in FMOD.
  
• Set grass density to 0 for unused grass type that was getting generated
  
• Removed Wood Composter workaround as this has been fixed.
  
• Further fixes to wood composter processing.
  
• Fixed issue causing wood composter recipe to not process. [BUG] Wood Composter timer for making fertilizer is broken
  
• Adding a system which allows adding extra stats to crafting benches if the crafting bench has an available resource of a specific type
  
• The Glassworking bench can now be connected to a water network
  
• Adding new stat for Reinforced Glass
  
• Crafting Glass building pieces at a Glassworking bench which is connected to a water system will be produce Reinforced Glass which increases the building tier by 3 making it the same strength as stone building pieces for stability and weather damage
  
• Take fractional millijoules into account across ticks. When ticks are very small sometimes the increment is less than one (an int). Also means we now track the displayed remaining build time in seconds more closely. Problems were specifically reported on the Wood Composter.
  
• Adding some Hint text which displays on the Glassmaking Bench to let users know they can now craft reinforced glass buildings with an active water connection
  
• Added blackberry item to the project
  
• Fixed Rain Reservoir not resetting stored water when the floor below it is destroyed.
  
• Fixed typo in Polar Bear Head Armor flavor text
  
• Added MF_Dolerite to M_RockMacroMaster
  
• Ensured all Knives and Axes are throwable, adding support to Shengong, Printed, Machete and Taxidermy items, Fixed some Physics Assets
  
• Modifying Error Text when there is no stat description from No Stats to Undefined Stat Description and adding a stat description for Overencumbered so the Heavy modifier no longer displays No Stats
  
• Tweaks to Meta Smoke and Explosion
  
• Adjustments to Meta Mista and Eruption VFX, also set delay to 0 for SFX
  
• Improved description on Healing and Strength Boost modules and their modifiers to clarify buffs do not apply to wearer
  
• Add icons for new Thatch, Stone, Iron, Glass and Concrete Double Door/Window building pieces
  
• Fix default settings for Icon Scene for Building Walls
  
• Changed font colour and added background blur to bench description.
  
• Tweaks to Meta Smoke and Explosion
  
• Updating Glassworking Bench and Electric Extractor Power and Water Resource Connection Points so they make more sense with the objects they are connecting to
  
• Fixed crafting bench description UI.
  
• Fixed glass door texture when damaged.
  
• Allowed glass doors and windows to benefit from reinforcement upgrade.
  
• Re-enabling the in world tool tips for resource networks which where accidently removed during a previous refactor
  

Art

• Added first pass for SW_Cypress_Var1 2 and 3 SpeedTree imposter
  
• Added validation check function for gfur components
  
• Edited underwater LOD materials, added a cave, cliffs and decals, added ore deposit and polished riverbanks and landscape, Desert Outpost 007
  
• Added SW_GroundCoverA with 4 variants
  
• Updated collision, added RVTs to shaders and tweaked normals on billboard for SW_Mangrove_Var1
  
• Fix several Enzyme Geyser misalignment with terrain in Olympus
  
• Fixed landscape blocking cave in I7, Green Quad, Styx
  
• Fixed shadow geometry meshes for angled stone roofs
  
• Added missing physical materials to desert impassables
  

Horde Mode Updates

UPCOMING: Dedicated Servers and Data Decentralization

1. needing an active server connection
   
2. needing an internet connection
   

Important Things to Note

• Multiplayer will stay the same
  The multiplayer game loop will feel the same as it always did - we are only changing where the data is stored.
  
• Only one person can host a prospect
  Due to the nature of prospect save data being stored locally to one machine, only the host will be able to resume the prospect.
  
• Dedicated servers are now an option
  Once we are done, players will be able to host prospects on dedicated servers that players will be able to connect to as clients.
  

Explaining the new change log

1. The change log during larger updates, will now be split into sections, the first being details about this weeks update, and the following including overarching bug fixes and improvements, and then specific sections such as Art and Audio.
   
2. You’ll notice that included in the change log, will be patch notes that refer to ‘Work in Progress’ or ‘Future updates’, planning as far ahead as future DLC's. This is to give the players more insight into what our team is working on, and to simplify the process internally so the team can focus more on the work they’re doing, than the details of what is being made public facing.
   
3. Perhaps the most important part - Not everything in the change log will be guaranteed to make it into the game, as we are now including patch notes of work in progress and prototypes that are still subject to change and adjustment. Feel free to discuss these or ask questions about them, but we can’t guarantee we’ll be able to divulge further details or time frames relating to said features or content
   

Changelog v1.2.5.98121

• Add Alpha Snow and Desert Wolf creatures to Horde mode
  
• Sanity and consistency pass on creature character BPs, box sizes, capsule accuracy, component positioning, etc
  
• Fixed Geysers in Styx G2, J11, I3, and O8 with wrong Horde spawner row assigned, spawning incorrect creatures
  
• Fixed description of Enzyme Geyser.
  
• Optimized GFur on Creatures by implementing component LODs which lowers the layer count based on screensize
  
• Added Snow Wolf base material so it looks different from Conifer Wolf when no fur is visible
  
• Fix Polar Bear MRO textures not using Masks setting
  
• Fixed an issue causing hedgehogs to damage dead or ragdolling enemies.
  
• Improved collision setups on Desert Wolf BP
  
• Added missing engine texture to fix editor startup warnings
  
• Fix music cue not playing when player discovers exotics deposit - this was broken by refactor of AudioListenerCollider in 97584. Remove deprecated GetAudioCollider function from player character.
  
• Enabled flushing asset streaming on exit to fix crash when exiting the game
  
• Fixed floating voxels near D9, swapped materials on desert underwater rocks, Yellow, Red, Blue Quad, Styx
  
• Add DT validation to check AIGrowth for cases where stats and curves are used simulatenously, doubling up on values
  
• Corrected BearCub and Komodo creatures setups, retaining health values where they currently are
  
• Update Voyager prospect flavor text. - Minor tweaks to many other prospects flavor text to match formatting style.
  
• Stone Frame Buildable - reverted previous change that added a floor piece
  
• Fixed an issue causing stone frames to weigh 0.1kg instead of 5kg.
  
• Added right side of the half ramp pieces.
  
• Added collision to the top and beams of concrete half frames.
  
• Added logic to allow frames to be placed adjacent to existing floor.
  
• Swamp Water added Normal distortion to Mud/ Swamp Landscape added test MI and fix texture sampling
  
• Added 3 variations of the flax plant asset to project
  
• Added three variations of blackberry bush to the project.
  
• Added first pass test for SW_Mangrove_Var1 for testing
  
• Submitting Swamp Quadruped and its textures
  
• Submitting Swamp Quad and Swamp Quad carcass and their textures
  
• Updated the textures for the asset SM_DEP_Analyzer_Transmission Device
  
• Bullet is now visible in chamber of loaded pistol. Fixed issue where pistol reload would lerp bullet from chamber to hand
  
• DEV - update pass on prototype reflection audio system:
  
• Add reflection angle based multiplier
  
• Add surface-based high and low frequency response values to audio surface data, and use these to set new FMOD parameters when processing reflection record results
  
• Various tweaks and improvements, and some new debug features
  
• Updating bear cub audio to feel slightly smaller to match the size of the creature
  
• Decreased BearCub health from 600-1300 to 200-650 to better suit their size (smaller than a Wolf). Decreased BearCub melee damage max from 80 to 60
  
• Added a minimum delay between Accolade file saving to reduce lag during certain actions
  
• Reverting FLOD FISM optimizations for 1.1.3 so that we have rock collisions
  
• Added Dropships, Respawn Ships, Deep Ore Deposits And Polish, Outpost 008
  
• Polish Pass, Fixed Cliff Actors Sticking Through Caves and Fixing Cliffs With Visiable Seams, Outpost 008
  
• Placed the Deep Ore Depo Cleanup on Outpost 006, Forest Outpost 3
  
• Updated Mat and textures for Bullet on Single Shot Pistol SK
  

Hotfixes are disruptive due to downloads

Fixed: Inability to Join Multiplayer Sessions In Progress

Horde Mode

NVIDIA Reflex + Engine Upgrade

Remove from Prospect Button is here a bit longer

COMING SOON | Dedicated Servers & Decentralized Characters

COMING SOON | Outposts: Respawn Location

Changelog v1.2.4.97945

• Add biome-specific horde waves (not yet hooked up into level)
  
• Fixed up Horde DT row handles on BP actors to represent what biome theyre in and added function for updating this
  
• Adding New Datatables and Enteries for new Horde System
  
• Adding Component and logic for new Horde System
  
• Hooking up Analyzer Transmitter to use new Horde System
  
• Adding First Pass of Horde Mode to Engine
  
• Adding New In World UI for horde mode which reflects the machines statem, number of waves, progress in current wave, etc
  
• Adding Inventory for Horde Rewards to the Analyzer Transmitter
  
• Setup Basic Horde Mode Datatables so new Hordes can be created and Triggered
  
• Updated Both Inworld UI and Interacted with UI for Vapour Condensor so it works with the Current state of the Horde
  
• Added CompletionsUnitInert and InertReward elements to the Horde Datastructure
  
• Hookedup the multipler so each Horde which is triggered is scaled by the number of completions present on the Enzyme Geyser
  
• Adding new Experience Event For Horde Completion
  
• Horde Mode is now completeable multiple times on a single node with the multiplier scaling the difficulty and rewards upon each subsequent use
  
• Added ability for Horde Spawners to spawn around pre-designated QuestMarker actors placed in the level, instead of using a generic EQS centred around condenser location
  
• Added prospect difficulty and player count scaling to horde mode spawning
  
• Fixed issue where horde mode could spawn more AI during a wave than desired, and go over the 100% completion progress limit
  
• Change item rewards for Horde inert to be a single Enzyme item
  
• Horde mode in world widget UI pass.
  
• Change interacts around (Hold F now activates, Press F opens inventory) to prevent accidental wave stopping
  
• Replaced references to waves in the UI to mention stages as to allow it to make more sence in terms of activating a machine rather than a game mechanic
  
• Added a 1s delay between simultaneous horde spawns to spread out AI and reduce likelyhood of FPS hitches
  
• Add new Getter function for spawned creature levels with a larger (0.5x) multiplier to increase the creature levels per horde completion (now 25 -> 38 -> 50 etc)
  
• Add character growth setups (matching Jaguar) for Cougar and Snow Leopards, so they will now scale with their level
  
• Fixed spelling on Vapor Condenser itemable
  
• Tweaked horde waves: Shorter delays for 2nd waves, only 1 additional Bear per player, Polarbears spawn at level 1, more Hyenas at a time, numerous changes to make Scorpion wave more difficult
  
• Fixed erroneous setup of Jaguar which was getting its health and melee stats from two different sources, doubling its effectiveness
  
• Multiplied base stats curves of Jaguar (also shared with Snow Leopard and Cougar) by 1.5x after dual stat correction (slight nerf to Jaguar, buff to Cougar and Snow Leopard)
  
• NPCs no longer leave blocking collision behind temporarily after death, should make large groups of AI more predictable when fighting and will stop them running into invisible barriers
  
• NPC corpses no longer tick when their ragdoll simulation has full settled; significant performance boost in situations where player is surrounded by many dead NPCs. NPC corpses that come into net relevancy will now use the hosts cached ragdoll pose instead of having the cilent re-simulate their own. This should further reduce cases where dead NPCs fall through the world, especially when returning to carcass from far away
  
• Dont reward Exotics on Outposts as they cannot be taken back to HAB from an Outpost
  

• Add Deer Statue Decoration Wood item as first recipe which uses Condensed Enzymes in recipe (Crafted on Rustic Decoration Bench), more statues to come
  
• Add 21 Enzyme Geysers to Olympus in .Vision/Geysers folder
  
• Added NS and M Meta Mist Geyser FX
  
• Meta Geyser VFX added periodic explosions + tweaks
  
• Adding geyser analyzer hoard mode start - loop - end audio and blueprint implementation
  
• Adding analyzer transmitter device deploy sound and geyser loop
  
• Add Editor Locator beacon setup for Geyser BP with toggle
  
• Small position tweaks to Enzyme Geysers on Olympus
  
• Add Enzyme Geysers to Outpost002, 003 and 005.
  
• Adding Enzyme Geyser BP Object and setting up snapping points
  
• Added C++ Base Classes forthe Enzyme Geyser and added a recorder component so its state can persist between saves
  
• Added Condensed Enzyme Item, which is currently rewarded when Enzyme geysers reach an inert state
  
• An Enzyme Geyser now goes inert after a certain amount of activations completions so that the high value reward is not limitless
  
• Update EnzymeGeyser to use new mesh and erruption effects
  
• Update Geyser socket and scene component info to suit new mesh
  
• Fix UMG Widget text for geyser collapsing instead of hiding, causing the widget to not fit on screen
  
• BP_EnzymeGeyser audio state updates when an Analyzer is attached - currently switches on and off, will update to apply an EQ parameter instead. Created a new DeployableFoundationInterface to allow attach/detach events to be fired on generic foundation actors to enable this behaviour. Also refactored ADeployables foundation actor functions to use the new interface.
  
• Fix missing ref in BP_EnzymeGeyser audio implementation
  
• Fix geyser FX not restarting when VapourCondenser is destroyed - Deployable wasnt calling detach events correctly from its EndPlay.
  
• Update to distancing of the Geyser
  
• Updated the Static Mesh and Skeletal Mesh LODs for the asset DEP_Analyzer_Transmitter_Device
  
• EnzymeGeyser mesh, textures and material
  
• Split out Geyser niagara effects (eruption from main) for audio purposes
  
• Adding more geyser audio burst events and adjusting standard geyser audio to be more appropriate for updated visuals
  
• Tweaked arctic geyser positions to be in less sparse/open areas making it easy to complete waves
  
• Polish and Optimization pass on Meta Geyser, reduced saturation, emissive, particle spawn count, etc
  
• Meta Geyser Eruption VFX increased duration and delay and fix Lit Water VFX Material
  
• Virtualizing geysers and limiting to 1
  
• Placed 23 Enzyme Geysers in Styx
  
• Adjustment to fmod audio attachment area for the vapour and geyser. Made sure it was where it was meant to be
  

• Adding Prototype Analyzer Transmitter device, animbp and corresponding animation assets, setup basic deploy and activate logic for the visuals
  
• Adding new UI Widgets for Analyzer Transmitter
  
• Setting up basic interaction and temporary effects
  
• Adding Analyzer Transmitter Item to Datatables Creating a BP
  
• Toggle material when AnalyzerTransmitter is active. Add Projection widget locator to fix animation moving info box
  
• Improvements to PhysicsAsset for AnalyzerTransmitter mesh
  
• Small update to analyzer deploy audio. Also added Bait Deploy audio and adjusted flies ADSR to have a more natural start / stop
  
• Fix replication of analyzer transmitter device audio states
  
• Added vapour condensor icon to D_Itemable.
  
• Setting up basic snapping deployment logic on the for the Analzyer onto the Geyer Object
  
• Renamed AnalyzerTransmitter to Vapour Condenser because the name did not represent what it was
  
• Adding new player interactions to access UI and Inventory of Transmitter
  
• Added Rewards (Both XP Items) to Vapour Condenser
  
• Added a recipe doe the Vapour Condenser and added it to the Fabricators Recipe List
  
• Redesigned Vapour Condenser widget active state.
  
• Fix spelling of Vapor from Vapour
  
• Small adjustment to spacializer override settings for the vapour condenser to be more directional at a closer range
  
• Small update to the vapour analyser deploy audio sound. Less metal thunk at the end which didnt sit quite right
  
• Update DM to ElectricDrill for Vapor Condenser
  
• Fixing issue where the T4 Talent for the Vapor Condenser was pointing an invalid Item which was causing build errors
  
• Fixing issue where the Recipe for the Vapor Condenser was pointing to and invalid it which was causing build errors
  
• Fixed Vapor Condenser readout not displaying correctly for clients
  
• Remove ProjectionLocation component from Vapor Condenser and set SK mesh to not update bounds when animating (ComponentUseFixSkelBounds) to prevent widget from wiggling during animation
  
• Update Vapor Condenser icon
  
• Add proper meshable setup for Vapor Condenser
  
• Improvements to Vapor Condenser widget for better readability
  
• Swapping out Analyzer Transmitter mesh for proper pass mess with correct Textures, reimported animations on the new skeleton to include fans turning and slightly more polished deploy animation
  
• Missed base skeleton asset from the last analyzer transmitter commit
  
• Fixing Screen position for Vapor condenser to line up with proper mesh better
  
• Fixing Wrong material being assigned to Vapor Condensor when in active state
  
• Updating vapour condenser deploy sound to match updated animation and slight adjustments to the geyser loops
  
• Fixed screen widget size and position on Vapor Condenser after mesh update
  

• Adding Radar Pulse for Central Scanner used in the outpost unlock mission. Adding blueprint implementation and audio
  
• Add new Highlightable entry for Caveworm Nest used in Gossamer mission, with name/description and assigned in actor blueprint
  
• Rename Rustic Decor Crafting Bench to Rustic Decoration Bench so it fits better on the UI
  
• Add DT validation for Deployables which dont have focusable set
  
• Removed seemingly erroneous Radar deployable define on Dropship in ItemsStatic and improve DT validation to exclude special case animal carcasses
  
• Added Numerous client strings for UI elements so that they can be translated accordingly
  
• Added Bronze Elephant statue to project.
  
• More elements to the bear cub audio.
  
• DCO_StatueBuffalo_Stone mesh, material and textures
  
• Adjusted mud footstep to be more appropriate in volume. Also put a spacializer on it which was missing
  
• When an Online Prospect save occurs we now also trigger a local save which caches out the Prospect Blob data locally so we have save files with players prospect progress saved locally when the backend server goes down. This can be used in future to restore state if required. Files are saved to Saved/OnlineBackup
  
• Delete unused Prospect Image
  
• DEV - Set up overlap-triggered versions of basic audio objects
  
• IcarusAmbientSound and OverlapAudioComponent, actor and component audio emitters with inbuilt overlap triggers
  
• Removed the audio listener collider from BP_IcarusPlayerCharacterSurvival. Replaced it with a dedicated AudioListenerCollider placed on a new native base class IcarusPlayerCameraManager
  
• Removed an old unused audio emitter version
  
• Increased the weight of crystals gathered in the NIGHTFALL mission, as multiple stacks can be carried of these to increase the possible travel time if required.
  
• Ensured all billboard textures are using correct optimized texture settings
  
• Remove unnecessary references in materials causing more texture loads
  
• Fix expensive lossless compression settings on some textures that dont need it
  
• Moved some assets out of dev folders
  
• Delete unused and expensive assets
  
• Fixed missing icon on Rustic Decoration Bench RecipeSet DT
  
• Fixing issue where the Deployable and Deployable setup Data tables had unsaved changes and referenced the wrong rows, preventing the build from compiling and failing build validation
  
• DEV - fix PlayerReflectionAudioComponent cluster size values only being set if debug was enabled
  
• Fixing typo in GrantedAuraWeightReduction_? stat description so it makes gramatical sense
  
• Fixing cooking station having concrete / stone deploy sound. Changed it to heavy wood deploy
  
• Fixed UMG_CharacterProfileSlot compile error.
  
• Fix Frag and Smoke Grenade physics assets, causing stretched visuals when rolling on the ground after being dropped (not thrown)
  
• Fixed Survey Unit tooltip, used in the NIGHTFALL mission.
  
• Fix up special deployable DT errors with dummy content to pass validation checks
  
• Increasing Calming Presence Aura range to match what is written in the talent description (5m -> 20m)
  
• Updating Game Meat to correctly be called Gamey Meat as all our meat is Game Meat and this specific meat is Gamey
  
• Fixed crafting speed of devices being calculated incorrectly
  
• Fixed crafting timer not using correct crafting duration
  
• Adjusted all crafting recipes after code change to keep current crafting speeds the same
  
• Fix materials on destructible mesh for Electric Deep Mining Drill
  
• Tooltip when hovering over potential prospects in the prospect browser now show correct number of Ren and Exotic rewards given
  
• Increase texture poolsize back to 6000 and increase VT memory pool size back to 256 after .27 upgrade changed back to UE default
  
• Build Issues
  
• Merging 4.27.2 Engine upgrade to Trunk
  
• Modified make setup to run venv after to avoid soft lock
  
• Fixed make setup so now venv doesnt activate after installing
  
• Adjusted how make setup works to see if it fixes build issues
  
• Added make setupteamcity which skips venv since some teamcity jobs get stuck on that
  
• Reuploading .exe for UGS because I think we lost them during engine upgrade
  
• Prospect Abandon button UI Pass
  
• Implemented first pass of mount prototype
  
• Committed missing saddle class from mount prototype commit
  
• Fixed mounts not forcing clients into third person perspective when entering saddle. Fixed bumpy camera movement when riding mount
  
• Can no longer strafe left and right while mounted. Added HeadBlocker collider to mount. Moving backwards on a mount is now 80% slower. Made buffalo AnimBPs movement start/stop less glitchy. Fixed prototype mount damage source location being in the wrong position. Added fur to buffalo mount. Mounts can now play idle montages when not ridden
  
• Moved character stamina cost related functions out of IcarusPlayerCharacterSurvival and into IcarusCharacter. Shifted GetMaxSpeed movement mapping function from IcarusNPCGOAPCharacter to IcarusNPCCharacter.
  
• Added new bespoke AIGrowth and movement speed values for mount. Fixed player being deducted sprint stamina cost if they try to sprint while crouching. Mount can now sprint and swim
  
• UMG_Stamina now generically looks for CharacterStates stamina value on possessed pawn instead of casting to BP survival character directly. Fixed sprint stamina cost only blocking IcarusPlayerCharacters from sprinting, instead of anything with stamina.
  
• Fixed AIcarusCharacter::IsSprinting not using normalised accel/velocity values when it expected them.
  
• Fixed bug where adding to max stamina wouldnt keep the current percentage of stamina.
  
• Fixed sprinting not working for mounted clients. Added very simple BT for mount behaviour.
  
• Mount controller is now cleaned up correctly when a player receives control
  
• Adding in previs riding pose for the ridable creature prototype
  

• DeepMiningOreDeposits removed emissive on materials
  
• DeepMiningOreDeposits Exotic adjusted emissive intensity
  
• DeepMiningOreDeposit Exotic removed emissive
  
• Add additional material for DeepMiningDrill with emissive disabled (default)
  
• Added LOD Materials for DC Uderwater Rocks and Adjusted SM_Rock_CF_Underwater Material LOD distance
  
• Landscape Sculpting, Cliff Placement and Detail Pass On Custom Cave Entrance, Outpost 008
  
• Added New Foliage Spawners For Snow Trees and Bushes, Outpost 008
  
• Decal Pass On Cliff Meshes, Finishing Up Voxel Pass and Polishing Cliffs, Outpost 008
  
• Polished riverbanks, cliffs and decals, added voxels and completed underground cave, Desert Outpost 007
  
• Polished cliffs and decals, added BP_Cave volumes and cave voids to handmade caves, added light components to drop-down caves, edited waterpoints on all lakes and rivers, Desert Outpost 007
  
• Edited decals and foliage, fixed BP_Cave trigger volumes and edited cave lighting, Desert Outpost 007
  
• Polished decals, cliffs, riverbanks and foliage, playtested in editor and fixed double foliage issue, polished manual cave entrance and BP_Cave volumes, added resources around cliffs, Desert Outpost 007
  
• Landscape painting, decal placement cliff placment around impassable on Outpost 006, Forest Outpost 3
  
• Landscape painting, decal placement procedural spawning on Outpost 006, Forest Outpost 3
  
• Resource Crop Spawning, Voxel Resource Placement, Water Bodies pass on Outpost 006, Forest Outpost 3
  
• Meta Resources, Spawn Locations Clean Up on Outpost 006, Forest Outpost 3
  
• Polished underwater area painted decals on Outpost 006, Forest Outpost 3
  
• Cleanup Polish Pass on Outpost 006, Forest Outpost 3
  
• Cliff clipping through cave on Blue Quad, Styx
  
• Flushed Grass on Red/Yellow Quad, Styx
  
• Covered impassables around arctic in L10/L11 with cliffs to improve collision, fixed floating voxels and resources around Blue/Green quad, edited underwater foliage in Green Quad lakes, removed BP_Tree_AC_Fir_01 and BP_Tree_AC_Pine_01 from arctic transition areas, flushed grass all across Styx map
  
• Added BP_Tree_AC_Fir_01_SnowLite and BP_Tree_AC_Pine_01_SnowLite for Arctic transition areas
  
• Flushed grass on Outpost 004, 007 and Olympus
  
• Added RVT Swamp Water Shader and Textures
  
• Added FlowMap functionalities to Swamp Water
  
• Swamp Rocks - committing prototype and first pass work
  
• Volcanic Rocks - committing prototype and first pass work
  
• Added Texture Maps for Swamp Landscape Material
  
• Styx Cinematic Sequencers Files
  

Hotfixes are disruptive due to downloads

'Daybreak' Outpost Pre-Requisites Removed

A Note on Server Outages

Olympus Outpost

Why is the full map outpost not only for those with then Supporters Edition?

It is absolutely vital that we nurture the community as a whole well before we risk dividing it with content

Configurable Outposts

Note: All outposts will show the same changes, regardless of the biome specifics. For example the Arctic Biome will show an increase in Lion Spawn Percentage at higher difficulties, but this will not be applied due to the biome’s characteristics.

Olympus Outpost Unlock Mission

Key Improvements

• We’ve made some major improvements this week which will have a large influence on the in-game experience which we wanted to note.
  
• We’ve completed a major texture optimization pass. This should result in improved performance (especially if GPU was previously memory limited) and smaller game package size. There will be more to come in our next update.
  
• The Thrown Spears/Knives Highlighting talent was previously breaking if looking at the object and then looking away. It now remains highlighted in that case, correctly.
  
• Several missions were doing an invalid check of prospect difficulty, so design intent wasn’t being fully realized. These missions should now scale, as designed, with difficulty.
  
• We’ve made some changes to the system which deals with 'player teleporting' if falling through the ground which should hopefully result in a better experience. This is still in development, and will be addressed in future updates also.
  

Next Week Preview

• The ‘Return From Prospect Button’ will be removed
  
• Another Button “Abandon Prospect” will be added
  
• When this new button is clicked, if the prospect has insurance, the character will be safely returned to the station with the loadout they took with them gone. If the prospect does not have insurance the character will be abandoned along with all their gear. You will now longer be able to use this character and will have to delete them to remove them from your roster.
  

Alex Gomersall, In Memoriam

Changelog v1.2.3.97663

• Adding new Difficulty Settings to Outposts so players can choose settings for weather and animal spawns
  
• Adding Olympus-wide Outpost to the Outpost Screen
  
• Can now modify key bindings from the title screen
  
• Thrown spears/knives/etc are highlighted in world talents now correctly prevent the highlight being cleared when looking at the item and then looking away
  
• Fixed various texture settings for consistency and compatibility with tooling
  
• Optimized or deleted unused expensive (4k) texture assets.
  
• Fix Stone Arrow having ‘None’ defined for Additional Stats which caused Komodo Bite modifier to appear erroneously in item tooltip. Add DT Validation to pick up on this in future
  
• Fixed some blueprints using the wrong GetDifficulty method which was preventing correct difficulty scaling
  
• Added a fix in to teleport players that fall through the map back to their last grounded location. Improved teleport fall-back case to pick nearest dropship/respawn pod spawn location instead of the assigned player dropship
  
• Adding final sound for the egg nests. Adding removal of items from egg nest ‘gooey slosh sound’
  
• Adding in the sound of ‘removing mission item from downed supply crate’ for delivery mission Styx
  
• Implemented new icon for the Trained Hunter talent.
  
• Added Wooden piranha statue to the project.
  
• Added stone piranha statue to the project.
  
• Added DCO_Candle_Holders_Wood_Carved
  
• Added AMM_Pistol
  
• Fixed Icebox inventory tag to allow all food, rather than only spoiled food.
  
• Added difficulty setups for Outposts
  
• Fix spelling of Scorpion in Stats description
  
• Assigned SpawnRate types for Crocodile, Komodo
  
• Separate ‘Hard Creature Stats’ from ‘Hard Creature Spawn Rates’ for better control
  
• Added bounds mask in Generic folder
  
• Small adjustment to gloopy egg sound based on mission play. Also adjusted positive affirmation delays for the mission
  
• Small adjustment to the remove the flesh tear sound from egg sack removal
  
• Improve AssetInfo texture checking methods.
  
• Fix filenames on Pine02 burnt textures
  
• Fix filenames on various textures
  
• Making carry radar sound more subtle. Slightly less body to the sound and less invasive when running with a radar for a long distance
  
• Updated the LOD Groups and LODs on certain Static Meshes
  
• Updated physical material for the stone elephant statue.
  
• Updated wooden deer statue textures.
  
• Updated physical material on stone deer statue.
  
• DCO_StatueBuffalo_Wood mesh, material and textures
  
• Updated the DM_WallShelf_Wood assets as the texture update was look for an auto generated texture in Engine
  
• Updating DMs an Mats for DCO_Carved wood Bookshelf and Desk Lamp
  
• LOD adjustments for Desk Lamp and Bookshelf
  
• Scorpion Boss tweaks to VFX biome switch, added extra biome scripts for Niagara systems
  
• Fixed issue with repair hammer not playing hit sound on the Wood Hedgehog, due to missing physical material
  
• Added new copies of existing Prospect Image textures to new folder with themed naming schemes for grouping
  
• Added new Prospect Images textures
  
• Changes to bespoke cave entrances in Blue and Green quad Styx.
  
• Updated mission step in Husk: Extermination mission to say Textiles Bench instead of Armor Bench
  
• Removed ore overlap in large G3 cave Blended cliff with landscape in D5 on Red Quad, Styx
  
• Added Chamois transition, carcass, fur and textures
  
• Added descriptions to the workshop vaccine modifiers.
  
• Initial work overhauling audio quad delay system (WIP)
  
• Moves quad delay to a dedicated PlayerReflectionAudioComponent
  
• Can be turned on for dev testing by ticking a box in BP_PlayerEnvironmentalAudioComponent which will instantiate the new component and bypass the old system
  
• Existing outposts now show the right difficulty level - or show Easy if they were made before outpost difficulty was added
  
• Added Reward Display under Talent_Prospect.
  
• Point Prospects to new images and minor DT fixes
  
• Ordered FactionMissions DT to match ProspectList DT for easier maintenance/comparisons
  
• Deleted Hard/Hardcore prospects no longer used since Difficulty refactor
  
• Changed system to not validate image resolution if no image is specified
  
• The Olympus wide outpost now points to the correct terrain and players can now launch the outpost successfully
  
• Adjusted Reward Display color and size
  
• Updated the LOD groups and LODs on certain Static Meshes
  
• Fixed Compile error on UMG_ProspectRewardDisplay
  
• Updated UMG_CreditsPage
  
• Fixed WorldStatsSubsystem trying to add to the virtual Buffalo and Boar spawn rate stats instead of base stats. This fixes issue where BoarSpawnRate and BuffaloSpawnRate stats weren't being applied correctly
  
• Added stats to control spawn rates of crocodiles, komodos, and zebra
  
• Fixed sorting of ProspectList and FactionMissions DTs
  
• Fixed missing meta data info in missions
  
• Removed hard references to images in UMGs
  
• Pointed FactionMissions to new image files
  
• Deleted old image files
  
• Fixed issue where the UI and Selected Outpost Difficulty could be out of sync and be displaying the incorrect difficulty and stats
  
• Checked that teleports players who fall out of the map now only considers players falling if their Z velocity is negative, instead of solely relying on a Falling MovementMode
  
• Fixed a few incorrect subtitles and typos on various mission voiceovers
  
• Adding base mission flow for Olympus Outpost unlock mission and relevant quest markers in D_QuestQueries data table, added in mission item BPs and Central Scanner Device BP which at the moment is a reskinned crash ship to retain base logic
  
• Added Quest items, Crystal and Battery Items static, meshable and itemable setups for use in Olympus Outpost unlock mission
  
• Added Talent for new Mission, Adding Character Flags for new Mission to unlock the Olympus wide outpost, Adding New UI to Outpost Selection, to show locked status
  
• Added some collision volumes beneath ground in underwater caves to ensure the new out-of-bounds teleporting works as expected in those areas of the map
  
• Added New UI of New Omni_Olympus Mission
  
• Added Inventory tag queries and slot setup
  
• Riverbanks/Cliff Underwater Assets Pass on Outpost 006, Forest Outpost 3
  
• Landscape painting Decal placement on Outpost 006, Forest Outpost 3
  
• Landscape Sculpting, Cliff Placement And Custom Cave Work, Outpost 008
  
• Added Scorpion pack static mesh
  
• Decal pass, foliage painting and lake/river edge spline points polish, Desert Outpost 007
  
• Added foliage, PFS_Resources and hand painted resources, polished decals and cliff blending, in Desert Outpost, 007
  
• Removed SM_ROCK_DC_LRG_10 from Outpost 007
  
• Foliage and resources pass, Nav Modifier Volumes placed in the persistent level and polished decals around cliffs, Desert Outpost 007
  
• Added Dropship spawning points, Ore deposits, polished landscape blending with cliffs and decals, painted voxels and added details to foliage, Desert Outpost 007
  
• Checked all impassable collisions and fixed landscape blending with canyons, decal polish pass, and built underground cave, Desert Outpost 007
  
• Delete unused Faction Expedition Blocker mesh
  
• Fix dresser DM material warning
  

Scorpion World Boss

This week we're unleashing the Scorpion world boss onto Styx missions, along with a mission to hunt a couple of them to discover the Scorpion Armor recipes! The armor is a great combat armor that even has a chance for your assailants to hurt themselves when attacking you, but take care, as the armor set might also draw some unwanted attention! - Shawn, Game Designer

Scorpion Armor Set

New Scorpion Mission

Detailed Change Log:

• Added Scorpion World Boss.
  
• Added Scorpion World Boss Armor.
  
• Adding new Item Prototype Creature Tracker
  
• Adding new Aura for Providing a modifier that reveals the boss creatures on the map
  
• Adding Stats for % Chance to Return Melee Physical Damage
  
• Adding Stat for % of Melee Physical Damaged Returned
  
• Adding new Stats to Scorpion Armor
  
• Adding new Damage type Returned
  
• Updates to water immersion parameter. Slowed created LCL version and adjusted seek speed to be slightly slower. Added to other layers of croc since its in the water a lot.
  
• Improved the machete skinning effectiveness and allowed it to reap plants.
  
• Sand mesh blended into ground in N13, Floating Rock moved in K6 Bug fixes on Green/Yellow Quad, Styx
  
• Removed the leaf layer on the wood stack asset.
  
• Edited desert cliff sticking out of impassable, Red Quad, Styx
  
• Reduced crafted knives durability and tweaked talents to help mitigate this.
  
• Tweaked talent tree positions for better readability and aesthetics.
  
• Ammo count displayed on UI is now cached, improving performance
  
• Update AssetInfo tool to scan complex-collision-as-simple meshes to verify their setups for performance implications.
  
• Update several meshes which had less than ideal setups to improve performance and quality. Many meshes needed additional 1 or 2 LODs for visual and collision reasons.
  
• Player Character names have been added to mission objectives in RENDEZVOUS: Delivery
  
• Adding navigation blocker to the delivery container so that the Mammoth Boss will no longer get stuck on RENDEZVOUS: Delivery
  
• Fixed issue where pickup sounds wouldn’t play when players picked up a creature or fish corpse.
  
• Fixed missing textures on Destructible Meshes for Horizontal and Diagonal Stone Beams.
  
• Fixed animal bone Niagara particle not playing when fully harvesting carcass skeleton.
  
• Removed spark and glow on hit particle from impacts with bone type physical surface
  
• Player gravestones now have a static overflow bag placed in the exact position they died. This gives anyone else a secondary interact/revive location in the case of a ragdolled body clipping through the world or becoming unreachable
  
• Fixed minor bug in talent tree allowing you to unlock certain talents without the visual requirements.
  
• Updated descriptions on Steel Bloom, Anvil Bench and Fireplace to better communicate Steel smelting requirements.
  
• Fixed a case where the craft/queue button on backpack crafting screen would not become enabled after adjusting amount being crafted to a valid amount
  
• Several cave fixes on Olympus - Cave entrance missing in yellow quad O12. Improved the cave entrance in red quad F1/F2. Removed white bush from yellow quad. Removed floating voxel in cave in yellow quad.
  
• Fixed bug on client where arrows attached to an NPC that just died could become re-attached strangely or float in the air.
  
• Fixing issue where the aura modules where not correctly adding the buffs to nearby players
  
• Fixed not being able to scroll between focused hotbar slots on inventory and crafting screens
  
• Fixed issue where SandWorm wouldnt spit at target if there was an NPC within melee range. Possibly fixed issue where SandWorm would go dormant while player was nearby
  
• Beacons can now be deployed using the right click context menu.
  
• Fixed bolt action rifle using wrong shoot animations for 3RD person
  
• The post-AI-death life span of actors spawned via BP_ManualAISpawnerBasic is now 15s instead of 3s. This fixes issue where caveworms could be destroyed before they finish their death animations
  
• Fixed animation bug where pistol hammer would return to fired postion after reloading
  
• Fixed cases where ore drills would not restart correctly after loading game or could enter states where they could not be re-activated. NOTE: Bio-drills will turn off automatically the first time you load game after this patch, on subsequent loads they should preserve their running state.
  
• Fixed case where electric drills could continue to run without power.
  
• Fixed drills not mining at correct speed for the deposit they are placed on after loading game.
  
• Removed dynamic snow from ore materials used in VFX Fixed snow particle issues on voxels
  
• Fixed Kea spawning inside of buildings
  
• Fixed regression with latest update to client/server projectile attachment replication breaking ability to auto-pickup attached arrows when picking up a carcass. Also fixes arrows not being automatically added to loot inventory when skinning carcass
  
• Spoiled Plants and Spoiled Meat can now be placed in the Icebox and Fridge, this means if food spoils while in the fridge or icebox the spoiled meat / plants item created is not lost.
  
• Added a fullstop to the Steel Pickaxe description.
  
• Adding cave worm egg nest audio. Gloopy sounds and close up heart beat. Added egg opening audio and creature die when destroyed. Small adjustments to the sack opening sound for the egg nest. Also added zebra carcass to the correct data table entry for audio so it plays the pick up sound.
  
• Dont use Meta axe icon as default icon and genercize mission unlock text for Workshop item nodes
  
• Disabled the PawnSwarm attached to BPQ_STYX_C_Expedition_Drill_Cave_2, this fixes the issue where caveworms were spawning underneath the map when drilling at the second drill spot (inside the cave). Possible fix for audio cue triggering too early during this mission step also
  
• Adding small delay to dialogue table for positive and negative one shot lines so that in missions they dont happen the instant the player achieves the goal. Particularly noticeable in Gossamer research
  
• Adding audio for the Kea stealing food off the campfire. Also added Kea idle silly move flap side to side audio
  
• Impassable mountains not actually changed, but setups slightly modified (lod-as-collision specified value) to suit the tooling as some data cannot be accessed (override collision geo)
  
• Implement new model and updated flavor text for Wood Hedgehog. Updated hitbox for Scorpion Hedgehog to more reliably hit creatures.
  
• Update meshes for Copper, Gold, Aluminium, Titanium and Steel ingots
  
• Update mesh for Ice and fix physical material being set to wood.
  
• Fix Glass item mesh having 4 LODs when LOD0 is 200 triangles. Fix materials having no physical materials assigned
  
• Optimize Wildboar textures down to 2k.
  
• Implementing Damage Returned Stats
  
• SandWorm no longer drops scales for instances of fire and poison damage, damage must have originated from physical attack (projectile or melee)
  
• Adding extra information to tooltips which describe modifiers and afflictions
  
• Quick Pass on Item Stats UI Element to include better buff / debuff visualisation so players can have a better understanding of whats buffs / debuffs do
  
• Sand Worm and Scorpion Boss now give the player much more experience when killed (1000->5000)
  

Performance and bugfixing has been a priority since we began the beta, but with a more solid foundation we now have the ability to make some of our weekly updates focused directly on improving both the stability of the game, and how it runs. This will be the first of what will be many updates focused on general performance and bugfixes. Note optimization takes time and requires a great deal of caution and testing; improvements come gradually over time.

Please ensure you check you are running the latest graphics card drivers!. We have worked directly with video card manufacturers and they have made changes to their graphics drivers directly to improve performance. It's vital you keep these up to date.
- Dean Hall, Gamerunner

2 New Missions

Larkwell Bow + Arrows

• Ballistic Arrow - A small yet devastating explosive charge which detonates on impact. Handle with care.
  
• Tazer Arrow - Somewhat clunky to use due to its weight, the Tazer arrow will briefly slow creatures.
  
• Bleed Arrow - Equipped with serrated edging to maximize damage, this arrow will cause on-going damage after the first hit lands.
  
• Standard Arrow - Not your typical run-of-the-mill arrow head, this precision crafted arrow flies fast, true and hits like a train.
  

Bug Fixes

• HALCYON: Extermination Mission, tweaked the Cub spawn rate to scale with connected players and prospect difficulty, is now slightly easier as a single player and ramps up with more connected players, added entry for Polar Bear Boss in AI_Growth so we can control the scaling apart from the base Polar bear, added in scaling for Den mother spawn to ramp up level with connected players
  
• RICOCHET Expedition: Fixed the Difficulty scaling pointing to the wrong difficulty setup in the Prospect system, second stage of worms now correctly scales with selected difficulty and connected players
  
• Implement Jaguar, Snow Leopard and Kea skinning bench options
  
• Added scorpion to skinning bench.
  
• Reducing Performance cost of Dropships and buildings as they where performing expensive operations when they did not need to.
  
• Polished landscape at cave entrance, fixed river spline and fish volume, edited floating landscape and voxels around and added cliffs in desert area to correct collision issue, Yellow quad, Styx
  

Detailed Patch Notes:

• Added BALLISTIC: EXTERMINATION - Dispatch any hostile wildlife in the region to guarantee the safety of the operator's team.
  
• Added RENDEVOUS: DELIVERY - Retrieve the required sample and ensure its safe return to orbit. Note that the sample will be highly sensitive to temperature.
  
• Added Steel Arrows. Implementing Steel Arrow recipe.
  
• Add Larkwell Bow and Arrows to Meta Workshop
  

• Existing workshop bows have been provided with a damage increase (+75% Projectile Damage)
  
• Watermelon now gives twice as much water. Reduced oxygen consumption buff to reduced water consumption instead. Fixed description text and name.
  
• Updated meshes used for Archers, Gatherers and Survival backpacks. Update collision and LODs
  
• Metal Ingots visual redesign - polish pass on textures to give each ingot type a more distinctive look.
  
• Moved oxygen bladder to be closer to Oxite Dissolver in T2 talent tree.
  
• Update Iron and Steel Pickaxe descriptions to better communicate access to higher tiers of ore.
  
• Pass on the Crocodile and Komodo Physics assets to bring them closer to our other animal ragdolls.
  
• Health regen granted to anchored NPCs retreating can now be controlled via a stat. Can now choose whether or not an AI spawned via a BP_ManualAISpawnPoint receives regeneration while retreating, enabled by default, turned this off for some minor enemies in OLY_Omni_Research_2 mission. Anchored NPCs can now teleport directly to their anchor target if they've been blocked for too long, this behaviour is enabled by default for NPCs spawned via BP_ManualAISpawnPoints. Added ability for GOAPAction Blueprints to override the stats granted to the NPC during execution of Action. (Low level NPCs with anchor points are not longer guaranteed health regen when retreating. NPCs with anchor points can now teleport to target if stuck).
  
• Halved attack range of polar bear cubs (6m->3m).
  
• Increase base weapon damage multiplier on Shengong Bows from 1.0 to 1.75x and Larkwell bow from 1.0x to 2.25x to better compare against their base Recurve and Compound Bow equivalents.
  

• HALCYON: Extermination Mission, tweaked the Cub spawn rate to scale with connected players and prospect difficulty, is now slightly easier as a single player and ramps up with more connected players, added entry for Polar Bear Boss in AI_Growth so we can control the scaling apart from the base Polar bear, added in scaling for Den mother spawn to ramp up level with connected players.
  
• RICOCHET Expedition: Fixed the Difficulty scaling pointing to the wrong difficulty setup in the Prospect system, second stage of worms now correctly scales with selected difficulty and connected players.
  
• Fixed visual issue with workshop unlock requirements for Envirosuit variant ‘XIGO ‘Hark’ S5 Envirosuit’.
  
• Fixed scale (size) for 'Poison Paste' mesh as it was way too big.
  
• Fixed Concrete Furnace crafting time being too quick.
  
• Fixed tooltip in Superfoods to “raw food provides more sustenance”.
  
• Fixed double stacked voxels in transition cave on Styx H5.
  
• Fixed issue where any projectiles attached to cave worms on death were disappearing. They are now placed inside a loot bag. Any projectiles attached to cave worm on death are now removed and placed inside loot bag.
  
• Fixed AI carcass not filling with correct amount of attached projectiles when skinned.
  
• Fixed AI sometimes having attached arrows disappear when its ragdoll froze.
  
• Fixed issue where trying to customize the cosmetics of an offline character would leave the character headless. Fixed issue where any changes made to an offline characters cosmetics after creation wouldn't be saved.
  
• Fixed Thatch Roof buildables not being upgradeable due to not being defined in the BuildingVariationsStructure struct.
  
• IcarusPlayerCharacter now uses CapsuleComponent bounds instead of actor bounds when calculating nearby temperature effect. This fixes the bug where getting a critical shot with a ballistic (explosive) arrow would heat the player up from a distance.
  
• Fixed World Bosses not being visible on map for clients with relevant tracker module or trait. Updated description of stat granted by World Boss tracker module.
  
• Fixed issue where multiple nearby campfires/fireplaces would not grant the Warm and Cozy buff, blocking players from sleeping.
  
• Fixing crocodiles spawning in the incorrect location during Ballistic: Extermination due to an outdated spawn config.
  
• Fixed highlight/interaction prompts being visible while unconscious. Fixed animals unintentionally highlighting briefly when looking at them.
  
• Fixed Concrete Furnace interaction camera clipping through the roof.
  
• Fixed swimming up and down using jump and crouch keybindings.
  
• Fixed various instances of ApplyRadialDamageWithFalloff not using the correct node, and therefore not dealing AOE damage: this includes Sandworm, Sandworm WorldBoss, Smoke grenades, and others. CaveWorms and TeenageCaveWorms were left un-touched as to not affect the balance of missions using them.
  
• Fixed Printed Campfire Destructible mesh materials.
  
• Fixed spelling of Teeming in Styx description.
  
• Fixed issue where the player facing name for STYX was incorrectly names STYX PREVIEW.
  
• Fixed CaveWorms spawning very large for server during RICOCHET: Expedition mission on STYX.
  

• Added Jaguar, Snow Leopard, Scorpion and Kea skinning bench options
  
• Adding in delay so Sol doesn't talk the very second bosses are defeated
  
• Applying water immersion eq to all creature death vocalizations so they filter when they fall under the water. Added preset for immersion
  
• Added Slow and Immobilize resistance stats to all aggressive creatures, based on their size/difficulty/strength. Ranges are from 10% to 50% and up to 100% for Boss creatures
  

• Fixing Performance of Deep Vein Ore Deposits as they are where doing many operations that they did not need to be doing
  
• Reducing Performance cost of Dropships and buildings as they where performing expensive operations when they did not need to.
  
• Optimizing Fish so they are no longer use expensive ticks or replication
  
• Memory dependency improvements which will help to reduce the amount of data required to be stored in memory while various elements of the game is running.
  
• Ammo count displayed on UI is now cached instead of being recalculated per frame, improving performance
  
• Improving Performance of Widgets that were Tracking and displaying Survival Variables (Oxygen, Water, Food, Temperature, Shelter) by preventing them from triggering updates in situations when they are not visible or not relevant to the current contextual situation.
  
• Removing various legacy debugging popups for UI elements which were triggering very expensive updates.
  
• Removing unnecessary replication of many elements (WaterBodies, HuntingClues, Rockets, RocketParts and Seats) and preventing smooth sync movement which was not needed
  

• Polished landscape at cave entrance, fixed river spline and fish volume, edited floating landscape and voxels around and added cliffs in desert area to correct collision issue, Yellow quad, Styx
  
• Bug Fixes, Waterfall fixes, Blending mesh into the landscape, Moving floating voxels Cave Fixes on Green Quad, Styx
  
• Fixed Riverbank Seams, Fixed Floating Cliffs and Fixed Ores Spawning Mid Air, Blue Quad, Styx
  
• General Cliff And Riverbank Fixes And A Decal Pass On The Riverbanks, Blue Quad, Styx
  
• Edited voxels and resources in transition cave, polished decals and foliage, Red quad, Styx
  
• Decal Pass On Riverbanks and Foliage Cleanup, Blue Quad, Styx