Last Tide has a new event game mode, Hunt! The goal of Hunt is to survive. Hunt adds respawning, roaming sharks, and the bounty system. Kill divers and sharks to earn bounty and become the most notorious diver on the server! Every 24 hours Hunt enters a battle royale, crowning a winner, and then giving a fresh chance to climb the Bounty Board.
Changelog
Sharks
There are now roaming sharks!
Sharks are attracted to areas containing divers
Each zone is inhabited by a different shark species
Sharks no longer attack downed players
If a Megalodon is killed another will appear after a short while
Bounties:
Bounty system awards bounty points for killing sharks and divers
Players can steal bounty points from each other
Players are removed from the bounty board if they leave the game
Bounty leaders have their map quadrant shown globally (1st-3rd)
Oxygen System:
Oxygen slowly depletes
Divers need to find Diving Cylinders to refill their oxygen reserves
General:
Divers are knocked down upon losing their health and can now be revived by anyone
Sharks will no longer target a diver who has been knocked down
Placing the reticle over another diver will display their name
Players can now self-kill their diver once downed
The boat now travels in a loop along the outside of the map
Removed bombing plane
Doors can now be closed
Day and night cycles have been added
Battle Royale mode will begin at the end of each day
S.T.E.V.E. can no longer be damaged during survival mode
Supply plane now delivers every 30 minutes
Pod Stations:
Pod stations no longer require a cooldown between use
Pod Tokens are now required to use a pod-launcher
Megalodon:
Now drops the harpoon
No longer regenerates health
Lowered speed
VOIP:
Added open-water communication
Adjusted VOIP radius (voices will now cut-off over distance)
Items:
New Item: Diving Cylinder - Provides much needed breathing gas for divers
New Item: Pod Tokens - Grants a single use of a Pod Station
New Item: Compass - A basic diving compass
New Item: GPS - Provides divers with a minimap, their location, and orientation
Items will now respawn after a period of time
Megalodon now drops the harpoon
Ammo spawns reduced
Supply crates no longer drop the harpoon
Zones:
Different types and qualities of items will spawn in each zone
Higher tier items can be found as players move towards the NW
Shark difficulty increases as players move towards the NW
Other:
Fixed various crashes
Performance improvements (Client + Server)
Known Issues:
Changing divepods
Last Tide: MEGALODON!
MEGALODON!
https://youtu.be/wxGR-wK4VsQ
A gigantic Megalodon has been found roaming the waters! Squad up, find the beast, and take it down to earn a special reward! Winning Squads get the option to fight the Megalodon after the match is over!
Mecha-lodon Unlocked by defeating the megalodon
New Weapon: AAP-8 Pistol
The AAP-8 is a rather unique full-auto pistol which operates underwater. It makes up for its weaker stopping power with a high rate of fire.
Quests
Daily quests are here! Complete a new quest every day to earn bonus Clams.
Map Fixed various spots that let players get out of the map
Removed collision from lots of small foliage to allow for smoother movement when swimming along the ground
Fixed various floating meshes (rocks in the air, etc.)
Added new ambiance soundfx to various map areas (Frigates, Cargo Ships, Nuclear Submarine)
Fixed various god spots (spots where players could shoot out but not be shot)
Gear UPR-17 Gyro Rifle Firing SoundFX are now a bit quieter
Fixed weapon visuals getting out of sync when players move out of view (Fixes issues like players using ADS but it sounds like an automatic Spear Gun)
New 3d model for Grappling Hook's Hook Ammo
Fixed orientation of Holo Sight on the SCR-UMP
Flashlight effects fixed to consistently work as intended
New 3d model for the Supply Drop Crate
Added Grappling Hook to the Weapon List in the Inventory/Vicinity list
Fixed shooting limbs sticking out through walls counting as hits (now they do not)
Fixed a bug where sometimes knifes could not damage sharks
Shark Shield Shark Shield Enter/Exit sounds now play for players in Divepods
Shark Shield visuals now visible to spectators
Divepod Equipped Divepod model now appears in the main menu
Improved visuals on Divepods launching from boat
Improved Divepod handling when breaching out of the water
Sharks Shark animations tweaked to look more natural and less stiff
Improved shark descend and ascend so sharks rotate to move more naturally
Other Fixed various crashes
Performance improvements (Client + Server)
Added more Community Translation Improvements: Bulgarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean
Coming Soon: Free Weekend & Mega Update!
Coming Soon: Free Weekend & Mega Update!
Last Tide will be having a Free Weekend on September 27th! A mega-sized update is also in the works to really make a splash! Tell your friends to try Last Tide!
Last Tide: The SCR-UMP Update
New Weapon: SCR-UMP
This UMP has been made Scuba Ready with modifications to fire lethal steel darts.
New Attachment: Heavy Barrel
This heavy barrel increases stopping power.
Attaches To:
ADS Rifle
APS Rifle
New Divepod Skins!
Available now in the Clam Shop!
Barrel Rider
Pixel
Metro
Frost
Abyss
Changelog
UI Improvements:
Fixed the Red Player's Map Marker appearance
Fixed loading screen text overlapping
Shark Shield collapsing message now shows the timer counting down
Added a Golden Crown indicator to HUD's Squad Widget
Functionality Improvements:
Player Count accuracy improved
Changed Matchmaker to use preferred regions
Added new region options: Asia, Australia
Sound:
Fixed diver movement sounds not being audible when coming from behind
Reduced audible range on the Bangstick's explosion sound effect
Gameplay Changes:
Fixed spread sometimes still being applied right after aiming down sights
Chumnade projectile size reduced (Shooting Through Windows)
Lowered number of Grenade spawns per game
Bangstick:
Lowered number of Bangstick spawns per game, slightly
Bangstick, range reduced
Bangstick, increased time required to reset before use again after missing
Heavyjet Revolver:
Increased damage and rate of fire, slightly
Optimization Improvements:
Improved foliage optimization for lower-spec computers
Various improvements on client and server for all range of PCs
Last Tide: BOOM! - Update & Devblog
Last Tide: BOOM! - Update & Devblog
We're excited to release the BOOM! Update and talk about our plans! A huge thank you to everyone for supporting us in Early Access and all the feedback you've given us. We've been listening closely and will be working our hardest over the coming months to address your concerns and help bring your ideas to life.
New Weapon: Bang Stick
We've got a new weapon in Last Tide, say hello to the Bang Stick! A spear with an explosive tip. Jab it into a shark and blow it up from the inside out!
The Clam Shop opens for business!
We've created a basic cosmetic store which allows you to spend your hard earned Clams! To kick things off we've created five Divepod skins, so get ready to pimp your ride! We'll continue introducing new types of cosmetics and ways to spend your Clams, and would love to hear what you want to see next.
Leaderboards
We've been recording stats since launch and now we have a way to view them! Check out how you stack up against other divers on our leaderboards website! We'll be working on creating more robust leaderboards with more stats and features over the course of Early Access!
About Server Regions
Last Tide is an international game and we completely understand that everyone wants servers as close to home as possible. Our development team is based in New Zealand so we look forward to being able to open an Oceanic server region to better enjoy the game ourselves!
We're really happy to have such a healthy North American region running 24/7 and always full of players! With about an 80% review score so far, we're really excited to see that players are so happy with Last Tide so far. We'll continue to consistently improve the game and advertise to bring new players into the waters to help Last Tide grow!
Unfortunately our European region is not as consistently populated, so we are thinking hard about how to tackle this problem before expanding into more regions such as East Asia and Australia. We have had a number of ideas, such as introducing a smaller variant game mode for 15-30 players to help populate and make Last Tide playable in growing regions. Another idea is introducing bots to play against. Tell us what you think would be best!
Cheaters in Last Tide
We've seen your concern over cheaters in Last Tide, and what we're going to do about them. We prefer not discussing details of how our anti-cheat works as cheaters may use that information, but we've been swift in already banning several cheaters thanks to our current anti-cheat system and the reports you have sent in! We are working on getting VAC up and running soon, and will continue improving our internal anti-cheat to keep Last Tide cheater free.
VOIP
Lacking ways to communicate with your teammates in a tactics focused game is definitely frustrating! We've started implementing a voice chat system to talk with your squad, and hope to have it out this month!
Coming soon!
Patch Notes
New Added Clam Store
Added 5 Divepod Skins (Clam Purchasable)
Added Platinum Divepod (10 Wins)
Added News Panel
Added Leaderboards v1
Added New Weapon Bang Stick
Localization Added Portuguese (Portugal) Community Translation
Added Bulgarian Community Translation
Added Estonian Community Translation Improvements (Menu Text Only)
Sound Added Diver Screams
S.T.E.V.E. now plays a sound for cashing in treasure
Reduced how far Shark movement sounds carry, making them harder to hear at a distance
Fixed infinitely looping grappling hook sound bug
Map Fixed LOTS of mapping issues - thanks for the reports everyone!
Added new boat paths
Content Updated Sniper Scope visuals
Gameplay More client and server optimizations!
Lowered early game Shark Shield timings
Shark Shield timing and size adjusts depending on number of players connected at the start of the match
Removed sprint penalty when equipping, holstering, and reloading weapons
Divers now animate their heads when free looking. (Fixes Glare Hiding)
Increased S.T.E.V.E's health
Disconnected divers now reward kills
Rebalanced how score (and Clams) are calculated
Gameplay: Gear Gyro Rifle: Increased Damage for Levels 1 and 2
Gyro Rifle: Increased Rate of Fire for Levels 2 and 3
Gyro Revolver: Increased damage
Increased maximum medigas time
Small Medigas: Reduced weight
E.R. Kit: Reduced weight, reduced activation time
Patch Kit: Reduced weight
All Grenades: Only gives a single grenade. Increased spawn chance.
Treasure: Increased spawn chance
Chumnades: Reduced size of AOE
Chumandes: Can no longer queue-up multiple sharks
Chumnades: Changed shark logic. Whitetips will always attack players chummed within the Shark Shield. Played chummed outside of the Shark Shield will be always be attacked by the current shark species attacking (ex. Goblin early game, Great White late game, etc.).
Fixed Lobber bug causing them to get jammed
All Pistols: Now give +5% move speed
Fixes Fixed crashed dive pods always being highlighted
Fixed rare game crash that occurred when using the lobber
Fixed blood effects not appearing when Game Effects were set to 'Low'
Fixed free look sometimes turning character 180 degrees
Fixed diver glints not appearing on free looking players
Fixed diver first person view sometimes getting stuck rotated (sideways/upsidedown)
Fixed a variety of issues that occured when joining a server late
Fixed sharks getting stuck and unable to chase players
Fixed HSV floating in the air
Fixed Alt + Space not allowing you to 'Free Look' and 'Ascend' at the same time
Improved scalability for Post Processing on low and medium settings
Improved scalability for Shadows on low setting
UI When a squad member dies, a death marker is placed on the map
Items in Crates now appear sorted within the vicinity list categories, rather than having its own category
Categories in the bag and vicinity lists are now always ordered
Fixed Match Countdown message not displaying in some languages (Korean, Thai, etc.)
Fixed 'Next Player' button in the spectator UI
If a slot can only received a cheek pad attachment, a cheek pad icon is shown instead of a stock icon
If a slot can only received sights (Red Dot, Holo), a sights icon is shown instead of a scope icon
Hotfix #1
Thank you all so much for the feedback on the Shark Shield (Zone) timings and Matchmaker changes!
Shortly we will be rolling out a small hotfix, here is a preview of the changes to come:
Increased the amount of time for matches to start, this should allow for more high player count games with a little bit more waiting
If the player count is above 70 the first Zone is delayed until after the Boat Phase. (Same as pre-update)
The first Shark Shield Zone size has been increased when playing with less players.
Increased the amount of time before the first Zone collapses to give more time for looting.
Fixed issue that was causing the Bombing Plane to continue coming when the zone was really small.
Fixed new pod skins that were not rendering correctly
Fixed players that disconnected during warmup being counting toward total players
Fixed Spectator buttons disappearing when switching between players
