Hello Beautiful people I am happy to say Alpha patch 1.5.9 is now live. This patch / build was aimed entirely at lighting and level design. Before we jump into the patch notes I just want to say. That during these trying times I hope everyone is ok and staying safe.
PATCH NOTES
Lighting adjusted
Added fog that enhances lighting
Begun the process of adding in rural housing
Begun the process of adding in underwater scenery
Made some improvements to AI performance
AI density and population doubled
Remade all the mountains and mountainous areas
Made some variations to the trees and grass
1.5.8 mini fix
--Patch Notes--
Fixed rain to be cheaper on resources ( You will get a much higher FPS now while its raining)
Fixed an issue with beds that was preventing building
Alpha Patch 1.5.8
--Patch 1.5.8-- Hello beautiful people Alpha build 1.5.8 is now live. There are a few areas that were focused on for this one. Multi-language support is now implemented. Performance was another focus point. And adding small amounts of polish to a lot of different areas was another point of focus. For this patch, I was able to get the game running a lot better and using a reduced amount of resources. As a result, I was able to lower the minimum requirements for the game. Also install size was reduced significantly. I reached out to get some help from some other developers on the performance stuff in the shape of different ideas to try and would like to give a shout out to; Matt, Pat, High five, James and Matt W. Some notes for this patch; old saves won’t work. It is recommended that people play either using Vsync or frame capping (It uses less GPU). Let’s jump into the patch notes. --Patch Notes— • 15 languages are now supported (English, Arabic -World, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Czech, Danish -Denmark, French – France, German – Germany, Greek – Greece, Italian – Italy, Japanese – Japan, Portuguese – Portugal, Russian – Russia, Spanish – Spain, Swedish – Sweden) – This feature required re-writing every single script the game uses. • Cleaner GUI • Performance increase (increased by 100 FPS) • Rednecks open doors • Can now rotate doors when crafting • Day/Night system re-written • New engine version • All the foliage has been remade • All in game textures have been remade • Smelting iron takes less time • Bush ambient sounds gone and replaced with a custom ambient music player (The music player will select ambient music randomly from a daytime and night-time play list) • Lowered footstep volume • Replaced the hurt sound effects • Fixed the trader code • Fixed loot spawning code • Fixed save and load code for cash • Improved fast travel code • Changed menu audio to now play ambient music • Fixed death bag spawn code bug • Fixed a bug with changing resolution not working • Replaced all wood build parts • Fixed all wood to stone upgrades • Fixed campfire infinite stack bug • Campfire now has 5 convert slots • Fixed volume controls not saving and loading • Adjusted map code • Adjusted way-point code • Replaced the map texture • Plot poles removed from game • Beds now also act as fast travel • Fixed chase range for predatory animals (they don’t chase you endlessly now) • Fixed AI loot drops (loot will only drop now if the player kills the AI and will no longer spawn if the AI was killed by another AI) • Melee weapons now have a wider hit detection radius • Reduced the poly count of every single mesh used • Added distance fog • Changed level streaming to improve performance • Re-wrote every script that used event tick to reduce on frame use. • Reduced the install size to 3gb • Trees now fall over after being harvested • Rocks now crumble after being harvested • Fixed a bug with exiting the game • Greatly reduced the minimum requirements to; CPU- Intel (R) Core (TM)2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHZ 2.67GHZ, RAM – 4gb, GPU – Nvidia GT1030 2gb
Mini Fix
Patch Notes
Fixed player dropping through map
Fixed Rednecks spawning in roofs
Fixed starting trace point for melee weapons
Bag fix mini patch
This is a super small patch that fixes 1 thing. And that is just the way backpacks add and remove inventory slots.
1.5.7 Mini Fix
Due to player feedback to the 1.5.7 patch, the toon shader option will be offered as something that players can choose for themselves. This feature can be adjusted at any time in the advanced settings section of the main menu. I also added some bug fixes also from player feedback.
PATCH NOTES • Inventory, crafting and player screens have been recombined and use a single button bind (This was to fix some bugs) • Removed some key-binds for gamepad that weren’t being used • Removed hide gui by button press feature • Adjusted nighttime brightness settings in day and night system • The player’s torch no longer uses button press but will auto turn on when it is nighttime • M4A4 Durability settings adjusted • Fixed the collisions for a bunch of furniture items • Removed a foliage actor that was causing bugged collisions • Fixed a few bugs being caused by duplicate exit screens • Shift + Click quick move has been removed (This will be temporary)
Update 1.5.7 (Australia Day Patch)
Its finally here guys and girls the Aussie day patch has landed. This was a big patch so its best we just jump straight into the patch notes.
Patch Notes
• In world load screens gone • Fixed Bin models • Bikey Mike’s Shop new textures • Harvest Lag Fixed • Textures for all houses changed • Render distances greatly increased • New method of level Streaming (The map now uses 121 sub-levels, it used to have just 1 for each town) • Improvements to performance backend (Things load faster) • Increased loading distances • New foliage models and textures for outback areas • Punching while placing bug fixed • All plugins removed (Functionality still there just not using plugins) • Upgrade to Unreal 4.24.1 (By removing the plugins the game will now always be on the latest version of the engine) • Changed Water Texture • Tweaked Day and Night Cycle • Fixed weather system bug • Fixed bug with lamps • Street lights added to towns • Reflector poles added to roads • AI bullets are slightly faster • Speed signs added to roads • Sharp curve signs added to roads • Post boxes added to towns • All wooden craft-able building pieces remodeled and retextured • Fixed Ai emitter code • Motion Blur gone • Auto eye exposure gone • Ray tracing implemented correctly • Fixed Bug with Map • Fixed bug with character select menu • Fixed bugs with AI spawner code • Fixed bugs in Ai navigation code • Fixed LODs for most models • Fixed AI animation bug • Each sublevel now has its own separate navigation (For faster execution of AI nav code) • Workbench Retextured • Changed the Cash binding in the inventory (You won’t have to wait for it to update now) • Fixed bug with window build part grids • Individual Character names added to player select screen • Road splines tweaked to be closer to the ground • Campfire remodeled • Fixed escape button not working • Power poles and cables added to towns • Crafting Menu GUI changed • Inventory GUI changed • Loot GUI changed • Item Highlight added • Poison screen affect added • Dehydrate Screen affect added • Redneck aggression Highlight added • Damage / Health Screen affects added • Redneck Health increased • Low health alarm affect added • Punching animation changed • Fixed defaults for tab swapper • Fixed redneck ragdoll • Trader now uses loot list and not item list • Trader GUI changed • Inventory, Player screen and Crafting now all have separate key-binds • Reduced install size • New encryption method • Fixed quality settings bug • Toon shader added (cell shading) • Loot list expanded • Fixed bug that was launching VR for people with a VR device plugged in. • Two new fence models added to towns. • Mailboxes added to towns • Cobblestone path added to towns • Stone axe added • Stone pickaxe added • Player screen GUI changed • Player screen character now animates • Axe recipe changed • Fixed game not closing • Fixed game not saving and loading properly (Game won’t recognize old saves as a result of the fix) • Fixed foundation overlap issue • Fixed dropped weapons not displaying attachments • Fixed storage component saving wrong attachments • Improved item spawner • Fixed item duplication exploit • Fixed foundation placement angle • Fixed weapon movement spread • Ranged weapon spread now increases over distance • Fixed remove resource trace • Fixed split stack weight issue • Fixed crouch movement speed • Build parts now drop loot bags when destroyed if they contain items • Improved cross hair resizing • Fixed shotgun spread • Melee weapons now use multiple animations • Fixed wall offset center delete issues • Fixed character rotation issue • Fixed unequip weight issue • Fixed weapon inventory for death bags • Fixed P1911 animation issue • Fixed master item collision issue • Fixed some issues with building grids • Fixed character melee movement animations (Character no longer shrugs when using melee weapons)
Free to Play Weekend / Sale
If you are interested in Outback Survival now is your chance to get a copy of the game at 90% off. This offer will be available until December 4th. Also for those of you who are interested in trying the game before you buy it, this weekend there will be a Free to Play weekend available.
Patch 1.5.6
Patch 1.5.6 is now live :D
This patch largely focused on a new feature that will allow players to pick and choose the colour of the in game GUI. PATCH NOTES
Through the advanced tab inside the settings Menu, which is located in the Main menu. Players can now change the game GUI and Menu to their favourite colour. Players will also have control of the alpha channel which allows you as a player to decide how transparent (see through) you want the in game GUI to be.
The in world menus and GUI were also re-coded to have a cleaner look and to be more compatible with the GUI colour pick feature.
Changed some back-end stuff to do with quality settings to allow for better FPS in game.
The painting item has been temporarily removed
Update 1.5.5
UPDATE 1.5.5 This update mainly focused on creating a new dynamic weather system for the game and improving the First person experience. The weather system is designed so that every single day in game should be unique. Even if you have the same weather event as a previous day (e.g lightly cloudy) there should be subtle differences between the two days.
PATCH NOTES
Stage 1 of the new Dynamic Weather System Implemented.
Fixed a bug with exp and max exp not saving
Fixed a few AI bugs
Increased the distance at which towns will load in and unload out
Trees and rocks will no longer re-spawn (This is to encourage exploration)
All Ai sounds fixed (Now Ai will use sounds within the 3d environment instead of playing on the UI. This means you will be able to locate them better by using just sound)
Fixed an issue where to many AI would spawn in when loading back into the game
Fixed Furnace not placing on dirt
Behind the scenes improvements where added to reduce the amount of RAM being used while playing the game
All weapons and weapon cameras have been tweaked and re-aligned to improve the player's experience when using first person view.
