Outback
Micro Patch
--Patch Notes—
Ammo count for crafted guns fixed.
Alpha Patch 1.4
Alpha Patch 1.4
Hello Beautiful people. Alpha patch 1.4 is now live. This patch primarily focused on Ai fixes and a new spawning mechanic.
I am going to just jump into the patch notes. And as usual stay beautiful and I look forward to your feedback and suggestions in the forums.
--Patch Notes—
All animal AI code rewritten.
All zombie code rewritten.
Blood effects added to all animals and zombies.
Hurt sounds and animations added to zombies.
Spawning system completely redesigned from scratch. (It now follows the player and does all kinds of checks for; distance to player on spawn, enemy variety, Enemy density, Distance from player to de-spawn enemy) The new system will guarantee that you will always have a set amount of AI around and a good variety of enemies.
Wave Spawn Mechanic (There is a new mechanic for night time. Zombies will spawn and swarm your location until the morning)
Cheval de fries added (spiked barricade). This is a new defense item to help you stay alive at night.
Craftables ground bug fixed. (Crafted items can now once again be correctly placed on the ground). To fix this one I had to disable something that footstep sounds relied on. Don’t worry I will bring them back. I just need to change how they work.
Day and night cycle has now been added to the save system.
In game clock added.
Days counter added. (This does not tell you what in game day it is. Instead it tells you how many days you survive in between dying)
Hurt sounds for the player fixed. (The player will now make a sound when taking any kind of damage regardless of source. This means when you run out of hunger and thirst you will be able to tell you are dying)
Punching animation replaced.
Distance fog is now gone.
Foliage render distance increased.
Lighting adjusted.
Snakes now poison you.
Alpha Patch 1.3.1
--Patch Notes—
Fixed Unarmed (Fixed animations, Fixed resource hit detection, Fixed First person Unarmed not working)
Added hit sounds for Unarmed
Added footstep sounds to player
Fixed inventory weights and slot counts for backpacks and storage chests.
Adjusted stat reduction to decrease at half the rate.
Added new crafting recipe for plant fibres.
Mini Patch
Water collection fixed (Don't need to hold in E now, press once to collect 1 water)
Alpha Patch 1.3
Alpha patch 1.3 has landed. This patch was entirely focused on bug fixes and laying groundwork for future work.
As always I look forward to everyone's feedback in the forums and discord.
--Patch Notes--
Main character mesh changed (A naked character was added to allow better use of the clothing system and to prep for the planned create a character feature)
Cardboard armour replaced with cloth clothes
First Person View added back in
Foliage view distance adjusted
Foliage collisions simplified
Town level stream triggers enlarged
Landscape material now uses multiple grass outputs (desert areas have separate grass)
Landscape material painting grass to rocky slopes fixed
Melee weapons are now useable underwater
Increased respawn time of foliage resources
Changed build part health bar
Changed stats bars to use bars instead of squares
Animals now correctly spawn hide and raw meat
Changed respawn screen
Death bags no longer add marker to the map
Fixed lag caused by plot poles
Plot poles can no longer be destroyed after placing
Fixed spelling errors in item descriptions
Added inventory weight back in
Collecting water now uses a timer (hold E in)
Punching damage now assigned from left hand not the right hand
“E” Closes inventory when open in storage component
Placeable build parts can be picked up using a hammer
Added hit decals to range weapons
Fixed floating build parts
Added backpacks back in
Fixed backpack slots not loading
Adjusted damage values for all weapons (to balance the system)
Fixed death bag max weight incorrect
Fixed Build Menu showing in inventory
Fixed weight after dropping weapons
Fixed equipment items going in to fuel slots
Fixed crafting tool tip colour
Removed Multiplayer window from the retail build (this is for planned future work and shouldn’t have been in the retail version)
Fixed equipment not loading on save games
Fixed Use Stamina System not working
Fixed Death Bag slots
Fixed reloading while automatic firing
Fixed corrupted texture
Fixed anim blueprint blend
Fixed storage component slots not loading
Fixed crash with crafting system
Fixed holdable movement speeds
Fixed building grids not loading
Added “Allow FP ADS From TP” Option
Fixed “Require Fuel” option to convert component
Added jump cool down
Added crafting recipe required actor filter
Fixed ADS location for M1982
Fixed ADS location for M4A4
Fixed ADS aim offset
Fixed collecting resources with a count higher then 1
Fixed doors not opening
Fixed sounds not playing at weapon location
Fixed crafting at full weight not dropping item
Fixed new foliage not being removed
Fixed death bag desync
Fixed wrong anims used by weapons
Fixed total armour count
Fixed hammer not damaging build parts
Changed the amount of resources foliage actors have available
Fixed placeable build parts interactable after destroyed
Fixed uncrouching in incorrect places
Fixed save system loading duplicated grids for new clients
Fixed full auto shooting not updating location
Fixed shift clicking moving items to convert component
Fixed unequip bags to base inventory slots
Fixed grids saving incorrectly
Fixed requires crafting bench text
Fixed holdables not attaching on save load
Changed Fog and lighting to stabilise FPS
Fixed character not facing save rotation
Fixed incorrect total ammo count on load save game
Fixed placeable collision with build parts
Fixed build part destruction
Fixed none item spawning in the storage component
Fixed move item issue
Fixed foundation overlap issue
Fixed grids using visibility traces
Fixed dropped weapons not displaying attachments
Fixed storage component saving wrong attachments
FPS mini patch
Reduced the size of towns
Reduced amount of shadow from grass
Cascaded shadows implemented.
What this means for you guys and girls. You should see a noticeable increase to FPS and a significant decrease to loading times at towns. The whole thing should run a little smoother.
90% off Sale
Hello beautiful people
Outback Survival will be on sale starting tomorrow. The game will be 90% off and the sale will run for 14 days.
Enjoy and tell your friends :D
Map Patch 2
Hello beautiful people
Map Patch 2 has finally landed. YAY
Patch Notes
9 new zombies
POIs are now towns you can explore and loot
Terrain size increased by a lot. Roughly 8 times more playable space.
All vegetation and foliage models replaced.
Navigation is now dynamic and more accurate.
Animal ai re-written to use new navigation.
Zombie Ai now re-written to use new navigation.
Swimming physics are a thing now.
Level streaming (because of the massive size of the map this was needed. You may notice a little lag when moving between sublevels at POIs)
Clouds now dynamically move.
All lighting has been adjusted and improved.
Shadows also adjusted and improved.
Distance volumetric rendering fog added in.
Water interacts to Ai and player now.
Vegetation now reacts to wind.
Map Markers added for each city.
Vegetation biomes added. (Rocky areas, Beachy Areas, Forest Areas etc)
Zombies no longer give loot but try to kill you when you are trying to get loot.
32bit dropped. Game is using 64 bit again. (New larger map wasn't possible in 32bit). This means full controller support is gone and we are back to partial controller support. Don't fret I will add this back in later in development.
I hope every is doing well and I look forward to feedback and suggestions in the forums.
Patch 29/05/2019
--Patch Notes—
Full controller support now added.
64bit to 32bit swap. (So, the game can be played on low end computers)
Game optimized further to reduce noticeable performance loss.
Some small changes to the GUI; New mouse Icon, changed cross hair color, Changed player marker color.
Changed the code behind the scenes for receiving device input (to prevent cross over and code interruption).
Scroll wheel control of the Hot-bar added.
Patch 18/05/2019
29 New Crafting recipes added.
Main character changed to female.
Model viewer lighting adjusted.
Rivers and oceans add dirty water to inventory instead of allowing you to drink.
Cooking furnace recipes now have increased crafting time.
Red Dot weapon sight adjusted.
Inventory item “Seeds” added
Inventory item “Hide” added
Inventory item “Cloth” added
Inventory item “Sand” added
Inventory item “Glass” added
Inventory item “Fibers” added
Shrubs now store 10 resources for harvesting
Trees now store 100 resources for harvesting