The Wild Eight: Shadow Hunt

• New Quest The Wendigo – Search for clues on how to summon the mythical creature of the Alaskan wilds, and defeat him to lift the curse.
  
• Combat re-balanced – visual and stylistic changes to the combat system, aimed to smooth out the gameplay experience.
  
• New Feature Food Rot – The Wild Eight just got more complex! The food you store in your inventory won’t stay there indefinitely - it will now slowly turn bad, becoming Spoiled and, over time, Rotten. Keep your food fresh by keeping it in the cold - or storing it in your Chest!
  
• UI additions – between some last-minute UI polish, How-To Play instructions and other small improvements here and there, we’re finalizing the overall look of the game’s interface.
  
• Emotes – a new way to communicate with the other players around you, no chat required!
  
• More side content – new locations, in-game creatures and wildlife re-balanced, and more!
  

The Wild Eight 1.0 Release Date

• Scotty will no longer call a Player by his SteamID, using the in-game character’s name instead
  
• Several Mini-Map fixes & additions - icons and backdrop of the map re-worked for an improved experience, you can now see other players’ view angle.
  
• Fixed an issue where if the Player typed a message in chat, the overhead bubble with the message did not appear in-game.
  
• Added auto-equip on items upon pickup
  
• Multiple fixes to The Door side-quest
  
• Fixed an issue where items thrown near the Cellar would disappear.
  
• Multiple fixes to the underground Metro fast travel system.
  
• Added an option to track the Quest by clicking their icon on the Map.
  
• Tamed animals and hostile creatures are now shown on the mini-map
  
• Fixed an issue where, in some cases, hostile creatures wouldn’t stop chasing the player
  
• Fixes to multiple terrain issues
  
• Fixes to the in-game Tutorial
  
• Added new sounds to the in-game UI
  
• Fixed an issue where, in some cases, online players experienced significant FPS drops
  
• Fixed an issue where the Host was not able to change Server’s status (Solo / Public / Private) while in-game after loading a save file
  
• Fixes to several UI issues
  
• Fixed an issue which caused the “Home Sweet Home” achievement to not trigger properly
  
• Fixed terrain issues, where in certain spots Player could get stuck in a door
  
• Fixed an issue with animal movement not displaying properly during online play
  
• Visual enhancements added to the game, ensuring a better gameplay look
  
• Fixed an issue where, in some cases, after completing The Door sidequest, Player’s UI would disappear.
  

New features and changes:

• Added location display on the mini-map - a major one
  
• UI: new tips and quest panel animations, quest notification button when using a gamepad
  
• Load Game screen now shows the number of days on the server, not the number of days survived
  
• Tutorial: new stages and their localization added
  
• Crafting items sequence on the All tab in Workshop is changed
  
• Weapons can now be switched with LMB
  
• Distance to the nearest objects on the minimap is now displayed differently
  
• Icons are now displayed according to the player’s elevation level.
  
• Torch thrown to the ground is now gradually losing its durability
  
• When creating a new Solo game the Create a Lobby screen is now skipped
  
• New received and completed quest notifications
  

Bug fixes:

• Animals passing through a player - one of the major issues, fixed
  
• Major optimization issues - fixed
  
• After freezing to death the character does not warm up in the bunker - fixed
  
• Issues with the emerging and completing Lost Future, The Door and Dark Matter quests - fixed
  
• Issues with animals’ movement and them getting stuck - fixed
  
• Tutorial issues - fixed
  
• Map icon disappearing from the toolbar - fixed
  
• Items with low durability get destroyed during pickup - fixed
  
• Construction speed of Shelter and Workshop above level 1 - fixed
  
• Underground premises icons display on the map and mini-map - fixed
  
• Create a Lobby screen appearing when loading a Solo game - fixed
  
• Game sounds - fixed
  
• Blizzard balance - fixed
  
• Algorithm of animal creation - optimized
  

• Major savefile fixes - all of the reported savefile issues should be resolved with this fix.
  
• "Press Space to Use" prompt would, in some cases, not appear near ladders and hatches - fixed.
  
• "Map" button in the toolbar now doesn't appear before Player obtains the Map in the Tutorial (if you skip the Tutorial, the Map will still automatically be there)
  
• Strong Attack and Weapon Throw hints don't stay on-screen until you complete the required action - they now fade away after several seconds.
  
• The icon on the Map now changes when completing the Side-Quest.
  
• Save files are now being properly sorted, from newest to oldest.
  
• While standing next to a bonfire, Player was unable to discard items from his inventory with the T button - fixed.
  
• Upon first opening of the Map screen, the Map wasn't centered around the player character properly - fixed.
  
• Tutorial step fix - if a Player builds a Workshop before the required Tutorial step, he won't be able to progress further - fix.
  
• Multiple UI fixes.
  

• In several cases, Players reported their save file as corrupted - fixed.
  
• Designated quest marker was not functioning properly in “IRIS FLIGHT 816” quest - fixed.
  
• Players could access in-game chat (Enter) from the Pause Menu - fixed.
  
• “Shelter remains” would in some cases appear after a Player’s death, despite Shelter’s storage slots being empty - fixed.
  
• By entering the Pause Menu while entering / exiting buildings, Players in some cases could trigger a permanent “black screen” - fixed.
  
• While constructing a Shelter or Workshop, Players could start constructing the same building again, leading to several errors - fixed.
  
• During Auto-Sleep, pressing ESC caused the Player to exit Shelter, not disable Auto-Sleep - fixed
  
• Some Tool items’ effects would not trigger, if they’re equipped in the second Tool slot - fixed
  
• In Shelter’s Skill Menu, clicking on the Skill icon several times would cause the Skill to be upgraded every time, not waiting for the progress bar to complete - fixed.
  
• In some cases, Players could enter unfinished Buildings and pick up items while constructing a Building - fixed.
  
• Sledge’s snow trails appeared too far away from the Sledge itself - fixed
  
• Several terrain fixes
  
• Several localisation & UI fixes
  

Since the last update, we’ve improved a bunch of fixes, all of which you can find below:

• When switching from the Solo mode to Public it becomes impossible to connect to the server, and the game stops working correctly - fixed
  
• When playing on Solo mode, the game exits to the main menu without saving the progress after 2 minutes of the game being inactive - fixed
  
• The link between a save file and Steam username is removed - fixed
  
• Cannot start the game without an Internet connection - fixed
  
• When entering a tile without authority over a tamed animal, the animal stops following the player - fixed
  
• Animals can attack the player from a distance if he has a high ping - fixed
  
• When creating and lighting a campfire before the player acquires a corresponding quest, the tutorial will jump right to the “Lighting the Torch” stage and will skip all the previous parts of the quest - fixed
  
• The hint “Take Out a Tent” stays on screen until the player moves away from the equipment crate and doesn’t disappear with time, even if a player activates it - fixed
  
• Player’s icon covers all the other icons on the map - fixed
  
• Frostguy effect brings out the localization key - fixed
  
• Player’s stat regeneration is reworked after Revive - fixed
  
• In an attempt to activate or lift a nearby item/structure that a player is looking at, the said item/structure is not highlighted correctly - fixed
  
• If a player attempts to “Improve Shelter” or level up any skill except for Sprint during a corresponding tutorial stage, the tutorial cannot be continued unless the Sprint skill is learnt - fixed
  
• The “Generator Required” hint on the panels appears even if a player has a generator - fixed
  
• A crate containing tents on tile Start-2 does not retain the memory of its state if the tile was unloaded, and is marked as active again - fixed
  
• Upon entering a bunker while pressing the movement button, the character will produce the running sounds when staying inside - fixed
  
• The scrolling image does not disappear when the chat is disabled - fixed
  
• When entering the building mode (Shelter or Workshop) when the character is running, the sound of his steps will not stop (the same happens when the game is paused) - fixed
  
• Footsteps and the sounds of footsteps are missing from the game - fixed
  
• Tutorial gets stuck on the remote stage of the quest - fixed
  

• Game froze over time after completing several steps in IRIS Flight 816 Quest - fixed.
  
• Issues related to the spawn and abilities of the Ice Creature - fixed, the Creature should now work as intended.
  

New:

• Unique colors for the map markers – Added
  
• Fast item pickup – Added
  
• “T” hot key for cooking (+tooltip) – Added
  
• New Localization: loading screens, fast item pickup, the option section “Gamepad”
  

Fixes and changes:

• Light goes of in the northern corridor of the bunker after you enter it for the second time in some cases - Fixed
  
• Not possible to pick up CaveDiamond after it was discarded from the inventory - Fixed
  
• Activated radio tower becomes deactivated after save has been loaded - Fixed
  
• The main quest switches to task "Search for the Powerline" if a player has activated any radio tower and not specifically the one that is located on the tile MainQuest-0 - Fixed
  
• Server being visible for a player in the Friends Servers tab even if the host has a different version of the game -Fixed
  
• Upon activation of the quest Scotty Doesn’t Know the first task is marked as completed right away - Fixed
  
• Scotty Doesn’t Know is not being marked as inactive after a player has turned in 8 items or when the 24h timer runs out of time - Fixed
  
• Corrupted save files showing black screen upon loading - Fixed
  
• A save where a client’s character is stuck in the train with UI and console being inaccessible - Fixed
  
• Animals and creatures get stuck in certain places in the game - Fixed
  
• Grain effect and changed lighting stays even after completing “The Door” quest - Fixed
  
• Blizzard visual effects it out of sync or syncs poorly when the players are located far away from each other on the server - Fixed
  
• Upon returning to a tile to the car that was already searched, cursor turns into a hand when hovered over a car - Fixed
  
• A caption on the button “Restart” to “Start over” in the window that appears after player’s death – changed
  
• Loading screens showing wrong captions on the buttons sometimes - Fixed
  
• Animal and collider collision working incorrectly after player resurrects in the bunker - Fixed
  
• Black shading on the trees - Fixed
  
• “Back” button not working when clicked on with a cursor in New Game section of the menu - Fixed
  
• Item description disappears randomly - Fixed
  
• Icon captions on the client’s map (Quests, Side-Quests) appear for a short period of time and then disappear - Fixed
  
• Snowpiles on Simple-15 pile spawning 60 units of metal scrap - Fixed
  
• A place on radio station -7 tile where the players could get stuck - Fixed
  
• Size of the “Legend” submenu in the map UI decreased to fit an item description
  

• Fixed a probable cause of Players not being able to access their Chests. If a problem persists, please contact us and tell us about it!
  
• Fixed an issue, which might have caused the day counter to not work properly - displaying days going by way too fast.
  
• Fixed an issue, which caused Players to not be able to plant Potato Seeds in the HUB Greenhouse.
  
• Fixed an issue, where if multiple creatures started attacking the Player, their models would collide with each other.
  
• Several UI fixes.
  
• Fixed localization issues in the HUB.