For this build, we continued our quest for feature completion. There was a delay of a week due to several bugs. We’ve added in more behaviors for animals and packs, as well as new animations (most likely some bugs). We’ve also added in more story pieces. We’ll try to finish out the main story by next build in early to mid-May. We tweaked a lot of the gameplay. We figured out some of the reasons why players couldn’t hit animals very well in melee and went about changing them. We’ve also tried to simplify controls where possible. Finally, we’ve tweaked the Adventure Mode terrain, hopefully, people will like this version better.
Changelist
Fixed the fertilizer sprayer being able to spray on blocks
Fixed player cutting a tree and getting resources when an animal pushes it down
Fixed the Processing Facility clearing jobs at night
Fixed follower colony NPCs not returning to base after self revival
Fixed “Call Home” mission saving problem
Fixed storyline NPCs being hungry
Fixed diplomatic mission pulling Ataro away from the colony
Fixed farm NPCs wondering too far from the colony
Fixed followers circling a tree before helping cutting
Fixed bed disappearing
Fixed getting attacked during “Fruit Delivery” mission
Fixed pressing twice to reload a turret
Fixed NPC stuck and not doing anything
Fixed the esc key not working when digging in first person
Fixed cutscene camera tilting in first person
Fixed pressing enter causing the game not to respond
Fixed not being able to hit sometimes
Fixed slow Adventure mode LOD rendering
Fixed flora mission not collecting plants
Fixed charger giving negative numbers
Fixed birds flying too far away
Fixed Joyride mission logic problem
Fixed Gerdy sometimes not giving a mission at start game
Fixed being able to pull out colony parts in dungeon sections
Fixed dropping an object on the player causing the player to fly away
Fixed flying robots sending the player flying off
Fixed bosses spawning in camps in Adventure mode
Fixed Allen Carter not hiding in the tent during battles
Fixed towns half underground in Adventure Mode
Fixed NPC farming animation not repeating
Fixed blood sample mission causing random NPCs to disappear
Fixed Lao and Adisa not helping player fight
Fixed NPCs not shooting and keep on backing up when the enemy is close
Fixed the door dropping 1 meter when opened once
Fixed NPCs addressing the player wrong in Adventure mode
Fixed Allen Carter running in circles around the player when being chased
Fixed animals running in circles before attacks
Fixed NPCs falling through the monorail
Fixed graves not saving at Layerback location
Fixed NPC behavior crash in multiplayer
Fixed sound not being synced with tree cutting
Fixed NPC not reverting after being disbanded as a follower
Fixed the map UI question mark showing up too close to the player
Fixed the durability numbers differing between the Fix Machine and the inventory
Fixed gathering followers causing a crash in coop story
Fixed followers cutting double rooted trees sometimes cutting at air
Fixed fix machine items not saving
Fixed NPC appearing with the same skill set twice
Fixed jump animation
Tweaked ship energy usage
Tweaked ship turn speed
Tweaked the Adventure mode terraces
Tweaked bullet sound effect
Tweaked birds’ flying animation so they don’t fly off too fast
Tweaked player attack movement so that the hit connects after an animal is pushed back
Tweaked the way animals run away so that players have a chance to hit
Tweaked turret type 01’s ingredients
Tweaked the distance players can pick up plants in first person
Tweaked birds’ hardness to kill, will also now drop diamonds
Tweaked night darkness
Tweaked smoked sausage and roasted meat’s ingredients
Tweaked cutting tree view in first person
Tweaked headlight effect
Tweaked headlight location
Tweaked boss spawning rate for missions
Tweaked the amount of copper and sulfur appearing in soil
Optimized NPC memory usage
Optimized Adventure mode rendering
Optimized GC Collection
Added 10 new animals
Added long press for keys
Added animals instant animation switch to allow for better behavior
Added smoke effect to first lifeboat
Added the tutorial
Added a flour script seller
Added a light to Lao’s headlight
Added some cutscene animation
Added UI resetting inside the window when switching resolutions
Added loot drops in the form of bright balls
Added environmental effects
Added cave ambient background music
Added light rain
Added reticle to first person
Added being able to drag an UI window halfway beyond the edge of the screen
Added pressing “e” to pick up dead plants, cutting trees, and harvesting
Added andhera’s reactionary behavior to light
Added the “alt” key for deletion in build mode
Added NPCs dodging enemy skill attacks
Added scrolling to the Workshop