We’re getting ever closer to the beta build. We are currently aiming to get into beta on July 18th and have the final build by mid to late August. In this current build, we’ve finished up the mainline storyline, you can go all the way from start to finish. It’s not polished yet, so for the people waiting to get into the story, please wait a bit more. We’re still adding in bits and pieces of the side quests.
For the next build, the focus for us is to better lead players into the game. We’re finding that a lot of players have little idea what to do once in the game, so they never get to the point of actually discovering all the systems. We see too many telling us that the game doesn’t have much content, which has us doing a lot of head scratching. Another major thing we’re work on is the linking up of the comfort, strength, animation speed, weapon weight, weapon types, armor types (and perhaps temperature) systems, this will solve several problems that you guys have mentioned before, such as players not using all the weapons and armor or jumping directly to the one with the most ATK or HP. We are also adding more code for NPC behavior when in battle, such as maybe a follower with a start up knife shouldn’t be waving it at a giant robot.
Here’s a new poster, once we hit beta, this will become the new image for the game on Steam.
Changelist
Fixed player falling through blocks when reloading
Fixed laser gun not being accurate
Fixed arrow number display
Fixed enemies respawning when fast traveling in adventure mode
Fixed having to press cancel twice when reviving
Fixed animation problem when picking up bullets without a weapon in hand
Fixed shotgun giving too many skill points
Fixed crash created by alt-tab and right clicking with gun equipped
Fixed not giving skill points for gun kills
Fixed battle music playing when hitting the ground
Fixed electric numbers issue for guns using electricity
Fixed colony sleep UI being able to gather mainline NPCs as followers
Fixed followers asking for repairs without a weapon in hand
Fixed Tariq repeating a statement throughout the game
Fixed being able to enter the dodge animation while on a glider
Fixed turrets not showing up on the small map
Fixed some animals not being able to land range attacks
Fixed adventure mode not having ocean bg music
Fixed NPCs getting attacked by animals and ignoring them
Fixed NPCs running into chests
Fixed NPCs with exclamation marks on the small map not giving a mission
Fixed Chen’s eyes
Fixed near clip problems with climbing ladders
Fixed the player becoming bald for a second when going from first person to third
Fixed no sound when in melee combat when in the air
Fixed no sound when in multiplayer
Fixed some issues with male and female specific clothing in the replicator
Fixed broken axe always broadcasting that it’s broken
Fixed digging in the GRV ship mission giving the wrong item
Fixed factory replicator workers stopping work when the player talks to them
Fixed being able to call a follower even when the follower is dead
Fixed the upgrade machine not being able to upgrade the axe
Fixed the energy shield not working for the follower
Fixed still being able to pick up items when the inventory is full
Fixed some fish and bird attack issues
Fixed animals spawning within the colony shield
Fixed the Paja not being able to get up after entering ragdoll state
Fixed Peter and Ava falling to the bottom of the desert tower when reloading on a slower harddrive
Fixed not being able to click the materials in the build menu with the mouse
Fixed issue with the tutorial level elevator when heading down
Fixed too many dungeons spawning in multiplayer
Fixed player not able to use own colony upon returning to server in multiplayer
Fixed the gather icon not showing in tutorial
Fixed colony NPC change cloth UI
Fixed tree billboards in water showing up above water
Fixed AI not gradually appearing when spawning
Fixed land AI spawning in water
Fixed ragdoll for hexapod
Fixed various UI bugs
Deleted the R&D skill
Deleted the World Editor button for Mac and Linux machines, the World Editor is Windows only
Changed the wooden bed to a sleeping bag to better fit the theme
Increased the draw distance for trees in adventure mode
Optimized ragdolls in oceans
Tweaked fog color for several biomes
Tweaked water gathering to holding the left mouse key
Tweaked NPC camp behavior so that they’re not eating and sleeping at the same time
Tweaked mineral scanner colors
Tweaked battle music for slow in and out
Tweaked tutorial missions to be more precise and clearer
Tweaked tutorial tips speed
Tweaked repair machine time to much lower
Tweaked recycle machine time to much lower
Tweaked the size of the plant root area when planting
Tweaked the colony building location so that it cannot be placed in caves or underwater
Tweaked all font to thick font
Tweaked the speed at which weather changes between biomes
Tweaked some animal turn animations
Tweaked the height and speed of aircraft
Tweaked sound output for animal groups
Tweaked animal speeds
Tweaked some NPC animations
Added all mainline story missions (bugs and all)
Added tooltips for options
Added followers using ISO weapons
Added new NPCs
Added new rivers
Added water in dungeons
Added more enemy types in dungeons
Added lights to some static models
Added lights to dungeons
Added water waves for animals
Added new ocean plants
Added new volcanic plants
Added the grappling hook, Hitomi sells it
Added many animal sounds
Added hit sounds
Added gun sounds
Added vehicle sounds
Added turret sounds
Added new cg intro (it might be a bit choppy for some, still working on that)
Added easy mode for story mode
Added pause when pressing esc
Added several new story locations
Added new terrain features to the world map
Added Puja and Paja kneeling animation for when firing weapons
Added using player made ISOs as loot for dungeons
Added levels for dungeons
Added more cutscene animations
Added sleep behavior at night for animals
Added 12 types of new animals
Added Ava’s little robot
Added placeable storage box
Added duel wield swords
Added colony warning for low coal
Added minirobot missile effect
Added followers being able to switch weapons when out of ammo
Added having Nan sell the laser pistol
Added ocean sounds
Added footstep sounds
Added canceling follow missions when entering a dungeon in single player
Added a new custom map