Mini-Patch 0.04B - Performance optimizations and some small bugs

Hey Everyone,  

Here's a small performance hotfix. We've added an option to disable skylighting occlusion as it was causing performance issues on some PC's and also added more terrain rendering options to help speed up performance on slower cards.  

  • Added graphics options for ambient Skylighting (will be off by default)

  • Terrain settings added to graphics options (Parallax, Relief, Simple, Classic)

  • Fixed grass distance not changing correctly for different quality levels

  • Optimized greeble physics use

  • Optimized sound detect system on player weapons (less colliders)

  • Fixed issue with shadows light leaking

  • Fixed plant rendering glitches

  • Fixed missing small rock pickup

  • Fixed issue where plant triggers would sometimes make book items impossible to click

  • Fixed bug where houseboat blueprint wouldn't appear or couldn't be placed in world

  • Fixed held arms/heads registering attack even if not swinging

  • Held arms/legs behave like axes not sticks

  • Tennis balls no longer infinitely bounce

  • Fixed Player sometimes being killed in one hit by enemies

  • More Accurate player fall damage

 

Hidden new features:

  • You can remove placed blueprints by pressing C

  • You can press space to skip opening plane crash

The Forest on Steam

Thanks to everyone, we are currently the number one game on Steam!

Public Alpha Release

The Forest public alpha releases tomorrow morning at 9AM PST on Steam!  

Gifs

Hey Everyone,

 

Here are some new gifs we've just made, showing off more of the world, wildlife and the plane crash.

 

Store Page

Hey everyone, Just a quick update. Our store page is finally up. Check it out at:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/242760

We'll do a bigger update next week along with some cool new media we have to show.

Trailer 3

Hey everyone,

Here's our third trailer, showing a more extended look at some of our survival systems and also what life is like in the forest a little further into the game.

Trailer 2

Hey everyone,

Here it is, the second trailer. Showing life in the forest a few weeks after the initial plane crash.

 

http://youtu.be/KwImGYR2rwg

Happy Halloween

We have a bunch of cool new stuff to show, check back next week for a  new trailer.