Ranch Simulator News

Hello ranchers,

The horse and tree planting update is now available on the main branch, meaning it's available for all players!




[h2]Horse Breeding[/h2]
Horses can now be bred! A male and female horse will now naturally breed when placed together.
After a few in-game days the foal will be born. Once fully grown it will inherit a mix of characteristics (stats) from the parents. Plus, who doesn't like baby horses? Too cute.



[h2]Tree Planting[/h2]
This update introduces the ability to plant and grow trees! To plant trees, you'll first need to buy a shovel from the hardware store. Once you have obtained the shovel, you can then purchase seedlings from the general store.

At the ranch, you can select your shovel via the action wheel to prepare the ground (Press left click) for planting a seedling. Grab your seedling and then use E to plant it into the prepared ground.



[h2]Log Trailer[/h2]
A new trailer is now available at the hardware store! The log trailer can hold 36 logs at a time. Logs can also now be sold for $2 each. Handy!

We've also fixed an issue with crashing when switching FSR modes.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1119730/Ranch_Simulator_Build_Hunt_Farm/

Hello ranchers,

We have an early version of the latest update available to test now! We would love to get your feedback on the update.



[h2]Horse Breeding[/h2]
Horses can now be bred! A male and female horse will now naturally breed when placed together.
After a few in-game days the foal will be born. Once fully grown it will inherit a mix of characteristics (stats) from the parents. Plus, who doesn't like baby horses? Too cute.



[h2]Tree Planting[/h2]
This update introduces the ability to plant and grow trees! To plant trees, you'll first need to buy a shovel from the hardware store. Once you have obtained the shovel, you can then purchase seedlings from the general store.

At the ranch, you can select your shovel via the action wheel to prepare the ground (Press left click) for planting a seedling. Grab your seedling and then use E to plant it into the prepared ground.



[h2]Log Trailer[/h2]
A new trailer is now available at the hardware store! The log trailer can hold 36 logs at a time. Logs can also now be sold for $2 each. Handy!

We've also fixed an issue with crashing when switching FSR modes.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1119730/Ranch_Simulator_Build_Hunt_Farm/

Hey ranchers,

An optimisation and bug fix patch is now available on the main branch, meaning it's available for all players!



Take a read of the details, which were previously announced:

This interim patch includes tweaked FSR and DLSS settings, as well as optimisations to some elements which were causing hits to performance such as anti-aliasing and chicken eggs. Large ranches with high volumes of animals should see improved FPS on some set ups.

This is in addition to the following:

- Optimized number of draw calls
- Optimized textures and materials of stones, grass, trees and buildings
- Removed unnecessary files from the game
- Fixed issues when mounting horses
- Fixed a bug with a mouse or gamepad when opening a building book
- Eggs now break again
- Fixed a bug where FSR made the picture too blurry
- Fixed a bug where it was impossible to turn off TSR





We'll now be focusing on the horse breeding and tree growth update! Keep an eye out for more news.



The Steam Summer Sale is here and Ranch Simulator is available at it's best discount yet! Check it out in the Excalibur Games Summer Sale 2024:



Thanks,
The Ranch Sim Team

Hey ranchers,

An optimisation and bug fix patch is now available for testing on the unstable branch! We want your help testing the patch before it goes live on the main branch!



This interim patch includes tweaked FSR and DLSS settings, as well as optimisations to some elements which were causing hits to performance such as anti-aliasing and chicken eggs. Large ranches with high volumes of animals should see improved FPS on some set ups.

This is in addition to the following:

- Optimized number of draw calls
- Optimized textures and materials of stones, grass, trees and buildings
- Removed unnecessary files from the game
- Fixed issues when mounting horses
- Fixed a bug with a mouse or gamepad when opening a building book
- Eggs now break again
- Fixed a bug where FSR made the picture too blurry
- Fixed a bug where it was impossible to turn off TSR





- Load up Steam and head to your Library
- Right click on Ranch Simulator and then select ‘Properties’
- Head to the Beta tab and in the drop down select ‘unstable_branch’ (no password needed)
- This will then download the new build for you





Once this patch is live on the main branch, we'll be working on the horse breeding and tree growth update! Keep an eye out for more news.



The Steam Summer Sale is here and Ranch Simulator is available at it's best discount yet! Check it out in the Excalibur Games Summer Sale 2024:



Thanks,
The Ranch Sim Team