Ranch Simulator News

Hello ranchers!

We hope you had a great holidays and new year. While we continue to work on upgrading Ranch Sim from Unreal Engine 4 to 5, we wanted to spotlight some of the beautiful, interesting and downright hilarious screenshots created and shared by you, the community.

If you haven't already, make sure to read our previous announcement on the Unreal Engine upgrade, which will enhance lighting, environments, performance and more!



These frankly hilarious (and a little disturbing) shots made us laugh - these aren't your typical ranching methods!


https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2902802042


https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2417756696


https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2537156011



The valley you all call home can be a picturesque place, and these screenshots capture the sheer beauty of the wilderness!


https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2873006623


https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2884501485


https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2914299199



We've received sightings of rebellious deer visiting your ranches! These adorable animal appearances were caught on camera. Who fancies a knock on the door from a deer?


https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2792010313


https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2924711789


https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2876630322



We loved these ranch setups. Hats off to you, ranchers!


https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2903422090


https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2877327416



And finally we have an impressive off-roading snap - clearly ranching is getting a little extreme!


https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2872165872

We hope you enjoyed this light-hearted look at community screenshots! Watch out for more news in the coming months.

Thanks,
The Ranch Sim Team

Hello Ranchers!

Happy New Year!!
We hope you're having a great start to 2023.
This small patch removes the Christmas Tree from the blueprints book and some 'unavailable' item listings in the stores. We have also fixed not being able to build plants inside houses.

We're excited to be starting work on the UE5 upgrade, for more details on what is coming next for Ranch Simulator here is the previous announcement: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1119730/view/3506644237690516106?l=english

Happy Ranching!

Hello Ranchers!

We have a small patch that fixes the way currency is displayed.

Have a Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays!
The Ranch Sim Team

Hello farmers,

The long awaited, highly requested crop farming update is finally here! Read on for details on the update plus exciting news on the future of Ranch Sim!

Today's update adds three plots at the end of your Ranch, near the mountains, where you can plant crops and farm various seeds.



There are also 2 new vehicles to purchase from the car shop: the tractor and harvester, plus a number of attachments for each, available at the hardware store.

Drive the tractor to cultivate your land, spread your seeds and fertiliser, and transport the crops in a grain trailer once harvested.

Driving the harvester, you can harvest the various crops, using the appropriate equipment attachments (sunflower/corn/grain). Once crops have been harvested, you can empty the harvester into a grain trailer. Harvested grain can be used to fill up a granary to provide feed for your livestock - or you can simply sell it to make some extra cash.



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



We have come to the end of our previously announced roadmap, so it's time to share with you the exciting next steps for Ranch Sim!

[h3]Unreal Engine 5 Upgrade - Enhanced Visuals, Performance and More[/h3]
Up next, we're taking the time to upgrade Ranch Sim from Unreal Engine 4 to Unreal Engine 5. This is a big undertaking development-wise, but one which will improve game quality in some key and exciting ways.

We estimate that the UE5 upgrade work will take between 6 - 8 months. Along the way, we will provide regular sneak peeks and news updates to keep you all in the loop! Here's some of the reasons we're excited about the engine upgrade, and we hope you are too!

Enhanced Visuals
The engine upgrade will allow us to push visuals to the next level, with enhancements to lighting, environments and more.

Optimisation Improvements
Something we've been hearing loud and clear from you, the community, is that performance needs improving. Especially for larger ranches with more livestock, we expect to see notable improvements to framerate for some of you, depending on your PC and specs, once we have upgraded to UE5.

[h3]New Content and Improvements - Pets, Controller Support, Achievements and more![/h3]
We're delighted to reveal what we have planned following the Unreal Engine 5 upgrade, including a number of community-requested features and enhancements:

• Pets - yes, we can confirm that dogs and cats are coming to your ranch! 🐶🐱
  
• Steam achievements
  
• Controller support
  
• Animation rework
  
• Various gameplay improvements based on community feedback
  

New:
- Tractor, plus attachments: cultivator (to prepare the land for seeding), seeder, fertiliser trailer and grain trailer (to transport grain once harvested)
- Harvester, plus attachments: sunflower header, corn header, grain header (to harvest appropriate crops)
- Grain can be sold at the store, or used to fill the granary to feed livestock
- 3 farming fields located on the ranch [warning: if you have any buildings here they will need removing to use the farm land. We have also lowered the ground so buildings or items left may be floating - please move those]
- Christmas tree + decorations are back for December! Check the tree each in-game day for a present.



Happy ranching, happy holidays to those who celebrate, and keep an eye out for regular dev updates next year on the Unreal Engine 5 upgrade!

Thanks,
The Ranch Sim Team

Hello ranchers,

Lets try this again!
The previous, temporarily removed patch had been redone and is live again - hopefully this time with no multiplayer issues. We spent a few days testing with a small group of volunteers on our Discord / Unstable Branch that all said multiplayer was working as expected.

This patch fixes an issue with invisible plants which could not be removed and the crop plot had to be demolished. The cause of this was saving and quitting the game with a plant that had died (due to the seed deteriorating), when loading, that plant was invisible.
If you have an invisible plant from before this patch, you will need to demolish and replant it unfortunately.

Happy Ranching!