Weather System Update
[h3]Aloha State of Mind[/h3]
Since our game is set in Maui, from day one of development we’ve spent countless hours fine-tuning and balancing the performance of the sky and weather systems.
Nothing immerses you in the environment like a stunning sunset or breathtaking sunrise. It’s enough to make you forget there are mutant hoards waiting around the corner, ready to kill you.
[h3]TrueSKY Update[/h3]
It’s been a couple of years since we’ve updated our systems and this week we implemented a massive TrueSKY update to our world and it’s never looked better.
[h3]Here Comes the Sun[/h3]
More than just creating a pretty sky, the new weather system covers the lighting that comes from the sun, and the underlighting from ambient light simulating sunlight bouncing around.
It allows us to have multi-layered 3D clouds and super realistic weather. The sun diameter is now bigger during sunrises and sunsets.
[h3]Rain Keeps The Island Green [/h3]
We know that fans of survival games notice when there aren’t any changes to the weather, so this update means more than just better-looking rain. This new change allows us to optimize weather patterns and times of the day.
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[h3]Night Sky[/h3]
We can now fully utilize the weather in the game making it another obstacle players need to overcome with rain and temperature, or an ally helping you avoid danger with the cover of night.
[h3]Max Settings[/h3]
Besides all the tactical and aesthetic benefits, this update has also cleared up years worth of backlogged bugs and provided huge performance improvements. Here’s a look at one of our weather tests while we were fine-tuning the Lahaina sky and playing around with max settings.
[h3]Beta Keys[/h3]
There's only a couple of weeks of rebuilding and updating work to be done before we're ready to hand out keys again. We know that many of you are eager to explore the wilds of Lahaina and we appreciate your patience while we make some of our foundational systems better. Mahalo to our testers who help us every week discover what's not working and point out what needs fixing. Your feedback and ideas are hugely important to us! Larry, we fixed that dying while reloading bug you found during last week's play session.
If you want to learn more about Fractured Veil check out our Discord server and to see a complete list of updates and fixes visit our Reddit page.
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