Pangea Survival News

Chapter 1.9

Demo:
- The Demo that was removed in the past for not being indicative of gameplay has finally been updated! So if you wanted to get a taste of Pangea Survival before you purchase, try it out!
Starter dinosaurs are available, and you can progress to certain Tier 2 dinosaurs, like Utahraptor and Pachycephalosaurus.
- Your save data from the demo carrie over to the full game, should you choose to purchase it.

Systems/Mechanics:
- Updated Engine to 4.26
- Updated weather system
- Added damage vertex blending to more player dinosaurs after skin changes (more to come).
- Added damage vertex blending to a few AI dinosaurs (more to come).
- Added launch mechanics for hard-hitting attacks.
- Fixed dramatic FPS drop when in character menu and when in Escape menu.
- Added a Latch mechanic for Utahraptors, best used on Gastonia and Anatosaurs. Others still produce weird results, but still work.

Multiplayer:
- Stability improvements
- More replicated features including, clients will now receive points/cash for making kills even though they are not the server owner.
- Bugs: You still access the save file of the server owner (still looking for a solution.)
Clients may see fake AI creatures which have only spawned in for them, but don't exist on the server. If they don't respond or take damage, they are probably fake.

Terrain/World:
- Created Prince Creek Formation.
- Tendaguru Formation.
- Trossigen Formation.
- Huincul Formation.
- Lourinha Formation.
- Expanded Hell Creek.
- Added Region, Elkhorn Range to Dinosaur Provincial Park.
- Added More Human Stations/items: Humans now spawn on main island to avoid issues with the boat system.

Added Playables:
- Maiasaura
- Gastonia
- Parasaurolophus
- Pentaceratops
- Brachiosaurus
- Monolophosaurus
- Daspletosaurus
- Mapusaurus
- Updated Triceratops model (playable and AI)
- Updated Carcharodontosaurus model (playable and AI)

AI Only: Herb:
- Dinheirosaurus
- Dysalotosaurus
- Giraffatitan (Morph)*
- Iguanacolossus
- Isanosaurus (fights back now)
- Kentrosaurus
- Lusotitan
- Miragaia
- Muttaburrasaurus (Morph)
- Patagotitan
- Prenocephale (Morph)
- Tenontosaurus
- Torosaurus (New Model)
- Stegoceras (Morph)
- Orodromeus

Carn:
- Anzu (Morph)
- Asfaltovenator (Morph)
- Dakotaraptor (Morph)
- Elaphrosaurus (Morph)
- Europaeous (Morph)
- Liliensternus (Morph)
- Mapusaurus
- Monolophosaurus
- Nanotyrannus (Morph)
- Ostafrikasaurus (Morph)
- Pectinodon
- Rapator
- Saltriovenator
- Sinovenator
- Skorpiovenator (Morph)
- Tendagurensis (Morph)
- Veterupristisaurus
- Weihenvenator
- Fasolasuchus

Humans: New Human character through "Chase Conchran"
Contains all new weapon code, ammunition code, flashlight function,
Human players now receive cash for killing dinosaurs. This isn't useful now, but will be major in Chapter 2.0+

Minor Animation/SoundFX updates:
Pachycephalosaurus, Epanterias, Torvosaurus, Suchomimus, Stegosaurus, Corythosaurus, Plateosaurus, Deinocheirus, Gallimimus, Ceratosaurus, Tarbosaurus (faster)

*"morph" simply means, it is the same model, but will tweak done to it to make it appear different than the original, without making a separate model.

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Hey everyone!

There seemed to be a bunch of confusion regarding which branch people were supposed to play on.
People have been playing the testing branch which has tons of problems, and hasn't been updated in months.
So to combat this, I have removed the Testing-Branch. You should all be on the most up-to-date version of the game now, and not have to worry about freezing and the game not responding.

Thanks for your time!
- Rev

Well Folks, it's been a very long time since we had a public update for the game, in fact the last update was in December.
I know it has been rough waiting all of this time for updates, especially regarding the saving system, but I think you all will find this a content-packed patch to the game.
We now have over 50 playable dinosaurs, 90+ AI creatures, and an overall better ecosystem for dinosaurs and humans.
Even Multiplayer has received some much-needed improvements, and it has been optimized to run better than it ever has, although it is still in an earlier phase of development.

Below are just some of the newest additions to the game:

New Playables:
Troodon
- Australovenator
- Albertosaurus
- Pachyrhinosaurus
- Edmarka
- Guanlong

Revised Playables:
- Tyrannosaurus rex
- Ceratosaurus

New A.I.:
- Ugrunaaluk (My personal favorite AI), Edmontosaurus regalis
- Diamantinasaurus, Rapetosaurus
- Leaellynasaura, Jeholosaurus
- Struthiomimus
- Mosasaurus
- Pliosaurus
- Sharks
- Fish
- Salamanders, Rats, Spiders, Crabs
and Many more!

Adjustments have been made the the Temperature, Weather, and Music systems!
Some A.I. now go into a defensive state, where they will strafe around a target.
UI overhauls have been implemented.

Humans have also received some much-needed TLC, but expect improvements to the humans in the upcoming Chapter 2.0 patch!

There are also new skins and sound effects for a bunch of animals.
The map Gondwana has been temporarily removed for construction, it still needs a lot of work.
Pangea Major is the only playable map as of now.
The game will be 50% off for one week after this patch, so get it will you can!

I thank all of you for being patient! And I hope you will join me in having fun.

P.S. I will be streaming the game today, and maybe hosting servers throughout the day, so feel free to come by and join me if you want!
( https://www.twitch.tv/revadb ), (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaTnr7iYEn2_XrfQ701UwAQ)

In addition to the Unlocked Dinosaurs being fixed.
We have a feature that allows you to teleport your dinosaur back to their initial spawn location.
Press 'Esc' or 'P', then wait for the save counter to finish and press the 'Reset Player Location.'
This should be a temporary fix for dinosaurs spawning under a map.

A Merry Belated Christmas to All!

This has been a long time coming, but the save system is finally ready for the main branch!
Simply press 'P' or 'Esc' to bring up your menu and you can save, load or delete existing data for each species. Deleting one save won't delete every one, so don't worry. Saves work on a single map basis, so if you save your Deinonychus on Gondwana, it won't load on Pangea Major; however Unlocked Dinosaurs persist across the game, so you don't have to unlock them again.

Also added this update is the rudimentary Gallery. It currently contains no information, just models of the in-game dinosaur assets; this will continue to be updated.

- Saltasaurus A.I now implemented
- We've added more lakes across both maps.
- Minor UI updates.
- Reimplented the Grass Density Slider, for Performance.

WARNINGS/ KNOWN BUGS
- Double-saving seems to cause issues, so if you can't remember if you just pressed "Save", simply close and re-open the menu and save again from there.
- Deinonychus seems to have save issues on Pangea Major, so if this happens to you, it might just be better to unlock Utahraptor on the Gondwana map.


Enjoy and have fun! Sorry this took waaaay too long to get pushed out. As always, if you discover issues, be sure to log them in the discord #bug-reports channel ( https://discord.gg/RWvxgnq )


- Rev