Primeval News

I've begun the process of adding multiplayer functionality to the game.

Players of the full version of the game can create or join a server and then chat with other server members while they play the game in single-player mode.

Members of a server will be notified when a player joins or leaves the server.

Foggy weather is more likely to occur on maps other than the desert map.

It no longer rains on the desert map.

The tyrannosaurus rex now has a new 3d model, animations, and textures!
There are now new ground textures for the deciduous forests, coniferous forests, jungles, prairies, and beaches.
All prairie vegetation has been replaced with new vegetation.
All deciduous forest vegetation has been replaced with new vegetation.
All coniferous forest vegetation has been replaced with new vegetation.
All jungle vegetation has been replaced with new vegetation.
Herbivores now restore four times as much hunger when eating.
The mouse cursor no longer gets stuck on the screen when the game settings window is closed.
Dinosaur species no longer share the same rate at which they eat.
The player's dinosaur will no longer spawn or teleport onto slopes that are greater than 45 degrees.
Terrestrial dinosaur AI should no longer spawn on slopes that are greater than 45 degrees.

The Coniferous Forest Island map has been added to the game.

The Coniferous Forest has a new music track.

Some dinosaurs now have more meat, adjusted to be more along the lines of how much meat is visually represented by the size of the dinosaur.

At the Main Menu, the Announcements now close when the Switch Map pop up shows.

The Jungle Island map has been added to the game.

The Jungle has had one of its decorative plants replaced with one that has no reddish color to it, so the jungle has more green in it.

The eating and drinking cooldowns have been changed from 2 seconds to 3 seconds.

The game world is now broken into smaller maps. This was done to improve the game's frames per second. You can switch to a different map at the main menu. More maps will be added in the future.

When continuing as an existing dinosaur, the player starts at a random position on the map.

If the player tries to create a new dinosaur on a map that does not have a nest for that species, the map's default nest is chosen and temporarily turned into a nest for the player's chosen species.

All dinosaurs now smell for a longer duration before the smelling highlights disappear.

The 'Return To Nest' button is now the 'Get Unstuck' button. It now teleports the player to a random location on the map according to the player's dinosaur's natural environment.

Dinosaurs no longer get thirsty from regenerating health and stamina, it was causing dehydration more than desired.