Under A New Sun News

Survivors,

a new major update is now available!

This update brings a complete overhaul to archery, introduces a playable female character, and rolls out a variety of Gameplay changes.

The archery update features reworked animations and models, along with the addition of the new powerful recurve bow, a stronger weapon at the iron tier level. And after forging some arrowheads, it is now also possible to craft yourself some iron arrows! But note, arrows will now need feathers to be crafted, which can be found throughout the world or harvested from seagulls.

You may as well now choose to play as either a male or female character. To make the story suitable for both, the protagonist's name has been updated to a unisex version, that is visible on the cryocapsule and the notes scattered across the world.

This update also brings various new mechanics to enrich Gameplay:
The first to name is the comfortable status effect that increases your health regeneration. It can stack up to multiple levels, but is only active while being in a comfortable area.
The second new mechanic is stamina. It depletes when using tools and weapons or running around. The amount that is needed for each task is also influenced by the new stamina skill.
And the third one is the rested status effect that temporarily increases stamina, it can be obtained by sleeping while being comfortable and stacks up to the same level as the comfort status.
For more details, check out the full release notes below.

And to address the reoccurring concern about travel times between islands, all sailing vessels are now 30-40% faster, making your journeys smoother and quicker than ever.

Update to v0.7.0:

• Added playable female character
  
• Added option to select character when starting a new game
  
• Added command to switch character on an existing game
  
• Added player sounds for the female character
  
• Changed the name of the main character that is displayed on the cryocapsule and notes to an unisex name that fits both a male and female character
  
• New bow holding and drawing animations
  
• New updated standard bow model
  
• Added recurve bow weapon (iron tier, stronger than the standard bow)
  
• New standard arrow model
  
• Updated standard arrow recipe
  
• Added iron arrowhead item
  
• Iron arrowheads can now be forged
  
• New iron arrows can now be crafted (stronger than the standard arrows)
  
• Added feather item
  
• Gutting Seagulls will now also drop feathers
  
• Added feathers that can be found all around the map
  
• Added comfortable status effect (Stacks up, depending on the surroundings, but is only active while being in that area. Improves health regeneration by 20% per Level and slightly reduces the negative impact on health regeneration by status effects like Bleeding or Poisoned)
  
• Being near a burning campfire gives one comfort level
  
• Being near a bed and under a roof gives one comfort level
  
• Being near a comfortable bed and under a roof gives two comfort level (does not stack with a regular Bed)
  
• Having 3 different types of furniture nearby and being under a roof gives one comfort level (There are currently 5 different types available: Chairs, Rugs, Shelves, Tables, Tool Racks)
  
• Added rested status effect (Stacks up, depending on the comfort level. Improves stamina)
  
• The rested status effect can be obtained by sleeping while being comfortable
  
• Added stamina mechanic
  
• New skill category: stamina (impacts how much stamina is needed for different activities)
  
• Added stamina indication bar
  
• The status effects: Bleeding, Poisoned, Food Poisoning, Encumbered and Insomnia have a negative effect on the stamina amount and the duration until it starts to refill
  
• The status effects: Satiated and Rested have a positive effect on the stamina amount and the duration until it starts to refill
  
• Changed duration of status effects (e.g. Bleeding, Poisoned, Food Poisoning)
  
• Changed handling of the duration of status effects (e.g. Bleeding, Poisoned, Food Poisoning) so that the remaining duration will be saved and reloaded (instead of starting over when saved and reloaded)
  
• Sleeping will now reduce the remaining time of status effects (e.g. Bleeding, Poisoned, Food Poisoning)
  
• Adjusted the speed of every sailing vessel to be 30-40% faster
• Added a solar panel variant for building on a roof
  
• Adjusted weight of multiple items
  
• Added command to set Stamina XP
  
• Multiple translation improvements
  
• Changed Disclaimer text and layout
  

Enjoy the adventure!
New Horizon Games

Hello Survivors,

a new patch is now available.

• Flags can now be destroyed
  
• Solar panels can now be placed on foundations and floors
  
• A 'Coming soon' message appears now when trying to open a door of a wrack
  
• Destroying of an unfinished sailboat now drops resources back
  
• Adjusted the tanning rack model to have shorter legs that don't go that far into the ground
  
• Adjusted the solar panel model to have shorter legs that don't go that far into the ground
  
• Fixed a water visibility bug that occurred for some players
  
• Fixed that the player could not walk through stick pillars when placed on a floor (second floor or higher)
  
• Fixed that the player could not walk through brick pillars when placed on a floor (second floor or higher)
  

Thanks everyone for the feedback and support!

Survivors,

a new update is now available!

Every playstyle is different, many of you have asked to make the game harder or easier, let nutrition and hydration diminish faster or slower, stop hostile animals to go after the player or many other suggestions. It's not possible to make an experience fitting all players, that's why you can now customize your game to your liking!

However, especially new players should feel encouraged to start with the default settings, as those are the intended way to play and experience the game.

Update to v0.6.7:

• Added game difficulty setting for AI hostility
  
• Added game difficulty setting for nutrition depletion
  
• Added game difficulty setting for status penalty
  
• Added 'New game' menu for game customization
  
• Added fish trap building (chance to catch a fish or crab over time)
  
• Added plank door building
  
• Added craftable iron pickaxe tool
  
• Small clay deposits now drop 50% more resources (9 instead of 6)
  
• Big clay deposits now drop 50% more resources (18 instead of 12)
  
• Improved building ghost indicator to be visible when looking through water (a prior ghost indicator submerged in water was completely transparent)
  
• Improved fire particle system for torches (especially for the use on boats and rafts)
  
• Improved overall performance by disabling unused functions on multiple actors
  
• Improved overall performance by adding LODs (Level of Details) to multiple frequently occurring objects
  
• Increased start nutrition and hydration values
  
• Fixed that health keeps decreasing when started drowning but equipping an air tank
  
• Changed the main menu song (so that content creators no longer need to upload a license in order to prevent copyright claims)
  
• Changed credit menu descriptions
  
• Changing game difficulties per command will be saved and reloaded (can be used for existing savegames)
  
• Added new commands
  Added command to change AI hostility
  Added command to change nutrition depletion
  Added command to change status penalty
  The new commands arguments are visible through the /help command in-game

Enjoy the adventure!
New Horizon Games

Survivors,

a new update is now available!

After some users reported problems with the game's rendering, caused by hardware incompatibility with DirectX 12 (the game's default), there is now an in-game option to switch between DX11 & DX12.
The DirectX version can be changed through the settings menu.

Please consider that the game needs to be manually restarted after a new DirectX version is applied for the effect to take place!

Update to v0.6.6:

• The first tutorial steps now display the corresponding gamepad keys when starting the game with a gamepad
  
• The language menu can now be controlled with a gamepad
  
• The settings menu can now be controlled with a gamepad
  
• The controls menu can now be controlled with a gamepad
  
• Added a DirectX selection option to the settings menu (the game needs to be restarted to load with the new selected DirectX version)
  
• The save menu opens now instantly, even with multiple big savegames present (with multiple big savegame files present, the opening of the save menu took up to a minute of loading time, depending on the hardware and file size)
  
• Added default graphic settings for the Steam Deck (only for the default start up, when no save file for the settings is found)
  

Thank you for your ongoing feedback and support!

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