Under A New Sun News

Hey everyone,

Just a quick heads-up: the upcoming New Dawn update will be released a day earlier than originally planned – now on Monday, July 21!

After reviewing the release timing and considering overall visibility, it made the most sense to move the launch slightly forward. Hopefully, this means even more of you will get to enjoy the update right away.

Thanks for your continued support – can’t wait to hear what you think of the update!

Stay tuned!
New Horizon Games

Greetings, Survivors!

New Dawn, the update that will change Under A New Sun in almost every way and determine its further path into the future, will release on July 22nd.

The originally announced second quarter cannot be fully met, for which I'm truly sorry. Although I believe it's worth the wait — whether you're looking forward to official co-op support, new discoveries, exploration, sailing with a huge ship, story elements, or something else — this update has something for everyone!

Stay tuned!
New Horizon Games

Greetings, Survivors!

As many of you are eager to know what’s next in Under A New Sun, the time has finally come to unveil the next major update!

Introducing New Dawn, by far the biggest and most ambitious update yet. This massive expansion features various new gameplay elements while enhancing existing mechanics, taking Under A New Sun to a whole new level, making it the best experience it has ever been!

This announcement will give you a glimpse of what to expect from the New Dawn update, while there are still many more things, that will be revealed with the final release of this update. Stay tuned!




More islands, biome diversity, bigger islands with whole jungle forests, ponds, rivers, waterfalls and more... what a view!




Build yourself a ship and sail the sea!
The new sailing ship is capable of holding multiple large chests, making it perfect for transporting lots of resources, if you place a bed inside the cabin, you can even use it as a sleep and save point. And if you ever find yourself in a situation, that you wish to go faster than just sailing, you may equip your new vessel with a self-sufficient power system and electric motors to gain some good extra speed!




Find and explore wracks, discover new story elements.




Explore multiple new caves with a redesigned environment, lighting, sounds and most importantly: stuff to find!




Official co-op support, with improved mechanics and game balance, character customization, as well as a new system for unique sessions codes, making it possible to play together in co-op without requiring Steam invites.




A new rare drone variation with a different, more dangerous, behavior.




Redesigned night sky and overall graphic improvements.




Build farming plots to grow your own plants.



The release is set for Q2 - 2025, a fix date will be announced soon.

Enjoy the adventure!
New Horizon Games

Survivors,

a new update is now available.

This update enhances several aspects of playing with controller, making the gameplay smoother and adding features that were previously only accessible with a keyboard, such as moving stacks to a chest or viewing item details within your inventory.

Additionally, you can now find and use electrical switches. This new feature rounds up working with the electricity system and especially with multiple electrical devices. You can place a switch wherever you like and connect it between two wires, giving you greater control over where your power flows and how it’s used!

Update to v0.7.2:

• New item Electrical Switch
  
• New building Electrical Switch
  
• New loot locations
  
• Controller's D-Pad can now be used to navigate through menus, including the inventory (this allows for faster interaction)
  
• Holding the Y key (on a controller) will no longer show the watch when inside the inventory
  
• Pressing the Y key (on a controller) will now trigger the item info window inside the regular inventory
  
• Pressing the Y key (on a controller) will now transfer whole stacks of items when inside the chest inventory menu
  
• New minimum value for life when reloading in a game (so that you will always start with at least this minimum of life and not reload the game die immediately, before having a chance to interact with anything, because the game got saved with very little health left).
  
• A fish trap's time counter until it catches something will now be saved and reloaded (a fish trap will catch something eventually, even when only playing in short sessions)
  
• Fish traps will now save and reload if they caught something
  
• Fixed that controller users could not click on the 'read' button when interacting with a note
  
• Fixed that trigger running on a controller would not drain stamina
  
• Fixed that breaking a beach torch drops the wrong items
  
• Fixed some air tanks (as loot) sticking out of containers
  
• Fixed a loot box's location that could be opened, but the items could not be reached
  
• Fixed that pressing ESC to go out of the Pause Menu will not work properly
  

Co-op updates:

• When near to other players, you will now see their name-tag above their head
  
• Fixed that pressing buttons while interacting with the Pause Menu etc. will also trigger player functions (e.g. hitting, jumping or change tool)
  

Enjoy the adventure!
New Horizon Games

Survivors,

a new patch is now available.

Co-op updates:

• Fixed when two or more players simultaneously use a tool, the animation gets stuck on one of the players, preventing the further use of tools
  
• Fixed that joining co-op players with an available savegame reload with a toolbelt, even when they had none
  
• Fixed that the multiplayer menu will not close when pressing 'ESC', causing the pause menu to appear over the multiplayer menu, which then can not be closed
  
• Fixed that a respawned player's inventory opens constantly when another player interacts with the dropped inventory chest
  
• Fixed that the gender of players already in the game will not replicate properly for joining players
  
• Fixed that wires will not reload correctly for joining players
  
• Fixed that players with a high ping could sometimes pick up items multiple times
  
• Fixed that players with a high ping could sometimes harvest objects multiple times
  
• Improved Gameplay for higher ping connections
  
• Improved player animation system for higher ping connections (player animations now play immediately for the local player, instead of waiting for a response from the host)
  
• Improved player sound system for higher ping connections (player sounds now play immediately for the local player, instead of waiting for a response from the host)
  

Thanks everyone for the feedback and support!