Final Outpost: Definitive Edition News

[h3]Changes[/h3]

• The map is now discovered during the game rather than starting out with it
  
• Removed map button from bottom bar, added Outpost stats button to the bottom bar
  
• Added more general Outpost information to the stats menu
  
• Added map and info buttons to the Motorhome menu
  
• Added back the fast-forward mode “hold”, with “toggle” as an option in the settings
  
• Fade to black before the Outpost naming and modifier selection screens in the map
  
• Added sound effect for when outsiders arrive at the Outpost
  
• Changed rating of the “Tougher Zombies” modifier to -2 (from -1)
  
• Hardcore difficulty now saves after every completed Outpost
  
• Reduced Radio Tower level 2 requirement to Base level 6 (from 7)
  
• The trader slot for a Motorhome part is now deactivated once it is purchased
  
• Citizens dropping off resources already at maximum capacity create a new +0 indicator instead of adding to an existing non-zero indicator
  

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed gamepad menu button not closing the pause menu
  
• Fixed an issue where farms could not be harvested
  
• Fixed chosen difficulty mode not being applied in some cases
  
• Fixed an issue where difficulty modifiers were occasionally duplicated
  
• The assign-mode button in the job menu no longer gets stuck down when closing the menu before releasing the shift key shortcut
  
• Fixed Trader sometimes offering only three deals
  
• Removed some visual glitches on resource indicators
  

[h3]Changes[/h3]

• Buffed Busier Forests (more deer) modifier to increase animal population to 20 (from 18)
  
• Swapped Fragile Zombies (weaker zombies) modifier for the Beginning of the End (more outsiders) modifier in Easy difficulty
  
• Reduced the trader price of the Motorhome parts (by 100 gold per part on average)
  
• Increased the duration range of all weather events to 5-48h (from 3-48h)
  
• Introduced an overriding duration range for droughts of 12-72h
  
• Reduced volume and added random pitch variation to the citizen death sound effect to make it less likely to be annoying when played repeatedly
  
• Buffed scavenger inventory size in late-game skills
  
• Added Motorhome menu art and animations
  
• Added modifier complete screen animations
  
• Allowed interaction through the skill point gain animation
  

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed the tutorial tips toggle setting not being applied sometimes
  

[h3]New[/h3]

• Repair the motorhome to drive away and settle new Outposts!
  
• Choose your route carefully through the new procedurally-generated map where each location will present you with a new challenge!
  
• Collect stamps from challenges you complete with the new stamp book!
  
• New “Regions Cleared” global leaderboard and 10 new achievements!
  
• New dynamic combat music!
  

[h3]Changes[/h3]

• Increased game speed controls to x1, x5, and x10 (from x1, x3, x7.5)
  
• Added ability to toggle between all speeds rather than holding down for max speed
  
• Increased baseline probability of droughts
  
• Increased the probability that lightning hits a building when it strikes
  
• Increased sniper damage to 60 (from 50)
  
• Barbed wire walls do 3x more damage to zombies
  
• Added an indicator for barbed wire in the wall upgrade menu
  
• Added ammo information to the turret upgrade menu
  
• The Radio Tower no longer conducts every lightning strike, but its conductivity improves at higher levels
  
• Added details on effects of the Radio Tower to its inspector menu
  
• Reduced base level required for Radio Tower level 1 and 2
  
• Changed cost of building Radio Tower to 50 scrap
  
• Increased the build time of the Radio Tower to 60s (from 30s)
  
• Tweaked zombie death animation
  
• Improved shadows on in-world motorhome
  
• Rain and snow particle effects are now affected less by increased game speed
  
• Removed mist effect over the forest
  
• Tweaked the time between ambient music tracks in-game
  
• Added an option to change whether or not the game runs in the background
  
• Added an option to disable/enable button glyphs
  
• You can now choose whether to enable tutorial tips when creating a new save slot
  
• Improved leaderboards menu
  
• Improved main menu save panel
  
• Improved game over summary screen
  
• Improved save slot creation menu
  
• Added a return button to more menus
  
• Switched around gamepad controls for zooming in and out
  
• Improved UI scrolling, particularly for trackpads
  
• Removed demo score system and “Score” leaderboard
  
• New translations are temporary and will be professionally translated before full release
  

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

• Substantial performance improvements during combat and for in-world UI popups
  
• Fixed zombie noise sensitivity values not being applied correctly
  
• Fixed issue with forest UI animations at higher game speeds
  
• Improved notification animations at higher game speeds
  
• Fixed “Reset Statistics” button not applying the reset until next time the current Outpost saves
  
• Fixed imperfections on the moon artwork in the main menu
  
• Fixed occasional issue with scrolling in the construction menu with gamepad
  

First of all: Wow! What a ride this has been. From launching our Steam page last August, to having a gaggle of streamers play the demo, to participating in February's Next Fest.

And now we've hit a major milestone. We're really happy to announce that 20,000 players have added Final Outpost: Definitive Edition to their Steam wishlists. That's double the goal we had in mind when launching the Steam page only 7 months ago. 🤯





To celebrate, we're going to be running an early beta. Join the newsletter here and you'll get weekend-long access to the full game. You'll receive your free key in an email on Friday 4th April.

Beta signup form: https://exabyte.kit.com/beta

All information on how to get beta access and give feedback will be provided in the newsletter. Access will be revoked after the weekend.

Hope to see you there!

- Sam

P.S. Here's a look at something we've been working on recently:

[h3]Changes[/h3]

• Improved caravan art in the loading screen