Stranded Deep News

Hey everyone,



The new 0.51.00 update transitions our latest work on the experimental branch to the stable branch, including split-screen coop and official third person mode! Our recent efforts have also been focused on polishing and bug fixes. Have fun :)

Stay Alive!
:: Beam Team
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- Fixed possibility of new Billboards not finding parent (smudges).
- Fixed no shadow on Banana Plant LOD2.
- Fixed blue Ocean at night.
- Fixed Paddle low render distances.
- Fixed Sail causing extreme lag when interacting with.
- Fixed Shipping Container Door placement breaking building controls.
- Fixed Boss Missions failing and resetting incorrectly.
- Fixed Sharks disappearing on custom islands.
- Fixed Sharks not spawning in deep ocean for loaded games. Note; custom islands may need re-loading for the changes to effect.
- Fixed Poison and Bleeding Effects not displaying on arm.
- Fixed Crates and Containers not opening.
- Fixed Controller Assignment not loading properly.
- Fixed Rafts disappearing in cooperative games.
- Fixed Items not colliding with terrain objects like coral rocks.
- Fixed Watch slowly increasing in size over time.
- Fixed Items slowly increasing in size over time.
- Fixed Cartographer Shipwreck not visible for close distances.
- Fixed Intro Audio playing fire sound effects incorrectly.
- Fixed Audio volume not fading back in correctly for 3D audio sources.
- Fixed Audio panning stuck on left speaker for single player game mode.
- Fixed Drowning Audio playing continuously after a player dies.
- Fixed Player Shadow displaying two character heads.
- Fixed Player Animation snapping when dropping multiple items.
- Fixed Ladders and Ledges randomly teleporting players.
- Fixed Fire Lighting stick positioned wrong when lighting fires.
- Fixed Rain Particles not emitting correctly or follow the player.
- Fixed Pink Textures for debris when destroying building pieces.
- Fixed Seaforts not loading for custom maps.
- Fixed Cartographer camera screen appearing white.
- Fixed disabled option input button elements not greying out.


- Added notification for when a Life Raft is lost at sea.
- Added new Life Raft Passenger Seat.
- Changed Life Raft Container to start with a bandage instead of duct tape.
- Changed Life Raft clamped viewing angle from 60 to 90 degrees.
- Added Dialogue on main menu to warn users of insufficient account or folder privileges.
- Added new loading ticker animation.
- Changed Main Menu logo to proper image.
- Changed Cooking ‘Ding’ Audio to only play within proximity.
- Changed Shark Music to begin playing once a player is attacked.
- Added new Player Ragdoll for when players are knocked out or die.
Co-operative players can revive their partner by using a bandage on them before they bleed out. 
Player ragdolls behave the same as animal ragdolls and can be dragged.


- Added manual Controller Assignment.
You can now assign controllers to different players in the input menu.

Hi everyone,


Have fun :)

Stay Alive!
:: Beam Team
–


- Fixed Shipping Container Door placement breaking building controls.
- Fixed Boss Missions failing and resetting incorrectly.
- Fixed Sharks disappearing on custom islands.
- Fixed Sharks not spawning in deep ocean for loaded games. Note; custom islands may need re-loading for the changes to effect.
- Fixed Poison and Bleeding Effects not displaying on arm.
- Fixed Crates and Containers not opening.
- Fixed Controller Assignment not loading properly.
- Fixed Rafts disappearing in cooperative games.
- Fixed Items not colliding with terrain objects like coral rocks.
- Fixed Watch slowly increasing in size over time.
- Fixed Items slowly increasing in size over time.
- Fixed Cartographer Shipwreck not visible for close distances.
- Fixed Intro Audio playing fire sound effects incorrectly.


- Changed Cooking ‘Ding’ Audio to only play within proximity.
- Added Notification for when a raft is lost at sea.

Hi everyone,



We’ve also made it easier to assign controllers to each player in the input menu based on your feedback.

Have fun :)

Stay Alive!
:: Beam Team
–


- Fixed Audio volume not fading back in correctly for 3D audio sources.
- Fixed Audio panning stuck on left speaker for single player game mode.
- Fixed Drowning Audio playing continuously after a player dies.
- Fixed Player Shadow displaying two character heads.
- Fixed Player Animation snapping when dropping multiple items.
- Fixed Ladders and Ledges randomly teleporting players.
- Fixed Fire Lighting stick positioned wrong when lighting fires.
- Fixed Rain Particles not emitting correctly or follow the player.
- Fixed Pink Textures for debris when destroying building pieces.
- Fixed Seaforts not loading for custom maps.
- Fixed Cartographer camera screen appearing white.
- Fixed disabled option input button elements not greying out.


- Added Dialogue on main menu to warn users of insufficient account or folder privileges.
- Changed Life Raft clamped viewing angle from 60 to 90 degrees.


- Added manual Controller Assignment.
You can now assign controllers to different players in the input menu.

Hi everyone,



We’re super excited to release a split-screen cooperative game mode for Stranded Deep. In the last decade or so, games featuring split-screen coop have been slowly dying out giving way to online coop. While both are great, While testing, we found SD was a great fit for couch coop. A lot of fun, natural gameplay evolved.

There is one thing to note about system specs: memory and processor requirements are increased due to two players being able to visit seperate areas at once. We don’t have official specs yet, but keep this in mind if you’re on the lower end of the specs.

Stay Alive!
:: Beam Team
–


- Fixed possibility of new Billboards not finding parent (smudges).
- Fixed no shadow on Banana Plant LOD2.
- Fixed blue Ocean at night.
- Fixed Paddle low render distances.
- Fixed Sail causing extreme lag when interacting with.


- Changed main menu logo to proper image.
- Changed Life Raft Container to start with a bandage instead of duct tape.
- Changed Shark Music to begin playing once a player is attacked.


- Added new Player Ragdoll for when players are knocked out or die.
Co-operative players can revive their partner by using a bandage on them before they bleed out. 
Player ragdolls behave the same as animal ragdolls and can be dragged.
- Added new Raft Passenger Seat.
- Added new loading ticker animation.


- Upgraded to Unity 2017.4.13f1

Hi everyone,



If you’re experiencing input errors in the latest builds please try resetting your input settings to default. We’ve added in a utility to reset your input settings to default for saves pre-0.48 so if you start the game->change your input back to your preferences and save your game you should be good to go from then on.

There’s also a very important bug fix that fixes a scenario where save files or map files could be corrupted when saving.

Stay Alive!
:: Beam Team
–


- Added utility to reset Input settings if save file is pre-0.48.
- Reduced Mouse Smoothness range.
- Removed ‘Very Near’ Draw Distance option.
- Changed Launcher to default to DirectX 11.


- Fixed UI Slider labels not updating correctly.
- Fixed Loading screen transparent background on first start.
- Fixed Raft Anchor not deploying in deep ocean.
- Fixed difficult Selection when trying to select a single item in a large group.
- Fixed important bug where file contents could be corrupted when Saving.


- Fixed broken Shark and Fish materials.
- Fixed new Billboards not loading back with zone world offset for saved maps.


- Ocean is too blue at night. Will be patched.