Winter Update

Happy holidays!
We've got a new update for Primal Carnage: Extinction on Steam!

There's plenty of presents this year, with over 150 new winter themed items being added to the game! Not only that, but we've been doing some deep engine code work to improve the feel of PCE in general.

Read on for the highlights, and see the full changelog further down...
(thanks to community artist BadPlague for the artwork!)

[h2]CORE GAMEPLAY UPDATES[/h2]

This winter we're continuing to improve and rework some of the fundamental systems in the game, to create better moment to moment gameplay. Chief among these is how characters collide with the world. We've put a big focus on trying to avoid players becoming stuck or getting caught on objects, so now you should smoothly slide off in most cases instead.

With the tweaks we've made, movement in general feels much more fluid as you can step over many more smaller obstacles. There may be a couple of areas you can get to which you shouldn't, and we'll fix those in time, but we're really happy with the results so far.

Additionally, we reworked character rotation to mitigate dinosaurs turning the wrong way when making long turns. This is a big help for Tyrants and Bruisers in particular, it being way less likely for them to suddenly jerk in the wrong direction now.

We are exploring future updates to melee hit detection, but have made a small tweak this update which should make melee a bit more reliable. Detection traces for impacts now fire off much more frequently, hopefully making it harder for your attack to miss.

[h2]WINTER STORE EVENT[/h2]

From adorable plush backpacks, to feather galore, and some seriously cool new mutations... there are dozens of new featured items in-store this winter!

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Alongside a new cold-hearted collection of Royal Acros, the Novaraptor joins the monarchy this month with the first trifecta of Royal Nova skins! Featuring a unique partially feathered model and distinctly regal feather arrangements, they are quite a sight...

Everyone's looking to keep warm this winter, and there's an avalanche of feather coated fiends arriving today, such as those in the Northern Novaraptor Bundle. Humans have to watch out for the cold too, though! What better way to keep yourself cozy than wearing the corpse of your enemies?

There's a wolfskin pelt, Compy caps, and even stuffed animal packs with demon glowing eyes- festive! We've also got a couple of crazy human taunts... I mean, why not go wild with the dancing scientist?

And get a lucky shot with Trapper's net pitcher taunt to ensnare a dinosaur if they're close enough!

There's even a crowbar now.

And of course all of the legacy winter items are back at a discount for the duration of the winter event. Pick up a gift and spread festive cheer across the server, showering people with seasonal items! Don't forget you can grab three classic gifts for the price of one with the Gift Bag bundle.

[h3]New FREE Drops![/h3]

Santa Claws returns, raining down baubles from his pterosaur powered sleigh! Most of them are highly dangerous assault weapons, so just as well this island is solely inhabited by mercenaries...

Classic winter drops have also been reactivated and we're running a DOUBLE DROP event until January, where you can obtain twice the usual weekly limit of random item drops during winter!

And remember, you can view all of this year's new winter items on our Special Event Trello page!

FULL CHANGELOG

[h3]VERSION 2.9.10[/h3]

Major rework of character collision with the environment, greatly reducing stuck spots for dinosaurs and making movement in general much more fluid.
Overhaul of character rotation - is now less likely for dinosaurs to suddenly turn the wrong way.
Melee trace checks now occur much more frequently, which should help with reliability.
Updated default Tyrant limits for TDM (minimum players required to spawn increased from 10 to 12)
Reduced Carnotaurus health regen from charge while roared to be the same as its secondary attack
Increased air ram momentum multiplier for Tupa from 0.8x to 1.0x
Carno/Cera/Pachy charge kills now send dead human ragdolls flying in more natural ways
Machete and other heavy melee attacks now go through dinosaur armour
Updated assault cannon reload timing to feel better, with no awkward delay after firing
Added 3rd person equip animations for the AR, M4, BR, Shotgun and Sniper Rifle
All other weapons now have at least a placeholder anim (throw) in 3rd person when swapping
Compound Bow updates:
- Swapping arrows is now possible while sprinting
- When your last arrow is fired, the bow now auto-swaps to the alternate arrow type
- Can now swap arrow types when drawing the bow back (causes current arrow to fire)
Specified unique movement sounds for all other Robo dinosaur skins
Added unique movement sounds when wearing Tyrant chains
Adjusted the kill assist sound to be less intrusive
Reduced volume of "Rextended" main menu theme
Another fix for camera shaking endlessly on Pyro death
Fixed incorrect status effect icon duration for dinosaurs hit by tracking arrows
Fixed spamming spacebar in scoreboard closing the game
Fixed some items showing as "skinname skinname" in store previewer
Fixed a crash that could occur when in the customization screen
Added class family categories to filter by when using the Browse tab in-store
Swapped out main menu for the winter version
Various post process effect optimizations
Updated the credits

[h3]STEAM WINTER SALE![/h3]

Give the gift of Carnage this winter!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/321360

Primal Carnage: Extinction, the PCE 4-pack bundle and even the original soundtrack are discounted during the Steam Winter Sale, so it's a great time to jump into all the carnage!

[h3]SEE YOU NEXT YEAR[/h3]

We're back in 2023 with more gameplay overhauls as the revised PlayStation version enters beta.
Why not join us on Discord to discuss everything Primal Carnage?

[h3]Thankyou all for playing, and have a great holiday! [/h3]
-The Primal Carnage Team