Primal Carnage: Extinction News

The Valentines Update for Primal Carnage: Extinction is now live on Steam!

This is the first part of February's month-long special event, featuring smouldering good looks and various quality of life fixes. Read all the details below...

[h3]Balance Tweaks & Fixes[/h3]

Our latest update includes various small fixes and a couple of balance tweaks suggested by the community. First and foremost, Flaregun shots have received a smaller detection radius for homing to targets, and to offset their easy to hit nature even further they now do ~50% less instant hit damage.

With the PlayStation beta in full swing and less time to work on the PC side lately, we've been tryng to resolve smaller quality of life issues in the moments we have to do Steam patches. Many annoying cosmetic issues have been addressed lately, improving compatibility of various skins and fixing visual oddities wherever possible.

Additionally, we've done some minor overhauls to the economy login process that should reduce login failures a tad, and fixed an issue with new players syncing their inventories.

Of course, the main highlight of today's update is our...



Love is in the air! Our annual Valentines celebration is now live in-game, with a collection of lovely new looks and a taunt that is sure to melt your heart...

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Outside of the store, we have a bunch of new free drops, including one simply adorable Carno...



Not to mention, the delightful Cupid's Bow...



This is only the first part of this month's special event, with even more interesting new looks arriving in Part 2, closer to the end of February!

Remember that you can check out all of the new goodness on our Special Event Trello Board in addition to previewing all store items in the game itself.

[h2]CLASSIC VALENTINES SALE[/h2]

Absence makes the heart grow fonder they say, well it's been at least a year so we're also bringing back all of our classic Valentines items today!



Loads of lovely legacy skins, gifts, taunts and more have returned to the store, ALL with some delicious discounts. So if you've always wanted a stylish red tophat for your dino - now's your chance!


[h2]Version 2.9.50 Changelog:[/h2]

• reduced flaregun instant hit damage from 50 to 25
  
• shrank the hit detection scale for flaregun projectile
  
  
• improvements to economy login process -
  
• resolved issues with new players syncing their inventory with the item server
  
• fixed the game not waiting for you to be logged in when joining a friend's match via Steam
  
  
• fixed missing pycnofibres on Snowstorm Ptera skin
  
• fixed "feathers" showing on Onyx Freeze Rex skin's head
  
• fixed Atroxiraptor skin not supporting head attachments
  
• fixed mismatch between head and body lightness of Troianas Rex skin
  
• fixed misaligned Classic Shotgun model in 3rd person
  
• fixed Satchel cosmetic floating when used with Lifeguard or Wilderness Commando skins
  
• fixed collar eye glow not being visible on Soul Collector Cerato - note that this does make its eyes less "soulless"
  
  
• reverted BasicTesting and main menu to non-snowy versions
  
• added new Valentines Event items
  

[h2]Community Roundup[/h2]



Our first art contest for 2024 just ended, with the Emoji Design Competition now concluded. We'll be announcing the winners soon, and running many more community contests throughout this year on the Official Primal Carnage Discord!

If you're involved in making content for PCE, we recently revealed the deadlines for special events. Submit your skins, taunts, mutations and more before the deadline for an event to have a chance of them being officially added during this year's occasions!



Elsewhere, the overhauled PlayStation version has been in closed beta for a few months now and we still have plenty of places available to bring in more testers. Sign up at www.primalcarnage.com if you want to take part. The major 3.0 update for PC will contain all of the graphical and gameplay improvements from the new PlayStation version when it launches later this year.

[h3]Thanks for playing![/h3]
-The Primal Carnage Team

[h3]Happy new year![/h3]



The winter event is still ongoing with Valentines coming up soon, but today we have a smaller patch with some fan-requested tweaks included...

Cosmetic attachments like hats can be difficult to line up accurately, especially when the same hat is used by characters that range from your average human to a full-on Ceratosaurus. This patch we've added new code functionality to set custom sockets per class for shared items, allowing for much better alignment.



Mutations still pose a challenge for this, but if you're using the default models (or something close to them) the hat offsets should now be generally pretty good, if not spot-on. The most noticeable improvements are for larger items like the valentines tophat, and we'll be fine tuning things further.

Aside from cosmetic tweaks, a few changes were made to the in-game text chat. We decided to disable drop notifications appearing in chat- they're not really that relevant and you still get the regular popup notice on your own screen when you receive a new item anyway. Finally, server admins and developers now have custom bold name colours in addition to the scoreboard icons to help identify who's who.


[h3]Patch 2.9.49 Chaneglog:[/h3]

• fixed Velvet Novaraptor skin posing as a feathered raptor
  
• positional tweaks for a few dino items such as the raptor head cam
  
• implemented support for unique socket locations for multi-team items
  
• fixed cosmetic attachment offsets for items which are used by both dinos and humans
  
• fixed the fishing hat position + rotation along with a bunch of other human cosmetics
  
  
• added special colors for admin and dev names when typing in chat
  
• stopped drop messages appearing on the in-game chat
  

Our economy programmer is looking into problems a couple players have had redeeming DLC lately, there will be some server-side improvements to hopefully address this soon.

If you are having problems connecting to the economy, please share your details in the bug reporting section of the official Discord so we can investigate.


[h3]
Thanks for playing![/h3]
-The Primal Carnage Team

Today's patch brings a few small fixes and tweaks after for our latest major update.

[h2]Patch 2.9.48 Changelog:[/h2]

• killing with the chainsaw should now grant health
  
• fixed Trapper's net win taunt being unusable
  
• fixed Renegade Pathfinder missing his facepaint
  
• fixed offsets for new plushies on Scientist
  
• fixed Tyto Feathered & Leaflitter Guanlong Dilo skins missing their feathery base textures
  
• tweaked Craghide Cerato skin texture
  
• fixed a couple of corrupted icons
  
• fixed swapped steam icons for a couple skins
  
• fixed missing item info for sleepy cerato avatar
  

[h3]Thanks for playing, and have a merry christmas![/h3]

[h3]The Steam Winter Sale is here, and Christmas means Carnage![/h3]

Get 70% OFF Primal Carnage: Extinction and 40% OFF all DLC packs until January 4th!

If you've yet to jump into the Carnage or have friends who may want to hunt humans and slay dinosaurs, now's a great time with the PCE 4-Pack also discounted this winter.

Save even more on DLC when you buy the Deluxe or Ultimate Edition bundles...



Our annual winter carnage event is running currently and is sure to leave you merry!



[h3]Happy Holidays![/h3]
-The Primal Carnage Team

The winter update for Primal Carnage: Extinction is now live on Steam!
We have a collection of new winter looks and a game update that is sure to leave you feeling jolly...!




[h3]Humans: Rewarding Kills[/h3]

Similar to how dinosaurs can regain health by killing humans, the mercenary team now receive boons for taking out dinos. Every kill a human makes will restore a chunk of their stamina, while melee kills will grant health to reward those who like to live dangerously.

Melee kills include standard knife attacks, heavy melee, and the machete. Health restoration on kill for humans behaves the same as dinosaurs, providing a moderate amount of HP regen over a short period of time. Stamina restoration is immediate.

[h3]Latest Rebalancing[/h3]



To try and stop netgun Trappers having it too easy, the weapon's equip time has been significantly increased. This animation cannot be interrupted. Additionally, the collision radius for nets is now tighter, requiring a slightly higher degree of aiming skill.

Ceratosaurus has been adjusted to de-emphasize charging, dealing less impact damage from headbutting enemies. It now has more health to help it fulfill its role as a brawler, going from 1300 to 1600 HP.

To counteract this newfound tankiness, Cerato's other attacks have also been reigned in somewhat, with lower damage output overall. This combination of changes forces Cerato to engage more and really make the most of its roar ability, instead of relying purely on hit and run tactics.



Pachy's charge has received a bit of a buff with higher knockback, letting you send humans flying! And finally - now that fire damage over time is more unified, we have decided to reduce the amount of hurt burning deals. Fire DoT has been lowered from 20 to 16 each hit. This change applies to the flaregun, flameslammer and molotov. The flaregun also has a lower crit multiplier and less impact damage - though still a formidable weapon against smaller targets, it's not quite to the degree it was previously.

[h3]Latest Fixes[/h3]

In our previous update, we allowed Tyrants to continue feeding on corpses if hit by light damage. Anything that would make them properly flinch, like an explosion, would stop them from eating. However, this didn't account for certain status effects. Like being on fire. We've now corrected for this and Tyrants will stop munching if they are burning.

A devious exploit that has been fixed was Bruisers dealing critical hits when charging, caused by using a special attack just before sprinting. This was worst with Cerato, who would apply tailswipe crit damage when ramming a human. We fixed this immediately when it was brought to our attention.

One weird edge case related to impact damage for raptor pounces was when the victim actually died on impact. Though rare, when this happened both the raptor and human player would be control locked, leaving raptors stuck in the mauling animation and the human unable to attack after respawning. This has been fixed as of today's update.

To see all the other minor fixes and tweaks, scroll down to the full changelog below...


[h2]Special Event:[/h2]


Our special festive event brings an avalanche of cool new looks to Primal Carnage: Extinction...

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We have three mega skin packs with today's featured rotation, starting with Arctic Killers, Vol. 2...



There are NINE fluffy feathery looks for Acro, Nova and Dilo in the Frigid Feathered Pack...



For our mercenaries, we have the new Winter Weapon Pack 2, featuring 7 cold weather skins...



Not to mention new outfits for Trapper, Pathfinder and Pyro, plus new plushies!



This year's Winter Gift contains over THIRTY festive items, and the gift giver receives a special Alpha Pachy skin for their generosity!



Outside of the store, we have a bunch of new free seasonal drops including mutations, skins and some adorable sprays...



Finally, we have all of the legacy items returning from previous winter events with discounts that are sure to make you merry! Stretching back to 2015, there are literally hundreds of deals to be had.



Check out all of this winter's wonderful selection on our Special Event Trello Board!


[h2]STEAM WINTER SALE[/h2]

Keep an eye out this holiday season for more amazing deals on Primal Carnage: Extinction, with big savings on both the game and its DLC packs coming just in time for Christmas!

From glorious glowing Ultimates to classic camouflage patterns, all of our Steam DLC will be part of the Steam Winter Sale this year.



Buy packs separately or get even bigger discounts on the Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition bundles.

Starting this Thursday evening, tis the season to get savings!!!




[h2]Full Changelog[/h2]

• humans now receive stamina when they make a kill
  
• getting a melee kill as human will now restore some health
  
  
• increased netgun unhoslter time
  
• halved netgun collision radius
  
• fixed stungun being the default trapper secondary weapon
  
  
• reduced impact damage and crit multiplier for flaregun
  
• reduced default burning DoT from 20 per tick to 16 (flaregun, flameslammer, molotov)
  
  
• increased Cerato health from 1300 to 1600
  
• reduced attack damage for Cerato primary and tailswipe
  
• reduced Cerato tail swipe crit damage
  
• reduced max Cerato charge damage from 80 to 70, minimum charge damage 35
  
  
• increased knockback from Pachy charge
  
• fixed Bruisers doing too much impact damage if they use a special attack just before charging
  
• fixed certain status effects not stopping Tyrants from eating corpses (e.g. being on fire)
  
  
• fixed Cryo acid not instantly freeing dinosaurs from nets
  
• fixed being animation locked when a human dies to raptor pounce impact damage
  
• fixed in game store DLC links not working
  
  
• customization item selection window is now same size as store and inventory pages
  
• imported new winter event cosmetic items
  
• enabled winter main menu & winter basictest maps
  

View previous update notes:
Version 2.9.46


[h2]Have A Very Primal Christmas[/h2]



Thankyou to our talented community for once again creating an incredible collection of Christmas cosmetics, and indeed for helping to implement them in the game itself!

The team really appreciates your support, and honestly sends a big thankyou to everyone who continues to play our game. We hope you all have a great holiday, and there's still more to look forward to as far as Primal Carnage is concerned!

We'll be back next year with more themed events leading into Spring, and the major 3.0 update launching not long after the refreshed PlayStation version in 2024! Until then...



[h3]Happy holidays and a merry new year![/h3]
-The Primal Carnage Team


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