Primal Carnage: Extinction News

Love is in the air today, as we launch the Valentines Update for Primal Carnage: Extinction!



We've got a range of new items coming in and a handful of extra fixes for you all, read on for the details...

[h2]Feeling Tickled Pink[/h2]


You may notice a certain theme in-store this week. We're embracing the feels as Valentine's Day is nearly upon us. Check out a charming collection of new community-made skins and taunts, from the rosy red cheeks of the Blushing Rex to the hot salmon pink of Empress Cryo, take your pick!

[h2]Valentines Gift [/h2]

A new gift available for this week only! Cupid's arrow strikes at random, giving one special someone on the server a sweet new item. It's like "secret santa," but in February... share the love!

There are more than 20 items obtainable from inside Valentines Gifts. To have a peek at what's available, look here. We've got a whole Trello board showcasing everything!

[h2]Official Soundtrack update[/h2]
To tie-in with Steam's soundtrack sale that's on right now, we've overhauled the official soundtrack DLC so it will work better with the updated Steam music features. The album contains a huge assortment of tracks from the original Primal Carnage and Primal Carnage Extinction- featuring almost 100 minutes of pulse-pounding music by acclaimed maestros Gareth Coker (Ori and the Blind Forest) and Zach Lemmon.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/361440/
Connoisseurs of prehistoric beats can download the official soundtrack for 40% off during the sale period!

[h2]Patch Notes[/h2]
Alongside this week's event, we have another small game update. Here's the change list...

• Reduced damage of Carnotaurus bite from 75 to 60
  
• Added randomization to main menu music, now swaps between 3 tracks.
  
• Resolved some collision issues in GTTC-TheFalls and GTTC-Downpour
  
• Fixed a couple of T.Rex skins that were missing their spikes
  
• Fixed some incorrect inventory icons
  

We also released an update last week which improved the Carnotaurus roar ability, among several other changes. 2020 has only just begun, and there's a lot more we're planning this year for PCE, so stay tuned for more info.


Happy Valentine's, everybody!

-With love,
The Primal Carnage Team

This week we bid farewell to winter as our special month-long event comes to a close (yeah yeah, it's not year-long this time!). We have a bunch of new gameplay adustments, bugfixes and cosmetics being added with today's update, but first, something special...


The community has been bursting with creativity this past week during the second official art contest. We've been astounded by the quality and volume of the submissions that have been sent in, with a wide range of styles and scenes all based loosely around the theme of "Primal Winter Adventure"!

In fact, we arranged a tour of through the Phoenix Gallery to show all the great pieces we've received..

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[h2]And the winners are...?[/h2]
The response to this contest has been amazing and it was truly difficult deciding on who would walk away with a prize. But after much deliberation, here are the winning entries..

[h3]Third Place Winner: Liraelwolf[/h3]



Bold and colourful, this confrontation between the Pathfinder and T.Rex is the most dramatic of the scenes here- a classic depiction of desperation as he tries to escape by blinding his attacker. We love the dynamism, it feels almost like a panel from a graphic novel!

[h3]Second Place Winner: Noctalos[/h3]



A mysterious vision of a faraway atrium, with escaped predators following a blood trail to their next meal. We really responded to the atmosphere of this one, the foggy feeling and moody lighting is top notch, it's an incredibly impressive illustration!

[h3]First Place Winner: ShufflePlay[/h3]



This breathtaking piece perfectly encapsulates the theme of "adventure". We were simply stunned when we saw this. Featuring great composition, style and storytelling.. it honestly presents Primal Carnage how we'd always felt about it our hearts. Excellent work!

[h2]Honorable Mentions[/h2]
Here are some of our other favourites, all of them great pieces that really stood out to us when we were looking through the entrants. They may not have made it to the top row, but the passion and fun their creators had shines through... (click images to enlarge)





Thanks again to everyone who took part!

We will be reaching out to the winners about their prizes soon, and hope that we see you all for the next contest. We're definitely planning to run more of these in future! And we'll give you a little more time to finish probably, considering some of our winning pieces were handed in at the eleventh hour!



With the end of the Winter Event we have a fresh new rotation of items being added to the store today, along with some great deals you can find under the Specials tab! We're featuring T-Rexes and Tupas this week, with several new designs available and a special character pack for our flying fiend.



We're also keeping a few festive faves in-store for the time being. These "encore items" include the 2019 Winter Gift, Wendigo Pathfinder, Cold Fire Novaraptor and the wildly popular Festive Antlers. They won't stick around forever though, so act fast if you want to get yours!



This update brings a new round of gameplay tweaks and bugfixes made in response to feedback from the community. Highlights include improvements to human weapon accuracy, changes to how knockback works, and fixing the Carno's roar to actually be worth using. Read on for the full list of changes...

• Carnotaurus roar now gives health back from
• any* attack you do while the roar is active.
  
• Carnotaurus charge now does proper knockback to live targets
  
• Tupa charge now does more horizontal knockback
  
• Increased the cooldown period on Tupa charge attack
  
• Flyers: increased falling time required to automatically enter flying state
  
  
• Increased overall accuracy for weapons
  
• Added accuracy increase when scoped with M4 carbine rifle
  
• Increased non-scoped spread for M4 carbine
  
• Reduced crit multiplier for M4 from 1.4 to 1.2
  
• Reduced sniper rifle scope sensitivity
  
• Netgun no longer automatically reloads
  
• Reduced netgun reserve ammo from 7 to 5
  
• Increased stungun reserve ammo from 9 to 16
  
• Minor increase to max step height for humans
  
  
• Increased speed of tracer projectile effect
  
• Flaregun kills now leave bodies charred
  
  
• SandstormValley: fixed getting stuck on dinosaur statues
  
• Fixed images and descriptions of ForgottenWorld & DesertionPoint when using Host Game
  
• Restored regular version of BasicTest level
  
• Updated menu map and frontend (goodbye Santa!)
  

We want to thank our community, for their creativity and continued support. Know that we're planning more special events for the coming months, and will be cooking up some new types of competitions for you all to dive into! So keep an eye out...

For the first time since 2015 and the second time overall, we're launching another art competition! We figure it's about time for another one. You can check out the last contest's entries on this Trello page.

We want to take a moment to commend the previous winner- Kaz:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=597110627
[h3]CONTEST INFO[/h3]

1. The contest begins NOW and ends on January 30th around 8PM PST
   
   
2. This competition's style is 2D art. Digital or hand-drawn is fine.
   
   
3. The theme is Primal Carnage, Winter, and ADVENTURE.
   
   
4. Winner is chosen in a secret backroom meeting by the development team.
   
   
5. Entries can be viewed, commented, and voted on with Trello

[h3]CONTEST RULES[/h3]

1. There can only be one entry per person
   
   
2. Your entry must be something drawn/sketched/painted. No 3D sculpts, videos, etc.
   
   
3. Entry must only contain your work- don't build something made of pieces made by someone else.
   
   
4. Your entry must not contain anything offensive or inappropriate.
   
   
5. Be respectful to all other members of the community and their entries.
   
   
6. All entries must be made with love.

[h3]HOW TO ENTER[/h3]

• Send a DM to Apoc or dinosauriac through the official Primal Carnage Discord.
  
  
• Your entry must he submitted before 8PM PST on January 30th.
  
  
• All entries will be displayed for everyone to see on the Trello page

[h3]PRIZES[/h3]

1. First Place contestant gets a mystery box containing a special assortment of goodies hand-picked by the Extinction team.
   
   
2. Second Place will also get 10 in-game items of their choosing. Additional $50 value towards any product on Steam.
   
   
3. Third Place winner will be able to choose any 10 in-game items in the game of their choosing.

[h3]We can't wait to see what you guys come up with this time! [/h3]


We're now in the fourth and final week of the Extinction Winter Event, which means another set of cool new items is now live. Don't forget to check out the latest lineup and fire sale before the event is over! Who knows when they'll return?



The response to the winter event has been incredible, it's great to see that even after five years, we still have a dedicated community supporting the game. And not just playing, but producing content every day that never fails to amaze and inspire us.

You guys are the best!

From awesome shots in the screenshots section to workshop maps to skins, it just never ends. I'm not saying the community is starting to make better stuff than we do...because I want to keep my job...but it's err close. Yeah.

But forget that thought, check out this small sample of amazing stuff the community's been up to lately!





Also - while winter isn't *quite* over yet, it looks like there's a clear winner for which Workshop item was most popular... it's definitely going to be the Cold Fire Novaraptor. Congrats to the skin's creator, BBQ!





A long time ago we used Trello as a method of projecting a roadmap to the community as well as a place to showcase the in-game items we have available. Unfortunately there was a period where it stopped getting updated and eventually it was abandoned. Not anymore! Now it's completely up to date and will soon have a new public roadmap. Certain events will have pages here as well.

Check out the landing page for the new Trello here.

Happy hunting! And once again, thank you to our wonderful community!

A new patch for Primal Carnage: Extinction has been released.

This hotfix should resolve some performance problems with new cosmetic items such as dino santa hats, mitigating server log spam that was causing severe slowdown. And, uh.. spiked Tyrannosaurs won't wear antlers wrapped around their feet anymore. We've also fixed the Oviraptor to properly mark mines for teammates.

We hope this hotfix makes the winter event much smoother for everyone!

For more information on the latest major update, read the Winter Event announcement.

Today marks the beginning of the Primal Carnage: Extinction Winter Event!



Yes, the decorations should be coming down soon and we're heading into a new decade, but we hope you'll forgive us for being fashionably late. Not only is there a new update, but for the next few weeks we’ll be hosting special community events, introducing new winter store items and running fire sales!

One of the special events will be a new Winter Art Contest (with a fantastic prize for the winner).
Details are coming soon, so keep an eye out!

And to read all about the dozens of gameplay changes, balance tweaks and bugfixes that come with the winter update, see the bottom of this post for the full changelog.

Now, it wouldn’t be the holidays without presents.
And speaking of presents…



By popular demand, ALL gifts from past Winter updates have been brought back with the original 2015 gift 30% off right off the bat. In the past gifts awarded up to 16 players an item from that gift's selection. This year with their return, we decided that 16 seemed a little low, so to further celebrate the season of giving we’ve bumped that up to 24.

Gifts are also now fully altruistic, making them a true act of generosity. The player who opens the gift is blessed with a warm feeling inside, knowing they have brought a little joy to the world.

In addition to legacy gifts returning, we also have an all-new gift debuting this winter. This gift has some items from the past and some exciting ones that have never been seen before!





A wide range of new skins, accessories and taunts arrive with this update, and over the next few weeks we'll be running FIRE SALES on selected items in the store!

Both new and old items for a variety of classes will be rotating through, in addition to discounts on various winter themed items and cosmetics. Grab some hot deals while you can!

Keep an eye out for announcements on the in-game news ticker, the Primal Carnage: Extinction Discord, Facebook, or Twitter to know when new deals go live!

General

• Added a new Admin command to ban players by Steam ID
  
• Removed joinspectators console command
  
• Fixed players not having an outline when carrying an egg in Capture the Egg
  
• Fixed Capture the Egg map rotation list not including ForestChasm
  
• Fixed deadly chopper blades sometimes present in Get To The Chopper mode
  
• Fixed pain sounds not playing properly in multiplayer
  
• Fixed Taunt sound effect distance being too small
  
• Fixed a controller bug where you’d be unable to move if holding down the use button
  
• Fixed in-game store featured window causing navigation problems
  
• Fixed Splash Screen not showing when launching the game
  
• Fixed proportions of the Spinosaurus Claw Pick taunt (Thanks, Waddigator!)
  
• Fixed collars misbehaving with the Abyssal Novaraptor quills (Thanks, Dr. Cuttlefish!)
  

Human

• Added “Tyrant Takedown” bonus EXP for allies that assist killing a Tyrant
  
• Added a glowing outline to health and ammo pickups that appear when low on health/ammo
  
• Added Human VO cues every time a human picks up a health/ammo kit
  
• Fixed weapon spread modifiers not being applied when aiming / scoped / crouched
  
• Fixed some damage types not blocking incoming Raptor pounces (Rejoice!)
  
• Fixed ammo pickups doing nothing while holding a melee weapon
  
• Increased MK Pistol and Dual Revolver maximum damage at long distances
  
• Reduced MK Pistol maximum recoil
  
• Reduced Human ragdoll total mass for visual reasons
  
• Added auto-reload functionality to the StunGun
  
• Added charred effect to bodies killed from electrical shock damage
  
• Increased StunGun effective range slightly
  
• Increased StunGun dinosaur stunned duration from 3.5 to 5 seconds
  
• Fixed Flyers not entering a fall state when being hit with shock damage
  
• Added Netgun “falling net” impact effect for solid surfaces
  
• Reduced Netgun net collision radius slightly
  
• Fixed Humans having full passive melee ability while aiming or reloading
  
• Fixed Trapper net-knife damage bonus so it only applies to small dinosaurs
  

Dinosaur

• Added +15 EXP bonus to any player that gains a kill while buffed by a Tyrant
  
• Increased max step height for all dinosaurs classes except Tyrants
  
• Increased Carno knockback distance when colliding with a human
  
• Increased Oviraptor health from 200 to 240
  
• Increased Oviraptor stamina from 140 to 180
  
• Increased Oviraptor scent detection radius by 15%
  
• Increased Oviraptor max jump height and jump turn speed slightly
  
• Increased Oviraptor pounce maul damage slightly
  
• Oviraptor can now mark mines for teammates
  
• Increased Tyrant roar buff range
  
• Reduced Tyrant roar buff duration from 40 to 30 seconds
  
• Reduced Tyrant netted duration from 12 to 10 seconds
  
• Reduced the amount of pain sounds a Tyrant plays while netted
  
• Fixed roar buffs for Rex and Spino not applying properly
  
• Fixed Acro stomp attack not knocking back players properly
  
• Fixed an issue where the human model wouldn’t sync with the Spino eating animation
  

Maps

• Added some additional light sources to the darker areas of Docks
  
• Fixed a fence collision issue in DesertionPoint
  
• Fixed humans climbing onto surfaces not intended in Docks
  
• Fixed CTE jeeps not blocking players in UtilityBase
  
• Fixed an unintended particle effect being visible outside CTE in UtilityBase
  
• Fixed humans climbing onto a crane not intended in UtilityBase
  
• Fixed props for CTE mode being visible in Freeroam on Docks
  
• Fixed nest for CTE mode near human base glitching out in Docks
  
• Fixed alternate boat ramp not lowering properly in GTTC-Docks
  
• Fixed a fence not blocking anything in GTTC-Downpour
  
• Verdant buildings modified so Tyrants can access two of the three buildings
  
• Verdant layout improved with more access to the main central building
  
• Verdant fence, wall gaps, and pipe bridges widened for dinosaur player traversal
  
• Verdant human spawns removed from central building to prevent camping
  

We hope this update warms things up!

And if you’ve yet to enter the Carnage, or have a friend who hasn’t had the pleasure, you can still enjoy a cool 50% off the entire Primal Carnage franchise for the rest of the Steam Winter Sale!



Finally, from the whole Primal Carnage team,
[h2]Have a merry new year![/h2]