Primal Carnage: Extinction News

We've offered the official soundtrack DLC on Steam for a long time now, and with additional music currently being created we decided to make some improvements to the existing OST collection...

[h3]High Quality Audio[/h3]

You can now download optional high res versions of the entire Primal Carnage Soundtrack Collection!

Simply opt into High Quality Audio Files inside the Music section of Steam's settings to receive versions of the OST in both uncompressed .WAV and .FLAC formats.



Each set of tracks is in a separate folder within the main install when you choose the high quality option, the default install location is: Steam / steamapps / music / Primal Carnage Soundtrack Collection

[h3]OST TLC[/h3]

Special care has been taken to ensure everything has detailed and correct metadata with the latest update to the soundtrack DLC (in all formats - WAV, FLAC, MP3). On top of that, the tracklist is more appropriately sorted.

As a whole, the OST is split up into three "discs" now, that divide the collection's music based on which game it was recorded for (Primal Carnage / Extinction), with one side devoted to Bonus tracks.

[h3]Music Evolution[/h3]



We're currently in the final couple months of finishing the new PlayStation version of PCE, which features (among many other things) brand new musical themes for a few dinosaur subclasses.

These fresh tracks will be brought to PCE on PC with the 3.0 update later this year, and you can look forward to them being included within the official OST collection as well!

[h3]Expanded Soundtrack Preview:[/h3]

Here is a small taste of the new music currently being worked on, the eerie and dangerous "light" track for Pachycephalosaurus...

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New to the franchise is composer Lyndon Kwan, who has been doing amazing work expanding on the foundation of the original soundtrack.

For the Pachy, new elements were introduced to Primal's musical palette, while retaining the mix of traditional and modern instruments that the classic tracks had. Both of the bruiser subclasses give the feeling of coiled rage, with danger lurking under the surface, ready to burst forth at a moment's notice.

We'll be sharing more previews of the expanded OST soon, so stay tuned...


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

This week we're part of the Steam Dinosaurs Versus Robots Fest!
To mark the occasion we've got a little gem of an update for you...


[h3]Special Event:[/h3]
[h2]LOVE, DINOS & ROBOTS[/h2]



The devilishly good partner to our Valentines event is out now! Love, Dinos and Robots ties into Steam's featured sale, and acts as a glorious conclusion to our annual lovefest. It's a celebration of cyborg carnosaurs! But wait, it's not just robo dinos- we've rounded out the human team with cybernetically enhanced versions of themselves, joining Cyborg Commando as next generation saurian exterminators...

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To go along with the robotic theme, a new set of dinosaur control collars have been added. With their batteries running low, these ones are malfunctioning. So if you wanted a collar that does not apply eye glow, this is for you...



All legacy robot skins are also back today with a discount, and you can still embrace all of the lovely Valentines Part 1 items until the end of Love, Dinos & Robots (over two weeks from now!). For an overview of all the special event items, check out our dedicated Trello page here.



[h3]WEEKLONG STEAM SALE![/h3]

Starting 10am PST and running from 26th February to March 4th, we are 65% OFF (!!!)



Save big with Jurassic sized deals on Primal Carnage: Extinction, the PCE 4-pack, and ALL DLC during Steam Dino Versus Robots Fest! Now's a great moment to pick up the Deluxe and Ultimate collections if you'd been holding off, or to invite friends to jump into the carnage for the first time!


[h2]Visual & Sound Updates:[/h2]

A new visual effect for weapons is splatter effects when you are hit with spit. If a Dilo or Cryo splashes you with their spit you will now also see your gun covered in goop for a while afterwards.



One minor audio effect type that can have a big impact on how visceral combat feels is the sensation of bullets whizzing past you during battle. We've fixed an issue that was causing only dinosaurs to hear these, and added unique fly-by sounds for arrows that help them stand out from gunshots.

We're also continuing to improve various legacy cosmetics wherever possible. For example, humans now wear the Valentine's tophat properly (apart from Angus, who's just off his head).

Some dino skins had their settings tweaked to be more consistent, while a few character textures have been overhauled. Most radical is a new set of normal maps for T.Rex, giving it a more 3D feel...


Finally, there's some UI tweaks based on community feedback. Notifications for Call Help and Call Follow are now gone (annoying!), CTE egg outlines are more accurate (egg shaped!), and store sorting is better.

Check out the full change notes below!


[h3]Version 2.9.51[/h3]
[h2]Full Changelog:[/h2]

• added special Dinos Vs Robots event items
  
• added new flyby sounds for arrows whooshing past you
  
• fixed bullet whiz effects only being audible to dinosaurs
  
  
• added new spit overlay visual effect for weapons
  - when humans are hit by Cryo or Dilo spit your gun is now covered in goo
  - new goo splatter effect fades over time after blinding period ends
  
  
• baked new normal maps for Tyrannosaurus Rex
  
• slight adjustments to Dilophosaurus base textures
  
• reduced specularity of human shader a bit
  
• tweaked textures and shader for Oilspill Acro skin
  
• fixed a handful of Oviraptor skins that had inccorrect settings
  
• fixed older weapon skins that used the camo pattern system having incorrect colours
  
• humans now wear the Heartwarming Tophat properly (well, most of them do)
  
• updated item properties of some cosmetics that were non tradable/marketable
  
  
• fixed CTE egg outline not being egg-shaped
  
• removed chat notifications for Call Help and Call Follow
  
• in-game store now displays newest items first instead of placing the oldest up top
  
  
• fixed a couple of recently reported crashes
  

Hope you enjoy this latest update! We'll be back to celebrate St. Patrick's Day next month...



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


For all things Primal Carnage, get involved on the Official Discord...

[h3]THE RESULTS ARE IN![/h3]



We had some great pieces of art submitted for the February Emoji Contest on Discord, and got a real kick out of browsing through them. As ever, we're continually impressed with the creativty of our community!

Congrats to everyone who took part, it was a hard time picking out the winners but here we go...

[h3]TOP PRIZES[/h3]

Primal Shades by Jita23 -



Primal Classy by Bad Plague -



Primal Devious by DragonsAreCool -



In addition to being made official emojis, these 3 lucky creators will have their submissions appear as merch on the Official Primal Carnage Store!

We'll be contacting the top 3 creators soon about getting some personal physical copies!

[h3]RUNNERS UP[/h3]

These three entries will appear as In-Game Sprays for now, but may become official merch at some point in the future...

Cryo Blep by ChunkoHunko -



PrimalWheeze by ChunkoHunko -



PrimalBeg by Bad Plague -



[h3]HONORABLE MENTIONS[/h3]

Finally, not quite winners, but ones we thoroughly enjoyed!

PrimalSuspicious by Jita23 -



PrimalDespair by Domstrya -



PrimalFlex by BLSwiftThief -



PrimalGlare by QuiteBluish -



Thanks again to everyone who entered the contest. This is only the start of many Community Contests to come this year, keep an eye out for more soon!

[h3]JOIN IN ON DISCORD:[/h3]

For all things Primal Carnage, get involved on the Official Discord...

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