Patch #5 - Chapter 2, New Content, and More!

[p] Our fifth patch is the biggest yet: chock full of content like new quests, chapter 2, races, and a new ride island. All in all, the team completed over 150 fixes and tickets in preparation for this patch. A lot of these were implementation tasks for the wealth of new content, so these patch notes are going to focus on the highlights.  [/p][p]Note that for this chapter release, all player quest progression will be wiped. You will keep things like inventory, faction levels, etc. Future chapter releases will not require a quest progression reset![/p][p]  [/p][p]As always, we’re looking forward to hearing your feedback - especially on our new story content! Preparations are already well underway for our next patch. Without further ado, here’s our change log! [/p][p]Riding Island - High Coast Trail: Take an adventure to the high coastal mountains! Navigate a series of switchbacks and relax after your descent next to a secluded spot on the charming coast.[/p]

• [p]Please note the island currently doesn’t have nav mesh or proper collision. This will be fixed in the next immediate patch![/p]

[p][/p][p]Chapter 2: Continue your investigation with the newest chapter! Sarah sends you an invite you can’t refuse as you both retrace Jenny’s final steps…
[/p][p]New Quest Content: The team has been hard at work implementing new content for our players to experience. In total, this update brings you: [/p]

• [p]15 main quests [/p]
• [p]13 side quests [/p]
• [p]25 new weeklies have been added to the pool.[/p]

[p]New Races: Two new races have been added.[/p]

• [p]Alderwood Lap: Race through the town through picturesque seaside trails and across the tracks.[/p]
• [p]Fisherman’s Folly: Take a ride through the winding beach trails full of challenging jumps and loop back around into the village.[/p]

[p][/p][p]Daily Gifting for NPCs: People on the island are looking for specific items that you may run across in your adventure. Why not try giving them a gift? You’ll be able to increase faction reputation by completing their daily gift requests!
[/p][p]Farrier Upgrade System: You can now visit the Farrier and pay to upgrade the stats on your equipment! Note that you cannot upgrade all items at the Farrier, only certain items are eligible. [/p][p][/p][p][/p]

• [p]Shader Loading Bar: The main menu now has a loading bar to display shader progress. Note that entering the game before it's finished results in graphical and performance issues.[/p]

• [p]Tool Tips: Map locations have tool tips.[/p]
• [p]Experience Notifications: Player riders and horses now receive experience notifications.[/p]
• [p]Username Phone Search: Players can search for friends by username via your phone.[/p]
• [p]New Entries: Compendium and Journal entries have been added for the new content.[/p]
• [p]Improved Quest Save System: It has been reworked to be more flexible and stable.
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[p]Animation & Graphic Polish:[/p]

• [p]Rider’s reins in hands are better blended with the horse now.[/p]
• [p]Transition issues while reverse riding in a circle has been made smoother. The horse will no longer snap its head repeatedly.[/p]
• [p]Lights and Dynamic Sky have been adjusted allowing for improved performance.[/p]

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• [p]Crash and Stability Fixes: We have continued to improve stability and fixed a variety of crash related issues. [/p]
• [p]Flower Basket Can Be Completed: Players can now ‘Speak with Emily’ to complete the ‘Flower Basket’ quest.[/p]
  • [p]This fix required reworking the “Flower Basket” quest; it is now five “different” quests named Aqua Beauty, Crimson Beauty, Sunshine Beauty, Moonlight Beauty, and Soothing Beauty.[/p]
• [p]Player Barn Icon Stays: The player barn icon no longer disappears from your map.[/p]
• [p]Fixed Tree Texture: A specific tree type has had its broken texture fixed.[/p]
• [p]Removed Overexposure Issues: Bright lights no longer appear when talking to NPCs or riding around in the world. Please note lower settings may not render lighting changes as well as higher settings.[/p]
• [p]Improved Nav Mesh & Collision: We have combed through the island thanks to your reports and have improved collision issues by removing invisible walls, places players get stuck, or strange nav mesh.[/p]

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• [p]No Nav Mesh on New Ride Island: High Coast Trail - the new ride island - currently has no nav mesh. This means you can fall off cliffs you normally wouldn’t be able to! [/p]
• [p]Incorrect Compendium Levels: When joining the game after the progression reset, it will appear as though your faction levels have been reset in your Compendium. This is not the case: your Compendium will display correctly once you’ve progressed through the main quest. [/p]
• [p]Weekly Goals List 6000+ Days: Rarely, Weekly Goals display the incorrect time and do not assign quests.[/p]
• [p]Placeholder Horses: A few locations have placeholder horse assets: this means they do not have manes, tails, and upon closer inspection have hammers on their head.[/p]
• [p]Unable to Dismount: Rarely, players are unable to dismount using “E.”[/p]
• [p]Missing Mini-Map Search Radius: Several new quests in Chapter 2 require searching. In rare cases the circular search radius on your mini-map will not appear; this can make it more difficult than intended to finish these quests.[/p]
• [p]Ride to X Location Not Updating: Quests with objectives to “Ride to the Fishing Village” will not update correctly if you’re already in the area. You must leave and re-enter the area before it tracks correctly.[/p]
• [p]Incorrect Version Number: The main menu displays "1.0" as the version number. This is incorrect but shouldn't affect any gameplay.[/p][p][/p][h3]A note on cutscenes[/h3][p]We’d like to address cinematic cut scenes. Upcoming story drops will include new quest and game content, but we will not have new cinematics. We have planned our story content around cinematics, but at this stage of development new chapter cutscenes will be represented by placeholders.[/p]