Is that thunder.. or footsteps?
In homage of a certain recent monster movie, we decided it would be fun to make a poster in a similar vein, with one of our own "titans" that is waiting to be unleashed...
The Isle News
Stegosaurus Animation Preview
Greetings Islanders,
Today we have the first preview of a long awaited animal to debut in survival: Stegosaurus.
https://youtu.be/mmT7_I5Xcxc
I'm sure many of you are probably wondering why he has an animation long suspected that all herbivores should have. We'll have more details on that soon.
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Patch 0.1.53.3
- This is a very small hotfix for a server-side crash the game has been experiencing along with other small changes.General
- Fixed a server-side crash related to burrows being destroyed
- Fixed some foliage shader issues on V3
- Temporarily disabled the crash reporter while a new backend is implemented
Pteranodon Animation Preview
Greetings Islanders,
Today we have a little preview of an upcoming playable creature some of you might be interested in: Pteranodon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLziFBXghQs&feature=youtu.be
Playable flying creatures are something that will be coming to The Isle further down the road, but we wanted to show you some of the first steps towards achieving that goal and hope you're as excited as we are for what's to come.
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The Road Ahead
Greetings Islanders,
As many of you may be aware, we are preparing to rewrite much of our codebase; known to most community members as the "recode". We're not starting over, but there's going to be a lot of changes. We'll delve into what all this means in more detail below.
Why are we doing this?
As many of the veteran players may remember, there have been features introduced into the game that were sadly removed. Unfortunately, things like this happened due to rapid implementation causing more bugs and crashes than the new gameplay mechanics it provided. Our current foundational code severely limits our ability to balance combat and add new, more complex elements to the game. So much of our original codebase will be rewritten to provide gameplay experiences and features that are exciting as well as stable. Like a bandaid, we've just gotta rip it off!
How long will this take?
While we cannot accurately provide an exact timeline, we are estimating a few months. We're focusing on introducing a solid, quality implementation so we won't run into the same issues we've experienced thus far. We're going to take the time we feel is necessary to do this right. Everything we're doing, is for you guys. Making our jobs easier is just an added bonus.
So, what does that mean for you, the community?
During the recode we will not be pushing many (if any) builds to the Live servers. We know, it's a super bummer! But do not fear, production is blazing along full speed behind the scenes! In addition, we'll be updating you all in a transparent fashion like we've never done before. So you can all expect much more insight into our development process, not less. So here's to progressing to the next level!