Black Forest News

[p]This is what I expect to be the final update for the game, version 2.5.[/p][p][/p][p]It contains no gameplay changes, but some Quality of Life updates and improvements:[/p]

• [p]updated engine/core code[/p]
• [p]visual improvements to volumetric lights, general graphics, building effects[/p]
• [p]removed Unity Analytics and privacy screen.[/p]

[p][/p][p]I am officially ending support for the game with this patch. If there are serious bugs I will of course fix those, but there will be no further updates aside from that.[/p][p]The game is complete and there is nothing on my wishlist that I would want to add.[/p][p][/p][p]It has been an interesting journey, both in its highs and lows. The game has reached a lot of players, and for a while there were a good number of streamers and YouTubers playing. I'm glad that you all enjoyed a few hours in the Black Forest and it's night terrors.[/p][p]Thank you all.[/p]

[p]I've uploaded what I expect to be the final update for the game, version 2.5.[/p][p]It's on the preview branch for now, so I can fix any bugs that may have crept in (though there shouldn't be any).[/p][p]Changes:[/p]

• [p]updated engine/core code[/p]
• [p]visual improvements to volumetric lights, general graphics, building effects[/p]
• [p]removed Unity Analytics and privacy screen.[/p]

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This is a small update containing a few internal updates, bugfixes and an important fix for a security issue in the Unity engine.

I have uploaded an update to improve a number of issues that crept in and make some all-around improvements. It is live on preview now, if there are no issues it will go live on the main branch in a few days.

Here's the list of changes:

• Fixed the vegetation and ground texture on Kroburg, RefugeeCamp
  
• Fixed a rare mouse input issue on Windows
  
• Improved resolution of some textures (buildings, mostly)
  
• Improved anti-aliasing should remove or at least considerably reduce the shadow "shimmering" effect
  
• Improved positional sound effects
  
• Slightly improved loading times
  
• Slighly improved particle effects
  
• Improved debug/error output to make finding bugs easier
  
• Slightly improved memory management
  
• Reduced texture memory usage on low quality settings for those with older computers
  
• Improved texture and audio data handling
  
• Lots of cleanup and minor fixes
  
• Updated engine version