Exoplanet: First Contact News

Hey! There is a small hotfix to get rid off some pesky bugs we have found with your help. Thanks a lot for reporting them.

• fixed the problem with traders' inventories
  
• added checking for traders' inventories, it resets inventory to default if something goes wrong
  
• fixed the problem with disappearing bugs when you press LMB while Jack playing animation of getting a bug out of the inventory
  
• healthbar is now updating while remote controlling a bug
  
• fixed wrong location of bugs' damage collider
  
• other small fixes

• sometimes the game can crash if you click mouse keyboard buttons during loading
  
• some players can experiencing random crashes

If you experience this or any other critical bugs, please let us know in our Discord channel. We will try to fix everything as soon as possible. You can also report about it on technical support forum or send us your log to [email protected] with description of the problem.

You can find your .log file here: Documents\Alersteam\Exoplanet First Contact\system.log

Also, if you have any other questions or need help (game crashes / freezes / can't launch), feel free to add me (@bijou) and I will try to help you.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/531660/Exoplanet_First_Contact/

Hey! There is a small hotfix to get rid off some pesky bugs we have found with your help. Thanks a lot for reporting them.

• fixed the problem with traders' inventories
  
• added checking for traders' inventories, it resets inventory to default if something goes wrong
  
• fixed the problem with disappearing bugs when you press LMB while Jack playing animation of getting a bug out of the inventory
  
• healthbar is now updating while remote controlling a bug
  
• fixed wrong location of bugs' damage collider
  
• other small fixes

• sometimes the game can crash if you click mouse keyboard buttons during loading
  
• some players can experiencing random crashes

If you experience this or any other critical bugs, please let us know in our Discord channel. We will try to fix everything as soon as possible. You can also report about it on technical support forum or send us your log to [email protected] with description of the problem.

You can find your .log file here: Documents\Alersteam\Exoplanet First Contact\system.log

Also, if you have any other questions or need help (game crashes / freezes / can't launch), feel free to add me (@bijou) and I will try to help you.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/531660/Exoplanet_First_Contact/

Hey everyone, it’s time for another update!

But before that, I would like to show you our new updated Early Access trailer. Exoplanet is in Early Access for a year, and we managed to significantly improve the game thanks to your help and honest feedback. Of course, there's still a lot of work to do but the game is evolving. And we would like to thank you guys for being with us, we wouldn't make it without your support.



The new trailer is a gameplay trailer. We couldn't achieve a decent result with the old one due to the lack of optimization, lack of time and, most important, lack of content back there. Hell, there was some footage from the old Kickstarter demo! Anyway, thanks to the really good editing, we managed to get you into the game. And we hope the new trailer will help us to find more beautiful players around the globe who really care about the old-fashioned exploring action RPGs.

Don't forget to like the video on YouTube and share it with friends if you like it. And, of course, let us know what you think:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCczGczDD_o



This is a maintenance update, where there are more changes under the hood than on the surface. We’ve solved some of the internal problems that were a major obstacle to really cool features that are coming soon! In the meantime, we hope that you’ll enjoy playing this update!





WORLD

• Detailed some unaccessible areas of Windscream Canyon in preparation for future updates
  
• Improved lighting in caverns
  
• Added bitebug blood decal
  
• Many minor fixes and improvements

VISUALS

• Added more models for food when eating
  
• Improved blood particles
  
• Added rotten meat texture

GAMEPLAY

• When aiming with a ranged weapon the camera returns to the default height (shoulder level)
  
• Increased the amount of antigravium gained via mining to be closer to former levels

QUESTS

• Better models for Jack’s clothes in the quest for retrieving his attire

NPCs

• Added lots of new talking animations for humans
  
• Added dialogues for several NPCs

AI

• Improved bitebug idle walking behavior
  
• Improved the way hostile entities react to characters engaged in dialog or trade

UI

• Added a button to show crafting components instead of right click
  
• Attribute-boosting buttons are highlighted for the first level up
  
• Reduced item pickup notification spam
  
• Improved font rendering for 2k and higher resolutions

FIXES

• Jack should no longer loop the chosen animation for his line endlessly

• Some players still can experience crashes on random areas
  
• Sometimes the game can crash if you click mouse keyboard buttons during loading

If you have BitDefender antivirus and can't launch the game, please, unblock Exoplanet's .exe. He's not very friendly with our game at the moment but we are working on it.

A few players also can expect crashes every 5 minutes. We believe we know why but if you are experiencing this bug or any other major problem, please let us know via our Discord channel. We will try to fix everything as soon as possible, and I hope we'll manage to release a hotfix before the New Year. Sorry for inconvenience and thanks for understanding.

You can also report about bugs on technical support forum or send us your log to [email protected] with description of the problem and your PC specs.

You can find your .log file here: Documents\Alersteam\Exoplanet First Contact\system.log

Also, if you have any other questions or need help (game crashes / freezes / can't launch), feel free to add me (@bijou) and I will try to help you.

As usual, we recommend to start a new game.





Steam Winter Sale is a good chance to get some players on board. That's why Exoplanet is on sale with 30% discount.

But we desperately need at least 10 reviews to get the RECENT REVIEWS section. It is very important to show potential players that Exoplanet is evolving with every update and this is not the same bare-bones game as it was on the release.

So if you do like our game but didn't leave an honest review with your feedback, please do. That would be an awesome New Year gift for us (and it is also anniversary!) Thank you very much.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/531660/Exoplanet_First_Contact/

Hey gang, the latest update is out! It is an important update for us, because in it we have reached not one, but two major milestones, which open big possibilities for the future updates. The characters have received a makeover, with new faces, facial hair customization as well as skin tones. This should help a lot with making them more memorable as well as move away from the feeling that they are identical clones with different hats. The second big change, while invisible to the naked eye, is no less important: the switch of all non-aggressive NPCs to the new AI system, which should finally allow scripting believable behavior in the future updates. We hope that you’ll enjoy playing this update!



PERFORMANCE

• Improved performance due to shadows calculation optimization
  
• Loading is 10-30% faster depending on your PC specs

WORLD

• Added Jack’s new voiced lines in certain places
  
• Added a small new area to the Windscream Canyon
  
• Added cut and broken variations of trees
  
• Added seedlings of palms and trees

VISUALS

• Overhauled most of the NPC’s appearances with new faces, skin tones, attire and accessories

GAMEPLAY

• Equipping weapons is now animated
  
• Using a scanner is now also animated
  
• You no longer have to stop to reload a shotgun
  
• Polished reloading animations to get rid of jerking
  
• Added more variety to the ‘getting damaged’ animations
  
• Added a variety of character impact sounds
  
• Added reloading sounds

QUESTS

• It is now possible to start the Lost Arphant quest by talking to Juggo first
  
• You can complete Getting Rid of Scalp Hunters quest if you killed the Scalp Hunters on your own
  
• Account for the player killing off the scalp hunters on his own
  
• A couple of adjustments to the starting scene
  
• Bribe is now a valid way to get into the fort
  
• Added dialogs to the fort’s gate guards

NPCs

• Non-aggressive NPCs play different animations when turning towards the player depending on how much they have to turn to face the player
  
• Added talking animations to the NPCs that missed them

UI

• Added global sound effects volume control slider to options menu
  
• Tutorial popups (if not turned off in the options) should be more spread out and less crowded

FIXES

• Hotbar corner key overlays correspond to set key bindings
  
• Fixed a couple of dialog bugs
  
• Fixed several errors which led to crash

• Some players still can experience crashes on random areas
  
• Sometimes the game can crash if you click mouse keyboard buttons during loading
  
• Sometimes the game can crash during autosave

We are working hard to get rid of every single bug but some of them are really hard to fix because due to their strange behavior it is hard to reproduce them.

If you experience any critical bugs, please let us know via our Discord channel. We will try to fix everything as soon as possible.

You can also report about bugs on technical support forum or send us your log to [email protected] with description of the problem and your PC specs.

You can find your .log file here: Documents\Alersteam\Exoplanet First Contact\system.log

Also, if you have any other questions or need help (game crashes / freezes / can't launch), feel free to add me (@bijou) and I will try to help you.

As usual, we recommend to start a new game.





As you know, we are always looking for your honest feedback and ideas which could help us to improve the game. But there's an important thing I would like to talk about — the RECENT REVIEWS section.

The thing is, it is very important for us to show potential buyers that Exoplanet is evolving with every update and this is not the same bare-bones game as it was on the release. Thus, your reviews not just allows us to get some additional coverage but also helps to get new players.

I know there are a lot of good people who don't care about leaving a review or didn't do that so far. But if you do like Exoplanet, please, help us with an honest review. It is very important. And it is really helpful. Thanks a lot in advance for understanding.

P.S. Despite the fact, that some people's review doesn't affect the score of the game (if it was gifted or redeemed with a key), your feedback is still priceless. Thanks for your support.


http://store.steampowered.com/app/531660/Exoplanet_First_Contact/

Hey, guys! As we promised, we are working hard to fix every critical bug and especially the ones which prevent some players to launch the game. Today we released another important hotfix which should solve most of those nasty problems.

If you had any issues with Exoplanet launch, please, try it again and let us know whether you succeed or not. Thanks a lot in advance.





fixed the problem with Exoplanet doesn't launch / crashing without .log file
fixed crash during loading if you click / press any mouse / keyboard button
fixed crash after exit to Main Menu (when you want to load another save, for example)
fixed crashes during launch on some Intel video cards as well as some others video cards



sometimes loading can be very slow

If you experience any other critical bugs, please let us know in our Discord channel. We will try to fix everything as soon as possible. You can also report about it on technical support forum or send us your log to [email protected] with description of the problem.

You can find your .log file here: Documents\Alersteam\Exoplanet First Contact\system.log

Also, if you have any other questions or need help (game crashes / freezes / can't launch), feel free to add me (@bijou) and I will try to help you.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/531660/Exoplanet_First_Contact/