The Foliage Eating Lag Fix Patch
Optimizations / Changes
+Updated UE4 to 4.22.3
+Reworked foliage to significantly improve both server and client performance when plants are eaten or moved
-All previous functionality of our foliage setup, including trampling trees or leaving non-leaved stumps behind, should still work
-Holding onto held plants no longer lags severely as well
-This should dramatically improve instances of server-side lag
+Optimized server-side lag associated with the sending of combat log events to the client - this would likely result in particularly laggy scenarios during combat
+The Keybinding UI has been reworked
-There is a minor bug where the client sometimes crashes while setting keybinds. It will be fixed in future patches
+Added an 'Unstuck' button in the lower left corner of the options menu that calls the 'stuck' console command
+Updated the Acrocanthosaurus with a new running animation, by Senoba
+Added all the Phantom and Glimmer skins for creators and participants.
-If you were listed as receiving a skin and did not receive it, contact one of us.
+Reduced irididescence intensity on Ichty's materials.
+Set up crash log tracking such that the game now sends crash dump files to Vipe and I
-Do report crashes if you get them, client-side. Vipe and I see these logs, not UE / Epic Games, and they provide information we need to see
+Various optimizations to our game's code that will result in some performance improvements
Bug Fixes
+Fixed: Trying to possess an egg that belongs to two parents who have died on the server but are still playing now allows you to possess the egg with a different prompt message, rather than breaking and disallowing you from possessing that egg regardless of the owners' wishes
+Fixed: Apato tail now properly stays stationary during vocals while it's sitting down
+Fixed: Eggs you are holding no longer emit scent
+Fixed: Megalosaurus no longer jams after using its stat identification ability, leaving it unable to roar, attack or use identify
+Fixed: Velo should no longer sometimes get stuck unable to sprint after climbing.
+Fixed: Eggs can now properly be broken and eaten, as long as they are not your own
+Fixed: Creatures no longer get stuck grabbing nothing if the creature they are grabbing logs off or respawns
+Fixed: Struggling against a mosa grab as a Lurdu or Ichthy now works properly, and Lurdusaurus can now struggle
-Struggling now instantly stops any roar or call animations you may be performing, such that it does not block any follow-up actions afterwards
+Fixed: Elasmosaurus can now carry carcasses once again
+Tentatively fixed: Creatures who have been grabbed previously should no longer, on occasion, briefly teleport back to the location where they were grabbed or teleport to the map origin for brief periods of time
+Fixed: You no longer take one extra tick of breath damage after surfacing
+Fixed: Any creature larger than 4,000 weight (Apato near adulthood) will no longer be susceptable to tornado winds.
+Fixed: Velociraptor should no longer get state-jammed when using
+Fixed: Various animation state jams on velociraptor
+Fixed: Mosasaurus should no longer jam while thrashing grabbed prey
+Fixed: Grabbed creatures now properly get released when the grabbing creature respawns or leaves the game
+Fixed: The Mosasaurus grab hitbox is no longer excessively large
+Fixed: Eggs can now be attacked and eaten
+Fixed: The combat log message no longer incorrectly prompts herbivores their food satiation is full
+Fixed: Kronosaurus can no longer move while charging its lunge
+Fixed: You can no longer lunge while grabbed as a Kronosaurus
+Fixed: Large apatosaurus' should now be able to reliably hit targets with their tails
Balance / Mechanics Changes
+Mosasaurus and Elasmosaurus grab size computation has been restored to its previous version pre-baby carrying
-This should once again let very large mosas grab an apato
+Velo once again has Bruiser as its tier 5 power talent
+Tail Hits now deal 50% damage regardless of species or size, to all creatures
-Pteranodon and Velociraptor always receive full damage
+The Bruiser talent now allows more damage to be dealt when hitting the tail, until 3/3 which allows you to deal full damage to the tail
+Reduced flies volume by 50%
+The talent Slippery now reduces the ability cost, the stamina cost, the damage taken, and the injury taken when struggling from a grab
+Sped up Lurdusaurus and Velociraptor sit down, stand up, lie down, and wake up animations
+Elasmosaurus now picks up carcasses by double tapping the use key, grabs other players by holding the ability key, and eats food by holding the use key
+Creatures greater than 1.0 in growth now do not continue scaling larger in caves or under shelter
-This was changed from before, where any creature that was sheltered or in a cave would not scale up
-This was done because babies staying very tiny in caves seemed quite unrealistic and it caused some animation / other issues having them stay 0.1 sized when treated as much larger for all other gameplay purposes
+For Herbivores, the amount of satiation granted by plants is now better when eating plants closer to your foliage grade, but all plants now grant some level of food satiation
+The Botanist talent now much more sharply drops the amount of discomfort obtained from eating aquatic plants as a terrestrial creature, or terrestrial plants as an aquatic creature
+Scavenger now works differently, removing a static amount of food poisoning rather than a percentage-based amount
-For example, with 1 point into scavenger, a carcass that is 20% rotten now works like a fresh carcass. A carcass that is 40% rotten now grants poisoning as a 20% rotten carcass did before.
+Changed how much satiation is granted from carcasses
-Scavenger increases satiation gained, even from non-player carcasses
-Rancidness subtracts from the amount of satiation gained
-By default, non-player carcasses grant 0 satiation, and Scavenger must be talented to gain any satiation from these carcasses
-Player carcasses grant satiation always, but less and less is gained as they become more rancid
+Reworked Shelterer
-Being near apatos that have talented shelterer now provides additional shelter, which shows up both in the character screen and on the HUD around the health HUD element
-More talents into Shelterer make this effect stronger
-It takes 3 points invested to allow the apato to grant 100% shelter to other herd members
-This is a purely selfless talent, as it has no benefit to the apato who talents it
-Apatos can shelter each other if they both take the talent
-This shelter adds to any other shelter the player has, so they can take partial shelter from cliffs or rocks and then improve it further by being near the apato as well
+Lurdusaurus now gets more food satiation from eating seaweed
+Carnivore-edible plants (comfort flowers, crystals) no longer provide satiation
+Piscivores no longer get food satiation from eating meat gores
+Map-spawned carcasses and glowing plants no longer spawn on slopes with steep angles
+Reduced the amount of stamina the talent 'Exhausting Bite' inflicts
+Mosasaurus now has 100 maximum stamina, up from 80
+The upfront cost of beginning the Kronosaurus lunge is now 20 ability power, up from 10
+Increased Apatosaurus tail knockback
+Acrocanthosaurus, Megalosaurus, Ichthyovenator, Megalosaurus, Utahraptor, Velociraptor, Tyrannosaurus now have the following Survival talents reordered:
-Food Longetivity is now in S5, rather than S3
-Scent Improvement is now in S3, rather than S5
+Food Satiation and Comfort Bias are now visible on the character stat screen
+Updated UE4 to 4.22.3
+Reworked foliage to significantly improve both server and client performance when plants are eaten or moved
-All previous functionality of our foliage setup, including trampling trees or leaving non-leaved stumps behind, should still work
-Holding onto held plants no longer lags severely as well
-This should dramatically improve instances of server-side lag
+Optimized server-side lag associated with the sending of combat log events to the client - this would likely result in particularly laggy scenarios during combat
+The Keybinding UI has been reworked
-There is a minor bug where the client sometimes crashes while setting keybinds. It will be fixed in future patches
+Added an 'Unstuck' button in the lower left corner of the options menu that calls the 'stuck' console command
+Updated the Acrocanthosaurus with a new running animation, by Senoba
+Added all the Phantom and Glimmer skins for creators and participants.
-If you were listed as receiving a skin and did not receive it, contact one of us.
+Reduced irididescence intensity on Ichty's materials.
+Set up crash log tracking such that the game now sends crash dump files to Vipe and I
-Do report crashes if you get them, client-side. Vipe and I see these logs, not UE / Epic Games, and they provide information we need to see
+Various optimizations to our game's code that will result in some performance improvements
Bug Fixes
+Fixed: Trying to possess an egg that belongs to two parents who have died on the server but are still playing now allows you to possess the egg with a different prompt message, rather than breaking and disallowing you from possessing that egg regardless of the owners' wishes
+Fixed: Apato tail now properly stays stationary during vocals while it's sitting down
+Fixed: Eggs you are holding no longer emit scent
+Fixed: Megalosaurus no longer jams after using its stat identification ability, leaving it unable to roar, attack or use identify
+Fixed: Velo should no longer sometimes get stuck unable to sprint after climbing.
+Fixed: Eggs can now properly be broken and eaten, as long as they are not your own
+Fixed: Creatures no longer get stuck grabbing nothing if the creature they are grabbing logs off or respawns
+Fixed: Struggling against a mosa grab as a Lurdu or Ichthy now works properly, and Lurdusaurus can now struggle
-Struggling now instantly stops any roar or call animations you may be performing, such that it does not block any follow-up actions afterwards
+Fixed: Elasmosaurus can now carry carcasses once again
+Tentatively fixed: Creatures who have been grabbed previously should no longer, on occasion, briefly teleport back to the location where they were grabbed or teleport to the map origin for brief periods of time
+Fixed: You no longer take one extra tick of breath damage after surfacing
+Fixed: Any creature larger than 4,000 weight (Apato near adulthood) will no longer be susceptable to tornado winds.
+Fixed: Velociraptor should no longer get state-jammed when using
+Fixed: Various animation state jams on velociraptor
+Fixed: Mosasaurus should no longer jam while thrashing grabbed prey
+Fixed: Grabbed creatures now properly get released when the grabbing creature respawns or leaves the game
+Fixed: The Mosasaurus grab hitbox is no longer excessively large
+Fixed: Eggs can now be attacked and eaten
+Fixed: The combat log message no longer incorrectly prompts herbivores their food satiation is full
+Fixed: Kronosaurus can no longer move while charging its lunge
+Fixed: You can no longer lunge while grabbed as a Kronosaurus
+Fixed: Large apatosaurus' should now be able to reliably hit targets with their tails
Balance / Mechanics Changes
+Mosasaurus and Elasmosaurus grab size computation has been restored to its previous version pre-baby carrying
-This should once again let very large mosas grab an apato
+Velo once again has Bruiser as its tier 5 power talent
+Tail Hits now deal 50% damage regardless of species or size, to all creatures
-Pteranodon and Velociraptor always receive full damage
+The Bruiser talent now allows more damage to be dealt when hitting the tail, until 3/3 which allows you to deal full damage to the tail
+Reduced flies volume by 50%
+The talent Slippery now reduces the ability cost, the stamina cost, the damage taken, and the injury taken when struggling from a grab
+Sped up Lurdusaurus and Velociraptor sit down, stand up, lie down, and wake up animations
+Elasmosaurus now picks up carcasses by double tapping the use key, grabs other players by holding the ability key, and eats food by holding the use key
+Creatures greater than 1.0 in growth now do not continue scaling larger in caves or under shelter
-This was changed from before, where any creature that was sheltered or in a cave would not scale up
-This was done because babies staying very tiny in caves seemed quite unrealistic and it caused some animation / other issues having them stay 0.1 sized when treated as much larger for all other gameplay purposes
+For Herbivores, the amount of satiation granted by plants is now better when eating plants closer to your foliage grade, but all plants now grant some level of food satiation
+The Botanist talent now much more sharply drops the amount of discomfort obtained from eating aquatic plants as a terrestrial creature, or terrestrial plants as an aquatic creature
+Scavenger now works differently, removing a static amount of food poisoning rather than a percentage-based amount
-For example, with 1 point into scavenger, a carcass that is 20% rotten now works like a fresh carcass. A carcass that is 40% rotten now grants poisoning as a 20% rotten carcass did before.
+Changed how much satiation is granted from carcasses
-Scavenger increases satiation gained, even from non-player carcasses
-Rancidness subtracts from the amount of satiation gained
-By default, non-player carcasses grant 0 satiation, and Scavenger must be talented to gain any satiation from these carcasses
-Player carcasses grant satiation always, but less and less is gained as they become more rancid
+Reworked Shelterer
-Being near apatos that have talented shelterer now provides additional shelter, which shows up both in the character screen and on the HUD around the health HUD element
-More talents into Shelterer make this effect stronger
-It takes 3 points invested to allow the apato to grant 100% shelter to other herd members
-This is a purely selfless talent, as it has no benefit to the apato who talents it
-Apatos can shelter each other if they both take the talent
-This shelter adds to any other shelter the player has, so they can take partial shelter from cliffs or rocks and then improve it further by being near the apato as well
+Lurdusaurus now gets more food satiation from eating seaweed
+Carnivore-edible plants (comfort flowers, crystals) no longer provide satiation
+Piscivores no longer get food satiation from eating meat gores
+Map-spawned carcasses and glowing plants no longer spawn on slopes with steep angles
+Reduced the amount of stamina the talent 'Exhausting Bite' inflicts
+Mosasaurus now has 100 maximum stamina, up from 80
+The upfront cost of beginning the Kronosaurus lunge is now 20 ability power, up from 10
+Increased Apatosaurus tail knockback
+Acrocanthosaurus, Megalosaurus, Ichthyovenator, Megalosaurus, Utahraptor, Velociraptor, Tyrannosaurus now have the following Survival talents reordered:
-Food Longetivity is now in S5, rather than S3
-Scent Improvement is now in S3, rather than S5
+Food Satiation and Comfort Bias are now visible on the character stat screen