Prehistoric Hunt News

Greetings dinosaur hunters!

Check out this trailer of the newest dinosaur species in Prehistoric Hunt:

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Note! This update makes changes to player death behavior. And you will unfortunately lose most of your current ammunition. This is a one time thing caused by change in inventory system. Read these patch notes before you play!

In this update we add another dinosaur species to the island: Utahraptor. We’d like to hear your feedback, you can chat with us on Discord or give feedback straight in the game.

[h2]Utahraptor[/h2]
Utahraptors join the carnivorous dinosaurs of the island. They are quick moving and dangerous dinosaurs. They usually move in packs. Utahraptors might start hunting you if they spot you. You will recognize them from their distinct calls.



[h2]Dinosaur AI improvement[/h2]
Dinosaurs can now move in groups, alert other dinos and behave more as a group and not always as an individual.

[h2]Player death behavior change
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When players die they will lose half of their inventory! But don’t worry, you can get your stuff back. You just need to travel to the point where you died and find your lost stuff on the ground. You’ll find the spot where you died on the map view. Multiple death markers will be displayed if a player dies often. Death markers will disappear after 30 minutes.



The harder hunting contracts now have a condition that the player needs to stay alive in order to complete the contracts. You can identify the hard contracts with the skeleton icon. If a player dies while having a hard contract active it will disappear after respawn losing all progress. This will challenge players to stay alive while hunting!



[h2]Environment
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Various bushes have been added to the map. These will provide more hiding places for players. The Terrain now utilizes tesselation for much improved detail.



[h2]Player character customization
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Players can now customize the look of their game character with different hats. Hats are unlocked by achieving achievements.



[h2]Tyrannosaurus Rex
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T-Rex will spot the player from greater distance when the player is not trying to hide. T-Rex hp was slightly increased. T-rex uses more effort to find nearby players it has sensed. New sounds have been added for T-Rex.

[h2]Settings updates
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Keys are now rebindable. Motion blur can be toggled on and off in the main menu. Invert mouse can be toggled on and off in the main menu.

[h2]Inventory update
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Item amounts are now saved on game servers, so ammo counts now stay the same between sessions. You will lose most of your ammunition during this transition. A sort button has been added to the inventory. Fixed an issue with dropping items from the vicinity. We also fixed some issues with items in multiplayer.

[h2]Other updates
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• Weapon blur has been removed
  
• Compsognathus attack distance has been adjusted to be more in line with its size
  
• Dinosaur organ view no longer breaks on non 16:9 aspect ratios
  
• Fixed a spawn point where player fell underground
  
• Fixed and adjusted tree colliders
  
• Returning to the main menu from multiplayer sessions no longer causes the game to bug
  
• 18 new Steam achievements have been added
  
• Added more sounds to dinosaurs and improved dinosaur footstep sounds
  

Thank you for reading and we look forward to hearing your thoughts.

Greetings dinosaur hunters!

Here is the content of our latest patch. We’d like to hear your feedback, you can chat with us on Discord or give feedback straight in the game.

[h2]Loot boxes
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Players can now find loot boxes on the island. They contain different kinds of equipment that help with hunting: Ammunition, medkits and new stamina boost items.

Loot box locations are not shown on the map so in order to find one player will need to watch for these things: When a player is within vicinity of a loot box a loot box icon will appear in the compass showing direction to the loot box. Players can also pick up the faint beeping sounds the loot box makes.







[h2]Co-op & Spawn Improvement
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You can now add a player to your hunting buddies in the player list in-game. This way you will spawn closer to your friends when you play, so you don’t have to travel across the island to play together. Hunting buddies are added through the team select menu (keyboard P). Right click on your new pal and click “Add buddy”. If you want to remove a hunting buddy you can use the same menu to remove a buddy. More spawn points have also been added to the map.





[h2]Stamina[/h2]
Stamina now charges and consumes faster. When players stand still stamina charges even faster.

An indicator has been added to the stamina bar when players are not able to use stamina for sprints: The icon next to the stamina bar will flash red when players can’t use stamina. These situations happen when players have used all of their stamina or held breath for aiming. Waiting for a bit will enable players to use stamina again.



[h2]Stamina boost item: Energy pack
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Players are now able to buy in shops or find in loot boxes new items: Energy packs. Players can consume energy packs whenever they have a need for better stamina. The boost affects both stamina regeneration and consumption. One boost lasts for a maximum of 1 minute. Boost length depends on the condition of the energy pack. This you can check in your inventory. The energy packs you buy from shops always have full load in them (100) but the ones you find in loot boxes might not have (100 or less).



To consume an energy pack open inventory, right click on the energy pack and click Use. Now start to sprint you will see an energy pack icon next to the stamina bar flashing yellow. Once the icon disappears the boost stops.



[h2]Dinosaur AI
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When Tyrannosaurus Rex hears a gunshot nearby it no longer moves directly to that location. Instead it might come nearby smelling it’s potential prey (you :) ). Your actions dictate more the outcome.

[h2]Other improvements
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• Players can now change weapons with mouse scroll
  
• Helicopter collection happens faster and with less noise
  
• New jump sounds were added to player character
  
• Crouch can be set to be toggle or hold crouch in the menu
  
• Pteranodon now make distant roars making finding them easier
  
• Fixed Pteranodon getting stuck in trees
  

Thank you for reading and we look forward to hearing your thoughts.

Greetings dinosaur hunters!

The dev team wishes you a Merry Christmas! ːsteamhappyː



We also did a minor patch on top of 0.81 version with the following updates:

[h2]New type of hunting contracts: Integrity
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Players are now able to get contracts which have integrity requirements. The integrity contract conditions are harder to fulfill but when completed reward more experience and credits than regular contracts. Integrity contracts are available to players starting from player level 3.







Integrity calculation takes into account which parts players have hit the dinosaurs. Used weapons are not taken into account. The easier integrity contracts require 80% integrity. The harder contracts require 100% integrity. Rewards have been adjusted based on difficulty. The hardest is the “Perfect Tyrannosaurus Rex” integrity contract that requires 100% integrity with a T-Rex. The dev team’s greatest success was to get one with 93% integrity, we are sure you can do better!

Greetings dinosaur hunters!

Here is the content of our latest patch. We’d like to hear your feedback, you can chat with us on Discord or give feedback straight in the game.

[h2]Night upgrade[/h2]
Night time got a couple of updates: It’s now slightly shorter and illuminated by moonlight. So hunters now have more daytime for hunting and the night isn’t as punishing with light conditions.







[h2]New special location[/h2]
New special location has been added: Temple ruins. Like with other special locations players can find Preton’s shop from this location.





[h2]Iron sight aiming
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Aiming guns with iron sights is now much easier. Sights align better for precise aiming. This update affects pistols, revolvers and shotguns.



[h2]Bullet speed and drop
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Bullet speed has been improved: Bullets now have higher initial speed, so they hit targets faster. Players will also notice less bullet drop.

[h2]Dinosaur AI
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Herbivores now flee from carnivores. Dinosaurs stop fleeing once they think danger is over. Dinosaurs now have local avoidance so they won't clump together.

[h2]Clipping[/h2]
Players no longer clip inside dinos when in close combat.

[h2]Multiplayer fixes
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Overall synchronization of dinos and players was improved. Multiplayer servers now require matching game versions.

Thank you for reading and we look forward to hearing your thoughts.

Greetings dinosaur hunters!

In this sneak peek article we will shed light on our future plans regarding the game. These improvements we plan to do in the next patches. Thank you all for the feedback you’ve given so far!

All the images you see in this post are work in progress images and are subject to change.

[h2]Dinosaur AI improvement
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We want to give players more challenge and variance with dinosaur AI improvement. Dinosaurs will be able to sense players' presence a bit differently than they’ve done so far. Different species will behave more differently. Players’ actions will dictate more if a dinosaur is hostile towards the player or not. Dinosaur herd behavior will be improved so that members of a herd are more aware of other herd members' actions.

[h2]Biome & environment improvement
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Plants and other elements will be improved to create more varying biomes. With this change players will be able to get more cover but they also might get surprised a bit easier by nearby dinosaurs. Environment will get more distinguished locations.



[h2]Loot boxes
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Loot boxes will be added to the game. Players will find different items in loot boxes that will help with hunting.



[h2]Day and night cycle improvement
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We are planning to slightly shorten the duration of night time. We are also planning to illuminate night time with constant moonlight.

[h2]Dinosaur tracking device
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A dinosaur tracking device will be added. This will enable missions where players will need to find an individual dinosaur.



[h2]Velociraptors[/h2]

Velociraptors will join the inhabitants of the island. They will strike fear into the hearts of players.







Multiple smaller improvements will also be introduced in the coming patches.

Thank you for reading and we look forward to hearing what your thoughts are on our plans. You can give us feedback here or join the discussion in our Discord.