Outback News

Hello beautiful people
This is just a small update to address an audio bug. The water sounds will now work with the audio controls.
I hope you enjoy the fix.

If anyone is interested in trying out my game Outback. I'm taking part in the Steam Spring Sale and my game Outback is priced under $1 (USD). It will be 87% off until March 21st.

Hello beautiful people.
Outback has been updated to version 1.6.5. The main menu and the entire map for the main game have been rebuilt. The new map uses a 1 to 1 scaled representation of the Cockle Creek Tasmania area. With 7km * 7km of playable map being released for this update. Also the lighting, foliage and water systems have been rebuilt.

Old save files will not work with this new build version.

I hope you all enjoy the new build. Lets jump in to the patch notes.

---Patch Notes---

• Engine version updated to Unreal Engine 5.4.
  
• Remade the main menu.
  
• Remade the main map (1 to 1 scale for Cockle Creek area. 7 km
• 7 km of the 30 km
• 30 km is playable).
  
• Loading screens added.
  
• Remade the lighting systems.
  
• Remade Day / Night and calendar systems.
  
• Remade the foliage spawning tools.
  
• Replaced majority of the foliage and all of the rocks. (Majority of the foliage used is native flora now)
  
• Remade the weather system.
  
• Remade the distance fog.
  
• New water systems added.
  
• Remade the sky.
  
• Remade the clouds.
  
• Remade the post effects.
  
• Removed houses temporarily.
  
• Removed traders temporarily.
  
• Remade Npc idle animation.
  
• Remade Boar textures and animations.
  
• Remade the Waypoint marker.
  
• Fixed a broken Kangaroo animation.
  
• Remade textures and meshes for ground animals.
  
• Remade the campfire model.
  
• 4 new settings added to the quality settings menu.
  
• Fixed the gamma setting.
  
• Changed the default GUI colour.
  
• Item descriptions for beds changed.
  
• Remade the advance time feature.
  
• Crocodiles removed.
  
• Removed resource destruction animations.
  

Update 1.6.4 is now live

Hello beautiful people.I hope everyone is safe and doing well.

This update was focused on increasing the size of the terrain and making everything look nicer.
The map has been completely rebuilt. The overall terrain is now 10 times larger than before. However, the playable area remains roughly the same. This change was needed to allow more room for places to explore as the game develops further. An example of this is how Hobart now has more houses than the entire game in the previous build.

Also a lot of the models have been remade and the lighting has been adjusted to improve the look of the game.

There are two important side notes to mention.
The first is that your previous saves will not work in the current build. You will need to delete them to be able to play.
The second is that the new build is aimed at higher end hardware then previously. You will need to adjust your quality settings in the main menu.

I hope you all enjoy the new build as much as I enjoyed making it for you. Stay beautiful and stay safe. Here are the patch notes.
--Patch Notes--
• Changed footsteps sounds.
• Functionality for electric craft-able items added.
• Power Core item added.
• Generator item added.
• Range extender item added.
• Radio item added.
• Electric lamp item added.
• Bridges remade.
• Roads remade.
• Terrain size increased (10 times larger than the previous size).
• The player map is now more accurate.
• The player map is now hand drawn.
• Street Signs for street names has been added.
• Made changes to the in-game graffiti. (It is no longer random and is now hand placed)
• Remade existing fence models.
• Made new fence models.
• Made new footpath models.
• New mailboxes added.
• Tactile markers for streets added.
• New paths for houses added.
• New driveways for houses added.
• Pit lids for streets added.
• Manhole covers for streets added.
• Mailbox colour is no longer random and is now hand selected.
• Billboard advertisements are no longer random and are now hand selected.
• Adjusted the speed and stop sign materials.
• Updated the project to run in Unreal Engine 4.27
• Added a confirmation message for deleting save games.
• Lighting fog is now removed below EPIC setting.
• Fixed all the glass materials.
• Created a new system for render view distance of objects.
• Adjusted the code for rain culling volumes.
• Game code re-written to work with World Origin Rebasing.
• Remade all the house models.
• Added new materials for house models.
• Remade the power cables and power cable splines.
• Change the streetlight code and lighting settings.
• Fixed lighting and post null errors.
• Fixed light bleeding through walls and objects.
• Changed the lighting settings to improve the look in game.
• Adjusted lighting to add blur when looking at the sun.
• Default GUI colour is now green.
• Fixed unarmed harvesting and punching bug.
• Adjusted the wetness settings on a lot of materials including the terrain.
• Broke the map up into even smaller segments then previously to improve performance.
• Added a new system for navigation to allow infinite world sizes.
• Added a new system for lighting fog to allow infinite world sizes.

I hope everyone is enjoying their holidays.

This announcement is because I just wanted to let everyone know that the first test build for update 1.6.4 is now available on the public testing build.

To gain access you need to go into steam under properties and select betas. In the drop-down menu for available betas, you will find the "public_testing_build".

I hope you all enjoy the new build.