Hey everyone,

After a wrestling with performance issues reported from the last attempt at releasing this patch, we believe we’ve largely solved the root issue and are ready to re-release it. In addition to the performance fix, we have also rebalanced Thescelosaurus in accordance with community feedback. We deeply appreciate your patience and support.

*Please note that RPR attack animations may not work correctly unless you restore your control settings to default before re-mapping them. Sorry for the inconvenience!*

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We’re finally ready to release the fluid ontogeny system into the wild! While the bulk of our effort has focused on this system (and fixing the resulting issues), we have a few more features for you as well. Please note that initially the loading screen may not pop up immediately when starting a game, though this is not game-breaking and should only happen once per session. We strongly recommend starting a new save, as previous saves may be incompatible with this update.

As always, please send us any bug reports or suggestions on either our Steam discussions page or our Discord [discord.gg]. Thank you, and enjoy!


FIXED:

• Palaeosaniwa threaten behavior should occur more regularly.
  
• Player should have a harder time getting stuck underneath trees when starting to climb.
  
• Adult Dakotaraptor should no longer be able to swallow hatchlings whole.
  
• Key bindings should no longer revert to default when exiting game.
  
• Player should no longer lose control when restarting after dying while in/immediately after RPR
  
• Palaeosaniwa now generate scent nodes.
  
• AI should now have less difficulty turning while swimming.
  
• Shadows, cloud, and other video settings should now work correctly for all users.
  
• Damage is now properly applied during RPR.
  
• Failing RPR no longer causes stamina loss.
  
• Simple cloud settings no longer result in blindingly bright sky.
  
• AI raptors engaging in RPR should now attack more consistently.

CHANGED:

• Spawn rates for Triceratops and T. rex increased
  
• Stats relating to health and attack power tweaked for all animals
  
• Gliding ability now begins at an earlier age and increases/decreases in effectiveness over time
  
• If a player glides from a tree, they can now land on the trunk of another and continue climbing.
  
• Animals in groups should be willing to keep larger distances from one another
  
• Minimum height for mounting trees increased
  
• Spawn regions recalculated. AI should no longer spawn on very steep slopes.
  
• Hatchling threaten, eat, sleep, and other animations are now the same as the other ontogenetic stages.
  
• Herbivore AI should be less aggressive.

ADDED:

• Gradual ontogeny (continuous growth visualization and data modification)
  
• Gradual change to jump height, glide effectiveness, and movement speed according to morph value
  
• Thescelosaurus AI
  
• Basilemys AI
  
• Bone Butte entry in encyclopedia
  
• Encyclopedia entries for Thescelosaurus and Basilemys
  
• Some encyclopedia animals now react if you double-click them
  
• The ‘create save file’ button now opens up a secondary window to input a file name