Every match now leaves you with something.
THE FIELD ARCHIVE
Everything your crew recovers from the dead outposts is a sealed file. Open your files after the match and see what the island was hiding.
How you recovered something decides how rare its file is: a long carry, being hunted on the way, the dark, a storm, Hard difficulty, the whole crew getting out together. Rarities run from Field note to Report, Classified, Restricted and the rare Black file.
A file can hold:
- A Lead: a contract you take into your next match. Kill nothing. Carry it 400 metres. Fire the flare inside fifteen minutes. Meet it for bonus points and a better file.
- A page of the Dossier: the story of Outpost Halvard-9's last week, what the Cordon hid, and what the scientists learned too late about what hears us. Finish a chapter to unlock an outfit you can't get any other way.
- A perk: a different way to play, never a stronger one. Every perk has a cost.
- A look: an outfit colour your survivor wears in every match.
THE DAILY ISLAND
One island a day, the same island, time and weather for every player. Your first finish each day gives a bonus file. Come back on days in a row to build a streak: every seventh day guarantees a Restricted file.
There's also a Weekly Contract: one hard goal, the same for everyone, once a week.
NIGHT VISION
Night matches are dark now, really dark. Night vision goggles are in the shop during a match: press Tab to open shop, click and buy them, press N, and the forest turns green and grainy. Mind the battery.
FIGHTS THAT FEEL REAL
- Dinosaurs pick their attack by distance: snaps up close, lunging strikes at the edge of reach.
- Wind-ups vary, so you can't time them by ear.
- Raptors sometimes go straight back in.
- Spikeback and Clubtail turn and swing their tails.
- Hit something and it flinches. Get bitten and you're thrown back a step.
CARRYING AND THE OUTPOSTS
- You hold what you recover in both hands now, with your weapon slung across your back.
- You can walk into the outpost huts. Nothing can be taken through a wall any more.
- The outposts' beacons beep to lead you in. What you carry stays silent.
AND
- New How to Play guide on the main menu, and a first-match tutorial (Settings > Replay tutorial to see it again).
- Settings > Controls lists every key and explains voice chat: it's an open mic by default, so whisper.
- The leaderboard now shows how often each survivor gets out, what they recover and how much damage they deal to dinosaurs.
- Teams can change their country.
- Grass and plants no longer turn black at dusk; the helicopter flies nose first; Vantward Salvage is your employer now.
The boards are young. Finish an online match and you're on them. Make a team, bring your friends, and take the top spot while it's still easy.
Try and leave your comments that in turn help us developing further.
Versions: Windows 0.3.0, Mac 0.3.0 (notarized by Apple).
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