Game update15 Mar 2026v1.0.18.2 ReleaseAs our development focus shifts to v1.0.19, we did want to put out a minor patch, that includes the following: NEW: · Spanish was added as a language option. (100% translated) · Chinese (Simplified) was added as a language option. (35% translated) FIXES: · Fixed an issue where you would fall out of Engineering when using the catwalk · Fixed an issue with the Security Office Mission task not giv…
EXPLORE THE GALAXY! The galaxy is a big place – trust us, we’ve done the math! We’ve connected the wires from Stellar Cartography (and Isaac’s bridge station) to the helm, allowing you to go beyond the initial library of space locations and explore the galaxy! Use the long range sensors to explore the neighborhood around your current position, zoom in to other stars, planets (and even moons), a…
v1.0.18 Public Beta 5 is now live! To access this build, select the "beta" branch in the games properties. As always: please report any bugs you find by pressing F3! When filing a bug report, please please make sure you are consistently encountering the issue, and provide us as much detail as you can about how to recreate it so we can fix it. Should you encounter any crashes, please join our Di…
v1.0.18 Public Beta 4 is now live! To access this build, select the "beta" branch in the games properties. As always: please report any bugs you find by pressing F3! When filing a bug report, please provide as much detail as you can about what you were doing prior to the problem occurring. If we don't know how it happened, we often can't reproduce it to fix it. Should you encounter any crashes,…
v1.0.18 Public Beta 3 is now live! To access this build, select the "beta" branch in the games properties. As always: please report any bugs you find by pressing F3! When filing a bug report, please provide as much detail as you can about what you were doing prior to the problem occurring. If we don't know how it happened, we often can't reproduce it to fix it. Should you encounter any crashes,…
v1.0.18 Public Beta 2 is now live! To access, select the "Beta" branch in Steam Library properties. Major Fixes this build: · Fixed issues when spawning enemy ships · Krill ships should now fight back AND blow up real nice. · Fixed Mission System not showing updated task/mission status · Fixed issue with Threat Mission Task falling out of QD before actually arriving at the threat · Threat missi…
INFO: The beta is available if you right click the game -> Properties -> Betas -> Select "beta" in the dropdown menu at the top. Following a small 2 year gap, we are proud to announce that our newest update is finally upon us, with a brand new PUBLIC Beta! We are intentionally not launching this to everyone, as we are aware of a few lingering issues. Nevertheless we want to hear what you think!…
The reports of our death are GREATLY exaggerated. It's been more than a year since our last release, and I'm sure that's led to a lot of speculation about the status of the project, especially since the PREVIOUS year saw several releases corresponding with the ramp up to New Horizons. In short -- life happens. Several of our team have taken on new professional endeavors within the industry. The…
We’ve made a number of performance and aesthetic updates to our New Horizons release, including: · Boosted helm performance to improve donkey hugging at normal power allocation · Fixed issues within the bridge navigation station affecting Quantum Drive usage · Fixed room loading/unloading issues, NPC spawn issues, and external window issues · Improved lighting (including alert lighting) through…
MORE THAN JUST A NEW PAINTJOB! The Orville: New Horizons introduced a completely overhauled look for the interior of the starship. This is our interpretation of those changes, including – · A simplified internal layout. Were you getting lost? Didn’t know where to go? Well now it should be a little easier to get around, and a little harder to hide away from Admiral Christie! · Entirely New Engin…
In our very last release based on Seasons 1 and 2 of the TV Show, v1.0.17 represents a complete re-write of our underlying system. We think it’s worth the wait! Click here to read more - And soon, we'll set course for New Horizons!
It's been a long time coming (a little thing known as a global pandemic has gotten in the way. How irritating!) but we're back, with a huuuuge release! v16 Features: COMBAT TRAINING Test your mettle against an alien invasion force! Play as either the Planetary Union or the Krill in either Deathmatch or Capture the Flag mode. Includes seven maps (Union Highrise, Refinery, Alien Mothership, the d…
Hey folks! The v1.15.5 Halloween Update is now live on Steam! To start the event, simply go to the Quantum Control console on the Bridge and go to the 'Tuhroz Ghul' location. One word of warning though, if you're in any way arachnophobic, stay out of the Briefing room while the event is happening. Also, this is intended to be a single-player event, and we can't guarantee that the event will fun…
We're back! With another huuuuuuge update. Multilingual translations! A Minimap! The E-Sim! and waay more. New Features! - Added an in-game map to help you find your way. Our #1 most requested feature! - Multi-language support, with SIX initial languages, and more on the way. Thanks to our awesome community volunteers! - E-Simulator is now functional!! We've loaded in three simulations -- Ed's…
Howdy folks, since the release of the latest update yesterday, we started hearing reports about folks having issues running the game, so here's some suggestions to try and help with the most common problems : - If you're not running on Windows 10, you must select the 'DirectX11' option when launching the game through Steam. Our newest features are taking advantage of DirectX 12 and so the game…
In our biggest update yet, The Orville Interactive Fan Experience brings you all the cool things! More detailed information can be found on our website update page here Game Mechanics: - Engine update and tons of optimizations to improve performance - Added support for dynamic upscaling and Anti-Aliasing options to further improve FPS - Initial support for RTX! - A new ship-wide damage system,…
We're happy to announce the release of The Orville Interactive Fan Experience version 1.0.13! With a ton of core foundational changes (most of which you probably won't notice, but we know they're there) that will give us a lot more flexibility when adding cool new features later, and a bunch of fun stuff to check out. IMPORTANT NOTE: VR support has been removed from the project for the time bei…
It's been quite some time since the last game update, and during all this time, many have talked to us or merely posted under the community forums, implying that this project was dead because of the lack of posts on Steam announcements and game updates. But here we are, releasing our first major game update. We do take more time to get things up and running than other developers, but never forg…
Well, it's been 23 days since our last public patch, but believe me, we haven't just been sitting around playing Latchcomb! We put out regular updates on our 'pre-release' branch here on Steam, and when the updates are as stable as we can get them, they'll make their way to the live branch, which is around the same time you see these updates! If you want to get on some of that pre-release actio…
11 days from the first public release, and 9 patches in! We're still working very hard on stability and bug fixing for the Orville Fan Experience here at Messy Desk. We've just pushed version 1.0.9 to Steam, and below is the changelog, for all you folks that like that kinda thing. New: Added a new feature that you may or may not spot in random multiplayer games. Ribbit. New: There is now a 5% c…
So we're coming up to a week since the release of the project, and on behalf of the entire team, I'd like to say thanks so much for the interest in our little homage to one of the best Sci-F shows going! One thing that we did notice after go-live was that there were a metric ton of bugs that we hadn't picked up on, so we've spent the last 6 days trying to knock out some of the worst offenders,…
Patch Notes for Alpha 6.3 A hard weekend of testing, patching and spinning in chairs brings you this, our next Alpha patch! · New - The player can now choose to start in one of four space locations, including 'The Void' for lower spec computers · New - The E-Sim room now exists on Deck F near Main Engineering. This room is not yet interactive · Change - Animated computer screens are disabled by…
Patch Notes for Alpha 6.2 We're getting close to release, and couldn't be more excited/anxious/hyped/nervous! So with that in mind, let's go ahead and post the latest changes from the previous internal release! · Duplicated Dan's earth material and removed clouds and fresnel. Reapplied clouds and fresnel to atmosphere material. Set up realtime rotation of the earth and gave clouds movement. · H…
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