We just tested the PC version on Ultra Quality, lagging is reduced by 90% overall! PEACE ISLAND HAS NEVER RUN AS SMOOTHLY, AS IT DOES NOW. Believe it or not- the cause of the lags was not the complexity of the downtown sectors (although these do need to be optimized.) It was actually the 50 or so external readable objects - seriously- just around 50 objects were making the game virtually unplay…
- Persistent highlighted objects no longer there in Police station and market. - Fixed cat driving positions (mostly). - Repaired missing materials on props at the Feast of Voices. - Fixed house markers for all cats. - Removed SuesSea running about. - Added the first "second act" quest for the Snail NPCs. - Added the final two unlockable cats.
I wish I could go into full detail as to what has been fixed/added- but that will have to wait until tomorrow - I have been unfortunately combatting a stomach bug for two days that has limited my ability to work. I will provide proper patch notes tomorrow, when all three platforms are live. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
- Lighting/performance improvements - Change controls screen is far more legible - Gary costumes integrated Sorry for the delay- next update within 48 hours.
- When you unlock a cat, you will also see their home base on the map. - School and market performance should be MARKEDLY improved. Next patch in 36-48 hours.
- Added pics to the intro loading screen - Finished with the harbormaster's house - but his radio is still not working. Will have a better, more substantial update in 36-48 hours.
- Fixed problem with cats spawning in the exterior upon starting new game - Brought back the combination safes - Fixed issue with Suesea quest trigger not disappearing, when player skips intro. - Laura made it so that Ronan gets different responses from NPCs Next patch within 36 hours!
- Fixed problem with clowders not forming after intro mission finished. - Refined cat fur grooming - Added "wet fur" effect when it rains - Added "Storm" weather - Fixed issue with the first weather preset always being Rain. Next patch/update within 36-48 hours.
Okay- we finally got a new raft of bug reports in, and we did what we could to address the most important ones: 1 - We integrated the latest Vegetation Spawning system. 2 - We again temporarily removed collectable trash items. 3 - We were able to implement SOME of the fixes for lags, but not all. 4 - We integrated rain - but we need another day to integrate wet fur. 5 - We brought back the "ski…
Mac, Linux, and PC versions of Peace Island all now support the xbox/generic console controller! We apologize that it has taken this long to be implemented, but recently, a reviewer was quite adamant that the lack of controller support was a significant disappointment. As we were between bug hunts, we decided to seize the day, and finally get this done. Now- as this is our FIRST iteration of th…
Now that we got the quality levels working, we adjusted our vegetation managers and other systems to adjust properly for them. This should increase average performance by another 5-10% across the board.
7/25 update contains fix for quality levels! It was a minor, artifact piece of code that slipped by us. Until now, the game was always reverting to "very low" quality on startup. We have now fixed this - along with a couple of other bugs. We apologize that it has taken so long to fix - but as we forced to admit, week after week: Better late than never!
- Fixed audio bug that was causing constant static SFX. - Fixed bug where NamaStay interior was persistent in game world - which slowed down performance. - Brought back Garbage. Tomorrow's patch will bring back Attic Spiders.
- Fixed issue with "join clowder" icons not showing up, when the player skips the intro mission. - Fixed issue with slow performance in the center of the island. - Switched Ronan Kitten model out
- Fixed issues with cats not appearing again, after falling into the ocean. - Fixed issue with stats still being in=effect, when the player asks for them to be disabled. - Removed the other bugs related to artifact objects, colliders and audio, should the player skip the intro mission.
- DEFINITELY fixed the bed comfort boosts (sorry about last time!) - New deer added - Revised door interaction UIs We also converted over 3,000 in0game pieces of media to stream properly. This should result in an overall 5-10% improvement in performance, and a 20% drop in RAM use. In the next update, we plan on fixing a few extant bugs concerning artifact audio objects and highlighters. We also…
- We got reports yesterday that the beds were apparently not boosting "comfort" This has been fixed. There are a few other systems that will be fixed, in tomorrow's update.
- Improved NPC motion - Got rid of final "always on" chickens - Tightened "clowder follow" - Added the Bus Home into the back end. Next update within 24-36 hours: More interior content, and (hopefully) new deer!
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