The new update is here! It’s called “The Late Shift”, and as we head towards April’s major update, we are starting to roll out some new stuff to do in Cowboy Life Simulator.
Our vision of the Wild West is pretty laid back. We prefer fun and engaging mechanics rather than staying within historical constraints. So, we are adding some fun potion consumables and a herbalist crafting table!
To craft the potions, we added some new forage, like mushrooms or a legendary fern flower. Some of them will appear only in the morning or at midnight, so you’ll have to be a little more deliberate when exploring.
Also, we completely reworked how forage (including iron and flint) works, so it will respawn more reliably. That said, for now it won’t be easy to learn where and when to find some of the new forage, so we’ll post a guide on Steam and work on a more systemic solution for April’s update.
Some of the ingredients will require insects, so we added a bug-catching mechanic. Nothing fancy, just a little break from the regular farming grind :D
We implemented Shift-clicking and Ctrl-clicking in the vendor panel. It has no rebinding or tooltips yet, so it’s a little rough, but we wanted to include it as fast as possible, as it was a highly requested feature.
You'll find the complete changelist at the bottom of the post. Huge thanks to all the unstable branch players who caught some real bugs and provided us with feedback!
We are opening the new feedback pinned post - please let us know what you think!
When we first published the roadmap, we saw some comments criticizing the order of updates, and some of the concerns hit the spot.
So this is the moment to speak up and let us know what direction we take! The survey is available here:
https://forms.gle/WBKSNJgQmUkiVjoY9
Some of those elements will be difficult to implement (like multiplayer), but we decided to iclude those options as well, so just speak your mind and we’ll see what we can do!
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Some of you are having trouble playing the game: saving crashes the game, black screens etc. We are trying to fix them all, but in some cases, it’s nearly impossible. We were not experienced enough when we were designing the game, and now it’s a problem for you... It feels bad, but we want to make it all work again.
We are moving the game to the new version of Unreal Engine, reworking the save system, and some of the backend stuff. It will take some time, but in the end, we hope this will solve most of the issues, boost the performance, prevent new problems from appearing, and allow us to implement features like gamepad control.
New resources that only appear at night or other times.
Catching insects with a bug net.
Craftable potions.
Herbalist station.
Ability to Shift-click and Ctrl-click to buy and sell items more easily.
New settings:
Autosave options
Players commentaries frequency
Totem (guess our inspiration!)
Added Fence snap point for grand gate.
Progression and quest starting fixes
Some performance fixes
Animals UI crash fix
Out-of-order pumping station investigation fix
Sleeping skips days sometimes fix
Spooky mine sound effects audible everywhere fix
Small crafting stations (Composter, Bee Hive etc.) are now movable like furniture
Blocking bug when early access completed prompt breaks dialogue fix
Dynamite and detonator out of order placement fix
Holdable tools rework and upgrade
Too much animal crap items fix
Mailbox notification when no new letters
Fix Shader for small props with RVT.
Fix Rework for holdables.
Some items were not compostable - now they are
Some fixes to animals navigation in reference of buildings
Fixed infinite loop in one of game managers
More items count as half products now
Adjusted Z kill distance
Removed or adjusted some textures and meshes from the project to save memory
Join our Discord, comment on the update and review the game if you haven’t yet!
Happy trails!
Przemysław Stański
Studio Head | Odd Qubit