This game update (which is of course available at no extra cost) focuses on making the game that bit nicer and smoother to play. For example, animals now no longer scatter when purchased, animals can now be sterilized with a sterilization gun to prevent breeding, animal sex markers have been added and vehicles can be now be recovered via a terminal in the car store.
We've also made a handful of fixes and optimisations.
Changes
Animals no longer scatter when purchased
Animals now have sex markers to clearly show sex
Animals can now be sterilized, preventing breeding (Sex marker turns grey when sterilized)
Dead animals now have a timer after which they are automatically skinned (in order to alleviate performance issues with large amounts of dead animals)
Vehicles can now be recovered via a terminal in the car store
Traffic has been modified; cars driving on the map will now try to avoid people and cars that are in their way; also reduced the server resource consumption for traffic (reducing lag)
Vehicle gearbox parameters have been changed, meaning vehicle handling should now be more responsive when first starting to move
Fixes
Fixed flickering hair and shadows
Fixed gate positions that weren't saving/synchronizing
Optimisations
The number of ticks per second has been significantly reduced, improving game stability.
Unnecessarily high texture sizes have been trimmed
Reduced the number of duplicate materials
Removed a huge number of hard references on objects that were loading RAM
The number of occluders on the map has been significantly reduced
Expand your farm with this world-famous Scottish cattle breed! Care for these adorable cows, milk them for produce and breed baby calves. These lovable cows are available in three different colours - black, white and ginger.
Ranch Simulator: Highland Cows Pack costs $2.99/€2.99/£2.49.
We've put together a new bundle, Ranch Simulator: Gold Edition, which includes the base game, the Southwest Ranch & Farm Pack and the new Highland Cows Pack, all at a 25% discount.
This is a 'complete the set' bundle, so if you already own the base game and/or the Southwest Ranch & Farm Pack, you can purchase this bundle to complete your collection and pick up the new DLC with the 25% discount.
We hope you have a great time with the new update and DLC, but if you run into any issues or bugs you need help with, please visit the Ranch Sim support website.