It's time to gather your party, bundle into an RV and begin your road trip! The much anticipated shared RV multiplayer option is now available in Long Drive North!
This update includes:
Shared RV option for multiplayer!
Death consequences - choose your difficulty level (including permadeath!)
RV engine, battery and wheel upgrades
RV appliances - stove and microwave
RV additions - ladder, roof rack and tire rack
RV customisation - spray paints and liveries
Try before you buy - we've just launched a new free demo so you can experience a slice of the newly updated Long Drive North, including the shared RV multiplayer option. Just head to the store page and download the demo to begin your road trip.
Your save game progress will also transfer over to the game once purchased so you can continue your adventure seamlessly!
For a limited time, Long Drive North is 55% off, bringing it to it's best price yet!
⭐ New Features
Shared RV Mode - Choose to share an RV with friends or travel in separate RVs. Press U to whistle for the dog - this changes the dog ownership between players in Shared RV Mode.
Death Consequences - Choose your difficulty setting - from no consequences to permadeath!
Bed - The bed can now be placed in the over-cab above the driver’s seat. It can also be stored into your inventory.
Passenger Seat - The passenger seat is now usable!
Ladder - The ladder is now usable! However, it is not applied to the RV by default, you will need to craft it to access the roof.
Stoves - Stoves can be found in the world and moved into your RV. Apply a frying pan to the stovetop to cook recipes. The stove is powered by propane - ensure you find a propane tank and place it into the propane tank storage compartment on the outside of the RV.
Microwaves - Microwaves can be found in the world and moved into your RV. The microwave is powered by electricity - ensure your engine and battery are installed and the engine is switched on.
🎨 Customization
Spray paints can be found at POIs and sprayed onto your RV
Liveries can be found at POIs and applied to your RV
🔨 New Craftable Items - These are items that can be crafted using the Crafting Station on the outside of your RV!
Ladder (was previously applied to the RV by default)
Roof Rack
Tire Rack
Water Tank
Water Filter for Water Tank
Fuel Tank
Heater
Foldable Bench
Red Foldable Chair
Green Foldable Chair
Small Storage Box
Metal Tubing
🔍 New Scavengable Items - These are items that can be found in the world as various POIs!
Spray Paints
Liveries
Economy Engine
Fast Engine
Improved Batteries
Winter Wheels
Stove
Microwave
Small Propane Tank
Large Propane Tank
🎮Tweaks
Added repair garage POI
Tarmac road texture has been improved
Added improved grass in some areas of the world
“Waiting for other players to sleep” UI appears when you sleep in multiplayer (previously it was a plain black screen)
Campfires cannot be lit during light rain, heavy rain and storms
Empty Water Bottles can be recycled to get Scrap Plastic
Item Radial Wheel and Dog Radial Wheel now has a cancel button
Barrel model changes when a barrel is opened by a crowbar
Breath particle effect appears when the player is cold
Craftable items have been organized into categories in the Crafting Station UI
New prompts have been added to the tutorial
Save name can be inputted when creating a singleplayer session
Removed the need to find certain items in the world before being able to craft them
General cleaning and optimizing of the world
General improvements to interactions
🐛 Bug Fixes
Fixed issue where you could see the RV headlights through objects
Fixed issue where siphoning into a jerrycan that was inside the RV compartment would cause the RV to fly
Fixed issue where the player could not hear other players' gunshots
Fixed issue where wolves would damage the player, despite being dead
Fixed issue with dead animals floating and/or animations not playing correctly
Fixed issue where the dog would float in certain areas
And many many more…