Jaws Of Extinction update for 8 March 2019

Jaws of Extinction – Private Alpha v.0.2.1.3a

We have been calling this patch the quality of life patch, no real new content, just fixes and improvements.

Also our pre-ordering service can give you alpha access here:
http://www.jawsofextinction.com/preorder

Player

• New hair for Amy with physics movement. Hair movement can also be affected by the weather.
• Fixed camera breaking after moving in to water while in Aim Down Sight (ADS).
• Player can no longer lean while swimming.
• Fixed player camera going in to ADS after reloading while holding down Right Mouse Button. Camera now returns to over the shoulder view as intended.
• Picking up items no longer locks or affects the player’s movement.
• Picking up items no longer forces player to holster their weapon.
• Pocketing sound effect when picking up items now varies slightly.
• Player can now pick up many items much faster because pickups are no longer limited by lengthy animation sequences.
• Player no longer unholsters and reholsters their weapon when picking up other weapons.
• Fixed player’s character mesh stretching while pressing shift to steady aim.
• Fixed holstering animation issues when getting on ladders with weapons equipped.
• Interacting with doors no longer forces player to holster their weapon.
• Using cupboards now immediately holsters weapons in order to open the cupboard doors.
• Fixed circumstance where picking up an item from a cupboard would lock the player’s movement.
• Using an axe to chop at trees no longer locks the player’s movement.
• Harvesting foliage by hand no longer locks the player’s movement.
• Majority of interaction animations are now faster.
• Fixed interaction animations from interfering with each other.
• Fixed various errors occurring when switching weapons.
• Fixed placing a meat on a campfire from putting the entire stack on the fire, causing meat to be lost.
• Ammo display no longer shows for melee weapons.

Game

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• Fixed frame rate spike caused when looting debris on the ground.
• Fixed issue where debris would not fade away correctly on pickup.
• Fixed issue where rocks would disappear when harvested with a pickaxe, rather than crumble.
• Fixed looting quad bike from causing other lootable items to always spawn car parts.
• Game ambient music and sound is reduced while radio audio is playing.
• Added Sheriff Sen signature stinger audio.
• Reverted back to original system of map loading (before version 0.2.0.3a) in response to performance issues. Additionally expected to improve cases where loading a game causes character to fall though the landscape.
• Fixed censorship option to be on by default.
• Added user setting for Anti-Aliasing (AA) method.
• Added user setting for High Dynamic Range (HDR).
• Added user setting for Motion Blur. Motion blur is set to off by default.
• Added user setting for controlling nighttime length (Set to X2 :: 10 Minutes, by default).

Quests

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• Updated some quest object text lines.
• Fixed quest keys being spawned as random loot.

AI

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• Knocked down and dead Wanderer bodies no longer block player movement.

Environment

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• Various performance improvements for grass foliage.
• Improved Level Of Detail (LOD) distances of various tree foliage for performance.
• Optimisation of truck in Hanouten Safe Zone and added collision.
• Cupboards and drawers have been temporarily removed (pending usability improvements and bug fixes).
• Added new loot in shop storage rooms.
• Added lootable safe and cash register in Dom’s Hardware shop.
• Improved LODs for houses in Hanouten for performance.
• Added gaps in tall garden fences around Hanouten allowing player to move though gardens.