Hey Everyone,

After weeks of work we are excited to finally present our alpha milestone update.

This updated includes very large number of new features – such as fishing, new cloning respawn, short prologue for new players and a lot more. We have also reworked and improved a lot of areas of the game – like raining in buildings, GUI effects and more.

Thanks for your continuous support, and sorry about delays with the new update - it was a big one.

Prologue Features

• First time prologue dialogues and story (voice acting to be added later)

• Added a giant spaceship above planets - this is a cloning ship where player first spawns, and then respawns

• Now when selecting respawn you will respawn as a clone within a clone transport above

• From here you can explore the ship, visit your Global Loot + go shopping in the mall or visit the taxi icon on the escape pod to pod down to the shire below.

• New random spawns/escape pod landing zones created for Clayton Shire

• When entering the pod the previous cryo/clone pod intro will play

• Pod art has been replaced and you no longer crash land, but rather a controlled landing at a landing site.

• Cutscene-like sequence plays when you enter the escape pod and watch it leave the ship from a couple different locations

• NPC's placed in the cryo/clone storage area of the ship

• Escape pod now slow downs on approach

Fishing Mechanics

• Added full on fishing and worm gathering mechanics

• Use a Makeshift Shovel or Shovel on terrain to dig up a Worms (50% chance)

• Craft a Fishing Hook from Scrap Metal

• Use a Fishing Hook with a Worm to create a Baited Fishing Hook

• Equip Fishing Rod and right click to attach a Baited Fishing Hook

• Tips displayed with Shovel or Fishing Rod equipped

• Fillet the captured raw fish before cooking (1 fish will give two fillets)

• Two types of fish added so far Glow Carp and Electro Trout

• Sound effects added for shoveling and fishing

• All of the new tools are added to the camping vendor

• Icons and world item art added for all new items!

Major Additions

• Reworked underwater sounds, visuals and fixes all the lakes that didn`t work

• Added Blade mechanics - any blade can be used to cut fish, scrapping items or shredding clothing

• Weapons merchants now sell normal weapons instead of makeshift ones.

• Major improvements to terrain rendering in uneven locations

• Fixed a major issue with trees and bushes appearing in wrong locations sometimes

• A lot of improvements to NPCs - appearance, hats, backpacks and more

• Build Radius FX now appears to show the limits of where buildings can be placed on players claim

GUI Changes

• New rain system - no more rain through the roofs and other realistic features

• Major improvements to rain system - can now see rain through windows and door

• Rain sound now decreases when entering buildings

• Added various button effect for most GUI elements

• Completely reworked main menu Host window

• Menus now have dynamic and configurable "digital" effects done with custom shaders

• Adjusted TPS camera default distance and mouse wheel sensitivity.

• It`s now easier to figure out how to invert mouse in Controls Options

• Added waypoints in bushes for new players

• Added waypoints for all lootable containers

• Jetpack GUI implemented with new UI system

• Optimization for new character creation system

• Tooltips now use new UI system among other elements

• Crafting devices now use new interaction system.

• Some placeable items upgraded to the new green fadeable effect

• Items placed in claims now fade out properly.

• Updated several menus with new shader effects

Fixes & Additions

• Rebalanced startup of the game - a lot easier to get resources around the landing pod now

• Reenabled mechs in territories after various fixes

• Added always visible Nav Point in Ferrys.

• Fixed not being able to interact with base components when looking at certain parts of them.

• Added backpacks to NPCs in several areas

• If you pick up a stack of items that aren't stackable, they will now be added to your bag individually

• Using a blade for scrapping, filleting or shredding will reduce the integrity at a higher rate than usual.

• Fixed twitching ferry vendor again.

• Area 22 Soldiers now wear an army uniform

• Fixed a dupe when shredding items

• Fixed FPS camera issues while riding Rover and Quad Bike

• Fixed various issues with character hair rendering

• Fix for teleport pads not instantiating if you do not spawn in or enter the area near the teleport pad

• Fixed placing items from crafting menu breaking

• Disabled hangar quest while we make the new prologue changes

• NPCs that sit or work now properly interact with character when spoken to

• Fixed the whoosh sound that pickaxe and axe make by about -9DB

• Escape menu now disables when player dies in order to show respawn screen

• Crouch transitions streamlined

• Adjustment to Clayton Hamlet NPCs with a lot more actions

• Fixed melee weapon positions, moving the camera back a fraction