Patch #17 - Controllers and Valentine's Day
With today’s update, we’re happy to announce that we’ve added controller support, a lot of UI and Art polish, alongside a Valentine’s Day island makeover.
NEW CONTENT
Controller Support: We have added controller support for Xbox, Playstation, and Gamepad controllers! If you run into issues, please report them so that we can continue polishing the experience.
Valentine’s Day in Alderwood: Looking to spend time with that special someone? We’ve added some adorable Valentine’s Day decorations across Alderwood just for you.
Enjoy decorations across the island: find heart shaped balloons, chocolate sets, and more!
Relax across 23 uniquely located date spots for your partner or Galentine.
QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS
Updated Settings: We’ve improved our settings by adding the following updates…
Unsaved Graphics Settings Warning: Players will receive a warning if they have unsaved changes in their graphics settings.
Added gamma slider: It’s now possible to adjust the gamma settings in Options
Reduced Fast Travel Costs: We have lowered the amount of reputation and money required to unlock faction Fast Travel points.
Race & Horse Selection: Before beginning a race, you can now select which horse you want to participate.
Removed Reset Ability: With the inclusion of the Character and Horse Stylist, we have removed the ability for users to reset their accounts. We are investigating implementing a way for players to rewatch cutscenes in the future.
Art Polish: We are always improving our art, working on optimization, and incrementally improving performance. Here are some of the larger changes coming in this update…
Various Art Bugs: We fixed a variety of minor cosmetic issues such as lighting errors, broken HLODs, corrupted textures, reflection probe issues, and more.
Set Dressing: We’ve spruced up several locations around the island including the Stylist’s salon, Equestrian Center grounds, and various residences across the island.
Sitting NPCs: They can finally take a load off! Different characters throughout the island are now relaxing and seated.
Chat Emojis are now enabled in the chat.
UI Improvements: We’ve improved our Gear interface and added another in-game phone app!
Improved Gear UI: We have improved our Gear interface by adding a sort functionality and making it clearer which items are equipped as gear or cosmetics.
Cosmetics Tab: Items that have no stat bonuses and are purely cosmetic are now displayed in a separate window in your inventory.
Gear & Equipped Panel: A new panel shows which items are equipped as gear and cosmetics.
View Steam Achievements In-Game: Steam Achievements are now visible in the Achievements app on your phone.
BUG FIXES
Improved the objective guidance’s trail functionality by polishing and fixing unconnected road splines.
Continued to improve navigation mesh to stop inappropriate jumping and help prevent players from becoming stuck.
Fixed a bug where players could get stuck in Missing Wristwatch
