Please note that there may still be glitches with this system, as well as unanticipated effects to some of the in-game interactions. For now, we are not visualizing custom player clothing or gloves/mittens on the hands. Lantern placement has also been modified to work better with first-person hands.īoth Male and Female hands are represented. This includes: Flare, Lantern, Torch, Brand, Matches. We’ve updated all our in-game Light Sources with first-person animations. Our intent is that these changes ensure the level of challenge in the game remains engaging over long-term Sandbox games, but consistent with the level that players would expect for that particular Experience Mode.įirst-Person Presence & Updated Locomotion The rate at which this “decay” occurs depends on the Experience Mode, with Pilgrim and Interloper being on opposite ends of the spectrum. In general, we tune about a dozen variables differently as the game progresses over time, including (amongst other things): wildlife spawn behaviour, weather patterns, global temperature, and the availability of fuel resource spawns. The new Experience Mode, Interloper, shows the most extreme version of this updated “Decay”, but we’ve applied it to all pre-existing Experience Modes as well. This is to combat the sense that the game becomes too easy once players have made it past a certain threshold in their survival skill and with improvised gear and tools. We’ve made some changes to how various systems work to ensure that, over time, the Sandbox becomes gradually more challenging over time. Keep an eye out for tracks and blood drops. In Hunted, Part Two, you must track the Old Bear from the Trapper’s Cabin, to its Den. We’ve added the follow-up challenge to Hunted. * Wolves are more rare, but also more deadly. * The best Clothing and Food items do not spawn. * Apart from the Hacksaw and Hammer, which spawn rarely in the world, you need to create all your own improvised tools (ex.

Global temperature drops, wildlife and fuel resources become more scarce, and Blizzards become more frequent. * The world becomes more hostile to you as you play. It is the most “extreme” of the Experience Modes for the following reasons: Interloper is a highly challenging mode that focuses on self-sufficiency in survival. We’ve added a new Experience Mode: Interloper. Here’s a video that discusses some of the changes introduced in “Vigilant Trespass”. A full changelist can be found at the end of this message. This update introduces several new features and changes to content, outlined below. We’ve just updated The Long Dark to v.364,“Vigilant Trespass”.

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