V0.9.3 and beyond!

[safe]

Not sure I fully understood your reasoning: you say that everything depends on the number of pixels displayed and I agree but in this case the UNITY engine is therefore not the problem.

[groomsh]

I would say it’s mainly about what you have to fit within one frame. Doing emulation for too many components (people, raiders, animals, trees, harvestable resources and keeping the status of everything in progress as well as rendering various conditions like diseases/field bugs etc) is quite a big hog on CPU and therefore computing the state might lag behind the actual rendering of the frame. And the more people/buildings/farms you have, the more “things” you have to evaluate.

[AshleyPrice]

@Zantai

A quick heads up, intrepid pioneers of the Farthest Frontier, another update is soon upon us.

We hope you have been enjoying the major additions in v0.9.2 and are eagerly awaiting what’s next. We wanted to give you a quick heads up that v0.9.3 should be entering public playtesting in the next couple weeks.

Performance
This update has a heavy focus on optimization, especially for very large settlements. From our own internal testing, we observed as much as a 90% increase in framerate for towns with over 2000 villagers. Naturally, your mileage will vary based on your system specs and town setup, but we expect most players should see measurable gains! This is our first major pass on performance, but not the last. You can expect more improvements as we approach v1.0.

Balance
v0.9.3 also includes a significant pass on game balance. For starters, buildings will have significantly increased radii for desirability bonuses, granting you much more flexibility in how you lay out your settlements.

That sounds like a fantastic update! I’m especially looking forward to the performance improvements and balance adjustments in v0.9.3. The increased flexibility with building radii and the slower game pace sound like great additions. Can’t wait to see what’s in store for v1.0 in the upcoming State of Early Access update! If you’re looking for high-quality writing help, check out https://boomessays.com/ I used their service for a research project, and the result was fantastic. The paper was detailed and well-organized, and the writer clearly understood the topic. I received an excellent grade and was very happy with the overall experience. Highly recommend!

We also we made the decision to adjust the pace of the game overall. You will find that, at 1x speed, each game day will take 8 seconds, up from 5 seconds. We found that, as we balanced the game over the years, it became difficult to balance villager productivity and needs against the limit of how fast we can make them move around (before it looks ridiculous, and some of you might argue things have already gone too far) and how much distance they can cover in a day. Increasing the length of the day will provide much needed flexibility, result in less villagers accidentally dying of exposure, and provide a more relaxing 1x pace for those that currently find the game to be a bit frantic.

Combat
In addition, we are working on further improvements to combat controls:

In v0.9.3, you will see all of your active military companies on the bottom of the screen, which you can use for quick-selection and deployment without having to track down your military buildings or using control groups.

We also made significant improvements to Archers, letting them move faster and automatically go to rearm themselves when they run out of arrows rather than charging in to their doom in valiant fisticuffs combat.

What’s next
We know you are eager to see our plans leading up to v1.0, and we are eager to share them with you. We are in the process of preparing another big State of Early Access update in June that will lay it all to bare! Everything from v0.9.4 to the vaunted v1.0 will be revealed!

Wow, I love it <3

[Isaac]

Following up on this, I have the impression that the major bottleneck really is the CPU then, isn’t it?

[CKHenson]

I can’t find the beta code. Do you have it handy?

[Xuan_Hoa_Tr_ng]

Hello dev team, I have a question that very big bug: Stuck at 90% when loading on v092 is fixed or not?

[Dudziek]

What is the code for the beta test?

[medea_fleecestealer]

See the FAQ in the Public-Test Discussion section of the forum.

[Randomuser1]

How do I apply for beta code for steam?

[medea_fleecestealer]

Go down to Public-Test Discussion and read the FAQ there on how to take part in the playtest.

[groomsh]

Yes I would say so. No idea how it’s handled by unity or the actual game code, so it’s just wild guess

[Roger_hyde]

Did they release a new beta? I still only have the bear option under betas

[medea_fleecestealer]

Yes, the new playtest is available. You need to see the FAQ under Public-Test Discussion to find out how to download it.

[Roger_hyde]

ok thanks, in the past ive gotten the new betas automatically after i did it the first time thats why i was confused lol

[medea_fleecestealer]

If you’ve playtested before then it should just be a case of choosing it under betas, but if it’s not showing up for you then use the code again to trigger it.

[Roger_hyde]

Had to do the code again, playtest is unplayable at the moment though, well for me anyway. When you hit the bell for your towncenter they villagers just sit outside the front and get killed by raiders and wolfs lol. Already made a bug post about it though

[samba220]

I tried to open the playtest 4 times and it keeps crashing on startup, without creating a crash report

[Demonparty]

So I am not sure if it is just me but the map rerolls have been really bad for me. I spent almost 30 minutes trying to find one I liked. It looks like the “Deep mine” chances have been turned down. Eithat that or I’ve been super unlucky for the last tons of rerolls trying to find a good map.

[medea_fleecestealer]

Can’t say I’ve noticed. The new town I started for the latest patch I used a map seed I liked from before - 85972C66766 random medium non-Pacifist - and it has 2 deep iron and coal mines, one clay, sand and gold all in the starting area. No willow though there are some outside of the starting area, but everything else is available.

[kendy4thestate]

I’m still playing 9.2d(?) and it has a deep iron, deep sand, deep coal and deep stone all overlapping on the side of a large hill just south of my town. I’m trying to flatten the whole hill side just for giggles.