Subnautica just got a huge update

[shortylickens]

http://store.steampowered.com/app/264710/

A new vehicle (power suit) and much more stuff to explore on the Aurora.
Its far from complete, but this is a huge step.


Gal Civ 3 also got a small update. Many bug fixes, including improved stability and performance on massive maps (hundreds of planets, thousands of ships).


And Worms WMD is now out.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/327030/




EDIT:

New trailer, which should have been the original trailer I think.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz2SNm8VguE



EDIT 2:

Yahtzee review:

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/vid...st&utm_medium=index_carousel&utm_campaign=all

march 7 2018

 

[PrincessFrosty]

Been waiting ages for a Subnautica update, thanks for the heads up. I really love that game but it's pretty easy to see everything there is to see so far.

 

[shortylickens]

One more addition:
The Subnautica update places a full radiation suit in the immediate vicinity of your starting area. Now you can explore the Aurora much earlier.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Looks interesting, I've gotten bored with pretty much everything and have started getting bored with "from the depths" with about 200 or so hours of game time. Maybe I'll check this out.

 

[shortylickens]

I finally got a Cyclops and a P.R.A.W.N. The new game is MUCH more generous with blueprints, so its not as annoying when you explore.

 

[shortylickens]

Game has had many updates recently. They added a bunch of new content, but also introduced some bugs. Each little update fixes one bug and adds another.
Overall the game is still fun. One neat feature is you can now turn on and off each type of beacon in the HUD, and change its color if it's on. Theres also more areas to explore, including a massive underground alien complex, as well as some continuation of the story.

No multiplayer yet, and no real guns.

 

[shortylickens]

Got another update. They added some more underwater caves and artifacts. No new equipment.

Also, I made a vid:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej-4OOZpPw8

Please dont be too critical. I've never done video editing and only just started capturing games.
Its a hassle. Shortcut keys seem to never work correctly and the last couple programs I used only gave me black screens. I dont know why.

 

[TechBoyJK]

Try OBS (Open Broadcast Software). Works great.

 

[shortylickens]

Try OBS (Open Broadcast Software). Works great.

thats the one that didnt respond to the hotkeys and gave me a black video.
Its what everyone recommends and frankly I think its too messy for the casual or beginning user.

 

[Mandres]

I just got into Subnautica last week. It has a lot of potential with great art design, music, etc. My only complaint is that it really needs to give you more direction and/or a map of some kind. I never would have known about a lot of the content if I hadn't looked up a map online.

 

[shortylickens]

ANOTHER BIG UPDATE!



https://unknownworlds.com/subnautica/silent-running/


Lots of cool new stuff and improvements as well. Get it while its hot!

 

[SMOGZINN]

The Devs just updated the roadmap.

• Feature Complete Release Date (Internal): August 4th
• Feature Complete Release Date (Stable): August 10th
• v1.0 PC Release Date: October 31

 

[Rifter]

hopefully they actually hit that date. Im waiting till final before i start my next playthrough now.

 

[Red Storm]

I put it on the backburner while they completed the game, cool to see the release is near. I absolutely love the underwater atmosphere in the game, the lights and sounds are all so relaxing, but also terrifying at the same time.

 

[SMOGZINN]

I played 20-40 hours of the game a few months ago on my low end HTPC and then put it on the back burner as well. If the feature complete version gets released tomorrow I'll start a new game tomorrow night. If so I'll report back to tell you how it runs with the recent updates on both my HTPC and my (now really old) gaming PC.

 

[SMOGZINN]

So Subnautica did not update yesterday, the Devs pushed the feature complete update to next Wednesday (August 16).

 

[SMOGZINN]

So Subnautica did not update yesterday, the Devs pushed the feature complete update to next Wednesday (August 16).

So the August 10th update was pushed to August 16th, on August 16th they pushed it to the 17th, then today, August 17th, they pushed it to next Monday, the 21th. Any guess on when they will push it to next Monday? If we follow their pattern it would be the next day, Tuesday, August 22nd.

 

[Rifter]

So the August 10th update was pushed to August 16th, on August 16th they pushed it to the 17th, then today, August 17th, they pushed it to next Monday, the 21th. Any guess on when they will push it to next Monday? If we follow their pattern it would be the next day, Tuesday, August 22nd.

Typical, we will be lucky if this goes final this year at this rate.

 

[you2]

Are the updates of quality ? been following the game but haven't bitten yet.

 

[TechBoyJK]

So the August 10th update was pushed to August 16th, on August 16th they pushed it to the 17th, then today, August 17th, they pushed it to next Monday, the 21th. Any guess on when they will push it to next Monday? If we follow their pattern it would be the next day, Tuesday, August 22nd.

Where's Derek Smart?

 

[Rifter]

Where's Derek Smart?

Yeah no kidding, its not good news when you announce the final dates then the next 4 announcements you make are all delays.

 

[Ranulf]

The devs have been off their game this year I guess. The changes made to the cyclops sub gameplay has drawn a lot of anger from people and now these delays (after the one earlier this year) don't help.

 

[SMOGZINN]

The devs have been off their game this year I guess. The changes made to the cyclops sub gameplay has drawn a lot of anger from people and now these delays (after the one earlier this year) don't help.

So, it looks like this update was delayed because they had to move to Unity 5.6 for the Xbox.

Here is a post on Reddit by uwe_obraxis one of the Subnautica Devs:

So we've been working on the 3-in-1 patch for Xbox for a while. Something which kicked us in the teeth was having to upgrade to Unity 5.6 to fix an issue with the Xbox, only to find that it messed a ton of stuff up for all platforms, and we couldnt go back. Not only that, but all platforms had slightly lower FPS than before.
While we've been able to claw-back some, we've not been able to get it back to where it was before yet (needs more work). However We have got a number of good optimizations in for lower end machines & Xbox, where the 2-5 second-long hitches when moving fast (like seaglide or seamoth) are now gone, and now only the shorter hitches should remain.
Once PC/Mac is out, Xbox will follow. We still have to send it to certification with Microsoft, but hopefully it wont take long. We're working very hard to get this next patch out on all platforms very soon.

So, to get it working on Xbox they broke it on PC, and now the PC version actually preforms worse than before.

 

[Ranulf]

Ouch.

 

[Rifter]

So, it looks like this update was delayed because they had to move to Unity 5.6 for the Xbox.

Here is a post on Reddit by uwe_obraxis one of the Subnautica Devs:



So, to get it working on Xbox they broke it on PC, and now the PC version actually preforms worse than before.

Thats brutal......