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Dear community,
It’s time for an update on Episode Four progress, which I’m sure is the topic at the top of all your minds right now.
Episode Four Progress
Blackrock Penitentiary The aurora illuminates Blackrock Penitentiary, Great Bear’s maximum security fortress and the main location in Episode Four. We’re at the stage of episode development where I’ve been able to complete a couple of full run-throughs of the entire episode from start to finish. This is an important stage as it shows us what we have as a contiguous experience (this is different from how we build and test during development, which is often more in chunks that are out of order), and therefore highlights what is working and what isn’t. When you can experience the full flow of the episode from start to finish, you can get a sense of the overall pacing, the relationship between narrative and gameplay, clarity around objectives and motivations, peaks and troughs in the player’s activities, and generally a sense of how the whole thing fits together.
This is the period of episode development where we usually change (or remove) things that aren’t working, and add moments or content here and there where we feel the experience needs to be shored up a bit. It might be something as minor as a single line of dialogue or editing some objective text, all the way to cutting a section of a mission or adding an entirely new piece of narrative (as we did throughout Episodes One and Two when we released the “Redux” versions in 2019). In the specific case of Episode Four, this includes adding a new section of gameplay and a new mechanic we’re experimenting with. It’s a bit late in the process to be doing this, but we just feel the episode needs a bit more of a “punch” in some areas so we’re testing things out to see how they feel, and hopeful that we can make it all work and feel intriguing.
In terms of overall progress, I can say that the episode environments themselves are mostly finished, apart from a few small areas that are getting completed right now. After that we’ll roll into the polish phase for environment content. All the cinematics are complete and have had multiple passes with full voice-over, so we’re now moving into the lighting phase on most of them, and audio (sound-effects and music) which is the last phase. We’re tightening up some objective text, adding collectibles here and there where they are needed, and layering some secondary “side mission” content to reward you players who like to explore off the beaten path a bit.
We met Mathis in Carter Dam at the end of Episode Two, when he threatened Mackenzie within an inch of his life. Things have not improved for Mackenzie since then.
The whole team has done a great job despite the challenges of COVID, but I’m particularly proud what the animation team has managed to pull off in Episode Four, despite not having access to our motion-capture equipment (due to COVID and it not being safe to travel to the studio). Instead, they used home-based capture suits and a lot of keyframed (i.e. hand-made) animation including for facial animation, which is a big departure from some of the time-saving tools and tech we were able to use for our Episode Three development. The narrative moments in Episode Four are some of the most complex we’ve produced yet in The Long Dark, many involving multiple characters with heavy acting beats, so seeing them turn out so well is a real testament to the team’s work ethic and creative problem-solving. We also hired our first lighting specialist at Hinterland for Episode Four, so you can expect the general quality of the lighting to improve significantly, both in terms of execution and how it’s used to highlight atmosphere and the sense of drama.
We have at least a couple more months of production and then a testing and optimization phase, which could take a long time or be resolved quickly, depending on how things go. Being on the Switch now, and also continuing to support a low-spec on PC that goes back to our Early Access launch in 2014, means every major addition to the game introduces a lot of extra optimization and testing work. So, as per our usual studio policy with regards to release dates, I’m not going to guess at this point — we’ll share a date when we are closer to launch. But, we’re in the final stretch now. You can expect a teaser trailer and a date announcement before we launch; we aren’t planning a surprise launch.
Just like everything in The Long Dark, there’s more to Blackrock than meets the eye.
What Comes Next? With Episode Four development coming to a close, I’m finishing up the writing on Episode Five so the team can roll into that development. But, this also brings to mind a big question for Hinterland — with the end of WINTERMUTE in sight, what comes next for The Long Dark, and for our studio?
This is obviously a lot on my mind lately, not only because I’ve been working on The Long Dark for nearly 8 years at this point, but because incubating new project ideas and building prototypes to prove those ideas is a time-consuming process. It’s important that these things have the space and resources they need in order to find success. The expectations around our work are a lot different in 2021 as compared to when we first launched The Long Dark in 2013. We’ve also learned a lot in the past years, become a stronger studio and better developers, and want to build more sophisticated and more meaningful experiences for our players. These things require time and resources.
One of the gifts of The Long Dark is just how expansive it has the potential to be. The world and gameplay systems themselves are highly extensible, although we have run up against some technical limitations going back to decisions we made in the early years of the project — things we’d do differently if we were building something from scratch today, but things that we can’t really change at this point without tearing the entire game apart and rebuilding it. That would be time-consuming, expensive, and would delay a lot of other things we’d like to be doing.
We’ve been hearing a lot from our players that you would like to see more content beyond WINTERMUTE and the free Survival updates and events we produce a few times a year. Given that we’ve never charged for content beyond the purchase price of the game, our revenue has come entirely from new sales of The Long Dark. We’re really fortunate that the game still has a vibrant audience and continues to sell really well for us, allowing us to cover our costs and make a tidy profit which we pour back into the business. But in thinking about new projects and how we’d like to build them, and how important it is to maintain our independence and avoid putting ourselves in a financial position as a studio where we lose that independence, we have to start weighing the future of The Long Dark against the future of the studio.
To be clear — we are 100% committed to shipping Episode Five for all our players, as part of your game purchase. That’s a promise we made back when we did our Kickstarter in 2013, and that’s a promise we will deliver on. What I’m talking about here is what comes *beyond* Episode Five. Since so much of what we’ve done as a studio has been informed by what you’ve told us about what you hope for the game, we’d love to hear from you.
We’ve set up a simple survey that will give us some idea of what you’d like us to do with The Long Dark after we finish Episode Five. There are also questions about what you’d like to see us do with Survival Mode, which while it can always be improved, has technically been complete for a while now. Please take a few minutes to review the survey and share your thoughts so we can take them into consideration as we plan our future. We aren’t committing to anything beyond Episode Five, but depending on how passionately you want us to keep expanding The Long Dark, and provided we can make it work from a business perspective, we are open to considering a variety of things. We love The Long Dark as much as anyone, and would love to see it continue to grow and flourish into the future. For us, it’s more than a game. For me, I still want to push forward and show that Hinterland is the industry leader in creating thoughtful survival experiences.
Milestones
We don’t tend to focus too much on these things publicly, but I’m really proud of what the team has made and it’s not often you get to celebrate these achievements, so I just wanted to share with you the exciting news that sales of The Long Dark have now surpassed 5-million units, with another 3.5-million active players coming to us through Xbox GamePass and the Epic Game Store (through the free give-away there at Christmas), bringing the total to over 8.5-million players to date.
That is a shocking number to me, when I think back to the humble origins of The Long Dark (which was then called, simply, “Survival Story”) back on a whiteboard in my basement home office years and years ago. One of the most exciting things about this number is how international our audience is! We’ve been humbled and amazed at how popular our little Canadian survival experience has resonated with players around the world. Thank you for your support over the years, and we look forward to continuing to deliver delightful experiences to you in The Long Dark, and hopefully in other games in the future! For us, there is a joy in exploration in its many facets, and we are excited to continue sharing this journey with you.
Onward!
In any case, it’s back to Episode Four reviews for me! I hope this developer diary has been informative and answered some of the questions you have about our progress, and we hope you like the teaser content we’ve shared here. Expect more news about Episode Four in the coming months including a teaser trailer, episode name, and a release date. And please take some time to respond to our “Future of The Long Dark” survey. While we’ll always make our own decisions about what is best for the game and our business, we love to hear from you and feel privileged to have your participation in this virtuous feedback circle.
Thanks for reading, and stay safe out there!
– Raphael
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Dear community,
2020 has been a tough year. But we’re nearly through it. And in a year of a global pandemic, we were still able to ship two major updates to Survival Mode, two seasonal events, and launch the game on Nintendo Switch. We also made a ton of headway on Episode Four, which we’re excited to share with you in 2021. And in case you missed it, make sure you take a moment to try out the new content we added in our recent update, HESITANT PROSPECT.
This is a good moment to remind you that the team will be off between December 21st and January 4th, and while we have some light support coverage during the holidays, we’ll mostly be resting up and enjoying time with our loved ones before we embark on our ambitious plans for 2021.
We really appreciate all the support we’ve received from you throughout this year. We hope that The Long Dark brings you some seasonal comfort over the winter holidays, and we look forward to seeing you all back in January.
On behalf of the team at Hinterland, we wish you a safe and enjoyable holiday season, and all the best wishes for 2021.
– Raphael
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Hello Community,
We’ve just updated The Long Dark to v1.89 (69558) — HESITANT PROSPECT.
For a detailed breakdown of the new features and changes, please review the latest update video.
CHANGELIST v1.89 [69558]
HIGHLIGHTS New Region: Ash Canyon New Challenge Mode: Darkwalker New UI: Region Selection Menu New Gear Items: Crampons and the Technical Backup GENERAL FIXES [General] Fixed an issue that caused the game to hang when loading, while a third party overlay (IE Steam, Nvidia overlays) was active. [General] Fixed a potential hang that could occur when launching the game. [General] Post Unity 2019 upgrade optimization. [Audio] Fixed an issue that prevented wildlife audio from playing. GENERAL ART FIXES [Enviro] Fixed various floating or clipping objects found throughout the world. [Enviro] Fixed numerous areas Players could become stuck on terrain. [Enviro] Fixed misaligned texture on the Park Sign found in Milton. [Lighting] Optimized indoor light volumes to help remove seams in dark areas. USER INTERFACE [Map] Improved how icons are sorted when in close proximity on the Map. [Map] Added missing icon for the Mystery Lake, Carter Hydro Dam exit. [UI] New Region Selection Menu. [UI] Tuned the Crafting menu to approve the general quality of life. [UI] Update the States Menu to be more visually clear. [UI] Added more Loading Icons on the Load Screens. [UI] Localization pass and bug fixes. [UI] Improved the Russian description for the Hunted Part 2 badge. [UI] Fixed Gear items not appearing correctly when viewed Inspection mode, while the HUD is disabled. SURVIVAL MODE [General] Fixed an issue that could cause the Spray Glyph option to appear in Survival Mode games. WINTERMUTE [EP3] Fixed an issue that could cause the game to lock-up, when answering a phone call. CHALLENGE MODE [Darkwalker] Fixed the incorrect death message appearing when killed by natural causes. [Darkwalker] Fixed an issue that caused the Spray Paint cap to appear at an incorrect offset, when spraying a Glyph. [Darkwalker] Improved how the Darkwalker tracks the Player after transitioning to a new Region. [Darkwalker] Added ropes to some climbing points in Broken Railroad and Pleasant Valley. [Darkwalker] Fixed an issue that caused some localized Tool Tip text to be cut off. [Darkwalker] Added missing subtitles. [Darkwalker] Fixed an issue that prevented the audio stringer to play correctly, when the Darkwalker appears while inside an interior. [Darkwalker] Ward fires now go out once the ward has expired. [Darkwalker] Wards placed on the outside of an exterior now expire correctly, while inside. [Darkwalker] Interiors now prevent players from placing a ward fire while one is already active. [Darkwalker] No longer able to remove a banish glyph, once placed [Darkwalker] Fixed an error that would cause a dialog to appear in-game, if the player left, then returned to a region with an active ward fire. [Hunted Pt 2] Fixed an issue that would cause the Old Bear to disappear, if the player transitioned at a very specific point in the Old Bear’s animation. PS4 [Enviro] Fixed an issue that caused some waterfalls to appear black. KNOWN ISSUES [Xbox] Intro video can appear corrupted when playing with HDR enabled. This does not appear to impact any other part of the game. [All] Ash Canyon time explored is currently not tracked and does not appear in the journal. ### END OF RELEASE NOTES ### |
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Hello everyone,
I’m sad to announce that after nearly two weeks of working with Nintendo on the release of our ESCAPE THE DARKWALKER event on Switch, I have decided to pull the plug on releasing it.
Apart from not being able to get a clear sense of when the update will be able to go live, we’re concerned that supporting a second two-week Darkwalker event right now will risk the testing and release of the December Survival mode update. We just don’t have the development or testing bandwidth to support both these things simultaneously, now that the Switch version has been delayed for so long.
I’m very sorry to all our Switch players — I’m sure this feels really unfair. We underestimated the complexity and timelines of releasing an event on Switch. In hindsight we should not have had our first update to a new platform also be a timed live event. We’re still figuring out what these Switch release timelines mean for our update plans moving forward, because we strive to release major updates on all platforms at the same time.
We’ve always worked super hard to make sure all our players feel equally important, regardless of platform, and we know that the way we handled this event on Switch is not up to your expectations of us. I’m very sorry to have let you down. You are all important to us, and this is really not how we want our updates to go.
To try to make it up to you, we’re going to prepare Darkwalker as a new standalone Challenge in the game, to be released along with the rest of our December update content, which includes a new region and a variety of other things. This way, anyone who missed the event, on any of our platforms and for any reason will still get the chance to play ESCAPE THE DARKWALKER, and unlock all the same content that was available during the live event.
And anyone who already played the event will get to play the improved version in December, where we add a new phase that lets you actually banish the Darkwalker.
Again, I’m very sorry to all our Switch players who are missing out on the event, but we hope the improved December version will be even more fun for you.
Thank you for reading, and see you in December.
– Raphael
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Something is hunting survivors in The Long Dark and it’s not just the game’s usual wildlife. Running from October 29th to November 12th The Long Dark players will be stalked by a mysterious entity in our latest Halloween Event: ESCAPE THE DARKWALKER.
As you’re playing the event feel free to talk about it and share your best survival times on our forums, or on social media using the hashtag #DARKWALKER.
To help you survive for as long as possible in this event we’ve put together this information. Follow them and you may delay your death a little while longer.
Starting Out
Your character will begin near an abandoned camp where you’ll find an introductory collectible item along with supplies to start you out scattered around a burned out campfire. You have fifteen (15) minutes without being hunted by the Darkwalker to prepare yourself in any way that you wish. At the end of the fifteen minutes the Darkwalker will appear in the region and begin to hunt you. Surviving As with any game of The Long Dark you have to manage your cold, hunger, and other aspects of your Condition to ensure your survival. As the Darkwalker nears, your character will experience a series of disturbing effects that will make survival increasingly difficult. These effects mostly disappear as you get more distance from the Darkwalker. An inescapable Toxic Fog follows the Darkwalker spreading throughout the region you’re in threatening not only you, but also wildlife, and even your food supply. Your main defense is to spray-paint Glyphs which offer a couple of tools for dealing with the Darkwalker. Event Camps with green fire offer refuge from being hunted by the Darkwalker as well as vital information about what it is that’s hunting you, so be sure to search the Camps carefully. Game Over There are two badges to win during the Event. Players who manage to survive one hour will be awarded the Umbra Badge. Those that manage to find six of the ten diary pages from the EVENT CAMPS will win the Deadly Dreamer Badge. The Game Over screen will show the time survived plus your longest time survived, allowing you to share that with The Long Dark community. Post in on our forums, on social media, or elsewhere using the hashtag #DARKWALKER to show off your best times. We hope you have a frighteningly good time this Halloween in The Long Dark as you play Escape the Darkwalker. Let us know what you think of the event on our forums.
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Hello everyone,
With the Switch launch behind us, I wanted to update you on our activities around THE LONG DARK for the remainder of this year.
NEW EVENT: ESCAPE THE DARKWALKER (October 29th – November 12th)
This year’s Halloween event, ESCAPE THE DARKWALKER, is different from what we’ve done in the past. In broad strokes:
In an endless night, you are stalked by an invisible, malevolent entity bent on your destruction. Keep your distance from the entity for as long as you can. Once it closes in on you, you die. The only objective is to survive for as many real-time minutes as you can.
You can’t hurt the Darkwalker, but you can slow it down. Using special spraypaint Glyphs, you can temporarily dispel or attract the entity. You can play in any region of the world, but you can only stay in a region for 30 real-time minutes (Note: all timings are being tuned based on playtesting and may change before the event goes live) before toxic fog will appear. When the fog appears, you’ll have 5 real-time minutes to escape the region before you die. Once the fog takes hold, the region is impassible. A lot of your strategy will come down to where you travel and how far ahead you can plan your movements through the world. Since you can’t see the entity, you’ll have to count on what you can HEAR to stay alive. Listen for the entity’s cries, its footsteps, and how the spooky music builds as it approaches your location. You can run but you cannot hide! Walls won’t keep the Darkwalker out. So your success depends on the route you take through the world, and how you manage your sparse GLYPH resources.
Why did we decide to switch up the traditional FOUR DAYS OF NIGHT formula? We took on your feedback about the last few iterations of our annual Four Days of Night Halloween event. One of the consistent things we heard was a sadness around missing the timed event for various reasons, or the fact that it was hard to get all the badges without playing every single day (I mean, we *want* people playing The Long Dark every day, but sometimes life gets in the way!).
We also wanted to freshen things up this year and do something different that would perhaps embrace a bit of a stronger “horror” vibe than we normally would in the game. Halloween is a fun holiday and this gives us the opportunity to play around with ideas that might not make as much sense in core gameplay, but can provide a lot of suspenseful enjoyment for our players!
ESCAPE THE DARKWALKER runs from October 29th to November 12th. Participating in the event earns you some special unlocks, including a new Custom Mode unlock: Endless Night.
DECEMBER SURVIVAL UPDATE
We’re working on a new update to Survival mode, for a planned December release. This update will include a variety of UI improvements, some tuning changes, and two new gear items, but the highlight will be a new region: ASH CANYON. We’ll release more details as we get closer to the update, but this piece of concept art might give you some ideas.
EPISODE FOUR
The team’s been working hard on Episode Four, and as I outlined in my last developer diary, we have delayed the episode until 2021 due to COVID. Look for an update on episode progress some time in January.
HOLIDAY SHUTDOWN
Just an early reminder that the whole Hinterland team takes an extended holiday between Christmas and New Year. We’ll share the dates closer to the holiday. During this period, support and test resources will be limited, so we appreciate your patience as it will take a little longer to respond to any reports you send through the Support Portal.
We’re looking forward to seeing what you think about ESCAPE THE DARKWALKER. Get ready, and have fun with it.
– Raphael
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After a long slow-burn development process, we’re happy to announce that The Long Dark is now available on Nintendo Switch!
For the first time ever, you can take The Long Dark with you wherever your own exploration takes you, with all of Great Bear Island in your hands and all the experiences contained in the WINTERMUTE Story Mode, as well as our award-winning Survival Mode. Whether you’re sitting at your desk, on your couch, or on the road searching for your next shelter, you’ll have the same innovative exploration-survival experience regardless of what platform you’re playing on.
For more information on The Long Dark on Nintendo Switch, including the announcement trailer, please visit www.thelongdark.com/switch
Keep in mind that your purchase of The Long Dark entitles you to all five episodes of WINTERMUTE (with Episodes One, Two, and Three currently available, and Episode Four around the corner; new episodes will be automatically unlocked as they become available), as well as regular bug fixes and updates to Survival Mode along the way.
Head over to the Nintendo eShop and venture into the Quiet Apocalypse of The Long Dark! And if you’re a journalist or a streamer and are interested in giving The Long Dark a try on Switch, please contact us here.
We hope you enjoy The Long Dark on Nintendo Switch!
– The Hinterland Team
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Hello community,
Apologies that it’s been a while since you last heard from me.
2020 has been a pretty tough year so far. I have a feeling that most of you will agree. The great news is that everyone at Hinterland continues to be healthy — no COVID! We’re thrilled about this. So that’s one really positive thing and I try to focus on that. We’re also happy that despite things being pretty upside down, we were still able to release our FEARLESS NAVIGATOR update, as well as run our WINTER’S EMBRACE event through July (which also added new content to the game).
We shut down our physical studio back in March and everyone has been in lockdown since then. I remember at the beginning of this quarantine I found myself thinking, “Wow, think of how much I’ll be able to get done!”. Looking back at that time, I realize how naive that thought was. We’ve been spending a lot more time on Zoom calls, have been doing as many small things as we can to help make the team more comfortable and to keep morale high, and have adapted as well as possible to exclusively working from home. But I’m sure you can all appreciate that this is not a normal way of working. We typically depend a lot on in-person communication for relationship-building, planning, content reviews, and making clear progress towards common goals. Apart from being generally healthy and safe, which we’re grateful for, I think the team also feels a sense of malaise from being in lockdown for months on end. And while I believe the future is positive, I’d be lying if I said that this year has been “business as usual” for Hinterland as a team, or for our work on The Long Dark.
Pretty recently we came to the conclusion that we don’t feel good about releasing Episode Four this year. We had originally hoped to have it ready for launch in December, but with everything that’s been going on, it’s just been tough to work very optimally. We’ve lost some momentum and some parts of our production have been slower than usual just because of not being able to work on things face-to-face, nevermind everyone is also juggling their personal situation at home whether it’s being alone all the time, or balancing parenting duties with work, or whatever new personal dynamic we find ourselves in. Everyone is still focused on the game, and we’re making progress every day, but I just don’t feel good about keeping the team locked to a December release because we don’t crunch at Hinterland and the only way to hit December is if we compromise on quality or scope. We don’t want that, and you don’t want that. So we aren’t going to do that.
So we’re not shipping Episode Four this year. I’m really sorry about that. We wanted to let you know as soon as we decided to delay, rather than wait another few months.
I hope you and your loved ones have all been healthy throughout this COVID pandemic. I hope that The Long Dark has been able to bring you some solace during these difficult times. We’re still here for you. Just fighting through “the long dark”, in our own way.
I’ll send a more uplifting update within the next couple of months, with some more info on our planned activities throughout the rest of 2020, and into 2021.
Thanks for reading, and stay safe out there.
– Raphael
PS A lot of you have been asking for news about the progress of the Nintendo Switch port of The Long Dark; we created a mailing list you can sign up to to be informed of news about it.
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Hello players,
We’re excited to share our new month-long event in The Long Dark. Running from 10am Pacific on Monday June 29th, and lasting until July 31st at 10am PST, WINTER’S EMBRACE makes the harsh Winter environment of Great Bear Island even harsher, with:
Average world temperature is reduced by 10 degrees Celsius
Interior temperatures are reduced by 10 degrees Celsius More frequent, and longer-lasting Blizzards And since Canada Day occurs during this Event (on July 1st) we’re also adding two new Canadian-themed Food items:
Maple Syrup
Ketchup Chips Canadian Feast To celebrate your time in WINTER’S EMBRACE, we’ll unlock two badges for you if you accomplish the following tasks:
Canadian Feast: Find and consume 25 bottles of Maple Syrup and 25 bags of Ketchup Chips across multiple saves while WINTER’S EMBRACE is active.
Winter in July: Survive 25 consecutive days across a single WINTER’s EMBRACE save, while the event is active. Canadian Feast Badge Winter's Embrace Badge Please note that you don’t have to accomplish both these tasks in the same game!
As another nod to Canada Day, we’re also adding a Heritage Filter mode, inspired by old National Film Board TV and film content we grew up with in the 1970s and 1980s. This mode adds an old-school TV filter to the game world (but it does not affect the in-game user interface). And for film buffs out there, we’ve also added a Noir mode, which lets you experience The Long Dark or WINTERMUTE in a classic monochromatic filter. Both Filters can be applied from the Display settings.
Maple Syrup, Ketchup Chips, and the new view filters (Heritage & Noir) will persist in the game after WINTER’S EMBRACE ends, but you won’t be able to get the badges after July 31st at 10am PST, so we hope you’ll jump into the event and test your survival skills in the coldest The Long Dark has ever been!
To join the event, make sure you have updated the game to the latest version, and select the WINTER’S EMBRACE item from the Main Menu. If you run into any issues, please contact us at hinterlandgames.com/support.
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We hope you enjoy WINTER’S EMBRACE, and please feel free to share your survival stories with us in the Official Community, or on social media using the tags #thelongdark and #wintersembrace.
– The Hinterland Team
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THE LONG DARK v1.79 (63945) CHANGELIST
Added WINTER’S EMBRACE Content & Event. GENERAL FIXES [General] Added collision to the car’s hood, so the Battery can no longer be interacted with through a closed hood. GENERAL ART FIXES [Enviro] Fixed various floating or clipping objects found throughout the world. [Enviro] Fixed numerous areas where small chunks of rock appeared to unintentionally push through the snow. [Enviro] Fixed numerous areas Players could become stuck on terrain. [Enviro] Fixed issue that caused Backpacks to clip into objects they were placed against. [Enviro] When spray painting the hood of a truck, the decal will no longer clip through the snow. USER INTERFACE [UI] Fixed an issue that caused the Pleasant Valley’s Prepper Cache map icon to not appear on the map after discovery. [UI] Fixed an issue that caused an incorrect UI callout to appear after lighting a Match, and then opening and closing the Inventory. [UI] Fixed an issue that prevented Players from editing Rock Cache notes when using a controller. [UI] Fixed overlapping between Stamina UI and Spray Paint UI. [UI] FIxed an issue that caused Mysterious Signal Fire to appear twice when viewing Surveyed Locations in the Journal. [UI] FIxed an issue that caused the Map screens help to appear too low on the screen, cutting off text. ALL GAME MODES [Gameplay] Fixed an issue that caused clothing to become wet when left in the Trailers found next to the Cannery. [Gameplay] Spray Paint Cans weight and durability now decrease at the same rate when used. [Gameplay] Fixed an issue that prevented Timberwolves Pack Morale from being drained when using the Flashlight’s high beam. WINTERMUTE [WINTERMUTE] Timberwolves will now react to the Flashlight when appearing in WINTERMUTE. SURVIVAL MODE Fixed an issue that prevented feathers from spawning on carcasses after long amounts of time have passed. Removed duplicated polaroid found in the FM Shortwave Tower, in the Forlorn Muskeg region. ### END OF CHANGELIST ### |
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I believe that creators must be the custodians of their own content, and that developers should be able to determine for themselves which platforms their games are experienced on. In fact, I strongly believe that the continued vibrancy of the independent games industry depends on us being masters of our own destiny.
Back in March I decided to remove The Long Dark from NVIDIA’s GeForce NOW game streaming platform, as I disagreed with our game being incorporated into the service without our consent. We discussed our position with NVIDIA, which they respected. This week, NVIDIA announced they are shifting to an opt-in program for getting games onto GeForce NOW. This means developers now fully control whether or not their games appear on the platform. I’m thrilled to see NVIDIA move to this model as it’s best for everyone — for players, for the platform, and for the developers who create the games you love.
Accessibility is important to us. GeForce NOW is a great service that offers players with low-spec or incompatible hardware the chance to play the games that might otherwise be out of reach, and we’re happy to announce that we’re bringing The Long Dark back to GeForce NOW, effective immediately.
I applaud NVIDIA for embracing this opt-in approach, and for their support of independent creators like Hinterland. I also support any developers who choose, for their own reasons, to withhold their games from any platform, and I hope you will respect their decisions to do so as well. Developer choice is at the heart of a strong independent games industry.
Sincerely,
Raphael van Lierop
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ello Community,
We’ve just updated The Long Dark to v1.76 (62505) — FEARLESS NAVIGATOR.
For a detailed breakdown of the new features and changes, please review the latest Update video.
Full Release Notes are available below.
SURVIVAL MARKERS
Find Spray Cans in the world. Leave markers identifying important survival information such as the location of supplies or dangerous places to avoid. These in-world indicators appear on your map so that you can find things back even days or weeks after you’ve left a region.
ROCK CACHES
Build a landmark to help you navigate, and create emergency supply caches along commonly travelled routes. Review your Caches in the Journal, and leave notes on what you’ve stored in them so you can find vital tools or resources in the future.
VISTA SURVEYS
Hard to find Polaroids in the world indicate locations that offer sweeping Vista views of a region. Get to those locations and Survey them to reveal the majority of a region’s map!
IMPROVED CHARCOAL SURVEY
The Charcoal Survey action now reveals an enhanced radius on the Map. Surveying from higher altitudes now increases how much of the Map is revealed.
MAP & JOURNAL IMPROVEMENTS
Turn layers of information on and off in the Map. Locate and rename Rock Caches. Keep track of all Surveyed locations to know if you’ve found them all. Especially useful if you are hunting locations for the Faithful Cartographer achievement.
TELEMETRY & QUALITY OF LIFE
New Autowalk accessibility feature ensures comfort for players with hand or wrist issues. New Opt-in Telemetry gathers gameplay data the development team will use to inform future balance and feature development efforts (Note: Telemetry is defaulted to OFF and needs to be turned on in the Options>Privacy settings.)
…in addition to the dozens of general improvements listed below.
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THE LONG DARK v1.76 (62505) CHANGELIST
KNOWN ISSUES
These are issues we’re currently tracking and will be addressing in an upcoming hotfix:
[UI] When viewing the Rock Cache Notes in your Journal, the scroll bar will not scroll.
[UI] When viewing the Rock Cache Notes in your Journal, the edit button will appear, even if there are no notes to edit. [Audio] Sometimes during a blizzard, ambient wind sounds may become muted. Players on Mac may not be able to see Spray Paint markers on the map, when sprayed on the ground Players are unable to edit Rock Cache notes when playing with a controller GENERAL FIXES [General] Fixed stuttering when looking towards Wolves, while in Milton. [General] Fixed null exception that would occur when lighting the Pot Belly Stove. [General] Bear sound effects no longer play when a carcass is removed from the world. [General] Updated Steam Controller profile. [General] Fixed an issue that prevented Players from being able to save or load their game if the save contained invalid data. GENERAL ART FIXES [Enviro] Numerous optimizations to improve performance. [Enviro] Fixed numerous areas the player could become stuck in. [Enviro] Fixed numerous areas the player could get outside of the intended play area. [Enviro] Fixed numerous clipping and floating objects. [Enviro] Performed various optimizations to avoid texture popping. [Enviro] Added casting shadows to numerous trees. [Enviro] Improvements to item placement system to reduce frequency of out of reach items. [Enviro] Fixed many minor art bugs to improve general polish in Bleak Inlet region. [Enviro] Environment art polish to improve sight-lines between major visual landmarks in Bleak Inlet. [Enviro] Removed extra window outlines that could appear on Trailers. [Enviro] Fixed several instances of trees placed incorrectly in Coastal Highway. [Enviro] Fixed several instances of collision being incorrect on porches in the Milton townsite. USER INTERFACE [UI] Fixed an issue that caused icons on the Map to no longer populate, after mapping or discovering a large number of locations. [UI] Updated alignment on help text to make it consistent. [UI] Added missing Map icons found in the Town of Milton. [UI] Added missing Map icon hover text, when viewing the Derailment in the Ravine Crummy. [UI] Fixed missing UI elements when viewing notes, while the HUD is disabled. [UI] Fixed an incorrect tooltip found in Options->Display menu. [UI] Cooking UI now displays updated weight of items, instead of always showing the base weight. [UI] Added Audio options for selecting Headphones or Speakers. [UI] Fixed incorrectly named transitions areas on the Bleak Inlet Map. [UI] Updated labels on transition zones to be more consistent. [UI] When Crafting Tinder Plugs, the craft value will no longer appear as Rounds. [UI] Updated scroll bars to work consistently across all menus. [UI] Removed an extraneous line in the Skills menu. [Loc] Fixed multiple instances of overlapping Russian text. ALL GAME MODES [All Modes] Added Lost and Found boxes to all remaining scenes. [Gameplay] Players will no longer lose Stamina if they are holding shift, while lighting or extinguishing a Lantern. [Gameplay] Replaced the non-interactable stack of papers found on the Workbench, with an interactable version. [Gameplay] The Cooking Pot now provides the correct bonus when cooking meat. [Gameplay] Breaking down items will no longer cause nearby gear items to drop through the ground. [Gameplay] Updated the water in the Mine Tunnels to deal less cold damage. [Gameplay] Fixed bug where Revolver Bullet weight changed when added to your inventory. [Gameplay] Improved moving items to the Lost and Found box, if they have fallen outside of the world. WINTERMUTE FIXES [WINTERMUTE] Completing an Episode 1 or Episode 2 Side Missions now displays a completion message. [EPISODE THREE] Fixed an issue in the Mine exiting Pleasant Valley, where players would be repositioned after reloading a saved game. [EPISODE THREE] Added missing foley to the second part of the Mine Tremor cinematic. [EPISODE THREE] IDs are now removed from the Players inventory when completing the Fallen Star mission in Episode Three . [EPISODE THREE] Removed access to Timberwolf Mountain from Pleasant Valley. [EPISODE THREE] Fixed the spawn condition of the Revolver found in Molly’s basement. SURVIVAL MODE [Survival] Fixed incorrect spawn rate for the Prepper Cache found in Pleasant Valley. [Survival] All cabins now display smoke coming out of their chimney, when a fire is lit inside. [Survival] When sleeping, the save file screenshot will now occur after the player transitions from sleep, instead of during the transition. [Survival] Players can now place a Rifle on the gun rack found in the Hunting Lodge. [Survival] Cancelling while drinking Coffee will now award the appropriate amount of progress to the “Straight to the Heart” Feat. [Survival] Pre-Spawned campfires will no longer respawn, when loading a save where they were previously broken down. [Saves] Implemented a check to force the Aurora to be enabled on Survival Mode save files created prior to the Aurora being enabled. ### END OF CHANGELIST ### |
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Hello everyone,
I hope you’re all doing well in these strange times we find ourselves in. It’s time to update you on some of the goings-on at Hinterland these days.
COVID-19
Like many of you, our entire team is currently in Lockdown. British Columbia was one of the earliest Canadian provinces to have verified cases of COVID-19, back in January, so we were pretty aggressive in shutting down the physical studio. We had everyone work from home for half of February, and then by the first week of March we decided to just shut it down for at least a few months (back then everyone was still thinking week-to-week and this was tricky for planning so we figured it would be less disruptive just to assume we’d all work from home for at least a few months). We’ve all been doing this for about eight weeks now so that “few months” is probably going to end up being a few months more than that. I don’t expect us to go back to working in the studio until the Fall or later. Even when it becomes safe to start slowly re-integrating into our “old lives” (as much as that will even be possible), our priority will continue to be ensuring our team is safe and protected. We won’t go back to work in the studio until we know we can ensure our staff will be safe.
We’re pretty fortunate that our work can be done largely virtually, although we do miss sharing time together in our physical workspace. During pre-COVID times, everyone at Hinterland had the option to work from home a couple of days per week, so everyone was already well equipped with home offices and our internal communications and development tools were already set up to support working from home. As a result, this transition hasn’t been as disruptive for us as it has been for a lot of businesses.
That said, I’d be lying if I said the lockdown situation hasn’t impacted the team or our production. We all suddenly find ourselves working from home, with our kids and families around us, worried about their safety, access to supplies, what school will look like this year, what it’ll look like next year, and how this global situation may change how we live and work together…potentially forever.
We were able to add a counselling component to our employee benefits package, which gives the team access to professional support if they feel like they need to talk to someone. We also got everyone on the team an annual pass for MasterClass, and we’ve set up Zoom rooms for things like a Friday “Happy Hour” hangout. There’s been a lot more sharing around hobbies and personal interests and it’s been great to see how everyone has pulled together to support each other.
We’ve been thinking about the world at large, and the disadvantaged people who are most affected by this situation. Earlier this month, we ran a fundraiser on Steam to raise money for the United Nations Foundation and the World Health Organization’s fight against the spread of COVID-19. We donated 100% of the proceeds from that sale (including the 30% platform cut) and managed to raise nearly $200,000 to put towards these global efforts. One of our core values is taking care of others, and we feel really fortunate to be able to harness the work we do — the creation of video games — into something that can make a positive contribution in this challenging world. It makes us feel a little less helpless, I guess.
We’ve also been thinking a lot about you, our players. We know a lot of you are feeling trapped at home, and so we’ve been trying to keep you engaged by running various activities on our social channels, including game key give-aways, and suggestions for ways to make the most of Social Distancing. We’ve also been working on some new game content to keep you occupied.
NEXT SURVIVAL UPDATE
The team has been working on a Navigation-themed update to Survival Mode. Without spoiling things too much, I can tell you that it’s a suite of new features that will enhance the usefulness of the in-game Map, without sacrificing our current Landmark-based navigation paradigm. Also, the new features will all be optional, so any players who enjoy the game as it currently is can choose to ignore them. We’re also finally adding an Autowalk accessibility feature, as this has been requested by various players in our community who struggle to play the game without this functionality.
The team is currently tracking towards a mid-May release for the next update. We’ll share more details as we get closer, so make sure you follow the studio accounts if you want to see those. As always, we’ll release a fully narrated update video along with the update launch, to help explain how some of the new features work.
EPISODE FOUR
The team has also been hard at work on Episode Four, since wrapping up the Episode Three launch at the end of last year. I spent the first couple of months of the year completing the outlines for Episodes Four and Five to make sure we wrap things up in a satisfying way, and also leave some questions for the future. Since I completed those, the team has been working on creating the Episode Four mission content and world assets since then. In Episode Four, we also take up some of the hints we laid out in Episode Three, and begin answering some of those questions and mysteries.
One unexpected issue we’ve encountered due to the COVID situation is that we don’t currently have a good way to create our story content, like cinematic sequences or dialogue mode, as these depend on being able to get into the studio with our actors, record their performances, and then process those performances into data that we can then apply to the 3D characters. We’ve been working on some fallback plans to figure out how to do as much of this as we can while maintaining social distancing, but this will definitely put us behind schedule. We’re still aiming to get Episode Four out this year but we’re not committing to any specific dates at the moment, because we’re still trying to understand how this will impact our production schedule.
In any case, we’ll keep you apprised of our general progress. For the time being, I’ve focused the team on what they need to do to stay healthy and to take care of themselves and their families, while doing the best to continue making progress towards our shared goals. Our plan is still based on delivering Episode Four in 2020, and we’ll continue to work towards that.
MOD TOOLS
As an update on this topic that’s popular amongst some people in our player community, we’ve created a small internal team to focus on carrying out our Mod Support/User Generated Content strategy for The Long Dark. We’ve also been working on a global strategy for the studio, so that the effort we put into mod support/UGC for The Long Dark extends into the future as well.
The first step is to outline what we believe the right kind of modifications and user-created content types we can support with the game, as the engine (Unity) and the game itself were not really designed with Modding in mind. We’ve also begun to identify the tools and technology we’ll need to create to support this effort. When the time is right, we will present our plan and begin consulting with the community to learn more about what you would like to see out of our Mod Support efforts. While we may not be able to do everything you want, we’ll do our best.
MAILBAG
milton mailbag Many of you might have followed my (almost) weekly Milton Mailbag post in the official forums. Unfortunately, due to the weekly time commitment required (each Mailbag post typically took me 2-3 hours to put together), I wasn’t able to maintain regular updates as we were finalizing Episode Three, and I just haven’t been able to justify the time since then, for the relatively small number of people (around 1,000-1,500 per entry) who would read the posts. But, I still want to respond to questions and engage with you around The Long Dark — I just need to find a more efficient/effective way to do this. One option we are considering is switching this to a video format — essentially, I would put together a video (it would not be anything fancy, as I’d be recording it in my home office) on a monthly basis (more often if we’re able), where I respond to 3-5 community questions. I might not end up going into as much detail in this format, and I may not be able to respond to 20-30 questions each week, but I think this will be a pace and time commitment I can sustain. If any of you would like to see the Mailbag become a regular video segment on our YouTube channel, please let us know on social or in the forums.
SWITCH VERSION
Not much to say here. The game is pretty much ready to go, apart from performance. We’re still working on that, trying to hit a reliable 30 frames-per-second in all areas.
XBOX GAME PASS
We recently brought The Long Dark to Xbox Game Pass. This is an evolution of our ongoing relationship with Microsoft, going back to helping them launch the Game Preview program back in 2015. We’re excited to welcome a new generation of Xbox players into our community, and we look forward to learning more about the specific pros and cons of having a game inside a subscription service. While I have concerns about what this business model might mean for independent developers like Hinterland, Microsoft has been a great, respectful partner for us over the years and we’re excited to bring the game to a new audience while also gaining some key learnings we’ll need as we adapt to new industry business models in the future.
To any Xbox Game Pass subscribers reading this dev diary right now — welcome! We hope you’ll stick around for the long term. Please join us in our Official Community, sit by the fire, and stay a while.
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That’s pretty much it for this instalment of my Dev Diary. Keep your eyes peeled for the May Survival Update. It should land in the second half of the month. Apart from that, if you want to stay abreast of the goings on at Hinterland, please feel free to sign up for our newsletter, join our Official Community, or follow our social channels.
Thanks for reading, and enjoy the next update!
– Raph
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We all have to do our part to fight the spread of COVID-19. To that end, we are proud to have raised $194,619 USD through our recent “Social Distancing Fundraiser” on Steam, to support the United Nations Foundation and the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund.
“In the face of this global pandemic, we all have to do our part to support each other, and this is a time where game studios and the experiences we create can make a real difference in people’s lives”, said Raphael van Lierop, Hinterland Founder & CEO. “We’re proud to be able to donate 100% of the revenue from this Fundraiser, and to join other world-leading brands in the fight against this terrible virus.”
With the original pledge being for $100k USD, the fundraiser ended up raising $194,619 USD, the amount which Hinterland is donating 100% (including covering the 30% platform royalty) in order to maximize the impact.
This infographic illustrates the breakdown of how donations are being allocated by the WHO so far. Hinterland’s contribution will help the WHO to understand how the virus spreads, provide patients the critical care they need, and also supports frontline workers with essential supplies and information.
“We launched the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund seeking support for the World Health Organization’s life-saving global response,” said Elizabeth Cousens, President & CEO of the UN Foundation. “We are thankful that donors big and small have answered that call. And, we are grateful to Hinterland for generously increasing their original donation to do even more good.”
Our thanks goes to our community of players, and all those who bought The Long Dark to contribute to their crucial work to combat this pandemic.
– The Hinterland Team
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We all have to do our part to help in the global fight against the spread of COVID-19. Hinterland is partnering with the United Nations Foundation to raise money for the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 response.
For one week starting Tuesday, March 24th at 10AM Pacific, you can fight your own cabin fever by buying The Long Dark for 60% off during our special Social Distancing Fundraiser on Steam. All our revenue from the fundraiser goes directly to the United Nations Foundation’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for the World Health Organization.
“This urgent moment calls for urgent global cooperation,” said Elizabeth Cousens, President & CEO of the UN Foundation. “And we need everyone – across all sectors – to work together. I am grateful to Hinterland for contributing to the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for the World Health Organization. Their donation will help make sure health workers on the frontlines have the tools they need to prevent, detect, and respond to this pandemic.”
Please share news of this fundraiser amongst your network, as every dollar we raise will make a difference in the fight against this global pandemic. Thank you for your support. Please remember to stay safe during this time, practice social distancing, and wash your hands! We can get through this, together.
Raphael van Lierop
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From everyone at Hinterland — we wish you a meaningful and relaxing time with friends and family as you celebrate the end of another year.
2019 has been a fantastic year for us, culminating in the recent releases of Episode Three CROSSROADS ELEGY for The Long Dark’s WINTERMUTE Story Mode, and our ERRANT PILGRIM update for the game’s Survival Mode. Now onto a new decade, 2020, and beyond!
We are incredibly grateful for your continued support, and for the thoughtful interactions we get to have with our players through the official Hinterland community, our Twitter accounts [studio | game], as well as our other various communications channels.
Please note that the team at Hinterland will be enjoying a holiday break from December 20th to January 3rd. You will still be able to reach us through our Support Portal, but please keep in mind responses may take a bit longer than usual over the holidays. In the meantime, please refer to the game’s Technical FAQ for a list of troubleshooting steps for common issues.
All our best and happy holidays,
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Hello Community,
We’ve just updated The Long Dark to v1.64 [57505] — ERRANT PILGRIM.
For a detailed breakdown of the new features and changes, please review this update video. Full Release Notes are available below.
CHANGELIST v1.64 [57505]
HIGHLIGHTS Added new Region: Bleak Inlet Added new Challenge: As the Dead Sleep Added new Feats: Blizzard Walker, Expert Trapper, and Straight to the Heart Added new gameplay system: Ammunition Workbench Added new gameplay system: Gunsmithing Added new gameplay system: Milling Machine Added new raw material: Lead Added new raw material: Stump Remover Added new raw material: Dusting Sulfur Added new craftable item: Gunpowder Added new craftable item: Bullet(s) Added new craftable item: Ammunition Added new Custom Mode setting to disable Birch Bark Tea crafting GENERAL ART FIXES [Enviro] Fixed numerous areas the player could become stuck in. [Enviro] Fixed numerous locations where the player could get outside of the intended play area. [Enviro] Fixed numerous clipping and floating objects. [Enviro] Increased the visible distance of lights during an Aurora Event. [Enviro] Fixed area in the Ravine that players could escape the map [Enviro] Fixed missing roof in Prepper Bunker [VFX] Adjusted interior light shafts that were too bright during mid-day [VFX] Fixed flames clipping through Barrels and Pot Belly Stoves USER INTERFACE FIXES [UI] Fixed an issue that caused the Revolver to display the incorrect weight when viewed in the Backpack. [UI] Fixed an issue that caused some Cooking HUD messages to appear too quickly. [UI] Blueprint Requirements now appear correctly during the first instance of viewing the Crafting Menu. [UI] Radial Menu can no longer appear overtop of other menus, such as the Backpack. [UI] Fixed the Revolver and the Distress Pistol Condition displaying as the value from the previously viewed item. WINTERMUTE FIXES [WINTERMUTE] Male survivor vocalization no longer plays when Astrid is attacked by Timberwolves. [WINTERMUTE] Timberwolves now react properly to Marine Flares. [WINTERMUTE] The Crummy in Broken Railroad now falls over correctly after the Old Bear pushes on it. [WINTERMUTE] Adjusted the rate that the Old Bear turns while in the cave. CHALLENGE MODES [Hopeless Rescue] The Distress Pistol can no longer spawn outside of the Timberwolf Mountain Crash Site. SURVIVAL MODE [Survival] Black screen no longer appears after being trampled by a Moose. [Survival] Fixed an issue that prevented the player from interacting with the Buffer Memory in Signal Hill. ALL GAME MODES General performance improvements across the game. [Animation] Improved animation for when a Wolf transitions to the hold ground AI state. [Audio] Aurora effects are no longer disabled when aiming. [Gameplay] Updated item placement range to better match interaction distance. [Gameplay] Updated wildlife pathfinding so they don’t bump into each other as often. [Gameplay] Updated Wildlife pathfinding to better handle passing through gates. [Gameplay] Fixed the missing highlight when moving Sticks in Placement Mode. [Gameplay] Adjusted depth Wildlife carcasses can sink into the snow. [Gameplay] Campfires no longer collide with Wildlife during placement mode [Gameplay] Fixed issue that caused Wolves to not eat some prey. ### END OF RELEASE NOTES ### |
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Hello community,
The last six weeks have been pretty busy, with launching Episode Three on October 22nd, supporting our annual Four Days of Night Halloween event, and finalizing our next big Survival Mode update. We said we’d do our best to deliver you one more big update before the end of the year, and I’m here to tease out a bit more information about what to expect in December.
The next update is called ERRANT PILGRIM, and it features some new stuff we’re pretty excited about:
A new region. This will be our first region to feature a two-part environmental puzzle of sorts — in order to unlock the region’s full potential, you’ll need to access it from two different locations. There’s a new area with several industrial buildings, and this region will be the first to feature Timberwolves in Survival Mode. Watch out!
A new challenge. We’ve taking inspiration from the community’s “Deadman” take on custom mode settings, and have created our own version as a standalone Challenge mode which, frankly, we think is the toughest experience we’ve ever made. Nobody in the office has been able to complete it yet. (Don’t worry, we’re exempting this new challenge from the Challenge Mastery achievement. We’re not monsters.)
New gameplay systems. Without getting into too much detail at the moment, we’re introducing a few new gear items, tools, and systems that should help make late-game survival a little more viable for most players. You might get a hint from the piece of concept art included in this dev diary.
New Feats. We haven’t shown the Feat system much love since we introduced it, so we’re adding three new Feats, to give you some gameplay objectives to work towards as handy new buffs for your Survival Mode games.
New Survival Mode music. 10+ more minutes of brand new music, from Survival mode soundtrack composer, Sascha Dikiciyan.
The Return of Fluffy. Hmm?
Did I mention Timberwolves in Survival Mode? Relax. They’re only in the new region. (For now.)
There are some other tidbits here and there, some quality of life updates, and of course, lots of bug fixes. We hope this next update comes just in time for you to fire up The Long Dark over the cold winter holiday, when it’s best appreciated!
You can expect the next Survival Mode update to land around the middle of December, depending on how long it takes us to get things optimized and the bugs cleaned up. We’ll launch it with our customary update video, fully narrated by yours truly. Should be fun.
Keep an eye open on our social channels as we’ll likely share more tidbits about the update leading up to its launch. As usual, this will be a free update for all current owners of The Long Dark, on Steam (where the game happens to currently be on Sale), Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and the other platforms we’re currently available on. This might also be a good moment to remind you to nominate The Long Dark in the Labour of Love category in the 2019 Steam Awards.
Thanks for reading, and look for more bits of info over the next couple of weeks!
– Raph
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It’s been a long time coming, but Episode Three is just around the corner. At 6AM Pacific on Tuesday, October 22nd, you’ll all have the opportunity to jump in to CROSSROADS ELEGY, and learn more about the story of the Quiet Apocalypse. We’re very excited to share this new part of the story of Mackenzie and Astrid, the mysteries of the aurora, and what’s happening on Great Bear in the midst of this (potentially?) world-changing disaster.
But before that, we have a few “housekeeping” things to update you on, so here goes!
A NEW PERSPECTIVE
episode 3 menu For those of you that have been following The Long Dark for years, you’ve known that our intention with WINTERMUTE, our story mode, has always been to show aspects of the story from each of our main characters’ points of view. Episodes One and Two were presented from Mackenzie’s viewpoint, and Episode Three picks up the story of Astrid after she and Mackenzie get separated in Milton at the opening of Episode One.
We’re excited to be able to share part of Astrid’s story with you, and we know you’ll find her version of events just as compelling as Mackenzie’s.
ALL EPISODES UNLOCKED
Since you are playing as Astrid, you aren’t continuing your same playthrough or save from Episode Two. So, we decided to just unlock the three episodes for existing and new players, so that if people prefer, they can start by jumping directly into Astrid’s story in Episode Three, and then go back and play the first two Episodes. There may be some minor spoilers for the earlier episodes, but in general we think this flow can work. We still recommend new players go through the episodes in order, but this way you have the choice!
LOST & FOUND
Lost and Found Box Historically, making significant changes to existing regions in the game has sometimes resulted in people losing stored items. Since we’ve just done a major overhaul of the Pleasant Valley region for Episode Three, we’ve implemented a new system designed to avoid us accidentally wiping out your hard-earned loot. The Lost & Found box will appear any time we have changed a scene to the extent that your loot would have been deleted — we just respawn it all in the Lost & Found box for you to grab it. You can only take things out of the Lost & Found, not put things into it, and once you have emptied it, it disappears.
THESE ARE NOT LOOT BOXES. These are just our way to safeguard your items in the event that a scene edit would have resulted in us deleting your stuff.
CONSOLE VISUAL ENHANCEMENTS
With the Episode Three update, we are also including our enhancements to the Xbox One X and PS4 Pro. These enhancements include HDR lighting (works on Xbox One X, XBox One S, PS4 Pro, PS4), and High Resolution support (4K on Xbox One X, 1440p on PS4 Pro). All versions of High Resolution support feature dynamic scaling.
You’ll notice we’ve added a new calibration screen for HDR settings. Keep in mind that there is currently no standard implementation of HDR lighting so your results will depend heavily on the TV you are using. If you run into issues with these enhancements, please submit a ticket to our Support Portal: www.hinterlandgames.com/support
NO MORE 32-BIT CPU SUPPORT
This shouldn’t affect 99% of our players, based on the statistics we pull from Steam’s hardware survey, but we have stopped supporting a 32-bit version of the game. This only matters if you are still running a 32-bit CPU, which would be fairly old by now. The main CPUs impacted by this would be:
• Intel Pentium 4E (released in 2004)
• AMD K7 (released in 2004) • Intel Atom CPUs (released in 2013; mostly used for netbooks and tablets)
So if you have a system that uses those CPUs, The Long Dark will no longer work for you. All our other builds have been 64-bit only for a while, so this switch to only supporting the 64-bit version of Windows for The Long Dark will result in some nice performance gains, and also helps eliminate some crashes that were only occurring because of the 32-bit support.
FOUR DAYS OF NIGHT (4DON)
We will be reprising our annual Four Days of Night Halloween event this year, starting at 10PM on October 27th (Pacific) and running to Nov 1st. Unfortunately, given our focus on shipping Episode Three, we weren’t able to add any new twists on last year’s formula, so the 2019 event is the same as 2018, but with updated Badges to reflect 2019 participation.
DECEMBER SURVIVAL MODE UPDATE
We’re still on track for a December Survival Mode update. We’ll share more details of what’s in that update after things have calmed down a bit. We expect to be pretty busy in the immediate aftermath of the Episode Three launch, so I’d like to give the Survival Mode update information its own room to breath. You can expect more details about it in November. *
That’s pretty much it! We’ll be heads down doing support for Episode Three’s launch on October 22nd. We can’t wait to hear what you think about our latest work, and we look forward to hearing from you in the forums at www.hinterlandforums.com, and on our social media channels. And remember, if you run into any issues, please use our Support Portal at www.hinterlandgames.com/support to get help.
We’re really excited for all of you to experience the next chapter in the WINTERMUTE story. Watch out for those Timberwolves!
– Raphael
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Hello community,
We’ve just updated The Long Dark to v1.48 [47675] — STEADFAST RANGER.
For a detailed breakdown of the new features and changes, please review this update video. Full Release Notes are available below.
New! Revolver — A close-quarters defensive tool against hostile wildlife.
New! Birch Bark Tea — A slow-gain condition restoration item brewed from a renewable natural resource.
New! Energy Drink — Quick-shot Stamina and Fatigue boost, useful for getting yourself out of a variety of bad situations.
New! Improvised Cloth Wraps — Stave off Frostbite on your Head and Hands with these basic wraps.
Overhaul! Rifle & Shooting Gameplay — Completely overhauled shooting and aiming mechanics for the Rifle and other ranged tools.
Overhaul! Sprain System — Improved Sprain gameplay dynamics and first aid solutions.
…and much more.
You’ll find the complete changelist for the Update below. Please be aware there may be WINTERMUTE story spoilers in the changelist.
If you encounter issues while playing The Long Dark please visit our Support Portal.
To stay-up-to-date with news and information about The Long Dark and Hinterland, sign up for our newsletter, and follow us on Twitter (studio | game).
CHANGELIST v1.48 [47675]
Known Crash
• We are working with Unity to resolve a known, rare crash in the engine. This crash appears to only affect Windows and Mac players, although it may appear on other platforms. The crash seems to be a memory issue that is triggered by transitioning between scenes. We will release a fix for the crash as soon as we’re able to diagnose the root cause. In the mean time, we recommend you Save Often (in WINTERMUTE) or Rest Often (in Survival; Resting triggers a save). For more information, please refer to our Support Portal.
General Fixes
• General performance improvements across the game.
• Upgraded to a new version of Unity, enabling widespread improvements across the game.
• Fixed issue that restricted the game’s framerate to 120fps (on applicable systems).
• Streamlined the information appearing in players’ session output logs, to aid with support queries.
General Art
• [Enviro] Numerous optimizations to improve performance.
• [Enviro] Fixed numerous issues causing the player to become stuck in the terrain.
• [Enviro] Fixed numerous issues allowing the player to get outside the intended play area.
• [Enviro] Fixed numerous issues causing objects to clip and float in the world.
• [Enviro] Fixed numerous issues causing stretched or missing textures.
• [Enviro] Fixed issue causing lighting hotspots in the Bear Cave in WINTERMUTE Episode Two.
• [Enviro] Updated LOD to reduce popping on buildings and cliffs.
• [Enviro] Fixed issue causing hinges to appear on the same side for both exterior and interior doors.
• [Enviro] Updated transition zone entrance from Mountain Town to Mystery Lake to be more visible to the player.
• [Enviro] Updated flags to animate.
• [Enviro] Fixed numerous issues causing unlit textures.
• [Enviro] Fixed issue causing Cat Tails to appear out of alignment during their animation.
• [Enviro] Fixed issue causing inverted snow textures on trees.
• [Enviro] Updated numbers on lock boxes in the Milton Credit Union bank.
User Interface
• [UI] Updated “Disable HUD” setting to remove object labels (useful for game footage capture).
• [UI] Updated various text localizations.
• [UI] Fixed various overlapping UI elements in all languages
• [UI] Fixed issue causing mission sub-objectives to overlap with the next line.
• [UI] Fixed issue causing the “Archivist” badge to always appear as Complete.
• [UI] Updated various missing subtitles.
• [UI] Fixed issue causing a rounding error in Imperial Units when Melting snow.
• [UI] Fixed issue causing incorrect scroll bar alignment on the Stats screen in the Journal.
• [UI] Fixed issue causing the Scent Indicator to not always appear on the Status screen.
• [UI] Fixed issue causing the Radial Menu to inconsistently show the correct number of Light Sources in the Backpack.
• [UI] Fixed issue causing sub-objective text to overlap in certain Challenge Modes.
• [UI] Fixed issues causing the Stone ammo counter to be missing from the HUD.
[UI] Fixed issue causing the Milton Water Tower icon to appear in the wrong location on the Map.
• [UI] Fixed issue where the player was unable to add potable Water to the Radial Menu after dropping the Water and drinking from it.
• [UI] Added an Accessible Struggle option, allowing players to select between Tap to Win and Hold to Win options.
• [UI] Updated the Weak Ice indicator.
• [UI] Added a new Slope indicator to warn players when they are traversing slopes that are steep enough to cause Sprains.
WINTERMUTE
• [WINTERMUTE] Made several updates to the Bear Spear encounters in Episode Two, including adding a checkpoint and streamlining the final Cave encounter.
• [WINTERMUTE] Polish pass on various cinematics and dialogues.
• [WINTERMUTE] Updated tutorials to reflect gameplay modifications introduced in this update.
• [WINTERMUTE] Fixed various issues with subtitle typos and timing.
• [WINTERMUTE] Updated description for the side mission “Basics of Survival: Find and harvest some medicinal flora native to Great Bear Island.”
• [WINTERMUTE] Fixed issue causing the Milton Credit Union bank vault door to play a closing animation when reloading your game, if the player was standing in front.
• [WINTERMUTE] Fixed issue causing a black screen to appear if a dialogue pop-up occurred during a cinematic.
• [WINTERMUTE] Updated Medicinal Flora tutorial text with additional details for clarity.
• [WINTERMUTE] Fixed script issue where the Carter Dam Control Room door cinematic wouldn’t play during The Wounded Trapper mission in Episode Two.
• [WINTERMUTE] Fixed issue causing players to be pushed into another room when opening the vault door in the Milton Credit Union.
• [WINTERMUTE] Numerous updates to Wildlife pathfinding.
• [WINTERMUTE] Fixed issue causing Blueprints to disappear from the Journal between Episodes One and Two. This fix is retroactive and will resolve it for players already impacted by the issue.
• [WINTERMUTE] Fixed issue causing players to become stuck in the floor if they loaded a game after saving it at the exact time the Milton Credit Union vault door was unlocked.
• [WINTERMUTE] Fixed issue causing overlapping text when hovering over a mission objective on the Map.
• [WINTERMUTE] Fixed issue causing Jeremiah to clip through his bed when reloading a save at the beginning of Episode Two.
• [WINTERMUTE] Fixed issues that allowed players to get on top of the burnt Schoolhouse in Milton.
• [WINTERMUTE] Fixed issue that kept the Bear Spear from appearing properly in the Journal after examining it.
[WINTERMUTE] Fixed issue causing players to spawn in the wrong location if they reloaded a game saved immediately after the first Bear encounter in Episode Two.
• [WINTERMUTE] Fixed issue causing players to spawn in the wrong location if they reloaded a game saved while falling from a rope.
• [WINTERMUTE] Fixed issue causing mismatched values to appear for collected wood in the Journal, and when inspecting Grey Mother’s Firewood Bin.
• [WINTERMUTE] Fixed issue causing Milton Knowledge Items in the Journal to update incorrectly.
Survival Mode
• [Custom Mode] Fixed issue causing certain combinations of Custom Mode settings to generate an invalid sharing code.
• [Custom Mode] Fixed issue causing incorrect container loot to appear in Custom Mode.
• [Survival Mode] Fixed issue where Forging actions were not being interrupted when the Forge ran out of fuel.
[Survival Mode] Fixed issue causing a partially-crafted Survival Bow to be usable if it was picked up while a completed Bow was equipped.
• [Survival Mode] Updated the Cold Fusion Feat description to properly reflect Air Temperature bonus.
• [Survival Mode] Updated medicinal Tea so it now acts like a First Aid item if a treatable Affliction is present. Otherwise it will still work as a Food item.
• [Survival Mode] Fixed issue where the Archery Skill Bonus was not applying reduced Arrow Condition loss correctly.
• [Survival Mode] Fixed issue causing some lockers to display the “locked” icon incorrectly.
Challenge Mode
• [Hunted] Fixed issue causing the Old Bear to clip through trees when fleeing.
• [Hunted] Updated Deer carcass placement.
• [Archivist] Fixed issue causing the sub-objective to update incorrectly after collecting the Buffer Memory from the Milton Post Office.
All Game Modes
• [All] Fixed issue where the fade to black transition would not appear correctly when exiting to the Main Menu
• [All] Fixed numerous pathing issues in the world due to missing nav mesh.
• [All] Fixed issue where Water in the Backpack would be consumed when drinking Water from the Cooking Screen.
[All] Fixed issue causing audio for feeding Wolves to play even when the player wasn’t near one.
• [All] Fixed issue causing chimney smoke to be visible when no fire was active inside a house.
• [All] Fixed issue causing ambient audio to cut off when entering a car.
• [All] Fixed issue causing the player to limp incorrectly after holstering a weapon while suffering from a Sprained Ankle.
[All] Fixed issue causing the Storm Lantern extinguish animation to play after death, if players fell off a high cliff while holding a lit Lantern.
• [All] Fixed issue where the player was unable to extinguish a Storm Lantern if they opened the Radial Menu while placing it.
• [All] Fixed issue where “Worn Thermal Underwear” appeared as “New Thermal Underwear” in the Backpack.
• [All] Fixed issue that kept the player from fighting back during a Struggle if they were attacked while Repairing clothing.
• [All] Fixed issue causing muffled dialogue VO after firing a Rifle indoors.
• [All] Adjusted the amount on Condition decay on the Bedroll when it is left outside.
• [All] Fixed issue where the Wolf growl audio was missing in some scenarios.
• [All] Fixed issue causing absent wind audio when standing outside a cave entrance.
• [All] Fixed issue where the screen could become blurry during Wolf Struggles.
• [All] Added dialogue VO for quartering Wildlife.
Xbox One-Specific Issues
• [Xbox] Fixed issue where the game would no longer update information in the gamercard after resuming from standby.
Steam-Specific Issues
• [UI] Fixed issue where an incorrect mouse icon would appear when using left-handed mouse settings.
• [UI] Added scrolling with the keyboard arrow keys for the Buffer Memory screen interfaces discovered in-game during an Aurora.
• [General] Fixed issue causing graphical corruption when playing in OpenGL on an Nvidia GPU.
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Hello community,
The team’s been hard at work since the holidays, which we used to recover from finaling the massive December “Redux” release, and it’s time to update you on some of the things we’ve been doing in the meantime.
Episode Three
The team’s been working hard on Episode Three this year. We’d started work on it in 2018 and then put it aside to finish up Redux and work through all the tech and pipeline improvements we wanted to use for the remaining Episodes of WINTERMUTE. One of the first things we did after coming back from the holidays was re-evaluate our plans for Episode Three scope based on the lessons we’d learned from building and shipping Redux.
A key lesson there was the importance of having enough gameplay and narrative content to “fill the space” of the game, to avoid the feeling of senseless backtracking or the world just feeling too empty, as it sometimes did in the 2017 Episode One and Two release. Building Redux provided a fresh perspective on how to better balance our narrative and survival experiences, as well as how to better write for narrative flow in our open-world survival experience. These key learnings let us review our plans for Episode Three to ensure we would hopefully avoid making some of the same mistakes we’d made in the original 2017 releases, which we weren’t super happy with (and nor were many of you). Based on how we feel Redux turned out, and how you also seem to feel about the improvements, we’re confident we’re on a much stronger path now.
Building Redux also showed us that the “ideal length” for a WINTERMUTE episode is about 5-7 hours. This gives us enough time to present a few interesting story threads, some compelling open-world survival gameplay, and enough narrative momentum to keep the story moving. It’s also an amount of content that feels substantial — these aren’t throw-away one or two-hour experiences — but they are compact enough that you can finish them in a weekend if you like.
In our original planning, we had considered building the episode around three major story “hubs”, each in a different region, but that episode would have ended up being larger than Episodes One and Two combined, and amount of content that just isn’t sustainable for our team size. Just the testing on an episode that big would be a hugely daunting task, nevermind populating it with enough interesting narrative and mission content to “fill the space”. The Redux knowledge has helped us focus Episode Three down to a tighter experience that takes place in a single region.
Therefore, Episode Three is the story of Astrid’s survival after escaping Milton, and takes place entirely in Pleasant Valley. As you probably know, Pleasant Valley is a *huge* region, with a lot of scope for interesting environments and some great story moments. We’ve been updating the region to freshen it up for the story, while adding some new landmarks and locations that are introduced in Episode Three. I’m really excited about how it’s all coming together, particularly in how true to Astrid’s character and background the episode is.
Communicating Future Release Dates
As you know, hitting publicly announced release dates has never been our strong suit.
As an independent studio without a huge marketing machine behind us, we count on our relationship with our community to be positive so that you’ll help us spread the word about the work we’re doing. We know we harm this relationship when we promise to deliver things to you and then, for whatever reason, they fail to happen.
Unfortunately, project planning and game development as a whole is not an exact science, and while we are ready to work really hard to hit our goals, I’m not willing to crunch my team to do so. In order to be more fair to the community, and also more fair to the development team, I think the best approach for us is to refrain from offering any more public release dates.
So, moving forward, we won’t publish release dates around any of our content, whether that be full Episodes or Survival Mode updates. We’ll keep working towards internal deadlines, of course, but we won’t share news on when we plan to ship updates until those updates are essentially finished. That way, when you hear a release date from us, you know it will happen.
Splitting the Team
One of the things we’ve been working towards this year, with the development team, is hiring enough people with the right skills to be able to create two separate teams — one to focus on Survival, and the other to focus on Story. We’ve made some great progress towards that goal and we’re getting very close to having all the people we need to accomplish that. Once we’re there, it’ll become easier for us to make consistent progress in both areas of the game, so that we can ensure a more steady supply of free Survival updates, as well as ensuring the Episodes get the resources they need. We still have a few positions to hire for to have full redundancy across both teams, but I’m hopeful we’ll get there within the next few months. If you know any great developers with experience crafting memorable and award-winning interactive experiences, please send them to our careers page!
Survival Mode Update
Last year, we put a ton of effort into Redux and solidifying our foundation for the future Episodes, so this year we’re working to get back on track with producing more frequent Survival Mode updates. To that end, we’re working on a bunch of new features and content for the 2019 Survival releases. As per my earlier point about release dates, we won’t be sharing any tentative release windows for the next Survival release, but I will say that we’ve already done a fair bit of work on the new systems and content that will comprise the core of the next free update.
A few things we’re working on for the next Survival update include:
• Adding the Revolver to Survival Mode.
• Overhaul of the aiming mechanics for the Rifle, Bow, etc., to do a better job of integrating. • Fatigue and the breathing cycle, and making aiming less frustrating. • Adding a new Food item. • Adding a new Clothing item. • Fixing the Sprains system.
…and more!
One feature I can confidently say *will not* be added in the next Survival update is the Bear Spear. This has turned out to be much more challenging to integrate well into the core Survival experience, so we’re taking a bit more time with it to make sure it’s a solid and promising addition to the Survival toolbox. It will eventually make its way into Survival mode, but it won’t be ready for the next update. And speaking of the Spear, we know that some of you [SPOILERS!] have been finding the Spear gameplay in Episode Two to be quite frustrating, particularly the last section in the Bear Cave, so we’re working on improving that. We’re also hard at work on a new Survival region, but that won’t be ready until (most likely) the update *after* the next one.
As you know we always like to keep a few surprises in our back pocket, but everything will be outlined in detail in the traditional Update Video we launch on update day. If you aren’t already doing so, it’s not a bad idea to subscribe to the Hinterland YouTube channel so you get notified when the update video goes live.
Motion-Capture Space
In a previous dev diary I mentioned that we’d been able to get our hands on the motion-capture gear from Capcom Vancouver’s now closed dev studio. We’ve been using the equipment and we thought you might like to catch a glimpse of the current set-up; this image is from the camera test we did to check out 18 of the 36 cameras. Unfortunately, we don’t have enough space in our current studio to set up all the cameras, but we’re looking for some overflow space so that we can set up all 36. In the short term, we’re going to remove the built-in desks and set up the gear in-house so that the animation team can very quickly and easily iterate on narrative scenes or gameplay animation in support of our Survival and Story goals. The animators whipped up this simple little animation to show you how well it works — all told this took about an hour or so to shoot and integrate. It’s only a quick test and obviously not something we’d ever ship, but it’s fun as a proof of concept and, let’s face it, Jeremiah has some sweet moves worth sharing.
Nintendo Switch Version
We get a lot of questions about when The Long Dark will be brought to the Nintendo Switch. As you may know, we spent some time last year trying to get the game up and running on Switch devkits and ran into a lot of performance issues.
The latest version of Unity — which we’ll be rolling out as part of our next Survival update — does offer some performance improvements (which should also make the Xbox and PlayStation versions of the game run more smoothly), but we still don’t find the Switch performance to be at an acceptable level yet. We’re going to keep working on it alongside our other priorities, but I want to set reasonable expectations around this — not every game can run well on the Switch, and if we’re not able to get The Long Dark running at a level of performance and visual quality that I’m happy with, we won’t be shipping it. All that said, I’m still hopeful that we can find solutions to the current issues, and we think The Long Dark would be really compelling on this portable platform, so we’re not giving up!
Thanks for reading this update, and if you’d like to share your thoughts about the contents of this developer diary, I hope you’ll take a few seconds to join the official The Long Dark community, as well as following us on Twitter. If you haven’t already done so, and you’d like to be kept up to date on project announcements outside of general development updates — for example, sale events, new merchandise, and information about the studio — please consider signing up for the Hinterland Newsletter. And if you’re interested in more regular, bite-sized responses to community questions, make sure to check out the (almost) weekly Milton Mailbag.
See you where we see you!
– Raph
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WINTERMUTE REDUX
We’ve just released the completely overhauled versions of Episodes One and Two. This reflects over a year of effort to improve our Story Mode experience based on player feedback, and to strengthen the technical foundation of our game in anticipation of the remaining three episodes to complete WINTERMUTE, which will be unlocked as they are completed.
The “Redux” represents thousands of fixes and improvements, as well as entirely new content. The number of changes are too numerous to list here. Generally, the changes are along the following themes:
• Narrative Presentation: New dialogue mode; all story is now experienced in first-person; all dialogue is fully voiced and animated. All cinematic moments have been redone.
• Narrative Content: All dialogue has been re-written and re-recorded. While the high-level story arc of Episodes One and Two remains the same, many of the supporting details have changed. We’ve introduced new plot elements, new locations, a new introduction, and overall a general layer of presentation polish on narrative content.
• Mission Structure: We’ve opened up the mission structure; previously there were several plot elements or side mission content (ex. Jeremiah’s Survival School) missions that were prerequisites to progressing in the story. As much as possible, while maintaining a logical story flow, we’ve made the mission structure more flexible. Side content is properly optional now and can be accessed over time and in between key narrative moments.
• Gameplay Improvements: In addition to opening up the structure somewhat, we’ve also retuned many of the mission objectives to provide the right amount of challenge. We’ve worked to reduce the amount of backtracking that is required to complete missions (while maintaining the right amount of open-world exploration to keep things interesting). We’ve completely overhauled the Bear Hunt mission structure, integrating it more fully into Episode Two, adding new Bear Spear gameplay, and adding climactic new encounter to complete that story. We’ve also made improvements to how we present mission information to the player. And finally, we’ve retuned the Survival “needs” per Story Experiene (Green, Capable, Hardened) and increased the amount of ammunition (Rifle, Distress Pistol) available in the world.
We hope you enjoy the “Redux” versions of Episodes One and Two. Please note that “Predux” (i.e. the previous version of the episodes) story saves are not compatible with Redux. If you have previously completed Episodes One and Two and you have no interest in experiencing the Redux versions, you will still be able to progress into Episode Three once it is unlocked in 2019.
DECEMBER SURVIVAL MODE UPDATE
The “Redux” game update includes some improvements to the game’s Survival Mode, notably:
• New Craftable Item: Rabbitskin Hat. This completes the suite of craftable clothing options in the game.
• New Health Buff: Well Fed. If you avoid Starvation for 72 hours, you will get a buff to Condition and Carrying Capacity. The 72-hour timer gets reset every time you begin to Starve.
• New Challenge: Archivist. Scour Great Bear to collect the last memories contained in several Aurora-animated computers.
Please note that the Bear Spear is currently a Story-mode only tool. It will be added to Survival Mode in a future update.
As part of the Redux overhaul, we’ve also made the following changes to the User Interface:
• Revised the HUD condition indicators. The game also now defaults to an “Always On” HUD configuration, which can be changed in the Display settings.
• Improved the Fire/Stove interaction interface, to clarify Firestarting, Fuel-Adding, Cooking, and Water production activities. This replaces the “direct placement” action from the Radial as the default, primary Fire/Stove interaction type, although we have also maintained the radial placement system for those who wish to use it.
• General improvements to the Map, Objectives, and Knowledge areas of the Journal (for Story mode only).
• Added new Load screens with gameplay and world information.
…in addition to the dozens of general improvements listed in our patch notes.
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WINTERMUTE REDUX
We’ve just released the completely overhauled versions of Episodes One and Two. This reflects over a year of effort to improve our Story Mode experience based on player feedback, and to strengthen the technical foundation of our game in anticipation of the remaining three episodes to complete WINTERMUTE, which will be unlocked as they are completed.
The “Redux” represents thousands of fixes and improvements, as well as entirely new content. The number of changes are too numerous to list here. Generally, the changes are along the following themes:
Narrative Presentation: New dialogue mode; all story is now experienced in first-person; all dialogue is fully voiced and animated. All cinematic moments have been redone.
Narrative Content: All dialogue has been re-written and re-recorded. While the high-level story arc of Episodes One and Two remains the same, many of the supporting details have changed. We’ve introduced new plot elements, new locations, a new introduction, and overall a general layer of presentation polish on narrative content. Mission Structure: We’ve opened up the mission structure; previously there were several plot elements or side mission content (ex. Jeremiah’s Survival School) missions that were prerequisites to progressing in the story. As much as possible, while maintaining a logical story flow, we’ve made the mission structure more flexible. Side content is properly optional now and can be accessed over time and in between key narrative moments. Gameplay Improvements: In addition to opening up the structure somewhat, we’ve also retuned many of the mission objectives to provide the right amount of challenge. We’ve worked to reduce the amount of backtracking that is required to complete missions (while maintaining the right amount of open-world exploration to keep things interesting). We’ve completely overhauled the Bear Hunt mission structure, integrating it more fully into Episode Two, adding new Bear Spear gameplay, and adding climactic new encounter to complete that story. We’ve also made improvements to how we present mission information to the player. And finally, we’ve retuned the Survival “needs” per Story Experiene (Green, Capable, Hardened) and increased the amount of ammunition (Rifle, Distress Pistol) available in the world. We hope you enjoy the “Redux” versions of Episodes One and Two. Please note that “Predux” (i.e. the previous version of the episodes) story saves are not compatible with Redux. If you have previously completed Episodes One and Two and you have no interest in experiencing the Redux versions, you will still be able to progress into Episode Three once it is unlocked in 2019.
DECEMBER SURVIVAL MODE UPDATE
The “Redux” game update includes some improvements to the game’s Survival Mode, notably:
New Craftable Item: Rabbitskin Hat. This completes the suite of craftable clothing options in the game.
New Health Buff: Well Fed. If you avoid Starvation for 72 hours, you will get a buff to Condition and Carrying Capacity. The 72-hour timer gets reset every time you begin to Starve. New Challenge: Archivist. Scour Great Bear to collect the last memories contained in several Aurora-animated computers. Please note that the Bear Spear is currently a Story-mode only tool. It will be added to Survival Mode in a future update.
As part of the Redux overhaul, we’ve also made the following changes to the User Interface:
Revised the HUD condition indicators. The game also now defaults to an “Always On” HUD configuration, which can be changed in the Display settings.
Improved the Fire/Stove interaction interface, to clarify Firestarting, Fuel-Adding, Cooking, and Water production activities. This replaces the “direct placement” action from the Radial as the default, primary Fire/Stove interaction type, although we have also maintained the radial placement system for those who wish to use it. General improvements to the Map, Objectives, and Knowledge areas of the Journal (for Story mode only). Added new Load screens with gameplay and world information. ...in addition to the dozens of general improvements listed below. *
THE LONG DARK v. 1.41 CHANGELIST
KNOWN ISSUES
Due to Unity issues, we are seeing lower than expected performance in some areas of the game on Xbox One and Xbox One S. We are investigating this issue and will release a fix ASAP. Xbox One X is not affected by this issue.
There are some rendering issues when using the latest NVidia drivers on Linux. We are working on a solution. This issue does not affect AMD video cards.
GENERAL FIXES
General performance improvements across the game
Widespread audio optimizations Upgraded to a new version of Unity, enabling widespread improvements across the game
GENERAL ART FIXES
[Enviro] Numerous optimizations to improve performance
[Enviro] Fixed numerous areas the player could become stuck in [Enviro] Fixed numerous areas the player could get outside of the intended play area [Enviro] Fixed numerous clipping and floating objects [Enviro] Performed various optimizations to avoid texture popping [Enviro] Improved alignment on some power lines [Enviro] Updated many snow banks, rocks, and fauna [Enviro] Numerous environment improvements [Enviro] Improved Aurora visuals; reduced the visible banding effect [Enviro] Improved blood decal lifetime [Enviro] Improved waterfall splash effects appearance when dark [Enviro] Improved light flicker visuals during an Aurora event [Enviro] Update to many items to prevent floating after an object is broken down [Enviro] Improved decal sorting [Enviro] Improved grass reflections lighting for time of day [Enviro] Fixed many instances of grass clipping through trees and railway tracks [Broken Railroad] Fixed invisible rocks near Rope Climb [Broken Railroad] Fixed overlapping pipes and debris near the Maintenance Yard [Carter Dam] Fixed box clipping into wall [Mystery Lake] Fixed corpses spawning sunken into the ground [Coastal Highway] Fixed stretched snow textures around some cabins [Mystery Lake] Fixed visual artifacts in river terrain [Mountain Town] Fixed flickering textures on mountain near Milton [Mountain Town] Fixed missing texture on rocks near transition to Mystery Lake [Mountain Town] Fixed missing collison on the barn at Paradise Meadow Farms [Mountain Town] Fixed flickering textures on the cars outside of Milton [Mountain Town] Fixed player being able to clip through parts of the silo
USER INTERFACE
[Mac/PC/Linux] Fixed Xbox One menu buttons appearing for 1 frame when using a PS4 controller
[PC/Mac/Linux] Fixed selection swapping back and forth when cursor placed between two buttons [UI] Improved the visibility of HUD button prompt when using a controller [UI] Improved Main Menu appearing off-center in 21:9 [UI] Fixed back button taking player to wrong screen when viewing a Note at the end of a Survival Game [UI] Fixed Reticle appearing over non-interactable cabinets [UI] Fixed alignment of UI when reading a note [UI] Fixed Online Messaging only showing only the latest announcement, instead of all new announcements [UI] Fixed Back button option being highlighted by mistake in certain scenarios [UI] Fixed player being unable to back out of Save/Load menu if it was empty
WINTERMUTE FIXES
[WINTERMUTE] Improved map markers to allow merging of critical information when multiple icons are at the same location
[WINTERMUTE] Fixed frightened Wolves becoming aggressive after game is saved and loaded [WINTERMUTE] Fixed conditions that caused players to start Episode Two holding a lantern [WINTERMUTE] Fixed pelts not curing if partially cured when completing Episode One [WINTERMUTE] Added option to easily start Episode Two if the player quit after completing Episode One [WINTERMUTE] Fixed issue that caused audio to cut out when entering certain cars in Milton [WINTERMUTE] Fixed multiple sound effects playing when climbing rope breaks [WINTERMUTE] Fixed Neighbours Note clipping into ground [WINTERMUTE] Fixed deer carcass disappearing when loading an autosave [WINTERMUTE] Fixed Wolves not always fleeing from flares [WINTERMUTE] Fixed Wolves being able to attack players while in Dialogue Mode [WINTERMUTE] Fixed weather not restoring correctly when loading a game [WINTERMUTE] Improved accuracy of the Episode Completion stat [WINTERMUTE] Fixed issue that caused players to be pushed into another room when opening the vault door in the Bank [WINTERMUTE] Numerous wildlife pathfinding updates
SURVIVAL MODE
[Survival Mode] Fixed player being able to use weapons while afflicted with a sprained wrist by saving then reloading the game
[Survival Mode] Fixed issue with mapping in Mountain Town on some legacy save files [Survival Mode] All bedrolls now use the same skill when repairing [Survival Mode] Prevented deer from fleeing to inaccessible areas in the Ravine transition [Survival Mode] Fixed items becoming lost under the Farmhouse in Pleasant Valley after a struggle [Survival Mode] Fixed animal sound effects playing when leaving Trapper’s Cabin [Survival Mode] Fixed issue where a cairn found in Coastal Highway could be found twice [Survival Mode] Fixed issue that could cause Rifles placed on racks to fall off when player exits the building [Survival Mode] Fixed Bear spawning in terrain in Mystery Lake
ALL GAME MODES
[All] General gameplay tuning across a variety of systems.
[All] Improved aiming mechanics for thrown Stones, to make Rabbit Hunting a bit easier. [All] Retuned Wolf flee behaviour to react to being hit by a thrown Stone (probability is subject to Experience Mode). [PC/Mac/Linux] Fixed cinematic audio continuing to play when the game is minimized [All] Bear breath effect optimization [All] Male survivor can no longer be heard breathing when Survivor Voiceover is turned Off [All] Fixed players arms becoming stuck if entering a wolf struggle while holding a Flashlight [All] Decreased campfires placement size to avoid players trapping themselves [All] Fixed condition that could result in the the player becoming stuck when picking up a stunned Rabbit [All] Fixed exploit that allowed Encumbered players to travel uphills at regular speed by crouching and standing repeatedly [All] Fixed Cooking Pots sinking into cooking surfaces [All] Improved how items snap onto cooking surfaces [All] Fixed last Cartridge in a stack dropping as a box [All] Fixed Bows and Rifles floating above placed location [All] Fixed placed Campfires sinking slightly after player leaves area [All] Fixed “You are not thirsty” message appearing incorrectly when trying to drink soda or tea [All] Fixed player becoming stuck in animation if attacked by a wolf while reloading the Rifle [All] Fixed Distress Pistol becoming stuck in hand if the reload button was pressed rapidly [All] Fixed instances where subtitles could play when turned off [All] Fixed issue where the fade to black after wolf struggle hid the get up animation [All] Fixed unplugging the controller during movie a not pausing playback [All] Fixed Ropes becoming inaccessible if player saves and reloads while on a ledge [All] Adjusted Flashlight lighting effect [All] Player can no longer enter a door when a Struggle has been initiated [All] Improved wildlife pathfinding in Milton [All] Fixed issue that caused Aurora to not appear correctly when using OpenGL [All] Improved wildlife pathfinding in Paradise Meadows Farm [All] Fixed player being able to throw a Flare while opening a car trunk [All] Fixed flickering sky that could occur during wind storm [All] Fixed not being able to place a Campfire on concrete [All] Fixed unlocked lockers in Trapper’s Cabin requiring a pry bar to open
CUSTOM EXPERIENCE SETTINGS
[Custom Settings] Updated several description strings to reflect specific settings more accurately.
[Custom Settings] Fixed "Struggle player strength bonus" option not working correctly [Custom Settings] Fixed "Struggle damage received modifier" option not working correctly [Custom Settings] Fixed “Stick, Branch, and Stone spawn frequency” always being set to high [Custom Settings] Fixed Hidden Caches in River Valley not appearing as empty in Custom Mode [Custom Settings] Fixed animals fleeing when Custom Mode set to Interloper mode [Custom Settings] Fixed Blizzard Frequency not working correctly [Custom Settings] Fixed Wildlife Respawn Frequency not working correctly [Custom Settings] Fixed Wolf Spawn Chance settings not matching intended preset [Custom Settings] Fixed Cabin Fever and Parasites being On when using the Pilgrim preset [Custom Settings] Fixed Medical Treatment voice over playing when Survivor Monologue was disabled [Custom Settings] Fixed Custom Experience options being unavailable until user scrolls to the bottom of the menu [Custom Settings] Fixed "Interrupt If Freezing Starts While Sleeping" option not taking effect
PS4-ONLY FIXES
[PS4] Fixed missing Bear breath
[PS4] Improved stability when transitioning scenes [PS4] Optimized Aurora performance [PS4] Improved lighting performance [PS4] Fixed cursor not resetting to correct position [PS4] Improved visual effects on Flares when thrown
XBOX-ONLY FIXES
[Xbox] Fixed grass rotating to face the camera
[Xbox] Improved performance when in the Whaling Station [Xbox] Improved performance during strong wind conditions [Xbox] Improved performance on breath effects
STEAM-ONLY FIXES
[Steam] Episode 2 now unlocked properly when player has the “ Leaving the Old World Behind” achievement
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新要素
グラフィック
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UIの変更
キーコンフィグの改良
セーブの仕様変更
木炭地図の追加
動物死体の持ち運び
”におい”に関する変更
ライティング変更
主人公グラフィックの追加
燃えさしとトーチ投擲の追加
石の投擲の追加
格闘武器の選択機能の追加応急処置の仕様変更
メモリ・CPU負荷軽減のための最適化グラフィックオプションの改良
PS4コントローラーへの対応手帳でクラフトレシピを参照できるように
直せていない不具合について
バグ報告はこちらhttps://hinterlandgames.atlassian.net/projects/TLDP/issues/TLDP-2151?filter=allopenissues
なお、正式版移行に際しての次回大型アプデは８月１日の予定
また、アップデートをするとセーブデータが消えます。
古いバーションのセーブがロードできるようになるかは不明（たぶんずっとできない）ですが、もし大事なデータであればバックアップをとることをおすすめします。 |
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新エリア"FORLORN MUSKEG"(荒れ果てた湿地帯)衣服アイテムのライティング変更新衣服の大幅追加
衣服アイテムの仕様調整重ね着が可能に衣服着用UIの新設
濡れ、凍結、乾燥の仕様変更？衣服アイテムのステイタス追加
凍傷の追加スタミナの仕様変更
その他
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新難易度「侵入者(INTERLOPER)」を追加
新チャレンジモード「THE HUNT:Part2(追われる者：パート2)」を追加
「世界崩壊」システムを追加
ファーストパーソン（プレイヤーの手）＆移動中の表示や制約追加
休憩＆時間を進める際のインターフェース変更
オオカミのおとりの効果を修正
漂流物集め
「アーチェリー」「裁縫」スキル追加実績スロット
その他の修正
新言語
ミドルウェア更新
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新言語対応
ゲームプレイ
UI
オーディオ
スキル上昇、スキルアンロック、実績アンロック時の効果音を追加。
一般
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遊戲整體變更修正
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バグ修正
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バグ修正他
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バグの修正
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追加要素・変更点
ゲームチューニング＆バグの修正
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バグ修正他
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バグ修正他
以下の変更はPC/Macのプレイヤーにのみ適用され、Xbox Oneについては次の修正に含まれます
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バグの修正
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