Below is a list of the most recent patch notes that have been released:
Patch 1.8.3 (10/04/2018)
Mister Friend’s Escape Plan Event
You’ve received a strange message from your jail cell neighbor, known only as Mister Friend, saying he needs your help to escape the facility and show up (albeit very late) to his son’s soccer game. He needs you to collect enough flags from the arena to help him build a device for his escape. By helping out Mister Friend, you can add a new hatto your dressing room and a mysterious new tool to your craftwheel! The event begins April 10 on Steam. Full information here: http://www.scavengers.ca/help-mister-friends-escape-plan-unlock-new-hat-tool/
Show Director Megaphone
Many players sent us feedback suggesting the Show Director should be able to talk to all contestants at once. We’re excited by the gameplay possibilities this system creates and decided to implement it! This ability isn’t an official Show Director power and doesn’t cost any Action Points to activate, but does have a 90 second cooldown. Press G when playing as the Show Director to broadcast a message to all players!
New Craftwheel Item: Revenge Cloak
The Revenge Cloak is a new item you can slot into the Coat slot in the Perks section of your craftwheel. It grants 10% cold resistance and a 2 second Clue on your attacker per level, and can be upgraded up to level 5.
Gameplay
- Reduced Clue duration from 30 to 15 seconds
- Increased Tripwire deploy time from 1 to 2 seconds
- Reduced HP recovery when you kill a deer from 100 to 50
- Improved Turret electronic
- Increased Turret damage from 25 to 50 per projectile
- Decreased deploy time from 2 to 0.5 seconds
- The Turret will now keep shooting at players hidden behind obstacles
- Reduced Show Director Invincibility power duration from 20 to 10 seconds
- Manhunt loot will now be automatically given to the player who kills the Manhunt target
- Rigged Chests will now break the armor if the player was wearing one
- The Tripwire stun now interrupts an Axe swing
- Bear Trap damage now breaks the Tripwire stun
- Increased the amount of BoomShrooms on the map
- Aligned the Arrow block window with the Axe swing animation
- Synced the Axe swing animation with the Axe hitbox
- Using the Power Leap when not moving will now result in a vertical jump
Performance
- Optimized Smoke Bomb effects
- Optimized Nuke effects
- Optimized Show Director drone power granting effects
- Further optimized footprints
- Optimized network replication
Visuals
- Added resolution scaling options
- Improved graphical fidelity on low and very low graphics settings
- Added anti-aliasing options
Audio
- Added sound effect when the Show Director begins and stops following you
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue with random resource generation not working
- Fixed an issue where the snowball kill text would appear when a player died of cold
- Fixed an issue where players would have a hard landing after using Rocket Leap
- Players hit by an axe or arrow will now be knocked back even if they are on an incline
- Fixed collision issues with ropes around Treetop Village’s tree
- Fixed collision issues with wooden log structures
- Fixed collision issues with railings inside cabins
Patch 1.8.2 (30/03/2018
Full patch notes can be viewed at http://www.scavengers.ca/changelog/patch-notes-1-8-2/
Leaderboards
- The Official Rating will now reset every two weeks instead of weekly (with the next reset being Tuesday, April 10). That’s twice as much time to try to make it to the top 100! Use it wisely.
- Added Easter Egg collection leaderboards
Gameplay
- The Show Director now automatically switches to the next player when the followed player dies
- Killing a deer will now heal 100 HP
- Berserk Arrows can now only stack up to a maximum 30 seconds of infinite stamina
- Reduced the Hunter Arrow clue duration from 10 seconds to 5 seconds
User Interface
- Changed the position of tooltips that were appearing over the crosshair
- All tooltips will now stop appearing after five matches played
- Added a Play Again button on the end game screen
Visuals
- Reduced red sound wave effects range by 30%
Other
- Improved authentication and reduced the number of “authentication failed” errors
- Female character optimization
- Footprint optimization
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where Sudden Death was triggered if the Show Director closed the final zone
- Fixed an issue with Spectator Interactions on Mixer and Twitch sometimes not working correctly during a long livestream
- Fixed an issue where voice chat would sometimes stay enabled after disconnecting from a match
Patch 1.8.1 (20/03/2018)
Full patch notes can be viewed at http://www.scavengers.ca/changelog/patch-notes-1-8-1/
Patch Notes Summary
Character
- The female character is now fully tested and ready to hop into the arena!
UI
- Added tooltips for Spectator votes that disappear after the feature is used
Audio
- Added sound effect when a vote starts (previously only heard by the Show Director)
Visual
- Lowered the light intensity of the Show Director drone
Communication
- In-game news feeds now appears with real-time updates
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an exploit where players could use infinite Speed Drinks and Warm Coffees during the Manhunt cutscene
- Fixed an issue where the Twitch and Mixer match viewer number would count dead players twice
Patch 1.8 (Early Access Release)
Full patch notes can be viewed at http://www.scavengers.ca/changelog/patch-notes-1-8/
Patch Notes Summary
Spectator interactions
- Spectators watching contestants and Show Directors on both Mixer and Twitch can now vote on the same match.
New Menu
- The menu has been updated to allow connections to Twitch and Mixer easier, Just press “Connect to Twitch or Mixer” in the Main Menu to start the process.
Other Improvements
- Added health and cold bar to vote interface
- Added Steam avatar to vote interface
- Vote interface now disappears after viewers cast their vote
Xbox Build
Darwin Project will only be available digitally at launch.
The game will be released on Steam and Xbox One simultaneously, Darwin Project will be playable on the Xbox One family of systems this Friday, March 9 at 3 PM EST. Our Xbox community joining on Friday will be able to play a two-hour free demo as part of the Game Preview program.
Private Matches
- Private matches only need 2 players before the game can be started instead of 10.
Improvements
- The Official Rating will reset every Tuesday at 2 PM EST.
- The default mouse sensitivity has been reduced from 50 to 30. This change should make aiming the bow a little more stable for new players.
- Visual effect optimization
- The BoomShroom tech will no longer cause FPS drops.
- Show Director powers
- Added a confetti effect around the contestant chosen as the Crowd Favorite.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue with Mixer Spectator Interactions when viewers would vote at the exact same time
- Fixed an issue where the zone closing vote would not work
- Fixed some issues with key rebinding
- Fixed an issue where the snowball kill voice-over was missing