Patreon Member Test Build Announcement 16.12.2022 (Patreon)

Hello everyone,

It is time! We are very excited to announce that the new $25 build is almost ready to be released. Since this is the first version using the new Unreal Engine 5.1 there are still plenty of issues in pretty much all areas of the game. Lighting will be different, performance will probably be worse in many cases and there may be several other random things not working or even crashing so we advise to keep the last version you have around. If you encounter any problem please don't hesitate to contact us on Discord or via email. This is all still very much work in progress and it may require a few more releases until we can consider the move complete.

We recommend that you update your OS and graphics drivers as we use the latest SDK’s and API’s with this new version.

Attention!: The launcher has been updated, if you are using the launcher we recommend you to download the new version here (it will be provided in the build release post and on our discord too).

And now for the changes and additions see the changelog below:

As the Fisher Village with its demo quest line was getting in the way of the game’s development we decided to remove it. We stripped the Old Wild Life level of all assets as well, as there were many legacy assets that bloated the project.

If you have sandbox scenes that were made in the Fisher Village level, you can still open them by moving the respective files into a different level folder (e.g. from “%localappdata%/WildLifeC/Saved/SandboxSaveGames/MySaves/FisherVillage/” to “%localappdata%/WildLifeC/Saved/SandboxSaveGames/MySaves/Showroom/”).

Sandbox scenes that were made in the Old Wild Life level might need adjustments.

Additions:

• Upgraded Unreal Engine to version 5.1
• Added 100 new sandbox sex animations, see the full list here
• Added Max x Lala On Floor sex minigame (29 animations)
• Added Maya x Locu Stargazing sex minigame (37 animations)
• Added Maya x Rawn Good Boy sex minigame (17 animations)
• Added new character: Karu, a councilman of the Sky Village
• Added new character: Shiva, a huntress from the Warrior Village
• Added setting for Global Illumination to Video settings (defaults to Lumen, which can be very expensive, so you might want to turn it off)
• Sandbox editor: Old poser and sex sequence are now integrated in Sandbox 2.0
• Sandbox editor: Characters spawned with T are now integrated in Sandbox 2.0
• Sandbox editor: Added “Add all” and “Randomize” buttons to sex scene editor
• Sandbox editor: Added “Reset” buttons to transform UI
• Sandbox editor: Added props: Camera Follower, Data Storage, Event Executor and String Operation
• Sandbox editor: Added option to change physical material in custom materials
• Sandbox editor: Added option to turn off event dispatchers and receivers for any given object
• Sandbox editor: Added more bones to be selectable as an attachment point
• Sandbox editor: Added a new font to the speech bubble prop which supports the most common international languages

Improvements:

• Cleaned up many legacy assets as part of the Fisher Village level removal and Old Wild Life level strip down
• Adjusted character physics for Chaos (there are still some micro jittering issues, but they should in general be much more stable now)
• Sandbox editor: Resolved drives with letters A or B not showing up in file explorer
• Sandbox editor: When duplicating ropes with their attachment target object, the duplicated rope will be attached to the duplicated attachment target object
• Skyroom is now the default in Showroom
• Resolved sprint input not having a rebinder
• Various improvements to characters
• Various improvements to physics
• Various improvements to animations
• Various improvements to levels

Known Issues:

• Due to DirectX 12’s on the fly shader compilation there will be significant lag spikes whenever new materials are loaded
• Fur is temporarily disabled due to incompatibility with Unreal Engine 5
• Some hair physics are currently broken
• Sandbox editor: Transform gizmo is invisible if Effects quality is lower than Epic
• Setting animation speed and amplitude to zero causes sex toys to disappear
• Clothes textures will not fully load in the character creator
• Physics break if you scale characters in the sandbox editor

The build will be available to download soon, keep an eye out for the link post. This time, the $10 version with further improvements and additions based on the feedback of our member tier supporters will be released next week as our office closes during the festive days.

Thanks for your support and we really hope you enjoy this first UE5 version and that it runs well for you :)

- Wild Life Team