Now there are cacti, small rocks, grass and buildings which are in the desert in the default version, like water towers, watchtowers and rusty ships too.



You can disable them independently to test how much they affect performance.



And you have now a "compass" in the ashtray, which points at the starting house, and a bit more gas, if you want to go on a longer adventure in the big desert :D



There is a binocular too, but I forgot to adjust it's camera, so it may behave buggy sometimes.



Please test it if you want, so we can see if the performance is still better, than in the default version :D





This is just a test version again, so there is no road, no loot, you can't save, there is no main menu.

Next thing will be the road, then maybe proper buildings and fixing the loot spawn and save system.
Thank you for your patience! :D

Edit:
You can access the test version by right clicking the game in you steam library, click properties, then betas tab, and there from the drop down menu select "beta - upcoming version test" and it will download.

There is no cacti and small rocks yet, but hopefully those will not add that much stress to the CPU.



It can easily keep up with high speeds.
The distant terrain's draw distance is 100km (in the current version (v20191103) 30km is the max).
The previous gif can make the mountains and the map look small, but:



The map is now about as big as Earth (40 075 km at the equator, that is now the map's side length, and you can go "around")
So far the mountains were spawned by the cacti spawn system, and that caused a few problems especially with a lower draw distance.



But now the mountains spawn in about a 10km radius, they have a new system, and they will not depend on the cacti or the high resolution terrain (which only spawns as far as you set the draw distance).



So it seems like the unity job system will get the job done, as the CPU usage is lower and things will be more stable. Those who have crashes with v20191103 will most likely not have anymore after this update comes out.
(if they were caused by multi threading issues)

You can access the TEST version through steam betas (Upcoming version test) but it doesn't have main menu, you can't save or load, there is no road, no items, settings may not work, but there is a car with a full tank and a big desert.

(and this new generation supports multiple "important objects" around which the terrain generates, not just the player ;) )

There is still a lot of work to do, but hopefully we can release the update before Christmas.

Thank you for your patience! :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICuW-nQeWmc

• fixed items disappearing at the buildings
  
• decreased gas amount by about 50%

since these are small and only two changes I didn't think it was necessary to change the version number, so this is still v20191103 ːlunar2019coolpigː
(I forgot to change it... ːlunar2019deadpanpigː )

• fixed inventory disappearing, and you'll possibly get back all your stuff which disappeared so far (from your inventory)
  
• fixed falling under ground when you load a save with many kilometers
  
• fixed lights not working at the big gas station (was caused by the fix for the cat food sign disappearing)
  
• fixed being able to open or close a few dismounted doors or hoods
  
• fixed bed collider (a few of the wooden parts didn't have any)

• added Vsync checkbox in the settings
  
• added loading bar and new loading text
  
• added a new song on poem chill radio
  
• re-added bus stop at the start house (was missing since the big october patch)
  
• decreased pumpkin spawn

and most importantly:

• fixed poop made by the player not being saved

(discovered with the help of the red "report to devs" texts, if you see any more of those, it means that, that item will not be saved and will disappear if you load the save, so please continue to report it if you see one)


Thank you for being patient, for the bug reports and for the save files, without those I couldn't have fixed these issues.
I know there are more, but now that it's relatively stable, I really want to focus on cpu optimization with the unity job system, it's possible, that it will fix a few crashes too, by looking at the crash logs. Content and feature updates will come after that :D

saves from the last update (v20191026b) should work
edit: only if you are not too far away from the start :( (working on it)

• fixed car dying when (accidentally) trying to shift to 5th gear
  
• fixed the new car from the last update going 200 km/h in 4th gear with half throttle
  
• fixed cat food sign missing from the new gas station from last update
  
• fixed odometer not saving
  
• fixed HoerFuchS's trophy's center of mass, so it wont fall over so easy
  
• fixed trailer spawn and attach bug and they are more frequent now
  
• fixed hose not saving (possibly inventory missing too, but for me nothing ever disappeared, only the hose, so I can't tell for sure)
  
• fixed mouse sensitivity not saving below 1
  
• fixed an error which possibly caused a crash sometimes

• changed front engine car's center of mass, so it feels less like a boat
  
• changed automatic shift, so maybe it's easier to start going
  
• changed all inventory icons and added hud icons (drawn by player Local Yuri from the discord server)
  
• added new crosshair (you can change it back to the old one)
  
• added crosshair scale slider
  
• added fps limit to main menu, to reduce unnecessary gpu usage
  
• added new stuff in radio
  
• added a few Halloween stuff (about 5)

• engines are no longer weak when cold
  
• engine cooling sounds are now depending on the temperature (higher temp=faster ticks)
  
• menu and hud are now supporting ultra wide aspect ratios
  
• fps limit can now be disabled (except in main menu)
  
• re-balanced engine heating and cooling (in short, it heats up faster ːlunar2019madpigː )
  
• removed a copyrighted song from the radio (if there are more, please let us know)
  
• removed high refresh rate reflections option from settings

next update will focus on optimizing cpu usage with unity job system (if for once there are no new bugs with the new update ːlunar2019grinningpigː )

happy Halloween! ːsteamhappyː

edit:
if after loading the game, some of you stuff is flying and not really reacting to you, just save and load again, and it should be fixed

Old saves won't work!

• huge performance boost
  
• new vehicle
  
• more realistic and better car handling, driving
  
• cars have ignition now, not just starting
  
• working dashboard indicator lights
  
• engines can be swapped
  
• new buildings
  
• old buildings updated
  
• siphon hose can be placed in inventory and it's easier to use
  
• new car radio model
  
• new radio contents
  
• wheel spin now has sound
  
• can't refuel from propane canister
  
• noons are brighter
  
• new inventory icons for a few items
  
• auto save now saves a bit more appropriate times
  
• auto save lag is should be minimal now
  
• you can't sit on bed while upside down
  
• you can load a save while sitting
  
• fixed cockpit view headbob bug
  
• fixed vsync causing fps limiter to not work
  
• fixed turning off heat haze not working properly
  
• fixed 3D screenshot not working on all camera modes
  
• terrain is a bit flatter
  
• moved to new unity (from 2018.3 to 2019.2)

new stuff in settings:

• wheel center-point slider
  
• terrain resolution
  
• terrain tile size

Thank you all, for playing and being patient!
And congratulations to HoerFuchS for completing the 5000 kilometer challenge!
Looking forward to your feedback :D

• Added shadows in the settings, so now you can disable them
  
• Added hook to trailers (now you can make a very buggy, unstable centipede)
  
• Abandoned cars from now on may have fuel in them
  
• Fixed being able to mount more stuff to the same place (this bug was born in the last update)
  
• Fixed non-holster-able stuff not obeying gravity and maybe flying away to seek infinite freedom when switched to a different, occupied inventory slot while holding them.
  
• Fixed being able to boost with ignition 'till 200 km/h
  
• Fixed having to double click when setting the auto shift or clutch from the main menu settings
  
• Siphon hoses are more frequent
  
• Reduced stone spawn a little bit

• Added syphon hose
  
• Added Steering Wheel and Controller Support
  
• Added option for automatic clutch and shifting.
  
• Mounting parts is now significantly easier (you don't have to look at the hinges anymore)
  
• Refilling the car is more beginner friendly (you don't have to look exactly at the tank cap)
  
• When you open a door, now you have to move the mouse in the direction you want the door to move, not just up and down, so it makes sense now
  
• When dismounting tires from rims, they shouldn't fly away now
  
• Slightly better performance and now the draw distance slider should work correctly so there will be no more crashes (because of the slider) and if you decrease it, the performance boost will be noticeable
  
• Odometer's last digit, which shows 100 meters is now yellow
  
• From now on you can't open the caps slightly with scrolling, because it not really had any use, and was in the way for smooth crouching or bringing objects closer.
  
• smaller changes in map generation

Saves from last version should be able to load correctly :D

We had too many things planned and we ran out of time, so this week's big update got sliced into two parts, this is the first one, the second one will hopefully come next week.
Thank you all for playing!

If you want to report bugs, give suggestions any feedback, or you just want to talk about the game, you are welcome on our discord server.
Have fun!