Hello! I'm still working on camera movement imporvments and occlusion culling problem (when objects dissapear). And I think I've got it.

• The robot now fades when camera is close to him. (Watch gif)
  
• Improved camera collision with walls, so now there will be almost no moments when you can see through objects.
  
• Camera placed slightly further and more to the left side from the character, to open a wider vision for a player.

This week's Update #289 Newsletter is out! Here is a complete list of what's inside...

• The Reworking of Solace Bridge
  
• The Making of The Obsidian Trials (cont.)
  
• R53 Livestream Sky Navy Themed Items (cont.)
  
• Release 55 Livestream Part 2 Update
  
• Episode 2 Early Access & Player Owned Towns
  
• Episode 2 Stretch-Goal Store: Barn Two-Story Village Home
  
• Release 56 on QA Server
  
• Shooter Jennings "Shooter" Album Release Party!
  
• Shroud of the Avatar Rewards Program
  
• Lord British Birthday Double XP Weekends
  
• Weekend Flash Sale: Lot Deeds & Homes
  
• Upcoming Events Calendar
  
• The Grand Duke Event
  
• Welcome Quest Release 56
  
• Win a Pair of SOTACON 2018 Tickets!
  
• Relics by Rild on Meretz: Win Shroud Swag!
  
• Project to Support: Descent Underground
  
• Resources: Players Helping Players

Get all of the details of this week's update on the game's website.

Maybe some of you remembers the Map :)

Just wait for the Big Update!

We work on so much Projects!

Wich should be done first ?

This update contains a wealth of new cosmetic character customisation options! Some of the new options are permanently unlocked through acquiring traits during any of your playthroughs, others are available from the start.

There are also two new mission types; Challenge, where the stats of your cart will be negative affected until the mission is complete, and Search, where you'll need to find which of three potential destinations is the correct one before returning to complete to mission.




- Game now saves the state of Market Events
- Added a new mission type: Challenge missions - these work in the same way as Escort missions, requiring you to a visit a specific town, but they also detriment your cart's primary stats while they are active.
- Added a new mission type: Search missions. You are given three locations, one of which contains the item you are looking for. Once you find the item by searching in each settlement until you get the correct one, return it to the original location for a reward.
- Unlock status for trade traits and max faction reputation are now stored separately from any specific save file, if you ever unlock a trade trait or max out any faction rep in any playthrough then it will permanently unlock one or a number of customisation items specific to that trait/faction.


- Added 73 new character customisation element


- New art for highlighting settlements on the map screen that are mission destinations and tweaks to UI layout for this
- Adjustments to messages for completing missions of varying types


- Adjustments to game compile


Some bugfixes and promised feature work has been shifted back to the next update which will hopefully land soon.

- New Feature: Expeditions! A new guild only adventure awaits!!
- New PvP, Gauntlet, Fishing and Expedition events are now available.
- Guild message board has been added to the guild screen.
- Guild chat has been moved to the world chat screen.
- Increased base guild member limit from 20 to 25.
- Equipment Set bonuses will now work across different tiers.
- Increased the amount of shields generated by Engulfing Artifact.
- Fixed a bug with Nebuleye where equipping 5 or more legendary items did not correctly grant the full damage reduction bonus.

You can get access to the game right now by going here to claim your key! There are only 200 available right now, so get yours before they're gone!

If you need people to play with, check out our Discord server or the Community forums!



We have a few bugs to iron out before we get into release, so we've decided to give some keys away to catch all of them. The game has a few bugs and gameplay elements to work out. Expect a lot of changes in the coming months.

If you encounter issues with the current build, please check out the forums to see if anyone else has seen this issue. If no one has, please post about it! Be sure to read the pinned posts so you know what information to provide.



We will be coming back to this list and updating it as the community helps us find more bugs.

Game Breaking

• Players don't spawn when joining. Hosting player has to kill themselves in the pit (room with bridges) to restart match
  
• Post process settings have to be set to High or Epic to avoid the game being too dark
  
• Texture settings have to be set to High or Epic to avoid landscape popping

We're working on getting these fixed as soon as possible. If you want to play now, just check the in game menu (tab) to see when players have joined, then jump into the pit.

Bugs

• Can reload while clip is full
  
• Using ironsights while reloading causes some weird stuff to happen
  
• Too much bounce when rifle is fired from hip
  
• Shotgun fire particle has the wrong rotation
  
• Death sound plays more than once
  
• Switching to first person as the monster causes an infinite loop
  
• Sometimes the in-game menu doesn't allow you to press anything, fixed if you die
  
• Sprint doesn't work on controller
  
• Need screen resolution options for fullscreen and windowed
  
• Monster glides a little while running
  
• Kills and deaths inside of the in-game menu are off

New Level

We're going to be adding a new level to the game. The Sewers is an undercover government operation that was infiltrated by the monster. There are long decrepit hallways, dark and open rooms with creepy atmosphere, and places you can only access if you look hard enough.

Bug fixes and gameplay improvements

To get all of the bugs knocked out, we need your help finding them! We're going to be looking through our forums and engaging the community while fixing the game.

We also want to take some time and make the game "feel" better. Mist of the Dark's combat is very fast paced and adrenaline fueling. We want to keep it this way and improve on it. If you have any suggestions on how to do so, please feel free to check out the forums for that as well!

Thank you for reading, and from all of us at Visualistic Studios, thank you for taking intrest in our game!

Be sure to "follow" the game and check out the Community Hub. We'll keep you updated!

Greetings everyone!
This update brings some new additions that considerable change the gameplay.

From now, marked locations will be connect by roads, zombie hordes that wander throughout roads can potentially reach all locations.

[Added]
- Customize initial survivors name and portrait on new game
- Roads connect to marked locations (towns, research center and military base)

[Improvements]
- Notification icon on the survivor portrait displaying how much level points are available
- Larger map (3x times bigger than the previous one)
- New sounds, survivors male and female dying sounds and sad songs
- Sounds for consuming Food and medic items

[Fixed]
- Typo errors
- Corrected wrong road connections
- More curved roads images
- Electric Fence On/Off sound volume fixed
- Defense on encampment not updating upon repair
- Wrong female/male sounds

Because the recent changes in the map size, all previous saved games with older versions won't be able to load properly. It is advised to not try to load an old saved game. It will not load.

With the map now bigger, you can expect in the next update new locations to explore and many more features to be implement in a nearby future, new unmarked locations like abandoned shacks.

MacOs update will take a few more hours to go live! x) Sorry!

Thank you!

Jade Robinson

Jade is a former freelance photographer who has traveled around the world, seen extraordinary places, and has met people from all walks of life. But this world, is something she has never seen before. No longer are the days of point and shoot with a camera, now it's a gun, and not vistas but a world filled with the undead. Jade has discovered skills she never knew she possessed, and this has made her a valued asset to her survival group.

Our next game is almost here! Developed alongside TimeTekker with a larger team, AstroViking is a similarly styled top down shooter with horde mode inspirations! Upgrade your Viking warrior with different skill paths and 60+ upgrades to choose from as you battle endlessly against waves of alien monsters!

The game will be bundled with TimeTekker at launch on Aug. 10th, so you can get it at a discount if you own TimeTekker already! It's $2.99 and will be launching at 15% off!

Thank you all for playing our games!

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• Fixed an issue of Mouse Effect
  
  
• Improved the function of Workshop item import and export
  Now you can import/export workshop items as wpk files to prevent data loss when creator delete the item
  
  For old exported folders, just copy them to '[Installation Directory]\bin\res\workshop\' folder, do not change the folder name.
  
  
  
  
• Improved the content of guide panel
  
  
• Audio plugin upgraded, added support for Flac format
  
  
• Added some APIs for ExAPI
  
  
• Some UI changes and bug fixes