This update is one of the biggest Beasts of Prey has ever received. It took us quite longer as so many drastic changes involved forced us also to update/replace a lot of the games main code. With the new game-world the game also received a new UI and updated game-mechanics. A lot of code has been rewritten from scratch to improve performance and to incorporate the new UI into the game. For new players: Getting started in Beasts of Prey can be very hard, especially when playing on the official servers with others. It's recommended that you learn the basics of building, conquering and surviving. The basic steps are gathering some wood and stones and finding a suitable place for building. To prevent other players from stealing you should build at least 2-4 foundations and cover them with palisades. Many players figured out that having multiple levels of defence can greatly discourage raiders. You are also able to build turrets that will automatically shoot other players on sight. To access the higher tiers of crafting you want a crafting table and later on a CNC table. The table saw can greatly reduce the grind because it will give you 3 wood planks for each wood log you turn into. Gathering stone can be tedious, so make sure you get oil pumps at some point, they allow you to produce fuel which powers mining drills that will produce both stones and ores. Fuel can be produced through the refinery, at that point you might want to add some sulphur to the refinery so it will produce plastic instead of fuel. Important for tribes : Since you don't have coordinates or mini maps with only a compass you can get lost quite quickly in the new world. It's recommended to get a tent up for your fellow tribe mates as soon as possible so your friends don't spawn in random locations all the time. The new map has a lot of landmarks (Vulcan, rivers, waterfalls, swamps, caves etc.) so use that to your advantage. Changes : - A new game-world featuring oceans, rivers, cliffs, Vulcan, swamps, waterfalls and canyons. - Several SpeedTree(tm) Trees have been integrated into the world. - New foliage has been added to the game-world. - Several local sound effects have been added. - New grass and ground textures. - New water shaders for ocean, rivers and swamps. - New Main Menu Design. - New In-game Menu accessible through a single key (TAB). - New Crafting, Armour Slots, Inventory System, Hot-key System. - New In-game Video Options. - New Memory Management for both client and server. - New Network routines to further minimize latency. - New day/night cycle. - Several PostEffects have been added to the game which can be enabled/disabled based on your computers performance. - Switched rendering to linear deferred. - Several structures and dinosaurs received visual adjustments to improve their appearance. - New Random-Spawn System. You no longer spawn in predefined spots. The system looks for empty places to spawn you in case you do not have a bed. - New Dinosaur Spawning Algorithm. Small Dinosaurs are now more common, the larger ones have a smaller spawning chance. - New Inventory System based on Slots. Your personal inventory now is limited to max. 24 Slots. - New Stone Spawn System. Instead of "chopping stone with a knife" you now can find smaller stones around the world to get started in the crafting process. - Several smaller trees and bushes can no longer be used to gain wood-logs, stick to the bigger trees. - Amount of grass in the world has been drastically reduced. - Wall Upgrades now require a crafting table. - When picking up smaller stones there is a 4% chance to pick-up iron ore instead. (can be increased through skills up to 12%) - Crafting raid ladders requires now a crafting table. - "Structure Removal Tool" renamed to Destruction Hammer. Requires now a workbench. - Torch removed from the game and replaced with a camp-fire that will increase your stamina recovery and heal you up slowly while standing close to it. Don't get burned. - Coordinate system has been removed. Instead you have to rely on your compass. - The compass now always shows your flag if you placed one. - You can only have 1 flag per server. - Flags no longer require maintenance. - Flags can be captured again. - In the new UI under Options you can now remove your flag from the game-world.