Slime Rancher v1.3.1 represents a significant overhaul to the way that a lot of backend systems work and while overall it should produce significant gains in performance, it may produce unexpected issues that we did not catch in our testing process. Should you experience any issues with v1.3.1, please email support@monomipark.com and well be sure to help you right away!

The Optimized Update

The Optimized Update is here to improve overall performance of Slime Rancher. Yes, even though we're nearly 3 years out from initial release, we're still hard at work to make Slime Rancher the best possible experience for everyone! Game Optimization: We have upgraded Slime Ranchers game engine which will bring performance improvements for a majority of players! - We did a lot of technical wizardry, but the short of it is we upgraded the game engine to Unity 2018 and all game data has been reorganized to optimize the way we store data and manage certain game states. - Most PC players, as well as all Xbox and PS4 players should see improved performance and overall frame rate. - DirectX 9 is no longer supported. More on this here. Drone Improvements: Drones got a nice little update that allows them to deliver to the Refinery and improves how they interact with some targets/destinations! For plorts only: - Refinery and Refinery Link have been added as a destinationfor science! - Updated Outside Plots to a new Free Range option. Drones set to Free Range will collect the target item from anywhere on the ranch expansion that is not in storage (e.g. Silos, Plort Collectors). - Updated programming interface to clarify that drones can deliver to the Plort Market via Market Links when youre in another ranch expansion. The destination will dynamically update to either read Plort Market or Market Link depending on where you are. Miscellaneous: - Updated incinerator programming so they now serve the sole purpose of feeding fire slimes rather than infinitely destroying items. Drones will only deliver food to incinerators until the ash trough is full. If youre looking to burn two thousand carrots because you really hate carrots, youre going to have to do that manually. But come on, theyre just carrots. - Drones are now able to deliver food directly from silos to corrals.
New & Updated Translations: - Added Korean translation! ? - Completely overhauled the French translation! - Updated the Chinese translation! Other: - Updated the super secret Party Gordo schedule. Wondering who the Party Gordo is? Check out the details over in the Party Gordo Update notes. Fixes: - Fixed an issue where fruits and veggies would almost always be unripe in an area that you havent visited in awhile. - Added a fix that will prevent some cases of items getting stuck below ground in Ogdens Retreat. - Fixed drone trail artifacts upon re-entering areas with drones. - Fixed it so that drones would stop grabbing carrots out of gardens instead of odd onions while youre not looking. - Fixed a bug where certain other slime types were counting towards the Omnivorous achievement. - Fixed gamepad bindings buttons being invisible in certain resolutions. - Fixed an issue where the ash trough was not correctly remembering its fullness after a save/reload. - Fixed a few instances where some game translations would overflow in the UI. - Fixed the Reset Defaults button on the gamepad options panel leaving the invert-y-axis option in an inconsistent state which was resulting in some players not knowing what was up and what was down. - Fixed an issue where plorts didnt know if they should stay or they should go after a save/load. - Fixed ferals sometimes cooling off after jumping into water while chasing you. This involved delicately balancing their Hangry parameter. Game development is fun. - Fixed a bug where gold slimes were leaving an incorrectly, unfabulously colored splat. Again, if you encounter any oddities with this update please contact us at support@monomipark.com Happy ranching! slimehappy

[ 2018-10-23 18:10:27 CET ] [ Original post ]

What is Slime Rancher?
Slime Rancher is the tale of Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky, young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth on the ‘Far, Far Range’ where she tries her hand at making a living wrangling slimes. With a can-do attitude, plenty of grit, and her trusty vacpack, Beatrix attempts to stake a claim, amass a fortune, and avoid the continual peril that looms from the rolling, jiggling avalanche of slimes around every corner.

Sounds great! Give me more details!
Slime Rancher is a first-person, sandbox experience where players will solve problems and survive through mastery of their vacpack: a vacuum/cannon/backpack that can vacuum up and blast out anything that isn’t nailed to the ground.

Each day will present new challenges to players as they attempt to amass a great fortune in the business of slime ranching. While players are free to approach these challenges however they wish, a typical day might look like this:

• You wake at the crack of dawn and get to watering the crops at the ranch. Some slimes are vegetarian, after all. Then it’s time to gather up the plumpest hens from the chicken coop. Some slimes are totally not vegetarian, after all.
  
  
• Next, you’re off to feed slimes their breakfast over at the slime corrals so they don’t get too out of hand during the day. Hungry slimes get jumpy. Jumpy slimes can’t be contained.
  
  
• With your ranch set for the day, it’s time to begin exploring the untamed wilds of the Far, Far Range. Along the way, you’ll encounter slimes you’ve never seen before, discover a new type of veggie to cultivate back at the ranch, and narrowly avoid certain doom in a valley of burly, feral slimes.
  
  
• With the sun setting, it’s time to head back to the ranch, rustle up some dinner for your slimes, and try and figure out just how the heck you’ll keep these new slimes that seem to, well, explode all the time.
  
  
• But you can do this. You had the courage to travel a thousand light years away from home to make a living as a slime rancher. Slimes that go boom? No problem. Slimes that burn with a radioactive aura? Bring it on. Slimes that wiggle their butts? Wait, do slimes even have butts?

Let’s get ranching.