Out of Reach news & patch notes

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steam/apps/867400/extras/TreasureRoyale-Kickstarter-supportus2.gif Hello guys and welcome back after the Steam Festival and 7 days of constant sailing! First of all we really want to thank you for all your feedback and motivation!

Kickstarter

This time we are pleased to announce that our Kickstarter campaign has just started! Everyone who wants to support the new spin-off - Treasure Royale - can also choose one of the prepared perks - starting from small badges and credits mention to assets that will be visible to all the players such as self-made sail banners, ship textures of your design, clothes, rum or even bigger 3D models! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34061556/893737233e2f61918ef924c0cc98f99b1dfbbe57.png Just click the link below and find out for yourself! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/playway/out-of-reach-treasure-royale {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34061556/3e4632fd9fdf4134149717fd9fcb43207491dc96.png

Beta tests

What's more, for every Kickstarter backer, we will be hosting beta tests once a week, where you can play a couple of rounds to check how the development goes while we do our deeper testing as usual. Of course, if there's enough pirates on a server, you will be able to keep playing long after the testing is over.:) https://store.steampowered.com/app/867400/

Discord, Feedback and Suggestions

We are always pleased to read what you think about features that we keep adding to Treasure Royale. As Kickstarter backers you will get access to our private Discord channel and get all the attention you desire when talking about the game and what's next to be patched!

The Next patch

As you may imagine, we've collected several tons of feedback during the Festival and work constantly on the new content. Right now we're preparing 2 new big bioms with several islands inside. Map to explore got bigger, guns and drop rates got the necessary polishing, ship and bullet physics is already improved, as well as dozens of small tweaks to make the gameplay even more absorbing. The complete changelog will be posted before the first round of beta tests next week! Thanks again and see you soon! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34061556/94ac572b116be45bd9c46d0a26b029b12266ae39.png

Hi guys, as some of you may already know, we've been busy preparing the next adventure for our 'out-of-reached' pirates. During the Steam Festival, we've opened our servers to anyone who's willing to take a rifle, crew, ship and try to win against us in the upcoming Out of Reach: Treasure Royale! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8505334/79683f465def78b574ecc77a741610bc931f2882.png Just click the link below and download the free demo right now! We are streaming and playing the whole week:) https://store.steampowered.com/app/867400/Out_of_Reach_Treasure_Royale/ Want to support the development and secure yourself some treasures like ranks, hats, badges, sail banners, clothes etc. along with up to 4 full version Steamkeys? Follow our upcoming Kickstarter campaign that starts already in June and see what we prepared for you! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/playway/out-of-reach-treasure-royale {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8505334/729b9346f2cf4cd6bb2a730ec5df382815126939.png

Changelog 1.0.2:

Wind affects boats - speed is multiplied by direction and wind force, helmsman operating the boat sees wind indicators on HUD.

Killing NPC pirates gives experience to the Assassin skill now

Fixed regression with torch and lantern repairing directly from the inventory

Added option to rename character by chat command once a month (to avoid abuses)

Fixed teleportation issue when climbing on boats in certain situations

Fixed animation issues when shooting in TPP mode after opening inventory and other windows

Hovering mouse over map tiles shows tile number

Server name is displayed on client's console

Increased waiting time to start Local server to avoid autokicks on low-end machines

Updated IT and UA translations to 100% from our crowdin project: https://crowdin.com/project/out-of-reach

Hi guys! after months of early access development, we've finally reached the version that we would like to call 'Full'. This means that Out of Reach looks like a game that we wanted to create when we started and now it's time to make a list of new ideas, features and give the direction in which OoR will continue to develop. Since the full release, we've already pushed 2 packs of fixes that you can read about below, but firstly let's see how the game core features have evolved since the initial EA release: Base building The whole system had many iterations, optimization rounds, models redesigns, scale changes and UI reworks. As we write this comparison, there are almost 100 building components divided into 3 tiers available to build from 5 different materials. We've started with wooden and straw huts: https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/b8e05cd441f434f2f0f6c2c9ff06e2d95f359c1c.jpg Transportation When the steampunkish theme finally ended in Out of Reach, we had to rework also the rafts. Todays OoR lets pirates sail their ships and fire their cannons at each other or at pirate NPCs: https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/3f0df00171bfe4c7c81cd3028907957b8517b369.jpg The Archipelago Firstly, the main island got widely extended and divided into several biomes and caves. Other islands came next. Today players are able to explore both land and underwater, look for shipwrecks and treasures under the ocean surface or even warm up on the volcano. Nevertheless, we still have some open space between the islands that we want to populate in the upcoming patches! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/e1b933091474e8acc5de710cf2971948d0ad31c2.jpg Crafting The Dark Age is over, Out of Reach provides players with materials and tools to create all the weapons from stone axes to flintlock pistols and cannons. There's also a dozen ores and plants to gather. Item list is roughly 4 times bigger than at the beginning. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/396d3c144391ca80b2f1f3725231e634e0f96fb0.jpg Single player If you prefer to sail alone, we've prepared a pack of things to do also on the deserted islands. Starting from 24 passive skills to max out, 19 quests (with 3 subquests each) and ending on private server settings that allow players to focus on activities they like the most, for example base building without limitations. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/241cc7682982e9e2173ed80655ab531c74fe4658.png Multi player Last but not least, the pack of features improving multiplayer includes expanded clans, possibility to choose its name, tag, emblem, colors, chat channel, get ranks, cede bases to it, list rules, conquer territories and fight together against other clans or NPC packs on land and the ocean, what lone wolves would rather avoid. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/25738e82fd0f3263adedcde2f439a2043740a858.png Changelog 1.0.1:

• Fixed animals and pirates getting frozen in certain situations
• Fixed FPS drops related to boat destruction
• Fixed another bunch of bugs related to boat climbing that could cause unexpected change of player's position (another pack of fixes will be available soon)
• Fixed missing materials when destroying furnaces
• Fixed too big mouse cursors on Mac
• Fixed Steel gate that couldn't be repaired
• Fixed container opening issue for bags that fell down from big heights
• Fixed inventory bags dropped underwater to slowly reach the surface
• Fixed rain collision effects causing FPS drops when next to buildings on slower machines
• Fixed skill progressions when reaching the highest level
• Assets transfer from Early Access to Full release, updated logos, text lines and graphics
• Optimized boats synchronization - less transfer, better performance

Changelog 1.0.1-1:

• Fixed cannon and mooring issues
• Fixed rare player teleportation issue related to anticheat system after boat destruction
• Fixed bow shooting that waited till the end of previous animation before starting the next one
• Fixed FPP jumping that could stuck on jump animation when going up the hills
• Fixed Quickslots not refreshing after player's death
• Fixed top HUD notification blocking other buttons, closing Inventory for instance
• Updated translations - big thanks to all of you who helped us translate Out of Reach, this time especially to Ad Astaná and his Spanish skills

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/861b8acb5d72cdae7fc90257d62f1e5a19eac101.jpg Hi guys! The 1.0.0 patch has finally arrived and the 'Full release' stage will follow as soon as we receive your feedback and test everything we've prepared for this month! Quick thank-you to everyone who stayed with us during the Early Access period, supported us, gave (constructive) criticism and a good word:) Of course the full release in June means leaving Early Access and will get its proper announcement and extras, but already today, we are happy to release the following list of fixes, add-ons and changes, according to your ideas and feedback: Animations

• Added underwater ragdoll death for those who die in the ocean
• Fixed issues with weapon changing in certain situations
• Updated sails animation
• Fixed issue with NPC pirate attack animations

Visual

• Updated main menu to the new pirate theme, added music and graphical assets
• Finally refreshed old logos, splash-screens and backgrounds
• Fixed water rendering issues regarding render queue
• Fixed items made of metal that used to glow too much in bad weather and at night
• Fixed rain ambient lights and rain for better overall experience
• Updated ocean wave collisions to better correspond with boats
• Pitched roofs match and fit their place in the building better

Backend

• Fixed deadlocks that occurred in specific situations on Hathon server when players killed each other at the same time
• Fixed wrong HUD and UI text lines including Reputation status and tooltips
• Fixed local server issues connected with both initialization and logout
• Fixed skills max level issue - it couldn't be achieved
• It's possible to rebind the 'Use' and 'Repair' key now

Gameplay

• Added volcanic tier to building elements
• Added bronze and steel castle-like gates as a new building element
• Added bronze window shuttle as a new building element
• Added number of owned Builder's desks info on player's map
• All doors can be opened both ways, if there's room for that and can be put also in lower level door jambs
• Updated NPC pirate AI. They still get all alarmed whenever one of them sees enemy but they act and shoot separately
• Fixed climbing issues and wrong ceiling recognition
• Blocked possibility to build closer than 5m from building in which player doesn't have Building Rights (rights can be added in building's Builder's Desk)
• Updated boat physics so that it shouldn't get stuck in certain situations on shallow water and near cliffs anymore. Full speed sailing animation is less repetitious

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/d1b5fd5bac69c78200b1280f2b2a31ebf4077434.png Updated translations. Another thank-you to everyone who took part in our Crowdin project and helped us translate Out of reach. If anybody would like to write some more lines to Out of Reach, there is a chance to do so here: Link

Another patch for this week, covering most needed fixes from your recent feedback! Thanks for your input and have a nice evening building your new bases:) Changelog 0.34.2: - Fixed problems with standing and getting up from crouch on a boat - Fixed fire spread causing neighboring buildings to catch fire (only visual effects) - Fixed fracture and destruction of 15 building components having wrong rotation - Added door to the rounded walls - entrance to the rounded tower - Added rounded floors with a ladder - necessary for multi-floor towers - Added option to downgrade building components from higher to lower tiers - Fixed wrong 'required skill level' tip when upgrading Builder's desk - Fixed foundation destruction letting players divide one building into two separated in certain situations - Fixed iron island collisions so that NPC pirate boats won't shoot players that are in caves - Fixed shadow flickering on big terrains

Another patch for this week, covering most needed fixes from your recent feedback! Thanks for your input and have a nice evening building your new bases:) Changelog 0.34.2: - Fixed problems with standing and getting up from crouch on a boat - Fixed fire spread causing neighboring buildings to catch fire (only visual effects) - Fixed fracture and destruction of 15 building components having wrong rotation - Added door to the rounded walls - entrance to the rounded tower - Added rounded floors with a ladder - necessary for multi-floor towers - Added option to downgrade building components from higher to lower tiers - Fixed wrong 'required skill level' tip when upgrading Builder's desk - Fixed foundation destruction letting players divide one building into two separated in certain situations - Fixed iron island collisions so that NPC pirate boats won't shoot players that are in caves - Fixed shadow flickering on big terrains

Here it is - the first huge patch of 2018 has just arrived! As said in an announcement before, we'd taken our time to release the most requested ideas of the core Out of Reach's features. Base-building reworked starting from the UI to each of the Build component - everything got renewed according to your feedback and today's standards. UI managing From now on you can compose your own quick slot tabs with standard or upgraded building elements just to have everything sorted as you prefer. To do so just drag&drop, to check the costs and build tips - check the tooltip. The building panel on the other hand, is simplified as much as possible. Together with more precise component snapping and placeholder spread, the base-building should become much more intuitive and easy to use. Graphic improvements Each of the wood and stone tier components have been redesigned to meet expectations of the this year's survival game. Along with the new models all of the elements: - are 2 to 4 times bigger which lets players build a suitable structure by placing less amount of objects on the island - are fully optimized with proper Level of Detail groups, downgrading textures, shader drawcall saving and GPU instancing - are occlusion-culled and packed into per-island clusters which make them disappear or unload if they are not visible on player's screen - have shadow dynamic maintenance system to adapt main camera's options to the number of players' constructions on each server. All of the features mentioned above are meant to increase average FPS especially on servers with large, 30+ thousand building elements, while keeping decent overall graphics. New components The new building system comes also with a pack of new components including pitched roofs, round floors or much easier to build staircases. Another pack of items will be ready for the next patch, including the strongest volcanic tier buildings,castle-style gates, window shutters and gear for round towers (rounded doors and ladders). Let us know what else we can add to the list of building components! Changelog 0.34: - Simplified and refreshed crafting with the use of the new block UI Reworked building system - Redesigned components of the wood and stone tier - 2 to 4 times bigger components to increase space under the floors and lower overall building components amount on the server - optimized models from textures, LOD levels to CPU maintaining and GPU instancing - Build system ready to be broaden by the new packs of completely new building elements - Easier foundation destruction (not only the last built component) - Easier staircase construction (no need for U-frame beams, just lean the stairs against the wall and build the 'landing floor' over it) - Plantations can be now placed on floors and foundations - Builder's desk is now placed in the middle of the floor and can not be surrounded by other furniture - Roof pack including 10 elements - "Diagonal walls" changed to rounded ones including proper floors and foundations. Necessary "rounded" doors and suitable ladders coming soon! - Climbing - from now player characters can climb some cliffs and walls that are within their arms reach. To try - come against the barrier and press Space - Improved sailing - added necessary sounds, boat moves and particles. Also the boat climbing got drastically improved - Increased costs of building - but the size of elements is accordingly bigger - Decreased costs of cannons - Fixed jumping with a bow - Fixed trebuchet projectile roof collision in certain situations Coming soon in the next update which will also be the full 1.0 version release: - Another tier of buildings - Another pack of build-able components - Underwater fighting - Some of the community best new ideas - Standard pack of fixes and not-yet-announced new features Please note that the "version 1.0 release" does not mean that we stop making updates and releasing new features

Here it is - the first huge patch of 2018 has just arrived! As said in an announcement before, we'd taken our time to release the most requested ideas of the core Out of Reach's features. Base-building reworked starting from the UI to each of the Build component - everything got renewed according to your feedback and today's standards. UI managing From now on you can compose your own quick slot tabs with standard or upgraded building elements just to have everything sorted as you prefer. To do so just drag&drop, to check the costs and build tips - check the tooltip. The building panel on the other hand, is simplified as much as possible. Together with more precise component snapping and placeholder spread, the base-building should become much more intuitive and easy to use. Graphic improvements Each of the wood and stone tier components have been redesigned to meet expectations of the this year's survival game. Along with the new models all of the elements: - are 2 to 4 times bigger which lets players build a suitable structure by placing less amount of objects on the island - are fully optimized with proper Level of Detail groups, downgrading textures, shader drawcall saving and GPU instancing - are occlusion-culled and packed into per-island clusters which make them disappear or unload if they are not visible on player's screen - have shadow dynamic maintenance system to adapt main camera's options to the number of players' constructions on each server. All of the features mentioned above are meant to increase average FPS especially on servers with large, 30+ thousand building elements, while keeping decent overall graphics. New components The new building system comes also with a pack of new components including pitched roofs, round floors or much easier to build staircases. Another pack of items will be ready for the next patch, including the strongest volcanic tier buildings,castle-style gates, window shutters and gear for round towers (rounded doors and ladders). Let us know what else we can add to the list of building components! Changelog 0.34: - Simplified and refreshed crafting with the use of the new block UI Reworked building system - Redesigned components of the wood and stone tier - 2 to 4 times bigger components to increase space under the floors and lower overall building components amount on the server - optimized models from textures, LOD levels to CPU maintaining and GPU instancing - Build system ready to be broaden by the new packs of completely new building elements - Easier foundation destruction (not only the last built component) - Easier staircase construction (no need for U-frame beams, just lean the stairs against the wall and build the 'landing floor' over it) - Plantations can be now placed on floors and foundations - Builder's desk is now placed in the middle of the floor and can not be surrounded by other furniture - Roof pack including 10 elements - "Diagonal walls" changed to rounded ones including proper floors and foundations. Necessary "rounded" doors and suitable ladders coming soon! - Climbing - from now player characters can climb some cliffs and walls that are within their arms reach. To try - come against the barrier and press Space - Improved sailing - added necessary sounds, boat moves and particles. Also the boat climbing got drastically improved - Increased costs of building - but the size of elements is accordingly bigger - Decreased costs of cannons - Fixed jumping with a bow - Fixed trebuchet projectile roof collision in certain situations Coming soon in the next update which will also be the full 1.0 version release: - Another tier of buildings - Another pack of build-able components - Underwater fighting - Some of the community best new ideas - Standard pack of fixes and not-yet-announced new features Please note that the "version 1.0 release" does not mean that we stop making updates and releasing new features

Hi guys, we are glad to announce that the next patch is scheduled to be released on Monday. We've spent the last month working on the core features of the game. Some of them have been given the last touches, some of them got reworked. From the gathered feedback and ideas we've decided to make the base-building system much more friendly for player to use and for us to develop in the future. As a result all the previous building components have been redesigned, many new are ready to be released and even more is scheduled to come along with the next patches. As the patch will be very close to the ver1.0 release, it includes tones of the new code and completely new building elements - we will have to perform the last building-wipe of the Early Access. That's why we would like to ask you to get all your loot from chests and prepare to start over. The wipe won't affect your character, inventory, skills or stats, you will be able to re-customize your appearance though. The update will come as soon as we finish its testing and will be available to download for everybody on Monday! Help us in testing the new improvements! Come and join the "Out of Reach" server. It will be only possible after downloading the patch using "beta-0.34.0" branch on Steam. 1. Right click on Out of Reach in your Steam Library 2. Choose Properties 3. Choose BETA tab 4. Choose "beta-0.34.0", accept and restart Steam if needed

Hi guys, we are glad to announce that the next patch is scheduled to be released on Monday. We've spent the last month working on the core features of the game. Some of them have been given the last touches, some of them got reworked. From the gathered feedback and ideas we've decided to make the base-building system much more friendly for player to use and for us to develop in the future. As a result all the previous building components have been redesigned, many new are ready to be released and even more is scheduled to come along with the next patches. As the patch will be very close to the ver1.0 release, it includes tones of the new code and completely new building elements - we will have to perform the last building-wipe of the Early Access. That's why we would like to ask you to get all your loot from chests and prepare to start over. The wipe won't affect your character, inventory, skills or stats, you will be able to re-customize your appearance though. The update will come as soon as we finish its testing and will be available to download for everybody on Monday! Help us in testing the new improvements! Come and join the "Out of Reach" server. It will be only possible after downloading the patch using "beta-0.34.0" branch on Steam. 1. Right click on Out of Reach in your Steam Library 2. Choose Properties 3. Choose BETA tab 4. Choose "beta-0.34.0", accept and restart Steam if needed

Hello guys! Here's the last patch of the 2017 containing fixes and community's requests. The whole list is down below as usual and main fixes-to-come are listed in our Trello. From the beginning of 2018, we are going to put our main efforts in improving the core features of Out of Reach. We've already received lots of feedback from you, but still, if you have new ideas for any changes needed to the upcoming new building system, overall movement/climbing or item crafting let us know in the Discussions tab or here in the comments below! Changelog:

• Updated weather and daytime cycle to support the new engine's features
• Updated fog
• Updated metal items reflections
• Updated male starting clothes
• Updated object fractures - treasures should get destroyed easier, cave ores shouldn't block players
• Fixed ballista and trebuchet reloads
• Fixed missing HUD messages
• Fixed underwater caustics
• Slightly improved sails not to block player's visibility
• Improved objects materials and shaders to get ready for the new lights
• Foundation building is now limited to an area of 200m from the first built foundation
• Builder's desks are now limited to 10 pieces per player on PvE and Standard servers (desks from the previous patches remain)
• Updated render distances for for the most important objects like ship wrecks
• Improved boat usage: wheel, cannons and ballista are now easier to reach
• Fixed cannons that couldn't be used in TPP properly
• Updated game translations

Hello guys! Here's the last patch of the 2017 containing fixes and community's requests. The whole list is down below as usual and main fixes-to-come are listed in our Trello. From the beginning of 2018, we are going to put our main efforts in improving the core features of Out of Reach. We've already received lots of feedback from you, but still, if you have new ideas for any changes needed to the upcoming new building system, overall movement/climbing or item crafting let us know in the Discussions tab or here in the comments below! Changelog:

• Updated weather and daytime cycle to support the new engine's features
• Updated fog
• Updated metal items reflections
• Updated male starting clothes
• Updated object fractures - treasures should get destroyed easier, cave ores shouldn't block players
• Fixed ballista and trebuchet reloads
• Fixed missing HUD messages
• Fixed underwater caustics
• Slightly improved sails not to block player's visibility
• Improved objects materials and shaders to get ready for the new lights
• Foundation building is now limited to an area of 200m from the first built foundation
• Builder's desks are now limited to 10 pieces per player on PvE and Standard servers (desks from the previous patches remain)
• Updated render distances for for the most important objects like ship wrecks
• Improved boat usage: wheel, cannons and ballista are now easier to reach
• Fixed cannons that couldn't be used in TPP properly
• Updated game translations

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/a4e26b22e2497b245bef3b08c8cd7379f17c910f.jpg The Pirates came with their Black(flag) Friday early this year, but brought some new features to test, cargo to fight for and 50% sale! In this patch your sailor skills will be put to the test as the NPC pirates came to the islands with cannons and evil intentions. The ocean is no longer safe and it's for you to decide whether to flee or to fight. http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/6c6e7f51aa0728e7c32382dfc564963fe8a27e6f.png Pirate Ship's features:

• Ship can be damaged by siege weapons including ballista and cannons
• Ship may explode due to its cargo - black powder barrels
• All the damages are visible on the ship's skin, including flying planks and burning barrels
• Sunk ship drops chest with random high level loot

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/351714e23bba6aa9a171d3bcc4bd51bb1a3b7b80.jpg Pirate Ship's AI:

• There are several ships near archipelago, in most cases they won't enter each others territory
• In patrolling mode, they would look for an easy win just by sailing around
• When other ship approaches and the angle is good, pirates would fire first two cannons to scare off the intruder
• If you don't leave them alone or you just happen to be on the colliding course pirates will engage
• During the fight, pirates will try to keep aiming at their enemy's ship while avoiding cannon balls at the same time

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/56f19c8b4fa63678f1432c318981eb1ccec4c47a.jpg Pirate Ship's crew

• The crew consists of 3 pirates and the captain
• Besides cannons, they will fire guns and swing swords whenever possible
• When the captain loses the fight, he will try to blow the ship up so that no one gets his precious treasure

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/5b67071667b2a71866e1c98a9a6677a361958054.jpg Other changes:

• Another round of server optimization concerning animals' movement and behavior
• Fixed autojump not working properly in certain situations
• Loot bags from players should float on water now
• Possible fix for infinite loading screen

Enjoy! http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/89b11ac6e8f06fcd5f542e7d0c39c57b30bee761.jpg

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/a4e26b22e2497b245bef3b08c8cd7379f17c910f.jpg The Pirates came with their Black(flag) Friday early this year, but brought some new features to test, cargo to fight for and 50% sale! In this patch your sailor skills will be put to the test as the NPC pirates came to the islands with cannons and evil intentions. The ocean is no longer safe and it's for you to decide whether to flee or to fight. http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/6c6e7f51aa0728e7c32382dfc564963fe8a27e6f.png Pirate Ship's features:

• Ship can be damaged by siege weapons including ballista and cannons
• Ship may explode due to its cargo - black powder barrels
• All the damages are visible on the ship's skin, including flying planks and burning barrels
• Sunk ship drops chest with random high level loot

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/351714e23bba6aa9a171d3bcc4bd51bb1a3b7b80.jpg Pirate Ship's AI:

• There are several ships near archipelago, in most cases they won't enter each others territory
• In patrolling mode, they would look for an easy win just by sailing around
• When other ship approaches and the angle is good, pirates would fire first two cannons to scare off the intruder
• If you don't leave them alone or you just happen to be on the colliding course pirates will engage
• During the fight, pirates will try to keep aiming at their enemy's ship while avoiding cannon balls at the same time

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/56f19c8b4fa63678f1432c318981eb1ccec4c47a.jpg Pirate Ship's crew

• The crew consists of 3 pirates and the captain
• Besides cannons, they will fire guns and swing swords whenever possible
• When the captain loses the fight, he will try to blow the ship up so that no one gets his precious treasure

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/5b67071667b2a71866e1c98a9a6677a361958054.jpg Other changes:

• Another round of server optimization concerning animals' movement and behavior
• Fixed autojump not working properly in certain situations
• Loot bags from players should float on water now
• Possible fix for infinite loading screen

Enjoy! http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/89b11ac6e8f06fcd5f542e7d0c39c57b30bee761.jpg

Changelog 0.31.1-4: Hotfixes

• Fixed general connection issues

Changelog 0.31.1-3: Hotfixes

• Fixed floating containers around the shipwrecks
• Fixed obsolete quest tips - boat descriptions
• Fixed rock materials and LODs, added scaling of rock fractured parts
• Fixed resource smelting bugs in a furnace
• Fixed missing schemes for gathering tools: pickaxes
• Fixed loot treasure on an old shipwreck - now it's lootable
• Fixed client setting wrong type of connection to server in certain situations
• Updated boat colliders

Changelog 0.31.1-2

Hi guys, This time we are ready to release an update containing the most recent version of the game's engine that we were able to run Out of Reach on. The reason why we don't do such updates very often is mainly to keep the stable version as long as it works and wait for engine developers to deploy the most bugfree patch possible. Another reason, probably more relevant to the community, is to put every man power to work on things that could make the gameplay better instead of getting stuck in adjusting the whole code to the weekly engine changes. This time though, we took our time and walked through all the necessary steps to upgrade Out of Reach's code and make it run as good as possible. Better overall performance After running multiple performance tests and profiler rounds, we were able to find scripts that needed additional tweaks to take less resources without an impact on the gameplay. As a result of these actions and the engine updates, we finally got a decent boost on test machines while playing on the most built-up servers. Other changes

• Fixed Builder's desks that could appear as invisible in certain situations
• Fixed quests to match the new boats and cannons features
• Increased session idle time on loading screen to give low-end machines additional time to load before server shutdowns connection
• Fixed serverside issues connected with item durability

The next updates

Now, when we are back to the new features, we will be pushing forward the promised NPC pirates that can actually sail on boats and fire cannons - that's our main goal for the next patch. Then we're going to make cave and island bases for NPCs that could be invaded only by the bravest players:)

Changelog 0.31.1-4: Hotfixes

• Fixed general connection issues

Changelog 0.31.1-3: Hotfixes

• Fixed floating containers around the shipwrecks
• Fixed obsolete quest tips - boat descriptions
• Fixed rock materials and LODs, added scaling of rock fractured parts
• Fixed resource smelting bugs in a furnace
• Fixed missing schemes for gathering tools: pickaxes
• Fixed loot treasure on an old shipwreck - now it's lootable
• Fixed client setting wrong type of connection to server in certain situations
• Updated boat colliders

Changelog 0.31.1-2

Hi guys, This time we are ready to release an update containing the most recent version of the game's engine that we were able to run Out of Reach on. The reason why we don't do such updates very often is mainly to keep the stable version as long as it works and wait for engine developers to deploy the most bugfree patch possible. Another reason, probably more relevant to the community, is to put every man power to work on things that could make the gameplay better instead of getting stuck in adjusting the whole code to the weekly engine changes. This time though, we took our time and walked through all the necessary steps to upgrade Out of Reach's code and make it run as good as possible. Better overall performance After running multiple performance tests and profiler rounds, we were able to find scripts that needed additional tweaks to take less resources without an impact on the gameplay. As a result of these actions and the engine updates, we finally got a decent boost on test machines while playing on the most built-up servers. Other changes

• Fixed Builder's desks that could appear as invisible in certain situations
• Fixed quests to match the new boats and cannons features
• Increased session idle time on loading screen to give low-end machines additional time to load before server shutdowns connection
• Fixed serverside issues connected with item durability

The next updates

Now, when we are back to the new features, we will be pushing forward the promised NPC pirates that can actually sail on boats and fire cannons - that's our main goal for the next patch. Then we're going to make cave and island bases for NPCs that could be invaded only by the bravest players:)

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/dd4551517daf9accb38da46700383c2fa5a27aba.jpg Another patch this week, which was possible thanks to you and your feedback! We are truly happy that you liked the new features of the 0.31 update and we will continue adding your suggestions as fast as we can:) Here are the most requested changes to the sailboats:

• Added possibility to disassemble or reassemble cannons on moored boats
• Added lantern in front of a boat (use fat to switch it on for 30min)
• Added storage on the right side of a boat (use it like normal, everyday chests)
• Fixed blocked ship's wheel after death of a player who was using it
• Fixed possibility to build 2 boats in the same place in certain situations
• Fixed missing projectiles that hit a boat
• Fixed issues when trying to repair the front part of a boat
• Fixed notifications that didn't close properly in certain situations
• Added Level of Details groups and another pack of visual improvements to boat and sails
• Added Auto-reloading of ballistae and trebuchets and proper sounds to them
• Added collision effects of cannonballs hitting terrain
• Added sounds for burning boats (so that you don't miss it)
• Fixed players getting stuck under stairs on shipwrecks

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/dd4551517daf9accb38da46700383c2fa5a27aba.jpg Another patch this week, which was possible thanks to you and your feedback! We are truly happy that you liked the new features of the 0.31 update and we will continue adding your suggestions as fast as we can:) Here are the most requested changes to the sailboats:

• Added possibility to disassemble or reassemble cannons on moored boats
• Added lantern in front of a boat (use fat to switch it on for 30min)
• Added storage on the right side of a boat (use it like normal, everyday chests)
• Fixed blocked ship's wheel after death of a player who was using it
• Fixed possibility to build 2 boats in the same place in certain situations
• Fixed missing projectiles that hit a boat
• Fixed issues when trying to repair the front part of a boat
• Fixed notifications that didn't close properly in certain situations
• Added Level of Details groups and another pack of visual improvements to boat and sails
• Added Auto-reloading of ballistae and trebuchets and proper sounds to them
• Added collision effects of cannonballs hitting terrain
• Added sounds for burning boats (so that you don't miss it)
• Fixed players getting stuck under stairs on shipwrecks

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/c50d6e1605861309af5bd70e8ef8891c2e7c5653.jpg Hi guys! We are finally ready to release the long-awaited pirate ships! It took us a great part of the summer break to make it work but we managed to implement all the features we wanted to add to the first sailboat in Out of Reach! Here's the list of features packed into the ship and things you can do with it: http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/b8188b2c5278918809545e4eeecb26ea2e62f22c.png

• The ship can be built only on the ocean surface, there are also plans for the future releases to let you construct or take over docks in order to repair or upgrade the basic boat
• Use standard Build Panel (B or F5) to choose the ship and place it on the deep-enough water

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/c0ecddf9655d67423052dda3771c504dc10babe7.png

• Besides jumping on the deck, players can climb on it from both sides (in places where ships' boards are lower)
• To do so, press E while swimming next to the ship

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/c655b229bf2b760653a72392764548dc754aa457.jpg http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/4ddade85f7de88f903cabcc9624bbf2e48e07b7a.png

• Press E to stand behind the ship's wheel and standard WASD keys to sail
• Use mouse to change the view angle

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/ba8deebbad3926ec106fe5ba155b61e239308ae8.jpg http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/38b62c35d5d58669f4f4f0891338daa405c45eb9.png

• Build the Moor Bollard on a foundation using standard Build Panel (B) or (F5)
• Park your ship next to it and use E key to moor the bollard to one of the projecting rope knots
• Only fully repaired ships (with no fire or spouting water on the deck) can be moored to the bollards
• Moored ships remain invulnerable as long as the bollards and foundations under them exist

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/de0eaa4a0b806b1297df2f41322e9d4a36f5171b.png

• Every ship has a ballista attached to the ship's bow
• Ballista can be loaded with piercing or siege projectiles to take down players or destroy other ships/buildings
• After loading and drawing the ballista, press "E" to "enter" the aiming & firing mode

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/4c21f4702a3ab4f5539e4e4f4f3c79b2df118747.png

• There are 2 cannon bases on each ship that let players construct Carronades on it
• Firstly, players need to craft cannon parts using furnaces (level 2) or find them in the pirate's ship wrecks
• Cannonballs can be crafted or bought from the pirate merchant (10 for 100gold or 1 for 20steel)
• With cannon parts in the inventory, players can construct cannons by pressing "E" on cannon bases
• Before "entering" the aiming mode, cannon needs to be loaded (E)
• Every cannon can move 20degrees up-down and 40degrees left-right

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/50f489a9a3f8acda3cddd5318437c44cd24e3cb6.jpg http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/980cc9238691f7df5b56911bc229defb377bad61.png

• Every not moored ship is vulnerable to trebuchets, siege ballista projectiles and cannons
• The shot in the ship's board segment produces minor or major damage (dependent on the projectile strength)
• Every major damage to the board segment produces a big water spout
• Every big water spout produces minor water spouts every 10sec
• The ship sinks when there are 6 or more minor water spouts
• Players can repair both big and small water spouts with the use of their wood from inventories
• It's best to start with the major water spout so it won't produce the small ones http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/0eaf48fc74c408abd48c452b6273ac6e8caf975f.jpg

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/6a847879a7066b65f11845d7726edabbded5c7b3.png

• Just like the previous rafts, ships can be burnt by torches
• Every torch thrown on the deck produces a 'major source of ignition'
• Every major source of ignition produces smaller fire every 10sec
• Just like water spouts, 6 small fires destroy the ship
• In order to prevent ship from getting burnt, players need to get the water basket from the barrel standing on the deck and pour water on each fire source
• It's best to start with the major source of ignition so it won't produce the small ones

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/f9e9dcd92983e9d6e27576b3933272af1158abb8.jpg Upcoming features and ideas to consider

• Clan sails, clan flags or other kinds of marking the ship so that everyone knows who's sailing
• Battering ram on the ship's bow to destroy other ships
• Let us know what else would you like to do with your ship!
• Light source on the boat
• Storage space on boats

Still under development

• Improved animations involving water particles, sails and ropes wind simulations
• More stages of sails animations - taking in sails, no-wind sails, better colliding with masts
• Better textures for elements made of steel and the barrel to put out fires
• Better Level of Detail maintenance and optimization
• New and more variety of sounds
• Adjusted Steel island's caves to be accessible with the new ship

Other changes and fixes

• New starting weapon (piece of ship's wheel) for easier rock and wood gathering
• Fixed Level of Detail for Builder's desk allowing players to see through walls on long distances
• Fixed ceiling that couldn't be fixed in certain situations
• Fixed ladders that could permanently rotate players' characters in certain situations
• Fixed bandage sounds that could be heard from very long distances
• Fixed Crouching and Run key bindings that didn't work from the main menu
• Fixed missing texts for reduced costs of planting seeds
• Bullets costs reduced to 100gold for 20pcs
• Marked new AU servers from the new datacenter as official
• Fixed rain (including rewriting and optimizing)
• The book menu (inventory, character, map etc.) is now available also when flying the glider
• Important event messages are moved to the top of the screen

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/c50d6e1605861309af5bd70e8ef8891c2e7c5653.jpg Hi guys! We are finally ready to release the long-awaited pirate ships! It took us a great part of the summer break to make it work but we managed to implement all the features we wanted to add to the first sailboat in Out of Reach! Here's the list of features packed into the ship and things you can do with it: http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/b8188b2c5278918809545e4eeecb26ea2e62f22c.png

• The ship can be built only on the ocean surface, there are also plans for the future releases to let you construct or take over docks in order to repair or upgrade the basic boat
• Use standard Build Panel (B or F5) to choose the ship and place it on the deep-enough water

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/c0ecddf9655d67423052dda3771c504dc10babe7.png

• Besides jumping on the deck, players can climb on it from both sides (in places where ships' boards are lower)
• To do so, press E while swimming next to the ship

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/c655b229bf2b760653a72392764548dc754aa457.jpg http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/4ddade85f7de88f903cabcc9624bbf2e48e07b7a.png

• Press E to stand behind the ship's wheel and standard WASD keys to sail
• Use mouse to change the view angle

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/ba8deebbad3926ec106fe5ba155b61e239308ae8.jpg http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/38b62c35d5d58669f4f4f0891338daa405c45eb9.png

• Build the Moor Bollard on a foundation using standard Build Panel (B) or (F5)
• Park your ship next to it and use E key to moor the bollard to one of the projecting rope knots
• Only fully repaired ships (with no fire or spouting water on the deck) can be moored to the bollards
• Moored ships remain invulnerable as long as the bollards and foundations under them exist

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/de0eaa4a0b806b1297df2f41322e9d4a36f5171b.png

• Every ship has a ballista attached to the ship's bow
• Ballista can be loaded with piercing or siege projectiles to take down players or destroy other ships/buildings
• After loading and drawing the ballista, press "E" to "enter" the aiming & firing mode

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/4c21f4702a3ab4f5539e4e4f4f3c79b2df118747.png

• There are 2 cannon bases on each ship that let players construct Carronades on it
• Firstly, players need to craft cannon parts using furnaces (level 2) or find them in the pirate's ship wrecks
• Cannonballs can be crafted or bought from the pirate merchant (10 for 100gold or 1 for 20steel)
• With cannon parts in the inventory, players can construct cannons by pressing "E" on cannon bases
• Before "entering" the aiming mode, cannon needs to be loaded (E)
• Every cannon can move 20degrees up-down and 40degrees left-right

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/50f489a9a3f8acda3cddd5318437c44cd24e3cb6.jpg http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/980cc9238691f7df5b56911bc229defb377bad61.png

• Every not moored ship is vulnerable to trebuchets, siege ballista projectiles and cannons
• The shot in the ship's board segment produces minor or major damage (dependent on the projectile strength)
• Every major damage to the board segment produces a big water spout
• Every big water spout produces minor water spouts every 10sec
• The ship sinks when there are 6 or more minor water spouts
• Players can repair both big and small water spouts with the use of their wood from inventories
• It's best to start with the major water spout so it won't produce the small ones http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/0eaf48fc74c408abd48c452b6273ac6e8caf975f.jpg

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/6a847879a7066b65f11845d7726edabbded5c7b3.png

• Just like the previous rafts, ships can be burnt by torches
• Every torch thrown on the deck produces a 'major source of ignition'
• Every major source of ignition produces smaller fire every 10sec
• Just like water spouts, 6 small fires destroy the ship
• In order to prevent ship from getting burnt, players need to get the water basket from the barrel standing on the deck and pour water on each fire source
• It's best to start with the major source of ignition so it won't produce the small ones

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/f9e9dcd92983e9d6e27576b3933272af1158abb8.jpg Upcoming features and ideas to consider

• Clan sails, clan flags or other kinds of marking the ship so that everyone knows who's sailing
• Battering ram on the ship's bow to destroy other ships
• Let us know what else would you like to do with your ship!
• Light source on the boat
• Storage space on boats

Still under development

• Improved animations involving water particles, sails and ropes wind simulations
• More stages of sails animations - taking in sails, no-wind sails, better colliding with masts
• Better textures for elements made of steel and the barrel to put out fires
• Better Level of Detail maintenance and optimization
• New and more variety of sounds
• Adjusted Steel island's caves to be accessible with the new ship

Other changes and fixes

• New starting weapon (piece of ship's wheel) for easier rock and wood gathering
• Fixed Level of Detail for Builder's desk allowing players to see through walls on long distances
• Fixed ceiling that couldn't be fixed in certain situations
• Fixed ladders that could permanently rotate players' characters in certain situations
• Fixed bandage sounds that could be heard from very long distances
• Fixed Crouching and Run key bindings that didn't work from the main menu
• Fixed missing texts for reduced costs of planting seeds
• Bullets costs reduced to 100gold for 20pcs
• Marked new AU servers from the new datacenter as official
• Fixed rain (including rewriting and optimizing)
• The book menu (inventory, character, map etc.) is now available also when flying the glider
• Important event messages are moved to the top of the screen

Hi guys! We would like to thank you all for testing our latest patch and for all the feedback that we received! Here's the list of fixes and improvements that we were able to implement in the past 5 days:

Added 18 new shipwreck places. Shipwreck events can start in 20 different places!

Added strafes and backward movements during swimming

Fixed: idle diving

Fixed: In some situations swimming animation was broken

Local server requirements updated (main menu local server tooltip)

Fixed: frozen level up notification

Fixed: shipwreck missing objects

Fixed: news room optimization

Fixed: removed blood decals during drowning and starving

Fixed: shipwreck collider (players get stuck while diving)

Fixed: shipwreck parts colliding with players on boat

Fixed: change interaction distance for shipwreck treasures

Hi guys! We would like to thank you all for testing our latest patch and for all the feedback that we received! Here's the list of fixes and improvements that we were able to implement in the past 5 days:

Added 18 new shipwreck places. Shipwreck events can start in 20 different places!

Added strafes and backward movements during swimming

Fixed: idle diving

Fixed: In some situations swimming animation was broken

Local server requirements updated (main menu local server tooltip)

Fixed: frozen level up notification

Fixed: shipwreck missing objects

Fixed: news room optimization

Fixed: removed blood decals during drowning and starving

Fixed: shipwreck collider (players get stuck while diving)

Fixed: shipwreck parts colliding with players on boat

Fixed: change interaction distance for shipwreck treasures

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/213927be9862914e4410c8901fe474413f2c6e1d.jpg Hi guys! We've just released the new patch that needs your testing and feedback as always:) The full list of changes and fixes will be available soon. Now we would like to announce two of this version's main features:

Reworked Skills and Achievements!

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/d32447bb5edd6f20eaa8d2a55ea5ab112f1c08b4.jpg From now on, you've 8 classes to develop by doing certain jobs, and 3 skills in each of them to level up with the skill points. Let us know what you think of the balance and time needed to get higher levels and what else could be improved there (like requirements to unlock certain skills and classes).

Shipwreck events!

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/8c68fb646f975ff1e9e12f3aae25b2ec14db314a.jpg The second (after pirate bases) recurrent event on the islands is here! Today in the test version to check if everything works fine and is ready to become of the common gameplay events by the end of the week. Long story short, whenever there's a storm, there's also a chance for a pirate ship to crash into coastal rocks. It usually means death for the crew, but also one of the best places to go for the rest of survivors. Leave your equipment at home, empty the inventory and check what the other guys left for you! Right now, the event starts when it is announced on your HUD and the place of the newly crashed ships is visible on your map . Changelog: - Fixed pirate hats and helmet issues causing heads to pop out - Fixed and updated UI: tooltip shows shield's stats now - Fixed and updated UI: tools show bonuses - Pirates don't attack respawning players and let them live for a moment - Fixed AI issues on servers hosted by Nitrado - Fixed issues causing players to stuck inside merchants' ships - Decreased armor's speed reduction by 20% (pirate's armor by 40%) - Improved swimming, players can dive using mouse (A and D or C and SPACE still work) - Updated mines on Steel island - should spawn more ores along cave river, reachable from boats - The new version of translations

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/213927be9862914e4410c8901fe474413f2c6e1d.jpg Hi guys! We've just released the new patch that needs your testing and feedback as always:) The full list of changes and fixes will be available soon. Now we would like to announce two of this version's main features:

Reworked Skills and Achievements!

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/d32447bb5edd6f20eaa8d2a55ea5ab112f1c08b4.jpg From now on, you've 8 classes to develop by doing certain jobs, and 3 skills in each of them to level up with the skill points. Let us know what you think of the balance and time needed to get higher levels and what else could be improved there (like requirements to unlock certain skills and classes).

Shipwreck events!

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/8c68fb646f975ff1e9e12f3aae25b2ec14db314a.jpg The second (after pirate bases) recurrent event on the islands is here! Today in the test version to check if everything works fine and is ready to become of the common gameplay events by the end of the week. Long story short, whenever there's a storm, there's also a chance for a pirate ship to crash into coastal rocks. It usually means death for the crew, but also one of the best places to go for the rest of survivors. Leave your equipment at home, empty the inventory and check what the other guys left for you! Right now, the event starts when it is announced on your HUD and the place of the newly crashed ships is visible on your map . Changelog: - Fixed pirate hats and helmet issues causing heads to pop out - Fixed and updated UI: tooltip shows shield's stats now - Fixed and updated UI: tools show bonuses - Pirates don't attack respawning players and let them live for a moment - Fixed AI issues on servers hosted by Nitrado - Fixed issues causing players to stuck inside merchants' ships - Decreased armor's speed reduction by 20% (pirate's armor by 40%) - Improved swimming, players can dive using mouse (A and D or C and SPACE still work) - Updated mines on Steel island - should spawn more ores along cave river, reachable from boats - The new version of translations

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/e5af4b50614c7449df938d13e4d3213dcfd4a346.jpg Here it is! The first patch of the upcoming Anniversary Update! For more info of the summer roadmap please see the previous announcement, today's changes are listed below:

Pirate Camps - beta version

First iteration of Pirate Camps brings up 8 coastal bases where pirate groups can settle. All the locations are designed inside forest or desert ruins (a new biom) to provide protection against long distance weapons. These regions will be populated with another portion of flora and fauna objects in the next patches. Similar works will be done to mountain slopes that are unreachable right now. http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/b754726742cdf03bc66364814def682b06c0d6dd.jpg In development: We also want to use such camps to populate ocean areas and make it worth for players to sail and search for 'lootable' pirates.

Pirate NPCs

Speaking of pirates, there are currently dozen of them and they are potentially able to develop different skills in the future. All of them will be based on behavior trees. Right now we've got melee fighters who draw weapons when player is close enough, chase him if necessary, search the area when player escapes, go back to protect treasure when out of combat or simply take a pistol and shoot on sight. http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/0de35eaa44f57a1d569860579b2a40155bead548.jpg The islands are divided between areas that are possible to reach by different kind of enemies. Some of them can enter multiple sectors, some of them just one (like crocodiles). All of the mechanics together with plain code and behavior trees are rather complicated but it's already there working and waiting for further development:) http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/9c35acc89e23b3137432b6cf62ca56686edeac29.jpg In development: Apart of coastal and island camps, we will be working on pirate boats patrolling the oceans and engaging into a fight when they find something worth stealing, e.q. player's belongings. http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/0188d187004134f7cb5026d1c8606b639fb864aa.jpg

Treasure Chests

Also treasure chests are taken into account when it comes to further development. In the 0.29patch, we divided chests into 3 levels. The first one are simple wooden crates that can be found mostly in the ruin areas. Loot is unprotected and random. The second treasure level are chests to be found on wrecked boats on the beach. They usually roll better loot than the first ones and have a chance to drop gold coins and a map that shows a place of the level 2 treasure. The next level of chests are those in the old ruins, under heavy pirate protection. They drop the highest level gear, as well as gatherable materials like steel and obsidian. In development: Another level of chests and treasures. These will be able to find after the storm on rocky coasts, just next to the newly wrecked ships. This kind of 'event' will be announced to all the players and start a potential race for the best loot. http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/d6b31f37ed3021bf4b44ae9e9a1609fbf9473d82.jpg Other fixes and changes: - New model for destroyed treasure chests including fracture and destroy physics. - Destroyed treasures drop bags inside the chest now. Loot is random and divided into levels. - Smoother rotation for boats - Active shield blocking against bots (both animals and pirates). Player has chance to block certain amount of damage when fighting vs bots, based on shield level - Fixed building components' damaged models having wrong assigned materials - Quest notification on HUD informing about currently running quest/tutorial (will be improved in the next patches) - Fixed item costs not displayed in certain conditions

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/e5af4b50614c7449df938d13e4d3213dcfd4a346.jpg Here it is! The first patch of the upcoming Anniversary Update! For more info of the summer roadmap please see the previous announcement, today's changes are listed below:

Pirate Camps - beta version

First iteration of Pirate Camps brings up 8 coastal bases where pirate groups can settle. All the locations are designed inside forest or desert ruins (a new biom) to provide protection against long distance weapons. These regions will be populated with another portion of flora and fauna objects in the next patches. Similar works will be done to mountain slopes that are unreachable right now. http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/b754726742cdf03bc66364814def682b06c0d6dd.jpg In development: We also want to use such camps to populate ocean areas and make it worth for players to sail and search for 'lootable' pirates.

Pirate NPCs

Speaking of pirates, there are currently dozen of them and they are potentially able to develop different skills in the future. All of them will be based on behavior trees. Right now we've got melee fighters who draw weapons when player is close enough, chase him if necessary, search the area when player escapes, go back to protect treasure when out of combat or simply take a pistol and shoot on sight. http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/0de35eaa44f57a1d569860579b2a40155bead548.jpg The islands are divided between areas that are possible to reach by different kind of enemies. Some of them can enter multiple sectors, some of them just one (like crocodiles). All of the mechanics together with plain code and behavior trees are rather complicated but it's already there working and waiting for further development:) http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/9c35acc89e23b3137432b6cf62ca56686edeac29.jpg In development: Apart of coastal and island camps, we will be working on pirate boats patrolling the oceans and engaging into a fight when they find something worth stealing, e.q. player's belongings. http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/0188d187004134f7cb5026d1c8606b639fb864aa.jpg

Treasure Chests

Also treasure chests are taken into account when it comes to further development. In the 0.29patch, we divided chests into 3 levels. The first one are simple wooden crates that can be found mostly in the ruin areas. Loot is unprotected and random. The second treasure level are chests to be found on wrecked boats on the beach. They usually roll better loot than the first ones and have a chance to drop gold coins and a map that shows a place of the level 2 treasure. The next level of chests are those in the old ruins, under heavy pirate protection. They drop the highest level gear, as well as gatherable materials like steel and obsidian. In development: Another level of chests and treasures. These will be able to find after the storm on rocky coasts, just next to the newly wrecked ships. This kind of 'event' will be announced to all the players and start a potential race for the best loot. http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/d6b31f37ed3021bf4b44ae9e9a1609fbf9473d82.jpg Other fixes and changes: - New model for destroyed treasure chests including fracture and destroy physics. - Destroyed treasures drop bags inside the chest now. Loot is random and divided into levels. - Smoother rotation for boats - Active shield blocking against bots (both animals and pirates). Player has chance to block certain amount of damage when fighting vs bots, based on shield level - Fixed building components' damaged models having wrong assigned materials - Quest notification on HUD informing about currently running quest/tutorial (will be improved in the next patches) - Fixed item costs not displayed in certain conditions

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/0b36f93fa5b6fb633e37b3524f203946b96d1a52.jpg Hi guys, it's been two busy years since we made our debut on Steam Early Access. Those who are with us from the very beginning probably have realized that it's definitely not the same game as when we started;) Tons of things have changed and Out of Reach evolved significantly. To celebrate the anniversary we would like to share with you some insights into the changes coming with the new patch as well as a couple of screenshots worth thousand words ;) Firstly, here comes the list of the new features:

Accessible high mountain slopes

Thanks to the additional fixes and changes to the overall optimization, we are now able to add missing structure, flora and fauna to the mountains along the rivers. We want to make it worth visiting from time to time also by adding them to the list of possible loot spawn points. You can see the previously 'empty' slopes in the pictures above.

Much more resource spawn areas and loot-crates

In order to focus on building, exploring and dealing with other players and NPCs, we want to make gathering a bit faster than it is now. Also new areas, even on the main island require some desirable rewards for visiting, that's why from now on gathering stones, flax and other base resources should be easier and not distracting. Everyone will also have a chance to find old pirate crates that have random resources inside and a chance for additional higher level piece of armor or weapon. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/b754726742cdf03bc66364814def682b06c0d6dd.jpg

Wrecks and underwater treasures

As another type of Point Of Interest, we will be introducing events connected with storm and raining weather. There will be always a small chance for random pirate ships to crash into searocks nearby, which will in most cases give the opportunity for a decent treasure hunt and make sea journeys and diving much more exciting.

New boats

Although our original, Da Vinci style steam boats seemed good one year ago, we will now try with something easier to sail and less damaging the E key on players' keyboards: a regular boat with sails, rudder, balistae and optional cannons. If that works out well, we will add a couple of damage levels, possibility to sink and additional models to choose from or win by taking control of abandoned harbors. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/46e90584da75c323af376779f72689c29af1a11b.jpg

NPCs!

This is a feature that we've been working on for several months now and are eager to develop together with community for a few next. For starters, we will be introducing non-friendly pirates to occupy small bays. In most cases players will have to let them stay alone, but the biggest daredevils may consider checking what's inside those pirates' crates. Next thing to come will be most probably sailing pirates that will try to interrupt anyone who seems to own something valuable.

Reworked Skills, achievements and rewards

We're going to introduce a bunch of new rules to the leveling system" - For every achievement to get (Builder, Logger, Miner, Gatherer etc.) there are 3 passive skills to obtain - Each level of the passive skill cost skill points - Players get possibility to develop their character the way they want and need Example: 1. Player gets Experience in 'Hunter' achievement when killing animals 2. Certain amount of Experience gives the next level in this Achievement and a skill point to spend 3. Skill points obtained from hunting can be distributed among:

• % melee damage vs animals
• % ranged damage vs animals
• % chance for additional resources from animals

This way, together with balanced Exp gains we want to make leveling fun again:) These are our plans for the next weeks, a big part of them will come in the next patch this month. After that, we will most probably go back to the building system and add as much additional building components as possible so don't hesitate and let us know what would you like to build in Out of Reach! We would also like to thank you all for being with us, for your support and comments that have a real impact on Out of Reach. We keep on working and aim to make the best pirate survival we can!

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/0b36f93fa5b6fb633e37b3524f203946b96d1a52.jpg Hi guys, it's been two busy years since we made our debut on Steam Early Access. Those who are with us from the very beginning probably have realized that it's definitely not the same game as when we started;) Tons of things have changed and Out of Reach evolved significantly. To celebrate the anniversary we would like to share with you some insights into the changes coming with the new patch as well as a couple of screenshots worth thousand words ;) Firstly, here comes the list of the new features:

Accessible high mountain slopes

Thanks to the additional fixes and changes to the overall optimization, we are now able to add missing structure, flora and fauna to the mountains along the rivers. We want to make it worth visiting from time to time also by adding them to the list of possible loot spawn points. You can see the previously 'empty' slopes in the pictures above.

Much more resource spawn areas and loot-crates

In order to focus on building, exploring and dealing with other players and NPCs, we want to make gathering a bit faster than it is now. Also new areas, even on the main island require some desirable rewards for visiting, that's why from now on gathering stones, flax and other base resources should be easier and not distracting. Everyone will also have a chance to find old pirate crates that have random resources inside and a chance for additional higher level piece of armor or weapon. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/b754726742cdf03bc66364814def682b06c0d6dd.jpg

Wrecks and underwater treasures

As another type of Point Of Interest, we will be introducing events connected with storm and raining weather. There will be always a small chance for random pirate ships to crash into searocks nearby, which will in most cases give the opportunity for a decent treasure hunt and make sea journeys and diving much more exciting.

New boats

Although our original, Da Vinci style steam boats seemed good one year ago, we will now try with something easier to sail and less damaging the E key on players' keyboards: a regular boat with sails, rudder, balistae and optional cannons. If that works out well, we will add a couple of damage levels, possibility to sink and additional models to choose from or win by taking control of abandoned harbors. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8505334/46e90584da75c323af376779f72689c29af1a11b.jpg

NPCs!

This is a feature that we've been working on for several months now and are eager to develop together with community for a few next. For starters, we will be introducing non-friendly pirates to occupy small bays. In most cases players will have to let them stay alone, but the biggest daredevils may consider checking what's inside those pirates' crates. Next thing to come will be most probably sailing pirates that will try to interrupt anyone who seems to own something valuable.

Reworked Skills, achievements and rewards

We're going to introduce a bunch of new rules to the leveling system" - For every achievement to get (Builder, Logger, Miner, Gatherer etc.) there are 3 passive skills to obtain - Each level of the passive skill cost skill points - Players get possibility to develop their character the way they want and need Example: 1. Player gets Experience in 'Hunter' achievement when killing animals 2. Certain amount of Experience gives the next level in this Achievement and a skill point to spend 3. Skill points obtained from hunting can be distributed among:

• % melee damage vs animals
• % ranged damage vs animals
• % chance for additional resources from animals

This way, together with balanced Exp gains we want to make leveling fun again:) These are our plans for the next weeks, a big part of them will come in the next patch this month. After that, we will most probably go back to the building system and add as much additional building components as possible so don't hesitate and let us know what would you like to build in Out of Reach! We would also like to thank you all for being with us, for your support and comments that have a real impact on Out of Reach. We keep on working and aim to make the best pirate survival we can!