Hello, is this game still getting updated?

[Gom]

I'm willing to buy it if that's the case.

[T-Bone Biggins]

I was under the impression the developer is improving the engine for a 2nd game in the series that is in development. The improvements are being applied to this game while the 2nd game is being made.

[Shidan]

Originally posted by T-Bone Biggins:

I was under the impression the developer is improving the engine for a 2nd game in the series that is in development. The improvements are being applied to this game while the 2nd game is being made.

That is actually not a thing anymore. It was the original plan several years ago, but the devs decided on changing engines instead of updating the old poorly supported one.

They were then faced with the fact that porting Kenshi 1 would take several years and drastically increase the time until Kenshi 2 was ready. They asked the community for their thoughts with a poll, who overwhelmingly voted to focus on Kenshi 2 instead.

So now they are going full force on Kenshi 2 using the Unreal engine. While Kenshi 1 is only receiving the rare bug fixing patch as updates. While occasionally porting modding changes over from Kenshi 2.

[T-Bone Biggins]

Originally posted by Shidan:

Originally posted by T-Bone Biggins:

I was under the impression the developer is improving the engine for a 2nd game in the series that is in development. The improvements are being applied to this game while the 2nd game is being made.

That is actually not a thing anymore. It was the original plan several years ago, but the devs decided on changing engines instead of updating the old poorly supported one.

They were then faced with the fact that porting Kenshi 1 would take several years and drastically increase the time until Kenshi 2 was ready. They asked the community for their thoughts with a poll, who overwhelmingly voted to focus on Kenshi 2 instead.

So now they are going full force on Kenshi 2 using the Unreal engine. While Kenshi 1 is only receiving the rare bug fixing patch as updates. While occasionally porting modding changes over from Kenshi 2.

Thanks for clarification, I'm out of the loop by several years apparently.

[Gunsaremagic]

You can download mods for new content

[Hatsune Neko Gaming]

Development of Kenshi is done. they packed in as much content as they could before the engine croaked under the weight and started working on Kenshi 2.
So no new content is coming.
Improvements and bug fixing is all they are doing now with the game. there is no known cut off date of when updates will stop either.

As Shidan pointed out time wise, Development time of porting Kenshi to the new unreal engine was estimated to take 6 plus years. so they put up the poll on what they should do.
Kenshi 2 is going full forward, and a porting of Kenshi to the unreal, though stopped for now, might still happen. but at this point, the amount of time needed might kill that option. the game has been under development for an estimated 15 or so years already.

[DW47]

So, I'm willing to buy it too... But I saw some negative reviews about low FPS even with all the graphics settings on low.

Is that a kind of unfixed bug or something?

Thanks

[Plaricus]

Its really a good game and there is a lot of mods for it. I truly think you will not be dissapointed.

[Plaricus]

Originally posted by DW47:

So, I'm willing to buy it too... But I saw some negative reviews about low FPS even with all the graphics settings on low.

Is that a kind of unfixed bug or something?

Thanks

The way the game load areas cause FPS issues. It loads per section while you move, even more when you fast forward, and you will need to let it load so you can continue.

IF you can get past that situation, you will have a good time.

[Karam]

Originally posted by DW47:

So, I'm willing to buy it too... But I saw some negative reviews about low FPS even with all the graphics settings on low.

Is that a kind of unfixed bug or something?

Thanks

It's a cpu-intensive game that runs on 1 core. Though back when I had a 970, the fps was fine with shadows turned off and low settings.

[Hatsune Neko Gaming]

Originally posted by DW47:

So, I'm willing to buy it too... But I saw some negative reviews about low FPS even with all the graphics settings on low.

Is that a kind of unfixed bug or something?

Thanks

Low FPS is due to teh games engine. The base engine was hand made by the Dev, and then uses the Ogre engine, which is not the updated version, but the single threaded version.
so no matter what, it can chug on most game machines. its best to have it installed onto a SSD to drastically reduce loading times. plus have 16gb of ram for zone hopping which lets you have several areas loaded if you split your team.

Also, long play sessions like in the hundred's of hours, you can have save file bloat. some times up into the GB range. lucky the game has a mean's to combat this. its called an Import feature. doing this regularly can reduce the stress on your CPU and GPU.

Kenshi is one of the few games where some aspect's of the game are loaded into your GPU memory to help speed up the game. its the amount of feature's that's bogging the game down. and the old engine.

there are mods to help, and game settings as well. but over all, there is no fix to it as it requires a complete engine change to address the issues. and that would take a minimum of 6 years. But the Devs are working on the 2nd game atm. so its unlikely to get ported any time soon. if ever due to the amount of time required.

[DW47]

I see.

Thanks for the answers

[pit]

just buy it, u gonna have fun for sure, worst case scenario u can ask for yo $ back

[Gom]

Originally posted by pit:

just buy it, u gonna have fun for sure, worst case scenario u can ask for yo $ back

Already did. One of the best purchases in recent years. Absolutely love it.