Object LoD and draw distance settings request

[Turbo Nozomix]

Glad to see this is still in development and has come a long way since I last checked it.

I just loaded it up briefly, and while it looks nice, I noticed I couldn't turn some things up any higher, even though I can see while in the game it would be beneficial if I could.

So, it would be nice if options to increase the object LoD and draw distance of foliage could be added, and the possibility to raise them beyond their current max was available.

Even my very many years old PC is getting 150 FPS and so could crank the grass draw distance quite a bit higher and still have FPS to spare for my monitor. Settings options allowing for that would be nice. Increasing grass density could also be a cool setting to play with.

Also, having descriptive hover-tips over some of the graphics settings would be helpful.


Is Overgrowth planned to receive continued development for a long time still, or is the game now in its completed form?

[Turbo Nozomix]

Something else I'd like to see tweaked is the ability to swing a weapon even when there's no opponent nearby.

The game currently lets the player swing a weapon only when an opponent is next to them. Well, this leads to some very frustrating situations when a wolf is charging at the player and trying to swing the weapon so that the timing is just right to have it hit the wolf before it attacks the player leads to the character just not doing anything with the weapon, and then getting hit by the wolf.

It should be possible to swing the weapon any time the player chooses. That's freedom, that enables more role-playing, that's satisfying, that's immersive, and that ensures that the frustrating situation in combat that I described above won't happen.


Another thing I would like to see is the removal of the "press left-click to continue, press Enter to skip" message during dialog. It's OK to see it during the first opening scenes in the game, but after that it's not needed and it looks tacky and hurts immersion.

[kavika]

Originally posted by Turbo Nozomix:

Is Overgrowth planned to receive continued development for a long time still, or is the game now in its completed form?

1.4 was the last patch for now. We may release another patch again some day, but it is not guaranteed at this point.

Some of the things you're asking for are engine changes (I'm guessing that's true for draw distance), and others could be modded in if someone was so inclined (like whether you can attack people on the same team or if you have to be close, and UI stuff like "click to continue").