Hordetest Update Information

[Khanivore]

From the Discord:

Hey Islanders,

Shortly we're deploying a new build to the Hordetesting branch. You may need to restart your Steam client if the download does not make itself immediately available to download.

The changelog below highlights some of the more prominent changes in the immediate Hordetest. Additional content and changelogs will follow in the subsequent Hordetest patches.

- Triceratops has been disabled for the first phase of this Hordetest
- Pteranodon has been disabled for the first phase of this Hordetest
- Spawn Codes have been added
Known Issue: Only the last player joining from a spawn code will show in the group UI. Name tags will still appear for all group members
- Thermal vents and slip streams are added
Known Issue: Thermal vents and slip streams are visible to species that cannot utilize them
- Coordinates can now be copied in streamer mode
- New grasstypes have been added in preparation for foliage trails
- Cannibalistic Mutation has new visual distinction and effects
- Slipstreams and thermals appear on the island throughout the day/night cycle
- Fruits have had their food values slightly raised
- River expansion into the eastern side of the island
- Corrected players getting wet from incorrect angles
- Fixed omniraptor’s tail normal maps
- Improvements to AI navigation around water
- Adjusted pounce foliage detection
- Set trot footsteps to use the same attenuation as walk
- AI sight perception changes based on time of day
- Adjusted all dinosaur pickup grab time visual sync with montage
- Added momentum to pounce when pinning a target
- Adjusted maiasaura falling animations
- Gallimimus capsule adjusted to the appropriate height when crouching
- Fixed animation snap at the end of maia's wallow
- Fixed footprint scent range when latching
- Fixed wetness directions resetting too soon
- Fixed lunge speed boost when lunging onto land
- Fix for compy damage and pterodactylus flight when avoiding players while remaining close to corpse
- Deer no longer play the wrong animation and violently shrink
- Fixed juvenile deinosuchus movement speeds when looking down
- Player capsules can no longer randomly block weather effects
- Omniraptor no longer gets in a latch montage if knocked down by foliage collision
- Fixed diabloceratops not always locking together properly due to camera angle
- Fixed hallucination not attacking players
- Fixed stamina boost being reverted on diets
- Nests are no longer abandoned if one parent logs out
- Fixed stegosaurus tail charge state not always replicating correctly
- Fixed the end of maiasaura wallow animation
- Fixed movement issue when getting staggered while in spar mode
- Fixed diet list UI overlapping if too many items are on a player’s diet
- Fixed pterodactylus's harass not dealing damage after a meat chunk has been dropped and picked up again
- Player status should display correctly on server list
- Psittacosaurus no longer ignores small dinosaurs
- Fix to players not being able to recover from grapple in some situations
- Fix to movement stutter when carnivores are holding corpse and trying to attack
- Fixed color variation masking
- Fixed diabloceratops spar push animation moving sideways
- Fixed quad maiasaura wallow animation
- Fixed spar pushing being offset from the camera
- Fixed carnotaurus staggering to the side when getting self staggered from charging
- Fixed herrerasaurus trying to latch on to walls underwater
- Fix issue of nested players getting repeated mutations from the parents
- Fixed pre-lobby status not saving on safelog
- Motion blur settings should now save consistently

[Khanivore]

Triceratops in offline Skin Editor

[Khanivore]

To reduce some graphical bugs and performance issues when changing to Hordetest (HT)

- Delete your Config folder to reset all settings (Do this every time after every major Update or Change of Version)

How to Delete the Config folder

1. If running The Isle, exit the game.
2. Open File Explorer.
3. Click the address bar at the top.
4. Type %localappdata% then press Enter.
5. Find "TheIsle" folder. Open it.
6. Open the "Saved" folder.
7. Delete the "Config" folder. Note: This will reset any of your custom settings to their defaults, may also improve performance
8. Start the game.

Settings will have to be adjusted again

Also Update the GPU Driver and Windows to the latest versions

[DoubleD]

thx for the info!!

[Khanivore]

Originally posted by DoubleD:

thx for the info!!

You are very welcome :)

[Fox9T2]

server disconnection every 5min.... nice :D rubber banding in the 5mins you play .... very nice :D

[Khanivore]

Originally posted by Fox9T2:

server disconnection every 5min.... nice :D rubber banding in the 5mins you play .... very nice :D

Yeah, normal HT issues, the testing can be brutal with bugs, your job is to report them, just a heads up to anyone wanting to try it out

[Khanivore]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2lEsg71JJU&ab_channel=Kouga

[Powerferret]

Yeah, this HT has a lot of bugs.

-wildly fluctuating ping/ rubberbanding even at low ping

-grass/foliage not rendering past 20 feet

-lighting/ nightvision issues

-stamina regen bug (normal rate 2.4 but perfect diet "buff" brings it down to 2.0)

-troodon speed mutation stacking too high (faster than carno)

-AI making noise after death and twitching like alive on every bite (maybe a "feature"?)

-AI pterodactylus spawing on corpses are invisible and unkillable.

This is what I have found so far.

I do like the look of the new grass on dirt, it looks more natural, but they need to fix the render distance.
The new north river area is beautiful, and the updates to the human structures are cool.

[DoubleD]

Originally posted by Powerferret:

Yeah, this HT has a lot of bugs.

-wildly fluctuating ping/ rubberbanding even at low ping

-grass/foliage not rendering past 20 feet

-lighting/ nightvision issues

-stamina regen bug (normal rate 2.4 but perfect diet "buff" brings it down to 2.0)

-troodon speed mutation stacking too high (faster than carno)

-AI making noise after death and twitching like alive on every bite (maybe a "feature"?)

-AI pterodactylus spawing on corpses are invisible and unkillable.

This is what I have found so far.

I do like the look of the new grass on dirt, it looks more natural, but they need to fix the render distance.
The new north river area is beautiful, and the updates to the human structures are cool.

i guess theyu are working on it now..and once fixed they will release theTrike on HT or maybe both!!!!......Trike and Rex!!

[Khanivore]

Upcoming new biome being played with (Redwood), currently not in the HT, but of interest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9La_tSFvKI&ab_channel=EndiGGamer

[Khanivore]

Another interesting Video on what can be seen in the HT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK0CzRPxfsY&ab_channel=Doqi

[Knight0vvl]

Originally posted by Khanivore:

Upcoming new biome being played with (Redwood), currently not in the HT, but of interest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9La_tSFvKI&ab_channel=EndiGGamer

would be nice to have a forest that doesnt have ground cover 15 feet high

[Khanivore]

From the Discord:

A new patch is now available on the Hordetesting branch. You may need to restart your Steam client.

0.19.79 Hordetesting Branch

Fixed the knockdown duration of the carnotaurus, ceratosaurus and dilophosaurus
Fixed issues with the 'Reabsorption' mutation
Fixed miscellaneous VFX issues
Adjustments to the gravel texture
Added a better way to swap gender in skin preview panel
Changed ceratosaurus death pose animation
Several fixes for the triceratops - internal tests

We're aware of the server performance issues on the Hordetesting branch and are currently investigating. As part of that process, we would appreciate as many users as possible joining Official Hordetesting NA 3 - East as we are actively monitoring that specific server.

[Khanivore]

Rex heard in the HT <3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntl8sTlwXpQ&ab_channel=EndiGGamer

[Khanivore]

From the Discord:

"For the weekend I will be putting up a server on the Hordetesting branch with disabled migration zones and a few other settings to make sure things will be working as intended when we are ready to move this patch to public.

You can find this server at Official Hordetesting NA 4 - East"