[2022] Developer Update Live Stream | Hunt: Showdown | Hunt: Showdown Dev Tracker

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782s	hey everyone and welcome to yet another
785s	developer update live stream this is
787s	going to be slightly different than the
788s	previous one and i'm here with the
791s	lovely rick our senior community manager
793s	hey rick how are you hey everybody i'm
796s	doing pretty good thanks it's good to be
797s	here today
799s	we have a yeah like you said something a
801s	little bit different uh a nice stream
803s	for you today but uh it's not going to
805s	follow the usual pattern that we do
808s	yes
809s	so basically it's our community team
811s	here so representing our community team
813s	obviously we have more members and
815s	obviously devs are helping us as well
818s	but we'll be the main people today
820s	talking you through all the cool stuff
822s	coming to hunt and uh since you guys all
824s	seen this cool new trailer uh we have
826s	been teasing you on social media for a
828s	few weeks now or days uh this is called
831s	the beauty of hunt and it's just an
832s	awesome little trailer showing off
835s	the beauty of hunt so let us know what
837s	do you find beautiful and fun in the
839s	comments below and uh yeah i hope you
842s	liked it and the song as well it was
843s	really cool i think rick couldn't hear
845s	it uh because
846s	i know it's fine i unmuted so because i
849s	wanted i've seen it already of course
850s	but i want to watch it along with
852s	everybody else and yeah still is blown
854s	away you know huge shout out to our
856s	creative service team for um for
858s	creating that again i mean their work's
860s	just been phenomenal over the last few
862s	years as i'm sure everyone will agree
864s	um so
866s	huge shout out to you guys and yeah
867s	we'll have it up a bit later on today as
869s	well
870s	that you can i'll have a look at it
871s	again and listen to that song on repeat
874s	yeah why wouldn't you
875s	exactly so make sure to check back like
877s	on our socials like after the stream and
879s	uh you'll be able to see it again in a
881s	glorious 4k so no uh no lower quality
885s	except if you're on twitter because then
887s	it's lower but on youtube and facebook
889s	you can watch it in full resolution but
891s	exactly we shouldn't take more time off
894s	talking and uh uh we should get down
896s	into it
897s	exactly so uh yeah as i mentioned in the
900s	beginning today we will have a developer
902s	update stream and uh this will be
904s	slightly different because we're gonna
907s	look slightly into the future uh on the
910s	near future and what's coming to hunt
912s	and uh yeah
914s	yeah so normally like with the dead
916s	streams we normally have them very patch
918s	focused um you know we kind of go into
920s	in depth on specific details of every
922s	page that we release and we're kind of
924s	thinking maybe something to do a little
925s	bit uh do something a little bit
927s	different this year um and we want to
929s	try and
930s	do dev streams are a bit more focused on
932s	the actual development process with hunt
934s	and what's actually coming uh for the
936s	rest of this year so this is going to be
938s	the first in a series of these streams
940s	right at this point in time we're just
941s	guys we're just going to give you guys
943s	an overview of what's going to be coming
944s	like over the next six months just some
946s	highlights not not
948s	every little thing but just a couple of
950s	things that you guys can kind of look
951s	forward to
952s	um and then as we get closer to these uh
956s	these new uh things coming out we'll
958s	have other developer live streams that
960s	will go in depth with the departments
962s	that actually created them so we like i
964s	said we want to do a bit more of a focus
966s	on the development aspect of things keep
969s	you guys a little bit more and be a lot
970s	more transparent with what's going on
972s	and
973s	so this time around like we said we're
974s	just going to go into updates as to
976s	what's what you guys can expect um so
978s	it's just us for today um so all the
981s	devs can relax dennis can take it easy
983s	for the evening and for somebody who
984s	said dennis for one somebody wants
986s	dennis proof of life he is alive he's
988s	just very very busy so um but yeah so
991s	yeah with that i guess we can kind of
993s	get onto it and kind of get it yeah the
995s	last thing uh i wanted to add to what
997s	rick said is uh as you guys know we
999s	already promised that we'll have a blog
1000s	and video released uh on this topic
1003s	basically which will happen it's already
1005s	in the works it will come actually very
1007s	soon but we also wanted to do a stream
1009s	to talk to you guys even earlier than
1011s	that because i know you guys have been
1013s	waiting for that so
1014s	here we go and uh yes uh
1017s	i just wanted to outline what we gonna
1019s	be talking about today
1021s	uh the topics at least so obviously
1023s	update 1.08 right now on the test
1026s	servers we'll go through the highlights
1028s	of the update
1029s	uh then we'll have a very important
1031s	topic uh related to the service side
1033s	work of funds that we've been working on
1036s	uh an upcoming event we will briefly
1040s	mention we cannot give out all the
1041s	details just yet but
1043s	yeah just to talk to you guys about it a
1045s	bit uh the early plans for our q2 of
1048s	this year
1049s	and also with that the mid-term
1052s	highlights so uh mid end of q2 as well
1056s	as early q3 a bit so you guys will get
1059s	an info on a lot of things this stream
1060s	these are just highlights as rick
1062s	mentioned not like every single thing we
1064s	are releasing but we wanted to keep you
1066s	guys in the loop more and let you know
1067s	what is coming to the game
1069s	yeah we're still working on the more
1071s	detailed plans of what's going to be
1072s	coming from update to update but we at
1074s	least wanted to give you guys a little
1076s	bit of insight as to what is actually
1077s	coming up ahead for the next few months
1080s	so
1081s	i think the first thing
1082s	is update 1.8 so pence you mentioned
1086s	it's already on the test server
1088s	so
1089s	everybody
1090s	get on the test server we really this
1092s	test is very very important to us for a
1094s	couple of reasons okay so first off as
1096s	you can see you know we're doing a bit
1097s	of focus on the service improvements so
1100s	um this is coming down to like client
1103s	side and server side fixes
1105s	we
1106s	you know we basically just we we
1108s	understand that there's a lot going on
1110s	um there's people who've been having
1112s	problems since update 1.7 so
1114s	we're basically the next couple of
1116s	months we're going to be laying the
1118s	groundwork for the future
1119s	so
1120s	with this update at one point in
1122s	particular we've added two things from
1124s	both uh well i won't say two things but
1126s	with a couple of things both from the
1127s	server side and the client side that is
1129s	hopefully going to help uh improve
1132s	uh performance for some of you yeah and
1135s	uh yeah just just wanted to say that
1137s	we'll go into detail on both of those in
1140s	a bit but uh first we just wanted to
1142s	highlight that that this patch uh
1144s	obviously we still have a lot of cool
1146s	stuff in it but it is more focused on
1148s	the service side as well compared to the
1150s	usual one point
1152s	for 1.5 1.6 updates so yeah
1156s	yeah
1156s	yeah normally our big updates the the
1159s	one point whatever they normally come
1161s	our very content driven updates and this
1163s	time around we really felt that we
1165s	needed to put a focus on the actual
1167s	service side of things so that's why
1169s	you'll notice um
1170s	it you notice that most of this is
1173s	just about the around the server and
1175s	client-side
1176s	improvements
1177s	yeah and then in a few slides we'll come
1179s	back to these in more detail but uh
1181s	first we wanted to show you all the
1182s	other stuff in the update because this
1184s	is a bigger topic so we will uh
1187s	have some separate slides for both the
1188s	service side and the client side uh
1190s	changes as well
1191s	so
1193s	it's a big topic i think
1195s	yes so
1197s	one big big point of and and it was
1200s	something i saw pop-up a lot on the chat
1202s	while you guys were waiting for us to
1204s	join
1205s	cane changes
1207s	so
1208s	you guys have been asking for this for
1210s	quite a while and believe me when i say
1213s	we have heard your feedback okay um we
1216s	we understood
1218s	you know we we this is the i think the
1220s	second change we actually made overall
1222s	to kane because
1223s	based on the feedback that you guys have
1225s	given us
1226s	and we do understand that kane was able
1229s	to hide a little bit too well so
1233s	we are bringing some changes with 1.8
1235s	and the changes to kane are
1237s	currently
1238s	on the test server so if you want to go
1241s	and see and give us feedback and make
1243s	sure that it actually is
1245s	working um the way we want it to now
1248s	make sure you go into the test server um
1251s	but on top of this we're also going to
1252s	be keeping in mind
1254s	what's happened with kane when we're
1255s	going forward with our our new skins um
1259s	and on top of that as well we're also
1261s	looking at uh some of the previous skins
1263s	to see if there is anything that we can
1265s	do in the same regard if there are any
1266s	that have
1267s	anything similar and we'll get to the
1269s	pictures in a second um and yeah so
1273s	that's the main point we guys we very
1275s	much we have listened to your feedback
1276s	so thank you very much for being vocal
1278s	about things like this this is this
1280s	helps us a lot the more we hear from you
1283s	the better we can act on stuff so we
1286s	have
1286s	sorry it has taken so long but
1289s	these things do take a little bit of
1290s	time um but yeah again make sure to go
1293s	on the test servers it is there now so
1296s	please please go on download it unfor it
1299s	is a full download keep that in mind but
1302s	it's very important that you guys test
1303s	it out first yeah and since everyone has
1305s	been asking for pictures of course we
1307s	have some pictures for you so
1309s	let's just take a look so this will be
1311s	the before the changes came that you are
1313s	all familiar with so if you can even see
1316s	him on the screen
1317s	but yeah and then
1321s	and then here is the new one uh as you
1324s	guys can see it's uh
1325s	it's quite a bit of change to him
1327s	actually so uh
1329s	it's more of a skin colored skin less
1331s	dirt so less blending into the
1332s	environment also the white parts are a
1335s	bit more highlighted so i i think
1337s	overall you guys will be pretty happy
1339s	with it but as rick mentioned please
1340s	also test it out on the test server and
1342s	if you have any more feedback let us
1343s	know how you feel about it
1345s	yes definitely it's uh and we have a
1348s	guest with us here um so yeah definitely
1351s	it's look it's really really important
1352s	to us that we get your feedback on this
1354s	so by all means make sure um the main
1356s	thing from the art design side of it was
1359s	that we wanted to ensure that kane
1360s	didn't blend in with the environment as
1362s	well but obviously still not take too
1364s	much from the aesthetic that he has so
1367s	like pencil mentioned you can see the
1368s	skin tone is kind of adjusted it's a lot
1370s	more skin like uh less dirt um so yeah
1374s	we think it's we think it's a really
1376s	good step our team are happy with the
1378s	you know so um
1380s	get in there check it out let us know
1383s	yeah and i actually have an example in
1385s	game as well because obviously the time
1387s	of days matter a lot and how the light
1389s	uh reflects on the hunters so uh here
1392s	you can see it in i think it's the
1393s	natural time of day uh where oh he has a
1397s	creepy face but uh yeah so on the left
1399s	side you can see how it is uh in 1.8
1402s	after the changes and how it was before
1404s	so yeah again you can see way more skin
1407s	the white parts are more highlighted uh
1409s	and he's just more visible overall so i
1412s	i think me personally i'm very happy
1413s	with the changes but yeah let us know
1416s	how you guys feel as well
1418s	again it's it the best thing to do is go
1420s	and actually check it out you test it
1421s	out with your friends uh or you know
1424s	even against enemies um up on the test
1426s	server you should be able to be able to
1428s	access it so that is the best way for us
1430s	to know if this is different so um yes
1434s	please please jump on the test server
1437s	download it now while you're watching us
1439s	and uh actually this is not the only
1441s	change related characters we have in
1443s	this update uh i think we mentioned
1446s	late last year on just on social media
1449s	that we are in the process of reworking
1452s	a lot of old legendary hunters in the
1454s	first person camera view so what you see
1457s	when you're playing as them and with
1459s	this update they are here
1461s	so uh the older legendaries will be
1463s	consistent with all the newer ones since
1466s	then and
1467s	it's it's 13 hunters in total revered uh
1470s	with this update
1472s	so uh rick uh here's the list for you
1475s	yeah okay so basically we'll just just
1478s	explain a little bit what we've done
1479s	here is the
1480s	we wanted to all of the newer hunters
1482s	and anything in the last year so they
1484s	had very specific first-person views so
1487s	when you're holding the weapon they have
1488s	very specific things their arms sleeves
1490s	and everything like that they they fit
1492s	the characters so this is something that
1494s	um we have fixed on the 13 that are
1497s	mentioned here so bone doctor blackhole
1499s	lerona's hair mountain man marshall
1500s	ripper knight acolyte knight seer
1502s	researcher ronan reverend red shirt
1504s	sheriff harden and the rat
1505s	can't believe i got a lot without making
1507s	a mistake um
1509s	yeah so we have
1512s	finished these off so now
1514s	they these hunters previously had some
1517s	different tier three uh arms and hands
1520s	and everything like that so
1522s	um yeah we just again
1524s	it's more of a like i said it's a
1526s	consistency pass with the art team the
1527s	animations and everything like that so
1529s	this is something that we're bringing in
1531s	and i think
1532s	we have a couple of
1534s	uh things to show yeah we have two
1536s	examples because we didn't want to
1537s	reveal all
1538s	but also just as a small note that also
1541s	some of these hunters like the hands and
1543s	stuff have been slightly revoked in
1544s	third person as well but those are more
1546s	minor changes so you may see that like
1549s	that tattoo is different or something
1550s	like that on a few hunters but uh the
1552s	biggest difference in first person when
1554s	you are playing as them and they as rick
1556s	mentioned let's see
1558s	uh
1558s	an example with black coat
1560s	so
1561s	the first image how he was before this
1564s	update or is right now on live
1566s	uh as you can see his hand is basically
1568s	just a tier three hunter hand
1571s	and uh and you can see his code yeah i
1574s	mean all the hunters are cool but you
1576s	can't see his coat and uh
1578s	you wouldn't know that it's uh the black
1580s	coat
1580s	but now
1583s	there he is
1584s	so updated his tattoos you can see the
1587s	the ring and the more tattoos on the
1589s	fingers and the sleeve as well so now
1591s	you can actually tell it's the black
1593s	hole
1594s	exactly i think it's very cool and uh it
1596s	will give more immersion with playing as
1598s	the legendary hunter as well
1600s	for all the roleplaying people out there
1602s	so
1603s	yes very cool
1607s	researcher yeah
1609s	so again this is the old
1611s	one and
1614s	i think we've all seen those arms on
1616s	somebody else before anyway so
1619s	and a new one so you can see his watch
1621s	uh his shirt and everything so
1625s	yeah it's definitely a lot more fitting
1627s	to what you actually see you know um
1630s	so you know like again i do shout outs
1633s	in this you know shout out to the art
1634s	guys animation guys for getting all this
1637s	um sorted on the older hunters you know
1640s	it's something that's popped up from
1641s	time to time it but
1644s	just it makes things look that little
1646s	bit better you know
1647s	so
1649s	huge shout out to those guys so yeah but
1651s	guys if you see the rest of them they're
1653s	all on test server i'm going to be
1654s	saying that a lot this stream just to
1657s	warn you on heads up so should get a b
1659s	get a command for you know test yes it's
1662s	on the test server right now so
1664s	but yeah so it's a really nice touch um
1666s	and like we said 13 more um so yeah
1669s	that's 30 total yeah so 13 and 12. yes
1672s	not 13 more apparently i can't count
1675s	so yeah just check them all out i think
1677s	it's a lot of fun and
1678s	it's actually a cool change overall so
1681s	yeah let us know how you like these but
1683s	i i can't imagine uh anyone saying they
1686s	don't like these changes so i'm really
1688s	happy to see them weird yeah yeah
1691s	now let's see another thing that uh is
1694s	basically finalizing a whole
1697s	content pack in the game which is the
1699s	new tier 2 lobby animations
1702s	yep so we previously have added the
1705s	legendary then some of the tier 1 and
1707s	tier 3 lobby animations and our eye team
1710s	and the guys have been working on it for
1712s	quite a while on the animation team so
1714s	we decided to
1715s	finish it off so we've added some new
1718s	animations for the tier 2 hunters so now
1719s	it basically just finishes off the whole
1721s	set completely so
1723s	the the whole point of this is like we
1725s	wanted to have the home screen just be a
1728s	little bit more
1729s	active uh a little bit less static that
1731s	you're just looking at a page that
1733s	nothing happens on and we wanted to just
1734s	spruce it up and give it a bit something
1736s	interesting you know um so that's what
1740s	the animations were for as whole and
1742s	yeah we just wanted to finish it off so
1744s	we've added some new ones you can go and
1745s	check him out on the test server
1748s	um um and now it means that uh every
1751s	hunter in the uh roster now has one of
1754s	these animations so we hope you like
1756s	them
1757s	exactly and uh we actually have a small
1759s	video to show some of it off uh the
1761s	video will show the progression uh with
1762s	same weapons from tier one to tier three
1765s	and at the end obviously the signature
1766s	moves for all not all like some of the
1769s	legendary hunters because it's just a
1770s	cool little video but yeah uh let's take
1772s	a look together
1784s	[Music]
1788s	um
1796s	um
1807s	[Music]
1810s	so
1817s	[Music]
1831s	oh
1837s	yeah that was it so
1839s	as you guys could see there's a cool
1840s	little progression between tier one and
1842s	tier three uh with all the weapons in
1844s	game so uh check them out it's really
1846s	cool to see how like the better hunters
1849s	also like do cooler moves with the
1851s	weapons i think so it's a lot of fun
1853s	yeah it's really awesome
1855s	but yeah so just look we know it's a
1857s	little thing um we know that some people
1859s	probably aren't so bothered what we
1861s	think they're pretty cool we think it
1863s	does a lot for the lobby screen and the
1864s	roster screen so yeah there they are
1867s	yeah and uh again let's just shout out
1869s	that animation team because they did a
1871s	great work on this so uh absolutely
1874s	awesome
1875s	so yeah well next uh the next topic
1878s	anyway so as uh anyone who has actually
1881s	checked out the test server go play test
1883s	server um
1885s	uh or you know maybe you've had a quick
1887s	look at the patch notes you may have
1889s	noticed a couple of new additions so
1893s	yeah
1894s	so there are two new weapons and two new
1897s	variants coming
1899s	and we have
1901s	them currently available on the servers
1904s	now who
1905s	thought such a shocker that i said that
1907s	you know i thought i was going to think
1908s	that
1909s	so the thing with these weapons we want
1911s	to kind of be very very clear on they
1913s	are not coming to
1916s	live with 1.8 so yes they are part of
1919s	the test aspect of 1.8 but you are not
1922s	going to see them come with the release
1924s	of 1.8 we have other plans for the west
1929s	we're not going to go into details on it
1931s	just yet
1933s	um but
1935s	we do need to test them
1937s	before they are introduced and that is
1939s	why we've put them on the test server uh
1941s	at right now
1943s	we need to make sure that we get as many
1945s	people on a test and testing out these
1947s	weapons so that we can get the required
1949s	data we need to be able to ensure that
1951s	we can balance these effectively before
1953s	they come to
1955s	um the live servers
1956s	and as i said
1958s	they won't be available with 1.8 on live
1962s	so if you want to try them out now best
1964s	place to do it is on the test
1967s	yeah it's a lot of suspense around these
1969s	i didn't even mention the names of them
1971s	on the slide because uh go there and
1973s	check it out for yourself it's exciting
1975s	and they will still come pretty soon but
1978s	not with one point
1979s	but not with 1.8 and yeah we are i'm not
1982s	going to lie we are purposely not
1983s	putting the names here because we want
1985s	you to go and find out for yourself it's
1987s	not
1988s	it's a clever ploy to try and get you to
1989s	play the test server but in general no
1992s	we do like we said we do actually need
1993s	as many tests as we can on this time
1995s	around just we need that input we need
1998s	that feedback we need that data so
2000s	please
2001s	server yeah so test uh make sure to test
2004s	the weapons out and let us know how you
2005s	like them uh we really need all the
2007s	feedback regarding these because
2009s	obviously it's it's a big addition to
2011s	the game and we have to know how you
2013s	guys like it
2014s	i may have inadvertently started a
2016s	drinking game with the whole every time
2018s	i say test server someone takes a shot
2020s	because if someone has done so far
2021s	they're probably dead
2023s	yeah
2024s	yeah i've done that in like 20 minutes
2025s	yeah
2026s	yeah
2028s	okay so okay so let's move on
2030s	we'll have before we move on we'll have
2032s	a more in-depth dive into
2034s	those
2035s	uh new weapons and new variants uh in
2038s	another dev stream so keep an eye out
2039s	for that um but
2041s	um test server yeah that's sure
2044s	yeah uh that's two more shots so uh
2047s	with 1.8 we do have a lot of level
2050s	changes uh we uh collected a few bigger
2053s	ones for you guys uh from four different
2056s	compounds and uh unfortunately uh we did
2059s	want to have a level uh designer on
2061s	stream but they got you know
2063s	unfortunately this week so
2065s	shout out to tom yeah apparently sick
2067s	everyone wish tom get well you miss you
2069s	dude
2070s	i'm sorry you couldn't be on
2073s	talk us through the
2075s	the awesomeness that your team has done
2076s	um we will try and do our best to to
2079s	showcase it as best as we can um
2082s	obviously we're definitely not going to
2083s	be able to do as good a job as the level
2084s	designers to tell us um but again get
2087s	well tom
2088s	um and
2089s	please don't hate us
2091s	so
2092s	yeah but we do have cool pictures to
2094s	show you guys and the the changes are
2096s	very nice so uh i i don't think there
2098s	will be a program so let's start off
2100s	with the reeves quarry which is uh the
2102s	first area that uh had a smaller art
2105s	pass overall uh we added some more
2108s	details to uh the whole area on the
2111s	rocks and the
2112s	around them uh we also removed some
2114s	trees
2115s	and create a better line of sights yeah
2118s	so this is the old one
2120s	yeah i just wanted to uh sum it up so
2123s	yeah so this is how it was on live and
2125s	uh
2127s	yeah as i mentioned for in this example
2129s	we remove some trees uh
2132s	and uh yeah it creates a better line of
2135s	sight in that area with the little rocky
2138s	part in the middle
2141s	nice nice freaking kids a bit a bit more
2144s	line of sight
2146s	yeah there's the second example which is
2148s	also a similar change
2152s	so uh there's like this uh huge block of
2155s	trees and the big rock in the middle now
2157s	it has been slightly replaced with like
2158s	a smaller
2160s	yeah and and what we got from level is
2162s	that we the rule of these streams is the
2164s	trees
2165s	the removal of these trees is to give a
2167s	better line of sight towards the boss
2169s	building itself
2170s	so
2172s	yeah this is for anyone that is
2174s	interested in the reasoning behind it so
2176s	um
2176s	you know go in check it out let us know
2178s	what you think
2180s	yeah it will probably give some options
2182s	for other play styles then you're used
2184s	to on uh the cell
2186s	so just let us know how you like it as
2188s	well yeah so this is uh
2190s	the main road like the old version
2193s	towards the uh supply
2195s	wagon and this is the new one so the big
2197s	change is on the right side of the image
2200s	yeah
2201s	which is
2202s	taking out a big chunk of the trees and
2204s	kind of relying a little bit more on on
2206s	the rocks
2207s	and that so it looks it's pretty clean
2210s	i have to say
2212s	yeah
2213s	and there also has been like smaller art
2215s	passes so if you guys look at the logs
2217s	on the floor and the smaller ss they
2219s	have been updated in some cases as well
2222s	and and obviously it's it's hard for
2223s	images still images to do it justice you
2226s	know so
2227s	um it's it's definitely something you
2228s	guys want to go in and actually try out
2230s	for yourselves
2232s	[Music]
2234s	yeah so there's another example at the
2236s	little uh river
2238s	or behind the river i think this is like
2240s	the same rock that we looked at before
2242s	but like from a back angle
2245s	so this way you can see the whole size
2248s	side of it
2254s	i think this will make a nice difference
2256s	to to the area so you know
2258s	but everyone can go and check it out for
2260s	themselves and see what they think
2263s	yeah uh
2264s	the second uh area that got the bigger
2266s	changes is the lower the south so we are
2268s	still on the cell
2270s	and
2271s	here the main focus was also like an
2273s	overall art pass
2275s	and also
2277s	working on the train tracks uh to uh
2280s	let's just me read what they said to
2282s	make them fit visually better
2285s	and this is like a continuous work that
2287s	they are still working in and this is
2288s	still in progress so this will also
2290s	change in the future uh on the picture
2293s	what you see now is how currently it is
2295s	uh
2296s	obviously at the train part when you're
2298s	entering lower the saw
2300s	and uh
2301s	here you can more uh see uh some changes
2304s	on the art style like how the grass has
2306s	been changed uh the rock of obviously
2308s	the big mountains are not big but like
2310s	the rocky side uh has been removed as
2313s	well and uh
2316s	other smaller changes like the location
2318s	of the lamp
2320s	and
2321s	there's actually a little bit of a
2323s	rework to touch up overall you know
2327s	exactly and uh so this is also basically
2329s	the same area but from a further angle
2333s	when you are entering from the reverse
2334s	side
2338s	here you can
2339s	see the changes again so a bit more
2342s	aside from the sas station overall
2345s	uh
2346s	and the
2347s	last site from the train side actually
2349s	so it has been changed up a bit
2352s	yeah it just feels a bit cleaner really
2354s	kind of the best way to describe it i
2355s	just did it yeah
2356s	the area up a lot more
2359s	then the uh third image from this uh
2361s	obviously this again the train station
2363s	but from
2364s	uh behind the train station i i suppose
2367s	so
2369s	uh you can see that it it has been
2371s	changed a lot as well actually like the
2374s	there like there's a new uh
2376s	car
2377s	yeah exactly a new cart and also like a
2379s	little fence on the side
2382s	so
2383s	uh and it just looks nicer in my opinion
2386s	to be honest like
2387s	so yeah
2388s	but i said the level design guys would
2390s	definitely be able to do these fireball
2391s	justice that we can but we just wanted
2393s	to make sure that we gave you guys a
2394s	little look at it for you know in case
2396s	you did it it sparks your interest in
2398s	going to the test server trying it out
2400s	you know
2402s	yeah so these were the main highlights
2404s	for the sal but we have changes on the
2406s	other maps too uh
2408s	first of all cyprus huts before we go on
2411s	though actually pence if you don't mind
2413s	sorry somebody mentioned something and i
2415s	just want to touch on it before we go
2417s	any further and i think if i'm correct
2420s	uh somebody mentioned something about um
2424s	the spawn point at moses and the frame
2427s	if i'm correct that we did something
2429s	with that spawn point bear with me for a
2431s	second
2432s	uh yes so we with the spawn point at
2435s	moses we've actually made some
2436s	improvements to it so it's not been
2438s	removed entirely but we have made the
2441s	spawn now closer to the rocks so that
2443s	the moment you start you actually have
2445s	initial cover from the get-go um so just
2449s	for somebody who asked me about the
2450s	spawn point moses that is just
2453s	uh that is the answer for you we have
2454s	updated that with um the uh with updates
2458s	so yes
2460s	yes cyprus not cyprus sorry that's my
2462s	but uh we do have internal either we
2464s	have internal names for some compounds
2466s	and they are usually very similar to
2468s	their reliefs but
2470s	they first so if you were listening to
2471s	cypress hill and that's what you were
2472s	doing that's where you wrote it yeah
2474s	it's totally it's totally not our
2476s	internal name for cyprus yeah
2479s	uh but again so this compound actually
2481s	seen a lot of changes in my opinion yeah
2484s	so it's it's it's kind of in the in the
2485s	notes it's kind of classed as a little
2487s	bit of a rework um in the sense of what
2489s	we've done with it i mean honestly out
2492s	of all of the changes this one is
2493s	probably the very most obvious that you
2495s	will notice so
2497s	yeah so uh
2498s	yeah again just to uh phrase what level
2501s	design passed on to us uh oh again an
2504s	overall artwork uh reverse slightly on
2506s	the whole compound and uh there was a
2509s	big focus on uh creating more cover in
2511s	the water area uh maybe it can go uh
2515s	alongside the changes like you've seen
2517s	at uh scupper lake obviously not to that
2519s	extent but let's just look at it so
2523s	wow
2524s	yeah that is
2527s	no word other word other than wow
2530s	that is a
2531s	big change um so i mean as you can see
2534s	like a complete wall of cover
2537s	and the wall is quite high as well
2539s	so
2540s	um definitely like i mean some
2542s	significant changes and very well
2544s	thought out ones i feel from the the
2547s	level of the team
2548s	um yeah and then uh we can i think we
2551s	can enjoy the next one yeah just this
2553s	one uh the platform where you enter is
2555s	also wider than it used to be
2557s	and uh yeah and there's rick also
2559s	already mentioned the there has been the
2562s	the fans added on the south uh
2565s	side south and west side of the compound
2567s	as well
2569s	and yeah let's just take an uh look from
2571s	different angles as well
2572s	so obviously this is the back side very
2574s	uh where the meter usually works around
2576s	yeah where the
2579s	[Music]
2581s	a lot more cover
2583s	um so the carriage instead of the the
2586s	links of wood the cage has been moved
2588s	further up
2590s	um directly beneath that uh that ladder
2593s	um and yeah just in general just
2595s	providing a lot a lot more cleaner and
2598s	better sight lines with the cover that's
2600s	there you know
2602s	yeah the door cage has been moved uh
2604s	forward slightly and yeah the arc pass
2606s	is actually very visible here that like
2608s	uh some of the assets are like better
2611s	looking
2612s	yeah for sure
2614s	yeah uh we also have a third angle so
2617s	you guys can see the water area so
2622s	yeah
2623s	so again another
2625s	another change see the far off wall
2628s	again so provide an extra cover
2630s	a little entry point in there from there
2632s	as well um i mean
2634s	that's you know it's a good point of
2636s	entry but it's also one you have to kind
2638s	of be very careful of i feel you know
2639s	that's a
2641s	very good place to get
2642s	one tapped as soon as you walk into it
2645s	but yeah it's overall some like really
2647s	amazing changes bringing receding back
2649s	to water a little bit as well in certain
2650s	areas just so that it's not just all
2652s	over
2654s	so yeah i mean yeah the sniper tower is
2656s	right in the back and you basically have
2657s	no cover from it when you walk through
2659s	the water part so now you have like a
2661s	whole wall and like other like logs and
2664s	such
2665s	where you can actually hide and you
2667s	don't necessarily have to die instantly
2668s	out there so yeah
2671s	that water is no longer like a death
2673s	sentence if somebody's in that tower
2675s	you know so
2676s	that's really cool
2678s	really really cool work from the the
2679s	design team i'm going to keep saying
2681s	that repeatedly as we go through these
2682s	images there's a few more but these guys
2684s	are yeah they've done a great job
2687s	i really think you can see kind of the
2688s	changes that have come with this update
2690s	and with some of the previous updates is
2692s	how the guys are evolving their their
2694s	style over time and how great it looks
2696s	um so kudos to you guys
2699s	yeah so these are just the images of
2701s	from the crematorium side when you're
2702s	coming from crematorium so the back of
2704s	the compound i would say
2706s	uh
2707s	and here you also have a bit more cover
2710s	basically with the card
2712s	and some smaller changes as well
2715s	so at least when you get inside you
2717s	would want like
2719s	i think a problem with uh how it was
2721s	before is when you were outside this
2722s	fence you basically had no cover from
2724s	the second floor of the compound but but
2727s	now you can actually break the line of
2729s	sight here as well
2731s	yeah it looks great just an extra bit of
2733s	cover
2734s	it'll help a lot
2736s	yeah and uh
2738s	the last uh compound that got a lot of
2741s	changes actually like rick said he
2743s	thinks um
2745s	cyprus was the biggest but
2747s	actually yeah now that i realized that
2748s	you showed me this earlier and i'm like
2750s	hang on no maybe actually this this is
2752s	pretty huge also but before we go on
2754s	though just to say this is not the uh
2756s	these are not the only changes there are
2758s	quite a lot across all of the maps and
2760s	that's something as well that was
2761s	actually coming with this update it's
2763s	it's just a bit of a clean up on a lot
2764s	of the the the compounds and everything
2766s	across all maps so you'll notice
2769s	these are not the only changes there are
2771s	some extra ones we just kind of thought
2772s	these were the coolest the biggest ones
2774s	that would be you notice would be
2776s	noticed and you know some of you are not
2778s	going to jump into the test server right
2779s	away but maybe showing you off the cool
2781s	stuff might entice you to get it to the
2782s	test server a little bit you never know
2785s	and yeah i mean you'll definitely notice
2787s	the changes here i think so
2789s	big time big time this is brilliant when
2792s	you showed me earlier i was like jaw
2793s	hitting floor kind of this is insane but
2796s	uh it's really really cool really really
2798s	cool
2799s	yeah so uh
2800s	you're seeing one of the entrances into
2802s	the compound underground
2804s	and uh well it changed a bit
2808s	it's just a smidge
2809s	just a smidge
2812s	so yeah yeah
2817s	the term a picture says a thousand words
2819s	comes to mind you know i mean it's it's
2822s	a pretty pretty pretty significant
2824s	change here you know
2825s	um
2827s	yeah i'm just going back and forth
2829s	before after because it's kind of
2830s	mind-blowing uh
2833s	yeah so it is
2835s	really really awesome so
2837s	so yeah basically for this compound a
2838s	lot of the entrances have been revert
2840s	and actually there is a new entrance as
2842s	well which we'll show in a second and uh
2845s	because we actually had a lot of
2847s	requests from the community uh
2849s	for the entrances for this compound
2851s	because i think this was one of the
2853s	hardest to
2854s	properly like ambush to get it to get
2856s	into the underground section and to get
2858s	into you know a fight where you weren't
2860s	going to be ambushed very quickly it was
2862s	tough so we wanted to open up just a
2865s	little bit more so that there's a bit
2867s	more accessibility both from a defense
2869s	and an offensive point of view you know
2873s	yeah exactly and so this is another
2876s	entrance you can see and
2878s	yeah
2879s	yeah i mean
2881s	and
2883s	the light shaft is really listening to
2884s	this
2886s	just opens it up a lot more
2889s	like significantly so yeah
2893s	i mean it's going to be chapel is going
2894s	to be a very very interesting compound
2896s	to be running around now
2898s	um people that are familiar with it if
2900s	you know it if you've been playing for
2901s	thousands of hours like some of our
2903s	streamers and partners you're going to
2904s	know this like the back of your hand and
2906s	this this changes things up a bit you
2909s	know so enjoy and you know just just to
2912s	advertise the test server a bit more go
2914s	go to the test server try out the new
2916s	compounds and then you have an advantage
2917s	over all those people that didn't test
2919s	it out so
2920s	yeah and
2922s	i mean while you're there you might as
2923s	well just let us know how you feel about
2925s	it you know so
2927s	yeah no i mean no there's nothing about
2929s	positive feedback only if there's
2931s	negative feedback by all means give it
2932s	uh by all means we we won't all any all
2935s	feedback the only thing we ask is it's
2937s	constructive and something we work with
2939s	that's it any positive negative doesn't
2942s	matter
2943s	yeah i mean while i'm showing another
2945s	entrance yes again
2947s	similar huge change
2949s	i think you are able to see the ladder
2951s	where you can climb them from uh a
2954s	building outside lighter at the back
2956s	there yeah
2958s	and yeah just way more open and better
2960s	sites overall
2962s	for anyone just showing up this is uh
2964s	the chapel of madonna noir uh compound
2969s	yeah so i mean this looks a lot a lot
2972s	cleaner i feel a lot nicer the way it's
2974s	laid out the the bricks and everything
2977s	it's just just in general it just it
2979s	looks
2980s	way way better you know
2983s	yeah so i believe like uh a few updates
2985s	ago i can't remember which update was it
2987s	was exactly we have added the building
2989s	where you can enter the compound again
2991s	with the leather yes and uh yeah i think
2993s	that area is what you see right now
2999s	uh and then these are just the internal
3001s	area there's the smaller changes here
3003s	but still very noticeable
3005s	so uh this is how it looks on live
3007s	currently and this is test
3010s	exactly so the biggest change we don't
3012s	notice is the wall on the right side of
3014s	the image which was like an open little
3017s	doorway and now that is closed down
3022s	then uh again like another internal part
3025s	of the compound
3026s	this is a bigger change so the wall has
3028s	been reduced
3029s	yeah this opens this place up so much um
3033s	you know i mean i always found this
3034s	really kind of the walls be you know
3036s	helpful to hide but um sometimes a
3038s	little too helpful you know so we can
3040s	see here it's clearly like opened it up
3042s	in a big way um so it should i feel it's
3045s	going to make for some very very
3047s	interesting fights down there now
3051s	yeah and this is basically the again
3052s	same but as you can see it's more open
3055s	as recognition
3056s	and the art pass on it as well i mean
3058s	you see the attention to detail at the
3060s	bottom of the ramp there and everything
3061s	as well it's just it's
3063s	yeah just
3064s	trying to polish it up making things a
3066s	bit cleaner and everything so
3070s	and uh yeah again this is the internals
3072s	uh
3074s	yeah a lot more detail actually not that
3076s	you mentioned it like a lot more smaller
3078s	rocks and
3079s	little objects moved around but
3081s	there is actually okay so sorry there's
3083s	one more entrance that you can see from
3084s	a different angle
3086s	now you can just see how
3088s	it changed like it is completely it
3090s	changes the whole thing so
3092s	it's gonna be i think a lot of people
3093s	are gonna have a lot of fun trying to
3095s	relearn this uh this compound
3097s	yeah people asking which compound it is
3100s	a chapel so chapel of madonna noir
3102s	yeah
3105s	and uh
3106s	another
3108s	entrance shot from the side there's a
3111s	nice coffin there as well now and as i
3114s	see there's like a little uh hole in the
3116s	wall where you may be able to climb
3117s	through
3119s	maybe
3120s	maybe do you know what we'll ask the
3122s	community to go on to test and try and
3123s	find out
3126s	let us know if you can crawl through
3128s	that
3129s	that that hole
3132s	oh so this is the inside entrance this i
3135s	would call this a main entrance which is
3136s	usually always trapped so the one inside
3139s	the one inside the church itself um
3142s	exactly the one that's always trapped
3144s	with
3144s	as many concertina traps as you can find
3147s	and
3148s	bear traps
3149s	and as you can see
3152s	there's a change in here yeah a little
3154s	bit opened up there you know there seems
3156s	to be a hole there as well so
3159s	um again i guess you guys are gonna have
3161s	to go on to the test server try and find
3163s	out what's in there
3165s	so
3167s	and uh
3168s	this is just an art style change for the
3171s	uh two entrances that you can see so the
3173s	little i don't even know what you would
3175s	call them but uh mausoleums are built
3178s	yeah
3179s	so they are like larger now a bit uh
3182s	have some vegetation on top and
3184s	i think also look cooler to be honest
3186s	look more like a grave to be honest yeah
3188s	so
3189s	uh well i mean that's what muslims are
3191s	they are yeah so just fancy people grace
3194s	so
3195s	and uh i think this is maybe the biggest
3198s	change here
3199s	yep definitely there's definitely
3201s	there's a new entrance there's
3203s	there's a new thing
3205s	there's something new
3207s	yeah so that's basically a completely
3209s	new entrance guys uh to the compound
3212s	i mentioned it a bit earlier already but
3215s	there you can see it so you'll be able
3216s	to go down there
3223s	even though even the wall changed like
3225s	the textures on the wall yeah yeah yeah
3227s	yeah like so this this is one of the
3229s	things there's been a lot of lot a lot
3230s	of what this update runs is like from
3232s	the map side of things just brings an
3233s	overall air pass i clean up everything
3235s	you know um it's just
3238s	yeah we just want to make stuff look
3239s	better
3241s	so
3242s	yeah why not better no better time to do
3244s	it than now
3246s	okay yeah again test it out let us know
3248s	and let's move on to this topic
3251s	so yeah let's move on to this topic so
3253s	the reason we're only going to be
3254s	touching on this topic ever so slightly
3256s	similar to uh some other things
3259s	throughout this stream um we don't want
3261s	to give away too much
3263s	but the reason why the reason we're
3264s	bringing this up is because uh when 1.8
3268s	goes to live
3269s	you guys might notice the size of the
3271s	update will probably be a little bit big
3273s	and
3274s	the main reason is is that because the
3276s	the bulk of the actual event is going to
3278s	be included in the update itself
3281s	so keep that in mind that we wanted to
3283s	give you just some brief highlights of
3285s	what's coming as well as let you know
3287s	that we have a new event coming at the
3289s	end of this month
3292s	so like the bulk of it is inside the
3294s	update but obviously you can't see it so
3296s	it won't be accessible and we have some
3298s	things we have to touch up and
3299s	everything like that but a lot of what a
3301s	lot of it is ready so we have it
3304s	snuck in there with this update but we
3306s	will let you know so that there's no
3308s	kind of confusion as to why why is this
3310s	a big update
3311s	this is one of the reasons on top of the
3313s	map changes on top of everything else
3314s	that's coming with it so
3316s	and yeah so keep an eye on our socials
3318s	we're going to start teasing it and and
3319s	everything uh
3321s	relatively soon
3322s	um just
3324s	best bet is follow up like subscribe do
3326s	all of those things
3328s	uh and uh yeah you'll be the first to
3330s	see some of the stuff that's coming up
3332s	and then as well in a couple of weeks we
3334s	will have a dedicated advent stream um
3337s	that i will be looking after as pensa is
3339s	taking a well-deserved holiday um
3342s	and so yeah we'll be back uh to talk
3344s	through the event and probably go
3346s	through a bit more of the lore side of
3348s	things this time because we have some
3350s	interesting things coming up on that
3351s	aspect with this event and it's
3353s	something i've already had a chance to
3356s	read through some of that it's uh
3358s	yeah
3359s	very very nice so
3361s	uh yeah keep an eye out guys we're gonna
3362s	have a lot of more information on it uh
3364s	very soon actually so
3366s	very very soon so yeah
3369s	so with that then wait just like because
3371s	rick mentioned social media i want to
3373s	talk to all the youtube viewers right
3375s	now make sure to subscribe guys we can
3377s	see that you're watching but not
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3380s	in twitch as well subscribe to our
3381s	youtube channel
3384s	like follow make sure you stay up to
3386s	date because
3387s	not only are we going to be having more
3389s	videos uh more blogs more dev streams
3392s	you know we're going to be doing like a
3394s	hell of a lot this year so make sure you
3396s	follow us everywhere um you'll get all
3398s	the latest information and there's going
3401s	to be quite a lot of it
3402s	that is for sure exactly and yeah now i
3405s	feel like these youtubers like ring the
3406s	bell ding ding subscribe follow
3409s	upload the video for the algorithm thank
3411s	you yeah i love the live and she
3412s	understanded it a little bit but you
3414s	know
3415s	i'll leave you off because i want people
3416s	to do it too so look i'll take the
3418s	cringe for a few uh sometime
3422s	i'm absolutely fine with that if you're
3423s	okay with it so yeah thank you guys
3426s	sorry for that introduction but i had to
3428s	say it yeah so just before we continue
3430s	right i just noticed right so our our
3433s	our awesome
3434s	uh north american community manager ahri
3436s	has been uh making notes of some
3438s	questions for us right and i'm just
3440s	having a look at a couple of them and i
3442s	see that there's some that there's one
3444s	that i will answer right now just
3446s	because i can and it's quick and it's
3447s	easy but there's others we're actually
3449s	going to address uh as we continue
3451s	through the stream which will be uh
3453s	hopefully quite nice for some of you so
3455s	the first one to address is someone
3457s	asked about the lebel clipping through
3460s	the floor uh whenever you try to swap it
3462s	um that is actually in the patch notes
3465s	for 1.8 as a fix so um go and check it
3468s	to let us know if it actually is fixed
3470s	um it should be so we just need you guys
3472s	to test it out and sure
3474s	so just wanted to say that before we
3477s	continue
3478s	with the next stuff because we've got
3480s	some more stuff to talk exactly we'll
3482s	just quickly go through these ones
3484s	which is there are some legendary
3486s	content in this update uh so we are
3488s	adding uh a legendary centennial we've
3492s	been filled uh centennial with the
3494s	like the scope called the old testament
3497s	the
3499s	sniper so
3500s	yeah
3503s	uh yeah old testament and it will cost
3505s	uh 700 blood bones and uh here's the
3508s	lore i won't free this right now unless
3511s	rick wants to read it with the perfect
3512s	iron because it kind of has that like
3514s	that that gritty uh
3518s	give it a try if you can see it on the
3519s	screen yeah i can so in holy communion
3522s	mary burgess had her first taste of
3524s	blood in defense of her coven
3527s	convent her second and in the bayou her
3529s	third where she disgraced and
3531s	excommunicated
3533s	dedicated her righteous fury to stealing
3535s	the unholy blood of the corrupted in
3537s	hopes of fighting her way back to the
3539s	light
3541s	not perfect but you know son of goon
3543s	yeah so
3546s	yeah so awesome legendary for the
3548s	centennial uh here's the one more image
3550s	of it and uh we actually have just a
3553s	quick little video as well to see how it
3556s	looks
3558s	[Music]
3570s	in
3574s	i'll let it go once more so you guys can
3576s	see
3577s	they're so pretty yeah
3586s	[Music]
3589s	yeah so that was the old testament uh a
3592s	new song it is in the second album of uh
3595s	the scene i mean it's called the senior
3596s	songbook and the second album of port
3598s	sulfur band but this version is not on
3601s	the album but the song is called rabbit
3603s	in the mind so it's the version of that
3604s	basically
3606s	so check that album out it's really cool
3608s	by the way
3609s	so let's go on to the next one
3611s	so we do have a new quad derringer which
3613s	is a tool
3615s	uh called revelation for 400 blood bones
3619s	and rick uh i'll give you donors again
3624s	wait that's a different that will wield
3626s	this oh i
3630s	[Music]
3632s	i think i exchanged the two of it
3636s	okay wait don't uh
3637s	follow the country that i got yeah
3640s	okay now you
3643s	this winfield m18 76 and tail sniper
3647s	with the wrath of the old testament god
3650s	uh and the bayou will be washed clean of
3652s	sin and corruption with the blood
3654s	spilled by your hand yes clearly this
3656s	beautiful compound looking windfield
3662s	well done well done uh the danger got a
3665s	small buff someday
3668s	no it wouldn't be it wouldn't be a hunt
3670s	dead stream if we didn't have a mess up
3672s	like this seriously you guys you know
3674s	this is
3676s	we should have expected this so
3678s	i'm glad you noticed that imagine if you
3680s	i mean sadly the name is if it didn't
3682s	say win for centennial you wouldn't
3683s	known
3685s	maybe you never know but anyway either
3688s	way it's the quad
3689s	average of revelation so i was for 400
3691s	bloodbots so it's uh yeah
3695s	yeah let's take a video
3698s	[Music]
3713s	once more again
3730s	yeah such such a beautiful centennial
3732s	sniper you know
3735s	it's awesome but anyway um i think
3738s	there's do we have something else i
3739s	believe
3740s	yes
3742s	hail mary uh new legendary hunter uh for
3745s	blood
3746s	for 900 blood bones
3748s	yes so this is the mary burgess that we
3750s	that there's there's the there's the
3751s	thing i already read that one
3753s	so yeah anyway i don't think this is
3756s	it again but as you know as you can see
3758s	hail mary uh mary burgess joins the uh
3762s	recruits for the legendary hunters in
3764s	the bayou so
3766s	she's a badass
3768s	badass none
3770s	here's a very detailed image of her as
3772s	well so you guys can see it well
3774s	yeah
3776s	lawless sister who knows you know uh
3779s	did you read the lore i guess
3781s	yeah i mean there's some there's some
3783s	some lore there so
3785s	definitely go and check it out
3787s	on the server
3789s	yeah and uh
3790s	one one more thing to mention guys that
3792s	uh we will have a bundle for all these
3795s	legendaries that are coming with update
3797s	1.8 uh so you'll be able to get the
3800s	hunter and uh
3802s	two centimeters okay no i'm just joking
3804s	there's something in a sniper and
3805s	they're injured for uh
3808s	20 percent less so 1600 blood pump in
3810s	total
3811s	so check that out when you guys are in
3814s	the store if you want it obviously
3816s	and when it hits live
3818s	yeah i mean i i'm not sure how it works
3820s	on the test server but
3822s	yeah you don't have to check that out
3827s	but mainly this is important for when it
3829s	hits life just so you guys know
3833s	yeah and uh yeah so in the beginning
3836s	before we go into 1.8 i mentioned that
3838s	we have a lot of back-end work in the
3840s	update as well as well in the future and
3843s	now we will talk about those separately
3845s	so yes
3847s	so yes so um
3849s	look as everyone knows uh since 1.7
3852s	we've kind of had some issues with
3854s	performance um we've we've been
3855s	listening to you guys about it and we've
3857s	been doing what we can to investigate it
3859s	uh so with 1.8 the when we said at the
3862s	start we wanted to focus on it being a
3864s	service update this is what we mean
3867s	so
3867s	we know performance is paramount uh you
3871s	you know you need to you need good
3872s	performance to be able to click heads
3874s	that's really what it comes down to so
3876s	we get it um so we've been digging into
3878s	a couple of things um so in this
3880s	instance we're going to talk about the
3882s	server performance side of things
3884s	so um the first thing we've done so
3887s	there's three main things on the server
3889s	side so we've improved the way
3891s	the server side interacts with the
3894s	physicalized entities in the world so
3896s	when we say physicalize entities we mean
3898s	like the ai the doors to change the
3900s	interactable objects
3901s	so
3902s	essentially we've made sure that the
3904s	cost of these of processing these on the
3906s	server has been reduced
3908s	and we're hoping then that that is going
3910s	to take a bit more of a difference in
3912s	terms of the server performance side of
3913s	things
3915s	from there then is all as well we also
3917s	looked into the idle ai
3920s	improvements so we noticed that the ai
3923s	were um
3925s	the the idle ai were actually causing
3927s	spikes in performance on the server
3929s	so what we've done is that
3931s	basically they were using far more
3933s	resources than we needed them to or
3935s	should have so we've made some
3936s	improvements to reduce that cost overall
3938s	so when they're idle
3940s	so one thing to kind of take from that
3942s	is if they are idle they may be ever so
3944s	slightly slower in reacting
3948s	exactly uh sorry to just like uh so the
3951s	the legendary weapons are available on
3953s	tesseract for everyone just i need to
3955s	make sure yeah good to know
3959s	yeah uh do you want to mention the third
3960s	part of this yeah so one one last thing
3963s	is is that we there's there was a
3964s	component that was actually going unused
3967s	um on on the server side of things this
3969s	was tied into a system called schematic
3972s	and basically we have removed this
3974s	component the reason being is that
3975s	having it there could have actually been
3977s	impacting the performance so we've taken
3980s	it out to see if it helps
3982s	so yeah that is one of this is one of
3984s	the bigger bigger reasons as to why uh
3986s	we need people on the test server this
3989s	time around with these we need to make
3991s	sure that they work and they actually do
3993s	make a difference um and it can be very
3996s	difficult to tell if we don't have large
3998s	numbers of people playing it once on the
4000s	test servers so
4002s	um
4003s	yeah
4004s	we'll continue with the with the rest of
4005s	them but i will probably end up
4007s	repeating that several times around
4009s	because it is quite important for us
4010s	like um we we really did want to make
4012s	sure that we put a focus on this this
4014s	update because of the problems that have
4016s	been reported um
4019s	so yeah the la so like i said the last
4020s	thing was that component we removed and
4022s	that's that's it from the server side so
4023s	now this is not the only things we're
4025s	going to be doing these are just the
4027s	first steps
4029s	so that's it uh
4030s	that's it for this update but we're
4032s	going to be doing much much more as each
4034s	update progresses throughout the rest of
4036s	the year yeah obviously performance is
4038s	very important to us and like optimizing
4040s	the game as much as we can so we'll
4042s	continue working on all the performance
4044s	updates uh pc and console as well to
4047s	give you the best possible experience so
4050s	that's it when it comes down to it we
4052s	want to make sure you all have the best
4053s	possible experience so
4055s	this is
4056s	one step to it in that direction
4058s	hopefully the right step
4061s	so the next side then was actually the
4063s	client uh performance so you guys might
4065s	actually remember before the new year we
4068s	did a change in the way the game uh
4072s	interacts with the steam api
4074s	so we've done we've we've dug deeper
4077s	into that and we noticed that it we
4078s	still needed some more work on it so
4081s	essentially what was happening was game
4083s	was making several calls to or a lot of
4085s	calls to some features in the same steam
4087s	api every single frame and from systems
4091s	this was actually pretty costly so some
4094s	of you noticed when you had certain
4096s	aspects of steam open or running um in
4099s	the background it was decreasing
4100s	performance overall for you so we're
4103s	hoping that with this change we
4105s	basically improved it so it's not doing
4107s	that call every frame anymore so
4109s	hopefully we're hoping that this should
4111s	come with an increase in performance for
4114s	uh many of you now we know this is not
4117s	the silver bullet that's going to solve
4119s	all the performance issues
4121s	no we know this
4123s	with that we are
4125s	adding some more tools to the game to
4128s	actually help us dig into these
4130s	performance issues a little bit further
4132s	so i think we have something yeah on
4134s	that nice so
4136s	clean-up
4138s	yeah i thought so too i thought that was
4140s	pretty nice so um so some of you some of
4142s	the veterans uh you might remember a
4144s	thing called the lightweight profiler
4146s	and this was something that we had
4149s	way back in the early days that we used
4151s	to actually help with these specific
4153s	performance related issues so what it is
4155s	is that it um it's a beta branch that
4158s	you
4159s	enter into steam and you start playing
4161s	from that and and
4163s	you play on the live servers as normal
4165s	well technically test at the moment um
4167s	you play as normal um and what happens
4169s	is that the game will record extra data
4172s	about what's going on from a performance
4173s	sense in the game log files and in
4176s	another separate file that uh is there
4179s	so the reason that we've done this is
4181s	because this is far more user friendly
4184s	as some of you know we had been asking
4186s	for things known as mtr captures before
4188s	the new year to try and help us
4189s	investigate these issues as well
4191s	and they were a little bit difficult to
4193s	follow if you got around to it it was
4196s	relatively simple once you kind of went
4198s	through every step but initially once
4200s	you looked at it it was quite a daunting
4201s	experience and kind of
4203s	not really the best thing to do if
4206s	you're not
4206s	overly technical so we wanted to bring a
4209s	way that was far more friendly to you
4211s	guys to be able to help us a little bit
4213s	better um
4215s	so yeah one thing you'll notice is that
4217s	it's very simple to set up all of the
4219s	details are like step by step are
4221s	written out in the patch notes and like
4223s	it's just activating a beta branch um on
4226s	the
4228s	in steam by pressing on the settings
4230s	properties beta and like i said there's
4232s	more information on steam in the patch
4234s	notes and this will also come to the
4236s	live servers we have it on test so by
4238s	all means uh i like i got the guys to
4240s	activate it so that we could test it on
4242s	so if you are one of those people that
4244s	are still encountering performance
4245s	issues stutters
4247s	anything really that you feel is
4248s	performance related
4250s	you can use this beta code you have to
4252s	enter it in before you start playing
4253s	those so make sure you do that the game
4255s	log files don't give us anything unless
4257s	you relaunch the game while this code is
4260s	activated um and then yeah what with the
4263s	files i have detailed exactly which
4265s	files you need to get us and you just
4267s	send them over to us and we'll pass them
4268s	on to the devs and that will really
4269s	really help us a lot with our
4271s	investigations so
4273s	profiler is on test and also will come
4275s	to live when uh 1.8 goes to the live
4279s	source
4280s	yeah so to find the code for the beta
4282s	branch i've seen some people asking just
4284s	go to our uh patch notes on the steam
4286s	test servers right now and there you'll
4288s	be able to find the beta branch you just
4290s	have to edit if you are facing
4291s	performance issues to launch options and
4293s	then it will automatically activate
4295s	itself in your session so yeah once what
4298s	happens is once you've entered the code
4300s	like and you click play a little extra
4302s	box will pop up and go do you want to
4304s	play hunch showdown or play hunt
4306s	showdown um beta branch or or
4309s	lightweight profiler i think so click on
4311s	the lightweight profiler and then
4313s	play but one thing i will say
4316s	don't leave it running for too long
4318s	okay a game or two is perfect it will
4321s	gather a bit of data for us that we can
4323s	actually dig into it further but if you
4325s	leave it running for a long extended
4327s	period of time it can actually use up
4329s	more resources on your pc and may
4330s	actually cause performance issues on its
4332s	own so make sure that when you're using
4334s	it only do it for a game or two exit
4337s	hunt turn it off um and go back to the
4339s	normal version um and make sure then you
4342s	send the files so you can either reach
4343s	out to us on the community management
4345s	team so myself or bensa or ahri or our
4348s	brazilian community manager um uh
4351s	leo chancellor our russian community
4353s	manager yvonne um and any of us uh will
4356s	be able to take them off your hands and
4357s	pass them on to um the the devs for
4360s	further investigation um so yeah that's
4363s	that's
4364s	more details can be found in the patch
4366s	notes so
4368s	yeah exactly and uh yeah as rick said uh
4371s	this is not uh stopping here we're gonna
4373s	work on performance in the future and uh
4376s	we'll also release more blogs more
4377s	videos as we go into your year regarding
4380s	this so as we said please keep an eye
4382s	out for those we want to communicate way
4384s	more in those formats as well so
4387s	you can see a lot more in the future
4388s	regarding these in more detail
4392s	and uh yeah so we kind of closed off
4395s	what was in 1.8 and now we'll start
4398s	talking about early q2 and just the
4401s	heads up guys that it is not everything
4402s	that's coming this is just highlights
4404s	and obviously we are not able to tell
4406s	you guys every detail and not show like
4409s	images yet but at least we want to
4411s	highlight what is the path ahead of us
4416s	so a new quest system
4418s	yes so this is something that is going
4420s	to be coming like we said early q
4422s	um we have a bunch of different things
4424s	in the works and one of them is a new
4426s	quest system so this is going to replace
4428s	the daily weekly challenges that we
4430s	currently have
4431s	um
4432s	some of you
4433s	should know about them but some of you
4435s	might not um which is kind of the point
4438s	so we have uh we are we are currently in
4441s	the process of working on a new system
4444s	here it is going to be um
4446s	basically our hope is it's going to be a
4448s	far more engaging
4450s	system for
4451s	everyone giving more engaging elements
4453s	of progression to hunt and just your
4455s	daily play sessions
4457s	so um we're the way we're going to
4459s	design it it's going to have something
4460s	for everyone you know which means that
4462s	like we'll have there'll be like quests
4463s	in it for beginners to come to grips
4465s	with the core gameplay aimed for more
4468s	experience and hardcore players and kind
4469s	of everything in between really to be
4471s	honest with you so um but the the aim
4474s	with it there is like we're gonna add a
4476s	system that gives you a little bit more
4477s	freedom with the challenges that you
4479s	actually undertake and want to focus on
4482s	with the daily weekly challenges you
4484s	kind of set something and you did it or
4485s	you didn't kind of thing so this will
4487s	kind of give you a little bit more
4488s	freedom with it um and again we'll have
4490s	further updates like we will also be
4492s	expanding the system for in the future
4494s	as well in tying it into other systems
4496s	and it's going to give us a lot more
4498s	freedom as well in terms of bringing new
4500s	content outside of uh live events and
4502s	stuff like that so
4504s	keep an eye out for it we can't go into
4505s	much we don't want anything to show on
4507s	it right now it's you know still
4508s	everything is all in the works um and
4511s	yeah we we really really are looking
4513s	forward to actually showing this off to
4515s	you guys because we're we're excited
4517s	about where this is going to bring us um
4519s	and what what comes with in early q2 is
4521s	going to be
4522s	the the groundwork for the future of
4524s	this system so we hope you like it yeah
4526s	exactly and uh as rick said this will be
4529s	far more engaging that how we have it
4530s	currently because
4532s	some of you don't even realize that
4533s	there's challenges right now uh it's
4535s	kind of hard to find them hard to know
4537s	what you're even doing and sometimes you
4538s	just receive a random reward from them
4540s	so
4540s	uh this will be way more fun and much
4542s	better so uh i ca we can't wait to show
4545s	you more about this uh very soon
4548s	actually i mean that uh early youtube so
4551s	we'll have to see exactly when but soon
4553s	is a good word to use like early too so
4555s	not like not like
4557s	very far away yeah
4559s	yeah
4561s	and with that we have something even
4563s	cooler maybe but like no
4565s	level of coolness
4567s	no we can't take away from that like the
4570s	quest system is awesome it's going to be
4572s	amazing but with quest system we're
4574s	bringing something awesome to exactly
4577s	it's so together
4578s	yes
4579s	it's something that's gonna they're
4580s	gonna kind of come hand in hand and the
4581s	quest system is gonna help us introduce
4583s	the the new ai variations as well so
4585s	yeah so we're coming along with it we
4588s	have
4588s	two new variations to the grunts
4593s	and
4594s	you know we just we like to mix it up a
4595s	little bit we guys have seen some of the
4597s	previous variations that we've done um
4599s	with the the prison grunts and the
4601s	doctor grunts and everything like that
4602s	so we have another two coming up uh one
4605s	a little bit more different than the
4608s	others i i don't want to give too much
4609s	away but both are going to be really
4612s	cool additions um
4614s	so
4615s	we again we don't have photos to show
4617s	you just yet we want to save that for a
4618s	little bit for another devstream um and
4621s	this is just kind of one of those things
4623s	that we're looking to add a bit more
4624s	variety into hunt overall in terms of
4626s	the ai um and this is just one of the
4628s	steps that we're taking so you know you
4630s	can expect to potentially see a lot more
4632s	coming in the future yeah it's so hard
4634s	not to say anything about this but uh
4636s	there'll be a lot of fun and yeah i i
4638s	really really want to say it it's
4640s	very very very very cool to know but no
4643s	you guys are gonna have to wait so
4646s	but you won't be disappointed so uh just
4648s	keep an eye out for uh the new air
4650s	variation as well
4652s	yeah and uh
4654s	oh another big one uh so
4656s	we have to thank you guys for this one
4658s	uh there was a bug in the game where the
4662s	third person animations were misaligned
4664s	when standing and crashing with
4665s	different weapons with specific weapons
4667s	actually uh you guys brought it to our
4669s	attention and uh
4671s	with the next update actually after 1.8
4674s	we are going to fix it
4676s	yes so it is due to come in 1.8.1 and
4679s	again we want to thank those who have
4680s	created all the videos and everything
4682s	like that and and like really brought it
4684s	to our attention um there's some in
4686s	particular ones uh i believe from huge
4688s	um
4689s	who did some and they were passed along
4691s	to us by many members of the community
4693s	so thank you very much first off for uh
4697s	letting us know about this and yeah
4699s	since we've got since we saw all of this
4701s	we've been working on aligning uh all of
4704s	the aligning it across all of the
4706s	characters so and like pence's said
4708s	coming with update 1.8.1 so we're really
4711s	looking forward to it so thank you again
4713s	again guys like you know uh we just want
4716s	to say
4717s	we say very often your feedback is
4719s	valuable to us and you know it may not
4721s	always seem that way but genuinely it is
4724s	um your feedback is what helps us fix
4727s	and solve problems like this your
4728s	feedback is what helps us
4731s	bring in the the the
4733s	the clinton server performance fixes the
4736s	map changes the new content
4738s	and everything going forward so
4739s	genuinely from everyone here thank you
4741s	very much for all of the feedback that
4743s	you give us and please please keep it
4744s	coming by going on to the test server
4747s	see how i did that again um but now this
4749s	isn't on the test server right now this
4750s	is going to be in a future update but uh
4752s	we are working hard on it the app engine
4754s	guys are are all over it um and yeah
4756s	you'll you'll notice some some changes
4758s	coming very very soon yeah i mean it is
4760s	going to be a huge bug fix so
4763s	yeah yeah
4764s	big time big time a huge one
4767s	and we so yeah we just want we just
4769s	wanted to address that anyway um because
4771s	we know it is something
4773s	um that has been bothering a lot of you
4774s	for for quite some time now so yeah
4776s	there we have it
4779s	yeah and these were the things we wanted
4781s	to highlight for early q2 but uh we have
4784s	a few more topics to talk about and
4786s	highlight for uh mid and late q2 as well
4790s	as early q3 of the year uh
4793s	this is very important to highlight that
4794s	these are just highlights so this is not
4797s	everything that's coming these are just
4799s	some things that we wanted to let you
4801s	know about already and show you so not
4804s	everything but uh some features and some
4806s	cool stuff that we could mention already
4809s	yeah we're we're we're
4810s	we're working on refining the plan a lot
4812s	more now um at the moment and it's just
4815s	we there are certain things that we know
4818s	are coming in the works on
4820s	and you know generally on targets so we
4823s	wanted to make sure that we could
4824s	actually give you a little bit more
4825s	information because we know
4827s	one of the reasons for this actually is
4829s	because obviously taking down our
4830s	roadmap last year we want to start using
4832s	these um
4834s	devstreams and blogs and videos as a
4837s	much better way of communicating our
4839s	roadmap so this is this is not
4841s	essentially a roadmap devstream but it
4843s	is something that we want to start using
4845s	and we feel it's probably going to be a
4847s	little bit better because at least then
4848s	we can talk about it with you guys um
4850s	live and you know it's not just a static
4852s	page that
4854s	unfortunately wasn't really working for
4856s	us and wasn't really working well for
4857s	the community it was you know if we ever
4859s	change something on that
4860s	uh we ended up ended up causing backlash
4863s	because you know for any different many
4866s	different reasons and just having the
4868s	static page wasn't doing this any favors
4869s	so what this allows this opens us up and
4872s	gives us a lot more freedom to be able
4874s	to produce more content for you guys to
4876s	let you know about what's coming um
4878s	it's it
4880s	it just opens up a bigger avenue of
4882s	communication rather than just hey go
4884s	look at that static page that
4886s	potentially hasn't been updated in a
4887s	couple of weeks or
4889s	you know anything like that so this is
4891s	going to be our new format for
4894s	road map i'll do that term loosely
4896s	because you know but for road map going
4898s	forward um
4900s	so yeah we hope you first we hope you
4903s	like how we're doing this we hope you
4904s	like this stream and the way we're we're
4906s	taking the streams going forward please
4908s	by all means leave your feedback um and
4910s	give us your feedback on it because it
4912s	is very important we want to make sure
4913s	that these streams are good
4915s	uh and valuable information for all of
4917s	you
4918s	because that is the purpose we want to
4920s	talk to you and get more out there to
4922s	you guys
4923s	and yeah uh
4925s	definitely expect more of these kind of
4926s	streams in the future as well so we want
4928s	to be
4930s	talking to you guys about what is coming
4932s	we also want to talk about the issues
4933s	the hot topics in the community that's
4935s	why we decided to have these more open
4937s	streams as well as uh as we mentioned
4940s	many times more videos where you can see
4942s	all these topics uh maybe even the deep
4945s	dives into the audio to the
4947s	animations uh like topics from the dev
4950s	site so you guys get a better idea how
4952s	we work as a team uh how features in
4955s	hunt work and uh
4956s	how we are working on upcoming things as
4958s	well so uh this is very important for us
4961s	and
4963s	i see someone mentioning something about
4965s	the the left side peaking and it's
4966s	something that we are looking at as well
4968s	um i don't have any information to give
4970s	on it at the moment but i do know that
4971s	it has been uh talked about so um
4974s	again no no actual details but at least
4977s	wanted to make you guys aware of that we
4978s	do know where you talk about it um and
4980s	we are talking about it as well
4982s	so but with that anyway i mean look we
4985s	let's get on we will have some q a at
4987s	the end i'm sure we can answer some of
4988s	the questions that are that people have
4990s	so but let's kind of give you guys a
4991s	little bit of an idea of what's kind of
4993s	kind of going to be coming towards kind
4994s	of the end of summer ish that that time
4997s	period
4998s	yeah so let's uh take a look at a few
5000s	highlights from those so uh one big
5003s	topic is quality of life and ui
5006s	improvements in the game
5008s	yeah big time so
5010s	feed her feedback feedback feedback and
5013s	one big point of feedback we have from
5015s	all of you is the ui um we know that
5018s	there's a lot of things that you guys
5019s	have suggested and would like to see in
5021s	our ui so we have a couple of points
5024s	that we're going to try and touch on um
5026s	towards you know the late q2 early q3 so
5030s	some of the main points that we want to
5032s	look at so we want to look at the the
5034s	the
5035s	um
5036s	the death screen and the team detail
5038s	screen for one
5039s	so
5040s	one of the things that we've the
5041s	feedback we've gotten is is that people
5043s	want more information you after you've
5045s	died you know we want to make sure that
5047s	we still keep that element of mystery
5049s	throughout your entire game
5051s	but
5052s	at the end of it you should have more
5054s	information you should know what
5056s	actually happened not just from the
5058s	damage you dealt or anything like that
5059s	but also the damage dealt to you well i
5061s	mean sorry a lot of damage dealt with
5062s	you but the damage you dealt and and
5064s	other things that happened in or around
5066s	the time of your death and the same with
5068s	the team details so these are two things
5070s	that we are currently uh working on the
5072s	ui guys are look to see exactly what
5075s	they can do and how best they can work
5076s	it um
5078s	so this is something we wanted to talk
5080s	about we wanted like one thing we want
5081s	to kind of try to make sure of is that
5083s	we're adding a bit more fairness at
5084s	least to after a match um and one of
5087s	those things that provides that kind of
5088s	element innocent allows you to work on
5091s	your strategies and the way you play is
5093s	to have more details so this is
5095s	something that we we want to work on for
5097s	you so it'll be improvements both to the
5100s	death and team detail screen i'm not
5102s	sure if it's going to be an entirely new
5103s	one i don't believe so but it'll just be
5104s	an improvement on the current one that's
5106s	there
5107s	yeah and other than these two bigger
5109s	changes we are also planning changes to
5111s	the equipment screen so obviously when
5113s	you're equipping your hunters uh this
5115s	should overall have a much better
5117s	usability in the menus for you guys to
5119s	understand how this works uh a lot of
5122s	improvements to be made there so uh we
5124s	are going to be changing this in the
5126s	future as well and obviously as as i can
5129s	see it in the chat the ui has been a big
5131s	topic and uh we are working on it so
5133s	this is one of our biggest focus uh for
5136s	at least
5138s	as the summer period yeah within the
5139s	next six months yeah it's like like
5141s	we've said the the whole point of kind
5142s	of when while we're talking about this
5144s	is a lot of the stuff coming up is about
5146s	service and ui is is a part of that um
5149s	so it's very important that we have a ui
5151s	that everyone is is happy with and uses
5154s	and can use very well so this will be
5156s	the first steps that we take within the
5158s	first you know six months of this year
5161s	exactly and then there's actually a
5163s	whole brand new feature this will be
5166s	very vague about because we cannot share
5168s	anything but uh i can already promise
5170s	you that this is gonna be a big one and
5172s	it's very cool
5174s	you guys are gonna hate us for how fake
5176s	we are seriously you're gonna hate us
5179s	basically we have a brand new feature
5181s	coming around cue started q3 uh not not
5184s	no specific dates or anything like that
5186s	yet but around that time
5188s	uh this feature is going to bring a
5190s	brand new element of team play
5192s	and on top of that is going to double up
5194s	as an anti-camping mechanic
5199s	and that is that's all right
5202s	so we're looking forward to your guesses
5204s	in the chat in on reddit
5207s	but very much can i say more
5209s	no we cannot give anything more than
5212s	that um when we get closer to the time
5215s	we will have a dedicated stream to it as
5218s	it is something that we will be wanting
5219s	to show off um
5221s	but yeah for now
5223s	brand new feature coming
5224s	new element of team play
5226s	double sedan camping mechanic make of
5229s	that what you will have fun
5232s	yes sorry for not the same word but at
5234s	least it keeps the suspense up to be you
5236s	know yes yeah i mean we can't tell you
5238s	everything you know we have to keep you
5240s	guys wanting more so you know
5242s	yeah we'll we'll let you guys know more
5244s	closer to the time um but the next one
5247s	is this is going
5249s	to go nuts over this if i'm on so we'll
5251s	give them a second to kind of uh moment
5254s	of reading the title so i actually seen
5257s	it on the chat already earlier asking
5259s	about it so obviously this has been a
5262s	hot topic for a long time in the whole
5264s	community for uh months if not like year
5268s	at this point uh asking about the ping
5270s	limits the topic of
5272s	ping abuse and the regional looking uh
5275s	players so now we have a plan for this
5279s	it's not like completely finalized in
5280s	every aspect and we obviously can't tell
5282s	you everything about it but we can share
5284s	a few parts of it already so yes
5287s	so basically the the initial plan is to
5290s	have some limitations for some people
5292s	when playing out a region so we
5295s	the main kind of focus with something
5297s	like this is that we can ensure fairness
5299s	in the matchups you know um and we have
5302s	seen that you know excessive excessive
5305s	pain can cause there to be some
5307s	unfairness and this is something that we
5309s	want to work on so
5310s	uh
5313s	it's also we have to be very careful as
5315s	well because we have a lot of players
5316s	all around the world and we want to make
5318s	sure that all of our players can
5320s	actually play
5321s	so we with this system we are going to
5324s	make sure that at least one region will
5326s	be available
5328s	to
5328s	everybody
5330s	um and and then as things go on as hunt
5333s	grows and everything like that we're
5335s	also you know we could potentially even
5337s	be looking to add more regions if that's
5339s	the case but you know the the community
5341s	needs to grow uh much bigger for that to
5343s	be the case but this is the thing
5345s	we know people have been asking for so
5347s	long
5348s	and
5349s	like yeah it's something that we're
5350s	currently working on so
5353s	we don't have any and any ins and outs
5355s	because we are still working on the
5357s	actual plan of how to implement
5359s	something like this but we have been
5361s	given the go ahead to say that this is
5363s	something that is going to be coming and
5365s	something that we are actively working
5366s	on we want to make like we said we want
5368s	to make sure we guys keep you informed
5371s	we know when this gets brought up we
5372s	don't say a whole lot because we have
5374s	been discussing it so this is us being
5376s	upfront with you guys about it we are
5377s	going to be bringing in some sort of
5379s	ping limit with the region lock yeah we
5381s	at least wanted to make you all over
5382s	that this is something that we are
5383s	looking into uh heavily and we will have
5386s	a bunch more updates in the future
5388s	regarding this but uh yeah we are
5390s	looking into uh and these are our plans
5393s	uh we want to make sure that it's fair
5396s	that's our that's our key message there
5398s	we want to make it as fair as possible
5400s	for everyone so
5401s	yeah definitely
5403s	so again when we get closer to the time
5405s	um i mean this is going to be like you
5407s	know q like q2 early q3 we'll have a lot
5410s	more details about it we'll go into a
5412s	far far more um detailed explanation of
5414s	what's going to happen so
5416s	yeah
5417s	and there's the last closing point for
5419s	uh the highlights of our features that
5421s	are coming is our progression rework yep
5425s	so we've had you know a lot of feedback
5427s	uh about the progression systems and
5429s	everything like that so we do have some
5431s	planned changes to the progression
5433s	systems in hunt
5435s	so
5436s	this will be everything really to be
5438s	honest with you um and it's something
5439s	that
5440s	as well with the the quest system is
5441s	another aspect of this it's adding
5443s	another element of progression this also
5445s	includes the prestige system
5448s	so i already see people like oh
5449s	prestigious well that make me proud yes
5451s	it will indeed include the whole
5453s	prestige system as well so it's going to
5454s	be a bigger work of the overall
5456s	progression in the game
5458s	so um yeah
5460s	you know there's a lot we can do and
5462s	we're working on the plans for it now so
5464s	we don't have again with other stuff we
5466s	don't have specific details on it but
5468s	again we know we we want to use these
5471s	streams to cover the hot topics the
5473s	people the things people are talking
5474s	about regularly and this is something we
5476s	have seen come up quite a bit so we want
5478s	to let everybody know that this is
5479s	something that is currently we're
5481s	currently discussing internally and
5482s	currently working on uh plans for going
5485s	forward
5486s	so
5487s	more info to come later yeah uh sadly
5489s	also as it like we are still heavily
5492s	working on this uh we cannot share more
5494s	at this moment but uh just keep an eye
5496s	out and we'll communicate as soon as we
5498s	can basically so
5500s	make sure to keep in touch and uh with
5503s	that i think we arrived to our q a
5505s	section which is gonna be very important
5507s	this time so we'll try to obviously
5509s	answer as many questions as we can from
5511s	you guys right now
5513s	but uh also if we are not able to answer
5516s	some questions we'll make sure to pass
5518s	it to our other teams and to look into
5520s	them so we will come up with answers for
5522s	you guys so
5523s	uh ask anything you want and we'll take
5526s	notes uh try to answer as much as we can
5528s	and also look into the questions that we
5531s	cannot answer right now so
5533s	here's your chance chat uh every
5535s	platform type it now uh and
5539s	while er while you're all typing the
5540s	questions and we'll ask the mods and ari
5543s	to gather as many as you can we'll go
5545s	over a couple that ari has already um
5548s	has already uh uh
5552s	sorry questions ahri has already sent
5554s	our way so uh so the first thing that
5557s	aaron you said about was the road map so
5559s	like we explained a few minutes ago this
5561s	is something that we're going to be
5562s	using these blogs and videos and dev
5564s	streams this is going to be our roadmap
5566s	going forward we want to be able to set
5569s	a realistic expectation for all of you
5571s	so we feel that this
5572s	video formats blogs like this that are
5575s	that are based on these videos are the
5577s	best way to do it so um yeah that's
5580s	that's really that i hope that addresses
5582s	that so the the page that we used to
5584s	have that is not coming back i will say
5586s	it straight out the page that we had on
5588s	the website for the road map is no
5589s	longer coming back so everything is
5591s	going to be relayed through our blogs
5593s	our videos and our dev streams like this
5596s	yeah uh so i've seen a question uh
5598s	related to the cane changes asking about
5600s	other skins like the hats man or
5601s	reptilian being revered and
5604s	i think rick mentioned earlier that we
5606s	are looking into other skins as well
5608s	that needs a touch-up uh we can just say
5611s	which ones but
5613s	be assured that
5614s	overall we are trying to ensure that all
5616s	the skins are fair so every skin where
5619s	you may have complained about or they
5621s	will look into and uh this is also
5623s	through our out to our upcoming skins
5625s	that are coming up so
5627s	we have to try to keep it consistent and
5629s	fair and obviously whenever if there's
5631s	something that we thought would be okay
5633s	and you guys uh give us feedback we can
5636s	still always go back to them and change
5637s	them after so just let us know always
5640s	but yeah this is something we are
5642s	already working on actually so
5645s	yeah
5646s	um and uh yeah just to kind of continue
5649s	through uh the question someone asked is
5651s	the extract moved at cyprus i don't
5653s	believe the extracts has moved at cyprus
5656s	i did i don't see it in the notes
5659s	so um
5661s	my understanding no
5665s	no
5666s	no it is not um
5668s	we've done some other things uh like so
5670s	some one of the next questions is
5672s	actually about the changes that affect
5673s	its trials we have updated the ai spawn
5676s	points and trial for trials tied to
5677s	cypress huts so um that is something
5680s	that should help and i believe the same
5681s	for
5682s	potentially some of the other compounds
5684s	as well so um just to kind of cover a
5687s	couple of quick questions
5689s	and that i had there yeah i see a lot of
5691s	questions about the 2d replay so this is
5693s	something that we still want to do
5696s	but it will be uh later down the line
5698s	obviously we'll let you know when we are
5700s	closer to it but uh
5702s	it's still something that is planned we
5704s	still want to do it but uh
5706s	it basically will be a bit later it's
5709s	going to take some time yeah it's going
5710s	to take some time um there's a lot of
5712s	things that we would love to be able to
5714s	just kind of snap our fingers and
5716s	introduce and bring um you know we've
5718s	we've talked about many things like that
5720s	like custom servers and things like that
5722s	over the years of things that we would
5723s	just love to absolutely bring but the
5725s	work involved is quite significant and
5727s	and currently would end up taking um
5730s	people away from other things that are
5732s	what we would kind of consider are more
5734s	important you know um but on the topic
5736s	of that about people we actually do have
5738s	quite a number of open positions in
5740s	crytek at the moment so if there's any
5742s	of you there i might as well throw it in
5744s	i know i know uh the the bosses will
5747s	appreciate it but if there's any
5748s	developers or anyone that has an
5749s	interest in game development or as
5751s	experience in game development by all
5753s	means head over to
5755s	crytek.com careers and check out our
5757s	open positions we uh not only for hunt
5760s	but also for cryengine and for the
5762s	crisis for working title um
5765s	so by all means there we go there is the
5767s	career site thank you ari very much
5769s	really really appreciate it and oh sig
5771s	has been raiding us
5772s	in q a section so we'll have a bunch
5774s	more people who can ask us questions
5776s	um
5777s	yeah i see that question about dlss
5779s	support so yeah this question we
5781s	answered a few times so yeah we are
5783s	looking into what we can do with it as
5786s	well as the amd variant of uh of that i
5788s	i always forget the name of that feature
5790s	so sorry for that but uh this is
5792s	something we are looking into but uh it
5795s	takes a lot of technical work and it's
5798s	quite hard to implement to an already
5799s	working game so uh again this will if it
5803s	comes it will be something that will
5804s	take some time for us to add
5807s	fsr thank you
5808s	yeah yeah
5811s	cool so uh somebody else asked as well
5813s	will mr shari be going away the answer
5816s	to that is no
5818s	mr shari uh has a bit of a story behind
5821s	him um and that's something that we will
5823s	be going into very soon uh we don't want
5825s	to give too much away now
5827s	um but uh yeah no mr terry is is is
5830s	going to be here uh for a bit
5832s	um so yeah
5834s	it's going to be interesting so uh keep
5836s	an eye on on what's going to be
5837s	happening with him
5839s	i think everyone is going to
5841s	be pleasantly surprised
5844s	with what's coming
5845s	so
5846s	i just want to quickly answer a question
5847s	i've seen so uh some people are uh
5850s	worried that they won't be able to play
5851s	after we do original limitations but as
5854s	we mentioned earlier we know that there
5856s	are players in regions of the world
5858s	where we do not have servers and we want
5860s	to ensure that those people at least
5862s	have one option to play it still so you
5864s	won't be logged out of the game after
5865s	the changes uh there will be always one
5868s	server region available for you probably
5870s	the closest to you anyway so you can
5872s	always play
5874s	yeah yeah we again we want to kind of
5877s	make a uh
5880s	we want to make a point of of fairness
5882s	you know but also a point of that anyone
5884s	can play you know they're that that will
5886s	be our focus with this so we will never
5887s	try to balance it as as carefully as
5889s	possible and i mean it won't be one of
5891s	those systems that we just put in and
5892s	you know that's it tough you know we
5894s	will continue to do uh other things
5896s	about it um i just actually before we
5899s	continue with any other of the questions
5901s	that
5902s	there's always the the couple of three
5904s	topics that actually come up
5905s	quite a lot and that's the hit reg
5908s	desync and kill traits
5910s	and we don't have any specific details
5913s	to provide right now i have something i
5915s	can say about them
5917s	but nothing that is probably going to be
5920s	overly substantial um for you but it's
5922s	just to keep you keep you guys aware of
5924s	the fact that it is still something we
5927s	are looking into so um we in terms of
5929s	hit reg we are still investigating we
5932s	have a lot of data to go through in
5933s	terms of what's going on on that side of
5936s	things
5938s	i can't really say much more other than
5940s	that it's we're still going we're still
5942s	going through a data analysis on uh
5944s	what's going on um and we will try and
5946s	give some updates on that in the very
5947s	very near future
5949s	um the same goes for dsync it's also
5951s	something that we are looking into as
5952s	well um and looking to see if there we
5954s	have ways that we can try to uh reduce
5957s	it um again working in progress
5959s	currently being analyzed and finally
5962s	with kill trades so i do have a tiny bit
5964s	of news with kill trades um so there we
5968s	know that people have been
5969s	feeling that that window is a bit too
5972s	big so we are looking at actually making
5974s	some adjustments to the kill trade
5975s	window um i don't have the specifics on
5977s	how much of an adjustment we will be
5979s	making but we will be uh reducing that
5982s	window that's there so that it should
5984s	hopefully improve the whole situation
5986s	around kill trades still something work
5988s	in progress that we were that we're
5989s	looking at um but at least i wanted to
5992s	at least give you guys some idea um on
5995s	where we stand on those topics as well
5997s	yeah uh so especially from youtube i see
6000s	a lot of questions regarding uh
6003s	console upgrades to next gen or justin i
6006s	have no idea what you call them anymore
6010s	playstation 5 xbox series x and ass
6012s	basically yes so playstation 5 and xbox
6015s	series s and x are current gen and the
6017s	other ones are less gen so um yes so
6020s	actually on that console yes thank you
6022s	for reminding me yes also console guys
6024s	don't worry we haven't forgot about you
6025s	okay we've got some love coming your way
6027s	too um i don't have a huge amount of
6030s	debates as well but i do know that we
6031s	have been talking we know that a lot of
6033s	you have been asking for a current gen
6035s	um update and it is something that we
6036s	are looking into i don't like i said i
6039s	don't have the specifics but we're
6040s	definitely definitely definitely looking
6042s	into it and seeing exactly what it's
6043s	going to take and what needs to be done
6045s	to try and
6047s	uh make it a thing
6049s	on the last gen side of things so
6051s	excited at the end of last year we do
6054s	want to improve the
6056s	uh performance on that in terms of the
6058s	frame rate and the frame rate stability
6060s	so one thing we're going to be looking
6061s	at is trying to make sure that we get a
6063s	consistent 30 fps across the board on
6066s	the xbox
6067s	one and the playstation 4. um
6071s	so yeah that's that's the information we
6073s	have we are definitely looking at it we
6074s	also know that like there's some some
6076s	some kind of quality of life things with
6077s	bugs and stuff like that we're also
6079s	looking into them
6080s	myself and the moderators on our discord
6082s	are currently working on gathering as
6084s	many of these as we can from you guys so
6086s	that we can try and get some stuff um
6088s	sorted
6089s	uh and as well um yeah we're we're just
6092s	going to be looking at overall trying to
6094s	make a better experience for everybody
6096s	on on all platforms so console guys
6098s	don't worry we haven't forgot you okay
6100s	um we'll definitely have some stuff
6102s	coming your way this year as well
6104s	hopefully this year so keep an eye when
6106s	we have more updates we'll definitely be
6107s	able to tell you far far give you far
6109s	more much more information
6111s	someone has a very important question if
6113s	anyone got the bad hand yet uh i would
6115s	just say let the chat answer and if you
6117s	got button just write a plus in the chat
6119s	so uh whoever else did knows the answer
6123s	but yeah we did see uh multiple players
6126s	having bad hand already so it's possible
6128s	yes yes it is possible to get bad hand
6130s	one of our moderators got bad hand a
6132s	couple of days ago so i do know it is
6134s	possible i haven't gotten it yet um so
6137s	yes you definitely definitely definitely
6138s	definitely definitely can um uh i get it
6143s	so
6144s	yeah um
6145s	yeah but you're just tying it to that
6147s	question as well because i've seen us as
6149s	well uh so mr cherry is not even going
6152s	away from that part of the game you will
6154s	still be able to offer to him it was not
6156s	tied to an event guys it is like part of
6158s	the game now so it won't go away and you
6161s	will still be able to get the uh
6163s	legendary hunter yeah yeah that dark
6166s	tribute is not going anywhere if
6168s	anything we'll probably just end up
6170s	adding more to it over time
6172s	um it's an awesome system that's
6174s	something that we're we're we're seeing
6176s	is has actually you know it's been
6177s	helping um it's giving something of
6180s	people something to work towards um and
6182s	yeah it's definitely it's not going to
6184s	go anywhere anytime soon so we're
6185s	definitely going to be developing that
6186s	along with you know quest system and
6188s	everything we mentioned earlier on so
6190s	um yeah
6192s	so i'm gonna go over and have a look at
6195s	some questions so uh people are asking
6197s	when 1.8 is out so the current plan is
6200s	for next week um
6202s	we when we need to need to have it on
6203s	test server for a little bit just so we
6206s	can get the appropriate testing in but
6208s	that is the current plan we'll let you
6210s	guys know on uh the social channels so
6213s	make sure you follow yeah obviously it
6215s	always depends on how the quest uh
6217s	testing goes if there's a lot of issues
6218s	then it comes later a bit but uh if
6220s	everything goes smooth and we are able
6222s	to resolve the issues you find then it
6224s	comes quicker so
6226s	it's planned for next week but you know
6227s	like we can never say an exact date on
6229s	those yeah yeah things can change things
6232s	can change so we we need to see how the
6234s	test goes that's why it's very very
6236s	important that you guys actually get on
6237s	test and try it out and give us your
6239s	feedback and make sure everything is
6241s	working the way it's supposed to work
6242s	very very important to us so please if
6245s	you do get the chance we would really
6246s	really appreciate it
6248s	so
6249s	um to move on to another question um
6252s	trials coming back with the soul so the
6254s	thing with trials is we because we have
6256s	we feel that there are some things that
6258s	are a bit more important at the moment
6260s	like the things we have mentioned
6261s	throughout the stream trials has been
6263s	for decile has been put on the back for
6265s	the type b um it is something that will
6267s	come um it's just not something that you
6270s	are going to see at least for sure
6272s	within the next six months sorry uh for
6274s	rubbing my eye there um so just so you
6277s	guys are aware of that
6280s	um
6281s	we have plans for new ai in uh non-boss
6284s	monster ai and and boss monster so yes
6287s	we as we said we plans at least for
6290s	for variations of the existing um ai i
6294s	believe there's always some
6296s	conversations going on about possible
6297s	new ones but i don't have any details to
6300s	share about a specific one that is going
6302s	to be coming um anytime soon
6305s	i can say that we have uh started the
6309s	very early planning phase towards a
6311s	possible new boss
6313s	so
6314s	uh don't get too excited it's a big word
6317s	yeah
6318s	yeah it's it's a it's it's
6320s	early early early stages but it'll be
6322s	something that we are looking at at the
6324s	moment um as well
6326s	so um yeah um
6329s	and then i would say we can try and try
6331s	to do a couple of more i see a lot of
6333s	about linux support but i don't think we
6335s	can answer that we've
6337s	we've brought it up it is something i've
6340s	seen within the steam community um and
6342s	on reddit and
6343s	in this streams as well so it is
6344s	something that i have actually brought
6346s	up to the team so um
6348s	we we will have a look into it and see
6350s	um we're not really 100 sure on what
6353s	more we can say other than that but at
6355s	least know that the feedback you guys
6357s	have given us you guys we have been
6359s	listening we have taken it on board we
6360s	have passed it on so hopefully
6363s	we can we can let you know
6365s	in the future but for now no
6371s	details we answered a lot of questions
6374s	yeah but we have covered quite a lot and
6376s	i want to i want to make sure that we
6377s	actually have some for some future
6379s	videos and dev streams and shorts on
6381s	youtube and everything like that so um i
6384s	see someone again so just a quick one
6386s	hardcore mode still something that we
6387s	have on the cards it's it possibly could
6389s	be a bit while off as well but it is
6391s	something that we still um have there as
6394s	one of the things we would like to
6395s	introduce um no details as of yet yeah i
6398s	seen a bunch about in-game weapon
6400s	inspection i can answer this as well so
6402s	this is also some like a really cool
6403s	feature that we would love in the game
6405s	but obviously it's uh wouldn't be high
6407s	up on the priority so if it comes it
6409s	will come much later on because there's
6411s	so many uh like more important things
6414s	that we want to add uh and as we
6415s	highlighted to you guys already there's
6417s	a bunch of stuff already planned for
6419s	this year so uh if something like that
6421s	comes uh it uh don't expect it soon
6424s	basically yeah yeah
6427s	um so yeah so uh let's say hello to the
6430s	little guest here poking ahead um
6433s	so
6434s	now now the dev stream is turned into a
6436s	cat stream um but yeah so
6440s	so yeah so that's that's i i would say
6443s	we probably we have a bunch of questions
6444s	that harry has been kind enough to to
6446s	keep for us there um
6448s	uh and we'll we'll make sure that keep
6451s	it go back through the chat after um the
6454s	stream but i think we can probably uh
6456s	leave it at that with let's turn i think
6458s	this turned out a little bit longer than
6459s	we expected vince yeah exactly that's
6461s	awesome i didn't think we was going to
6462s	go this long but it's been great so
6464s	thank you all for for everyone that's
6466s	been uh sticking with us for the whole a
6468s	lot uh we hope the
6471s	hope the information that we have
6472s	provided is is useful to you and uh lets
6474s	you know about what's happening in the
6476s	future yeah and uh a few things uh more
6478s	that like obviously let us know how you
6480s	like this format and the
6482s	this sort of updates from us as well uh
6485s	because obviously if you love it we'll
6486s	do more in the future for sure a few
6489s	other highlights obviously uh they came
6491s	from salem dlc is out since the
6494s	eighth i believe so make sure to check
6496s	that out if you like witch hunters quite
6499s	cool dlc uh available on all platforms
6502s	so consoles pc as well uh really cool
6505s	one and we also have a bunch of new
6507s	merch in the merge store so check out
6509s	our amazon store we have merged for
6512s	the event
6513s	the anniversary and
6516s	all the time we have new stuff for
6517s	ongoing things in the game so check that
6520s	out uh especially the four years of hunt
6522s	because that's like limited time uh it's
6525s	it was our anniversary month he's still
6526s	celebrating it holy crap
6528s	so i can't believe we've been here for
6530s	four years but it's crazy
6533s	it's awesome it's awesome yeah we've got
6535s	no
6536s	it's been awesome but it's been it's
6538s	been crazy you know and i'm actually on
6539s	the note of four years we just want to
6541s	thank you to everybody that has been
6543s	with us uh throughout these four years
6545s	we really really appreciate your support
6547s	um we know it hasn't always been easy
6549s	but we're super proud of the community
6551s	we've grown and we're super proud of the
6553s	game that what the game has grown into
6555s	over this time and we just want to kind
6557s	of reiterate that guys it's it's it's
6559s	very important that you know that your
6561s	feedback helps us shape how we develop
6563s	the game so
6564s	from everyone here thank you very much
6566s	for everything you've done for us over
6568s	the last few years uh and we hope you're
6570s	gonna stay with us for a few more years
6572s	we have lots more planned
6574s	lots more we ain't going anywhere
6576s	anytime soon i can assure you that so
6579s	yeah that's it i think that's it for
6581s	today so keep an eye out for uh on our
6583s	channel uh go play test server test
6585s	server playing is very important this
6586s	week
6587s	um very important this week and and to
6590s	anyone who decided to turn me sayings
6592s	test server into a drinking game i'm
6594s	very very sorry for your they are not
6595s	watching anymore rick i'm sorry
6598s	they're already asleep probably and
6600s	click this is for the guys later so yeah
6603s	you know um very sorry for the hangover
6605s	that this is going to cause but
6607s	yeah the last last thing um check out
6610s	the beauty of hunt that will be
6612s	available right after the stream
6613s	basically in a few minutes so uh check
6616s	out the awesome trailer our creative
6617s	services team made because hunt is
6619s	beautiful so
6620s	[Music]
6621s	with that i think uh we can maybe show
6624s	the video
6624s	and uh video once more we might as well
6627s	i might as well yeah so again rick thank
6629s	you for joining it was a lot of fun
6632s	talking about all the updates with you
6633s	today yeah i was really happy to be able
6635s	to share so much today it's been it's
6637s	been really awesome so thank you for
6638s	having me on with you and thank you as
6640s	well for helping me out with explaining
6642s	everything to to everybody so um yeah i
6645s	think uh
6646s	we you'll be definitely seeing a lot
6648s	more of the two of us uh going forward
6650s	anyway and like we said we have a event
6652s	stream coming up and then and we'll have
6654s	regular streams like this so make sure
6656s	you keep all your guys coming if you
6657s	want to give us feedback you can do so
6659s	in all usual places and twitter and
6660s	facebook and instagram and talking
6662s	everywhere and of course the official
6664s	crytek discord don't
6670s	like subscribe
6672s	follow for notifications
6675s	thank you guys again uh we wish you all
6677s	a great night watch the trailer once
6678s	again with us and we are out so
6681s	goodbye everyone
6683s	later folks happy hunting
6713s	darkness
6717s	darkness
6732s	[Music]
6740s	darkness
6744s	darkness
6750s	me
6762s	[Music]
6777s	the foreign has
6785s	[Music]
6802s	foreign
6812s	[Music]
6818s	in the dark
6826s	in
6829s	[Music]
6838s	[Music]
6847s	darkness okay
6850s	[Music]
6864s	you

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