v0.01b

v0.01b was the bugfix patch (called « Save “Hotfix” » when officially announced) for the v0.01 update. It was released on June 4th, 2014.

Dev Notes

Hey Everyone, We’ve just posted our first small update to ‘The Forest’ on Steam.

While we were working on the saving issues we also had a chance to fix a few other things. Here is the changelog for the “hotfix”

Additions, Changes, & Fixes

• Saving at small shelter now works
• Fixed issue where camera would spin during plane crash if a controller was plugged in
• Fixed enemies sometimes disappearing after a few days
• Improved tree collision
• Fixed log cabin floating
• Fixed some leaves not connected to trunk
• Improved stuttering/performance
• Removed lights from blue cave creatures
• Fixed trees vanishing when exiting caves
• Fixed bug where cave sounds could be heard above ground
• Spelling mistake on shelter ‘warmth’ in book
• Improved collision in some cave areas
• Fixed missing cliff detail texture
• Ocean shouldn’t loose render texture on start
• Water visuals improved
• Fixed enemy head duplicating when picked up
• Fixed glitch where you could make infinite flare guns
• Fixed enemy head icon not centered, and showing an arm instead of a head
• Heads/arms and legs now go to inventory instead of being directly equipped