AREAZ

Lost? Not anymore. On Exploration and Eden, the new map shows where to search for what your current mission needs. On Hard and Hell, you are still on your own. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33751825/e7dc09bce741ddcfef75c28821f9231ad13c9c8e.png Map with mission search areas on Exploration and Eden. Press M, or open it from the Missions page. Driftwood stays on the beach after the tide goes out, so the shore i

Menu Overhaul Most of the screens you open outside the game have been rebuilt, and there is a lot more you can change now. Survival tips with twelve videos built straight into the game, and a menu that behaves the same on the title screen and mid-run. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33751825/839fc2b3950cbfd697da511c98890e019f45a553.png One menu, everywhereRows are grouped, the page you are on stays lit, and Es

Update 0.58.1 - what the DX12 launch showed us, and what comes next The DX12 and DLSS 4.5 update did what it was meant to do. The jungle hitches are gone on every card we have seen, and the game now runs on machines it never ran on before, from a 2014 workstation card at 720p to a 5090 at 1440p. Update 0.58.1 is small on purpose. It is out today, mid fest, because the last week gave us more real p

DX12 and DLSS 4.5 are live The renderer is rebuilt. AREAZ now runs on DirectX 12 with DLSS 4.5, and on modern hardware the difference is not subtle. What you can expect:RTX 30 series - DLSS upscaling, more stable frame times, noticeably smoother traversalRTX 40 and 50 series - substantial gains on top of that thanks to frame generationAll nextgen cards - the streaming hitches are gone. You may sti

New Update 0.57 is here! This one moves the game over to Unreal Engine 5.6. It’s a pretty important step for future development, because the next stop is the freshly released Unreal Engine 5.7. That version finally gives us access to the new Nanite Foliage and improved procedural tools — and we really hope these will boost performance in our foliage-heavy open world.Gameplay ImprovementsI’ve also

Hi, updated the game to new Unreal Engine 5.5 version. That allowed me to fix bottle neck when moving the whole physics volume for ocean to simulate tide. This was causing GPU to wait for CPU, and so GPU not being fully utilized and resulting in low FPS even on better rigs. Currently I am able to run 2k resolution on my: - RTX 3060 on 80-100FPS when testing, with occasional drops to 60FPS (when lo

Hi, based on your reports I have made audit on sound settings. Its turned out that sound classes got overwritten when adjusting the individual sound class in Sound Settings. This was not easy to found as the code to adjust, save and load sound settings looked properly and simple testing by manipulation of sliders didn't manifest this issue. Additionally some sounds that were not assigned to proper

Hi, just fix on UI - character statuses and crafting menu. Should be now more responsive and work properly on higher resolution. At least what I have managed to test. For lower resolutions there might be still problem as especially crafting menu requires a lot of width. Will try to address this as well when UI art will be reworked as well. Thank you for your understanding. Duro Game Creator

Hi, small update - updated to newest version of Unreal Engine 5.4.2 As game seems to run smoother and also render looks smoother I decided to push it into live branch for you as well. Additionally these finally seems to be a good stable candidate for next Inland map, so started officially new map production today. Enjoy Juraj Bachar Game Creator

Hi, implemented UDS Weather to game. Can be used for various weather effect, replacing those from UE4 version. Currently rain and storm are implemented. Added and slightly increased chance for rain and storm even for Eden game mode, and they can occur during the first day already now. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33751825/46decb335335f6840c8baa3b46306c444c4ac448.jpg Remainder on their effect on character an