1.1.3 November Update Now Available

Hey Primal Carnage fans! You asked for MORE and we’ve listened! Log in to #PrimalCarnageExtinction today to check out all of our updates for the PC version, including dozens of new economy and store items, improved Alienware controls, TWO new survival maps, a zoom function on ALL human weapons and MORE! Check out the new features below. Will you survive?

Las Vegas, NV – November 15th, 2015 – An update to Primal Carnage: Extinction has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Primal Carnage: Extinction. The major changes include:

General

• Added a fade-in when first loading into a map
• Added Alienware AlienFX support
• Optimized all shaders
• Optimized sound cues for weapons, footsteps, melee attacks, environments, and more
• Removed “slomo” command to prevent people exploiting the economy
• Assists are now properly cleared when a player changes teams or round restarts
• Toned down the tranq screen effect to prevent players from getting sick
• Decreased respawn timer duration
• Fixed texture file cache issue that caused several crashes
• Fixed motion blur setting not working
• Fixed controls locking up after dying while using an item
• Fixed normal-maps and specular-maps not showing at their full resolution on highest settings
• Fixed FOV settings not being preserved under certain conditions
• Fixed certain sounds like footsteps or roars from cutting out

Economy

• Added 89 new economy items
• Added Human Crate #3
• Added Dino Crate #4
• Added new store items

Maps

• Added AI-Geothermal
• Added AI-Whiteforest
• Improved game-wide post processing
• Game-wide lighting/shadow re-haul
• Added visual improvements to every map
• Improved performance in every map
• Improved/remade several environment assets and landscape textures
• Improved dynamic shadow performance on every map
• Added lens flares
• Improved collisions in every map
• Improved environment ambiance in ever map
• Added dynamiclightning to PC-Airbase
• Moved cargo ship corpse on PC-Docks to the back of the ship
• Moved crashed plane on PC-Marsh to prevent camping
• Added tyrant-proof areas to PC-Forestchasm
• Removed exterior ramp on the back of the PC-UtilityBase building
• Main complex doors on PC-Contingency stay closed for the first 120 seconds
• Modified AI-VisitorCenter so the player can’t go anywhere the tyrant AI can’t

Human

• Increased human scale by 20%
• Improved weapon hit detection
• Humans now show weapon recoil in third person
• All weapons now have a zoom function (Middle mouse button)
• Added a lag offset to weapons when rotating your view
• Added a subtle bob when sprinting
• Added new sounds for resupplying
• Added new landmine beep sounds
• Added new bullet tracer effects
• Updated weapon sounds with new distant weapon fire effects
• Improved weapon impact effects
• Added hair back to the scientist
• Added sway to the Pathfinder hair
• Fire now chars dinosaurs on death
• Optimized the “Spat on” screen effect
• Decreased the tranq recovery rate
• Tranq no longer overdoses dinosaurs
• Fixed being able to fire while being eaten by a Tyrant
• Fixed sensor mines marking dead players
• Fixed being able to use resupply stations through walls
• Fixed not being able to unscope after being picked up/pounced
• Fixed reloading while scoped not putting you back into scope mode
• Fixed the players view being tilted after being dropped by a Ptera
• Fixed delay on sniper rifle fire sound
• Fixed a bug where tracer effects would only emit from the left Colt
• Fixed Flamethrower effects not going through walls

Dinosaurs

• Added new secondary attack to Carno- Carno can now lunge left and right without needing to stop with little to no delay
• Decreased Carno secondary attack damage to 50
• Carno can now head-swing while netted
• Added more variety to dinosaur attack/death/footstep sounds
• Increased the volume and fadeoff distance of Tyrant footsteps
• Toned down the intensity of the “on fire” effect
• Fixed netted dinosaurs still playing pain sounds after death
• Fixed dinosaur animation speeds while under the tranq effect
• Fixed dinosaurs being able to grab/pounce while on fire
• Fixed Raptor jump animation being shown as the pounce animation under certain conditions
• Fixed dinosaur players not always catching on fire
• Fixed Oviraptor being able to mark dead players
• Fixed Tyrants being able to eat from corpses while netted

Survival

• Added AI Carno enemy
• Added AI Oviraptor enemy
• Added Turrets (Turrets are powered by generators and can be upgraded)
• Added purchase-able health/ammo stations
• Throwables now sit inside an easy-to-spot crate
• Improved general AI pathing
• Improved general AI behavior
• Improved vending machine use sounds
• Fixed the boss Alpha Raptor from freezing in place under certain conditions
• Fixed Compy enemies occasionally getting lost
• Increased delay between AI spawns to prevent lag issues on certain hardware

Economy

• Added 3D loadout menu
• Added “Solo” option to the main menu
• Added Master Volume option
• Updated all the fonts in the game
• Updated map images to match what the game now looks like
• Fixed togglehud not hiding the chat module
• Fixed economy key redemption not working properly
• Fixed certain killicons not displaying properly
• Fixed certain descriptions not displaying properly in human class select

Server

• Servers now logs kills
• Added timestamps to chat logs
• Improved map rotation
• Fixed certain server settings being lost on map change
• Fixed not being able to join Survival servers under certain circumstances
• Fixed dedicated server memory leak

(Thanks to WarBear for the banner image!)