

*Updated Survival Panel with new Status screen. *Added new location discovered on-screen text. *Added new Tools: Hammer, Improvised Knife, Improvised Hatchet. THE LONG DARK SANDBOX UPDATE to V264 - CHANGELIST There are many other changes! Please take a few minutes to check out our update video:

You can now also stop fighting with your sibling/partner/spouse about whose turn it is to play the game! Multiple Sandbox game slots just means that you can have multiple concurrent Sandbox games - for example, a separate Stalker and Voyageur run, one starting in Pleasant Valley and the other starting in Mystery Lake. Please note that there is still only one save slot per game, and this change does not affect permadeath in any way. You can now run up to 5 simultaneous Sandbox games. We’ve also replaced the old Survival Panel with a new Status screen, which is where you also access your Backpack, First Aid, Bedroll, and Fire-starting. We’ve removed all on-screen text from the HUD, and replaced it with icons.

Keep in mind that there are multiple weather patterns for each weather type, and that weather patterns change from region to region. Weather transitions now occur in patterns, so that you can gradually learn to “read” the weather. We also telegraph bad weather (like blizzards) more, so you can begin to prepare yourself. We’ve also updated the Weather system, to allow for longer and smoother transitions in and out of weather states. Using a Hammer and raw materials like scrap metal, you can now forge a small number of improvised tools. You first light the Stove part to build up heat, and then add Coal (a new fuel type which can be found in the mines scattered around the Sandbox world) to raise the forge’s temperature to sufficient levels. It behaves as a hybrid of a Stove, and a Crafting Table.

There is currently only one Forge in the game. In addition to the new region, we’ve added Metal Forging gameplay. Please review the Controls/Keybindings in Options for more details on how to accomplish this. You can now place any gear item in a valid location in the world (vs. You can find Desolation Point by going to the end of the Coastal Highway, passing through the Commuter’s Lament, and continuing onward. We’re really excited to introduce a new region in this update, Desolation Point, a stretch of coastal highway pockmarked with the abandoned remnants of a formerly thriving whaling industry.
