Fear the Wolves receives fresh content, gameplay tweaks, and performance optimization

Greetings! Today a new update for the Battle Royale FPS Fear the Wolves brings a great number of improvements. From the moment the game launched the developers over at Vostok Games have been going over feedback from the community which has allowed the team to roll out multiple updates and improvements. This is only a start as the developers plan to continue improving the game over the life of early access, aiming to hit full release in 2019.

With the goal of making sure Fear the Wolves provides a smooth performance on all configurations, today’s update is dedicated to performance optimization. During gameplay sessions, many players should see a significant improvement in visuals and overall performance.

Maps have also received significant care, you will notice the topography changed in various locations. Complex industrial and urban settings have been added as new points of interest along with several others. More additions like new languages, bug fixes, improved visuals, and more are listed with this new update. Be sure to check out the full list below!

Change Log:

Here is a full list of the fixes and changes made with the recent update. More information will be revealed in the incoming months, so stay tuned for more!

General:

• Optimization: We’ve been condensing our models and creating new LODs to improve performance. Optimization is the top priority, and this will always be worked on throughout Early Access and even post-launch.
• New Customization Sets: Unlock the Edge and the Gangster sets
• In-Game Feats: Kill-hungry players will be pleased to know that player and wolf kills are added to the rewards at the end of each match. More difficult kills like headshots, vehicle kills, grenade kills, and melee kills are also rewarded with bonus points.
• Spectator Matchmaking – You can queue for the next game while spectating
• 10 Additional Languages – French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Polish, Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Hungarian and Turkish You can now change these directly in the game.
• Improved visuals – Updated anomaly effects, weather effects, and a variety of new shooting VFX

Map Updates:
Several new points of interests have been added to the map, including complex industrial and urban settings. These dense and complex multi-storied buildings have loot on all levels so be careful and thorough!

• Several parts of the map’s topography have been changed, as below:
  • Gas Storage
  • Old Dam
  • Renaissance
  • Concrete Plant
  • Coolers
• Points of Interest:
  • Security Checkpoint
  • RLS Vostok
  • RLS Duga
  • Kopachi

Bug fixes:

• Wolves will no longer spawn in the air or in the ground.
• Players will no longer fall through the ground when getting out of a vehicle that has been parked on a hill.
• The Fort 17 pistol will now always have a magazine present inside the gun when seen in 3rd person.
• Grass should no longer be growing in the air.
• Various other tweaks and fixes.

Quality of life:

• Toggle for movement keys – ADS, Crouch, Walk, Sprint, Hold Breathe
• Ammo is removed for dropped weapon.
• Increased map precision.
• Compass – By popular demand!
• Evacuation messages were removed, to cause players to pay more attention to when the chopper was arriving.

And much more – Additional sound effects, improved screen effects, fixed overlap between likes and FPS/Ping when turned on, Squad radiation status display

Enter and fight the Battle for Chernobyl, Fear the Wolves is available now on Steam Early Access!

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