AfterWorld Survival Forum

We did a lot of work since the last update, and I think it's relatively safe to let you know about the upcoming changes. We are planning the really big update in beginning of July, but since we may encounter some additional difficulties, except this update to come live in end of July or beginning of August.

1. Server clusterization. What is it? It's a seamless traveling between the zones. Each server handles a number of zones, currently - up to four. If we would have a really high online, each server would handle one, dedicated zone. You won't notice switching the zones and you would be able to shot into your enemy from one zone, while he is in another. Same goes for mobs. What else does that means for you? Nearly any number of mobs, without slowing the game (this is the reason why we couldn't spawn a lot of mobs before).

2. Streaming. Instead of one - five minutes to load the level, it will go in seconds. Currently, a big, new city is loading in five seconds from the moment you enter it. Remember how character creation have been lagged before? It's, and many similar situations, would be solved because of this implementation.

5. New area for newbies. It's finished already, though at the beginning it won't have a lot of quests. Tutorial would be added a bit later.

6. Perhaps we would also add two new cites, to replace New Urengoy and Turukhansk.

7. Perhaps the new female character would be finished and integrated. If not, it would come very soon after the main update.

8. Perpahs some weapons would be replaced (models).

9. Perhaps some graphical issues would be fixed, together with the graphics optimization and shaders. This is a feature cut for this update, don't expect too much here.

Very cool, I never expected this kind of post so far in advance!

I have a couple of questions though, if you don't mind me asking: