Still a ways from the final product but will be great to see a good map back in V2. We did some play testing on Friday of the new map and it was pretty good. I’m getting close to being happy to start the high poly modeling. Helicopters are not mainstream consumer vehicles, so the information available on them is limited to people with businesses that run/fix them, enthusiasts and rich peeps. All the blueprints for the Huey seem to be wrong, so I have been back and forthing between blueprints and photo’s and measurements from chopper enthusiast’s websites. I am making sure that the scale suits the Huey proportions which is weirdly a hard hard thing to do. So I spent a lot of time messing with the chopper’s proportions last week. Once we lock down our new content targets we will do a heavy optimization pass on foliage and creatures, fear not. Perf is currently pretty ratshit, the new map has very high creature and tree density which feels really good if you can pull 60fps. Eventually I plan to do this calculation on the fly at runtime. Currently this tool is only usable for us, so modded items will have to explicitly specify their amber protection cost in the data provider. This week I’ve been working on automating the amber protection cost calculation to be based on source materials as well as boring content configuration stuff. Cow_trix has done a great job bringing everything together on that front and it should really bolster the playability of this build.

The new map is also coming together amazingly. Tomorrows build will be our foundation, with some really exciting stuff to come. I mean who wants to upgrade, paint, name, pimp an item if its only gonna die on you in a few hours of use. Having items be valuable again has really opened our design options up for utilizing all the amazing tech we’ve built over the last year to do with item customization. I’m confident that the direction we are heading is the right one. Definitely don't need a sweeping map-wide change, just some more interesting stuff added to some of the regions to make the exploration and cosmetic aspects and where you can live a bit more diverse.Hi Guys, we’ve been making awesome progress on this weeks build. There was things about each map that we all loved and it would be awesome if we saw a bit more of the best of Old Nullius/Mangatang in the new Nullius. Overall I'd say they did a great job with this version of Nullius I just think it needs to be a bit less 'samey' feeling. And a bit of checking to make sure the amount of small cracks, and holes that players get stuck in is at a minimum. Of course more optimizations (already mentioned in dev blog that they are working on this). Some regions of very tall but traversable hills/mountains, a couple more large valleys, some of the farms and structures we saw in the original Nullius, the Dartbug and Beehive. I'd actually like to see some of the stuff from the original Nullius and Mangatang maps added to it. Too many parts of the map feel the same and lack personality. although I will admit it could use a bit more handcrafted love.

I think the current map Nullius is a good base for a map honestly.

Hurtworld map manangatang