What changed in The Forest in 2018

Dedicated servers need to be restarted with the latest version to be compatible with this patch release

Fixed end boss vanishing if all players leave area

Additional possible fix for Radeon series 5 and 6 cards

Introduced new buildables and caves to find them in.

Fixed issue with save games with gardens that could kick players.

Improved visuals including large lake, ambient occlusion, shadow distance, tree textures, and distant billboards.

Fixed an issue with unused GPU test grass that could crash some games.

Fixed an issue where microstutter would occur if the game was started from a new game.

Fixed exploits that allowed players to damage buildings with cheats.

Fixed area where players could fall through the ocean at the edge of the world.

Added a new weapon type and two new late game creatures.

Added possible fix for Radeon 5 and 6 series cards having issues launching the game.

Fixed an area in a cave that was flooded with water when it shouldn't have been.

Introduced new volumetric clouds that can be toggled off.

Fixed an issue where players could pretend to be other players in chat.

Players can now kick and ban any player on their server, even if invisible.

Set volumetric clouds off by default in the presets.

Fixed leftover underwater cave entrance that led to nowhere.

Removed exploits allowing players to simulate damage or instant kill others.

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Player body is now aligned with VR camera angle when rotating more than 90 degrees.

Fixed camera sometimes not positioned correctly during ghost mode cutscenes.

Added same version check as with dedicated server to the game browser.

Sticky bombs made clearer visually in inventory.

Fixed quiver getting completed instead of rabbit boots if there are enough ingredients for the later.

Walkie talkie now shows a click to equip in inventory and can now be equipped from inventory.

Vive triggers buttons deadzone increased, less sensitive to minor touches.

Fixed assigning hotkey items to backpack breaking inventory.

Fixed issues with VR camera updating incorrectly while attached to structures and objects.

Resolved an issue where food and waterskin could vanish from certain save games.

Fixed hands not getting clean when washed in water.

Fixed a case of action icons not hiding completely in VR.

Added an option in the menu to choose which audio driver to use.

VR version now supports multiplayer with both VR and 2D players.

Added a new progress circle as dedicated server games are loading.

Fixed a case of some item views being broken in inventory after loading a save.

Fixed camera becoming offset/stuttery when using catapults built on steep terrain.

Discovered passengers are now preserved after dying in multiplayer

Fixed issue where some PC’s could get stuck on R to load in Forest due to shader warm-up taking an extremely long time

Fixed server request timing out before fetching all available servers in the in-game browser

Fixed stashing a weapon while lighting it on fire possibly breaking the burning upgrade

Fixed difficulty not properly synced with clients after loading a saved game

Added an option to control direction based on the position of the left hand, off by default.

Enhanced the feel of nocking arrows.

Updated functionality to allow fire arrows to be lit from fire stands.

Prevented opening the inventory while holding a log sled.

Hold to take items now has a visual indicator for duration, similar to the 2D version.

Introduced a laser pointer to interact with menus in VR.

Resolved an issue where the resolution was being applied incorrectly in VR.

Right hand trigger press now clicks the currently targeted UI element in menus.

Updated the keybindings window in VR to a dedicated VR options menu.

Introduced a physical crouching option that can be set in the VR options menu, off by default.

Added the ability to drop animal heads using the trigger, similar to dropping bodies and logs.

Updated functionality to use the left trigger for pressing buttons in the book.

You can now light fires by moving your held lighter to them.

Enhanced the readability of the options menu in-game.

You now need to swing further to damage structures with the axe.

Introduced a new option for auto run.

Resolved an issue where the entire napkin was not selecting the item when there was only one on it.

Resolved an issue where adding resources to structures sometimes did not respond.

Added visuals for controllers in the options menu and title scene.

Fixed VR gameplay option darkening not working correctly and setting reversed values

Fixed in game options screen breaking on lower quality settings due to a layer distance issue

Players can now aim bows fully in VR and access a 3D inventory and book.

Caves now feel claustrophobic and terrifying, with creatures appearing at scale.

Some users experienced control issues; rolling back to the public version of SteamVR should correct this.

Fixed repair hammer not repairing structures

The first release of VR does not include multiplayer support, but it is planned for a future update.

Switched drop from press downwards to trigger button when holding a body or log

VR - setting VR snap option to 0% now enabled free rotation using X sensitivity instead of snap

Fixed issue with being unable to save game on lower quality settings

This release adds a first pass of VR Support to The Forest, enabling immersive gameplay.

Players can throw flares by breaking the tops off them and light molotovs with their lighter.

Fixed intermittent bug where birds looking for spots on high areas could get stuck in a loop and crash the game.

Added possibility to define a custom folder for saves via command line parameter or config file.

Player survival stats (e.g., fullness) no longer update until loading in a game is completely over.

Added fps limiting options in the config file to define desired values when server has players or not.

Resolved an issue that could cause the game to crash when building tree based structures.

It is now possible to choose whether clients are allowed to use the built-in debug console via config file or command line parameter.

Host can now choose whether clients are allowed to use the built-in debug console.

Item tooltip now accounts for item properties such as decay state to force a refresh when hovering between different inventory views.

Fixed bug where players could fall out of cave entrance near end of game if crouching when entering.

Disassembled upgraded stick would no longer work with cloth.

Upgrades on modern axe disappearing on load fixed.

Items in world placed in holders visible over inventory in rare cases fixed.

Tone mapping too dark in inventory for dx9 fixed.

Lake in snow glowing blue at night fixed.

Drying rack showing log icon instead of stick icon in book fixed.

Option to use legacy eye adaptation instead of dx11 eye adaptation added.

Fixed some additional keybinding issues and re-added ability to bind walkie talkie and survival book.

Added back in a loading optimization that should speed up loading save games

Unity ambient occlusion type now works in backpack view.

Effigies now unlock when sanity drops below 90 instead of below 50.

Fixed range of skull light hanging

The VR version of The Forest will release for free to all players on May 22.

Increased sky contrast slightly, to look less washed out.

Fixed tree houses turning invisible when repaired

Fixed draw distance setting resetting to high when previously set to very high.

Fallback tone mapping on cards below dx11 should now look exactly like old tonemapping from patches pre-73.

Fixed cases of icons in center of screen possibly overlapping in some conditions.

Fixed fire on boss monster using old fire effect.

Fixed issue with screen being overly bright on some machines as multiple tone mapping was applied

Fixed unity AO not darkening grass/terrain in light.

Added back the visuals for active cheats in title screen

Put back in launcher to make switching resolutions easier and switching which monitor launches

Fixed some issues with enemies not reacting to players.

Fixed background mountains looking blurry and low resolution at high FOV setting.

If you are running a dedicated server, you will need to restart your server with the latest version to be compatible with this patch release.

Fixed drawn compass rose oriented wrong on map.

Added a small hotfix, improving some visual issues.

Fixed missing waterskin and old pot water content status and %

Should fix some log sled issues in old saves

Dedicated servers need to restart to be compatible with the latest patch.

A new locked door has been placed on the yacht for exploration.

Dedicated servers must be restarted to be compatible with the latest patch.

Various fixes and optimizations to improve game stability and performance.

Introduction of new items to enhance gameplay.

Expansion of the game's narrative with new story elements.

Addition of new buildable structures for players.

A variety of UI fixes and improvements have been implemented.

Fixed issues with arrows and the log sled in the v0.73 patch.

Resolved an issue with autosave not functioning on dedicated servers.

Fixed issues with arrows and the log sled in the recent patch.

Introduced a new icon grouping system that organizes icons based on distance, benefiting large games with many structures.

Introduced a new icon grouping system that organizes icons based on distance, benefiting large games with many structures.

A variety of UI fixes and improvements have been implemented.

Resolved an issue with autosave not functioning on dedicated servers.

Servers must be restarted with the latest version after the patch.

Servers must be restarted with the latest version to be compatible with this patch.

Building placement now uses camera position for fine tuning.

Building placement now uses camera position for fine tuning.

Possibly causing some player made structures to go missing such as log holders

Causing parts of the game to not work correctly

This was causing parts of the game to not work correctly.

This could cause some player made structures to go missing such as log holders.