Walkabout Steam news

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• Review score62% positive
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• Release dateSep 19, 2018
• DeveloperWafflesoft
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Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie, Early Access

Company pages: Developer: Wafflesoft

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Walkabout Steam news

Walkabout news collects recent Steam feed items, update posts, and announcements that SteamPulse can associate with this app.

Latest Steam announcements

• Update 1.6.7 - Foliage fixes - 2 October 2026

  Hello Beautiful People.Update 1.6.7 mainly focuses on the creation of a new foliage tool, performance and scalability settings. This patch mainly fixes game breaking bugs and lays the groundwork for future optimisations.FoliageThe creation of a custom tool was needed to fix several issues caused at the engine level. Issues that exist in every version of Ue5. Issues like invisible collisions being left behind on lower scalability settings and incorrectly scaled mega foliage.The new foliage system comes with one notable trade-off. In exchange for more reliable scalability culling, culling will now occur at runtime (during gameplay) instead of before the player loads in.PerformanceI created a new material pipeline. This was done to better align with modern hardware and graphics cards. To reduce and stabilise frame time. However, only 11% of the materials have been converted to the new syst…

• 1.6.6 Micro Fix - 3 June 2026

  Hello beautiful peopleThis patch simply removes the compatibility lockout.Have fun and enjoy.

• Update 1.6.6 — Introducing Walkabout - 28 May 2026

  Hello beautiful peopleI’m pleased to announce the release of Build 1.6.6. This update brings some major changes. The biggest change being that the game is no longer called Outback. From this update onward, the project will be known as Walkabout.Performance & DLSSThis update includes significant performance improvements. The game now supports DLSS Super Resolution, NIS, and DLSS Frame Generation. Frame Generation is not optional. It is now a requirement for play. The main menu includes logic that prevents unsupported hardware from playing the game, and the text beneath the title will explain whether your system is unsupported or simply needs Frame Generation enabled.DLSS settings now use conditional visibility. Options only appear once the features they depend on are enabled.Support for AMD hardware and FSR Frame Generation will be added once I’m able to acquire an AMD machine for develo…

• 1.6.5 Micro fix - 20 March 2025

  Hello beautiful people This is just a small update to address an audio bug. The water sounds will now work with the audio controls. I hope you enjoy the fix.

• Steam Spring Sale - 14 March 2025

  If anyone is interested in trying out my game Outback. I'm taking part in the Steam Spring Sale and my game Outback is priced under $1 (USD). It will be 87% off until March 21st.

• Update 1.6.5 is now live. - 3 March 2025

  Hello beautiful people. Outback has been updated to version 1.6.5. The main menu and the entire map for the main game have been rebuilt. The new map uses a 1 to 1 scaled representation of the Cockle Creek Tasmania area. With 7km * 7km of playable map being released for this update. Also the lighting, foliage and water systems have been rebuilt. Old save files will not work with this new build version. I hope you all enjoy the new build. Lets jump in to the patch notes. ---Patch Notes--- Engine version updated to Unreal Engine 5.4. Remade the main menu. Remade the main map (1 to 1 scale for Cockle Creek area. 7 km * 7 km of the 30 km * 30 km is playable). Loading screens added. Remade the lighting systems. Remade Day / Night and calendar systems. Remade the foliage spawning tools. Replaced majority of the foliage and all of the rocks. (Majority of the foliage used is native flora now) Re…

• Update 1.6.4 - 14 March 2023

  Update 1.6.4 is now live Hello beautiful people.I hope everyone is safe and doing well. This update was focused on increasing the size of the terrain and making everything look nicer. The map has been completely rebuilt. The overall terrain is now 10 times larger than before. However, the playable area remains roughly the same. This change was needed to allow more room for places to explore as the game develops further. An example of this is how Hobart now has more houses than the entire game in the previous build. Also a lot of the models have been remade and the lighting has been adjusted to improve the look of the game. There are two important side notes to mention. The first is that your previous saves will not work in the current build. You will need to delete them to be able to play. The second is that the new build is aimed at higher end hardware then previously. You will need to…

• 1.6.4 public test 1 now available - 22 December 2022

  I hope everyone is enjoying their holidays. This announcement is because I just wanted to let everyone know that the first test build for update 1.6.4 is now available on the public testing build. To gain access you need to go into steam under properties and select betas. In the drop-down menu for available betas, you will find the "public_testing_build". I hope you all enjoy the new build.

• 1.6.3 Micro patch - 3 December 2021

  This one is just a micro patch to fix the issue of dingoes bouncing up and down.

• Update 1.6.3 - 29 November 2021

  Update 1.6.3 is now live This update brings with it landscape changes and new items to the world of Outback Survival. My favourite being cricket bats. It also adds the first legendary item to Outback Survival. So, let’s jump right into the patch notes. --Patch Notes-- Road Models remade Model viewer bug fixed Billboards added Cricket bat weapon added Experience Notification added Fixed Crafting Que listing bug Adjusted the HUD Spiked cricket bat weapon added Remade bridge models Made foliage adjustments Fixed weather system bug Adjusted the day and night cycle Adjusted the landscape materials Adjusted the graffiti selector Added new ore nodes (iron, copper, titanium) Added new sand resource node Added new ingot items (iron, copper, steel, titanium) Added legendary item (Cross bat) Changed game logo in main menu

• Update 1.6.2 - 29 October 2021

  Hello beautiful people Alpha build 1.6.2 is now live. The main focus of this build was to add a cheat menu and a proper attribute system to the game. In addition to the new level up and attribute system, crafting will now have level and attribute requirements. So with out further delay lets dive into the patch notes. --Patch Notes-- Redneck shoot more accurately Rednecks shoot building parts now Fixed custom checkbox material Shotgun no longer equips a sight All gun cameras adjusted All gun animations adjusted All melee cameras adjusted All melee animations adjusted Air Icon changed Cheat Menu Added Animals no longer animate after death Trader sales list is now dynamic Fixed storage duplication bug Aim is now held not toggled Fixed player sideways movement Max player level added Currency now displays correctly Fixed character screen lighting issue Re-wrote code for achievements Cooking…

• 1.6.1 Mini Patch - 4 July 2021

  This is a quick patch to fix some crashing issues on the inventory code. The size of this patch is due to the amount of storage chests and loot containers contained within sub-levels.

• Build 1.6.1 - 25 June 2021

  Hello Beautiful People Build 1.6.1 has just gone live. So lets jump straight into the patch notes. --PATCH NOTES 1.6.1-- Full game-pad support Game-pad and keyboard / mouse icons implemented Cartoon Shader no longer the default New Engine Version Fixed weather system bug Increased Redneck Damage Fixed Lighting bug Tweaked the player animations Experience bar added Build part models changed Dead player bag errors fixed Mailboxes can now be looted Bins can now be looted Dead Rednecks no longer give cash Corpses can now be looted if they have loot New Music Loot container code changed Added functionality for spawning a singular item on loot spawners Fixed some GUI scaling issues Changed Compass GUI Compass requires a held compass Map requires a held map Replaced storage chest mesh Changed Wood chest slot count Adjusted foliage textures Fixed a menu error causing crashes Fixed a hot bar err…

• Alpha Build 1.6.0 - 1 May 2020

  Hello Beautiful People Alpha Build 1.6.0 is now live. So lets jump right into the patch notes for this one. PATCH NOTES Item rarity system added Faster Bullets Rednecks now use rifles and not automatic rifles Fixed some performance issues related to houses Fixed Danish translations Added new items to the loot table New Items Orange Banana Green Apple Red Apple Mango Onion Potato Pumpkin Sweet Potato Bread Milk Chocolate chip cookie Regular cookie Carrot Ham Turnip Berry Muffin Mushroom Guava Papaya Scroll

• Alpha Patch 1.5.9 - 31 March 2020

  Hello Beautiful people I am happy to say Alpha patch 1.5.9 is now live. This patch / build was aimed entirely at lighting and level design. Before we jump into the patch notes I just want to say. That during these trying times I hope everyone is ok and staying safe. PATCH NOTES Lighting adjusted Added fog that enhances lighting Begun the process of adding in rural housing Begun the process of adding in underwater scenery Made some improvements to AI performance AI density and population doubled Remade all the mountains and mountainous areas Made some variations to the trees and grass

• 1.5.8 mini fix - 29 February 2020

  --Patch Notes-- Fixed rain to be cheaper on resources ( You will get a much higher FPS now while its raining) Fixed an issue with beds that was preventing building

• Alpha Patch 1.5.8 - 28 February 2020

  --Patch 1.5.8-- Hello beautiful people Alpha build 1.5.8 is now live. There are a few areas that were focused on for this one. Multi-language support is now implemented. Performance was another focus point. And adding small amounts of polish to a lot of different areas was another point of focus. For this patch, I was able to get the game running a lot better and using a reduced amount of resources. As a result, I was able to lower the minimum requirements for the game. Also install size was reduced significantly. I reached out to get some help from some other developers on the performance stuff in the shape of different ideas to try and would like to give a shout out to; Matt, Pat, High five, James and Matt W. Some notes for this patch; old saves won’t work. It is recommended that people play either using Vsync or frame capping (It uses less GPU). Let’s jump into the patch notes. --Pat…

• Mini Fix - 27 January 2020

  Patch Notes Fixed player dropping through map Fixed Rednecks spawning in roofs Fixed starting trace point for melee weapons

• Bag fix mini patch - 26 January 2020

  This is a super small patch that fixes 1 thing. And that is just the way backpacks add and remove inventory slots.

• 1.5.7 Mini Fix - 24 January 2020

  Due to player feedback to the 1.5.7 patch, the toon shader option will be offered as something that players can choose for themselves. This feature can be adjusted at any time in the advanced settings section of the main menu. I also added some bug fixes also from player feedback. PATCH NOTES • Inventory, crafting and player screens have been recombined and use a single button bind (This was to fix some bugs) • Removed some key-binds for gamepad that weren’t being used • Removed hide gui by button press feature • Adjusted nighttime brightness settings in day and night system • The player’s torch no longer uses button press but will auto turn on when it is nighttime • M4A4 Durability settings adjusted • Fixed the collisions for a bunch of furniture items • Removed a foliage actor that was causing bugged collisions • Fixed a few bugs being caused by duplicate exit screens • Shift + Click…

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