This is a release with a few new features, a few bug fixes and performance tweaks.
Installation
For easiest installation, download the latest version of the launcher:
https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive-Launcher/releases/
Alternatively, download the relevant file above for manual installation.
Thrive system requirements
Windows: Windows 7 or Windows 10. Intel HD graphics 4000 and older don't work. Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable is required
Linux: glibc 2.28 (you can recompile the game with older glibc). Recent graphics drivers. Nouveau drivers for Nvidia don't work
Patch Notes
- Performance increased by on average 30fps in our tests (50 to 80)
- Added nitrogenase and atmospheric nitrogen
- New model and Icon for rusticyanin
- Bacteria with cell walls are now the correct capsule shape
- Enabled cell walls for eukaryotes
- Player now starts with a cell wall
- New icons for CO2 and O2
- Lighting now varies by biome and more ways it can be altered per biome (But for now it only affects flagella and iron)
- Improved the look of iron significantly
- New biome
- Fixed bug where cells would have more compound then they should in various cases
- Fixed bug that prevented 1/2 of all possible AI cell starting organelle configurations from generating (AI cells will be less prone to dying immediately)