Graphics Enhancements:

new: unlock camera constraint in 1st person and 3rd person
new: unlock resolution limitations
new: support 21:9 resolution
new: extend the visibility range, reduce distant view poping artefacts
new: properly tweak the fog to comply with the mood of the original game
new: extend the skyes according the new camera range
new: extend the NPC visibility and activity range (together with the new camera settings and the extended view, this should let you discover some unseen aspect of the AI)
new: tweak the 3rd person camera settings to provide a new strategic view point
new: add the ability to pause the dialog to read the subtitle (by keeping pressed the main button)



Performance boost:
To compensate the unlocking of the resolution, the camera freedom and the extended visibility range, we had to focus on various optimisations which results in a noticeable performance boost specially on multithreaded machine.

new: multithreaded fog and water post-process
new: multithreaded polygon rendering
new: rewritting rasterizer to take advantage of SSE technology instead of MMX and making it thread independent
new: improved thread affinity and dispatch



Gameplay fixes

fixed: potential stuck in dialog (ie with zeo or zagrad)
fixed: transmission of the 4th mon could fail
fixed: minimap scaling was not resolution independent
fixed: can't use E character in savegame name



Graphics fixes:

fixed: sometimes background disappeared on specific camera angles (mainly in 1920x1080)
fixed: highly reduce visibility popping
fixed: remove artifacts related to zbuffer precision (ie visible on Cutter helmet in 1920x1080)



Crash fixes:

fixed: potential crash while changing world
fixed: potential crash while rendering shadows in 1920x1080
fixed: potential crash when leaving the Okaar map
fixed: steamCloud issue: the name of the savegame was discard by SteamServer since the file was empty

Updated again to version 1.1.5.18871: Hopefully these updates will be released on GOG.com soon - it looks like they'll bring some pretty significant improvements to the game.

is it accumulative ?

Steam version updated to version 1.1.5.18872:

Also very interested in higher resolution OUTCAST ... VERY INTERESTED.

well, 1080p is supported :)
high resolutions are heavy on your pc, since this game runs (mostly) on your CPU, rather than GPU.
but the developers are continuously increasing performance, by providing better support for nowadays hardware through patches.

incredibly high price-vs-quality ratio :)

Steam version updated to version 1.1.5.18875:

The developer is Fresh3D - they have a .com website.

Kinda disappointed that the GoG version isn't getting these updates in a timely manner, not even through the Galaxy Alpha client. I might end up buying it on Steam, too.

Three weeks later, still no update. :(

Steam version updated to version 1.1.6.18955:

To be completely honest, though I don't actually enjoy this game -- like I've said time and time again --, it saddens me to see Fresh3D treat GOG customers like trash and second-rate ones, just because "Steam is easier to use and upload updates, while being more convenient", or something like that.

Perhaps the "nice" devs at Fresh3D should be reminded that their game's resurgence/revival owes a great deal to GOG; I honestly only learnt about it because it was being sold in here, and I know a lot of other people to whom the same happened. This attitude they're having makes them come across as ungrateful to GOG and this community, only caring for their precious little game on Steam, kind of forgetting how much they owe to GOG.

Their Kickstarter was a huge failure because they don't seem to have the slightest grasp on reality, and, honestly, they seem to be doing it again. Neglecting GOG is a big, big shot in the foot for these guys, yet again. And even though I couldn't care less about updates to this game, as I don't plan on ever trying to play it again, I feel sorry and sad for all the nice people on GOG who absolutely love this title and who deserve the same respect and equal treatment as those who bought the game on Steam -- perhaps even more, since they supported Outcast from the very beginning, and I highly doubt that, if it wasn't for the GOG Outcast fanbase, the game had experienced this whole renewal.

Well, do we know whose fault is the update misery? Fresh3d for not providing patches or gog being overburdened with the cadence of patch releases?

Overall, to some degree I can sympathize with the developers, manual patch bundleing is extra effort, and truth to be told... they need fast releases and feedback as this is some kind of beta test currently. And the required speed can be provided only by an automated patch system. Also another developer, Almost human with Grimrock, did his beta tests on Steam before releasing on gog.

Maybe people should calm down and change the perspective to: "the steam guys have to do the ugly beta test work for us" ;P

Hot fix Version 1.1.6.18956.

Version 1.1.6.18964. Hot fix Version 1.1.6.18965.