Hey Alpha Bees!
What was a quick little bunch of bug fixes turned into a lot more bug fixes, and then a bunch of performance changes, and then while I was there of course I had to add in some new "overview" pages to the books and... you get the idea.
The performance stuff was pretty substantial, if your computer struggled before, or slowed down when streaming, this update should improve things massively!
I've uncapped the visual FPS meter from maxing at 60 as I've been using it to test performance - try not to read too much into it though, if it's under 30 we have an issue, otherwise don't worry too much if you go from like 200 - 150 randomly, it'll jump around a lot (which is why the average number is next to it)
Changes
- Various changes to the game for performance increases
- Removed the visual cap from the FPS meter, and added an average counter
- Reduced cost of Treetaps from 10 sticks + 10 planks to 5 sticks + 5 planks
- Added chapter separators for the main questbook
- Grouped chapters into "sections" instead of one block of quests after the introduction
- Added a new "Overview" section for each book so you can quickly see all the chapters / bees / flowers
- Added chapter separators for the main questbook
- Grouped chapters into "sections" instead of one block of quests after the introduction
- Automatically scroll to a selected chapter
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a performance issue with picking up lots of items
- Fixed a performance issue with having lots of dropped items sitting around
- Fixed a performance issue with night-time in general
- Fixed a performance issue with walking around on slower machines
- Fixed the Town Noticeboard notification not clearing when handing in a quest
- Fixed the Town Noticeboard UI not updating when moving around
- Fixed a bug with cross-breeding failing, causing no children to spawn or the queen to not die
- Fixed a rogue pixel on wooden windows
- Fixed being able to see the tile "highlight" on the mouse through the Beeconomist issues and noticeboard quests
- Fixed bee icon not showing in the input slots of beehives / hives
- Fixed raintanks not showing as "full"
- Fixed Fermenter crashing when putting mead directly in a canister already in the output slot rather than in the tank first
- Fixed Bottler always showing it's tank as highlighted