Patch Notes v0.660

v0.660

Bear Dens, and Tuning

Dens:

• Bears now try to set up a Den under a Dead Tree.
• Bears will pick Den sites that best satisfy their needs and are also away from the homestead as much as possible. (Usually near a river, berry bushes, or mushroom patches)
• Dens with Bears inside will show up as hot on the temperature overlay.
• If an occupied Bear Den is approached, the bear will emerge to defend it.
• When Bears travel far from their dens to find food, they will return to the den area after their needs are fulfilled.
• This means that the further from the Den, in the lower the bear activity is likely to be, but they can still be drawn by rotting garbage for example.
• Increased the Smell range for Bears by 50% so they can detect rotten garbage etc. further from the den to go eat it.
• Dens locations will be remembered by their owner, but once the owner dies, the Den will expire. A new Bear may move into the same spot though if it was a prime location.
• A Den is destroyed when the Dead Tree above it is cut down.
• When a Den is destroyed, the Bear will lose half of its territory bar but also max out its fight bar.
• Since a Bear patrols the area around its den the most, it is likely a good idea to lure the bear away before trying to remove the Dead Tree to destroy the den.
• Dens will also expire under circumstances that would make the den undesirable to the bear, this will lead to them seeking a new location as well.
• Torches or buildings near the den, or it being in a location that the bear can no longer reach will make the den undesirable and it will be abandoned.

Bear Tuning:

• Allow Bears is now a World Map Setting for New Game Startup so it is easier to find.
• Bears are defaulted to off.
• If a Bear's Story line concludes via events, or hunting, a repeat of that story element will now not happen for 5 years
• Bears will not arrive until year 3 now.
• Older saves will read whatever the Bear gameplay setting last was and apply it to the world map for newly loaded games.
• Bears can still be turned on and off in Settings/Gameplay as well on a per World basis.

Other:

• Changed many of the toggle buttons such that the entire toggle element will show the help text when moused over instead of just the small toggle box itself.
• Clicking on the text will also toggle the button as well now.
• Fixed Bees leaving node reservations behind when their tasks aborted and they were looking for a dead tree to inhabit.