Kingdom Crier #26: Advanced Coolers and Quality of Life

28 Jul 2023Developer post

Source: Steam Community (opens in a new tab)

Cheers! Welcome to Kingdom Crier #26!

Advanced Frostcap Coolers

The latest invention in Dwarven technology is here!

Advanced Frostcap Coolers use a fan driven by the reaction to increase strength and efficiency!

My ruler likes it cooler!

Quality of Life Improvements (cont.)

We've continued our work Quality of Life Improvements - here are the highlights!

Ranged Combat

Ranged Combatants will now approach nearby ledges if it gives them an angle on an Enemy they want to target below. All Mortals will use improved logic to decide when to use their Ranged weapon.

Defenders confirm before Jumping from the Walls!

Ranged Defenders will no longer switch to their Melee weapon and Jump down to defend. "Go To" or "Attack" orders that will cause a Defending (or Holding) Mortal to Traverse (Climb Up, Mantle, Jump Down, etc.) will now pop up a Context menu for confirmation.

Overzealous Wall Jumpers had plagued many a Kontra.

Auto Junk v2

Auto Junk will automatically Junk Gear below a certain value threshold. Junked gear is only stored on Stockpiles or Shelves that allow Junk. Use this to lower the priority of storing that scuffed Raider Gear or prevent your people from storing it altogether. It's also easy to filter Junk in or out when Trading or giving out Belongings.

Now, the Auto Junk system will now respect any Manual Junking you do. Use this to opt out of Auto Junking for that low value item with great buffs or use it to get those garbage Steel Pauldrons out of your sight!

Tailgating through Locked Doors

Friendlies will now respect the Rules you put in place on your Door Locks. Nobles, Serfs, Prisoners and Visitors (and their Tames) will no longer Tailgate through an open door that doesn't allow them.

NOTE: Visitors will still Tailgate (and Bash) doors that are blocking them from leaving.

The Tool Button

We added a Tool button that will activate the appropriate Tool when you have a Prop, Digging Command, or Terraforming Command selected.

It's tool time!

Food Balance

We resolved a number of Food related issues that the more difficult Survival mechanics exposed.

We fixed a bug that caused Raw Meat to start at half Durability. Your Kingdom now bring a few Drinks with them to bridge the gap until they can Trade. You start with more Corn Seeds. Farming now produces more consistent results and higher Nutritional Yields.

Inherited Storage, Temperature, and Lighting Settings

Shelves, Lights, and Temperature Props will now inherit the settings of an appropriate Prop that they're replacing. In addition, the Storage Copy and Paste function now includes the Priority and Junk flags.

Raids

Raids now end when the Enemies disengage.

Patch Notes

Noble Fates 0.28.5.1 Released! Cooling Content Update Combat QOL Update

Cooler Renamed Basic Frostcap Cooler Increase Frostcaps Per Hour to .2 Decrease Cooling Range by 33%

Add Advanced Frostcap Cooler Building lvl 6 Consumes 25% less Frostcaps Per Hour over Cooler Provides 50% increase in Cooling over Cooler Provides 33% increase in Cooling Range over Cooler

Jumping from Walls Confirm Go To Orders that requires Traversal (Jumping, Climbing, etc) Confirm Attack Orders that requires Traversal (Jumping, Climbing, etc) Prevents Jumping from Walls without confirmation when Enlisted and not Pushing

Ranged Combat Combatants are more likely to use their Bows than before Approach Nearby Ledges to Fire down on Targets Improve Line of Sight Detection Do not switch to Melee if target requires Traversal

Raids Raids now end when Enemies disengage Improve Raider behavior when fired upon by a Catapult

Attack Orders Tweaks to Attack Rate

Frostcaps Decrease glow when immature

Kin Increase Kin Damage by 50% Increase Bigkin Damage by 50%

Mortal Attacks Hitbox and Hud now follows Mortals when swing their weapons

Storage Copy/Paste now include Priority and Junk Settings

Lighting Props Inherit Settings from Lighting they are replacing

Temperature Props Inherit Settings from Temperature Props they are replacing

Shelves Inherit Settings from Shelves they are replacing
In addition, several other notable Quality of Life patches have dropped recently
Noble Fates 0.28.2.2 Released! Hotfix

Mycologist Visits 33% more frequently

Cooler Decrease cost to .1 Frostcap per Hour

Props Add "Tool" button that activates the Build Tool with that Type selected

Digging Add "Tool" button that activates the Build Tool Add Progress to details

Terraforming Add "Tool" button that activates the Build Tool

Fuel Burners Add Temperature Output to Type Tooltip Add Temperature Range to Type Tooltip Add Fuel cost to Type Tooltip

Skill Progression Rename Talents to Skills on Character Job Tab Correct errors in calculation of At Lvl 20 on Job Skill Tooltip Add (?) Tooltip that explains Skill Progression

Walls Fix cases where walls are incorrectly shortenedNoble Fates 0.28.3.1 Released! Minor Version

Starting Inventory Increase Consistency Start with more Corn Seeds (+200%) Start with less Drybars (-10%) Start with Octogin (~8) Fix Octoberberry Durability

Fruiting Foliage Increase Yield Consistency

Octoberberry Bushes Yield +33%

Mealbean Stalk Yield +33%

Pumpkins Nutrition +100%

Drybars Decrease Lifetime by 33% Add Description

Travel Meals Add Description

Bouquets Add Description

Drinks Rename to Alcoholic Drinks Add Description to Items

Visitors Fix Octoberberry Durability

Junk Remember when an Item has been Manually Junked or Unjunked Items Manually Junked or Unjunked opt-out of Auto Junk Re-junk or Unjunk the item to opt back into Auto Junk Unjunk Auto Junked Items when Auto Junk settings no longer include them Hide Junk Checkbox on Items where it isn't relevant

Performance Greatly decrease the cost of calculating Food RemainingNoble Fates 0.28.3.2 Released! Hotfix

Butchering Fix bug that caused resulting Meat and Hide to have half Durability

Salvaging Fix bug that caused resulting Items to have half Durability

Dismantling Fix bug that caused resulting Items to have half DurabilityNoble Fates 0.28.4.1 Released! Minor Version

Crash Fix Fix for crash related to Melee Attacks

Doors Tames will no longer Tailgate through open doors. Visitors will no longer take on tasks that they can only complete by tailgating Visitors (and their tames) no longer Tailgate through open doors... Unless they're trying to leave

Prisoners Prisoners can now leave their cell when Escaping Prisoners can now Tailgate through Doors when Escaping Prisoners can now Unbarricade Doors when Escaping Prisoners can now Bash Doors when Escaping

Lodging Visitors will no longer rent Lodging that they cannot reach

Relaxation Properly account for "Always" burners when evaluating potential Relax spots Resolves issues where people liked to sit by burners that cause them harm

Breacher Fix bug that allowed a Fireball to hit the same victim multiple times Tune Fireball damage Improve Pathing

Catapult Fix bug that allowed a Boulder to hit the same victim multiple times Tune Boulder damage

Time Limits Fix bug where Time Limits would cause cycling on tasks covered by multiple jobs

Green Thumb Lower Cooldown to 3d from 5d

Performance Improve performance of calculating Days of Food Improve performance of checking controllable Temperature Improve performance of reachability check
Restart the game and steam to make sure you're up to date!

Experimental Branch

Minor Updates like those above arrive on the Experimental Branch first.

If you have the stomach for brief bouts of instability and want to help us out - switch to (or stay in) the Experimental Beta on Steam and participate in discussions here or on discord.

v0.28 Saves will remain compatible until we launch the Beta for Feature Update #6 - some time from now.

Expect occasional issues - but know that we appreciate you helping us make the game better!