Hey, Pilots! 🛩️
First of all: thank you all so much for your continuous feedback!
Now that Lou’s Lagoon is out, its development really feels like a communal effort. Even with a few initial hiccups at launch, we couldn’t be happier with all the input you've been sending our way, and we’re doing our absolute best to jump on it quickly. Thank you, and keep the feedback coming! 🫶
That said, Patch 1.1.0 is live! 🛠️
With it come a ton of bugfixes, as well as some quick improvements to the most pressing feedback.
Notable Changes:
🐝 Shorter crafting and drone delivery times: Crafting times, as well as the drone delivery times have been reduced. We initially imagined crafting to be something that happens in the background while you go on in your adventures and visit other islands. We see now that that’s simply not the way Lou’s Lagoon is being played, and that shorter crafting times enable you to fulfill your current quests more smoothly. We’re very eager to hear from you whether crafting feels better now!
🛩️Expanded Plane Storage: The plane storage has been upped from 12 to 20 slots, and it can be accessed from anywhere on the islands. We hope that this is an effective quick fix for your storage concerns. At the same time, as pointed out in our previous post, this might be subject to changes in the future when the silos, the “real” alternative, arrive.
🧰Improved guidance towards treasure chests: We improved guidance towards treasure chests on all islands. If you haven’t found all of them yet, maybe now’s the time! This change is less about simply making it “easier” to find the chests, but rather about doing a better job highlighting the special spots where rewards are waiting.
Oh, and we added a small cutscene to flying into the tornado!🌪️ It should now feel less like a placeholder animation, and more ✨dramatic✨ instead.
Patch 1.1.0 Patchnotes:
Improvements
Plane Cargo improved from 12 to 20 slots.
Plane Cargo is now accessible from anywhere on the island.
(We are still working on the Silos for more storage. In the meantime, we hope this helps with some of the urgent issues with storage.)
Removed plane in range icon.
Reduced drone raw material delivery times.
Reduced all crafting machines’ crafting times.
Fish now behave more wiggly while getting closer to the lure.
Improved chest placement and guidance towards them on all islands.
Improved sound atmosphere in towns.
Added info about the ability to set custom waypoints.
Improved tornado animation for more drama.
Bugfixes
Fixed a blocker preventing players from receiving the tower repair quest on Boulderia after talking to Bobster.
Fixed the pool of water on Gleam Reef not filling up if players skipped previous cutscenes.
Fixed not being able to request Copper Scales from drones.
Fixed two ring challenges granting the same reward. The new reward will be granted automatically to players who have completed the associated ring challenge.
Fixed inability to talk to secretary Pulsar after finishing the main story.
Fixed invisible items clogging up inventory space.
Fixed colliders so players won’t get stuck in unexpected places.
Fixed missing camera input prompt while flying.
Fixed the “time to renovate” quest, which could be started a second time.
Fixed issues arising from switching between different savegames.
Fixed confusing quest entry for “Get A Hint”.
Fixed performance issues when ending dialogues.
Fixed inability to enter reward codes via Keyboard.
Improved missing or faulty SFX.
Fixed tutorial video issues.
Fixed players being able to stand on pirates even during spin attacks.
Fixed the “A Few Ingredients” quest not removing needed items from inventory.
Rephrased some misleading texts.
Fixed “Lou’s” sign and horizontal beam being reversed in the building menu.
Fixed deergoat wool not rendering correctly from some angles.
Fixed wrong connection line shown in the refiner UI.
Fixed inability to jump out of the water in the Norleaf cave lake and the shell pool on Gleam Reef.
Fixed inconsistent size of quest pins on the map.
Fixed player customization not preloading in the dinnertime cutscene.
Fixed the fish animation not displaying correctly in the Boulderia cave.
Fixed buttons in the settings menu turning white upon closing the menu.
Fixed equipped clothing descriptions disappearing after changing tabs.
Fixed strange camera movement after fishing.
Fixed missing reeling sounds while fishing.
Fixed some overworld chests not granting rewards.
Fixed inability to swirl the pirate on Lou’s Island in a very specific spot.
Fixed being able to use the autopilot function before talking to Hefti about it.
Fixed some missing or incorrect map icons (eg. Jackie, plane on Gleam Reef, Brakka).
Fixed crafting machines being obstructed while building for no reason.
Fixed opening building menu with KBM immediately swapping one tab to the right.
Fixed shortened respawn times of harvestables leading to them not respawning at all.
Fixed tutorial window staying open over the feedback menu.
Fixed screenshake when popping balloons with your plane.
Fixed Xbox controller inputs being shown even when connecting a Switch Pro Controller.
Fixed pirates getting stuck and stunning themselves.
Fixed minimum distance and throwing speed while fishing.
Fixed smaller issues with the fast travelling map view.
Fixed crafting machine sound still playing after destroying the machine.
Fixed faulty button prompts for wiggling and reeling while fishing.
Fixed stores on Gleam Reef being void of customers.
Fixed misleading Sticky Cake item description.
Fixed Frogcrabs sometimes disappearing into the sand.
Fixed minecarts on Boulderia being very quiet.
Fixed multiple hair color boxes being selected at the same time in the customization menu in specific cases.
Fixed fish floating in the air while fishing from an elevated position.
Fixed the “pin quest” button being available for finished quests.
Fixed player characters breaking their ankles while walking up stairs.
Fixed several small graphical issues.
Fixed several small collision issues.
Fixed several small SFX issues.
Spoiler Bugfixes:
Fixed a blocker preventing players from receiving the “Hungry Kraken” quest. The quest will now automatically be granted after starting the “A sign of Lou” quest, if it hasn’t been started before.
Fixed uncle Lou sometimes turning invisible after the credits.
Fixed the “Help I’m stuck” button during the pirate boss fight - it now spawns you in the arena.
Fixed a crane that wasn’t repaired by activating the generator on Boulderia.
Fixed storm icon still appearing on the map after completing the main story.
Known Issue
Untextured box attached on jackie's boat
We hope you continue to enjoy your time in the Limbo Archipelago as we keep rolling out improvements 🫶
~ The Lou's Lagoon Team