It's the first patch for the still-in-development version of Alpha 19 (available now on our Steam unstable branch).
This release offers several improvements and bugfixes. Plus, see the notes for the stuff we forgot to mention in last week's release... such as, well, scaffolding and ladders are now "free" -- that is, they no longer require wood. We have also disabled (for now) the Militia option -- it really wasn't working as intended and we're developing a better approach.
As always with the release of an unstable version, we ask that you report any issues (or compliments, the team likes compliments) on Discourse or our Steam forums.
Here's what's new in this release:
Updates We Forgot to Mention in the Previous Release Notes
- Hearthlings can now fabricate multiple blocks at once, greatly reducing the time it takes to construct buildings!
- Scaffolding and ladders no longer require wood to build! Though less realistic, these are quality of life changes that we believe make building more enjoyable.
- Disabled the Militia tab for now because it was causing bugs and the team did not feel it was a good solution for what it was trying to solve. We would like to come up with something better.
- Landscape scars caused by encounter placement can now be filled in. After finishing the encounter, select the pile of dirt in the scar and press the button to restore the terrain.
- Hearthlings and items no longer disappear from view when in slice mode if they are standing on a structure that is visible. Previously they would disappear from roofs even though the building was visible and potentially starve to death.
- Fixed mining and hearthling pathing visualization for slice and xray modes.
Improvements
- The official Debugtools mod is now included with the game (but disabled by default). You can enable it using the settings menu in the title screen.
- The custom tab in building templates is now always the last tab.
- Potters will now auto queue clay bricks when building, if auto queue is enabled.
- Herbalists now gain slightly more experience from crafting.
Bug Fixes
- Fix for strange camera movement when trying to move and rotate the camera at the same time. Rotating the camera using the right mouse button will now have priority over moving the camera
- Fix for Rayya's Children UI not loading correctly
- Temporarily disable the 'simple caravan' trader event because it was causing bugs with reserving items (this is the caravan event that asks for an immediate trade with your settlement). We hope to revisit the entire trading system in the near future, so we should have a better experience for trading in general soon.
- Fix for mining error when connecting mining regions.