Patch Notes v0.11.0
New Content
- Fishing: Added a new spell (unlocked via the Trader Token shop from Act II onwards) allowing you to use resources as bait to catch materials, XP, potions, max Mana increases, and more
- Added 2 alternate recipes & 1 decoration building (obtainable via fishing), and new fishing-related objectives
Building
- The placement preview now explains why a building cannot be placed before you attempt to build it
- Rotating non-belt drag placements (E/R) now properly rotates every building in the preview
- Ensured partial blueprint placement costs accurately account for existing structures
- Smoothed out controls and placement behavior for elevated placement
- Deleting a Potion Cauldron now refunds any pending brews
- Improved undo/redo reliability (especially for belt highways and blueprints)
- Undoing the placement of a Splitter/Merger/etc on top of a belt now no longer leaves a gap
Visuals & Environment
- Waterfalls & Elevated Water: New worlds can now spawn water bodies at higher elevations, forming waterfalls where different elevations meet (existing saves are unaffected)
- Added occasional passing high-altitude clouds casting shadows
- Added clouds obscuring the area beyond the border mountains
- Added heat shimmer above hot buildings
- Improved wind effects
- Added occasional blowing leaves in autumn (Talonwind encounter)
- Mana Trees now visually change with the seasons as well
- Improved animation quality for critters and pack animals
- Randomized the main menu background world seed
Performance & Settings
- Reworked graphics settings to include overall quality presets (Low, Medium, High, Ultra)
- Added support for SMAA anti-aliasing
- Improved performance for large factories
Fixes
- Fixed blueprint inspect layout for larger buildings
- Fixed shadow flickering in tree canopies (especially in perspective mode) and fixed a visual seam causing autumn trees to appear bisected.
- Fixed Act II map icons persisting for removed Watchtowers
- Fixed an objective mistakenly referring to "Concentrated Energy" instead of "Liquified Cinder"