🌲 SYLVA v0.2.3 Update Notes
Hello, Sylvans! 👋
This update focuses on multiplayer stability, the new Party System, enemy AI, Eclipse nights, world visuals, and performance.
🌐 Multiplayer
Fixed connection timeouts while slower systems were loading the map.
Day, time, and weather are now correctly synchronized for all players. ⏱️
Removed unnecessary network traffic generated by hundreds of loot chests.
👥 Party System
Players in the same world can now press P to open the Party menu and form a group.
Party members can see and track each other’s locations. 📍
Friendly fire is disabled between Party members. 🛡️
🌙 Time & Eclipse
New games now begin on Day 1 at 06:00. 🌅
Day, time, weather, and the Eclipse countdown are now saved correctly.
Fixed the Eclipse ending early when the calendar day changed at midnight.
Eclipse warnings are now clearer and more reliable. 🩸
🧟 Enemies & AI
Fixed major AI issues that could leave enemies completely inactive.
Improved Undead targeting, chasing, patrolling, and attacking behavior.
Fixed archers not firing and enemies sometimes ignoring ranged attacks. 🏹
Removed friendly fire between Undead and updated their glowing eyes. 👁️
Rebalanced enemy counts during normal and Eclipse nights.
Enemies can now damage player structures, dealing double structure damage during an Eclipse. 🏚️
☄️ Meteors
Meteors now create mineable ore or gold rocks at their impact location. ⛏️
Fixed meteor impacts and flames not dealing damage.
Improved flame size, damage radius, and building collision behavior. 🔥
🌍 World & Interface
Nights are now darker and more atmospheric, with rebalanced lighting and smoother transitions. 🌌
Corrected more than 42,000 misplaced plants and trees. 🌲
Improved the ocean, vegetation, shadows, textures, and resource-hit effects.
Fixed issues with the death screen, respawning, emote menu, Party window, and HUD. 🖥️
The compass is now smaller and fixed to the top of the screen. 🧭
⚡ Performance
Reduced terrain components from 4,096 to 1,024.
Reduced network load, unnecessary animation updates, and shader-related stuttering.
Thank you for your continued support and feedback, Sylvans! 💜