Two "major" things added with this patch.
1. Auto-harvesting. Control+interact will now engage auto-harvest and keep harvesting a resource until it runs out. It will automatically stop if you try to swing at thin air, or if you trigger is a second time.
2. Crafting practice. There is now a practice button on the crafting interface and enchanting interface. Using practice will award 150% crafting exp or 200% enchanting exp at the cost of no item output or enchant. This is intended to remove the hassle of having lots of left over items after working to level up a profession. Tooltips on both of the buttons will now show how much exp can be expected as well.
Besides that and a number of things, I have added in weather controls for lower end users to turn down rain/snow collision detection which can be rather performance intensive, and/or to turn down the global amount of rain and snowfall, all the way to off if desired.
The full patch notes are as follows:
v 0.3.1b - 2018.09.10
Farming
- Added "Watering Can" under smithing -> tools
- Added equipment slots for the hoe and watering can on the harvesting equipment tab
- Added a "Till Soil" general skill for initiating tilling mode (recommend putting it on a hotbar somewhere)
- Tilled soil wetness will no longer go above 100 in rain
Harvesting
- Added the ability to "auto-harvest" with control+interact. Looking away from the resource or pushing control+interact again will stop it.
- Strong skills can be used without breaking auto-harvest
Crafting
- Added "Practice" buttons to crafting and enchanting
- Practice crafting will award 150% experience but no item
- Practice enchanting will award 200% experience but will not enchant the item
- Added tooltips to practice, craft, and enchant buttons that show how much exp will be awarded
General
- The structure (start a new structure) interface now allows ctrl+shift for raising/lowering tier by the 100s
- Added weather intensity controls in settings
- Added weather collision quality controls in settings
- Stone and wood foundations (newly placed) will now clear grass (note that one grass patch is 8m^2)
You may need to restart Steam for the update to begin.
To opt into Beta you only need to go to your Steam Library, right-click on Solace Crafting, select Properties, click on the Beta tab, and opt-in to the beta. The beta is only available to Windows 64-bit users.