Hello everyone,
Build 62 will be uploaded later tonight. It includes a small but nice set of changes:
We managed to finish two new pieces of art content. The first of a series of bamboo sticks. This is classed as a decoration so there is no need to treat it as a plant by worrying about water chemistry needs. We will be adding two more models of different sizes and a second set of textures that give the bamboo that dried out slightly beigey brown look. We will also be adding little tufts of bamboo leaves which is can be placed on these sticks as players wish which will operate as plants when regarding water chemistry.
Also visible in this image is the newest plant species, Amazon Sword, which will help give your aquariums a nice leafy look. It is our newest plant to require warmwater and the next few plants that we will add will be warmwater species too.
Changes to the fish population UI:
The fish population ui has been in need of an update for a while and this is our latest iteration. It should provide more clarity to players especially when wishing to find out how many fry and juveniles are present. It also displays the number of eggs present. It is difficult to know if fish have spawned unless players actually see the spawning occur. Not every egg hatches successfully but this should help players to know that they are at least on the right track with breeding.
Future changes to how breeding works will include some UI that gives more details on what is required for a fish to breed as well as information about the specific breeding progress of a particular fish when selected. It will probably be in the form of a little check list of things that need to happen before the fish can breed as well as how close it is to being in the "breeding mood". This should mean that players have more of an active role in fish breeding rather than just waiting for it to happen when the fish are happy.
Changes to plant population UI:
The plant population UI has had a similar makeover. There is not as much data to show as for fish but it should still be useful.
Changes to food population UI:
More clarity has also been given to the food "population" UI. All too often I have added the wrong food type to my aquarium and wondered why my fish are not eating. It was either a bug which I am glad to say should be all fixed by now or it was because I added carnivorous food to an aquarium of herbivores. This should now help clarify things further.
Fish overlay:
We have added another overlay button (bottom left), this time for fish. It simply shows you the location of all the fish in your aquarium. Quite often it can be hard to find small fish especially fry if they have swam into a thick patch of vegetation or the aquarium is quite large and difficult to search. This should help alleviate the problem of finding fish. Players can adjust the overlay to only target adults, juveniles or fry individually if needed or as in the image show all age types together.
The next two weeks are going to continue in a similar manner. We should be able to finish more art content in the form of decorations as well as adding the first of our new Fancy Goldfish varieties.
We wish you all a good and relaxing weekend.
The Fishery Team