Patch Notes - 0.6.1022

November 28, 2024

New features include pink hair in the Ember Shop, alternative forest paths, and improved NPC interactions like Renegade Leader's dialogue. Major updates optimize performance, enhance AI, and fix critical bugs, including stealth-related issues, with various balance tweaks and visual improvements.

Additions

Added pink hair color to the Ember Shop
More forest bandits and owls
Various NPC loot additions and changes
Alternative forest paths and stairs
Renegade Leader (previously Talon the Chieftain) now chat when engaging

Changes

Switching Godot engine version from 4.3 to 4.4-dev4 which hopefully improves lag spikes on all platforms
Disabled DirectX fallback on Windows because it crashes too often (will switch to OpenGL if Vulkan is not supported)
Improved AI in almost all aspects
Improved net code and performance when shooting arrows
Pets are now also half-transparent in stealth (only for you, other player still don't see it)
Bandit mage and archers now try to only shoot in line-of-sight
Changing languages now show the target language correctly
Some language updates
Renamed Bandit Captain to Renegade Leader (and made him look even angrier)
Made Frost Horn, Renegade Leader and Bandit Mage stronger
Boar and Scout are now passive
Reworked forest campground
Swapped Scavenger and Mauler levels
All NPCs will spawn instantly on server start
Server is now running with a 25 tick rate instead of 60 (hopefully becomes more stable)
Replaced fallback texture for humanoid characters (had white skin, red hair and green dots before) with a silhouette
Updated move speed buff VFX
Updated NPC chat messages
Removed falling leaves in main menu (to check if those make low-end Android crash)
Settings that are irrelevant for your used platform are now hidden (e.g. window mode on Android)
Made performance widget more compact

Fixes

Fixed critical bug creating broken net code (kicks, phantoms, etc) which was caused by killing character in stealth
Fixed critical bug where Healing Wave animation infinitely looped in edge cases
Fixed pet re-appearing locally when switching equipment in stealth
Fixed (very old) bug that prevented characters from dying if they get healed or regenerate on the same tick as getting lethal damage
Normal guards will attack hostile players as intended
Bandit Scout properly drops blueprint scrap sword
Fixed that shooting arrows close to walls instantly despawning them
Fixed Grizzly never getting homesick and hunting noobs through the entire map
Fixed mobile Ember Shop view which prevented scrolling
Fixed logo animation after splash screen
Closing game on Mac should no longer freeze on certain systems