This update is mostly consists of fixes based on your awesome feedback after initial alpha 2 release.
Added/changed:
- Changed fonts for better readability on different systems
- New UI scale options: 80% and 90%
- Pigs can now die of old age just as cows
- Slightly optimized for big towns
- Doubled amount of carried resource when loading/unloading trade wagons
- Graves are now better placed on uneven ground
- Now farm oxen only consume hay in winter
- Can now specify limit for yearly wheat supply in windmill
- Cows left on a pasture for winter will die of hunger
- A message “died of old age” now links to the family of deceased
- Added status strings for charcoal pile
- Now sorting resource lists alphabetically
- Added more floating notifications on problems
Fixed:
- Some statuses in fishing dock were never shown
- Several small UI fixes
- Trade wasn’t ready for chicken eggs
- Beef and hides amount when slaughtering cows didn’t depend on age
- Another crash after demolishing some buildings
- False shadowing when shadows disabled
- Some resource stacks were invisible
- Severe lag during harvesting in big towns
- False “inaccessible” during coastal buildings construction
- Crash when starting new game after hovering a building
- It was possible to build partially on water, which led to navigational anomalies
- Plowed field was visible even under snow
- Edge scrolling didn’t always work
- Crash after setting up a place for reforestation
- Undefined behavior when chickens die during relocation
- White lines appeared when trees are close to water
- Crash in March when cows are being delivered to a pasture
- Crash when slaughtering cows (only happened on low FPS)
- Glitches when displaying too many connections
- Crash after someone died of old age
- Carpentery hoarded fake metal part reserves
- World map town demand/proposal could stuck in some cases
- Game files sometimes were saved without “.save” extension
- When demolishing unfinished reforestation area ghost trees were left
- A field being stuck in pasture mode forever, not letting reassign or demolish
- Undefined behavior when relocating pigs by several workers, led to several memory error later in game
- Slaughterhouse workers could slaughter more than required
- Couldn’t store salt in a warehouse
- Could create unlimited number of deals
- Couldn’t place bushes near trees
- Drinking water consumption was abnormally low
Some problems may still persist in old saves, but won’t appear again.
To update your game you can just download it again from Humble with the same link they sent you when you purchased the game and then replace it completely with your current version. Your saves and options will stay.
If you have lost your link, you can use this tool to regain access: http://humblebundle.com/resender
If you have errors regarding “MSVCP140.dll” you need to install Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2017. Here’s the direct link: https://aka.ms/vs/15/release/vc_redist.x86.exe