Greetings, Captains!
Thank you for your continued patience and unwavering support as we sail through this journey together. This latest update is dedicated to resolving many of your most reported concerns.
You will notice improvements in connection stability, optimized disk and CPU performance, and a suite of quality-of-life enhancements designed to make your time on the high seas much smoother. Regarding Steam Cloud Save fixes, they are currently undergoing further internal testing; we want to ensure they are rock-solid before pushing them live.
Patch Notes
Version: 0.10.0.4.268-9d2ca277
Highlights
- New Connection Option: Added “Force Relay Connection.” If you struggle to connect to friends due to firewall, router, or ISP restrictions, this setting routes traffic through our relay servers. Note that this may slightly increase latency (ping).
- Bug Fixes: Resolved connection issues for users with non-English Windows usernames.
- Performance: Optimized CPU usage for idle clients and servers, while reducing disk activity during active play.
- Ship Mechanics: Implemented several performance upgrades for those hosting their own servers.
- Stability: Fixed rare crashes related to inventory slot IDs and combat interactions involving Drowned enemies.
- Economy: Significantly reduced the crafting material requirements for a wide array of building pieces.
New Content & Additions
- Expanded building options with approximately 40 new wall triangles and 3 new floor triangle pieces.
- Added 4 fresh Seedbed variations.
- Introduced new audio and visual feedback for crop growth stages and harvesting activities.
- Enhanced Drowned enemy combat by adding audio cues before they throw projectiles.
- Extended the ambient music tracks for both Bonfire sites and ship travel.
Interface & Controls
- Fixed FrameGen stuttering when accessing the map or inventory.
- Resolved VRAM spikes triggered by specific UI windows.
- Improved keyboard and gamepad support: expanded remapping for secondary interactions, inventory management, and HUD toggles.
- Enhanced support for accented characters in player and ship names.
- Added a dedicated setting to adjust safe zones for widescreen displays.
- Fixed various input bugs, including camera interference from arrow keys and mouse inversion for ship controls.
Building & Terraforming
- Decorative Canopies now function as roofs for crafting station requirements.
- Fixed “floating” trees when digging underneath them.
- Improved the shovel’s “flatten” tool to use the ground beneath your feet as a consistent baseline.
- Resolved various collision and snapping issues for stairs, railings, and Jungle Survivor roof corners.
- Signal Fires are now walkable and provide the correct Comfort bonuses.
- Adjusted sapling planting density for more flexibility.
General Fixes & Balancing
- Adjusted drop rates: Tainted Bile is now easier to find, and Hardwood yields have been increased by 20%.
- Ship disassembly now requires available inventory space to ensure no resources are lost.
- Combat balance: Updated Boar attack telegraphs and resolved bleed damage issues during grapples.
- Jewelry and perk fixes: Special attack bonuses and Rosalinda Mercer’s elixir crafting now function as intended.
- Quest and NPC fixes: Resolved issues with the “Unsinkable” boarding quest, duplicated NPCs, and “Forgotten Relics” map markers.
- Corrected tooltips and ensured consistent ore respawning.
Visual Enhancements
- Fixed weapon distortions on lower graphical settings.
- Vegetation logic: Grass no longer disappears when planting shrubs or building piers.
- Polished textures and models for the Wolf Head Trophy, fireplaces, clay walls, and smelters.
- Improved visual fidelity for bean saplings and decorative beams.
