Update Notes 6/1/2025

Improvements

• Changed size & layout of the Nature panel to better match others

• Added harvest button to Lumber, Stone, and Iron panels

• Town Hall category descriptions no longer blocked by open categories

• Hire/Fire buttons on Quick Access and Town Hall panels now respond rapidly when held (for mass layoffs by profession)

• Resized Town Hall text

• Renamed buildings:

  • 'Fabric' → 'Fabric Shop'
  • 'Mill' → 'Windmill'
  • 'Well' → 'Village Well'

• Updated 'Close' and 'Go To' buttons on Town Hall and Nature panels (test phase for global update)

• Lowered minimap on spawn to avoid blocking popup descriptions

• Increased size of building preview descriptions

• Increased size of, and brightened, professions on quick-hire menu.

• Cleaned up lumber icon

• Implemented versioning system for Game Saves for mod-work and starter scenario.

• Added internal float versioning check for .exi mod files

Fixes

• Hunters Lodge now properly stops working when food limit is reached

• Hemp now uses a unique resource limit, separate from food

• Fixed crash caused by adjusting limits in the Town Hall

• Addressed input parsing issue affecting users who write half as "0,5"

• Fixed some known stability issues.

• Fixed visible texture seam on barn and church roofs at certain distances

Balance & Behavior

• Sun brightness reduced in winter

• Cloud coverage increased in winter

• Added event warning when unburied deceased villagers are present

• Increased quarry stone capacity by 25% (existing saves will be updated, quarries will hire 2 laborers by default)

• Marketplace workers now better prioritize goods that are low in stock

• Increased starting food in new homes to prevent early starvation scenarios

• Villagers now carry 5% more food when leaving home

• Reduced frequency and severity of quarry workplace accidents.

• Reduced severity of mining workplace accidents.

• Reduced years it takes for an unburied corpse to decay away.

• Further reduced peer-to-peer illness spread.

• Further increased effectiveness of clinic access.

• Increased lifespan of all coats

• Reduce 'food is low' event spam.

• Adult chicken egg laying rate reduced.