Big Update - Keybindings, Tutorial, Instant Item Collection

Build Version 2843

This patch includes various improvements and fixes.

Highlights

• New: Fully rebindable controls for everyone (Key Bindings menu), with modifier support and localized labels.

• Major tutorial and early-game overhaul, including a refreshed “A New Home” progression, new pop-ups, and Journal integration.

• Extensive localization pass with hundreds of context-accurate updates across all supported languages.

• RemovedVisual and performance polishmotion blur disabled by default, improved lighting and foliage, and expanded display/monitor settings.

• Balance updates: longer days, instant pickups, refined durability and encumbrance, animal respawns, and smarter NPC behavior.

Gameplay

• Balance and pacing

• Day length increased by 25%.

• Pickups are now instant; added weight to some items and slightly reduced overburden penalties.

• Adjusted general item decay and axe durability per hit; axe damage rebalanced.

• Animals and wildlife

• All animals now respawn; fixed cases where animals had incorrect health.

• Dead animals can be picked up again; chickens drop fewer eggs, lose hunger more slowly, and can drop feathers again.

• Heat and survival

• Warmth detection is more reliable: campfire hitboxes and building validators no longer block warmth checks.

• Workers and AI

• Workers stop gathering when morale is low; added safeguards to reduce AI stalls and “stuck” behaviors.

• Fixed tasks mistakenly marked as possible; improved worker state handling and death behavior.

• NPCs now use health potions and medication from their inventory when needed.

• Crafting and building

• New sitting log with proper build cost.

• Gambling table polished, now placeable indoors, with updated decals.

• Workbench visualizer added for clearer placement and interaction.

• Items and inventory

• Quick selection bar now saves/loads.

• Inventory category for clothing added; dye color icons and clothing color info now show on interactables.

• Item names now display correct plurals; elixir description updated.

• RemovedCrafting wheel adjustedfox entry removed; wolf entry added.

UI and Controls

• Key Bindings

• New Key Bindings menu available to all players.

• Rebind most actions (including Shift/Ctrl modifiers); multiple binding slots per action supported with live preview.

• Localized action names and improved categories; bindings persist across sessions.

• Numerous fixes for context registration, primary interaction, preview, and submit actions.

• General UI

• Settings menu refinements; clearer audio option names; controller scheme now hidden while settings are open.

• Center marker can display current time and temperature.

• AdjustedPop-up system reworkedimproved positioning, proper save/load, and localized confirmation prompts.

• Build menu naming and HUD icon updates (radial menu, item icons).

• “Hide Tutorial” option temporarily disabled during the tutorial overhaul.

Tutorials, Journal, and Wiki

• Comprehensive tutorial rewrite with new slides, clearer guidance, and Journal integration.

• “A New Home” early-game overhaul completed; added a shelf tutorial/quest after the trading post.

• “Open last tutorial hint” feature added; tutorial entries now save and load.

• Wiki updates:

• Decay article unlocks after your first item breaks (with a new voice line).

• Wolf entry unlocks after your first wolf kill (crafting wheel updated).

Quests and Story

• Bridge quest split into its own main quest; quest order improved for readability.

• Egg quest now completable at the wall campfire.

• Multiple fixes and text updates across quests and dialogue.

Visuals and World

• Lighting and environment

• Torchlight adjusted; default time-of-day improved.

• Simplified color grading and improved dawn performance.

• AdjustedFoliage and seasonstuned seasonal leaf brightness; reduced grass color variation; updated winter building visualization.

• Beech tree polycount optimized; fixed pit house seam and a rock’s backside; removed submerged stones and mushrooms.

• Buildings correctly block navmesh where required; improved validator presets.

• Additional polish

• Workbench/building visualizer improvements.

• Motion blur disabled by default for clearer visuals.

Audio

• AdjustedMix and routing passimproved player mixer, heartbeat routing, and buff submix; general soundclass clean-up.

• Reduced heavy breathing/panting; stamina-ducking rebalanced to keep key sounds audible.

• New/updated cues: jump, wind, chicken minigame success, buffs, doors.

• Storybook audio restored; dialogue polish for several characters.

• Asset housekeeping and naming clean-up.

Performance and Settings

• Display settings expanded:

• Choose the active display/monitor in-game.

• Monitor-specific resolution presets with aspect-ratio fallbacks.

• Manual “Rescan Displays” option; reduced background monitor polling to lower overhead.

• Enhanced user settings enabled; input actions refactored for responsiveness.

• Various level/asset cleanups for stability.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Escape key behavior and double-trigger issues in UI flow.

• Prevented NPCs from teleporting to 0/0/0 on load.

• Fixed worker death handling and bow swapping.

• Corrected undergarment clipping; restored missing overhead texts.

• Fixed hammer not updating in trading UI.

• Resolved HUD quest loading issues; corrected Bridge quest text.

• Animals no longer die incorrectly while carried; chickens behave reliably in-hand.

• Multiple collision, navmesh, and validator fixes across buildings and decorations.

Localization

• Large, context-aware localization updates across:

• German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Chinese.

• Additional proofreading and typo fixes throughout UI, quests, and tutorials.

• Key Bindings UI prepared and localized.

Thank you for your continued feedback—please keep the reports coming!