Steam News5 January 20242y ago

v2.4 Animal Taming and Riding

New Map: Desert Island, desert plants and navigation map You need to find an oasis in the vast desert.

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Performance

changedNew Map: Desert Island, desert plants and navigation mapYou need to find an oasis in the vast desert. When you walk out of the center of the desert, you can find some coconut trees on the coast, but there are few tree resources and animals. It rarely rains, and there are random bad sandstorms. You need to work hard to develop agriculture, collect more water, plant more trees, and build your own oasis home.

changedNew Map: Desert Island, desert plants and navigation mapNote: Camels on the current desert map cannot be attacked or ridden. Camel taming and riding functions will be updated next time. Press M to open the navigation map. Because the map is a screenshot, Players' positions on the map are not accurate

addedNew features:Added v3 sleeping function. When you are near a bed or shelter, press L to sleep when you see the prompt. The sleeping montage animation will play and you can see the stars and the moon fleeting. After 10 seconds, you will go from night to sunrise

changedNew features:Improved the planting and harvesting system. You can get a variety of resources from the trees or crops, For example, coconut trees used to only harvest coconuts, but now you can also harvest wood and fiber. Green plants and crops can also get some fiber. Note: Due to the change in data structure, some old planting data may have some problems. Please plant new plants to harvest. v1 is not affected

addedNew features:Bamboo planting no longer requires seeds and can be planted directly. Banana roots can be purchased from NPC survivor and can be used for planting. When you can't find banana trees in the desert map, you can buy banana roots to plant banana trees

addedNew features:Added the function of destroying horses. When you get close to a horse and see the prompt, press K to destroy the tamed horse. Note that if there are several horses together, they may all be destroyed. Try to spread them out.

My Island changes

changedYou need to find an oasis in the vast desert. When you walk out of the center of the desert, you can find some coconut trees on the coast, but there are few tree resources and animals. It rarely rains, and there are random bad sandstorms. You need to work hard to develop agriculture, collect more water, plant more trees, and build your own oasis home.

changedNote: Camels on the current desert map cannot be attacked or ridden. Camel taming and riding functions will be updated next time. Press M to open the navigation map. Because the map is a screenshot, Players' positions on the map are not accurate

addedAdded v3 sleeping function. When you are near a bed or shelter, press L to sleep when you see the prompt. The sleeping montage animation will play and you can see the stars and the moon fleeting. After 10 seconds, you will go from night to sunrise

changedImproved the planting and harvesting system. You can get a variety of resources from the trees or crops, For example, coconut trees used to only harvest coconuts, but now you can also harvest wood and fiber. Green plants and crops can also get some fiber. Note: Due to the change in data structure, some old planting data may have some problems. Please plant new plants to harvest. v1 is not affected

addedBamboo planting no longer requires seeds and can be planted directly. Banana roots can be purchased from NPC survivor and can be used for planting. When you can't find banana trees in the desert map, you can buy banana roots to plant banana trees

You need to find an oasis in the vast desert. When you walk out of the center of the desert, you can find some coconut trees on the coast, but there are few tree resources and animals. It rarely rains, and there are random bad sandstorms. You need to work hard to develop agriculture, collect more water, plant more trees, and build your own oasis home.

Note: Camels on the current desert map cannot be attacked or ridden. Camel taming and riding functions will be updated next time. Press M to open the navigation map. Because the map is a screenshot, Players' positions on the map are not accurate

New features:

Added v3 sleeping function. When you are near a bed or shelter, press L to sleep when you see the prompt. The sleeping montage animation will play and you can see the stars and the moon fleeting. After 10 seconds, you will go from night to sunrise
Improved the planting and harvesting system. You can get a variety of resources from the trees or crops, For example, coconut trees used to only harvest coconuts, but now you can also harvest wood and fiber. Green plants and crops can also get some fiber. Note: Due to the change in data structure, some old planting data may have some problems. Please plant new plants to harvest. v1 is not affected
Bamboo planting no longer requires seeds and can be planted directly. Banana roots can be purchased from NPC survivor and can be used for planting. When you can't find banana trees in the desert map, you can buy banana roots to plant banana trees
Added the function of destroying horses. When you get close to a horse and see the prompt, press K to destroy the tamed horse. Note that if there are several horses together, they may all be destroyed. Try to spread them out.

Some fixes:

Fixed the wrong item when recycling Wooden House2 with a hammer
Improved the fence size to be more suitable for placing on the foundation or ceiling,
Fixed the problem that simple shelters and fences are not easy to place on uneven ground
Added LOD optimization for the trader NPC skeleton mesh
Shortened the respawn time of some trees to 1 hour
Fixed dogs falling through floors or foundations
Adjusted the volume of footsteps
Main menu UI improvements

Some tips:

Note on buying a dog: If you put the dog on the ground without naming it, it will not be saved
Do not save the game while riding a horse, as it may cause the character to be loaded into the wrong position when loading the game
If you have a lot of buildings,Saving and writing the archive may take several minutes, after saving the game, remember to open the save management menu again to check whether your save is displayed as the latest save time. If so, it means that the save is successful.

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Steam News / 5 January 2024

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