0.8.049 - Beta

Patch notes for Version 0.8.049 (Beta)

Minor changes

• Added Salt and Clay resource spots to Deep Mine to reduce traffic jams in the mine entrance.
• Further tweaks for resolving collision in tight spaces (like doorways).

Balance

• Reduced the max size of Rich Deposit Wild Animals by 18%.
• Reduced Wheat yield -25%.
• Reduced Barley yield -20%.
• Increased Flax yield +50%.
• Made Wheat / Rye fertility calculation more linear (Rye fertility now is 1.5 * Wheat fertility, but no more than 100%).
• Dressed Stone value lowered from 7 to 5.
• Rough Stone value lowered from 4 to 3.
• Made Droughts much less impactful, but removed the clamp of a minimum 1 Yield per Field in all cases.
• Granaries get a handcart shed. Handcarts slots changed to 2 (lv1) and 6 (lv2). Storehouse handcart slots are 2 (lv1) and 6 (lv2) as well.

AI

• Will now build a Corpse Pit if enough corpses are piling up in the Settlement.
• Will now assign Workers to the Church and Corpse Pit to bury any corpses lying around.
• Will now calculate what goods it can't produce in a Region.
• Will now import goods needed to rebuild the Settlement or to satisfy Maintenance.
• Will now try to rebuild a Settlement in better order to avoid dead-locks.
• Will now wait a little longer before adding a third or fourth family to the Trading Post.
• Will now stop cutting down trees if storage of Timber reaches 200.
• Will now stop cutting down trees if storage of Firewood reaches 2000.
• Will now destroy a Stonegatherer Camp if no longer useful.
• Will now destroy and rebuild the Hunting Camp if the Wild Animal Resource Node have moved away.
• Will now build the Hunter Camp close to the Wild Animal Resource Node even if it's far away.
• Will now put higher priority on far away resource gathering buildings under construction.
• Will now try to avoid constructing a Manor on top of trees.
• Fixed a number of issues that could dead-lock the AI when trying to rebuild a Settlement.
• Fixed Stonegatherer Camp sometimes being constructed on the Stone Resource Node.
• Fixed not building Stonemason's Station or Lime Kiln when having a Quarry.
• Fixed not being aware of that a rich Stone Resource Node also produces Rough Stone.

Bugfixes

• Fixed miners sometimes getting stuck in "equip pickaxe" animation while inside the Deep Mine.
• Fixed the Ox being broken for 1 frame when spawning in a Settler's Camp in a new Region.
• Fixed Peasants return all weapons/shields to the Storehouse on loading a save.
• Fixed resources granted log prompts being added when workers drop resources on militia rally.
• Fixed resources possibly being dropped to a Pond if there's no place for them in storage.
• Fixed resource granting calling to redistribute militia recruits twice in a row if military resources were granted.
• Added missing collision model for Charcoal Kiln.
• Another fix attempt for Maintenance durability modifiers not getting applied properly.
• Fixed issue with Residents/Workers being displayed on Building Floaters for Temporary buildings and Fields.
• Fixed handcart slots not erasing while upgrading storage buildings to lv2, resulting in more carts being available than intended.
• Fixed too many handcarts being spawned cause it would not account the ones actively in use.
• Fixed Traders sometimes getting stuck when dismounting their horse wagons.
• Fixed Fields floater UI not displaying correctly.
• Fixed Ox Plows movement being choppy at high game speeds.
• Fixed the Ń glyph missing in the italic font (Beta).

UI

• Changed thickness of lines in the "Resources" line graph.
• Removed all caps from Region name in Log Notifications.
• Improved tooltip info on Nuremberg Prospectors perk.
• Updated tooltip icons for pasture space.
• Tweaked alignment of text for pasture/stable space in general building panels.
• Fixed localisation issue with perk card slot tooltip.
• Fixed missing localisation for population details tooltip.

Cosmetics

• Added embers and smoke FX to the Smithy, Blacksmith and Armorer.
• Ox plow will now align the rotation to ground slope.

Optimization

• Reduced cost of showing Building Floaters by 62%
• Optimized door opening and closing.