Timberborn News

• Fixed a crash caused by lumberjacks trying to cut already demolished trees.
  

• Fixed a bug that caused crashes on launching Timberborn, starting a new game, or loading a saved game.
  

• Saves are now grouped based on a settlement you’re working with. You will be prompted to enter the settlement’s unique name once you start a new game or load an old save.
  
• The new saves created at that point and going forward will be stored in a corresponding subfolder located in the Saves folder. The in-game “Load Game” screen lets you browse the saves grouped by settlement (subfolder) as well. Saves that are yet to be assigned to a named settlement are found in the Unnamed settlement in-game. Their location in the Saves folder hasn't changed.
  
• The game now uses only three autosave slots per settlement, overwriting older autosaves as needed.
  
• The new save files (as well as the map files) now use a .timber archive format. As a result, files are 5 to 10 times smaller.
  
• Existing .json map files are backwards compatible but the new maps you create or modify will be saved as .timber files. Map localization on your drive hasn’t changed.
  
• Cloud saves are now enabled on Steam. Make sure you have Steam and Timberborn set to synchronize files with the cloud so that it works properly. Please note that only the new, small .timber files (maps and saves) are stored. Nobody likes heavy clouds, right?
  

• Made visual adjustments to the tree models.
  
• While placing down gatherable resources in Map Editor, it is now possible to choose whether they should be in the “ready to gather” state.
  
• Added new Need Groups to replace singular needs.
  
• Renamed most Needs and placed them in their correct Need Groups.
  
• Separated Aesthetics and Social Life groups into multiple Needs.
  
• Made minor text adjustments to how the yield progress is displayed on resources.
  
• Made minor visual adjustments to needs’ status bars.
  
• Optimized code related to Monuments, Decorations and Breeding pods to increase performance in large settlements.
  
• Adjusted some tutorial tips so that they lead to fewer beaver casualties.
  

• Fixed severe performance issues related to beaver wandering. Thanks also go to our modding community!
  
• Fixed the first drought on Normal difficulty that sometimes was longer than intended.
  
• Beavers no longer stop bringing nutrients to Breeding Pods in certain scenarios.
  
• Fixed progress bar overflowing in the kits' growth progress bar.
  
• Fixed Scarecrow's height restrictions so that it can no longer stick its head through bridges. That was too spooky even for Halloween.
  

• Fixed tooltips in a beaver's well-being panel.
  

'Beaver city-builder' continues to be my favorite three-word game description in, well, ever, and any excuse to keep using it is okay by me. After a successful debut in Steam Early Access, the devs behind Timberborn are starting to gear up for the game's first big content updates. For now, we're getting fences, but bigger things are in the works.

As of today's update, you can now build log fences, plank fences, and metal fences. They're all intended as decorative objects, so they'll help give your constructions a more organised feel. As the devs note in the announcement, the paper mill has also been redesigned with a more symmetrical model to make it easier to integrate into your town.

There are also some changes to the needs system in here, with more to come. Needs are now grouped, so you'll see, say, hunger and thirst grouped under the basic need category. "Needs previously reserved for adults are now also available to kits," the devs note. "What it means is that it is now possible to reach population well-being of 15."

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