Northern Lights News

[h3]Greetings Arctic Survivors! Today, we are proud to announce that Update 0.10 of Northern Lights is now LIVE on STEAM! [/h3]

This version aims to address and improve a lot of the issues and feedback reported by the community over the past weeks. The overall feel of the game and user experience was also improved with this update!

And along with this update, we are running a Special Offer SALE at 45% OFF! So, if you didn’t already do it, now it’s a great time to pick Northern Lights up at a discounted price!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1090800/Northern_Lights/


The full list of changes and fixes is available below:

Added Hungarian language
Added Polish language
Added support for localization of game settings values
Added journal notifications for notes section
Added entry sorting for notes section
Added note visualization upon looting
Removed duplicate inventory key field in controls settings
Removed unused audio language field in audio settings
Major improvements to item dropping mechanic
Major improvements to underground scene lighting
Improvements to some locations' level design
Improvements to some item weights
Fixed issue causing visit gulag and mine achievements to not trigger
Fixed issue causing animals to float above ground when roaming
Fixed issue causing a fuel pump in farmstead to not work
Fixed issue causing snowmobile to reveal on map after loading saves without discovering it first
Fixed issue causing harvestable furniture to respawn in locations after loading saves
Fixed issue causing cooking recipients to disappear from fires after loading saves
Fixed issue causing traps to not reset after picking carcass
Fixed issue causing cooking spots to be disabled on burned fires after load
Fixed issue causing partly filled water bidon to not be fillable in cooking spot
Fixed issue causing color inconsistency on rocks snow
Fixed issue causing teriyaki and rice bag to drop recycled can after consumption

We want to remind everyone that Northern Lights is in an Early Access state, so there might still be a lot of bugs to be ironed out and a lot of balancing to be done.

We will continue fixing reported bugs and issues for 0.10.x while working on the next feature update v0.11 as per our Development Roadmap Available HERE

Because of this, we encourage everyone to use the Report A Bug button found in the Game Menus in order to reach out to us about possible issues! Also, don't forget to join our Community and Discord Server where we have chats dedicated to feedback and new ideas!

Thank you for reading and for all your support and understanding!

[h3]Hello everyone![/h3]
We have just released a new patch to address some of the issues reported in the past days!

[h3]Whats new?[/h3]

• Fixed issue causing snowmobile storages to not save
  
• Fixed issue causing story intro to break if visiting research camp before the survey objective
• Fixed issue causing some locations to not always load correctly
  

Thanks to everyone for the feedback and reports! Happy playing!

[h3]Greetings Arctic Survivors! Today we are proud to announce that Update 0.9 of Northern Lights is now LIVE on STEAM! [/h3]

This version aims to address and improve a lot of the issues and feedback reported by the community over the past weeks. The overall feel of the game and user experience was also improved with this update!

And along with this update, we are also part of the long awaited Steam Survival Fest SALE at 45% OFF! So, if you didn’t already do it, now it’s a great time to pick Northern Lights up at a discounted price!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1090800/Northern_Lights/


The full list of changes and fixes is available below:

Major improvements to Animal AI Behavior
Added Pine Nuts item that can be harvested from Pine Cone
Added Small Storages to the Snowmobile
Added a "Push" mechanic to the snowmobile to allow for un-stucking the vehicle (still experimental, will get improved with future updates!)
Fixed major issue causing loot to respawn upon reload
Fixed issue causing bow missing arrow ping to show with one arrow left
Fixed issue causing Portuguese localization to be incomplete in some UI panels
Other minor fixes and tweaks

We want to remind everyone that Northern Lights is in an Early Access state so there might still be a lot of bugs to be ironed out and a lot of balancing to be done.

We will continue fixing reported bugs and issues for 0.9.x while working on the next feature update v0.10 as per our Development Roadmap Available HERE

Because of this, we encourage everyone to use the Report A Bug button found in the Game Menus in order to reach out to us about possible issues! Also, don't forget to join our Community and Discord Server where we have chats dedicated to feedback and new ideas!

Thank you for reading and for all your support and understanding!

[h3]Hello everyone![/h3]
We have just released a new patch to address some of the issues reported in the past weeks!

[h3]Whats new?[/h3]
With with this patch, we also added a bunch of new features based on what we've gathered from your feedback to the game:

• Added labels for story and sandbox saves in load menu (Note: Saves prior to this update be displayed as "unknown")
  
• Added a label that displays fuel percent left in a fuel canister in inventory
  
• Tweaked snowmobile fuel consumption
  
• Fixed issue that allowed for some non bait items to be input to fishing bait slot resulting in nothing happening
  
• Fixed issue with load game panel UI alignment possition in pause menu
  
• Fixed issue causing snowmobile dashboard neddles to not work correctly
  
• Fixed issue causing partially fuel cans to not be fillable until fully empty
  

Thanks to everyone for the feedback and reports! Happy playing!

[h3]Hello everyone![/h3]

We have just released a new patch to address some of the issues reported in the past weeks!

[h3]Whats new?[/h3]

With with this patch, we also added a bunch of new features based on what we've gathered from your feedback to the game:

• Added ability to use pine cone as tinder
  
• Added ability to advance tutorial by building camp fires as well
  
• Added ability to use sap dressping to cure burns
  
• Added feathers to some nests
  
• Added warmth bonus from consuming vodka
  
• Added better wood stick model
  
• Added an extra fuel station at harbor
  
• Added roots item that can be picked from tree bases
  
• Added roots to fire tinder and fuel whitelists
  
• Added rope craft recipe from roots
  

[h3]What we fixed?[/h3]

• Tweaked berries hunger restore
  
• Tweaked snowmobile fuel consumption
  
• Tweaked loot spawning rate
  
• Tweaked wolves and bears spawning rate
  
• Improved settings panel width to allow fitting of longer settings text
  
• Improved running speeds for some animals
  
• Improved scene prop in Research Camp
  
• Improved placed blueprint color to be visible in snow
  
• Fixed various issues with localization
  
• Fixed various issues with quests
  
• Fixed issue causing wrong map piece to be given on story new game
  
• Fixed issue causing affliction journal to notify with no affliction discovered
  
• Fixed issue causing harbor key to break in some cases
  
• Fixed issue causing snowmobile to reset when passing bridges
  
• Fixed issue causing game to not load saves in certain locations at the edge of the island
  
• Fixed issue causing Mine and Gulag achievements to not trigger
  
• Fixed issue causing blueprints to be unplaceable in Weather Station's barracks
  
• Fixed issue causing some vegetation to float in air in some locations
  
• Fixed issue causing character to say dialogue lines about food status with empty cooking containers or water
  
• Fixed issue causing unfinished brews to still treat afflictions
  
• Fixed issue causing animals to sometime spawn in air
  

Thanks everyone for the issue reports and feedback!
Happy playing!