Northern Lights News

Hello everyone!

We have just released a new patch to address some of the issues reported in the past days! Full changelog below:

• Improved books researching UX
  
• Improved some localization strings in German Language
  
  
• Fixed an issue causing time passing to not affect items and objects in distant locations
  
• Fixed an issue causing mapping pieces to disappear after player death
  
• Fixed an issue causing inventory to leave player paused after exit
  
• Fixed an issue with quest hud text wrapping
  
• Fixed an issue causing death to not occur if player is interacting with an object
  
• Fixed an issue causing Lookout Tower at Yurak Hills to not reveal in some cases
• Fixed an issue with Research Camp questline

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

Greetings everyone!

Today we released a quick patch to address some of the issues reported with the latest major update! Full changelog below:

• Added setting to turn on/off controls in HUD
  
• Fires can now be lighted with a burning torch by left clicking on fire
  
• Torch can now be lighted if a match or lighter is available in inventory
  
• Tweaked Torch lighting intensity
  
• Wood Logs now yield Spruce Bark when harvested
  
• Tweaked some crafting recipes
  
  
• Fixed an issue with map icons for Nenet Camp and Airdrop
  
• Fixed an issue with duplicate door in Climber's Hut
  
• Fixed an issue causing Nenets Camp tents colliders to throw player outside
  
• Fixed an issue causing footsteps to not work in certain buildings
  
• Fixed an issue causing new game quest to go tracked when loading game after the quest has been already completed
  
• Fixed an issue causing research books to reveal plants consumption effect but not their infusion effect
  
• Fixed an issue causing clothing to not decay over time
  

Thanks everyone for the issue reports and feedback!

Hello everyone! Today marks yet another milestone for Northern Lights! We are proud to announce that version 0.5 is now LIVE on STEAM!

This version aims to improve the overall and feel of the game, along with some critical fixes to issues reported in the past weeks!

[h2]What's new in v0.5?[/h2]

This update comes with a lot of improvements related to the overall user experience and interface. Full list of additions and improvements below!

Torch can now be lit at a burning fire
Torch now has its own animation set
Journal now always opens on previously opened section
Inventory now always opens on previously opened pocket
Improvements to cooking to backpack UX
Snow melted in recycled can now gives 0.3L instead of 1L of water
Antibiotics can now be used to treat infection risk
Dried plants are no longer consumable
Remove health penalty from broken ribs and abrasion
Pine sap can now be used as tinder
Paper debris can now be used as fire fuel
Arrows now weight 0.1kg instead of 0.3kg
Player icon is now smaller on map
Painkillers can now be used to treat fever
Health audio effects system improved so the same effect won't repeat until others have been played
Looted maps now save their looted status so they won't respawn when revisiting a location
Added notification pings in player menu when new item or entry is available
Added playthrough stats to pause menu
Added tutorials list for accessing tutorials in pause menu
Added recycled can as starter item for all difficulties
Added hunger and energy restore to chaga mushroom
Added label with control to open journal in new entry notification
Added controls HUD adapting to current item
Added setting to switch between hold and toggle behavior for sprint and crouch
Added setting for Look Smoothing
Added setting for Head Bob Intensity
Added setting for switching between Toggle/Hold mode for watch, compass and binoculars controls
Added setting for toggling on/off HUD crosshair
Added setting for toggling on/off various HUD notifications
Added new ADS system for rifle
Added fireplaces in houses
Added mushrooms as fishing bait
Added tutorials in shape of quests
Added tutorial popup for afflictions
Added tutorial popup image for cooking
Cabin fever risks now starts after 48h inside

[h2]What's fixed?[/h2]

Along with the changes above, we also fixed a lot of the reported issues with the existing things in the game! Full changelog below:

Fixed issue causing infusions to show actual name of plant instead of unknown when name not discovered
Fixed issue causing Unknown Plant instead of revealed name to show in journal entry notification after researching a flora book
Improved visuals and placements of Roots
Improved interior volume placement of Church
Improved tree harvesting resource yields
Improved color/ux for affliction treatment/risk bars
Improved size of backpack category buttons
Tweak roots graphic texture
Tweak uncooked rice and pasta health values
Tweak chaga treatment values
Tweak shelters recipes to use pelts instead of cloth
Tweak frostbite risk values
Tweak location nearby tutorial trigger distance
Fixed issue causing empty pickups to break loading routines
Fixed issue causing a house in hunter camp to have duplicate interiors
Fixed issue causing Lightsticks to stay on after decayed/dropped
Fixed issue causing dropped items to not change color when spoiling
Fixed issue causing terrain quality setting to not affect terrains
Fixed issue causing torch to not have decay
Fixed issues with turkish language missing characters
Fixed issues with arrow pickup hitbox
Fixed issues with bow pickup hitbox
Fixed issues with some courtains that couldn't be harvested
Fixed issues with quest system
Fixed issues with sanity hud
Fixed issues with researched books

[h2]What's next?[/h2]
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 0.5.x while working on the next feature update v0.6 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!

Hello everyone and Happy New Year! We hope everybody had a great time during the Holidays and enjoyed them to their fullest!



Today we want to announce that Northern Lights v0.4.1 is now Live on STEAM and aims to address most of the issues that have been reported in the past weeks!

Along with this update we also took our time to adjust the pricing for the game - based on feedback we've received by our players as well as on the sales analysis we did during the Winter Sale!

We consider it's only fair to lower the price given the current state of the game content wise. Instead the price of the game will slowly rise as we add new core content!

[h2]What's new?[/h2]

Along with the reported issues, we took some of the feedback received from users and turned it into reality! The list below contains all the new things we added to the game based on the community wishlist!

It is now possible to drink water from water bodies (rivers/lakes) by right-clicking on their surfaces
Cloth can now be used to craft Rope in the Journal's Crafting page
Journal now displays the required Crafting Skill level to unlock the next crafts
The Graphics Settings Menu now has a slider to adjust Field Of View
Compass is now easier to read at night
Cabin Fever Affliction is now disabled at lower difficulties
Traps have now different visuals when armed and when triggered

[h2]What's fixed?[/h2]

Along with the changes above, we also fixed a lot of the reported issues with the existing things in the game! Full changelog below:

Tweaked fog and lighting settings for cloudy and snow flurry weather
Tweaked insanity sounds randomization
Fixed issue causing cooking food to not load from saves
Fixed issue causing cooking food to break with certain item combinations
Fixed issue causing salting meat to not affect meat decay
Fixed issue causing food item stacks to display item with highest time to decay instead of lowest first
Fixed issue causing herbs to show revealed name instead of unknown when gathering from nature
Fixed issue causing items to drop in air
Fixed issue causing some locations to not initialize correctly
Fixed issue causing language auto-detection to not work correctly
Fixed issue causing resolution selector to not work correctly

[h2]What's next?[/h2]
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 and a lot balancing to be done.

We will continue fixing reported bugs and issues for 0.4.x while working on the next AUDIO & UX Big Update 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 for feedback and new ideas!

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

[h3]Hello Everyone![/h3]

We have issued a hotfix that aims to fix most of the game stability/system issues that have been reported during these holidays!

Thanks for reporting and we are sorry for any potential inconveniences caused by these!

[h3]Full changelog:[/h3]
- Improved control bindings menu
- Improved input latency for player movement

- Fixed issue causing game to sometimes crash while dropping items or when inventory is full
- Fixed issue causing doors to sometimes have incorrect rotation on loading existing game
- Fixed issue causing control bindings to not save
- Fixed issue causing journal discovered afflictions to not save
- Fixed issue causing loading existing game to load built storage boxes as stone holders
- Fixed issue causing loading existing game to sometimes load the game world twice causing low framerate and unstable gameplay
- Fixed issue causing loading existing game to sometimes corrupt the save data

[h3]Happy New Year![/h3]