Tinkertown News

Greetings everyone!

Tinkertown is growing every day and it is yet again time for a big content update! Have your shovels and your fishing rods ready: the Tinkertown “Back to Nature” update is now available, and it adds many new farm-tastic features.

Ni Hao, Hallo, Bonjour! We added Chinese, German and French language support to Tinkertown!

We are happy to add Chinese, German and French language support to open Tinkertown to even more players around the world. And this is just the start! More language support is coming.

Farm crops, go fishing, cook delicious meals and more!

• You can now go fishing! Various fishes now populate the rivers and ponds of Tinkertown, and you can catch them now with your brand-new fishing rod including a new fishing mini game.
  
• Plant and yield different crops! You can finally build your own little farm in Tinkertown! Find crop seeds, plant and grow them until you can yield the fruits of your labour!
  
• Cook some delicious new meals! What to do with all the new fishes and crops? Cook delicious new meals of course! We added many new cooking recipes for tasty new dishes. Yummy!
  
• Added new buffs and debuffs! We added completely new buffs and debuffs to the game! Eating meals and using potions provide valuably new buffs that make you harder, better, faster and stronger. But beware! Enemies can give you debuffs too to weaken you!
  
• Upgrade your weapons! You can make your weapons a whole lot deadlier and add new status ailments to certain weapons. It is very effective against your enemies but please don’t test it on your friends! :)

We are always tinkering in Tinkertown. The new update adds various balance changes to recipes, enemies and more:

• New feature: Fishing!
  
• Find and catch various types of fish!
  
• Plants can now grow and yield crops!
  
• Added new types of plantable trees
  
• Added new types of crops
  
• Added new crafting station: Stove and oven!
  
• Added over 20 new recipes
  
• Added new potions with various effects
  
• Food and potions can now grant various types of buffs
  
• Re-balanced some recipes
  
• Re-balanced some types of enemies
  
• Minor bug fixes
  
• New weapon upgrades

Disclaimer: The Back to Nature update is compatible with existing player characters but you must start a new world to enjoy all the new content!

Have fun with the new update and please send us some pictures from Tinkertown!

We took another new step in the development of Tinkertown with the Back to Nature update, and we very much hope that you enjoy all the new features. We can’t wait to get your feedback and see fishes you caught and the farms you built!

Share your thoughts with us in the comments or join our Tinkertown community Discord! Oh, and don't forget to follow Tinkertown on Twitter!

Stay tuned, the next update is just around the corner!

Your Team at Headup


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• Fixed an issue where progress was not saved properly
  
• Added an experimental fix for Windows 7 users
  

Happy tinkering!

• Fixed an issue where maps could not be deleted sometimes
  
• Upgraded to a more performant master server
  
• Engine updates
  

Happy tinkering!

• Removed NAT info boxes from main menu
  
• Fixed an issue where snow-covered bushes dropped stone instead of wood
  
• Fixed an issue where certain rocks in the forest and ice biome incorrectly dropped gold ore
  
• Network improvements
  

Happy tinkering!

Greetings Tinkerers!

As you may know (from your own experience), we had to deal with multiplayer connection issues between players since the early access release of Tinkertown. It was an urgent issue that prevented many players from enjoying Tinkertown together with their friends and family.

Since then, we worked constantly to find the root of the issue, gathered your bug reports and tried to deliver workarounds to the best of our abilities and still develop new content simultaneously. Some of the workarounds and the UPnPsupport patch helped some of the players, but not everyone.

But today is the day we can finally announce the release of our major Multiplayer Update!

We put a lot of work into the update and reworked the multiplayer of Tinkertown significantly.

For example, Tinkertown now uses the “PlayFab Party” service for online multiplayer. We updated the network code, fixed issues where players could not connect to each other, allow players to play offline, and even solved some issues where some players were not able to start a single player game!

The update should finally be the solution for all players to connect to each other reliably and without any issues. And we hope that you’re all able enjoy the improved multiplayer experience!

This update is a big leap for us, and we are already on track for the next major content update.

Early Access 0.5.0 Patch Notes:

• Multiplayer now uses "PlayFab Party" service
  
• Fixed plenty of issues where players could not connect to each other
  
• Implemented cloud-based relay servers, allowing players with strict NAT types to connect
  
• Improved NAT punchthrough
  
• Improved data encryption between server and client endpoints
  
• Updated network code
  
• Fixed an issue where players could not play single player while offline
  
• Fixed an issue where maps could not be deleted from within the ingame menu
  
• Players can now save multiple maps with the same seed
  
• Improved server performance and memory usage
  
• Updated intro splash screen

So stay tuned for more information and teasers about the next update.
We would love to get your feedback!

We love to get in touch with you, so feel free to join our Tinkertown community Discord:
https://discord.gg/N7wf2gq

And follow us on Twitter for wholesome tweets, giveaways and GIFs:
https://twitter.com/tinkertown

Furthermore happy tinkering! ːsteamhappyː
Your team at Headup


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