Patch 1.0.9 - Cooking and Combat Update

• Updates will resume at a normal pace after this patch
  
• The engine has been updated along with major performance components
  
• We took the extra time to move forward in other areas while the overhaul took place
  
• Some features are still experimental and may break during testing
  

[h2]You will be greeted by a refreshed menu lobby scene, which serves as a foundation for character creation and Sentipedia interfaces. [/h2]


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Next, a new biome selection menu is available, where we will expand settings for your starting conditions.[/h2]

• Only the Coastal Meadow biome is available, with the rest to follow soon after.
  
• Multi-biome generation will remain experimental until we can bring it back into the default branch with stable performance and spawn behavior.
  

[h2]As a preview of patch 1.0.10, we have included a new set of village assets that will make the foundation of the first Era. [/h2]



[h3]The villages are smaller, and more primitive, but they will be denser and more realistic for the first Era. [/h3]





[h2]Press E next to cooking pots to initiate the cooking sequence.[/h2]



[h3]You can select ingredients you have harvested from the environment or looted from mobs. [/h3]



[h3]
Different recipes have different player effects; check the inventory for each blueprint recipe! [/h3]



[h2]As part of the combat update, the mage can now keep moving while targeting an opponent and firing projectiles.

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[h2]Magmaton AI have also been updated with a charge attack that will knock down the player [/h2]





[h2]Another major feature of this update includes the Yagi camps, which are randomly generated. [/h2]

• Some camps include explosive barrels that can be shot with projectiles
  
• All camp assets can be destroyed
  
• Yagi groups spawn in different numbers
  
• There are still issues with Yagi spawner, some camps may not spawn Yagi
  

[h2]Changelog: [/h2]

[h3]Added[/h3]

• Added "Coming Soon" to all disabled biome selection buttons
  
• Added "Equip Multi-Tool" task to tasklist
  
• Added "Ether Dimension" to main menu (swapped from Coastal Meadow biome scenery)
  
• Added biome selection touch scrolling for Steam Deck
  
• Added death poof effect SFX
  
• Added destructible behavior to Yagi camp props such as barrels, crates, towers, fences and benches
  
• Added destruction physics
  
• Added Ether music track to main menu
  
• Added explosion SFX for explosive barrels
  
• Added explosive barrels
  
• Added manual loot drop for enemies and Sentius (stops discovery event from obfuscating screen during combat encounters)
  
• Added physics ragdolling for player character (triggered on explosions and fall damage)
  
• Added physics ragdolling for Sentius
  
• Added physics ragdolling for Voidlings (triggered on explosions and on death)
  
• Added physics ragdolling for Yagi AI
  
• Added ranged attack Voidling variant
  
• Added SFX on prop destruction
  
• Added UI hover, click and return SFX to main menu
  
• Added updated biome images for main menu biome selection UI
  
• Added weapon as default equipment/tool hotbar selection
  
• Added ability to attack while moving (primary attacks only, not special)
  
• Added async operations to runtime decimation
  
• Added consumed food abilities (speed boost, attack boost, defense boost, mining yield boost, logging yield boost, gathering yield boost, health restore and stamina restore)
  
• Added cooldown icons for active abilities
  
• Added delay for resource popup SFX
  
• Added discovery events for missing resource drops (plants, meat, etc)
  
• Added distance-based density scaling for grass (pseudo-LOD system for mesh grass)
  
• Added distance-based fading for grass
  
• Added grass length modifier based on terrain heightmap
  
• Added grass texture to footstep SFX array
  
• Added infinite ingredients hotkey for cooking
  
• Added innards resource drop for Yagi
  
• Added item descriptions for cooked dishes
  
• Added item descriptions for depletable resources
  
• Added key hint for mode switcher tasklist entry
  
• Added LODs for ai entities
  
• Added LODs for sentius
  
• Added mage fire projectile splash damage over time PFX on ground collision
  
• Added magmaton spawns to entity spawner
  
• Added meat resource drop for sentius
  
• Added opening inventory/settings menu to tasklist
  
• Added poof PFX on entity death
  
• Added pooling for runtime decimated parts
  
• Added recipes to inventory blueprint tab
  
• Added SFX on discovery UI close
  
• Added SFX on discovery UI popup
  
• Added SFX on food item consumption
  
• Added wild carrot resource drop
  
• Added wind tinting for mesh grass
  
• Added Yagi combat formations
  
• Added Yagi combat queueing
  
• Added Yagi hert alert behavior
  
• Added Yagi strafing
  
• Added Yagi v. Void behavior
  

[h3]Fixed [/h3]

• Fixed "Ether Constellation" effect render overlap with UI objects
  
• Fixed aim reticle behavior when mode switcher is active
  
• Fixed AMD video playback bug (black screen during splash and world intro; issue still exists for Steam Deck)
  
• Fixed audio clip compression issues
  
• Fixed audio source pooling instance bug
  
• Fixed biome selection scroll arrow buttons
  
• Fixed bug where explosive barrels wouldn't propagate damage to entities in radius
  
• Fixed combat music sequence not cueing when player attacks Yagi
  
• Fixed cooking UI "Clear Ingredients" button bug
  
• Fixed cooking UI current ingredient count bug
  
• Fixed cooking UI duplicate ingredient spawn bug
  
• Fixed destroyed prop debris not disappearing after some time
  
• Fixed entity spawning issues based on rest feature (forced time of day changes)
  
• Fixed Ether effects and UI overlap in main menu biome selection
  
• Fixed Ether effects and video overlap during world intro
  
• Fixed explosive barrel audio source falloff issue
  
• Fixed explosive barrel LOD billboard persisting after explosion
  
• Fixed frozen splash transition on exit to menu bug
  
• Fixed level background track playing on exit to menu bug
  
• Fixed Magmaton audio events (footsteps, damage, idle, death)
  
• Fixed Magmaton audio source distortion
  
• Fixed Magmaton death SFX cutting off on despawn
  
• Fixed main menu UI scaling on ultrawide displays
  
• Fixed missing cooking station button SFX
  
• Fixed missing music and SFX on level restart
  
• Fixed no Yagi loot drop on explosion bug
  
• Fixed pause menu music slider scaling bug
  
• Fixed pause menu Music volume slider
  
• Fixed pause menu settings shadow toggle
  
• Fixed pause menu SFX volume slider
  
• Fixed physics timestep bug on exit to menu
  
• Fixed player damage SFX not playing during Magmaton attacks
  
• Fixed player footstep SFX volume scaling when operating SFX slider
  
• Fixed player ragdoll internal collision bug
  
• Fixed player ragdoll not triggering on explosion
  
• Fixed player special attack not triggering
  
• Fixed props not being destroyed on explosion
  
• Fixed Sentius audio source mixer bug
  
• Fixed Steam Deck crashing on video playback (splash screen and world intro)
  
• Fixed Steam Deck white loading screen bug
  
• Fixed stone depletion during free-climb bug
  
• Fixed world intro audio not stopping on video skip
  
• Fixed world intro video loop bug
  
• Fixed Yagi AOE damage receiver bug
  
• Fixed Yagi audio source volume and falloff issues
  
• Fixed Yagi negative health bug
  
• Fixed "wineberry" text bug in cooking UI
  
• Fixed active combat features bug during cooking
  
• Fixed ambient music sequence for coastal meadow biome
  
• Fixed broken vegetation resource discovery events
  
• Fixed cursor disappearing bug when inventory is opened during cooking
  
• Fixed gauntlet aim camera culling bug
  
• Fixed grass not rendering terrain tiles
  
• Fixed hotbar selection white texture overlay bug
  
• Fixed inedible meat skewer bug
  
• Fixed interact UI popup visibility on depletion start
  
• Fixed Kumi moveset inactive during combat (against magmaton & Voidling)
  
• Fixed lag/freeze on cooking ingredient switching
  
• Fixed lag/freeze on cooking initialize
  
• Fixed lingering dead entity bodies
  
• Fixed mage special attack trigger bug
  
• Fixed Magmaton running attack trail effect appearing on idle
  
• Fixed missing base building blueprints in inventory blueprint tab
  
• Fixed missing recipe "blueprints" in inventory blueprint tab
  
• Fixed missing staff aim reticle
  
• Fixed pickaxe collision SFX during stone depletion
  
• Fixed player attack SFX overlap bug
  
• Fixed player eyes not closing during rest sequence
  
• Fixed player not taking any damage from Voidling attacks
  
• Fixed player rotate bug on mouse press when cooking
  
• Fixed primary attack colliding with player when spawned while moving
  
• Fixed resource drop popup amount bug
  
• Fixed resting feature at Yagi campfires
  
• Fixed resting sequence entity spawner bug
  
• Fixed ruin depletion
  
• Fixed rusted weapon colliders
  
• Fixed SFX not playing on resource gathered popup
  
• Fixed spawned rusted weapon colliders
  
• Fixed stackable inventory flag for inventory recipe entries
  
• Fixed stone decimation on depletion complete
  
• Fixed stone pickups not triggering discovery for stone resource
  
• Fixed tasklist inventory (esc) entry trigger bug
  
• Fixed Voidling spawn time
  

[h3]Improved[/h3]

• Improved audio source pooling
  
• Improved Coastal Meadow biome algorithm (increased foliage, resource and road density)
  
• Improved Coastal meadow biome color palette (foliage and terrain)
  
• Improved cooking initialization sequence (active tools/weapons are disabled; cooking spook is enabled)
  
• Improved main menu logo
  
• Improved player inventory item querying
  
• Improved ragdoll physics component pooling
  
• Improved Yagi AI pathfinding
  
• Improved Yagi camp assets
  
• Improved Yagi camp prop durability (bench and fences)
  
• Improved blending between root motion and non root motion animations
  
• Improved Coastal Meadow LOD performance
  
• Improved damage deal by Yagi attacks
  
• Improved Gyser Plains LOD performance
  
• Improved mage projectile ground splash effect
  
• Improved Magma Biome LOD performance
  
• Improved Magmaton running attack vfx
  
• Improved mesh grass lighting
  
• Improved mesh grass performance
  
• Improved mesh grass render distance
  
• Improved nighttime luminance
  
• Improved stone depletion
  
• Improved stone pickup sizes
  
• Improved stone pickup UI interaction
  
• Improved thatch distribution seed
  
• Improved thatch plant spawns
  
• Improved Void behavior profile
  
• Improved Yagi spawn count
  

[h2]Once again, thank you to everyone who has supported development and continues to test the Alpha client. [/h2]

[h3]Steam Deck players are getting a dedicated updated very soon! Stay tuned for details. [/h3]