APICO News

Hey Beekeepers!

A small update to celebrate the Lunar New Year by (finally) adding Chinese as a new language option to the game!



Plus a few little fixes while I was there (as a treat)

新年好!

~ Ell

[h3]Changes[/h3]

• Added Chinese! 新年好
• Various performance tweaks, mainly for consoles, but PC should also benefit
  
• Moved shop button on NPCs to be more gamepad friendly
  

[h3]Crash Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed the "Unable to find instance sc_butterfly_despawn" crash
  

[h3]Multiplayer[/h3]

• Fixed changing a habitat's species not syncing with other players
  

[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed not being able to use the net on the computer when using a gamepad
  
• Fixed not being able to interact with Moth(ense) when using a gamepad
  
• Fixed not being able to use the net on the Hivemother's door when using a gamepad (r u sensing a theme)
  
• Fixed pinned menus still using their pinned position if you switch to a gamepad
  

[h3]Modding[/h3]

• Fixed custom menu change event not firing on standard change event triggers
  

Hey Beekeepers!

Hope you had a wonderful holidays, and happy new year to you all!
This is just a small update to address a few bugs and MP issues - there’s another patch on the way for some other MP issues and a few steamdeck related bugs.

~ Ell

[h3]Changes[/h3]

• Productivity values have been changed so that "sluggish" - "normal" (1) (4) bees take a little bit more time to fill a frame
  
• Added a warning to natural beehives when breeding two different bees to make sure it's clear these will not crossbreed
  
• Nearby or active Jukeboxs & Tape Players will now show on the map so you can hunt them down and silence them
  
• Reduced the speed of NPC dialogue menus
  

[h3]Crash Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed crash "sc_button_press variable .unlocked cannot be resolved"
  

[h3]Multiplayer[/h3]

• Fixed a multiplayer bug where a player joining for the first time couldn't use the butterfly/solitary bee books without crashing
  
• Fixed a multiplayer bug where the backpacks created by the client could merge/override with player backpacks
  
• Fixed a multiplayer bug where the joining player couldn't click on anything (but could still move) until you interacted with a menu
  
• Fixed a multiplayer bug where the controls/accessibility menu GUI moved with the player
  

[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed an issue with beehives not onscreen when the game loaded not getting their flower list set properly
  
• Fixed an issue with Royal Trumpet effect only working once for beehives offscreen
  
• Fixed clicking a gate marker triggering a mouse click in the place the marker was before you teleport
  
• Fixed Nana not remembering what you talked to her about when you speak to her in the dream (bless her)
  
• Fixed Hermit Bee not being calmed by the flowers that say they calm it in the flower book
  
• Fixed Glitched Bee counting to total for Barnabee/Beenjamin dialogue options
  
• Fixed Cargo Boat going invisible when sailing far enough away from it's own menu
  
• Fixed typo with Royal Trumpet
  

[h3]Modding[/h3]

• Fixed crash when using the player menu as a target for api_add_slot_to_menu()
  
• Fixed api_get_zoid_from_inst() and api_get_inst_from_zoid() giving an error when trying to use them
  

Hey Beekeepers!

Just a small patch to cover a few little bugs in advance of any new players who might pick up the game over Hivemas, as a little butterfly did tell me that the game + OSTs will be on sale over Xmas!
~ Ell

[h3]Crash Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed corrupted butterfly items causing a "gml_Script_sc_butthotel_alarm0" crash when used in hotels
  

[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed Lunar Magazine not being in the dictionary so not spawning
  
• Fixed Sto's location being wrong in the Full-Beetal Alchemist quest
  
• Fixed the last two butterflies' "flowers" staying blackin the butterfly book when discovered
  
• Fixed a certain bee not showing any special produce info or having a completed heart post-it
  
• Fixed Frostips not showing their special effect in the tooltip
  
• Fixed seeing "ghost" butterfly icons on lilypads (icon but no butterfly)
  
• Fixed some non-flower butterfly spawning issues
  

[h3]Modding[/h3]

• api_add_slot_to_menu() and api_use_item() should now trigger the menu's change event
  

HF1: Fixed lunar bee letter missing from dictionary

Hey Beekeepers!

We're super excited to announce that Mothense's OST Bee-sides are now available on Steam!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2230810/APICO_OST_Beesides/

The Bee-sides are tracks that started as concepts that didn't make the cut for the original soundtrack. These concepts were then later developed and mastered into beeautiful tracks in their own right. You may recognise some of them already, as they were also added in the 2.0 Butterfly Update!

We hope you enjoy these wonderful tracks - all proceeds from both the OST + Bee-sides goes directly to Moth, so you'll be supporting the artist directly by buying it
~ Ell