Terra Nil News

Animal Usability Improvements - Patch 1.1.4

Hi everyone, we've just released patch 1.1.4 which addresses a lot of the issues with the new animal system and reintroduces the animal observatory as a way to relocate animal herds. Full patch notes below.

This update contains text changes that currently only support English - full localization will follow but we wanted to get the changes out asap.

Changelog:

Fix the water recycler hitching, especially when vehicle speed was set to maximum
Add animal observatory back into the game with an ability that allows animal herds to be relocated once about 70% of animals are happy
Add ability to dismiss animal herds from the Animal Info Panel UI
Lower default animal difficulty in Gardener and Environmental Engineer modes
Fix power pylons to not be able to spawn on building rubble (and vice versa) during map generation
Change the weather to only cause lava to turn into rocks in Tier 3 in the Polar Volcano level
Change whales to prefer spawning in ideal conditions
Fix bamboo tiles count in City maps
Move transpirator to tier 2 in tropical caldera and enable cloud seeder
Temperate quarry now requires less biome coverage in tier 2
Monorail ability is slightly cheaper
Building ability costs are now affected by difficulty
Fix a bug where recycling unlock conditions were tracking animals instead

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Vita Nova patch v1.1.3

This micro-patch fixes a bug that was causing the screen to hang when taking full map screenshots.

We're also working on more patches. You can see our progress and opt-in to the beta branch for early access here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1593030/discussions/0/4414172802930154865/

Vita Nova patch v1.1.2

We're happy to share that the second Vita Nova patch is available right now!

Changelog:

Extensive improvements and bug fixes to the save system. It should be much less likely to lose any data, but in the event it does, it should handle it more gracefully
Fix some issues loading a save with missing map data
Fix the world map vine progress bar graphical issues
The workaround for a rare graphical issue we've seen on macOS has been merged in. If you're seeing dark/black terrain backgrounds, you can opt into the fix in settings
More fixes to animal spawning in T3
Fix: undoing a monorail move should now refund currency
Fix for screenshot crashes on GPUs with lower memory
Other minor fixes and polish

We're also working on more patches. You can see our progress and opt-in to the beta branch for early access here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1593030/discussions/0/4414172802930154865/

Vita Nova patch v1.1.1

We've been working hard to patch some of the biggest issues with the Vita Nova update, and we're happy to share that the first patch is available right now!

Changelog:

Much more likely for remaining animals to spawn in T3
The T3 goal for animals is a bit easier on hard difficulty
Wolves will use snow for water when it gets cold
Whales' deep water need is a bit easier
Make it easier for Snowy Owls to spawn, even if unhappy
Fix for bug where animal territory over a wildlife bridge could get cut off
Fix wildlife bridge positioning after loading from a save
Fixes for various Steam achievements that weren't triggering reliably before
Fix for some rare situations where a building cannot be unlocked
Other minor fixes

We're also working on more patches. You can see our progress and opt-in to the beta branch for early access here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1593030/discussions/0/4414172802930154865/

The Vita Nova update for Terra Nil is out now bringing an overhaul to animals

Terra Nil is a wonderful reverse-builder, where instead of building a city you're restoring the environment from a wasteland to a successful green ecosystem and the latest free update is a big one.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/06/the-vita-nova-update-for-terra-nil-is-out-now-bringing-an-overhaul-to-animals