Clanfolk News

• Fixed Swarm Lures and empty Skep Shelters not updating their Domain Circles after Winter.
  
• Simple Workbench: Added Sound and Effect
  
• Weavery: Added Sound of the stone weights clinking together
  
• Simple Tailor and Tailor Bench added Tailoring sounds.
  
• Fixed the Scroller for the Marriage Picks sometimes showing up when it should not.
  
• Lowered sound multiplier of the mining pick sound from 0.5 to 0.3
  
• Upgraded Grass Shader such that grass now can show on top of walls but only in the places where it would be natural to do so. I am thrilled that this worked!
  
• Fixed non spoiled dead humans showing up in the spoiled section of the inventory.
  

• Fix for bug that caused v0.605 to break in regions where numbers are represented like 0,605 vs. 0.605
  

• Fixed World Name allowing invalid character for the file system which would then cause all kinds of havoc
  
• Fixed Emergency Boost for removing Walls, Floors, and Roofs not working when in strict priority mode.
  
• Fix for Family Tree menu in case where a previous Chief had been deleted.
  
• Added Scroller to the Marriage Picks for cases where there are more then 5 available options. Some options were getting stuck offscreen
  
• Fix for saves where the Beekeeper did not appear on the map after doing the Renown expedition at the first settlement. I have been unable to reproduce the problem, but this will detect the problem and fix it after the fact.
  
• Ash Wash and Bark Wash now consistent in that they both work in the rain, but also both freeze in winter.
  
• Changed the Bark Wash into an on demand type crafting object like the Ash Wash. This means that you can now set the desired amount of Leather to produce.
  

• Updated Food picking logic to more favor older foods so the get eaten before spoiling.
  
• Fixed Clanfolk getting their Key level for doors being set to minimum (hand) when starting a new settlement.
  
• Optimization: Made case where livestock need to graze but there is no grass available faster. Saw a case of a huge slowdown with lots of pigs and no grass to graze.
  
• Fixed case where if the pregnant mother returns after being sent away the first time, she has had the baby but also the next time she gets pregnant, it is an instant birth because the pregnancy progress was not reset.
  
• Fixed Sparks not showing up on floors.
  
• Fixed rare case where sparks could ignite tiles diagonal from a fireplace. The only danger tile should be the one right in front now.
  
• Fixed case where when loading a game that had an incorrectly indexed stockpile. Now the tile that was incorrect will not block future stockpiles in that location.
  
• Reworked the Stockpile system to prevent a bug that could in rare cases cause a container to point at the wrong stockpile. Please let me know if you see issues with the stockpiles/containers.
  
• Fixed Standing Banner not having environment values.
  

• Fixed Beekeeping training not showing up in Winter.
  
• Fix for a case where when a Stockpile is being repaired from v0.602 and both the original stockpile and the broken stockpile are both container objects. The second stockpile was being removed but not recreated.
  

• Fixed bug where it was possible for a Skep Shelter to "eat" a Tool/Water Jug if it was being carried when a Skep was to be moved to another location.
  
• Fixed bug where if an empty Swarm Lure had a higher priority than a Skep Shelter that was full, Clanfolk would repeatedly try to move the Full Skep to the Swarm Lure and get stuck.
  
• Fixed case that could sometimes cause tasks to juggle an item in place while calculating pathfinding very long distances.
  
• Fixed case where if Combs collection was requested while a skep was moved from a lure to a shelter, the full skep was left on the ground by the lure instead of being hauled to the shelter.
  
• Critical service threshold for Food, Water, and Bathroom increased from 15% to 20%. This is when we handle attributes during work time.
  
• Task interruption requirement for Food Water Bathroom moved from 15% to 10%. This is to create a 10% time window to prevent tasks from being interrupted by biological functions shortly after being picked.
  
• To explain, during work time, only critical needs are serviced, but previously task breakout also happened when a need became critical. By creating a buffer zone between task breakout and attribute service, there should be more task persistence
  
• Or everyone will just starve and poop themselves to death, but we will see :)
  
• Made similar adjustment to Warmth, but did not change the critical threshold since warmth is really fiddly. So the Critical threshold remains at 15% but the task breakout will happen at 5%. This should make winter work more reliable... Or everyone will freeze.
  
• For sleep the Task breakout is down from 10% to 5% sleep bar left now. Please let me know if you notice people falling asleep out in the world. There is not a lot of buffer room to work with in the sleep department.
  

• Changed Dead Clanfolk that have spoiled such that they will show up in both the Inventory Corpse list and the Inventory Spoiled list to make them easier to find.
  
• Fixed bug where honey that was in a jug pallet would suddenly become very attractive to eat.
  

I've watched many people tackle various colony sims, from Rimworld to Oxygen Not Included, and I'm always fascinated by how differently we all play. MinMax Games, the developer behind Clanfolk, seems to understand that well, and its latest major update takes big strides to ensure everyone is catered for in a move I really appreciate. Boasting a 93% review average on Steam, it's fair to say that Clanfolk's player base have always been pretty happy with what it brings to the table (and the fields), but this new overhaul makes it easier to recommend than ever, especially alongside a half-price sale you can snag if you're quick.

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