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Kingdom-Crier #16: Wolves and Ranching!

Hey Kontras, welcome to Kingdom-Crier #16!

Content Update #14: Wolves

Wolves are searching the lands of Noberia for food!



Pack Hunters, they'll call groups into action to attack their target.

Be careful, or you may find an outnumbered Mortal in their sights.

Taming them can be tricky, but we're sure you'll figure it out!

When tamed, they can act as a great scout or first line of defense, but make sure you keep them fed.

[h2]Ranching Updates[/h2]
In addition, we added support for specifying the Animal Types allowed per pasture and improved behavior around Raiders attacking tames.

Tames will now eat from stockpiles that contain the appropriate food in their pasture.

[h2]Full Patch Notes[/h2]
Noble Fates 0.26.1.39 Released!
Content Update #14 - Wolves!
Wolves
    Seek and consume Corpses, Raw, and Cooked Meat
    Hunt Animals for Food (Wild only when Tamed)
    Hunt Humanoids that are outnumbered (when Untamed)
    Pack Hunters - Howl to call others into the Hunt
    Stats
        Move Speed - 1.65
        Health - 30
        Melee - 4
        Attack Rate - 2
        Value - 50
    
Add Dangerous Animals Moment
    Introduces a pack of Wolves to your world for a period of time
    Frequency controlled in Game Settings
    Difficulty controlled in Game Settings

Rabid Animal Moment
    Halve Difficulty

Pastures
    Add Animal Types option

Tamed Herbivores (Cows, Boars, Deer)
    Eat Straw and Corn stored in their Pasture

Raiders
    Will no longer target Unenlisted Non-Attacking Animals
    
Wild Animals
    Expand search for food when starving
    
Enlisted Animals
    Fix bug that prevented Targeting Enemies
    
Audio
    Fixed bug that prevented Animal Attack Sounds

Cows
    Improve rendering

Mods
    Food can now specify whether Food is edible by Humanoids, Herbivore Animals, or Carnivore Animals (or all three!)
    By default, previous food is edible by Humans
    By default, previous animal feed is edible by Herbivores
Feature Update #4

Work on Feature Update #4 continues in earnest!

Community Content
cypr` Built this Epic Church...



... fit for their king.

Finnley built this impressive Underground Base!

Mods
Karma Drak dropped Kobold Race 2.0.

Discord

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Reviews

If you like the game, please consider leaving a Review for the game if you haven't already. These help players that may be on the fence to decide whether or not to support us.


Thanks for reading and thanks for playing!
The Noble Fates Team

Kingdom-Crier #15: Roadmap Update!

Hey Kontras - it's time for Kingdom-Crier #15!

Roadmap Update

It's been a bit since we've updated the Roadmap, so let's take a look.

As a reminder, there are 3 types of updates for Noble Fates - Updates that address bugs and issues including those that are listed on the Priority Fixes list; Content Updates focus on expanding existing systems and filling them with content; and Feature Updates that add new features to the game expanding the overall breadth of what the game has to offer.

[h2]Priority Fixes[/h2]
Progress against the Priority Fixes that we outlined on 3/8.

Details:
Crashes
    Fixed 50+ additional crashes, bringing the total to 100+!

Performance
    Improved Performance of Large Bases
    Improved Rendering Performance
    Improved Loading Performance

Memory
    Improved Memory Usage
    
Static Portraits
    Capture these when a Game is Loaded
    Update them when Equipment Changes
    
Wants
    Removed Wants for Inferior Lodging
    
Ranged Combat
    Improved Line of Sight
    Made Battlements Viable
    
Room Detection
    Fixed several Room Detection Failures
    
Alignments
    Introduced Compatibility to guide Recruiting
    Improved Good viability
    
Conversations
    Introduced Compatibility to guide Recruiting
    Prevented useless Topics from being Raised
    Added Filtering to Advanced Topics
    Increased Automation - Nobles talk about your Ruler more
    
Them or Me
    Better surfaced why someone doesn't like someone else
    Added Filtering to Advanced Topics
    Showed Changes in their Relationship
    Introduced Bouquets
    
Pathing
    Prevent Jumping into holes
    Prevent unnecessary use of Grappling Hooks
    
Gameplay Options
    Added Frequency Options
    Added Difficulty Options
    Added Hidden Alignment Option
    Added Hidden Opinions Option

That's a lot of fixes! We consider most of these items to be a work in progress, and have additional work planned on them as we continue through Early Access.

Priorities as of 8/9.

[h2]Content Updates[/h2]
We've released 13 Content Updates so far!

There have been 6 Content Updates since the last Roadmap Update!
Content Update #8:  Stone Stairs
Content Update #9:  Bandit Props
Content Update #10: Cornucopia
Content Update #11: Craftable Crowns
Content Update #12: Background Music
Content Update #13: Wedding Decorations and Growable Grass

We'll continue to work on these and release them as they're ready, We've started work on some of the more difficult ones internally, so stay tuned for some crunchy Content Updates!

[h2]Feature Updates[/h2]
Finally, we have the Feature Updates. As a reminder, 8 of these will arrive during Early Access. 3 have landed so far.

Feature Update 1: The Hospitality Update!

Feature Update 2: The Bandit Update!

Feature Update 3: Love and Elves!

[h2]Feature Update #4[/h2]
Feature Update #4 is the beefiest Feature Update we've worked on. We aren't ready to announce it yet, but rest assured that it'll be worth the wait!

[h2]Early Access[/h2]
Development wise, we're around 1/3 of the way through what we wanted to accomplish with Early Access. We're tracking a little behind our original schedule, but the support we've received ensures we have the time we need to make the game shine.

What's new in Main?

We did a quick bug pass after the last crier, here are the highlights:

Character visuals (especially Human Females) were tuned and improved!
Rooms and Buildings will no longer extend down through the Terrain!
Improved underground camera behavior!
Silver and Gold are now more plentiful!
Trading now retains selected items when you cycle Trading Partners!
Community Content
Finnley made this awesome Mountain Fortress!





cypr` put Growable Grass to use.

dpahfl put the finishing touches on a Cliffside Kingdom!

Mods
MrPurple stood up the Noble Fates Twitch Integration allowing customizable interactions with viewers!

Discord

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Reviews

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Thanks for reading and thanks for playing!
The Noble Fates Team

Noble Fates 0.26.1.38 Released!

Humans
    Females
        Smoother Faces
        Tweak Cosmetic Positioning
        Add Mouth Variant
    Iris Iteration
    Improve Nose Shading
    Lower Redness of Faces
    
Humanoids
    Lower Frequency of crazy combinations

Rooms/Buildings
    Rooms and Buildings will no longer extend up/down through terrain

Camera
	Improve underground camera behavior

Terrain (Requires a new game)
    Tweak Silver Pocket Placement
    Tweak Gold Pocket Placement

Trading
    Fix Included Coins when changing Traders
    Remember Included Items when changing Traders in the same Faction    

Portraits
    Tweak lighting

Language Settings
    Fix issues with Windows language settings in certain circumstances

Kingdom-Crier #14: Winners, Wedding Decor, and Growable Grass!

Welcome to Kingdom-Crier #14!

Mod Contest #2

We're excited to announce the winners of the Noble Fates Mod Contest #2.

Without further ado....

[h2]1st Place[/h2]
KArtistry by Karma Drak Karma is unstoppable. Just when they thought they might have ran out of ideas, they put this mod together with the largest breadth of content to date!

Insane.

[h2]2nd Place[/h2]
Initial Nobles by MrPurple6411 MrPurple stood up a multitude of deep, code based mods that will form the basis of a bright future for Modding Nobles Fates.

The one that stands out to us, however, is Initial Nobles. It started out as a way to bypass portions of the intro, but it's growing into a starting scenario editor!

It's very much a work in progress, but tackling the biggest Community ask is more than enough to earn this one a spot on the list and our gratitude!

[h2]3rd Place[/h2]
Stone Church Windows by dpahfl What this mod lacks in breadth, it more than makes up for in charm.

Dpahfl is one of the most active Noble Fates players and much like Karma, their dip into the world of modding appears to have come out of a desire to better express themselves in-game.

Not only did dpahfl release these charming Windows, but they put them to use in a series of Screenshots that really capture the essence of the Love & Elves Update and nearly placed in the Screenshot contest themselves!

Congrats everyone!

Click the Images for more details and don't forget to Subscribe!

Screenshot Contest #2

Great entries, here are the winners:

[h2]1st Place[/h2]
Sphere City by TheSaucyFleet TheSaucyFleet did it again! This time with an epic feat of architecture and ingenuity that puts the vertical levels to use!

Bonus behind the scenes shots... So many resources!

[h2]2nd Place[/h2]
Village by cypr` A prominent player, cypr` is often pushing the bounds of what can be done with Noble Fates.

They've built a number of the largest Kingdoms we've seen, producing inspiring shots that capture our attention with the fine detailing.

[h2]3rd Place[/h2]Winter by Finnley Winter is too cool to let this one go by. Fantastic Kingdom and shot by Finnley!

Congrats to the winners, and thanks to everyone who participated!

Weekly Screenshot Theme

With this contest, we introduced the concept a Weekly Screenshot Theme over on the Noble Fates Discord to inspire people to capture something new. Though the contest is over, the themes will continue!

Content Update #13
Last week saw the release of Content Update #13, which included...

[h2]Wedding Decorations![/h2] Decorate your Wedding Chapel in style with a variety of new indoor/outdoor decorations or put them to use to decorate that new starter home for your lovebirds!

[h2]Growable Grass![/h2] Leverage Grass Seeds to plant your own Grass, place it in a pasture to keep your animal friends fed!

[h2]Full Patch Notes:[/h2]
Content Update #13: Wedding Decorations and Growable Grass!
Wedding Decorations (thanks Satoru and Davision!)
    Standing Decorations
        Add Skinny Bush
            Lvl 2 Building
            1-16 Prestige
            Ingredients: 16 Flowers
        
        Add Wide Bush
            Lvl 4 Building
            4-20 Prestige
            Ingredients: 16 Flowers
            
        Add Heart Bush
            Lvl 6 Building
            6-40 Prestige
            Ingredients: 32 Flowers
            
        Add Wedding Cake
            Lvl 8 Building
            12-80 Prestige
            Ingredients: 24 Corn
            
        Add Wedding Sculpture
            Lvl 10 Building
            16-128 Prestige
            Ingredients: 32 Stone
            
    Tabletop Decorations
        Add Flower Vase
            Level 4 Building
            4-18 Prestige
            Ingredients: 8 Flowers
            
        Add Gift
            Level 6 Building
            8-48 Prestige
            Ingredients: 18 Wood
            
        Add Gift Basket
            Level 8 Building
            10-64 Prestige
            Ingredients: 24 Wood
            
    Wall Decorations
        Add Vines
            Level 4 Building
            2-18 Prestige
            Ingredients: 16 Flowers
            Placeable on Walls and Doorways
            
        Add Wall Flowers
            Level 6 Building
            4-32 Prestige
            Ingredients: 32 Flowers
            Placeable on Walls
            
        Add Ribbons and Bows
            Level 7 Building
            4-48 Prestige
            Ingredients: 32 Cotton
            Placeable on Walls
        
Growable Grass (thanks Satoru!)
    Grass can be planted in Farms
    May drop Seeds when Cut       
    
Straw
    Drops Grass Seeds when used
    Can now be Salvaged at Fire Pits
    Drop Grass Seeds when Salvaged
    
Flowers
    May Drop Seeds when Cut
    Double Seed Drop Rate
    Can now be Salvaged at Fire Pits
    Drop Seeds when Salvaged
     
Drapes
    Now Require Lvl 8 Building
    
Scrolls
    Now Require Lvl 10 Building
What's new in Main?

There have been a few key changes since the last Crier that were focused on Character visuals - here are the highlights:

We improved the placement of Human facial Features!
We resolve rendering artifacts across all of the races!
We scaled down the mouth flap from speaking to prevent otherworldly faces!
Feature Update #4 Progress

Feature Update #4 is well underway, though members of the team have been cycling through vacations to recharge our batteries and catch up on some much needed rest and relaxation.

We're very excited about what's coming next and we think it's going to change up how everyone plays a fair bit! Stay tuned for more details!

Discord

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Reviews

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Thanks for reading and thanks for playing!
The Noble Fates Team

Noble Fates 0.26.1.37 Released!

Content Update #13: Wedding Decorations and Growable Grass!
Wedding Decorations (thanks Satoru and Davision!)
    Standing Decorations
        Add Skinny Bush
            Lvl 2 Building
            1-16 Prestige
            Ingredients: 16 Flowers
        
        Add Wide Bush
            Lvl 4 Building
            4-20 Prestige
            Ingredients: 16 Flowers
            
        Add Heart Bush
            Lvl 6 Building
            6-40 Prestige
            Ingredients: 32 Flowers
            
        Add Wedding Cake
            Lvl 8 Building
            12-80 Prestige
            Ingredients: 24 Corn
            
        Add Wedding Sculpture
            Lvl 10 Building
            16-128 Prestige
            Ingredients: 32 Stone
            
    Tabletop Decorations
        Add Flower Vase
            Level 4 Building
            4-18 Prestige
            Ingredients: 8 Flowers
            
        Add Gift
            Level 6 Building
            8-48 Prestige
            Ingredients: 18 Wood
            
        Add Gift Basket
            Level 8 Building
            10-64 Prestige
            Ingredients: 24 Wood
            
    Wall Decorations
        Add Vines
            Level 4 Building
            2-18 Prestige
            Ingredients: 16 Flowers
            Placeable on Walls and Doorways
            
        Add Wall Flowers
            Level 6 Building
            4-32 Prestige
            Ingredients: 32 Flowers
            Placeable on Walls
            
        Add Ribbons and Bows
            Level 7 Building
            4-48 Prestige
            Ingredients: 32 Cotton
            Placeable on Walls
        
Growable Grass (thanks Satoru!)
    Grass can be planted in Farms
    May drop Seeds when Cut       
    
Straw
    Drops Grass Seeds when used
    Can now be Salvaged at Fire Pits
    Drop Grass Seeds when Salvaged
    
Flowers
    May Drop Seeds when Cut
    Double Seed Drop Rate
    Can now be Salvaged at Fire Pits
    Drop Seeds when Salvaged
     
Drapes
    Now Require Lvl 8 Building
    
Scrolls
    Now Require Lvl 10 Building
    
Compatibility
    Bakery Mod
        May prevent Grass from Dropping Grass Seeds

    KFarming Mod
        May prevent Grass from Dropping Grass Seeds