Alpha v0.17.1169 - Minor Update

This update addresses a lot of player feedback and many bug reports we received. It should drastically improve the game's stability and also a provide more balanced experience. We'll work on at least one more smaller update like this one to ensure the game is a stable and smooth as we can get it before before we start working on larger content additions.

[h2]Changes/Additions[/h2]

• Increased max hull of all ships (including player and enemy ships).
  
• Status icons for health, morale and hunger now pulse when they're low.
  
• Red vignette effect is applied to the screen when the player's health is low.
  
• Improved enemy ship AI. If the side facing you doesn't have any working cannons, they'll turn towards you so their other side faces your ship.
  
• Improved how enemy crew handles threats on their ship. They're less likely to abandon their posts to handle threats, especially when their ship is in good shape.
  
• Port traders now always have currency so you can trade more easily with them.
  
• Rebalanced many events that spawn creatures so that they scale with how far you are in the game.
  
• Changed man/unman commands so that they toggle in a more intuitive way.
  
• Made the event that happens when a player stalls too much much more punishing (it gives fewer rewards and is more dangerous).
  
• Added support for Kickstarter backer only edition.
  
• Hull patches are no longer auto forbidden. Instead they're not automatically repaired during combat (you can still manually assign crew to repair them).
  
• Added separate 'repair' item in role menu. Repairing is no longer part of the construction role item.
  
• Strip deck now gives 5 wood instead of 1
  
• Reduced cannonball cost and rarity.
  
• Removed max range for cannons. This might be re-added later when both the enemy AI and the UI have better support for this.
  
• Crew will automatically unman cannons when there are enemies nearby.
  

[h2]Fixed[/h2]

• Game getting soft locked due to continue journey timer not appearing after events. This typically happened the event after you've fled combat.
  
• Enemy ship not always being cleaned up after certain events, causing the game to be in a buggy state where the player sails with an empty enemy ship next to them.
  
• Fishing spots, hammocks and sleeping spots being stackable.
  
• Enemy crew not always manning cannons when they should.
  
• Cannot open map right after loading a save
  
• Cooking job being part of crafting role item instead of cooking
  
• Operate role item not impacting steering wheel jobs.
  
• Issue with boarding hooks staying on characters.
  
• Fixed man/unman cannon commands sometimes not showing.
  
• Cancel command not letting crew unman cannons.
  
• Other small issues/errors that might not have a noticeable impact.