Under A New Sun News

Hey Survivors,

this update adds the multiple times requested controller support as well as two new languages to the game, Russian and Spanish, and some quality of life improvements like a quick inventory action, faster boats, higher tool durability and some more points that you can see below.


Update to v0.4.1

• Controllers are now supported
  
• Added Russian language
  
• Added Spanish language
  
• Quick inventory action added (Ctrl + LMB to directly drop an item or transfer it to a chest)
  
• Chests can now be placed on shelves
  
• Chests will now also give back a part of the items it needed to be build, after breaking it (all the items inside the chest are also spawned)
  
• Tools have more durability (~30%)
  
• Food rots slower
  
• Coconut spawn times adjusted
  
• Seagulls can now be killed
  
• Sailboats are faster
  
• Rafts are slightly faster
  
• Messages and the tutorial texts shown on the HUD will now show the right keys to press after changing a keybinding or when playing with a gamepad
  
• Fixed a problem where the Language resets when closing the game
  
• Fixed a problem with some spears not showing the item on the spearhead
  
• Fixed a problem with the items needed to build the Water Condenser
  
• Adjusted multiple iron ore locations to be harvestable now
  
• Tool racks will now be saved and reloaded
  
• Chairs will now be saved and reloaded
  
• Toolbelt recipe adjusted and some of the needed items can now also be found so that it is possible to acquire the toolbelt earlier in the game
  
• Adjusted some menus
  
• Fixed some typos
  
• Added some missing translations
  

Thank you for the ongoing feedback and support!

Under A New Sun is finally here! What an exciting day, after more than three years of preparation and development, you all can now jump in, explore, build, survive and hopefully enjoy your first steps of the adventure that lies ahead of us!

Please help spread the word about the release and keep on providing feedback for improvements, bugs or other ideas to make this the best possible game!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2075580/Under_A_New_Sun/


And a big thank you for all of your ongoing feedback and support!

New Horizon Games

Survivors,
the Early Access release is getting closer and closer and with all the amazing help and feedback received during and after the next fest, it is now time to let you all know about the most recent updates, additions and changes for Under A New Sun!

Update to v0.4.0

• New Toolbelt item
  
• Added a special Toolbelt Inventory slot (an equipped Toolbelt provides more Inventory and Hotbar slots)
  
• New Banana tree models
  
• Added Banana fruits
  
• Banana trees now drop a random amount of leaves (5-7, previous always 5)
  
• Added Stingrays
  
• Adjusted the Raft's sail to be a little higher
  
• Rafts and Sailboats will take in the sails when too far from the player, preventing a loss of your vessel when falling off
  
• Added windswife particles that are visible when sailing as a second indicator for the wind direction
  
• Added an anchor that can be builded on top of a Raft or Sailboat
  
• Food items that are cooking now displays a progression wheel
  
• Clay items baking inside a Kiln now displays a progression wheel
  
• A currently smelting furnace now displays a progression wheel
  
• A currently working tannery now displays a progression wheel
  
• Meteor showers can now spawn some meteors that are crashing down, these can damage the player but also provide resources (e.g. Iron)
  
• Electricity devices show the amount of charge (e.g. Solar panels show their current output amount, Battery packs their charge amount)
  
• Added a Watergenerator that can extract water from the surrounding humidity using electricity
  
• Resized the trunk of some trees to make them easier to distinguish
  
• You can now swap tools inside the hotbar
  
• New footstep sounds on sand
  
• Crafting and Building menus now keep their scroll offset after crafting or reloading the menu
  
• Items underwater will float
  
• Added a bigger lootable container from the spaceship, containing different loot then the small crates
  
• Wave heights will change with the weather
  
• Night is slightly brighter now
  
• Added more Story elements
  
• Added more unique items to be found
  
• Improved several Inventory UI Elements
  
• New arrows on the watch interface now indicates what is happening (e.g. faster loss of nutrition and hydration during food poisoning)
  
• New Resource drop system for the destroying of your own buildings (to get some building resources back)
  

Don't forget to wishlist or follow Under A New Sun to get notified on the release on November 13th, or for further updates!




Thank you for the ongoing feedback and support!

The second Steam Next Fest Livestream for Under A New Sun will start in the night from October 14th to 15th at 00:00 am UTC.

Hello Survivors,

a new patch is now available.

Fixes:

• Custom key mappings will now be saved
  
• Added Mouse Y-Axis inversion switch in the control settings
  
• Added Pop-up menu after applying a new display resolution that will reset to the previous resolution if not confirmed within 10 seconds
  
• Amount of the needed resources for crafting and building is now in a light gray color (previous red)
  
• Hovered crafting and building buttons now show what items you are missing in a red color
  
• Needed crafting and building resources show a tooltip after one second when hovered, displaying the name of the resource
  
• Crab spawn time decreased
  
• Coconut spawn time decreased
  
• Nutrition values of food items adjusted
  
• Thirst and hunger will decrease a little slower
  

Thanks everyone for the feedback and support!