Ylands News

Version: 0.12.2.69650

• [YLD-16397] Camera is inverted while controlling ships, cars, boats and horses
  
• [YLD-16295] Crash to desktop when mining drill is selected in inventory
  
• [YLD-16371] If you escape in a password protected game in the MP lobby, you cannot join any game
  
• [YLD-16284] [Forum] Cannot deconstruct things in Barrier
  
• [YLD-16321] [Multiplayer] Clients are stuck on "Recalling buildings 100%" if they reconnect after wearing a skin of an item
  
• [YLD-16198] [Steam Forum] Invert mouse not working
  
• [YLD-16418] [Visual Scripting] Editing parameter name problem
  
• [YLD-16294] [Visual Scripting] Rotation of impassable barrier stops other scripts
  

Hey there fellow ylanders,

This week, let's talk about friends with benefits.

In the next update (before you ask: we don't have a fancy name yet, and yes, it's coming soon(tm)) we will be focusing on the social aspects of Ylands, trying to make sure your adventures are a bit less lonely and it's easier to find like minded individuals to explore with.

One of the coolest and most useful tools in your arsenal for this will be the fancy new "friends list" feature, so let's get to know this piece of code a bit better. Disclaimer: Mr. Friends List is still young - and will probably grow / change / surprise us before he is ready to go public - so please take everything here as "work in progress".



First of all, let's see WHY we are adding this feature to the game:

• We always wanted Ylands to be a highly social game, where you explore, build and play together with others. And while those things are certainly possible even now, we feel there is room for improvement - and that is the main reason for the friends list, to make it easier and faster to find people to play with
  
  
• Amongst other things, the feature will revolutionize the way you communicate with others within the game - gone are the days when you have to use an external solution for this, the friends list will let you chat with whoever and whenever
  
  
• An extension of this will be the more streamlined way of meeting others within the game. Since you'll be able to communicate with any of your friends, regardless of their current activity - you will be able to easily set up a game or jump into an exiting one, even from the main menu - with your friends
  
  
• At the end of the day, this is just a step (an important one) towards making sure you have to spend less time trying to get into a game and more time playing with your friends

Now let's dig into the crunchy details! Within and with the friends list, you'll be able to:

• search for friends and add them to your friendslist,
• see if any of your friends are online and what games they are currently playing,
  
• (if possible) directly jump into their game,
  
• invite them to a game you are currently playing,
  
• block people you don't want to receive any messages from
  
• create a “clan”, which is a group of players that play with each other often and can have a special group chat window,
  

Some extra juicy bits for last

• all invites and requests will be handled through our new notification system
• within the notification you'll be able to accept or reject any invitation / request
  
• the clan feature will be expanded in the future, to make it more robust
  

So there you have it - a first look at the new friends list feature coming to Ylands. Hopefully you like the direction we are going with this, if yes - let us know how you'll be using it (maybe it will trigger some new ideas), if not - let us know how and what you'd change / add / remove!

That's all folks - for now - stay classy and have a great weekend! 

Hey there fellow ylanders,

If you're reading this, you must be aware by now that on Monday we released the 0.12 Smooth Sailing update. It took longer than we originally planned to, but we hope it was worth the wait :) It did introduce a few issues, especially with the crafting panel, that we addressed yesterday in a hotfix (along with other fixes). If you missed that, make sure to check the changelog here. We're also aware of the issues some of you are having when connecting to the servers - we'll update you on that next week, when we know more.

Overall it seems that you guys like the new User Interface. In any case, in the following weeks we'll talk in detail about what we plan to change about the Game User Interface, because there are a lot of things that we didn't manage to get in time for this update. So if you have any comments/thoughts on this, this is the time (sonrisa)

Special mention to HAL, who made it into the video Dev Diary!

According to the University of Massachusetts, I mean... a Twitter poll, the changes made to the ships have been highly welcomed. Seems like it indeed was a smooth sailing in that regard!



The new in-game sounds have also received quite a bit of praise, we'll make sure to pass that info to the audio departm... guy :D

There are some mixed feelings when it comes to the camera - some of you appreciate the smoothness when the character is in tight spaces, others have pointed out that the camera being centered to the vehicles instead of the character doesn't feel right. We'll take that info into account!

We swear we haven't paid Charley to change his mind about the game! :D

Although not strictly connected to this update, we did receive some negative feedback regarding the placement of dirt - a few players are having issues filling holes or removing dirt from the air. Any thoughts on this?

There were also a couple of mentions to the fact that the cursor dot is gone in the 3rd person view. What do you guys think? Yay or nay?

That hurt, Chris!

And, of course, I think I'm not mistaken when I say the new additions and changes that our Editor wizard Houp brought to the table have been very appreciated :)
I'm missing the Xbox one for a combo!

Anyway, we'd like to thank everyone who took the time to comment and provide their feedback, you make our day! :)

But since there's never enough feedback, we encourage you to share your thoughts in this thread there. Or even suggestions for future updates. Or anything, really.

That’s it for today. Have a great Easter weekend, ylanders, and as always - stay classy!

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Now for this week's questions!



If what you mean are items that can't be crafted and are available only in the Editor - we are not planning to put them in the game in the foreseeable future. If there are any you feel should be craftable in the game, please let us know in the comments below and let's discuss it (sonrisa). Thanks!



I see. We'll look into it.



The welding is just the first iteration and we will definitely improve it further. I believe we will let you know in one of future DD about what plans we have for this feature.

Version: 0.12.1.69198

• [YLD-16189] [Dedicated Server] Players see other players crawling on DS if those joined and died while they were on another island
  
• [YLD-16188] [Dedicated Server] Players are unable to trade if they die far away from each other
  
• [YLD-16247] [Editor] No navigation birds in Explore like maps
  
• [YLD-16231] [Editor] Scene freezes after you close object properties
  
• [YLD-16172] [Editor] Optimize: Error in CZ language
  
• [YLD-16219] [Forum] Missing translations when opening map
  
• [YLD-16203] [Forum] Cannot destroy items from inventory
  
• [YLD-16225] [UI] Fixed: the Hints / Send anonymous analytics values toggles were switched. Please check to see if the current setting fits your needs.
  
• [YLD-16208] [UI] Pet preview is influenced by light in game
  
• [YLD-16207] [UI] Main Menu Role selection always defaults to Team 1 every time you try to change something
  
• [YLD-16163] [UI] Craft All option is available for items that can't be in inventory
  
• [YLD-16162] [UI] When you search in the creator cube for the second time after you dragged item to hotbar, search bar will respond to key bindings
  
• [YLD-15752] [UI] Pressing "Craft all" button when crafting over 100 items freezes the game for a while
  
• [YLD-15746] [Visual Scripting] Camera fade in / out script tile does not work
  
• [YLD-16212] In the backpack, search for existing items, enter the item name, and the result is blank
  
• [YLD-16209] Two identical scene maps showing different particle effects at runtime
  
• [YLD-16204] The ship in North Pole is missing a helm, and is in construction mode
  
• [YLD-16196] Boats on Buccaneer Bay scenario don't move
  
• [YLD-16191] Ylandium lantern doesn't work in game
  
• [YLD-16150] Trading with player in combat mode lockes him in it
  

Dear ylanders,

We are happy to unveil the latest update to Ylands, "Smooth Sailing"!

The flagship features of this update are a complete in-game user interface (UI) overhaul, improved ships physics, an improved combat engine, collider baking for improved performance, and costumes.

As usual, the update is accompanied by a Developer Diary where members of the team introduce some of the new features in detail.
https://youtu.be/BnYecFaf3H0



We went back to the drawing board and redesigned most in-game interfaces. This means you’ll see a new and improved main menu, inventory screen, crafting screen, and a lot more. Our goal was to create a unified UI scheme which is more logical, easier to understand, and gets the job of interacting with the game done better and faster.



This update is all about making sure your experience with the ships is as enjoyable as possible. We have improved ship physics across the board as well as the physics of players moving onboard of (moving) ships. That’s a lot of physics.



By allowing creators to bake colliders within the editor, this update paves the way for truly huge creations, with negligible effect on the performance. We are also using the same mechanic on player-built ships (and cars), ensuring a few longstanding issues are fixed and everything is smooth sailing from now on.



if you ever wanted to run around your yland dressed as a yeti, now you can. Costumes are now available within the in-game store.



We’ve made some further improvements to our combat engine, making it snappier and more fast-paced.


And, of course, the update comes with lots of bug fixes, improvements, and optimizations. You can read the full release notes on the Ylands website.

We recommend those who would like to keep track of all the latest news follow Ylands on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. The development team also posts behind-the-scenes dev diaries and sneak peek dev blogs on the Ylands forum to talk about new game features in greater detail.

Until next time, stay classy!

The Ylands team