Dungeons & Kingdoms News

[h2]Closed beta testing continues...[/h2]

• Improvements to internal build piece setup tools
  
• Add 85 new props under the Town set, Piece ID range 20323-20407, many interior items, some trees/foliage
  
• Add new castle wall, half height dual arch 30038
  
• Fix missing top snap points on foundation corner connectors 4004, 4005
  
• Add snapping for floor hatch (30513) to snap to new snapping point for floor hatches on floor pieces (30515, 30510)
  
• Fixed issue where non-snapping pieces could be placed on top of snap points offsetting them from the visible surface
  
• Remove placeholder audio from cow prop (20046)
  
• Update animated prop behaviour to snap to ground on reset cycle
  
• Remove incorrect tooltip on Build Rotation Submit button
  
• Fix incorrect help context for Time and Weather Panel help button
  
• Remove animators that have no controllers from build items
  
• Fix several build pieces with animators cleaning up their reset setup
  

Closed beta testing continues...



* NEW - show snap points for current build piece, can be toggled on/off in the builder controls panel
* NEW - changes to build piece rotation
* All build pieces have the same rotation default and alternate values (15 and 1) when not snapping
* When snapping build pieces may have different values for default and alternate rotation
* New ability to override the preview piece rotation - turn on the override toggle, use the slider or input field to change the rotation. When not in override mode the slider and input fields will show you the current rotation value applied.
* Change snapping label to "Use Snapping", add tooltip
* Ensure defaults are on for use snapping and show snap points
* Fix issues getting certain UI components on gameplay start
* Configure layers for main camera culling mask
* Move snow button from build controls panel to weather panel
* Fix issues with tutorial dialogue
* Fix starter build pieces for sandbox mode to match tutorial expectations
* Fix issues with resolve not initializing in adventure mode
* Add additional footstep default audio for unmanaged mesh
* Show build version text by default, use smaller font, make more visible
* Change Rock Lights collision to not block player 20236-37, 20276-79, and add visual indicator when deleting
* Fix build piece popup not always closing
* Fix build piece preview rotating after letting go of SHIFT while changing vertical position
* Rename several prop build pieces to be more accurate (20XXX range), add descriptions to some
* Fix build pieces not allowing free placement (11000-11008, 15004, 15006, 30601-30610, 7026-7039)
* Fix issues with several build pieces with missing/bad colliders causing problems with deleting (eg. 2122)
* Fix cursor state not remembering properly when using in-game menu and other settings UI
* Add separate game settings toggle for Light Source shadows - affects things like torches, braziers, fire FX etc
* Change Shadows game setting to "All Shadows" to differentiate it from the new Light Source Shadows setting
* Fix animated people props not starting animation right away
* First pass animation fix on animated people to prevent root motion drift
* Fix issues with duplicate animation fix components on some build pieces
* Fix terrain not unloading properly when quitting to main menu
* Add snap points on limited selection of 6x5 roof pieces to test with - 7022, 7023, 7024, 7010, 7016, 7003

(0.403)

• Fix read/write on model for 20057 Large Merchant Ship
  
• Fix shader problem on 20218 Windmill and 20234 Lumbermill that caused model clipping under water surface
  
• Add “ship” and “docks” tags to ship props: 20057, 20058, 20059, 20060
  
• Fix placement collision rules to properly snap to water surface for ship props: 20057, 20058, 20059, 20060
  
• No longer forces showing cursor when you begin build piece placement (from hotbar or other)
  
• Fix build piece 7000 WoodLogRoofA_MiddleDoubleSideChimney6x5x3 not being placeable (renderers were disabled)
  
• Add tool for build piece tag replacement
  
• Change build piece tags
  
• “seige” to “siege”, affects build pieces 20054, 20055
  
• “small sone block” to “small stone block”, affects build pieces 3103, 3106
  
• Fix minor typos in UI
  
• Fix character name input during new game creation, limited to 40 characters, Name-based characters only, and nameplate now autosizes
  
• Build piece popup now shows tags as a list up to 3 lines, adjust other text fields to fit
  
• Build piece popup now shows the pieceID first in parentheses instead of on a separate line after the description
  
• Fix stone wall and floor build pieces that were missing a resource definition for flat shaped stone (5009)
  
• Add error handling around build plan resource tracking
  
• Bypass resource tracking for Creative Mode when working with Build Plans
  
• Fix error when setting camera default position when loading from save game
  
• Add new settings to hide certain build pieces from Creative mode, eg. Storage containers meant for Sandbox mode only
  
• Fix ability to delete build pieces 1535, 1536 Fortification Gates
  
• Fix build manager to allow detecting interactable build pieces for delete
  
• Fix doors and gates not opening/closing on player interaction
  
• Fix blueprint UI not clearing blueprint temp object when clicking cancel button
  

(0.4.01)

• Fix issue with audio breaking when starting adventures
  
• No resolve cost in Creative mode
  
• Add ability to lock down build into Creative Mode only
  
• Fix errors for horses that had health component but was missing other controllers
  
• Fix snow feature for Creative mode
  
• Fix time, weather, and quality drop downs in builder UI
  
• Disable special save manager flag for build pieces
  
• Update build pieces tools to control more global flag setting for things like require snapping, default rotation etc
  
• Set all build pieces to allow placement anywhere, and allow an alternate rotation
  
• Set default footstep audio fallback
  
• Fix 53 build pieces having the same default rotation as alternate rotation
  
• Remove broken water feature on build piece 30512 Castle Stone Pool
  
• Unity license changes and upgrades in progress, build shows Unity splash for now
  

As we head into the cold winter months (at least here in the Northern Hemisphere) we wanted to showcase a series of progress updates as they relate to different parts of the game. Here's what players can expect from the Early Access release in terms of:

Gameplay Loop

• New Land Arrival
  
• Basic Tutorial
  
• Village & Castle Building
  
• Villager Management & Tasks
  
• Basic Survival
  
• Early Adventuring & Combat
  
• Early Tech Tree
  
• Early Crafting & Upgrades
  

We have also begun a Closed Beta with our existing Discord members.

Join the Discord
https://discord.gg/ytWgwkDghs
to stay up-to-date as we roll out more updates and a potential Open Beta ahead of the upcoming Steam Next Fest in the coming months!

For the Kingdom!