Wayward News

We've finally reached the end of the beta 2.6 series of patches. On to greater things with the commencement of beta 2.7 development! While this is normally the time for us to go silent on the news front, please make sure to follow us on social media or join our Discord server to stay up to date on all the development previews and discussion while we work on our next major update.

Much of this release improves on the mechanics of merchants and addresses some of the issues spotted from the modding changes found in the last patch with other improvements sprinkled in as per usual.

Speaking of beta 2.7, don't forget to check out our "Item Idea Contest" here: http://www.unlok.ca/wayward/item-idea-contest/ - Three winners here will get their item idea added to the game in beta 2.7.

• You can now cancel out of resting.
  
• More than one merchant NPC is now able to spawn per world.
  
• Healing merchants will now remove their hostility against you.
  
• "Carve With Tool" now provides an item break confirmation when the option is enabled.
  
• You can now pour out water on to other players to soothe their burn injuries.
  
• Merchants and other players (when PVP is enabled) can no longer spawn within a player's view.
  
• Merchants will now be burned when standing in fire (or lava).
  
• The game will now continue to fade in even when the game is paused.
  
• Messages are now displayed top-to-bottom when in an upper quadrant.
  

• There is now a reputation loss or gain (instead of a guaranteed loss) when tamed creatures fight other creatures (based on if their target is hostile or not) and is applied specifically to the owner.
  
• You can no longer jump over players and NPCs.
  

• Fixed save errors on some hardware by reducing the amount of memory required to save the game (this will also make saving the game faster).
  
• Fixed mods failing to load when joining a server, if a mod needed another mod as a dependency but the loading order was incorrect.
  
• Fixed the game not quitting if it had been reloaded.
  
• Fixed items not lighting on fire when dropped onto lava from a player's death or broken container.
  
• Fixed an error on opening the options menu after using the "Enable All" button in the mods menu.
  
• Fixed the "Enable All" button in the mods menu not updating the mod check buttons visually.
  
• Fixed a regression where the mod options button was not hiding/showing when a mod is enabled/disabled.
  
• Fixed a regression where mods were not able to use this.getPath() before image paths.
  
• Fixed tile changes not saving in modded world layers.
  
• Fixed a regression where mods were not able to import the Mod class by name.
  
• Fixed a regression where menu bar buttons registered using mod.addMenuBarButton loaded images from the wrong path.
  
• Fixed responding "no" to enable/disable "required mod" interrupts not cancelling enabling/disabling the first mod.
  
• Fixed errors caused by loading a save which had previously had a mod enabled with custom stats.
  

• Added "inter-mod registries", for mods to provide things to others (or not, if the target mod is not present).
  

• Fixed taking damage as a ghost when falling from the troposphere.
  
• Fixed emptying a water tile in the troposphere spawning a dirt tile in its place.
  

• Now compatible with Debug Tools 2.0.
  

• Other players besides the host on a server now do not have permission to use Debug Tools by default (this can be changed by inspecting the player).
  
• Fixed a bug that caused panels registering as hook hosts if you disabled debug tools after loading a game with it.
  
• Fixed an error when closing the Debug Tools dialog.
  
• Now supports other mods adding custom panels, inspection panels, and entity inspection sections.
  
• Fixed adding items to inventory producing multiple items based on how many times you opened the inspect dialog.
  
• Fixed items from mods loaded after Debug Tools not appearing in "Add Item to Inventory" inspection dropdowns.
  
• Actions can now be used while moving.
  

We haven't quite yet started on the next major release, but instead have been plugging away on getting Wayward more stable, improving systems, and balancing the game. There has also been a lot of work and development put into new modding support.

Something of note is that we released a new "Compatibility Branch" that should help anybody experiencing freezing, saving or graphical issues with the game. Please check this branch out if you are having one or more of these issues. More information on changing branches is available here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=721479594
Another thing to note is that we rebuilt the official Debug Tools mod from scratch using the new dialog and UI system. Among the ton of new features in it, it's now a great example case if you want to poke around in the code for your own modification. Shout-out to Yuudaari on that one! Check it out on the Steam Workshop here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=474819610

• In "Simulated Turns" mode, the game tick now occurs simultaneously with the player turn. The next game tick is still delayed by the same amount of time.
  
• Plant spreading will now no longer cross doodads that block movement (walls, fences, etc.).
  
• Multiple changes have been done to items produced when many items burn, including many fixes/consistency improvements.
  
• Piles of ash can now burn away with enough time.
  
• Doodads will provide more accurate and consistent items when burning, especially during different growth stages or stages of resource gathering for plants.
  
• Items in fire (that can be burned) will now reduce in durability until eventually burning instead of sometimes instantly producing burned items.
  
• Some items may now produce multiple items when burning (such as logs producing multiple charcoal). Crafted items will now also be more consistent with what they burn into based on what was used in the craft.
  
• You can now connect to a server with required mods disabled. The game will automatically enable them for you and disable them after disconnecting.
  
• Items that can spawn creatures on decay or break will now be able to spawn on a wider variety of tiles.
  
• A saving screen will now show when exiting the game by closing the window.
  
• You can now disable the custom cursor in the options menu.
  
• Added some information about crafting fertile soil within the gardening help article.
  
• Mods in the multiplayer menu now show their multiplayer compatibility in their tooltip. (Thanks black silence!)
  
• Ghosts can no longer write notes.
  

• Fixed difficulty appearing as a number instead of a message. (Thanks NB!)
  
• Fixed players being briefly invisible when they join a multiplayer game in simulated turn mode.
  
• Removed incorrect checks for under player when using an adjacent tile for sleeping.
  
• Fixed the help article filter matching formatting code within article text.
  
• Fixed a bug that would allow you to re-roll legendary item properties by crafting, then disassembling the item.
  
• Fixed walk to tile sometimes displaying the wrong path in multiplayer.
  
• Fixed being able to use the "/pause" command in single player/turn-based mode.
  
• Fixed container weight display not updating when using consumables within them.
  
• Fixed a rare issue where over repeated uses of the options menu the game may begin to become laggier (due to a UI leak).
  
• Fixed unpublished mods marked as unloadable: false warning the user every time they load the save. (Thanks CloneDeath!)
  
• Fixed imagePath loading mod resources from the game's root rather than the mod's root for stats, status effects, menu bar buttons, and more. (Thanks CloneDeath!)
  
• Fixed not being able to use class instances with methods as descriptions in some mod registration functions. (Thanks CloneDeath!)
  
• Fixed the "cannot be run on this system or browser" error screen fading in rapidly, and disappearing to loading screen.
  
• Fixed a bug where creatures could continue attacking dead players/ghosts.
  
• Prevented connected clients in multiplayer games from visually manipulating the state of game pausing (even though it had no impact).
  
• Possibly fixed an issue where saving never completed.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused worlds last used for multiplayer in simulated turns mode to stay as simulated turns mode in single player.
  
• Fixed incorrect weight set for coconut containers of goat milk.
  
• Removed ability to dismantle books as weight can be incorrect after opening books and revealing other/new items.
  
• Fixed possible desyncs when crafting and starting fires.
  
• Fixed the region that allowed idling from the mouse movement bind being sized incorrectly depending on the zoom level.
  
• Fixed an issue where some creatures could get stuck when spawning from treasure chests.
  
• Fixed each mod only being able to add one NewUi Dialog.
  
• Fixed walk to tile issues near world edge.
  

• Increased animal taming and bartering (trading) reputation gains.
  
• Reduced the weight of limestone and limestone powder.
  
• Reduced the stoke value of charcoal due to its new abundance with the other burning changes.
  
• Items are now damaged when dropping to the ground on player death in casual and when breaking chests.
  

• Updated the "Modding Guide" with a new tutorial for creating the "Hello World" example mod among other changes and fixes.
  
• Added the GetZoomLevel hook, for overriding the default zoom functionality.
  
• Added the PostFieldOfView hook, called when the field of view has been initialized.
  
• Added a GetTilePenalty hook, used for manipulating which tiles should be preferred using "walk to tile".
  
• @HookMethod now does type checking on the method it decorates. If the method is not a valid hook, it will error.
  
• Added the GetCameraPosition hook for implementing a custom camera.
  
• It is no longer necessary to mark mods with only customizations as "multiplayerCompatible", and it is no longer necessary to mark mods with no scripts or customizations as "multiplayerClientside".
  
• Added multiple decorators such as @Mod.instance, @Mod.log, or @Mod.saveData for injecting a mod's objects into fields.
  
• Added the GetMaxSpritesForLayer hook for changing the maximum number of sprites that can be rendered in a SpriteBatchLayer at once.
  

• The Debug Tools mod has been completed redesigned and has a brand new feature set.
  

• You can now use "walk to tile" to walk directly into a hole in the troposphere, but in all other cases you will path around the hole.
  
• Increased the base durability of the nimbus.
  
• Fixed artifacting of the overworld during movement.
  

• Marked as compatible for multiplayer.
  

• Released a new "Compatibility Branch" that may resolve some compatibility issues on some hardware configurations.
  
• Updated Wayward to Electron 3.0.0-beta 6.
  
• Improved the performance of calling most hooks.
  
• Tiles can now have multiple overlays.
  
• Added new properties to IActionArgument.
  

We have been plugging away at another batch of bug fixes, modding goodies, performance upgrades, and other changes with a focus on quality of life improvements. Hopefully something for everybody to enjoy! Some stand-out features include:

• Replaced the multiplayer menu with the world menu, allowing you to change your turn mode and tick rate in an existing world.
  
• Added an item breaking warning for dismantle and disassemble requirements.
  
• You can now ignite torches with other torches or fire starting devices directly in your inventory.
  
• Doodads that cause status effects will now warn players when attempting to walk over them.
  
• You will now only lose half the stamina (based on item weight) when failing to craft items.
  
• Fixed extreme performance hits from static in-game UI, especially when old messages are removed and scrolled.
  

It looks like we are getting close to wrapping up beta 2.6, but we still have some remaining unsolved issues as of yet. These include:

Character not appearing: https://steamcommunity.com/app/379210/discussions/1/1708438376927559767/

Freeze while saving: https://steamcommunity.com/app/379210/discussions/1/1759104257594700977/

Game freezing: https://steamcommunity.com/app/379210/discussions/0/1759104257593707044/

We are waiting on any additional information on these issues. Please let us know if you find anything! Instructions for reporting on each is located in the linked threads.

• Replaced the multiplayer menu with the world menu, allowing you to change your turn mode and tick rate in an existing world.
  
• You can now copy the message log, and export the entire message history in your current filter.
  

• Added an item breaking warning for dismantle and disassemble requirements.
  

• Added filtering to the help menu for searching keywords.
  
• Creatures are now easier to tame and will be tamed for longer based on how many times they have been tamed previously.
  
• Added a "learn more" link to certain notes that open up relevant help articles.
  
• Added a confirmation for attempting to heal yourself or others when at full health and not bleeding.
  
• Replaced paused/resumed messages with a new pause/play icon.
  
• Improved the look and consistency of all wooden items.
  
• Official modifications shown in changelogs are now linked to their Workshop entry via their heading.
  
• Added message logging for moving items, revealing the name of the container you moved the item(s) into.
  
• You can now ignite torches with other torches or fire starting devices directly in your inventory.
  

• Renamed the "Extincteur" milestone to "Exterminator".
  
• Moving all items to a container will now no longer stop at the first instance of an item being too heavy to move, but instead will check if subsequent items are able to fit.
  
• Doodads that cause status effects will now warn players when attempting to walk over them.
  

• Dangerous movement confirmations (attempting to walk on fire/cacti/etc.) no longer show if they wouldn't actually hurt the player (via equipment protection).
  
• Doodads and fire requirements are now separated within item tooltips, showing a red label if you don't have either or.
  
• Added icons for all help articles.
  
• Walk to tile will now walk through wooden gates.
  
• Fire elementals and lava beetles can now be used as a fire source for crafting and lighting torches.
  
• The dedicated server IP or hostname field will now remember the last server you joined.
  
• Decreased how long the server pauses when players are connecting.
  
• Improved the loading screen messages when joining a server.
  

• Fixed a bug that would not let you remove anything from a container if "Use Adjacent Containers/Items" was disabled. (Thanks sechsauge!)
  
• Fixed disassembly "Additional Requirements" label showing for item tooltips that could not be disassembled.
  
• Fixed some instances where tick time could freeze by changing some options while the game is running.
  
• Fixed some instances where legendary item defense values were not getting applied (doodad and burn damage).
  
• Fixed the server welcome message counting the server as a player.
  
• Fixed copper disassembly requirements not showing that it requires a fire source.
  
• Fixed the message area shrinking in size over time while the developer tools were open and docked to the side of the game.
  
• Fixed some error messages showing HTML code.
  
• Fixed the translation for time only showing PM in the hours of noon and midnight.
  
• Fixed an oversight where healing other players did not stop bleeding or provide healing notifiers.
  
• Fixed a rare desync when new players join a server.
  
• Fixed a bug where item confirmations did not display if an item was used as the default use in a quickslot.
  
• Fixed directional facing binds not working (shift + W/A/S/D by default).
  
• Fixed a few tipos.
  
• Fixed the open crafting dialog bind and button not toggling crafting (if it was set to dismantle). (Thanks Junis!)
  

• Damage from stepping on doodads (such as cacti) will now take into account foot protection instead of the total of all armor. Parrying will no longer be factored into damage reduction.
  
• You will now only lose half the stamina (based on item weight) when failing to craft items.
  

• Mods can now add their own dialogs using the new UI system (no HTML/jQuery required).
  
• Mods can now add their own notes.
  
• Mods can now add their own help articles.
  
• The fog color is now moddable.
  
• Added an IsTileBlocked hook, used for "walk to tile" pathing.
  

Troposphere

• Fixed walk to tile pathing through holes in the clouds.
  
• The fog color in the troposphere is now white, instead of black.
  
• Fixed the nimbus not being damaged on use.
  
• Added a help article and note for flying.
  

• Fixed extreme performance hits from static in-game UI, especially when old messages are removed and scrolled.
  
• Updated Wayward to Electron 3.0.0 beta 4 (from beta 2).
  
• Update Wayward to use TypeScript 3.
  

As noted with our last release, we were working on some issues relating to performance. Now, some weeks later, we think we have something available that will help the majority of people that had issues previously (especially on lower end machines). This required much more extensive testing than normal for these minor releases, which is why it took a bit more time, and also why you'll find that this changelog may not seem very minor. This won't be the fix for all performance issues, and probably won't be the end of the beta 2.6.x series, as we still want to wrap up a few items before focusing on our next major release.

If you are still dealing with performance issues and don't want to wait, there's a number of options and possible solutions available for you. We recently released a guide on this, "Wayward Performance Guide" available here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1438746684
As you'll see below, this release was hardly all about performance, and more about balancing, improving, and fixing bugs in the game. A common issue we have seen in multiplayer is new players struggling. This is due to the very fast paced nature of the game when not playing in turn-based mode. To combat this, we have introduced a brand-new mode which adds a simulated turn-based environment for more strategic and dynamic multiplayer gameplay, allowing turns to only pass if players are actively performing actions. We've also opened up adjacent containers/items to be used in disassembling/dismantling fully, further decreasing some tedium in inventory management. This is just a few of the highlights; take a peek down below for more goodies.

Have fun and keep suggesting your ideas and reporting issues!

• Added a "Simulated Turns" multiplayer mode, which allows time/turn passing as long as players are performing actions, otherwise the game will be paused.
  
• Added adjacent container dismantling.
  
• Added a /save chat command.
  
• Added an option to disable auto saving.
  
• Added an option to toggle adjacent container crafting.
  

• Added support for using multiple movement binds at the same time.
  
• Added support for adjacent containers for disassembling/dismantling requirements.
  
• Decreased saving and loading time, especially for dedicated servers. The file size of saves has increased due to this change (although exported saves will still be compressed).
  
• Added an extra check to see if you are already facing a crafting requirement before turning to face the first instance found.
  
• Added display of skill use reputation impact within crafting tooltips.
  
• Merchant NPCs will now spawn on game saves that do not have them (from previous versions).
  
• All hard-coded bind hints will now show what your actual binds are (instead of using the defaults) within the Starter Quest.
  
• Added more information to the stats help entry to explain how their maximum values work.
  

• Fixed dismantling ignoring the order of items if no turn was passed after sorting items. (Thanks CMDR Kargen Dracos [INR]!)
  
• Fixed an issue where some players were experiencing the game freezing/crashing while saving.
  
• Fixed occasional uncaught errors related to multiplayer connections (when hosting a dedicated server).
  
• Fixed the attack damage label values not updating.
  
• Fixed a bug where both the character selection and main menu would appear when joining a game from a player's Steam profile with Wayward closed.
  
• Fixed an issue with some integrated GPUs that caused incorrect colors and other rendering glitches/visual artifacts.
  
• Fixed an issue where disassembled items could result in items with higher minimum durability than their maximum. (Thanks CMDR Kargen Dracos [INR]!)
  
• Fixed a bug that would cause keyboard controls to become stuck after holding them down while pressing the chat focus bind. (Thanks AbstrXact_Data!)
  
• Fixed the chat bind working when an interrupt is visible.
  
• Fixed the "Menu Enter" bind not working on input interrupt menus.
  
• Tumbleweeds may now drop their resources on adjacent tiles as dropping on the same tile did not allow it to grow. (Thanks Arnkh!)
  
• Fixed an issue where some books could contain items that resulted in you weighing more after opening them. (Thanks CMDR Kargen Dracos [INR]!)
  
• Fixed a bug where weight did not update after learning from an old educational scroll.
  
• Fixed the "equip hovered item" bind still toggling the equipment dialog when you're hovering an item.
  
• Fixed an extra space appearing in Starter Quest completion messages.
  
• Fixed legendary strength items not effecting max weight when equipped. (Thanks Arnkh!)
  
• Fixed an issue that caused dialog filters to filter incorrect items in.
  
• Fixed an instance where hitting locked chests or creatures barehanded with hand protection provided no benefits.
  
• Fixed gathering with hands not damaging your equipment enough, leading to this method being better than gathering with an actual tool. (Thanks Arnkh!)
  
• Fixed swimming animations not resetting after travelling.
  
• Fixed an issue where legendary skill items could potentially result in percents with more than 1 decimal point. (Thanks Arnkh!)
  
• Fixed a bug where legendary attack damage was not applying to melee weaponry. (Thanks Arnkh!)
  
• Fixed a bug where loading saves without previously loaded mods would still attempt to add modded items, skills, etc. through normal means.
  
• Fixed move to tile not stopping movement while moving in front of an NPC. (Thanks Arnkh!)
  
• Fixed +load for dedicated servers not generating a new world if the save specified did not exist.
  
• Fixed the dismantle filter getting reset after passing a turn. (Thanks Arnkh!)
  
• Fixed renamed containers not displaying their new name until they are closed and re-opened. (Thanks CMDR Kargen Dracos [INR]!)
  
• Fixed the menu bar overlapping quickslots when there are enough menu bar buttons at certain resolutions.
  
• Fixed some text being removed when switching languages.
  

• Removed the ability to get hurt (or bleed) from gathering most plants with no tool/hand protection.
  
• Carving corpses will now provide positive reputation in cases where the creature was hostile. (Thanks Aaron!)
  
• Treasure guardians will now be more difficult at lower reputation levels.
  
• Attacking creatures or hitting locked chests barehanded (without hand protection) can now cause bleeding.
  
• Doubled spyglass durability.
  
• Only tamed chickens will now lay eggs. Clucks-be-gone!
  
• Added a larger lower range for exceptional/legendary item durability that are found or transmogrified (does not effect crafted items, which have a much larger cap).
  
• Using your hands will now use more stamina than using tools for gathering, harvesting, digging, and attacking.
  
• Decreased base aberrant spawning chances, and further decreased the chance as your reputation is raised.
  

• Upgraded to Electron 3.0.0 which should improve compatibility and performance, especially on lower-end machines.
  

A new batch of fixes is ready for you all!

We are currently looking into some performance issues related to some integrated GPUs. If you are having performance issues and have a discrete graphics card, make sure the game is actually using it (there has been some reports of some cards/drivers defaulting to integrated). As for the performance issues - we will continue to look into them, which now appear to be caused upstream (which we are waiting on an update for).

Two fixes we are shipping with this release are "possible" fixes. One is regarding the issue where containers dialogs would not show when opened and the other was keyboard movement getting "stuck" until a mouse click was made on the game screen. Please let us know if you are still getting these after beta 2.6.2.

We appreciate your patience while we address the remaining issues with the beta 2.6 release.

• Possibly fixed a bug where sometimes keyboard movement and controls would become "stuck" until a mouse click was made on the screen.
  
• Possibly fixed containers showing behind the game screen rarely (making it so it appeared as nothing happened when you tried to open containers).
  
• Fixed an oversight where you could only rest on the ground with a bedroll placed under you. (Thanks CMDR Kargen Dracos [INR]!)
  
• Fixed sleeping on a bedroll you are facing not checking for fire adjacent to facing tile (but rather the tile you started on). (Thanks Theodis!)
  
• Fixed an issue where multiple tooltips would appear if the information updated while your mouse was still hovered over it. (Thanks sechsauge!)
  
• Fixed the possibility of players timing out while the server is saving. (Thanks Valdig!)
  
• Fixed a multiplayer desync caused by healing tamed creatures. (Thanks MrAmazing!)
  
• Fixed a rare chance that players were unable to join a multiplayer game that they previously disconnected from.
  
• Fixed a bug that made you bleed inappropriately when starving to death, drowning, taking poison damage, and many other things.
  
• Fixed the filter not working in container dialogs. (Thanks Banaman!)
  
• Fixed items getting held in cursor after dying while dragging an item.
  
• Fixed crafting tooltips reporting incorrect item amounts based adjacent containers/items. (Thanks Arnkh!)
  
• Fixed resting/sleeping screens closing when players join in multiplayer.
  
• Fixed treasure maps not having the tops of trees in the "drawing".
  
• Fixed sugar canes not producing resources to gather when budding and fixed some wording on their description. (Thanks Fangthane!)
  
• Fixed death in multiplayer games not triggering ghost vision or closing certain dialogs when in hardcore difficulty.
  
• Fixed the middle mouse button failing to move to tile in many situations.
  
• Fixed message sources (filter editing) not being translated for the Starter Quest.
  
• Fixed some notes missing spaces by italicized words.
  
• Fixed some wording issues within the Starter Quest completion messages. (Thanks CMDR Kargen Dracos [INR]!)
  

• Move to tile will now stop when taking damage from stamina/encumbrance.
  

• Slightly increased the weight of coconuts (as sometimes dismantling them would produce items with unrealistic weights).
  

• Added PreSaveGame and PostSaveGame hooks
  
• Added a ShouldStopWalkToTileMovement hook.
  

TARS

• Fixed an issue where TARS would attempt to place items continuously within the same container.
  
• Fixed message sources (filter editing) not being translated.
  
• Fixed TARS randomly attempting to go into the water and end up killing itself tragically.
  
• Fixed an issue where TARS would keep trying to rest while at -1 stats, leading to eventual death.
  

• Added a backgroundThrottling option for reducing resources when Wayward is minimized/not in focus. This is only intended for use in single player games.