Anniversary Content Update 2018-10-24

Hello all!

It's been two years since we released Meadow (actually in 2 days, but we're cheating on that). It's been an interesting project to work with, and we've appreciated all your input and enthusiasm along the way. Todays update is a mix of a lot of ideas and input, shaped through an M&D lens.
Regardless if you're an old or new player, we hope that you'll enjoy our second anniversary update.

But without further ado, here is what's new for today:




Content additions

• A new animal: Wolf (Unlocked by owning the Symbols comic)
  
• A new piece of land is now added to the world (next to the winter biome)
  
• A new music piece (tied to the new piece of land)
  
• A new toy: Snow piles
  
• One new skin for the Hedgehog (from the Hedgehog skin art contest)
  
• 6 new achievements
  

Other changes

• There is now a way to change the resolution in the Connect screen (if it's far too small or large on your screen). Hold Left Shift and browse through the resolutions with UpArrow/DownArrow.
  
• The Eagle can now have the Home action.
  
• The sound effect when other players pick up items is now a limited effect in the audio menu.
  
• The grove number and server name is now on top of the pause menu.
  
• The block/mute animals menu now only shows the distance of the closest animals.
  
• You can now lock the emote hotbar.
  
• There is now a north facing arrow in the map view.
  
• You can now hold Left Control when scrolling to zoom the camera to change the vertical offset of the camera.
  

Bug fixes

• Muted and blocked animals are now saved between sessions.
  
• The bug where an animal would walk a little bit forward after backing and then stopping is now solved.
  
• Various level bugs fixed.
  

Hotfixes

• A lot of laggyness that came with the update should now be solved.
  
• The hidden achievement should now trigger as intended.
  
• The amount of animals in the pause view should now be correct.
  
• The waterfall sound where the river enters the sea is now removed.
  
• The new music track now has a delay, and then a percentage chance if it will start playing.
  
• Performance drops in certain areas that were new to the update should now be fixed.
  
• Certain translations are now updated.
  
• The Hide-button in the UI should now work again.
  
• The wolf emotes should now be as high-res as all other emotes.
  
• Snow piles should now be easier to see.
  
• The first wolf voice should now be louder.
  
• Change Camera Height is now key bindable.
  
• The new north arrow on the map is now togglable in the Gameplay settings.
  
• The Wolfs walking speed is slightly adjusted to fit the animation.
  
• The Wolfs collision is now adjusted (should solve issues like difficulties to jump on steep walls etc.)
  
• The Bear cub now have footprints and footstep sounds again.
  
• The Wolf should now not make idle head movements while drinking.
  
• The new areas music should now not be able to be interrupted in the middle.
  
• The randomization of the new areas music should now be more even.
  
• The water should now be affected by fog again.
  
• The correct hedgehog skin should now be displayed in the Puzzle screen.
  
• The idle head movements should not not trigger together with the play action.
  
• The auto-find of resolution when one first starts the game should now be better.
  
• Several issues with particle changes should now be solved (particles should no longer linger, there should now not be autumn leaves in the autumn cave after you respawn there, etc.)