Ostriv News

This update introduces resource categories in the statistics window. It will get more precise once Alpha 6 will bring the new unit system, but even now it should help identify supply and demand trends and make some prudent decisions.

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• Some minor optimizations
  
• Added text flow around image in help pages
  
• Can now use command line argument like "ostriv.exe -map level01" to start on specific map (mostly for dev purposes, but who knows)
  
• Added help page for stone mining camp
  
• Added a few more resource carry models
  
• Improved construction workers logic (don't go with a gang of 20 to build a single cart parking)
  
• Added options in cartwright to repair specific vehicles (or none)
  
• Added category totals in resource stats
  
  
  
  
  

[h3]Fixed:[/h3]

• Roads could get weird after loading one save after another
  
• Imported oxen were female and could give milk
  
• Wagon sheds and farms could secretly breed animals
  
• Crash when barber surgeon's patient didn't wait for him and died
  
• Fallow fields could restore too much nutrients in some cases
  
• Changing crop could immediately restore field nutrients
  
  

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• Cowshed and sheep farm can now hire up to 5 workers (was 4)
  
• Cart parkings now show icons in properties to indicate if a cart is being used or reserved for use
  
• Another little bit of optimizations
  
  

[h3]Fixed:[/h3]

• Livestock building workers didn't prioritize water delivery when needed
  
  

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• Several minor optimizations
  
  

[h3]Fixed:[/h3]

• FPS drops when hovering coastal building over water
  
• Draft animals temporarily forgot to die of old age
  
• Foresters could get stuck in rare cases
  
• Crash related to horses dying
  
• FPS drops during ploughing
  
• Farm managers did some black magic with oxen relocation
  
  

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• Now notifying if some buildings used warehouse as supply source when linking to a building
  
• Now removing warehouse from supply sources if linked to one building
  
• Edited some help pages
  
• Improved rowhouse LOD models
  
• Slightly reduced livestock water need when on pasture (60% instead of 80%)
  
• A small optimization (up to 5% on big towns)
  
  

[h3]Fixed:[/h3]

• "On hold" didn't show on empty houses
  
• Pigsty trade delivery could get stuck after loading save
  
• "Protect" check didn't save for horses
  
• Wrong number of male/female horses in trade deal window
  
  

Had to do some really boring work on code refactoring, especially for livestock management which has been a fertile ground for various kinds of bugs for quite a long time. But as I said earlier the main priority is to release a final version of the game, so polishing the fundamentals is just as important as adding new major features. Meanwhile some new features did slip in as a side effect of said refactoring.

Added/changed:

• New fences will now replace previous ones if built over (no overlap)
  
• Default animal feed stock values are now proportional to livestock size and consumption
  
• Trade boats will now fold their sails while moored
  
  
  
  
• Trade boats will now lower their mast to pass under a bridge
  
  
  
  
• Stable can now have dedicated pasture
  
  
  
  
• Horses can now also graze on a field
  
• Horses now require both grain and hay (or grass) for optimal health
  
• Stables/saltworks/wagon sheds in old saves will get certain amount of grain and hay for free if needed for transition to new mechanics
  
• Stable now has "Livestock limit" slider
  
• Can now change a field to fallow even if not all harvest stooks gathered yet
  
• Animals with lower health produce less resources when slaughtered
  
• Oxen in ploughs can now be combined if two ploughs with only one ox
  
• Now visualizing connection to linked building on warehouses and cart parkings
  
• Animals now have health property which depends on feed quality
  
  
  
  
• Livestock buildings now have feed rationing setting for emergencies
  
  
  
  
• Draft animals with lower health move slower
  
• Milk and wool production also depends on animal health now
  
• Updated help pages for buildings with new features
  
• Added a notification if grass quality is low around a dryer
  
• Added an option to allow forestry workers to plant trees
  
• Added a notification on a wagon shed and farm if a draft animal replacement is needed
  
• Clicking on wagon/boat/plough icon will now focus on it
  
• Added a health bar for plough and wagon animals
  
• If ploughing skipped on a field, but a plough arrived to farm, the field will now switch back to plouging if possible
  
• Clicking on ordered cart/plough/etc. will focus on a building where it's being built
  
• Now the "Next" button in fields works even if ploughing started
  
• Now showing notification if there's no available cart to supply resources
  
  
  
  
• A few slight optimizations
  
  

Fixed:

• It was possible to remove fences from building by demolishing an adjacent building (only fixed for new builds)
  
• Windmill didn't function properly
  
• Animals didn't consume water when on pasture
  
• Livestock feed consumption could depend on game speed and fps
  
• Potentially fixed all the weird behaviors related to slaughtering and relocation of animals
  
• Slaughtering from saltworks produced twice the amount of resources
  
• Another case of wrongfully blocked buildings
  
• Some UI overflow conditions
  
• An incest loophole for widows and widowers
  
• Bad performance when forestry is selected (on some machines)
  
• Ploughing visuals were lagging behind the plough in some fields
  
• Cowshed or stable manager could take the last animal required for breeding
  
• Boatyard could show inaccessible orders in total count
  
• "Optimize bulls livestock" could misbehave sometimes
  
• Rowhouse lods didn't have color variation