Ostriv News

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• Slightly slowed down the shoes production
  
• Now showing a reminder over a house put on hold
  
• Can now enable/disable seasonal hiring per building (also fixes some problems with "Apply to all")
  

[h3]Fixed:[/h3]

• Another case of white lines during bridge construction
  
• The resource wasn't delivered to granaries and trading posts if it's being bought from citizens
  
• It was possible to mix different types of trees in an orchard
  
• Some stone deposits were not recognized by the miners (problem will stay in older saves)
  
• Fishing boats tended to take suboptimal paths on Map 1
  
• Another crash after demolishing buildings
  
• A possible cause of start-up issues on Intel videocards
  

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• Added a message when a new couple have married
  
• "Take from other granaries/warehouses" checkbox now avoids cyclic deliveries
  
• The list of resources now divides to columns if too long to fit on screen
  
• Added a help entry for seasonal hiring
  
• Slightly reduced orchard productivity
  

[h3]Fixed:[/h3]

• Crash after moving resources to a cart parking
  
• Potentially fixed the "citizens stuck" problem on 2-core processors in early game
  
• Could relocate more than two animals to saltworks
  
• Crash after demolishing saltworks with livestock
  
• Non-rectangular orchard had incorrect outline when selected
  
• Some fulling mills and smelteries had incorrect outline when selected
  
• Water navigation problems after demolishing or cancelling a fulling mill (will stay in old saves if already happened)
  
• Suboptimal pathfinding where buildings were demolished
  
• Crash after demolishing a reforestation area being planted
  
• Crash on F1 in some cases
  
• Another case of buildings on top of each other
  

[h3]Fixed:[/h3]

• Foresters didn't mind chopping down orchard trees
  
• Barley has been mistakingly put to the list of human-edible foods
  
• A bug after demolishing building leading to various crashes and weirdnesses
  
• Smeltery supply options didn't save correctly
  
• "Apply to all" in some buildings could mess up their supply
  
• Orchard production didn't count in economy stats
  

As we're working towards a huge future Alpha 5 release, a lot of time is spent there. But judging on previous feedback I thought it would be better to give you at least some smaller patches while you wait for a big one.

Here's what we've got for you so far:

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• Added 4 new tree types: maple, apple, apricot and cherry
  
  
  
  
• Garden-owning citizens will now be able to harvest their fruit trees
  
• Added a centralized help window accessible through a button near the minimap (content will be expanded later)
  
  
  
  
  
• Added status strings for mining camp when no reachable deposits
  
• A few minor optimizations
  
• Added 5 new crops for private gardens (garlic, horseradish, marrow, peas, pumpkin)
  
  
  
  
• Gardeners will now be able to rotate some of their crops
  
• Added help text for boatyard
  
• Added preventive repairs option to boatyard
  
• Added one more fence model
  
  
  
  
• Slightly reduced food consumption for children
  
• Added sounds for sheep
  
• New building: orchard
  
  
  
  
• Orchards can be customized during creation, just like houses with a garden
  
• Added a waterwheel sound
  
• Can now grow barley on farm fields (will have more uses later)
  
  
  
  
• Slightly better performance on huge towns with resource supply by laborers
  
• Draft animals will now die of old age
  
• Added a new map featuring an infinite limestone deposit
  
  
  
  
• Can now export apples
  
• Reduced camera speed when zoomed in
  
• A few more optimizations for big towns
  

[h3]Fixed:[/h3]

• A rare crash when hovering building
  
• Cows and sheep could stop reproducing if only one worker hired
  
• Citizens didn't consume alcohol they bought
  
• Houses put "on hold" were counted as available in migration status
  
• Granary and warehouse workers could supply infinitely small amounts of resources
  
• An exploit that allowed instant construction - Експлойт, що дозволяв будувати миттєво
  
• Saltworks menu popup reported incorrect amounts of construction resources
  
• Saves with smeltery being constructed could get corrupted
  
• All map could become "inaccessible" after building a bridge
  
• A crash during tannery construction
  
• Crash after some taverner family members died of old age
  

[h3]Added/changed:[/h3]

• A few minor optimizations
  
• Updated village house help text
  
• No longer supporting saves from before Alpha 3 (March 2020)
  

[h3]Fixed:[/h3]

• Another crash on relocating animals
  
• A priest could leave his job for another one
  
• Some coastal buildings were wrongfully disconnected from others