Patch v12.31

Loading save file version 9 is still supported, but if you click 'save' now the game will also remember:

• The secondary color of juvenile stages and other sexes
  
• Traits specific to juvenile stages and other sexes
  
• Instinct and diet options specific to juvenile stage and other sexes
  
• The birth locations of species
  
• In the species detail view, not only which species your species is eating, but also in the form of what food type (eggs? fresh meat? etc)
  
• Fungus organism caps
  
• Fungus mutation chance
  
• Energy collected by living plants and animals (to increase the chance they live through the night)
  

• Fixed a problem where plants died after saving and loading: the game incorrectly thought all plants were in an environment too wet and without nutrients
  
• Added an autosave when exiting the game
  
• Removed needless logging from the save/load process, making it much faster
  
• In the savegame list view, sandbox saves now show the sandbox icon
  
• You can now save scenarios before completing the first objective without the game crashing
  
• When loading a scenario, night cycle periods are now set correclty
  
• When loading a scenario, allowed alga and plant colors are now set correctly
  
• Fixed a crash when exterminating populous species immediately after loading a save
  
• Added save file versioning explanation to the load view
  

• There is now a main objective view before you start, including an explanation you get only 1 attempt
  
• Starting the daily challenge now only 'counts' AFTER you click 'let's go' in this new objective view
  
• Added events like meteorites to the objective description
  
• Fixed time stopping bug when the meteorite hits the world
  
• Removed options to the retry from an autosave (which didn't exist anyway) if you fail
  

• Removed the option to mutate organisms that didn't reproduce yet (but just survived long enough) because this messed with the species counts... I think it contributed to the negative population size problem
  
• Removed 'mutate' from the dropdown menus in the sandbox, as mutating doesn't make sense in this game mode
  
• Removed the 'mutate' button from the organism detail views
  
• Added a mutate icon to the species detail view, but only when mutating is possible (so not in the sandbox)
  

• Fixed bodypart hitbox sizes for juveniles
  
• Fixed a crash that sometimes happened when resizing body parts of a juvenile animal
  

• Added grass and fresh meat energy for 'semi aquatic plant eater'
  

I often forget to read comments below release notes, so if you have questions or bug reports, feel free to reach out via the Steam forums or [email protected].