Patch 1.0.9 - Cooking and Combat Update · Skyclimbers update for 3 September 2022

Thank you for your patience while the team worked through versions 1.0.8 and 1.0.9 in this Alpha update.

Updates will resume at a normal pace after this patch
The engine has been updated along with major performance components
We took the extra time to move forward in other areas while the overhaul took place
Some features are still experimental and may break during testing

Next, a new biome selection menu is available, where we will expand settings for your starting conditions.

Only the Coastal Meadow biome is available, with the rest to follow soon after.
Multi-biome generation will remain experimental until we can bring it back into the default branch with stable performance and spawn behavior.

As a preview of patch 1.0.10, we have included a new set of village assets that will make the foundation of the first Era.

The villages are smaller, and more primitive, but they will be denser and more realistic for the first Era.

Press E next to cooking pots to initiate the cooking sequence.

You can select ingredients you have harvested from the environment or looted from mobs.

Different recipes have different player effects; check the inventory for each blueprint recipe!

As part of the combat update, the mage can now keep moving while targeting an opponent and firing projectiles.

Magmaton AI have also been updated with a charge attack that will knock down the player

Another major feature of this update includes the Yagi camps, which are randomly generated.

Some camps include explosive barrels that can be shot with projectiles
All camp assets can be destroyed
Yagi groups spawn in different numbers
There are still issues with Yagi spawner, some camps may not spawn Yagi

Changelog:

Added

Added "Coming Soon" to all disabled biome selection buttons
Added "Equip Multi-Tool" task to tasklist
Added "Ether Dimension" to main menu (swapped from Coastal Meadow biome scenery)
Added biome selection touch scrolling for Steam Deck
Added death poof effect SFX
Added destructible behavior to Yagi camp props such as barrels, crates, towers, fences and benches
Added destruction physics
Added Ether music track to main menu
Added explosion SFX for explosive barrels
Added explosive barrels
Added manual loot drop for enemies and Sentius (stops discovery event from obfuscating screen during combat encounters)
Added physics ragdolling for player character (triggered on explosions and fall damage)
Added physics ragdolling for Sentius
Added physics ragdolling for Voidlings (triggered on explosions and on death)
Added physics ragdolling for Yagi AI
Added ranged attack Voidling variant
Added SFX on prop destruction
Added UI hover, click and return SFX to main menu
Added updated biome images for main menu biome selection UI
Added weapon as default equipment/tool hotbar selection
Added ability to attack while moving (primary attacks only, not special)
Added async operations to runtime decimation
Added consumed food abilities (speed boost, attack boost, defense boost, mining yield boost, logging yield boost, gathering yield boost, health restore and stamina restore)
Added cooldown icons for active abilities
Added delay for resource popup SFX
Added discovery events for missing resource drops (plants, meat, etc)
Added distance-based density scaling for grass (pseudo-LOD system for mesh grass)
Added distance-based fading for grass
Added grass length modifier based on terrain heightmap
Added grass texture to footstep SFX array
Added infinite ingredients hotkey for cooking
Added innards resource drop for Yagi
Added item descriptions for cooked dishes
Added item descriptions for depletable resources
Added key hint for mode switcher tasklist entry
Added LODs for ai entities
Added LODs for sentius
Added mage fire projectile splash damage over time PFX on ground collision
Added magmaton spawns to entity spawner
Added meat resource drop for sentius
Added opening inventory/settings menu to tasklist
Added poof PFX on entity death
Added pooling for runtime decimated parts
Added recipes to inventory blueprint tab
Added SFX on discovery UI close
Added SFX on discovery UI popup
Added SFX on food item consumption
Added wild carrot resource drop
Added wind tinting for mesh grass
Added Yagi combat formations
Added Yagi combat queueing
Added Yagi hert alert behavior
Added Yagi strafing
Added Yagi v. Void behavior

Fixed

Fixed "Ether Constellation" effect render overlap with UI objects
Fixed aim reticle behavior when mode switcher is active
Fixed AMD video playback bug (black screen during splash and world intro; issue still exists for Steam Deck)
Fixed audio clip compression issues
Fixed audio source pooling instance bug
Fixed biome selection scroll arrow buttons
Fixed bug where explosive barrels wouldn't propagate damage to entities in radius
Fixed combat music sequence not cueing when player attacks Yagi
Fixed cooking UI "Clear Ingredients" button bug
Fixed cooking UI current ingredient count bug
Fixed cooking UI duplicate ingredient spawn bug
Fixed destroyed prop debris not disappearing after some time
Fixed entity spawning issues based on rest feature (forced time of day changes)
Fixed Ether effects and UI overlap in main menu biome selection
Fixed Ether effects and video overlap during world intro
Fixed explosive barrel audio source falloff issue
Fixed explosive barrel LOD billboard persisting after explosion
Fixed frozen splash transition on exit to menu bug
Fixed level background track playing on exit to menu bug
Fixed Magmaton audio events (footsteps, damage, idle, death)
Fixed Magmaton audio source distortion
Fixed Magmaton death SFX cutting off on despawn
Fixed main menu UI scaling on ultrawide displays
Fixed missing cooking station button SFX
Fixed missing music and SFX on level restart
Fixed no Yagi loot drop on explosion bug
Fixed pause menu music slider scaling bug
Fixed pause menu Music volume slider
Fixed pause menu settings shadow toggle
Fixed pause menu SFX volume slider
Fixed physics timestep bug on exit to menu
Fixed player damage SFX not playing during Magmaton attacks
Fixed player footstep SFX volume scaling when operating SFX slider
Fixed player ragdoll internal collision bug
Fixed player ragdoll not triggering on explosion
Fixed player special attack not triggering
Fixed props not being destroyed on explosion
Fixed Sentius audio source mixer bug
Fixed Steam Deck crashing on video playback (splash screen and world intro)
Fixed Steam Deck white loading screen bug
Fixed stone depletion during free-climb bug
Fixed world intro audio not stopping on video skip
Fixed world intro video loop bug
Fixed Yagi AOE damage receiver bug
Fixed Yagi audio source volume and falloff issues
Fixed Yagi negative health bug
Fixed "wineberry" text bug in cooking UI
Fixed active combat features bug during cooking
Fixed ambient music sequence for coastal meadow biome
Fixed broken vegetation resource discovery events
Fixed cursor disappearing bug when inventory is opened during cooking
Fixed gauntlet aim camera culling bug
Fixed grass not rendering terrain tiles
Fixed hotbar selection white texture overlay bug
Fixed inedible meat skewer bug
Fixed interact UI popup visibility on depletion start
Fixed Kumi moveset inactive during combat (against magmaton & Voidling)
Fixed lag/freeze on cooking ingredient switching
Fixed lag/freeze on cooking initialize
Fixed lingering dead entity bodies
Fixed mage special attack trigger bug
Fixed Magmaton running attack trail effect appearing on idle
Fixed missing base building blueprints in inventory blueprint tab
Fixed missing recipe "blueprints" in inventory blueprint tab
Fixed missing staff aim reticle
Fixed pickaxe collision SFX during stone depletion
Fixed player attack SFX overlap bug
Fixed player eyes not closing during rest sequence
Fixed player not taking any damage from Voidling attacks
Fixed player rotate bug on mouse press when cooking
Fixed primary attack colliding with player when spawned while moving
Fixed resource drop popup amount bug
Fixed resting feature at Yagi campfires
Fixed resting sequence entity spawner bug
Fixed ruin depletion
Fixed rusted weapon colliders
Fixed SFX not playing on resource gathered popup
Fixed spawned rusted weapon colliders
Fixed stackable inventory flag for inventory recipe entries
Fixed stone decimation on depletion complete
Fixed stone pickups not triggering discovery for stone resource
Fixed tasklist inventory (esc) entry trigger bug
Fixed Voidling spawn time

Improved

Improved audio source pooling
Improved Coastal Meadow biome algorithm (increased foliage, resource and road density)
Improved Coastal meadow biome color palette (foliage and terrain)
Improved cooking initialization sequence (active tools/weapons are disabled; cooking spook is enabled)
Improved main menu logo
Improved player inventory item querying
Improved ragdoll physics component pooling
Improved Yagi AI pathfinding
Improved Yagi camp assets
Improved Yagi camp prop durability (bench and fences)
Improved blending between root motion and non root motion animations
Improved Coastal Meadow LOD performance
Improved damage deal by Yagi attacks
Improved Gyser Plains LOD performance
Improved mage projectile ground splash effect
Improved Magma Biome LOD performance
Improved Magmaton running attack vfx
Improved mesh grass lighting
Improved mesh grass performance
Improved mesh grass render distance
Improved nighttime luminance
Improved stone depletion
Improved stone pickup sizes
Improved stone pickup UI interaction
Improved thatch distribution seed
Improved thatch plant spawns
Improved Void behavior profile
Improved Yagi spawn count

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Patch 1.0.9 - Cooking and Combat Update

You will be greeted by a refreshed menu lobby scene, which serves as a foundation for character creation and Sentipedia interfaces.