Patch Notes - version 0.44.90a

Gameplay

• Player Camera moved slightly farther from player
• Removed strike area of effect. Striking now only affects a single target
• General improvements to pickup / strike behaviors
• Improvements to AI target retention while hunting
• Sprinting / Trotting now overrides Sneaking
• Change 'Observe' action text to 'Focus'
• Increased juvenile animal sense range
• Re-balanced Stamina costs (Stamina use approximately 50% higher)
• Increased base movement speed by 50%
• Nests can be constructed by animals who have successfully bred
• Nests now interactable
• Eggs now interactable

Optimizations

• Improve grass deactivate range @ lower graphics settings
• Improved performance of searching and striking behaviors
• Decreased Grass draw distance at lowest settings
• Added 'disable' option to Grass Density settings
• Added Water Quality settings option

Environment

• Better aligned grass to fit terrain angles
• Sky rotation now resets on restart
• Insects and other mobile food now spawn more consistently

Minor

• Minor tweaks and improvements to neck rotation system
• Reduced limb reach distance before stepping
• Changing Reflection Settings no longer requires restart
• Editor Gene Shop Tutorial Items disable when Library is open

Bugs

• (Unable to reproduce) Eggs not hatching after restart
• (Fixed) { Requires further testing } Carnivores will eat their own eggs
• (Fixed) { Requires further testing } Losing courting target should not prevent courting a new animal

• (Fixed) Eggs not always hatching
• (Fixed) 'c' key not opening stats panel
• (Fixed) Day count doesn't reset on game reset
• (Fixed) Some non-standard resolutions not correctly supported
• (Fixed) game-start panel displaying incorrect habitat suitability
• (Fixed) Animals no longer injure others when striking food
• (Fixed) AI not always successfully hitting pickup target
• (Fixed) Swimming animals flipping around suddenly
• (Fixed) Fins and Simple Optics genes are no longer free
• (Fixed) Irregular stamina costs
• (Fixed) Animals don't eat carried food