Alpha 10.0 (+hotfix 4)

Darkwood Alpha 10.0 was released March 25th, 2017.

Changes

• Updated engine to Unity 5.5.2. Should help with performance and crashing on some hardware configurations.
• The game will now run in a "high performance" mode if you have at least 4GB of RAM on Windows. This means that textures will not be loaded dynamically, which will help with stuttering during exploration.
• Improvements to how audio is loaded, which also should help with stuttering.
• The Radio Tower has been reworked, and it's underground is now accessible.
• Added new locations, and added new stuff to some existing locations.
• Added new dialogues for existing characters.
• Reworked the transition area between chapters a bit.
• Added a lot of new story items.
• Added new journal entries.
• Added remaining outcomes for the Doctor in Chapter 2.
• Changed physics of throwing items.
• Changed the amount of parts required for Piotrek's equipment hunt.
• Changed the sprite for the cursor, when you can't currently interact.
• Changed balance of generator gasoline usage.
• Changed how you tell the Bikeman from where you want to get your stuff moved.
• Added descriptions to weapons which don't interrupt enemy animations.
• Added new modifiers to some weapons.
• Changed crafting requirements for some items in the workbench, and added new items.
• Rebalanced reputation gain for some items.
• The well can now be used once per day at any time of day, not only night.
• Increased duration of invisibility perk.
• Added a exclamation mark icon when you have unshown items, or unheard gossip during dialogue.
• Wolfman ain't a pushover anymore.
• You can "disarm" mushrooms when throwing items at them.
• Vines can now be hit at any part of their body, not just root. They also die after some time when catching you.
• Mushroom man now explodes after some time when chasing you.
• Added a shortcut from the hideout in the swamps.
• You can also visit the Musician in the Church Ruins when on the Violin quest.
• Added confirmation when trying to eat the Mushroom Granny.
• Corpses inside a hideout that are empty will disappear after some time.
• Mushroom man now chases closest enemy when he wakes up, not automatically the player.
• Changed explosion damage for barrels.
• Changed character spawn areas for Chapter 2.
• Changed amount of Baby Banshees spawned by Banshee. Also changed their balance.
• Added new events and dialogues for the Musician in Chapter 2.
• Changed the Elephants' requirement for entering their house.
• New sounds, art and animations.
• New random objects around the woods.
• Less huge roots in the swamps.
• Updated some dialogue portraits.

Fixes

• Fixed static characters repositioning themselves randomly (very rare).
• Fixed Doctor not appearing in Chapter 2.
• Fixed issues with Mushroom Granny dialogue about villagers.
• Fixed random world sounds appearing in incorrect chapter.
• Fixed missing textures from Snail house.
• Fixed a lot of bugs with invisible walls in the swamp.
• Fixed the rabbit having to much health.
• Fixed issues with infection and fire sounds.
• Fixed road at Piotrek's.
• Fixed Radio Tower not being selectable on the map and no notifier about discovering it.
• Fixed missing names for some objects and items.
• Fixed roof not disappearing when entering the Radio Tower.
• Fixed Musician's infection.
• Fixed some firearms being used up when finding them.
• Fixed a lot issues with the cursor, and added click animations.
• Fixed some tractors not being lootable.
• Fixed some random world sounds being heard too often.
• Fixed lakes sometimes spawning on top of the road in the sawmill.
• Fixed pigs in the pigsheds attacking villagers when you aggro them.
• Fixed time stop disappearing too quickly during sawmill event.
• Fixed vine damage for weapon you get from the sawmill event.
• Fixed a lot of other spoilery issues with the sawmill event :P
• Fixed rot not occuring sometimes when you leave items in wardrobes.
• Fixed some bugs in Musician parents' house.
• Fixed padlock in the chest inside the '"inhabited" border cottage.
• Fixed not being able to use some items via the aim button.
• Fixed some beds being draggable.
• Fixed Bikeman being able to disappear in line of sight when night comes, and not disappearing when it's the 2 night in a row.
• Fixed characters getting stuck in a certain part of the swamp hideout.
• Fixed doors not receiving damage from fire.
• Fixed some characters getting stuck on rotate animations.
• Fixed being able to grab loot through doors in some cases.
• Fixed being able to open the map during cooking.
• Fixed door in pigshed.
• Fixed a lot of objects appearing / disappearing in sight when exploring.
• Fixed item text still visible when hovering mouse over an object and pressing "escape".
• Fixed characters sometimes not emitting sounds when sleeping.
• Fixed some dogs getting stuck at Woflman's.
• Fixed issue with mouse control remapping.
• Fixed rare error when crafting, which could cause random issues. Same with a error during closing dialogue.
• Fixed incorrect text when trying to dig through rubble / holes.
• Fixed issues when placing some traps, like the gas bottle.
• Fixed a lot of little issues with the cursor when aiming, or selecting objects.
• Fixed rare incorrect leg rendering when jumping through window.
• Fixed itempopup sometimes not refreshing.
• Fixed flashlight exploit.
• Fixed missing animations from spiders.
• Fixed a lot of issues with the villagers in the Quarry.
• Added warning messages when trying to drop the boulder in the quarry.
• Fixed fog not saving properly.
• Fixed dogs not playing correct animation when having line of sight at you, but no way to reach you.
• Fixed text / icon pixel movement when draggin notes or map.
• Fixed dragging limits for notes and map.
• Fixed light logic for torches bug.
• Fixed issues when disarming some traps that then went directly to your currently selected hotbar slot.
• Fixed some characters not respawning after player death.
• Fixed rare player freeze after travelling through underwater tunnels.
• Fixed issues where characters would not want to play eating animations.
• Fixed centipede holes disappearing rapidly.
• Fixed pathfinding in the Tree Village.
• Fixed beartrap sprites in the swamp.
• Fixed raven bug in Tree Village.
• Fixed some invisible objects blocking the field of view.
• Fixed incorrect colliders for underground in chapter 1.
• Fixed ravens that don't fly in Radio Tower.
• Fixed particle bug for Shadow Armor.
• Fixed issue with sounds being sometimes cut off.
• Fixed some dialogue portraits not looping correctly.

Hotfix 1, 26.03.2017

• Fixed not being able to load a saved game. Your previous saves are fine, but you can start a new game if you want to be 100% sure.
• Fixed weird stuff that happened when handling lights (like a torch, flashlight etc), that would cause the time to freeze or lots of other things.
• Fixed UI bug when upgrading the workshop if a weapon upgrade window is already open.
• Fixed pigshed cable bug (requires new game).
• Fixed no stamina or durability drain on weapons after upgrading them.
• Changed items on Doctor in chapter 2.

Hotfix 2, 27.03.2017

• Fixed time freezing after loading a saved game.
• Fixed crash when starting a new game, skipping prologue and reloading it without interacting with the oven.
• Hopefully fixed the black overlay not disappearing after loading a saved game.

Hotfix 3, 29.03.2017

• Fixed not being able to load saved games in chapter 2. Very sorry about that! Your saves from before this hotfix should work fine.
• Fixed thrown knives... not being thrown.
• Fixed very noisy and wood-hungry workbench after reaching max level.

Hotfix 4, 30.03.2017

• Fixed black screen when dying after loading a saved game in chapter 2.
• Fixed broken ending of Sawmill event.
• Fixed rare case of bad world generation in chapter 2. This will require a new game to be started to take effect :(
• Fixed some missing texts.