Update 1.6.1 - Starry Night

This update introduces stars, new boat models, and number of fixes/changes.

Stars

Keep a weather eye to the sky at night. You may see something out there spotting the other big ol’ blue. Stars have been added to the world of Salt. They are most brilliant during a new moon, when the moon is on the sun-side of the world at night.

New Boat Models

Hoist your sails, jump into the waves, and watch as your old ship model sails into the sunset. Unless you have already updated, of course. If so, you have missed your chance for a tear-filled poetic goodbye to the ship models of the Old Pirate Ship, The Maiden, and The Pardon Pusher. They have now been replace by new, arguably, better looking models. If you placed any objects on these boats previously, it is likely that the objects are floating in the air or hidden below deck. To retrieve all of the items placed on your boat (including items in chests, mounting plates, etc.) inspect the boat item in your inventory and choose the option to remove the upgrades. In addition to changing the models of some of the previous boats, we have also added some new color-variant versions of the new boat models, and ways to obtain them.

Updated Tree Models

Most of the old tree models in the game have been replaced. These new tree models attempt to look very similar to the old models, except with improved wind and level of detail visuals. This means that trees will look better from a distance, and less abruptly switch to high-quality models when you get close.

High Resolution Item Icons

In the earliest version of the inventory UI, item icons were very small. When we upgraded the UI to its current version, we increased the visual size of the inventory slots. This meant that the old item icons were stretched to fit the new slot size, making them appear pixelated. For this update, we went back through each item icon and increased their resolution to a more appropriate size.

Changes

• Updated boat models.
• Added color variation versions of the new boat models, and ways to obtain them.
• Added stars.
• Added new sailing music.
• Updated icon resolutions.
• Updated models of many of the old trees, improving level of detail, and wind visuals.
• Pressing the forward or backward buttons while interacting with a boat wheel will now quickly return it to center.
• Added new lore books.
• Added option to force gamepad hotbar to always be active, allowing for better Steam Controller gameplay.
• Changed beacon glow effect to fix them being too bright on some computers.
• Tree wind effects are now dynamic.
• Made ocean waves scale with wind power.
• Tweaked wind properties so that wind speed changes more slowly over time.
• Increased your ability to climb slopes while on a boat. This will help stair climbing while the boat is sloshing around.
• Added some dynamic wind sounds.
• Added new boss music.
• Fixed a bug that allowed you to interact with boats while on them.
• Tigers are now less likely to spawn inside trees.
• Enemies should now better avoid getting stuck on the altar of ritual sites.
• Updated Unity version. This should fix the game sometimes being off-center when playing in non-native resolutions.

[ 2015-11-24 20:18:50 CET ] [ Original post ]