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Live Update v 0.7.0.8

This patch brings the current live branch up to pace with beta along with today's most recent changes. There may be some new small bugs I admit, I changed quite a bit of code regarding harvesting, and am heading to bed for 8 hours after I post this. But if there are any new bugs they should be small and I should be able to patch them up first thing in the morning. Long story short, I want to get the live branch caught up with the current changes to beta before the Steam seasonal sales start up as there are some pretty obvious improvements to performance. I also recorded a short video today detailing what I've been up to the past few days and where I'm taking all of this (testing new cam/mic... don't think I'll be using them): [previewyoutube=64EiNeUwukk;leftthumb][/previewyoutube] Basically, there are still some client side optimizations that I'm working on, but there are also a variety of developer side upgrades that I'm working on while I move towards adding new items and recipes in. With this most recent patch I've rewired the HarvestableObject class that used to be spread out to HarvestableTree, HarvestableThis, HarvestableThat, etc., with lots of ifs ands and buts into a single smooth flowing script with exposed variables so I can setup each type of harvestable object as detailed as I like. While doing this I've added a number of new items such as feathers, fur, chitin, and others, which don't actually yet have icons for them so you will get a temporary question mark icon for some of the newer items, but again, I will link those up tomorrow. I'm simultaneously working on some monster AI updates to better control what they're capable of dropping and am looking forward to adding in a few new mobs this week as well. After cleaning up and improving the AI scripts a bit I'm hoping to add some basic skills like a snake bite or a fire ball, with the ultimate goal of adding more flavor to combat before proceeding forward with new types of encounters, locations, and monsters. Also, if there is an influx of new players on the BKG server it might crash as I have an ongoing theory there isn't enough RAM to support more than a couple players. If that proves to be the case, and it crashes this week, I will look into upgrading it. Condensed live patch notes: v 0.7.0.8 2020.11.25 - Upgraded pathfinding navmesh generation system to prevent a variety of pathing problems - Increased resource respawn check to collide with towns and encounter instead of just player buildings - Revamped all harvestable resources to a new system of management - Fixed object spawning giving priority to objects alphabetically (causing wolves to be rare for example) - Upgraded to Unity 2019.4.14 - Enabled incremental garbage collector - Disabled network object proximity checks for clients/single player - Added a random offset to network object proximity checks to keep them from happening all at once - Increased near and far terrain pixel error forgiveness considerably - Spred building loading out across frames - The default storehouse town building now uses an actual structure that can be modified after placing which allows for the placing of crate boxes to increase storage - Town "ranks" are now upgraded by a specific building for each rank - All town buildings can now be built custom and assigned with summoning circles - Facilities are no longer used to assign custom town buildings - Town population limits removed - Several new town buildings are still works in progress with no current functionality - Town buildings are now capable of requiring an amount of inspecific funiture - Town buildings are now capable of requiring specific pieces of furniture - Town buildings are now capable of requiring other town buildings built first - Structures now require a minimum number of building pieces to be assigned as custom town buildings Latest beta patch notes: v 0.7.0.8 2020.11.25 - Upgraded pathfinding navmesh generation system to prevent a variety of pathing problems - Increased resource respawn check to collide with towns and encounter instead of just player buildings - Revamped all harvestable resources to a new system of management - Fixed rain collision - Fixed some instances of building pieces colliding with acceptable pieces preventing building them - Fixed town hall not building - Fixed the anonymous error reporting toggle in the main menu not loading the saved setting (though the setting was saving properly) - Fixed settings scrollbar on main menu settings not working - Fixed the current resolution text not updating after changing resolutions - Fixed a multi-player specific error related to swamp mushrooms You may need to restart Steam for the update to begin. Join us in Discord! Interested in supporting development of Solace Crafting? Please consider becoming a patron via Patreon! Take the Solace Crafting Fall Survey 2020 Check out the bug / suggestion tracker


[ 2020-11-25 14:15:53 CET ] [ Original post ]

Solace Crafting
Big Kitty Games Developer
Big Kitty Games Publisher
2018-01-16 Release
Game News Posts: 416
🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
🕹️ Partial Controller Support
Mostly Positive (776 reviews)
The Game includes VR Support
Public Linux Depots:
  • Solace Crafting Linux [2.77 G]

Background


My name is Kyle Postlewait (35) and I got into game development years ago because I can't find the game that I want to play. I am not a veteran game developer. I do not have any published AAA titles. I am self-taught and I make mistakes. Having said that, I'm tired of survival crafting games being abandoned, focusing only on PvP and guns, or turning into major time sinks. I quit my day job in February of 2018 to focus on Solace Crafting full-time, and am doing everything I can to make a great fantasy survival RPG despite the tremendous challenge that is game development. Please don't buy into early access expecting a fully polished AAA game and then give it a bad review. In return, I promise to make sure that this game is NEVER ABANDONED. If sales are more than enough for me to survive, then I can hire more help. First and foremost I will always work to secure financial longevity and legal stability, and maintain all intellectual rights, never selling power to sponsors, publishers, or anything that could endanger continued development.

Early access ends when there is enough content to constitute selling the game without the above warning. Even after we leave early access the game will continue to be improved and expanded on, and has a long list of planned features post early access including other dimensions and multiplayer.

All features listed on this page are undergoing constant improvement and are subject to change.

Short description

Solace Crafting is a crafting and building heavy survival RPG focused around player crafting, building towns, and summoning NPC townspeople. With an open class system, open-recipe crafting, customizable enchanting, modular building, defensive structures, town management, distance-based difficulty, and an infinite game world, players are free to move and level at their own pace. With an uncapped leveling system you can try to push further than anyone ever has. You can try and make the ultimate sword, staff, or anything, thanks to complete control over all recipe settings. Build massive towns full of NPCs not limited by physics-based construction. Seek out rare enchants and exotic resources.

About the game

Survival
Solace Crafting starts out much like similar survival games: you need to make clothes to avoid freezing to death, you need to find food to keep from starving to death, and you should build shelter from the dangers of nightfall.
Crafting
Once you are surviving it's time to evolve. Build resource processing and crafting facilities to create improved weapons and armor. Leveling up your professions levels up your recipes and allows you to unlock new recipes and crafting abilities. Our crafting system is quite unique, allowing even the creation of custom sets. I definitely recommend you watch the getting started video available above.
Role-Playing Game
Once you're armed and ready it's time to push back against evil and it's minions. Level-up and develop your character using an open-class system of evolving skill trees. Mix melee, ranged, magic, and heals however you like. Skills are being designed with fun and visual uniqueness in mind, not minimalism and strict balance.
Solace Crafting
Crafting and placing a solace will allow you to instantly return to it from any other solace in the world, letting you create your own points of interest. Be careful though as the further you travel in any direction, the more difficult everything becomes. In order to level up a solace you'll have to defend it from waves of attackers that will try and stop the procedure. Build static defenses to help protect your solaces during upgrades.
Town Management
An upgraded solace allows you to summon townspeople. In order to summon higher level NPCs you'll need to push deeper into the wild, setting up towns of various sizes as you go.
Astral Travel (not yet under development)
When the time is right you will find your way to the Elemental Planes. Most heavily affected by the infectious anger and hatred, these have becomes dimensions of extreme danger, both environmental and sentient. You must find out where the hatred stems from and find a way to put an end to it once and for all. The Elemental Planes are also the birthplace of all resources mundane and exotic alike. Only here will you find the purest, most powerful resources for crafting and enchanting equipment worthy of a hero.

Developed by a gamer

I started learning how to make games years ago because the design decisions of so many of the games I played often made so little sense to me. Here are some of the design decisions I refined over the years that I do my best to uphold:
  • No pay-to-win, no pay-to-play, no paid DLC, no gacha or gamble mechanics
  • No metered progression
  • Level any and all professions freely, no arbitrary caps
  • Minimal sub-ingredients, minimal crafting and refining timers
  • Completely open, point and level based branching skill trees
  • Multiple, incremental skill points every level
  • Classic roles, not forced balance. Some classes may be harder than others.
  • Unlimited player levels
  • Completely open physics-based world, no off-limits
  • No "realistic" building physics that destroy everything
  • Unlimited access to parallel realities (alternate seeds)
  • Shape and color your avatars freely instead of using preset races
  • Allow alternate characters in the same world

I know how to, and will accomplish everything written here. It's only a matter of time. If the game sells I can hire help with what I'm bad at and focus on what I'm good at.
I know a lot of fans of the survival genre are pretty jaded, myself included, after so many titles have lost their leadership, changed projects, or plain given up. I'm here every day hoping to heal that sore and would very much appreciate your $15 support if any of this interests you. There are months of frequent patch notes and forum discussions between me and players here on Steam as proof that I'm capable of more than a couple new items after weeks of silence, something far too common in game development!

Multiplayer, and all of its many features will absolutely be implemented when a much more content rich single player experience has been achieved. Multiplayer like single-player will be PvE oriented and grief prevention/anti-cheat will always take top priority. Turning single-player towns into multiplayer guildhalls complete with defense quests and special achievements is something I very much look forward to, and have quite a few plans for.

Unix and Mac support will be tested and released soon.

The best is yet to come!

MINIMAL SETUP
  • OS: Ubuntu 12.04+
  • Processor: Dual Core 3 ghzMemory: 4 GB RAM
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia GTX 680
  • Storage: 8 GB available space
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