Dear Innkeepers of Delcrys,

It is with great pleasure that I bring you the news of Patch 4.0! This has been a long time coming. The kingdom, and I, are grateful for your patience and for sticking it out with us! All joking aside, Klabater heard you loud and clear and brought a person onboard to specifically work on correcting and improving things. A lot of time and effort went into not only the coding and compiling of the massive list of bug fixes and improvements seen below, but there were also considerable hours of play testing done prior to release. Not only by the kingdom, but also by me, your faithful Court Herald! I have said that things would get better and, dear Innkeepers, we have crawled through the moat together and are now standing on the other side. And it. Is. Better! All that being said, there are always improvements to be made and fun things to be added once the dust has settled. I have said it for months now and I say again, Delcrys is alive and well!

Lets get to it!

Patch Notes

• Added pathfinding visualization to help players with issues related to pathfinding. You can activate it by using a new button located next to the God Hand button. There are 3 colour-coded areas: green - outside blue - inside available for everyone yellow - inside available only for worker
• Fixed anti-aliasing.
• Fixed workers continue to try performing an action even if there is no path available.
• NPCs dont walk into walls anymore.
• Fixed the issue regarding more than one person using the bathtub. (Also confirmed!)
• NPCs now respond properly to deleting bathtubs while they are going to use it.
• Adventurers wont be taking baths anymore.
• NPCs now are properly removed from the user tab after taking a bath.
• Fixed issues related to the game assigning wrong user to baths.
• NPCs wont stay at the counter for no apparent reason no more. Now only NPCs waiting for their baths will stay at the counter to wait for their service to be prepared.
• Fixed bath actions not working properly after reloading the game.
• Fixed an issue regarding removing particular wooden planks.
• Decluttered the screen by only showing icons for selected levels instead of all.
• Updated physics check for object placement on the map.
• Fixed Chinese translation.
• Added option to choose a prefered counter to be used by guests depending on set priority.
• Fixed animation whilst performing going to bed action.
• Fixed animation whilst performing taking a bath action.
• Fixed crashes caused by Vedetas actions.
• Icons responding for city influence level where lighting before the level was achieved. This is also fixed now.
• Fixed posh benches not fitting posh tables.
• Tweaked finance system.
• Removed unused shortcuts from TipsnTricks.
• Fixed issues regarding putting down and deleting tiles.
• Translated Allow All Objects in All Rooms to all supported languages.
• Fixed paying back debt system.
• Fixed issues related to different tasks.
• Shortened error messages so they fit the UI properly.
• Added missing pop-ups with descriptions for objects.
• Added missing counter name.
• Limited the amount of wood that can be stored in a wood holder.
• Fighting rings now earn money properly.
• Fixed multiple bugs related to UI.
• Watched resources are now sorted alphabetically. (along the bottom of the screen)
• Fixed crashes occurring when buying pets in pause mode and inspecting them.
• Changed the direction of the green arrow showing the alignment of benches and stools.
• Fixed issue regarding multiple staff performing a single task.
• Fixed income animation for renting a bed not showing up.
• Fixed waitress's headdress clipping.
• Corrected mouse accuracy when building on higher floors.
• Fixed issues regarding sending employees to obtain a piece of furniture while theyre asleep.
• Fixed bards music speeding up when setting time to Fast.
• Fixed already known recipes showing as available for purchase. (Its true! Duplicates are removed overnight! Furniture, too)
• Updated employee levelling and their salary raise.
• Fixed the rotating cats bug.
• Fixed lag when switching to Build mode.
• Fixed lag when deleting certain objects.
• Fixed different crashes triggered by animations.
• Fixed issues with translations for several asset names and UI elements.
• Fixed map clipping issues.
• Fixed Crude Candelabra not working properly.
• Fixed Horse Armor.
• Fixed Paint.
• Fixed Carpet.
• Fixed Classical Rug. (I am so in love with how it looks now!)
• Fixed Pillar.
• Fixed Billboard, so horses dont get blocked anymore.
• Fixed Bushes.
• Fixed Peeping Thom location not showing or/and having the ability to interact with.
• Doors and windows now give money when deleted.
• Fixed room index.

_________ I have also received an Official Decree regarding other platforms. Now that many of the bugs have been fixed, focus will now turn to Mac and Linux to get 4.0 for them as well. This patch is the last one for Mac, Linux, and Windows 7/8 users and support for those platforms is being discontinued. A few more notes:

• You do not need to uninstall/reinstall the game for this patch to work.
• This patch does not require starting anything over. Therefore, you should have no problems playing previously saved games that were updated to 3.0.8.
• Did you know? You can skip the prologue (Act I) of the game! Check under Options>Game and check the Skip Prologue box. Not recommended for first-time players. Act I is important for learning how to play.

Whew! As with any large patch, there will be quirks. We welcome your feedback and will work quickly to resolve anything that comes up.

Your Faithful Court Herald, >LeaPi<

[ 2021-07-06 14:08:16 CET ] [ Original post ]