ALPHA 42B NOW IN EXPERIMENTAL BRANCH

looks good, though i'm still hoping for the speedy rollout of the private property system

 

Interesting. Does this update increase the negative consequences for unhappiness too? In previous versions, I'd make them work the first 14 days without any beds and only eating raw food, and it didn't seem to impact their productivity much.

 

Can colonists decide to act against such workshift orders if a combination of their mood/traits meet certain conditions?

 

What kind of jobs does the workshift assignment apply to by the way?

Is it any and all jobs, meaning colonists 'off duty' will do absolutely nothing but eat/drink/socialise/wander?

Or does it only apply to full blown job tasks, meaning they will still haul goods about and do other small tasks if they're given off duty time during the day?

 

OK, then I'll continue to work them to the bone while only providing the bare minimum for their continued survival

 

An update! Ah well, so much for playing Shadowrun tonight XD. Let's see what I can break!

 

You're such a benevolent overlord

 

Not sure if this was meant to be fixed in 42B or not, but also noticed the whole 'Stomp on beetle, get memory of killing unnamed' is still floating about.

Beetles have names too you know!

Edit: Oh and since when do stone ovens require 2 planks to construct hmmm?

 

Death cults can murder now? Must see this. I'm not even sure which ones are considered death cults, I just know about the fishy and obeliskian ones.

Well, I've got some cult forming to do.

 

Initial impressions after at least an hour of play (and save files and stuff attached:

First, and most significantly:

Phases of the Day: these are awesome. I particularly like the smooth dusk and dawn transition graphics - those really take advantage of the 3D nature of the graphics. I really like the idea of specifying times for work shifts - I plan to have a town guard, and a night watch. I want midnight bandit raids, and colonists huddling in their workshops, praying to see the next dawn. I strongly encourage you guys to feature the day / night phases prominently in your next stable version announcement. Maybe in the lovely monthly promo artwork.

• the tweaks to cabbage's growth rate appears to have made it a viable crop once more
• the ability to cancel buildings in progress is very welcome
• I've noticed several more modules now require planks - is the intention to increase wood consumption overall?
• despite what the patch notes say, colonists do not appear to be merging items with containers (i.e. they'll drop the item off at the stockpile, and then someone will add it to the container)

Black Cap Fungus does not appear to be stacking correctly - the resulting container is not recognized by the stockpile, and thus the fungus disappears into an unusable black hole (har har) when stacked:

 

You guys can't stand us having good things.

 

That particular stack says:

Stack of bushel_of_black_cap_fungus
Contains bushel_of_black_cap_fungus(1)

Which means, maybe, the stack only becomes unusable when it's down to the last item in the stack?

Oo. another suggestion:

• mousing over the Day counter should reveal what phase the day is in (Sunrise, Evening, Early Night, etc.)

 

Sounds like Alphred is talking about a different vanishing bug to the one reported in the stockpile thread as my bugged goods still exist they're just invisible.

But depending on which one you're referring to, I've had the invisible when container added to but still being tracked in stores and reappearing after another colonist adds to the container again happen with pickled chili peppers and such as well when playing in the jungle biome.

 

This version seems more prone to moments of slowdown than earlier versions.

EDIT: Nevermind, restarting the PC seems to do the trick. I never had to do that before, though.

 

Did the flesh cube texture get applied to the iron ingots?



Nah, that's just Matthias Turnip retrieving previously stolen iron ingots that are now shaded pink because they're Forbidden. That shouldn't happen, right? But I sort of wish they were Flesh Iron.