ALPHA 43B NOW IN EXPERIMENTAL BRANCH

Changelog for Alpha 43B

performed more cleanup of character information panel layout & implemented some new UI art
added "Basic Brew" recipe to breweries (will auto-brew valid ingredients)
added some more names
added more response options to Fishperson Vandalism event
fishpeople made much more likely to run when hassled by military, though there's a chance they will become enraged & attack
added Fishpeople egg collection mission & event
if Fishpeople see humans near their eggs, they will attempt to scare them away
colonist choosing to commit murder decision making made more sophisticated
added Egg Collection mission for Fishpeople
added an alert the first time someone sleeps on the ground to inform you that you should build beds
implemented "short term memory" functionality: most recent memory will always contribute to emotional state even if less important than others
workshop recipes can now be grayed out or hidden based on whether required modules are present in the workshop. Tooltip changes to reflect what is needed. (roll-out to other workshops in-progress)
made fishperson crisis events slightly more willing to pile up (to avoid lost crisis events)
night has been made lighter (so you can actually see anything)
bandit corpse policy event can have "no answer" selected & will fire no more than once per day
colonist corpses should no longer try to initiate burial job there are still hostiles nearby (note: if hostiles leave and come back, you've still got a problem)
overriding auto-burial of a corpse with manual controls will make corpse will only respond to manual orders for burial/dumping from that point forward
balance: performed significant rebalance to the values of most of the memories in the game
balance: made small tweaks to how long it takes to cook things
balance: changed one overseer to a labourer in all loadouts
balance: farming made very slightly easier
FIXED: some memory related bugs
FIXED: people will stop trying to find closer crops to haul to stockpiles once they check their first stockpile
FIXED: selections in the quick menu sometimes not appearing after click-drag
FIXED: characters with renamed names using old names in some events (other bits of game logic)
FIXED: enormously wide tooltips for workshop names
FIXED: draw building shadow when mousing over it during the construction mode
FIXED: dark and red portraits for characters (gamma correction)
FIXED: people trying to shoo vermin beetles (again)
FIXED: errors in a number of memories that caused them to display the wrong character name
FIXED: performed overhaul of handling of all jobs that affect the corpses of all types of characters (burial, dumping, butchery, dissection, etc)
FIXED: some desires were unfulfillable & used incorrect icons
FIXED: corrected scripterrors in certain cases for Naturalist dissection of horror events
FIXED: items dropped by non-colonist agents as part of mission should properly set ownership to player if dropped near your colony
FIXED: dead and/or fleeing colonists can no longer raise objections to your policies concerning Fishpeople
FIXED: soldiers should no longer hassle fishpeople who are already fleeing
FIXED (43A): bread not being able to be baked
FIXED (43A): crash when accepting bandit into colony

 

Hmm, I enjoy how the Auroch is numbered.

 

This feature in general is more aimed at new players than people who have a routine, and we knew it would get in the way of that, so we'll be looking at ways to make it less of a hassle for you. (Additionally, we get to put in more complicated recipes now! Woo!)

 

Totally. There were a few steps missing that we're filling in. We wanted to give cults teeth, but if we do that we first need a way to see them coming, and then to deal with them. Seeing them coming = char panel improvements. Dealing with them = office rewrites.

 

I'll take a save game where people are going into a bad stockpile loop if you have one, Rentahamster. (Also, people being stuck.)

 

Fixed for next version! This happens when fishpeople intimidate humans.

Logged as OC-4063 ; triggered by fishperson item drop in certain circumstances which we'll track down real quick here ...

Fixing in progress, logged as OC-4062. Edit: fixed.