Hey folks,
A new update is available, which adds a lot of new content and features, putting a bigger focus on survival and player progression!
One of the main features in this update are seasons: while the environment is now lush in spring and summer, foliage turns yellow and orange in the fall. In winter, you will experience snowfall and cold temperatures. Plants won't grow and animal spawn is also greatly reduced in winter.
Each season lasts 31 days. It's possible to disable seasons or to change it manually with the new "season" console command.
The game now also changes the current weather based on your region.
With this update, temperature now also plays a role. The current season and weather has a significant influence on the temperature. It will be necessary to get proper clothes before winter or before traveling to cold regions. Beware of blizzards in winter, which can be deadly.
If it's getting too cold, you can either get into a building or cave, or craft a campfire to warm yourself up.
This update changes how ore spawn works - ores like gold and aluminum are now only found in arid and arctic regions. If you want to craft more advanced items, it will be necessary to travel to these regions.
To get more information about where to find certain resources, you can check out the new journal: you can open it by pressing J. It serves as a guide for new players, but also provides information about various resources. In addition to that, you can add custom notes to your journal.
The update also introduces a first implementation of crafting progression. When starting a new world, most crafting recipes are unavailable and get unlocked the more items you craft. If you move your cursor over an unknown recipe in the crafting menu, the game will provide some hints about what's required to unlock the recipe. Please keep in mind that this is not yet the final implementation and that it may still be subject to change based on feedback.
Another feature of this update: most items now have a limited durability. When hovering an item in your inventory, the current condition will be visible. The condition also affects the appearance and the sounds of the items. If you keep using a broken item, it will eventually break.
Most tools can be repaired though (as long as they're not broken yet). The newly introduced grindstone can both repair and sharpen your tools and weapons.
In addition to the new features, this updates adds various new items and objects. A calendar object is useful to show the current day and season and a pocket watch shows the current ingame time. There is also a magnifying glass (which increases the max zoom level, which is useful while building with small parts).
We've also ported some objects from the Java version like the drawbridge or manhole covers. Apart from that, we've also added a beartrap, various primitive furnitures and also a new chainsaw. For the sailing boat, you can now craft an optional storage box. Speaking of sailing boats: you can now customize it by adding a custom image/logo to the sail!
Last but not least terrain materials are now obtainable in survival mode. Some of them are necessary to craft certain items (e.g. smelt sand to raw glass), but all terrain materials can be placed back in the world now. When placing terrain materials, you can either add them or replace existing terrain - in both cases a preview should show up, indicating how the change would look like.
As always, please find the full changelog below. If you run into any problems or if you have any questions, please let us know :)
Store Page Update
The new version is still kept in a beta branch for now. If you want to play the new version, make sure to have the Beta Branch enabled (see this topic for more information).
Once all remaining issues are sorted out, we will update the store page and replace the Java version with the new version (but the Java version will still remain playable of course - see below for more information). However, we will need a few more days for testing and to make sure that worlds will not be lost during the transition, so it will most likely happen after the holidays.
Java Version
If you still prefer the Java version and don't want to play the new version, we've added a new Beta Branch specifically for the Java version. If you enable the "java - Legacy Version" Beta Branch, you won't get the new version automatically when we update the store page. To enable the Java Beta Branch, just right-click on Rising World in your Steam library, select "Properties", go to the "Betas" tab and select "java - Legacy Version" from the drop-down list (no code required). Close the window and then you should be able to continue playing as usual.
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Changelog 0.8 (2024-12-17):
- Seasons (spring, summer, fall, winter)
- Seasons affect overall color of vegetation and environment
- Weather and temperature depends on season
- Shorter and darker days during winter
- Snowfall during winter (including snow storms/blizzard etc)
- Saplings and seedlings no longer grow during winter
- Each season lasts 31 ingame days