Patchnotes Build Version 3154

This patch includes various improvements and fixes. Gameplay

• Prevented accidental destruction of workbenches while using them.

• Destroying interactable objects now safely resets nearby AI to avoid stuck behaviors.

• Water interactions improved:

  • You can now pick up items underwater and still drink.

  • First-time water detection is more reliable.

  • Fixed an issue that could cause you to get stuck while drinking.

  • Reduced accidental drowning in shallow swamps.

Building & Crafting

• Building previews and interactions:

  • Fixed preview/visualization issues, including winter variants.

  • Improved underwater building behavior.

  • Corrected building decal offset on the Standing Torch.

• Crafting and stations:

  • Tool Crafting now properly accepts Beams and Logs.

  • Adjusted interaction zone sizes at the Sewing Place, Log Hewing, and Tea Kitchen for easier use.

  • Workbench production panel now counts items stored inside the workbench (e.g., fuel) when checking requirements and shows accurate totals.

• World objects and placement:

  • Added missing collisions for several house buildables.

  • Adjusted rocks that were incorrectly blocking construction.

  • Standing Torch now appears correctly in the Technology tree.

AI & Creatures

• Wolves disengage faster and have improved combat behavior.

• Chickens: fixed disappearing cases and corrected general behavior.

• NPCs no longer choose odd sleeping spots.

• Improved fallback for broken NPC animations and corrected animal state assignments to prevent misbehavior.

• Fixed an issue where players could get stuck in a Dialogue with NPCs

World & Navigation

• Pathfinding updates:

  • Torches, gambling tables, workbenches, item meshes, and several stations are now treated as dynamic obstacles to improve navigation.

  • Pithouse navigation refined (smaller agent radius, dynamic mesh setup) to reduce blocking.

• Gambling table components retagged to restore proper interaction.

• Item stacks no longer collide with the player, preventing unintended movement blocking.

User Interface

• Settings menu cleanup and layout fixes; inserts updated.

• Save notification moved to the bottom-right.

• Added key hints to mid-screen popups.

• Trading Post text and icon corrected.

• Dialog reliability improved; various tutorial prompts polished.

• General widget and player interaction cleanup for smoother input.

Visuals

• Updated tone mapping for improved color and contrast.

• Fixed shader-related issues to increase visual stability.

Audio

• Preparations for winter ambient audio; seasonal atmosphere updates are beginning to roll in.

Settings & Display

• Display Manager overhaul for more reliable behavior:

  • Smoother switching between fullscreen, borderless, and windowed modes.

  • Windowed resolution now normalizes correctly after leaving fullscreen.

  • Added a Windows option to override monitor resolution.

  • Better multi-monitor handling and verification of applied display changes, with safer timeouts to prevent black screens.

  • Borderless/windowed requests are honored more consistently.

• General stability improvements across GPUs and platforms.

Localization

• Updated and corrected translations across multiple languages (CS, ES, FR, IT, JA, KO, PL, PT, RU, TR, ZH).

• Fixed typos and text issues, including in-game books (e.g., “Battle of Poitiers, Book 2”) and help topics; prepared a new codex entry related to drowning.

Bug Fixes & Stability

• Fixed an issue where sticks could be delivered infinitely.

• Addressed shader-related crashes under specific conditions.

• Miscellaneous PC optimizations and cleanup.