[Update] Anniversary Update (1.3) Changelog
Cats are Liquid - A Better Place · published · build 21090113
Special thanks to all the testers who helped with this release!
Headlining new features
Added Spanish, German, French, and Finnish localizations
You can change to your preferred language using the button at the bottom left of the title screen.
Remixable packs
Remix other creator's packs and make your own edits to them. Simply press the remix button on the room select screen of a pack you've downloaded.
Requires the "remixable" setting to be enabled for the pack in question. This setting defaults to false.
Every contributor to the pack will be listed in the "creators" section.
Improvements
Redesigned UI
The UI has been redesigned to be more cohesive throughout the entire game.
List views now show more content and make it easier to perform operations on items.
UI animation speed has been increased.
Moved button to open imported packs list to title screen.
Numerous UI related performance improvements.
Improved controller navigation.
Editor
Redesigned editor UI.
New interactive tutorial for learning the editor.
Added functionality to duplicate rooms and worlds.
The game can now be paused during playtests.
Increased editor camera zoom range.
Editor camera now zooms in to the pointer position, instead of the camera's center.
Added support for multiple checkpoints.
NPC spawn points now show the icon of the cat they're going to spawn.
Point adders on lines are now further apart the farther the camera is zoomed.
Point adders on line endpoints are now oriented based on the orientation of the line.
Added "Previously shared" section for easy re-exports of previously exported packs.
Added new "solid grate" item.
Added button to item track to invert track direction.
Added button to item track to disconnect the connected item.
Added option to stop item tracks at the end instead of looping.
Added "silent" option to the item track and item orbit, which mutes the movement sounds of those items when enabled.
Added "repeat" option to prophecies.
Added "jumping force" slider to jumping spikes.
Added "size" slider for lights.
Added 45 degree increment presets for rotation sliders.
Increased max room count from 25 to 50.
New editor keyboard shortcut indicators.
General
Improved performance when loading packs/worlds/rooms.
The ice block now rotates smoothly when aligning to the ground.
Improved visuals of pipes when adjacent points are close together.
Updated names of certain settings to clarify their function.
Switched to using a native file browser instead of an in-game file browser for selecting custom pack images.
Switched tutorial prompt text to a bolder font for better readability.
New tutorial prompt icons.
Updated certain sound effects.
Upgraded to a newer version of the Unity engine.
Other improvements.
Switched default resolution to 1280 x 720.
Game now locks the cursor position when hiding it.
Controls can now be mapped to keyboard modifier keys.
Fixes
Editor
Fixed deleting tutorial actions from the tutorial shape resulting in new tutorial actions being added in certain situations. (Thanks, czoomy!)
Fixed bug where the pack preview image wasn't resized properly in certain situations.
Fixed orbiting items on item orbits not repositioning properly when moved.
Fixed inconsistent editor camera movement speed when using the arrow keys to move the camera.
Fixed buttons being able to connect to pipe junctions.
Fixed numerous bugs related to having NaN/Infinity values for certain item settings.
General
Fixed bugs related to devices with low free storage having issues playing the official worlds.
The usual symptom was the game reverting back to the default room settings when loading a room.
Fixed already completed challenges showing the medal acquired animation in certain specific conditions.
Fixed certain items playing their animations even when the game was paused.
Fixed being able to skip text while the game was paused.
Fixed cat ground hit effects being played even when the cat was in a non-solid state.
Fixed cat health expression being reset when exiting a cannon in certain situations. (Thanks, TomatoBulb!)
Fixed being able to enter the ability ring while simultaneously inside a cannon. (Thanks, czoomy!)
Fixed cat dying to the void line when entering a pipe while the void height was above the world origin.
Fixed cat light ability remaining active after entering a pipe. (Thanks, czoomy!)
Fixed being able to turn into liquid while the light ability was active.
Fixed several ice block movement related bugs.
Fixed several ice block particle related bugs.
Fixed ice block behaving strangely around dash targets.
Fixed throwable item grabber being able to grab throwable items regardless of distance in specific situations.
Fixed throwable item rotation not being reset on respawn.
Fixed hookshot block target's color not updating on theme change.
Fixed hookshot walls not being positioned properly on item orbits. (Thanks, GGlitch!)
Fixed World 3 shape decorations rendering in front of the Z-Block. (Thanks, czoomy!)
Fixed fire spawn offset not being applied properly in burst mode. (Thanks, GGlitch!)
Fixed beam end point particle effect position not always matching the actual beam end position.
Fixed throwable items underneath the void line repeatedly dying while the editing mode was active. (Thanks, GGlitch!)
Fixed lights not damaging NPCs and throwable items.
Fixed NPCs disappearing when a timed button connected to an NPC spawn point became unpressed.
Fixed bugs where invalid NPC ids could result in errors. (Thanks, AlexSC!)
Fixed a bug where corrupted packs would be continuously re-downloaded from Steam Workshop.
Fixed inconsistent cat climb particle spawn rate.
Fixed purple NPC not having ears.
And many other bug fixes.
Please note that this update increments the pack compatibility version number. You can open packs made with older versions of the game in this version, but packs made with this version of the game cannot be opened in older versions.