Life, Death & Industry Update Notes
Greetings Lords & Ladies,
This update introduces several major new systems that deepen gameplay and simulation. The Affliction System adds illness and injuries driven by the new Hygiene & Warmth Stat, requiring players to manage villager health through treatment and proper living conditions. Expanded production chains introduce buildings like the Apothecary, Apiary, and Bathhouse, supporting medicine, hygiene, and new resources. Creative/Custom Mode has been added into a standalone experience for unrestricted building including two new tutorial scenarios. Alongside this, improved AI behaviors, personality-driven villagers, and early dynamic event systems begin shaping a more reactive and immersive world. Unarmed Combat, Torches, and Pets are also featured in this update. Additionally, we have initially re-enabled partial Controller Support as we have overhauled its support in the main menu and character creation. We will continue to expand on it in the game menus, but wanted to share our progress with you. We have also updated localizations for various languages - some languages are still presently being localized but the goal will be to continually update translations as we release new updates. This is a major systems update - so old saves will be marked as out of date - especially as we’ve overhauled our User Interface. A new save is highly recommended.
New Features & Systems
Affliction System
Villagers are now affected by illness, injury, and environmental conditions.
New Hygiene stat added, influencing sickness and recovery
Afflictions now include Minor, Major, and Severe tiers
Injuries and illnesses impact morale, productivity, and movement
Medical items (such as splints and tonics) can now treat specific afflictions
Villagers will actively seek treatment when needed
In a near future patch we’ll be finalizing affliction with the bedridden state along with villager deaths - tended to by the Gravedigger and Grave Plots. We had some glaring issues here so decided to hold off on it in order to improve.
Warmth & Equipment Updates
Clothing and armor now contribute to a Warmth stat
Updated warmth calculations now account for all equipped items
New UI displays warmth values in item tooltips
Environmental exposure now has a stronger gameplay impact
Summer will apply heat to villagers, presently there are no counter gear against heat so we temporarily limited heat extremes - but straw hats and water cooling will come into effect in a post update patch.
New Buildings & Production Chains
Apothecary (medicine crafting and treatment)
Apiary (honey and wax production)
Bathhouse (hygiene improvement)
Town Bell (used during raid events and alerts)
Additional updates:
Wax crafting added to Tannery
New recipes such as Honey Bread
Splint crafting added for injury treatment
Building radius preview toggles in building details
AI & Villager Improvements
Villagers now:
Fully satisfy hunger instead of eating single items
Eat from building inventories when seated
Use taverns during leisure time
Seek out medicine when afflicted
New systems:
Villager personality traits expanded
Personality-based dialogue implemented
Recruitment pool expanded with new villagers
Rebalanced recruitment costs and stat caps
Combat
Unarmed combat system introduced
New additions Torch:
Torch can now function as a usable item
Dogs will participate in combat acting as guards.
Updated raid behavior:
Improved logic and engagement flow
Raids now target storehouse
Town Bell triggers during raid events
Improved waypoint and event indicators
Events, Quests & World Systems
New quests and event types added
Introduction of Dynamic Event Generation (DGEN) framework
New POI-based events and exploration content
Improved quest flow and stability
Ledger system expanded to better track events and quests
UI & Quality of Life
Major UI Improvements
New Critical Issues system with severity indicators
Replaced all Character Portraits with in engine screenshots
Building radius preview added to building UI
Updated item tooltips with more detailed stats
Improved quest UI and navigation
Controller Support (Ongoing)
Improved gamepad navigation across menus
Character creator usability improvements
General input cleanup and stability fixes
Economy & Balance Changes
Added crafting priorities & limits to prevent overproduction
Rebalanced:
Villager recruitment costs
Item values and economy
Food and hunger systems
Medical items now:
Heal over time instead of instantly
Have clearer roles and descriptions
Audio & Dialogue
Voiceovers and facial animations integrated into scenarios
Dialogue system expanded to support:
Personality-driven responses
Affliction-based dialogue
Music system updated:
Improved timing between tracks
Better ambient flow
Art & Visual Updates
Introduction of Wattle and Daub building set
Updated main menu visuals
Updated Chainmail and Plate sets with Norman Conical Helms
New Clay Roof build parts
Updated textures, materials, and lighting across environments
New icons for buildings, items, and UI elements
Optimization passes across:
Textures
LODs
HLODs
Foliage and environment assets
Bug Fixes & Stability
This update includes a large number of fixes and improvements, including:
Fixed villagers and NPCs incorrectly clearing targets, improving AI reliability
Fixed hunger behavior so villagers properly satisfy hunger instead of partially eating
Fixed villagers not eating from building inventories while seated
Fixed multiple creatures (wolves, boars, bears) not attacking correctly
Fixed enemies and NPCs failing to properly detect or engage targets
Fixed AI getting stuck in combat states or animations
Fixed creatures continuing to move after death
Fixed raid-related issues
Raiders behaving incorrectly during attacks
Raid events persisting or triggering improperly
Fixed waypoint placement issues in Tactical View (including waypoints spawning in the sky)
Fixed inability to rotate Tactical View without exiting build mode
Building radius preview not displaying correctly
Inventory and UI panels disappearing or not updating
Incorrect or missing tooltips and item data
Button highlight and navigation issues
Quest UI not updating or displaying properly
Items not moving correctly when assigned to porters
Crafting recipes not updating properly in saved games
Currency consumption and overflow handling errors
Broken dialogue links and incorrect NPC targeting
Quest steps failing to trigger or complete
Duplicate or conflicting quest logic
Incorrect affliction tags and overlapping effects
Medical items not properly resolving conditions
Affliction UI and tracking inconsistencies
Missing or broken facial animations and lip sync
Dialogue audio not playing correctly
Floating foliage, rocks, and assets
Z-fighting and material artifacts
Incorrect collisions on various objects
Broken or overlapping HLODs
Texture and LOD inconsistencies
Conflicts with RawInput and controller plugins
UI navigation inconsistencies with gamepad
Fixed crashes and compile errors across multiple systems
General performance improvements and backend cleanup
Localization
Updated localization files and resolved conflicts
Added support for additional languages (ongoing improvements)
This update represents a foundational step toward deeper simulation systems, quests mechanics, and especially with the introduction of afflictions, hygiene, and expanded production chains. Many of these systems will continue to evolve as we refine balance and player feedback as we move towards Survival based mechanics.
As always, your feedback is critical in shaping Noble Legacy. Thank you for being part of the journey and we hope you enjoy this update. If enjoy Noble Legacy, our progress, and want to support the team. Be sure to leave a review - let us know your thoughts, and join our community!
– Studio 369