The Winds Have Shifted - Winds of Creation & Beyond Is Here!
Hello Explorers,
The Winds of Creation & Beyond Update has arrived!
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New World Save System:
This update introduces the new World Save System, meaning worlds will no longer require conversion after future updates. Your entire existing world will be preserved, while newly added content will naturally generate in unexplored parts of the world. This is the final update that will require a world wipe - from this update onwards, your world will persist through future updates.
Sandbox Mode:
Sandbox Mode gives players almost complete freedom to explore, build and experiment without the usual limitations. It features a dedicated Sandbox Inventory with unlimited access to all currently available items, alongside chat commands for controlling various gameplay features. Players can freely experiment with building and world generation, including One Island, which creates a single biome-based island without building boundaries, and dedicated Sandbox Islands designed specifically for unrestricted building and testing
Bandit Faction:
Bandits are a new aggressive human faction currently inhabiting the Forest biome. Their arrival expands the world with new surface structures and dungeons, as well as new furniture, equipment and the Big War Horn instrument. More Bandit factions may be introduced in other biomes in future updates.
Here's a first look at the Bandit faction by Slappy Box Gaming
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Steamer Localizer:
The Localizer is a new Mechanism designed to help players locate important things across the world, including islands, objects, bosses and other entities. It works with special Localizer Cassettes, which can be obtained in several ways, including from the new Navigator merchant. The Localizer recipe can also be discovered on the Starting Island and in shipwrecks. This was one of the features most requested by the community and is likely to become one of the most frequently used gadgets in players' everyday exploration.
New Enemies:
The update introduces several new threats to the world. Goruk is a new Grimverd mini-boss found in Jungle villages and dungeons, while Apex is a powerful new Spinejaw boss encountered in special arenas in the Jungle biome. The update also adds the Spinejaw Alpha, a new creature from the Spinejaw species, as well as new wildlife in the form of Vultures and Parrots in the Desert and Jungle biomes.
New Weapons & Items:
The update expands Everwind's arsenal with new weapons, ammunition and unique equipment. Claws introduce a completely new fast-paced melee weapon type based on daggers, while the new Staffs offer a different approach to magic, focusing purely on Magic Damage rather than elemental effects. Players can also discover new Apex and Goruk arrows, each featuring their own special effects.
The update also brings a selection of unique items, including the Golden Fury bow, Apex Claws, AW-51 Helmet, Last Serviceman Top Hat, Astral Robe chestplate and Scarlet Feather Ring. Alongside these, new Rotten Wood Chests and additional trophies for animals and mobs give players even more items to discover and collect.
Full Change Log:
NEW FEATURES
- New World Save System - World saves will no longer require conversion after updates. The entire existing world will be preserved, while new content will generate naturally in newly explored chunks.
- Sandbox Mode - A new game mode focused on unrestricted exploration and testing. It includes a dedicated Sandbox Inventory with unlimited access to all items currently available in the game, as well as chat commands for controlling various gameplay features. Sandbox Mode also introduces new world generation modes with sandbox-dedicated islands:
- One Island generation mode- generates a single island from the selected biome, with no building boundaries.
- Sandbox Islands - structure-free islands intended for building and testing.
CHANGES
- Usage of Recipes has been reworked - Using a recipe no longer consumes the item, allowing it to be shared between players afterwards. Recipes can also be now processed in a Processing Station to recover paper from them.
- Starter Island and Starter Tower have been rebuilt. A new building dedicated to the Arcanist has also been added to the Starter Island.
- Island visit detection has been changed. An island is now marked as visited only after physically standing on it. Simply flying through its area with a ship is no longer sufficient.
- A skull icon indicator has been added to show enemy difficulty, with additional visual distinction for bosses. Enemy naming has also been updated.
- Lifesteal has been reworked - A percentage of maximum HP is now restored after killing an enemy.
- Hand attack animations have been made 50% faster, while Axe, Pickaxe, and Shovel use animations have been made 17% faster.
- Aggression between animals and mobs has been reduced while a rework of the system is in progress. This temporarily reduces unnecessary conflicts between creatures and helps eliminate NPC aggression issues and occasional performance drops.
- Winter islands will no longer generate above 2,000 blocks. This is part of preparations for the ALT 3 update and also reduces unnecessary island generation and resource usage.
- Plant removal from pots has been reworked. Fruits are still collected through interaction, while the entire plant and dirt can now only be removed using a Shovel.
- The Doom Rune has been fixed. Enemy HP is now checked after damage from the triggering hit is applied, rather than using only the HP value before the attack.
- Entity Quality settings have been updated. The option now also controls creature animation quality and the distance at which creatures stop moving.
- Combat VFX and SFX have been updated, including new effects for Parrying.
- Staff VFX and SFX have been improved, and the Hard Attack animation has been updated. Elemental effects are now more visually distinct from one another.
- NPC SFX have been updated, including new sounds for combat and fleeing from danger.
- A notification has been added at the end of the Flying Ship tutorial to indicate its completion and encourage further exploration.
- Tutorial notifications now remain visible for longer, making them easier to read before disappearing.
- Merchants are no longer interested in buying the cheapest items, such as Sticks, Stones, and similar basic resources - their magazines are full!
- Skitters now become aggressive when their shell is destroyed, rather than only after receiving direct damage.
- Recipe sorting in crafting interfaces has been changed.
- Picking up a Scroll once again gives the actual Scroll item instead of Paper.
- Translations across multiple languages have been updated and corrected, including changes to Rune naming.
- Minor UI changes have been made to the Inventory, containers, Merchants, and several other interfaces.
- Lantern lighting has been adjusted so that light intensity is more consistent between different Lanterns.
- The on-screen gamepad keyboard used while chatting has been adjusted so it no longer covers chat messages.
- The scope view has been improved for better clarity. Related animations have also been updated.
- Block Station visuals have been updated. Along with this change, we've also adjusted the ingredients required for crafting and the resources obtained from processing.
- The HUD radial menu has been updated with an additional slot that displays variant of the currently selected item.. This mainly affects bows and arrows, as well as blocks with multiple shape variants.
- Several changes have been made to Spellbook SFX.
- Multiple changes have been made to surface structures and dungeons to fix structural issues and improve their visuals. We've also added several new structures, including new Nyxthor Labs for Altitude 2.
- Scorpiors now spawn on dedicated surface structures.
BUG FIXES
- Fixed a crash caused by placing an upgraded item into a stand.
- Improved client inventory saving in P2P multiplayer, reducing cases of item loss or duplication after a sudden host disconnect.
- Fixed multiple island generation issues.
- Improved world stuttering for clients during multiplayer ship travel that occurred even with stable FPS.
- Very distant islands are now correctly hidden, improving performance when P2P clients are far apart.
- Enemy pathfinding toward inaccessible locations has been optimized, significantly reducing potential FPS drops in these situations.
- Fixed disappearing plants in pots in the lobby and synchronization issues involving watering and growth states between clients.
- Added further fixes for an issue where animals could stop moving on islands.
- Major object overhaul - Fixed a large number of issues related to placeable objects, including incorrect placement and alignment, wrongly assigned SFX, outdated or incorrect icons, naming issues, collision problems, and more.
- Fixed Refinery resource collection creating holes in islands.
- Fixed generators consuming fuel too quickly.
- Fixed how Invisibility works, so now enemies immediately lose aggro once the effect becomes active.
- Fixed the Backstab skill not working correctly with Bows.
- Fixed the modifier on the Cursed Ring of Assassin.
- Clients no longer need to interact with the Cockpit after every join in order for Proximity Crafting to work.
- Fixed incorrect processing for multiple items that could produce unrelated materials or incorrect quantities.
- Mineral decals are now always visible. Previously, nearby objects could incorrectly hide them when placed next to a block.
- Added further fixes to Daggers to prevent a single attack from dealing damage twice.
- Projectiles such as arrows and Staff projectiles no longer interrupt enemy movement or animations on impact.
- Fixed Torches that were missing their Burn effect and did not stack correctly with other Torches.
- Fixed several issues with drowning animations for enemies and animals.
- NPCs should no longer enter a T-pose.
- Fixed player and enemy health regeneration. Previously dealing damage with a melee weapon would pause the passive health regeneration.
- Fixed animation issues when consuming items directly from the Inventory instead of the Hotbar.
- Fixed the Glider closing animation.
- Staff crystals no longer disappear from the model after placing a Staff on a stand.
- The Debug Info is now visible while using the Cockpit.
- Fixed the icon shown on in-hand object recipes and blueprints. The preview was previously mirrored.
- Fixed several cases where chat could activate incorrectly, including while interacting with the Cockpit. which caused soft-locks.
- Hotbar slot shortcut prompts now update correctly after changing their keybindings in the settings.
- Dropped items should no longer randomly become invisible for the clients.
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