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Patch v12.31

4 Jan

Save file format 10

Loading save file version 9 is still supported, but if you click 'save' now the game will also remember:

The secondary color of juvenile stages and other sexes
Traits specific to juvenile stages and other sexes
Instinct and diet options specific to juvenile stage and other sexes
The birth locations of species
In the species detail view, not only which species your species is eating, but also in the form of what food type (eggs? fresh meat? etc)
Fungus organism caps
Fungus mutation chance
Energy collected by living plants and animals (to increase the chance they live through the night)

Fixes and changes related to saving and loading

Fixed a problem where plants died after saving and loading: the game incorrectly thought all plants were in an environment too wet and without nutrients
Added an autosave when exiting the game
Removed needless logging from the save/load process, making it much faster
In the savegame list view, sandbox saves now show the sandbox icon
You can now save scenarios before completing the first objective without the game crashing
When loading a scenario, night cycle periods are now set correclty
When loading a scenario, allowed alga and plant colors are now set correctly
Fixed a crash when exterminating populous species immediately after loading a save
Added save file versioning explanation to the load view

Working on the daily challenge

There is now a main objective view before you start, including an explanation you get only 1 attempt
Starting the daily challenge now only 'counts' AFTER you click 'let's go' in this new objective view
Added events like meteorites to the objective description
Fixed time stopping bug when the meteorite hits the world
Removed options to the retry from an autosave (which didn't exist anyway) if you fail

Tweaking the manual mutation mechanics and UI

Removed the option to mutate organisms that didn't reproduce yet (but just survived long enough) because this messed with the species counts... I think it contributed to the negative population size problem
Removed 'mutate' from the dropdown menus in the sandbox, as mutating doesn't make sense in this game mode
Removed the 'mutate' button from the organism detail views
Added a mutate icon to the species detail view, but only when mutating is possible (so not in the sandbox)

Fixes for the juvenile stage in the animal editor

Fixed bodypart hitbox sizes for juveniles
Fixed a crash that sometimes happened when resizing body parts of a juvenile animal

Mouth statistics balancing

Added grass and fresh meat energy for 'semi aquatic plant eater'

I often forget to read comments below release notes, so if you have questions or bug reports, feel free to reach out via the Steam forums or [email protected].

The Sapling

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I'm just trying to collect as much input as possible. Of course, no promises until it's actually announced

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