Gameplay fixes -Add naughtiness to smallish tallbird -shadow maxwells scare rabbits -wilson is invincible while sleeping -fix recipe prototyping to work with new tech level splits -fix for Winter is generated in spite of the 'Season' preset setting being set to 'Only Summer'. in the 'World Menu' -fix for wolfgang saying how mighty he is and totally ruining everything in the intro NIS -Make telelocator check for water when teleporting randomly -prevent infinite loot fountain from beaver-gnawed spiky tree -Stumps can now be lit on fire after loading. -Stumps now propagate fire. -fix for placing structures after eating a glow fruit -fix maxwell mine visibility -heatrocks work in backpacks -instead of clearing followers from saveindex on load which can result in them being lost, clear -followers on any save that is not an ascend/descend -fix crash when lureplants eat bees -Now reset the colour cube on load to deal with loading and saving between insane and non insane games. -made evergreens and cave entrances non-clickable when they are first worked to stop you from interacting with them by accident -Planted pine cone has different name from unplanted -Abigail is is now tagged as a "character", additionally the tentacle will retaliate against anything in range that is attacking it -lantern swap bug fix -lantern can't be turned on in pocket -killing a baby beefalo is very naughty -Made a "SelfStacker" component and added it to the houndstooth, monster meat and spoiledfood to improve base clenliness and performance in very long games -Rubble no longer crashes -Armour will always return 0 damage if the absorb percent is >= 1. -There is now only one "Sinkhole" room per task. This will remove the case of regularly seeing two cave entrances near each other. -Made "characterspecific.lua" a component for items that are only supposed to be on one character. -Added it to all character specific items. -fix bug where nightmare stuff was getting turned on in second overworlds -fix for occasional cave gen fail -Fix for wes talking -Walrus blow dart is no longer targettable/inspectable during flight -Fix for two bugs: Leif not exiting frozen once hit and minotaur being stunlockable. -Made beefalo poop in the old way, and fixed a problem with their babies never showing up -Catcher now makes sure the projectile it's tracking is valid before attempting to preform functions with it. -Combat function now ensures that the entity it's on is still around before calling GetDistSqToInst. -Ham bat no longer loses durability from being used, but does spoil over time -Ham bat and flower hat both display spoilage graphics instead of text percentages in order to reflect that they are spoiling over time -fixed occasional invisible maxwell intro bug -properly report farm plot fertilization success -make the build placers opaque so that they show up better -make burnt trees more visible when they are highlighted -Deerclops will knock down anything he collides with that is tagged "tree", allowing him to pass through. -Divining rod will not disappear when attacking. -made hambat non-edible to avoid interface confusion. Gave it higher damage to compensate. -flower hat is not edible to reduce interface confusion -make dusk announcement more generic, so that it doesn't mention fire. -Inventory items that also have brains will now hibernate while they are held by an owner. -Bees no should no longer buzz while in a container. -Fix for mandrake crash when travelling between cave levels. -Use consistent language for the settings screen in FE and pause menu -Fix for inventory items getting into a bad state when you try to put them into an already-full chester -Birds can no longer be killed while flying away. -Shadow Creatures will not trigger tooth traps. -Fix woodie, chester contents, and beard issues when time catches up when leaving / entering caves -Fix for dropping equippable tools under full-container conditions -Maxwell's Shadows will now die when he does. -Fix bee spawn schedule
Gameplay fixes -Add naughtiness to smallish tallbird -shadow maxwells scare rabbits -wilson is invincible while sleeping -fix recipe prototyping to work with new tech level splits -fix for Winter is generated in spite of the 'Season' preset setting being set to 'Only Summer'. in the 'World Menu' -fix for wolfgang saying how mighty he is and totally ruining everything in the intro NIS -Make telelocator check for water when teleporting randomly -prevent infinite loot fountain from beaver-gnawed spiky tree -Stumps can now be lit on fire after loading. -Stumps now propagate fire. -fix for placing structures after eating a glow fruit -fix maxwell mine visibility -heatrocks work in backpacks -instead of clearing followers from saveindex on load which can result in them being lost, clear -followers on any save that is not an ascend/descend -fix crash when lureplants eat bees -Now reset the colour cube on load to deal with loading and saving between insane and non insane games. -made evergreens and cave entrances non-clickable when they are first worked to stop you from interacting with them by accident -Planted pine cone has different name from unplanted -Abigail is is now tagged as a "character", additionally the tentacle will retaliate against anything in range that is attacking it -lantern swap bug fix -lantern can't be turned on in pocket -killing a baby beefalo is very naughty -Made a "SelfStacker" component and added it to the houndstooth, monster meat and spoiledfood to improve base clenliness and performance in very long games -Rubble no longer crashes -Armour will always return 0 damage if the absorb percent is >= 1. -There is now only one "Sinkhole" room per task. This will remove the case of regularly seeing two cave entrances near each other. -Made "characterspecific.lua" a component for items that are only supposed to be on one character. -Added it to all character specific items. -fix bug where nightmare stuff was getting turned on in second overworlds -fix for occasional cave gen fail -Fix for wes talking -Walrus blow dart is no longer targettable/inspectable during flight -Fix for two bugs: Leif not exiting frozen once hit and minotaur being stunlockable. -Made beefalo poop in the old way, and fixed a problem with their babies never showing up -Catcher now makes sure the projectile it's tracking is valid before attempting to preform functions with it. -Combat function now ensures that the entity it's on is still around before calling GetDistSqToInst. -Ham bat no longer loses durability from being used, but does spoil over time -Ham bat and flower hat both display spoilage graphics instead of text percentages in order to reflect that they are spoiling over time -fixed occasional invisible maxwell intro bug -properly report farm plot fertilization success -make the build placers opaque so that they show up better -make burnt trees more visible when they are highlighted -Deerclops will knock down anything he collides with that is tagged "tree", allowing him to pass through. -Divining rod will not disappear when attacking. -made hambat non-edible to avoid interface confusion. Gave it higher damage to compensate. -flower hat is not edible to reduce interface confusion -make dusk announcement more generic, so that it doesn't mention fire. -Inventory items that also have brains will now hibernate while they are held by an owner. -Bees no should no longer buzz while in a container. -Fix for mandrake crash when travelling between cave levels. -Use consistent language for the settings screen in FE and pause menu -Fix for inventory items getting into a bad state when you try to put them into an already-full chester -Birds can no longer be killed while flying away. -Shadow Creatures will not trigger tooth traps. -Fix woodie, chester contents, and beard issues when time catches up when leaving / entering caves -Fix for dropping equippable tools under full-container conditions -Maxwell's Shadows will now die when he does. -Fix bee spawn schedule
Update Part B: General: -Light effects on nightmare lights can now be clicked through. -Rearranged some items in setpieces to allow for proper pathfinding. -Players will now react to being hit by bees and mosquitoes. -Music will play during credits on the standalone version. -Fixed some issues with resurrecting. -Water is no longer culled while still on screen. -Fixed some issues with the player appearing at the wrong location when changing cave levels. -Actions are now canceled when you change your tool mid-action. -Maxwell's Shadow no longer lingers in the world during the intro. -Shadows now rotate correctly. -Cleaned up some TaskInTime calls to prevent memory growth. -Made Cave Gen a bit more consistent in an effort to remove MaxWorldGen crashes. -The book reading FX is now canceled if the action is. -The HUD will now hide during the tent's fade out. -Shift clicking now works properly between backpacks and player inventory. -Removed double-click sound when clicking build recipe. -Fixed beesplosion when trying to stuff bees into a full container. -The confirmation window will now close if you press "no" when entering Maxwell's door. -Fixed a crash that happened during the loading of some adventure levels. -Adventure World (two worlds) will no longer crash on generation. -Fixed a bug where you could get stuck in a state by pressing the map button while trying to sleep.
Controls: -You can now add placeable items to a fire while using a controller. -You can now press and hold to hammer. -You can now navigate the controls screen with a controller. -Fix for issues with using keyboard controlled crafting and mouse walking. -Fixed items disappearing if you tap pickup very quickly. -"Useable" items like the Telelocator Staff and Bush Hat can now be used when playing with a controller.
Characters: -Lucy the Axe will no longer continue to talk after finishing adventure mode with Woodie. -Fixed some layering issues on the final level of adventure mode. -Camera doesn't shake when doing work as Woodie. -Woodie the Werebeaver now uses seperate attack and action buttons. -Player character will not emit frost breath when facing upwards. -Tuned locomotor to prevent jittering at higher player speeds.
Modding
Mod System: -Mods which overwrite core game assets have usually crashed the game unless the game is restarted once. Now a mod can specify this to force
the game to restart when the mod is loaded. -Mods can now specify an arbitrary save slot instead of using slots 1-4. This is useful for 'game mode' mods which don't sit nicely on top
of an existing Don't Starve save.
Assets: -Road textures can now be overwritten by a mod.
World Gen: -Can now specify the range of background nodes to generate for each node in the level definition. -Tasks with blockers can now specify what their "blank" nodes are in case you don't want it to be ocean. -Tasks have a little more control over internal connectedness by specifying a custom crosslink factor for rooms, and whether or not the
rooms are generated in a loop.
Development: -AddGameDebugKey and AddGlobalDebugKey are now global functions, so mods can utilise them for testing. -Better logging when animations and builds are missing. -Sublime Text, a great script editor, is now packaged with the mod tools in Steam! Use this when working with Lua files for syntax
highlighting, multi-file search, and other handy editing tricks.
Hotfix 88224 -Screecher Mod properly included in OSX and Linux builds -Fix crash when attacking bosses -Fix bug with water faucet in Screecher -Fix for invisible maxwell teeth traps -Updated string tables for translators -Fixed Screecher promo in Chrome -Ruins busy music should play -Dropped items don't pop up as high, so they're less likely to get stuck on things -nil check some values in playerprofile.lua -Add epic tag to ancient guardian -Chester will keep up with player -Maxwell will regen his book on load if he doesn't have it
Update Part B: General: -Light effects on nightmare lights can now be clicked through. -Rearranged some items in setpieces to allow for proper pathfinding. -Players will now react to being hit by bees and mosquitoes. -Music will play during credits on the standalone version. -Fixed some issues with resurrecting. -Water is no longer culled while still on screen. -Fixed some issues with the player appearing at the wrong location when changing cave levels. -Actions are now canceled when you change your tool mid-action. -Maxwell's Shadow no longer lingers in the world during the intro. -Shadows now rotate correctly. -Cleaned up some TaskInTime calls to prevent memory growth. -Made Cave Gen a bit more consistent in an effort to remove MaxWorldGen crashes. -The book reading FX is now canceled if the action is. -The HUD will now hide during the tent's fade out. -Shift clicking now works properly between backpacks and player inventory. -Removed double-click sound when clicking build recipe. -Fixed beesplosion when trying to stuff bees into a full container. -The confirmation window will now close if you press "no" when entering Maxwell's door. -Fixed a crash that happened during the loading of some adventure levels. -Adventure World (two worlds) will no longer crash on generation. -Fixed a bug where you could get stuck in a state by pressing the map button while trying to sleep.
Controls: -You can now add placeable items to a fire while using a controller. -You can now press and hold to hammer. -You can now navigate the controls screen with a controller. -Fix for issues with using keyboard controlled crafting and mouse walking. -Fixed items disappearing if you tap pickup very quickly. -"Useable" items like the Telelocator Staff and Bush Hat can now be used when playing with a controller.
Characters: -Lucy the Axe will no longer continue to talk after finishing adventure mode with Woodie. -Fixed some layering issues on the final level of adventure mode. -Camera doesn't shake when doing work as Woodie. -Woodie the Werebeaver now uses seperate attack and action buttons. -Player character will not emit frost breath when facing upwards. -Tuned locomotor to prevent jittering at higher player speeds.
Modding
Mod System: -Mods which overwrite core game assets have usually crashed the game unless the game is restarted once. Now a mod can specify this to force
the game to restart when the mod is loaded. -Mods can now specify an arbitrary save slot instead of using slots 1-4. This is useful for 'game mode' mods which don't sit nicely on top
of an existing Don't Starve save.
Assets: -Road textures can now be overwritten by a mod.
World Gen: -Can now specify the range of background nodes to generate for each node in the level definition. -Tasks with blockers can now specify what their "blank" nodes are in case you don't want it to be ocean. -Tasks have a little more control over internal connectedness by specifying a custom crosslink factor for rooms, and whether or not the
rooms are generated in a loop.
Development: -AddGameDebugKey and AddGlobalDebugKey are now global functions, so mods can utilise them for testing. -Better logging when animations and builds are missing. -Sublime Text, a great script editor, is now packaged with the mod tools in Steam! Use this when working with Lua files for syntax
highlighting, multi-file search, and other handy editing tricks.
Hotfix 88224 -Screecher Mod properly included in OSX and Linux builds -Fix crash when attacking bosses -Fix bug with water faucet in Screecher -Fix for invisible maxwell teeth traps -Updated string tables for translators -Fixed Screecher promo in Chrome -Ruins busy music should play -Dropped items don't pop up as high, so they're less likely to get stuck on things -nil check some values in playerprofile.lua -Add epic tag to ancient guardian -Chester will keep up with player -Maxwell will regen his book on load if he doesn't have it
Items: -The "Totally Normal Tree" now spawns in the world.
Screens: -A "Top Mods" section has been added to the mods screen. It doesn't function yet, but it will show the top 5 most popular mods of the day.
Tweaks/ Changes:
Creatures: -Depths Worms attacks now ramp up over an increased time period. -Spitter Spiders had their range and projectile speed decreased.
Items: -The Miner Hat can be refueled. -Wickerbottom's books have descriptions. -Tooth Trap and Bee Mines are now "deployable" objects. They can no longer be packed too closely by dropping them.
General: -Rearranged some of the front end. -Added FX to mining animation. -Added FX to book reading animation. -Improved feedback when taking damage over time. -Added some additional music to the ruins. -Made some improvements to the text widget -Improved console screen focus. -Improved controller controls and prompts for teleportato. -Added additional art to the credits screen.
Controls: -Action button will now harvest farms, crockpots and drying racks.
Bug Fixes:
Creatures: -Befriending music will now play for bunnymen and chess creatures. -Batalisks have been given a strong stomach. -The Ancient Guardian will drop his horn again. -Shadow Hands will appear again. -The Pig King will no longer throw gold on top of himself and surrounding obelisks. -Chester no longer uses the old death effect. -Fixed a bug that was preventing pathfinding from working with walls. -Shadow entities no longer appear as chunky messes in the Mac and Linux versions. -Chess monsters will now retaliate when being attacked by other chess monsters that are following the player. -MacTusk's icehounds will no longer respawn instantly under the right conditions. -You can no longer click-spam pigs to force feed them and gain extra poop. -Fix for bee/mosquito sounds so they don't accumulate at the world origin.
Items: -The Lazy Forager's amulet will now also pick up any animals that are caught in a trap when the trap is collected. -Pumpkin lanterns no longer bounce when placed. -Snurtle Shell Armour will provide protection again. -Picking a mushroom as day phase changes will no longer cause the mushroom to regrow immediately. -Breaking down a Cook Pot with a completed food item will cause the item to drop in the rubble. -Tents and Sleeping Rolls now properly restore body heat. -The Glow Berry is now tradeable. -Tree Stumps can now be burnt. -Creatures can no longer walk through walls that have been destroyed and rebuilt. -Fixed some issues with save/load states on Light Plants. -Heat Rocks now emit light if they are heated up outside your inventory. -Items do not rot on death in caves. -Walls no longer sleep - this should help with some caged animals escaping their pens. -Fixed some issues with the Forager Amulet duplicating traps. -Boomerang now works against the Tentapillar.
Items: -The "Totally Normal Tree" now spawns in the world.
Screens: -A "Top Mods" section has been added to the mods screen. It doesn't function yet, but it will show the top 5 most popular mods of the day.
Tweaks/ Changes:
Creatures: -Depths Worms attacks now ramp up over an increased time period. -Spitter Spiders had their range and projectile speed decreased.
Items: -The Miner Hat can be refueled. -Wickerbottom's books have descriptions. -Tooth Trap and Bee Mines are now "deployable" objects. They can no longer be packed too closely by dropping them.
General: -Rearranged some of the front end. -Added FX to mining animation. -Added FX to book reading animation. -Improved feedback when taking damage over time. -Added some additional music to the ruins. -Made some improvements to the text widget -Improved console screen focus. -Improved controller controls and prompts for teleportato. -Added additional art to the credits screen.
Controls: -Action button will now harvest farms, crockpots and drying racks.
Bug Fixes:
Creatures: -Befriending music will now play for bunnymen and chess creatures. -Batalisks have been given a strong stomach. -The Ancient Guardian will drop his horn again. -Shadow Hands will appear again. -The Pig King will no longer throw gold on top of himself and surrounding obelisks. -Chester no longer uses the old death effect. -Fixed a bug that was preventing pathfinding from working with walls. -Shadow entities no longer appear as chunky messes in the Mac and Linux versions. -Chess monsters will now retaliate when being attacked by other chess monsters that are following the player. -MacTusk's icehounds will no longer respawn instantly under the right conditions. -You can no longer click-spam pigs to force feed them and gain extra poop. -Fix for bee/mosquito sounds so they don't accumulate at the world origin.
Items: -The Lazy Forager's amulet will now also pick up any animals that are caught in a trap when the trap is collected. -Pumpkin lanterns no longer bounce when placed. -Snurtle Shell Armour will provide protection again. -Picking a mushroom as day phase changes will no longer cause the mushroom to regrow immediately. -Breaking down a Cook Pot with a completed food item will cause the item to drop in the rubble. -Tents and Sleeping Rolls now properly restore body heat. -The Glow Berry is now tradeable. -Tree Stumps can now be burnt. -Creatures can no longer walk through walls that have been destroyed and rebuilt. -Fixed some issues with save/load states on Light Plants. -Heat Rocks now emit light if they are heated up outside your inventory. -Items do not rot on death in caves. -Walls no longer sleep - this should help with some caged animals escaping their pens. -Fixed some issues with the Forager Amulet duplicating traps. -Boomerang now works against the Tentapillar.
MODDING: -Required setpieces and prefabs are now specified in level files instead of being hardcoded in world gen. This means you no longer have to have teleportatos in your custom levels. Check out "ordered_story_setpieces" and "required_prefabs" in scripts/maps/levels/survival.lua to see how we are using this for our own maps. -Mod uploader now works on all platforms. -A bunch of new modding tutorials have been made. Check them out here.
TUNING: -You can now dig up turf that is underneath a road.
AI\CREATURES: -Added a worm enemy to the caves. -The Ancient Guardian has a new short range melee attack that it will use when its target is close. -Rooks can no longer instantly kill any monster in the game during a charge. -Followers will have an easier time keeping up with their leader. -Fire hounds are now freezable, but with a higher resistance than normal. -Ice hounds are now burnable.
WORLD: -DEATH IN THE CAVES NOW WORKS AS IT DOES IN THE OVER WORLD. IF YOU DIE YOUR SAVE FILE WILL BE DELETED. -You can no longer regenerate caves. -Followers will follow you between cave levels. -Time is synced across cave levels. -Resurrection mechanics work between cave levels. -Cave world generation changes: -Improved cave generation. Areas should feel more unique. -Added a couple new biomes: -Red and Green fungus forests -Sunken Swamps -The nightmare has further influenced the caves. Fissures can be found throughout. -Spilagmites work like rocks and can be totally destroyed. -Added new art for the entrance to the ruins.
ITEMS: -The worm drops a magical food item. -The Thulecite Crown has a new magical effect. -Fire darts can now target non-burnable creatures, but will not do damage. You can use them to thaw frozen creatures.
CONTROLS: -Controller support added! A few screens and objects still need to be implemented, but the game is mostly playable with a controller. Expect to see improvements in controller functionality within the next update.
FIXES: -Wilson no longer says "It's getting late, I should make a fire" while in the caves. -Wilson will no longer say "It's too bright out." when attempting to use a sleeping item in the caves during the day time. -Sanity loss no longer changes based on time of day in the caves. -MacTusk can now pathfind back to his camp if he's led very far away from it. -Improved graphical effects on MacTusks projectile. -Beefalo will now wake up when they're on fire. -You can no longer trade with sleeping pigs. -Removed small holes in cave worlds that were previously pillars. -Character now reacts to bee and mosquito attacks. -Cancelling a placement while wielding an item with a right click action will no longer trigger that action. -Fixed a crash that occurred sometimes while picking up items. -Added strings to new items. -Added new button icons for the controller. -Fixed a bug that caused the controller buttons to conflict with language mods -Fixed a crash that occurred sometimes when entering a cave.
MODDING: -Required setpieces and prefabs are now specified in level files instead of being hardcoded in world gen. This means you no longer have to have teleportatos in your custom levels. Check out "ordered_story_setpieces" and "required_prefabs" in scripts/maps/levels/survival.lua to see how we are using this for our own maps. -Mod uploader now works on all platforms. -A bunch of new modding tutorials have been made. Check them out here.
TUNING: -You can now dig up turf that is underneath a road.
AI\CREATURES: -Added a worm enemy to the caves. -The Ancient Guardian has a new short range melee attack that it will use when its target is close. -Rooks can no longer instantly kill any monster in the game during a charge. -Followers will have an easier time keeping up with their leader. -Fire hounds are now freezable, but with a higher resistance than normal. -Ice hounds are now burnable.
WORLD: -DEATH IN THE CAVES NOW WORKS AS IT DOES IN THE OVER WORLD. IF YOU DIE YOUR SAVE FILE WILL BE DELETED. -You can no longer regenerate caves. -Followers will follow you between cave levels. -Time is synced across cave levels. -Resurrection mechanics work between cave levels. -Cave world generation changes: -Improved cave generation. Areas should feel more unique. -Added a couple new biomes: -Red and Green fungus forests -Sunken Swamps -The nightmare has further influenced the caves. Fissures can be found throughout. -Spilagmites work like rocks and can be totally destroyed. -Added new art for the entrance to the ruins.
ITEMS: -The worm drops a magical food item. -The Thulecite Crown has a new magical effect. -Fire darts can now target non-burnable creatures, but will not do damage. You can use them to thaw frozen creatures.
CONTROLS: -Controller support added! A few screens and objects still need to be implemented, but the game is mostly playable with a controller. Expect to see improvements in controller functionality within the next update.
FIXES: -Wilson no longer says "It's getting late, I should make a fire" while in the caves. -Wilson will no longer say "It's too bright out." when attempting to use a sleeping item in the caves during the day time. -Sanity loss no longer changes based on time of day in the caves. -MacTusk can now pathfind back to his camp if he's led very far away from it. -Improved graphical effects on MacTusks projectile. -Beefalo will now wake up when they're on fire. -You can no longer trade with sleeping pigs. -Removed small holes in cave worlds that were previously pillars. -Character now reacts to bee and mosquito attacks. -Cancelling a placement while wielding an item with a right click action will no longer trigger that action. -Fixed a crash that occurred sometimes while picking up items. -Added strings to new items. -Added new button icons for the controller. -Fixed a bug that caused the controller buttons to conflict with language mods -Fixed a crash that occurred sometimes when entering a cave.
Caves are coming to Don't Starve! If you want an early peek into their dark and dingy depths, We'll be doing a live stream and developer chat on May 10th at 10:00am PST hosted by RiptidePow's Twitch.tv channel.
EVENT DETAILS Who: Klei & RiptidePow What: Early look at the upcoming Caves expansion. When: May 10th 10:00am PST. Where: RiptidePow's Twitch.tv Channel Why: For science!
Caves are coming to Don't Starve! If you want an early peek into their dark and dingy depths, We'll be doing a live stream and developer chat on May 10th at 10:00am PST hosted by RiptidePow's Twitch.tv channel.
EVENT DETAILS Who: Klei & RiptidePow What: Early look at the upcoming Caves expansion. When: May 10th 10:00am PST. Where: RiptidePow's Twitch.tv Channel Why: For science!