After four weeks of improving the Building Update according to the PUB feedback gathered from thousands of you, the wait is over - the Building Update is officially live!
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A huge thing about the Building Update is that there are new construction options to be built in entirely new places - on treetops and water. And you can finish your fortress with new versions of Walls and Platforms made from Wood and Bamboo!
Build your home in the trees - Utilizing a new Climbing Rope construction, players can head to the treetops to build their very own treehouse! Find the biggest tree aroundâcovered with Indigo Blue Leptonia Mushrooms and Banisteropsis Vineâand assemble your two-story Wooden/Bamboo Tree House,
Footbridge - Make easy walking connections between your tree constructions as well as your water and land abodes,
Whatever floats your boat - The new Floating Frame & Triangular Floating Frame will allow players to build their abode up to 3 floors high right on the water,
3-sided fun - Use new Wooden/Bamboo Triangular Frames to create a more unique home than ever before,
STAY OUT! - Keep out unwanted visitors with Wooden/Bamboo Doors,
More building material options - Bamboo and Wood everywhere! Build new versions of walls, roofs, and ceilings out of the material of your fancy,
Hit âem hard - No predator is safe when players wield the all-new Heavy Stone Axe, the first two-handed axe players can craft on their own,
Revamped notebook - The player notebook is slimmer and more organized than ever,
Clear your path - Cut down big palms, logs, stumps, and branches to clear your path all through the Amazon.
Big Stones no longer disappear when being carried on longer distances,
Ropes on trees respawn more frequently,
Players are now able to pick up heavy objects while diving,
Tribesmen and animals can no longer walk through walls,
Fixed translation errors in Turkish version,
Ladders should no longer block the way when built near a doorway,
Players can now properly see dirt on other players' bodies in co-op sessions,
Placing frames on upper levels of custom buildings should be more convenient now,
Fishermenâs water slot should no longer disappear after reloading,
Players should be able to snap other constructions to Fires (Small Fire and Campfire),
Removed an overscaled plant from Spirits of Amazonia 3 area,
Arrow buttons for turning pages in the Notebook are no longer transparent,
Pressing 'T' no longer brings out radio during renaming animals or plants in the Story Mode,
HUD displayed during placing items into constructions should now be snapped to the center of the screen,
Changed the position of 'Name' option in the expand menu,
Ghost placing mode no longer turns off after placing a single ghost.
Weâre really happy with your engagement in the Pre Update Beta - 60% of players who participated declared that theyâd spent at least 2 hours playing it! Thanks to information provided by you, we were able to improve resource balance for buildings and gather detailed information about what youâd like to see in next updates. And weâre keeping that as a food for thought in planning Green Hell's future. While speaking of the future, weâd like to make more beta tests of the upcoming updates, with an improved way of getting your feedback, so we really hope to see you there!
Thank you so much for your support during this month of Pre Update Beta tests, and stay sane on the treetops!
After three weeks of intense work on your feedback to the Pre Update Beta, weâre ready to share the date of the final release of the Building Update: itâs the 23rd of January!
Whole new mechanic of building constructions on trees - Wooden / Bamboo Tree House Frame, Wooden / Bamboo Tree Platform Frame, and a Footbridge connecting the aforementioned. There is also a new Climbing Rope construction which is necessary for reaching the treetops,
Triangular Floating Frame will let you build your abode on water - up to 3 floors high!
New weapon - Heavy Stone Axe, the first two handed axe that you can craft on your own,
Introducing Triangular Frame & Triangular Floating Frame, which will allow you to build new shapes on both ground and water,
Wooden / Bamboo Doors - now you can let everybody know if you're waiting for some jungle guests⊠Or not!
New building material options - now you can build Bamboo or Wooden Walls & Platforms,
Improved mechanic of placing multiple ghost constructions - now you can place more than one at a time,
New Notebook arrangement - now the Notebook is slimmer and more concise - you donât have to shuffle numerous pages to find the construction and the material youâd like to make it from,
Some slight changes in names of constructions to make them more straightforward: Wall, Window Wall, Doorway Wall, Short Wall and Frame,
New option of cutting down Big Palms, Logs, Stumps, Branches - now youâll be able to clear your path in the Amazonia.
There were thousands of answers to our questionnaire, tons of feedback delivered through Steam, email and every social media platform weâre on. Thank you so much for your participation and input - this means a lot to us. Weâll take it as a nod of approval for our work, and the gathered feedback will serve us as a compass for further development of Green Hell.
If you remember our road map, we teased that the Building Update will have features like Tree Houses, Footbridge, Triangle Constructions and Doors - but weâve decided to extend this list by a lot. And before we fully release it, weâd really like to know your opinion on its contents and balance - that is why we proudly announce the opening of the Pre Update Beta (PUB in short) where you can test the new work-in-progress update to your heartâs content!
Whole new mechanic of building on trees - Wooden / Bamboo Tree House, Wooden / Bamboo Tree Platform and a Footbridge connecting the aforementioned. There is also a new Climbing Place construction which is necessary for reaching the treetops. A Tree House can be built on the biggest tree youâll see around - the one covered with Indigo Blue Leptonia Mushrooms and Banisteriopsis Vine. Tree Platforms can be placed on thinner trees, the ones that canât be cut and are often covered with ivy. Bonus: you can build two floors in your Tree House!
Floating Platform will let you build your abode on water - up to 3 floors high,
New axe - Heavy Stone Axe,
Introducing Triangular Constructions with Wooden / Bamboo Triangular Frames,
Wooden / Bamboo Doors - now you can let everybody know if you're waiting for uninvited jungle guests⊠Or not!
New building material options - now you can build Bamboo or Wooden Walls & Roofs & Ceilings,
Improved mechanic of placing multiple ghost constructions - now you can place more than one at a time,
New Notepad arrangement - now the Notebook is slimmer and more concise - you donât have to shuffle numerous pages to find the construction and the material youâd like to make it from,
New option of cutting down Big Palms, Logs, Stumps, Branches - now youâll be able to clear your path in the Amazonia,
To take part in the Building Updateâs Pre Update Beta (PUB), you need to:
have Green Hell added to your Steam library - and downloaded as well,
click the right mouse button on it, and choose âPropertiesâ,
in the popup choose option âBetaâ, then activate the code: LoveYourCapybara, and select âGH_PUBâ branch,
now you can play the Building Update contents before their release - in thePre Update Beta access!
If after putting the code in you still can't see the GH_PUB branch, please restart Steam - and try again. You wonât be able to move saves between your main game and PUB.
Since the PUB is still a work in progress, it is not impossible that you may experience crashes - this is when some specific commands will appear in the right- bottom part of the screen. Whenever that happens - please save your progress and restart the game.
Most crucial part of the beta tests is your feedback. Thatâs why after you close the game, a short Google Forms questionnaire will appear - and we know, itâs a popup, but please donât skip it!
Below the popup - here's a dedicated thread here. Weâre planning some AMA on our Discord, so make sure to join us there - everything will be posted in #announcements and #beta-tests channels!
By getting the survey results and your opinions on both Discord and Steam together, weâll shape the final Building Update experience, which weâre planning to release in no longer than a few weeks.
This yearâs Steam Award Nominations have just launched, and letâs take a part in them!
Thanks to you it was possible to expand of the concept of a hardcore survival in the Amazonian jungle from Early Access to the full game release. Since then, thanks to your continuous feedback and support, weâve added plenty of expansions, updates and fixes to Green Hell. And there is even more content on the way!
Please spare a second and nominate Green Hell to the Labor of Love Award.
Three years ago we released Plant Cultivation Update, which allowed you to become a self-sufficient jungle farmer. And now, weâve decided to improve the Plant Cultivation mechanic with a frequently requested feature: now you can name all âUnknownâ flora and its fruits in your Notebook!
From now on it will be easier to let the future Jake know what the past Jake has already discovered about a given specimen of the flora. And this will not only be visible in your Notebook, but in the whole jungle! If future Jake decides to extend the research and - due to new experiments - comes to different conclusions, you can easily rename a given plant to your liking.
Along with this new feature, weâve added few fixes:
Items in racks no longer duplicate after destroying the rack in a co-op session
Gathering of the Queen Bee trigger can now be rebound
Torches are now more effective against big cats
Fertilizer now affects fruitsâ growth time
Fixed issues with climbing the ladder in Spirits of Amazonia boat
Plant Boxes no longer gather water under a roof
Plants Tab in Notebook should now work properly
Added proper drawing for Albahaca and Psychotria Flowers in the Plant Tab in Notebook
Except for the Plant Naming Patch, weâre building something more for you, Adventurers. Stay tuned, weâll update you pretty soon!
Animal Husbandry Patch is here - and now you can name your pets!
Hey Adventurers,
Weâve noticed that you are really enjoying the new content delivered in the Animal Husbandry content update - so weâve decided to enrich the update even further. Weâve just released the newest 2.3.5 patch that completes the tame-your-pet experience: now you can name your furry friends!
Above that, weâve added some tweaks and fixes to the most frequently reported bugs:
All water triggers near Mu'Agi village now work properly
Quassia Amara now has a proper size when being cooked
Animal Poison stacks icon no longer overlaps with the other parts of UI
All animals status icons are now aligned properly
Missing Polish translation when talking to the Habbacu Elder is now fixed
Saving Game Calendar in Cartel location in the Story Mode now displays properly
"In use" message on a tied up animal now displays properly
Aim' keybind is displayed only if the dart is loaded,
Water and Food Trough are placeable only in the Animal Pen
Frogs in Frog Stretcher keep their colors after reloading the game
Unfinished darts are now positioned properly when being dragged through the Frog Stretcher
"NoSpaceInBackpack" text no longer appears when filling the Trough
Notebook will always open on page on which it was previously closed
The progress of Achievements should now be tracked properly when loading a game save from 2.3.3 and earlier versions
Sting animation works properly when the Player has an Armor equipped
Animals caught in Snare Trap now die after being hit
Animals should now get pregnant more often
Animal statistics are hidden after it gets tranquilized in the Pen
Animals now turn to the Player to be pet
Clients' input now work properly after joining a canceled Trial
Blowpipe loading sound is now synchronized with its animation
Animals now behave properly after calling them from outside of the Pen
Tribesmen now attack the Pen if the Player tries to hide inside it
Animals should now behave properly when untied in an area not adapted to AI
"Call" and "Expand" have now separate controls when using a gamepad
Trials finish now properly when a Player joins the trial in progress
The Progress of Legend-related achievements will be now properly transferred after joining a coop session
âOyohua Mu'agiâ Achievement should now properly unlock for all players in coop session (retroactively as well)
The "Babysitter" achievement progress should now be properly unlocked for all players in coop session
The Progress of achievements should now be properly synchronized for all Players in coop session no matter the distance between them
"That's the spirit!" Achievement now unlocks properly
The Items in the Backpack should no longer be shuffled after reloading the game
And in other news: you were asking us how is Tenebris doing right now, so hereâs some exclusive sneak-peak of Tenebris' daily snack routine:
Weâve just released the hotfix 2.3.4, which is fixing all achievements with repetitive activities from Spirits of Amazonia expansions 1-3.
The complete list of fixed achievements is as follows:
Babysitter (Return 9 kids to safety);
Molineria-man (Heal a Tribe member);
Rest in peace (Burn 10 Tribe Membersâ corpses);
Cleaning volunteer (Burn 10 Toxic Waste Piles);
Fishing in troubled water (Help 5 Tribe Fishermen);
Handyman (Rebuild 10 Tribe Totems);
Cage opener (Free 9 Tribe Women).
We know that there might be issues with triggering achievements from a loaded game in which a quest has already been finished - we strongly suggest loading the game save from the Main Menu, not the Pause menu. Also, we are aware that there are still issues with the achievements gained in the co-op mode, and with the âThatâs the spirit!â achievement (Complete all Spirits of Amazonia achievements) - weâre currently working on a fix to them as well.
If you happen to stumble upon an issue with triggering achievements, we would be really thankful for letting us know here in the comments, or at support@creepyjar.com.