Black Forest
Content DLC Release
This Thursday (October 27th), starting around 8 pm GMT, the Content DLC pack will be released and we celebrate the release with a multi-streamer event.
Tom, the developer of Black Forest, will be streaming around the release time, tune in on either YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO87uw8EBo4arsOS64iRuVw or Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/blackforestdev
There will be a few more streamers as well, I invite them to post their channels and times below. And if you are a streamer, YouTuber or content producer and want to participate, contact me or post below.
Some Bugfixes (and a new monster)
- Fixed: Hellhafen intro dialog should no longer trigger when loading a save game
- Fixed a bunch of small text errors
- Fixed (again): Fields no longer complain about not enough water when it's raining (previous fix didn't work)
- Fixed: Peasants now also don't water fields anymore when it's raining
- Fixed: Orcs now attack correctly (they had an identity crisis and thought they're kobolds for peasant log and damage purposes)
- Added: A new monster (only on some maps)
- Added: Village buildings summary panel
- Some small balance changes
- Some small visual fixes
Small Bugfixes and Improvements Patch
- Fixed: Peasant count on building tasks should now be correct after peasants are removed because of death
- Fixed: Story dialogs should no longer show the first dialog again upon loading a save game
- "Founding Kroburg" story infrastructure quest sub-quests are now more clear
- Improved graphics performance on Kroburg map by eliminating some rendering errors
- Added another quest and dialog to the "Founding Kroburg" story
Tooltip Fix
- Fixed: Tooltips on build buttons
- Added one more new level and story (story not yet playable)
Halloween Update and Bugfixes
- Fixed: Peasant bar should now display correctly after loading a save game
- Fixed: Peasant list entries correctly sized for dead peasants
- Fixed: Context/Pie menu hints now show up correctly on top
- Fixed: Small bug in rangers init code
- Balance: Reduced the amount of resources required to start repairs
- Improved pathfinding near walls to reduce glitching through by monsters
- Improved framerate and start animation on new "Farmstead" map
- Swinvale map improvements
- Slightly improved the road blocker in "Children's Tales" to make placement of gates easier
- Re-sorted level selection list so people play not just Schramberg :-)
- Added some in-game hints for newer players
- Some minor visual improvements
Story, Systems and Bugfix Update
- Fixed: A few minor dialog issues in Children's Tales
- Fixed: Environment day counter now correct on loading a game (matters for seasons)
- Fixed: Daily market price fluctuations should now calculate correctly
- Fixed: A few shader issues with the vegetation system
- Fixed: Harpies could get stuck sometimes
- Fixed: Outhouse and Manor should now save/load correctly
- Fixed: Harvest indicators no longer show on fields in winter (except winter crops)
- Balance: Considerably reduced the first troll strength in Children's Tales
- Night light on mouse now stays on longer in the morning
- Fields no longer show drought symbols while it's raining
- Expanded the "Darkest Night" story mission
- Updated Unity Engine and several packages and assets
- Improved text sizes on the Quest Log window
- Working on three new map (not yet in this release)
Hotfix
also includes the previous update:
- New decorative building: Outhouse - bring some sanitation to your village
- Fixed: Vegetation System graphics bugs (in Kroburg, Refugee Camp)
- Fixed: Code bug in construction assignment
- Fixed: Path finding around several buildings
- Added a bit more defensive code to prevent exceptions
- Added proper colliders (mostly for goblin projectiles) to all buildings
Sanitation and even more Bugfixes
- New decorative building: Outhouse - bring some sanitation to your village
- Fixed: Vegetation System graphics bugs (in Kroburg, Refugee Camp)
- Fixed: Code bug in construction assignment
- Fixed: Path finding around several buildings
- Added a bit more defensive code to prevent exceptions
- Added proper colliders (mostly for goblin projectiles) to all buildings
More Bugfixes
- Fixed: Dragon should now correctly give you the achievement
- Fixed: Animal pens now start the game with the correct food settings
- Fixed: "build 3 new houses" quest should now count properly
- Fixed: Settlers in Childrens' Tales should now arrive correctly
- Fixed: Demolish/Repair work spots (again)
- Fixed: Chimney smoke effects should be working again
- Fixed: Building issues on Endraville
- Several dialog text problems fixed
- Improved dialog flow
- Improved some manual texts
Bugfixes
- Fixed: Repair and Demolish workspots on many buildings (broke with the last update)
- Fixed: Construction dirt rotation on stone hut
- Fixed: Fishermen animation
- Fixed: number of assigned peasants on buildings now correctly displayed after loading a save game
- Added a few more variety to the Cosmetics DLC pack
- Added support for 1440x900 resolution - please again check your screen resolution setting to make sure it is correct for your screen.