NEW – Kizan full decoration pass – Map is now populated with locations to explore and find loot in + one special chest.
NEW – Kizan Dewseed Tribe – The kizan tribe’s small village can now be found in the jungle. There’s a new FxTF full act with one of the tribe members, and one of the tribe members is a trader with a small and quickly rotating stock of kizan clothes.
NEW – Kizan clothes set and loot – Added 4 kizan upper clothes, and 4 kizan lower clothes, and dozens of kizan (island or species) specific random loot you can find from chests around Kizan.
NEW – Skiia additional decorations pass – More things to see, more things to find on Skiia, and more decorations in Kirhaal, and also more chests to find.
NEW – Camping system – A simple camping system that allows you to sleep at various locations around the two islands as long as you have rations with you (certain traders have their stocks updated to include the item).
NEW – Additional Acts – This is a new option in the options menu, enabled by default, which adds new written acts for NPCs with reused animations. In this build K’nali has a M/FxM Additional Act, with unique writing but reusing Timathi’s unique act, Spirit also has an FxM Additional Act (r28b), and Inalya has an FxM Additional Act (r28b). In future it will be expanded to basically cover NPCs that normally would not get an act or to add additional acts to some NPCs who already have an unique act (e.g. characters like Spirit who has been a favorite of people).
NEW – MODDING – Custom Character Materials – It’s now possible to make custom character materials, with full support for smoothness/metalness/emission and such (this is how full character materials are done). It is also possible to make “detail” layers on existing materials (this is how Spirit and Horveek are done for example). Note: This currently cannot be used in character creator, but rather on existing or new NPCs/playable characters.
NEW – MODDING – Custom Traders – It’s now possible to make a trader definition with mods for an NPC and add custom stock they’re selling.
NEW – MODDING – Custom Spawners – It’s now possible to make custom spawners and add them into the world.
NEW – MODDING – Custom Items – It’s now possible to create new custom items with custom art (inventory items), and also to define new custom colors for existing clothes (e.g. to create pink captain’s jacket).
(r28b) Improved some reward options for Inalya based on other skills of player.
(r28b) Improved bug reporting tool to also submit error log at the same time.
Improved information conveyed to player about certain clothing types blocking other types of clothing (namely kizan clothes blocking full upper body clothes, but still allowing upper chest clothes like bras)
Improved wording on exit to give more detail to player on autosaving.
Improved wording on Kess’ Howler rumor to guide player towards the right thing instead of the doggos to hunt.
Improved wording on Bosun to suggest player about shore “teleporters”.
Improved Kizan grass by batching them into groups like on Skiia.
Improved resolution of grass textures to make them sharper.
Improved effect of Yule mask.
(r28b) Fixed problem with inverted nipples (primarily on engineer upper cloth) after loading game with clothes on and removing them.
(r28b) Fixed some Kess’ reactions to player’s breasts triggering wrong.
Fixed prey items disappearing after reloading the game.
Fixed Wikk’s pad description talking about Taev’s pad.
Fixed Skiir’s Wrath effect’s performance.
Fixed some softbody areas influencing other areas (e.g. breast softbody areas influencing stomach softbody that was disabled)
Fixed head clothing not working properly for followers in acts.
Fixed builtin character saves not appearing properly.
Fixed some furs allowed with sailor pants.
Fixed jingle object sound batching and sensitivity.
Fixed floating collar on Skiia.
Fixed LOD culling issues with Lone Rise ramp fences, bridges, and rocks.
Fixed portals not working coherently when exiting and re-entering game.
Fixed act locators on Kizan not appearing reliably.
Fixed various clothing clipping problems with softbody.
Modding – <> can be used on a location without conversation or interaction definition
Modding – Fixed issue when swapping modded characters in character creator.
Modding – Fixed mismatching materials for custom bits in acts.
Modding – Fixed follower and crew items cached wrong.
Happy (s)explorin' <3 ~ Ruffleneck
Hotfix - r5.27i - And Yule event!
r5.27i Changelist (23.12.2021):
YULE items: Two new collars added to pool of loot from presents, and one new pair of antlers
YULE prey: -Secret on Skiia-
Split head slot to a face wear and a hat slot primarily for future use, but also allows wearing halloween masks with hats now
Fixed Lingerie seller not introducing herself properly
Fixed restocking event of traders and it should now properly stock up traders and if you spend enough time away on a different island there’s a chance to fully restock a trader
Fixed jiggles not working in acts on islands
Fixed missing colliders in Lumbermill barrels
Fixed trash cans stacking items on restock event
Fixed releasing crew sometimes not unequipping them properly
Fixed gun being left open if starting to autorun while reloading
Fixed advanced fur being selectable on rendering modes that don’t support it
Fixed breasts clipping through clothes with upper_lingerie_basic item
Fixed post processing AO and SSR effects not checking OpenGL and compute shader support
Potential fix for player ragdolling on Kizan when loading save
MODDING: Added support for modded piercing equipment appearing in acts
MODDING: Act locator modification support for overridden NPCs
MODDING: Fix for replacing NPC visuals with built-in characters via mod
MODDING: Fix for issue with spawning NPCs indoors
MODDING: Fix for issue with animation missing for NPC (nullref)
The rare prey is huntable on Skiia till 1st of January, 2022, and appears randomly at night in one of the forests of Skiia, and in all flavors you have selected in options ^^
The image set of the ice fox can be found here: https://www.ruffleneck.com/devblog/?p=178 (you can right click and open image to see a bigger version of the image!)
To answer all you require is a Google account. Do note that it is the only way to answer the poll at the moment too!
Thank you! <3 ~Ruffleneck
Hotfix - r5.27h
r5.27h Changelist;
Added new Halloween skins to Kizan (3) and Ful (1) that were missing skins, others had sets already
Changed Seasonal event dates to be a bit more lenient (lasting few more days in both directions)
Improved fitting of some hats on different species
Improved restocking of Lingerie and Cloth merchant trader inventories and they should be more likely to "fill" instead of "emptying" their stock now
Fixed problem with Halloween skins not spawning when they should
Fixed bugged chest in Amber woods
Fixed typo in Sterling conversation
Fixed couple of typos in Lumberjack conversation
Hotfix - r5.27g
r5.27g Changelist;
Improved trashcan functionality by making them more aggressive when emptying and allowing player to manually stack trash to make space for more trash (just like in real life!)
Fixed Admiral's hat quest not completing correctly
Fixed Skiia mountain passage having follower dialogue when follower was not present
Fixed ear jiggles issues in some act animations
Fixed an item's icon appearing as pink cube in inventory instead of its icon
Modding Changelist; See modding document and _Cheatsheet.txt if there are new commands and definitions! NOTE: These have no impact on general gameplay and are just changes that affect mod creators!
MODDING - Added option to refresh mods when in Character Creator or Showroom
Hotfix - r5.27f
r5.27f Changelist;
Fixed piercings not positioning correctly
Fixed gap between vagina meshes when using negative outer labia morpher
Fixed floating rocks and collision issues in Kizan Ashens and in few other places on Kizan
Fixed Kizan well changing roof material(s) at distance
Fixed Pinch act location Kizan again
Fixed Shipwreck quest failing to turn itself in (for fourth time, pesky hat and Kess)
Fixed Lumberjack girls trying to take more money from player than they say they do
Fixed some inaccurate occlusion meshes on Kizan
Fixed error reporting related to controllers
Modding Changelist; See modding document and _Cheatsheet.txt for new commands and definitions! NOTE: These have no impact on general gameplay and are just changes that affect mod creators!
MODDING - Timer feature; You can get current time with $currentTime and store it in variable, and then use <> to get difference in hours. Do note that
time* isn't an ingame date, but rather an internal ticker based on day night cycle and thus shouldn't be used in conversations as a specific day. Also allows making comparisons between specific hour "in the same day". These are updated in _Cheatsheet.txt
MODDING - Added additional option to check for player follower. The old $hasFollower simply checks if player has a follower, where as $hasFollowerSpawned checks if follower is actually present with player.
Hotfix - r5.27e
r5.27e Changelist;
Fixed nipples getting inverted with clothes and piercings (was actually flagged fixed earlier, but wasn't in build, oops!)
Fixed piercing offsets and positions.
Fixed music not playing normally.
Modding Changelist; See modding document and _Cheatsheet.txt for new commands and definitions! NOTE: These have no impact on general gameplay and are just changes that affect mod creators!
MODDING - Locations now have a literal name, meaning <> can be used to teleport player to a custom Location.
MODDING - Modding helper tool should now print floats properly.
Hotfix - r5.27d
r5.27d Changelist;
Fixed bugged chest full of dyes on Skiia.
Fixed round chest inside a rock on Skiia.
Fixed Pinch oraling inside a well on Kizan.
Fixed typo in Spirit conversation.
Fixed issue with empty properties breaking interaction (largely modding related).
Fixed blurbs not appearing when player approaches a source.
Fixed distortion in footstep sounds.
Fixed wind not working properly on default starting weather.
Fixed audio volumes changing when performing transitions.
Fixed player looking in wrong direction when talking to crew.
Fixed right side piercings not jiggling properly.
Improved "hiding place" locations for spooked prey.
Improved spawning amounts on some large(r) spawners on Skiia.
Changed Saera to stick around all day and night fiddling her bugs because she is part of a quest and hard to find normally too.
Added "empty file" on install directory to ensure mod install folder is easier to find.
Modding Changelist; See modding document and _Cheatsheet.txt for new commands and definitions! NOTE: These have no impact on general gameplay and are just changes that affect mod creators!
MODDING - Changed format on equipment[{}] definition to allow sharing equipment sets between NPCs.
MODDING - Added file format whitelisting to ensure no workfiles are uploaded with mods (only allowed file types are .pail, .bytes, .yarn.txt, .txt, .md, .png, .tga, .jpg, and .jpeg) also fixes issue when selecting non-mod folders for uploader.
MODDING - Added support for variables storing item names when using <>, and variable support for <> and <> (this is not used in-game currently)
MODDING - Added new commands <>, <>, <>
MODDING - Mod icon ratio changed to 4:3, this is so that mod highlight banners can be used on Steam Workshop.
MODDING - Fixed custom NPCs always coming with grey panties.
Hotfix - r5.27c
r5.27c Changelist;
Fixed vaginal acts not appearing properly as acts
Fixed mesh issues with some Kizan decoration
Fixed various conversation typos related to italics text or other minor typos
Hunt and Snare - r5.27 - Kizan Calls!
Full Changelist:
NEW - Island - Kizan - A new jungle island players can explore and hunt Kizan on. DO NOTE THIS IS THE FIRST PASS OF THE ISLAND, and mainly contains NPCs on the upper part of the island, while the lower part of the island is only for hunting! There’s also two new music tracks for Kizan. Visit Juin after talking to Selis and Horveek to get started on ship quest! (Also don’t forget to talk to Kort, he can help you travel up and down the island later!)
NEW - NPCs with full acts - Pherris (MxF, short ful), Kort (MxM, kizan), and Alizeth (FxF, tall davh) on Kizan (upper part).
NEW - Steamworks mod support - Mods can now be uploaded and downloaded via Steamworks too, instead of just manually. (NOTE: The page is not enabled prior full release of the build, but uploader does work!)
NEW - Ful subspecies for Davh - A tribal fox subspecies of davh native to Skiia. Has a unique fox head morpher, 6 unique ful skins + 1 generic fox skin shared from Davh, and 4 tail variations. The wild ful on Skiia are replaces with the actual ful subspecies; Old captures are not updated as they’re technically just davh with fox skins!
NEW - Advanced Fur - New fur system on characters with improved visuals and generally better performance. This requires DX11 GPUs, but older hair shells system is available for non-DX11 GPUs. Has options menu option added to furs.
NEW - Species specific vaginas - Added unique and more detailed vagina meshes for each species.
NEW - Added smooth penis and vagina option - It is now possible to switch to “smooth” (undetailed) versions of penis and/or vagina in options menu. The option allows disable or enabling both individually and only on player, on npcs, or on everyone.
NEW - Softbody effect - This effect adds some additional “tertiary” motion (if primary is animation, and secondary is jiggles) to softer body parts like breasts, butts, and stomachs. Morphers adjust the softbody effect amount (e.g. small butt wobbles less than big bugg). Has a new options menu option related to it.
NEW - Map detail pass - Skiia map is now updated to a more detailed and accurate one, and matched in ratio with Kizan map.
NEW - MODDING - Custom NPCs and conversations - Ability to create new written NPCs with ability to use existing animations on modded characters. This feature allows adding custom NPCs with unique dialogue that can reuse sex animations used by other NPCs.
NEW - MODDING - Conversation overrides - Ability to override conversation nodes to expand or change conversations of existing NPCs (e.g. reuse existing act to give a sex act to Aruth).
NEW - MODDING - Character overrides - Ability to override existing characters ingame, although pre-made NPCs will always keep certain parts to ensure they work in-game.
NEW - MODDING - Helper tool - Will print out location information and certain previews to help out setting new NPCs and act locators up.
New - Prey special palettes are reworked to be both more colorful but also truer to original colors; Generally it means that there’s one or two bright colors on special palettes instead of a fully muted palette replacing all colors.
New - Quality of life “portals” that make some travel actions easier and faster; E.g. Ship hull ladder leading to ship from the sea. Or ladder on Kirhaal dock leads up now, instead of forcing player to jump up. Or ship portals to dock when looking towards right from the ship exits or crew camp when looking left.
New - Minor NPCs - Lumbergirls Kara and Rotta on Skiia lumbercamp, and Losch and Droog on Kizan.
New - Vision blockers added to tall(est) grass/wheat on Skiia; They block visibility to the player while hiding in the grass, but prey will still spot the player if they get too close.
New - Reworked all spawners on Skiia to improve both coverage and availability of certain skins.
New - Reworked Skiir’s Wrath pass. It is now event driven as opposed to just barren pass you walk through.
27b: Added backups to actor updates when updating an older actor data to match newer changes.
27b: Added toggle to hide ear tip and jaw corner fluffs on faelain in character creator.
Added a toned body material for certain faelain characters (Timathi <3 and some new ones).
Added one shot blurbs to some NPCs or locations in-game.
Added jiggle performance tweaks to enable and disable jiggles based on distance.
Added missing kizan head morphers to character creator.
Added fur performance tweaks to enable and disable fur based on distance similarly to jiggle, also culls the fur meshes out completely at distance.
Added permanent collars item to followers that can be removed like a normal item when recruited to crew.
Added body furs to characters, filtered based on species (e.g. faelain and ful have all body fur, davh has limited, while kizan has none).
Added back button to character creator.
Added tail randomization to character creator randomizer when species icons are clicked.
Dialogue additions to Horveek so that you can talk about his gun more.
Dialogue additions to merchants around the market place so that they can be asked more about Horveek.
Dialogue is added to the crew on Kizan, and after they’ve met with Juin for the first time.
Dialogue additions to Alphron, Aruth, and Rolan to add topics about Horveek and Shiri (and Selis in case of Alphron).
Dialogue additions to Bimmy to talk about their sailing a bit more after encountering Pherris on Kizan.
Dialogue improvements to the dialogue of Timathi, and Girda.
27b: Increased maximum crew size to 8.
27b: Increased maximum stack sizes for piercings.
Increased maximum stack sizes for dyes, ammo, and currencies.
27b: Improved performance of act ghosts further (removes some additional meshes that are not used.
27b: Improved vagina piercing locations as occasionally it looked like the piercings were floating
Improved jiggle smoothness dependent on fps by reworking delta time calculations.
Improved species/subspecies tool tip texts for character creator.
Improved inventory restocking for Tecius to ensure he gets new items too, instead of just slowly draining up.
Improved eye shaders to use detail dots to evade soulless looks.
Improved load times by switching all textures to streaming.
Improved cloud performance with reprojection settings.
Improved performance of act ghosts (removes more of the unnecessary effects from them).
Improved expose butt character creator animation to show vagina a bit better so that it’s easier to tweak and preview it.
Improved head look weights when looking at things (e.g. in main menu)
Improved distant visuals of Skiia’s mountain as it was looking a bit too smudgy.
Improved rough dirt visuals on Skiia to add a bit more fidelity to it.
Improved character body transparency between components by using vertex color cutoff instead of transparency pixel to save a sampler in shader.
Improved lantern shadow casting.
Improved dynamic placement of random act locators.
Improved fur color baking to only bake once and then reuse the baked texture all around the character.
Improved conversation raycasts with NPCs to make triggering conversations a bit easier.
Improved animation performance by disabling unused solvers (largely in actors not in acts).
Improved occlusion culling accurate on Skiia to better block out buildings and such on Kirhaal.
Improved reliability of auto save and it is now using back ups while saving for safety’s sake.
Improved overlap checks to only check nearest usable act locators.
27b: Fixed missing collision in Kizan waterfalls allowing player to enter the void.
27b: Fixed issue with abandoned shack locking player in conversation.
27b: Fixed modding display showing wrong keys for next and previous.
27b: Fixed issue with rope and lumber quests checking player’s wealth wrong.
27b: Fixed vagina not getting ghost material properly.
27b: Fixed italics issue in ship names in Pherris dialogue.
27b: Fixed Ribbon’s participation in rope and lumber quest triggering item options too early.
27b: Fixed overly wiggly tail in Character Creator expose butt/tail preview.
Fixed grammar in Kess and Shiri’s conversations.
Fixed player not being able to sleep at night (always possible, regardless of when the player last slept).
Fixed auto saving occurring while in pause mode.
Fixed inconsistencies with screen fader speeds.
Fixed character code paste not pasting identical character due to detail material color alpha changing.
Fixed tiny breasts being overly jiggly.
Fixed bug in trading interface where placeholder was preventing item handling.
Fixed old shells fur shell count increasing and taking excess memory.
Fixed one particle effect on Kirhaal visible throughout the whole island.
Fixed jiggle and some animation movement occurring while paused.
Fixed collision issues in the showroom.
Fixed time progression occasionally triggering hour change twice.
Fixed performance for people wanting to click everything to max without reading tooltips by removing supersampling from options xD
Fixed conversation progression occurring with ESC menu open.
Fixed auto saving issues due to its raycast hitting player collider.
Fixed issue with act locators not re-initializing their animations when pooled.
Fixed Kirhaal mansion’s chest spawning empty (not really a fix, because it was intentional, but it’s more fun now, thus a fix!)
Fixed Spirit quest failing to remove ripe davh drop.
Fixed error when unequipping equipment that weren’t equipped.
Fixed loading and repairing issues of very old characters.
Fixed bug with pronoun and voice not resetting properly when creating characters.
Fixed prey spawning in front of the player or right near the player to stop prey respawning instantly.
