The Kindred
Alpha 8.13 - Bug update
Another bug update this week with some more multithreading improvements, animal zone changes and a fix for an issue with bee hives.
We'll be taking a break next week due to some conflict with our day jobs but hope to have another update out soon!
v0.8.14 (2017.11.01.1114) &
v0.8.13 (2017.10.26.1133)
IMPROVEMENTS
* Improved Animal Zone UI
FIXES
* Fixed an issue where a duplicate animal zone name caused unresponsive UI
FIXES
* Fixed an issue with selecting trees and other objects failing
* Fixed a multithreading issue causing frozen kin/animals
* Fixed an issue with bee hives not producing honey
Alpha 8.12 - Bug fixes for game freezing, shepherding and frozen Kin and animals
We've made some big pathfinding performance improvements in order to improve issues with the game freezing, unresponsive Kin and animals as well as some problems with animals not being shepherded.
As always when making big changes we hope that this fixes and improves the problem but there is always the chance that this will require further work so please do let us know if you continue to experience any problems.
Thank you all once again for all of the save games and log files!
v0.8.12 (2017.10.25.1020)
IMPROVEMENTS
* Pathfinding performance improvements
FIXES
* Fixed issue with Fences being able to be placed through other objects
* Fixed issue with Bee Hive's Zone button not being available
* Fixed issue with blocks not being unlimited in Designs mode
* Fixed issue with main menu background breaking after changing settings
Alpha 8.11 - Performance improvements, animals and bug fixes
Lots of improvements in this week’s update! For those of you playing in larger worlds or with a lot of things happening in a small world you should see a big performance improvement.
The loading speed has been improved and performance optimisations have been made so that unimportant items now don’t exist visually unless you’re close to them and items like the trees load as you move the camera which makes everything run a lot more smoothly.
The Kin toggle button has now been changed so you can press it once to select one Kin and press the E button to cycle through them so you can now see their name and basic stats as you view each one.
Animal behaviour has now changed so they don’t cluster on top of each other in a fenced area and lots of general bug fixes have also been made.
Thank you again to everyone sending in your log files and save games! As always, if you continue to experience any issues please let us know!
v0.8.11 (2017.10.20.1449)
IMPROVEMENTS
* Improved game loading speed
* Implement game performance optimisations
* Kin can now be cycled by pressing 'E'
FIXES
* Fixed a bug where Kin could spawn underwater
* Fixed a bug with Solar Panels detecting sunlight
* Fixed a bug when clicking Toggle Kin button
* Fixed a bug with placing Gates while game paused caused fences to not be replaced
* Fixed an issue with trying to Shepherd an animal that was pursuing a mate
* Fixed an issue with poor performance when Nuclear power was running
* Fixed a crash issue with Designs editor
* Fixed an issue with Rain/Snow not covering the entire world
CHANGES
* Toggle Kin will now select and show their profile
* Animals no longer congregate near the entrance of a fenced area
* Removed Zone tab for animals that cannot be Shepherded (e.g. Penguins, Predators etc)
Alpha 8.10 - Fruit trees, Bugs and Duck Eggs
Another bug update with a few changes to the game as well. A big thank you to everyone sending through their log files, they have been a big help in identifying and fixing these bugs!
We've fixed an issue with Kin not working any longer after cancelling work, sugarcane disappearing and bee hives sticking to hands.
We've also made a few changes - fruit trees now regrow fruit! Just be sure to set your logger for the zone to none so they won't chop down the trees before the fruit grows again.
We have been made aware of an issue with gates but are unable to re-create the issue and don't have any log files/save games with this issue. If you're still having issues with gates please consider sending through your log files.
Duck eggs are also now collected as 'eggs' so either egg can be used in the existing recipes.
If you would like to have your say in the future of medicine - diseases/illness in the game then you can leave feedback on the forum over here http://steamcommunity.com/app/373410/discussions/0/1484358860935979514/ as we work toward Alpha 9
v0.8.10 (2017.10.12.1606)
IMPROVEMENTS
* Fruit Trees now re-grow their fruit after a period of time
FIXES
* Fixed an issue with Kin not working anymore after cancelling work
* Fixed an issue with Sugarcane disappearing while growing
* Fixed an issue with Kin getting bee hives stuck to their Hand permanently
* Fixed an issue with harvested fruit trees allowing harvest again with no fruit
CHANGES
* Duck Eggs can now be fried in the cooking pot (same as chicken eggs)
* Reduced automatic spacing in farm zones from 10 blocks to 5 for Trees
* Fruit Trees in Farm Zones will be auto-harvest when fruit regrows if Logger is set to None
Alpha 8.9 - Shepherding, freeze and logging bug fixes
Another bug update today with a focus on game freeze issues, kin getting stuck while logging and kin no longer shepherding to a zone.
We’ve made quite a few improvements but we may need to make more before the issue is completely resolved so please let us know if you continue to experience any problems.
A big thank you to everyone that sent in a log file and a save game, all the extra data we can get makes it so much faster to fix the problem. We really appreciate it!
v0.8.9 (2017.10.04.1442)
IMPROVEMENTS
* Improved Pathfinding algorithm
FIXES
* Fixed a game freeze issue
* Fixed a crash in work allocation code
* Fixed an issue with Kin getting stuck in trees
* Fixed a performance issue when opening a crafting dialog when you have a lot of resources available
* Fixed an issue with Kin not Shepherding animals
Alpha 8.8 - Seed and Animal adjustments plus some bug fixes
Small update for bug fixes today plus some adjustments to seeds and animal generation.
We know that the current build of the game isn’t very balanced in terms of seeds, wild crops and animal generation and we have plans to add difficulty levels that the player can control but… this will take time. In the meantime we have adjusted it so there is 1 of every farm animal in the world on start up and 5 of every seed type which should provide a temporary solution for those of you unable to find wild animals and crops.
Bug fixes for this update include screen resolution and fullscreen options now apply and save plus a fix for some UI components not appearing on Linux.
We will begin work on the issues with Kin freezing and not doing work and getting trapped in trees (plus others) tomorrow.
As always, if you continue to experience any issues please let us know!
Release notes (not live yet)
v0.8.8 (2017.10.02.1607)
FIXES
* Fixed an issue with screen resolution and fullscreen options not applying
* Fixed an issue with some UI components not appearing on Linux
CHANGES
* Animal extinction checked on new game start
* More seeds provided on game start
Alpha 8.7 - Bug Fix Update
Big update for bug fixes today. If you were experiencing issues with lagging/slow down with work allocation etc then you should se an improvement after this update.
First person mode has been disabled for the time being as there is a bug associated with exiting first person mode.
Full notes below. If you continue to experience any issues please let us know!
v0.8.7 (2017.09.28.1729)
IMPROVEMENTS
* Pathfinding performance improvements
FIXES
* Fixed an issue if autosave occurs before saving the game for the first time running the game
* Fixed a bug related to Kin eating
* Fixed issue with settings not saving properly
* Fixed a multi-threading issue
* Fixed an issue causing Firepits to not give off light after loading a saved game
* Fixed an issue with allocating work to Kin
* Fixed an issue with Crop zones not removing correctly
CHANGES
* Adjusted Fruit tree generation
Alpha 8.6 - Bug fixes for crop zones
A new update with some bug fixes is now live!
This update should fix the issue with crop zones becoming non-responsive after being selected/harvested.
There is also some spelling errors that have been corrected and the night darkness as well as the length of the day/night cycle has been adjusted.
Thank you to everyone sending through your log reports they help so much!
There is still a lot left to fix but we’ll continue to work through them as quickly as we can.
If anyone is still experiencing issues after this update with crops please let us know!
v0.8.6 (2017.09.21.1519)
IMPROVEMENTS
* Updated some grammatical/spelling errors
FIXES
* Fixed issue with Crop zones disappearing
* Fixed an issue that caused UI to become unresponsive when moving an object in the wrong menu
CHANGES
* Game days now have longer daylight and shorter night periods
* Night is now slightly brighter
Alpha 8.5 - Multi-threading code improvements to fix freeze and crash issue
A new update is now out to potentially fix the freeze and crash issue.
This issue is caused by our multi-threading code which unfortunately is hard to test. We’ve re written the code and hope that this will fix the issue but we may need to make more changes before it is completely resolved. Thank you for bearing with us as we continue working on this issue.
If anyone is still experiencing issues after this update with either freezing or crashing please let us know!
v0.8.5 (2017.09.19.0909)
FIXES
* Improvements to multi-threading code to mitigate crashing issues
Update for Mac Users - The monochrome bug fix update
There is a new update out that has a bug fix for Mac Users only. The bug with the game appearing in monochrome should now be fixed.
For those of you that are curious there was an issue with Unity's integration with the Apple Metal API. We have reverted The Kindred back to OpenGL again (until Unity solves this problem) so this issue should now be fixed for all of you playing on Mac.
However... if you're still experiencing issues please let us know!