Game Update - September 27, 2022

Note

This version contains all previous Beta updates as below. Additionally we have the following known issues in this version:

• WASD Movement still tracks mouse cursor position. If you are unable to walk please ensure your mouse is in the center of the screen.
• Player may become stuck on boats: You should be able to press the Right Alt Key (Alt GR) and select unstuck should you encounter this issue.

Changes

Update to a new Unity Input System to allow for new control schemes:

• Added WASD movement.
• Changed how the "Tab functionality" works. Previously it showed all the nametags of interactable NPCs, now it does so in a range around the player while also highlighting pickups and other interactable objects in the world.
• Added foundations for future controller support.
• Added functionality for Key-binding in the settings menu.Implemented some previously unavailable items in the Settings Menu:

• Voice Volume slider
• UI Size dropdown. Choose between Small, Default, Large.
• Reset Interface Positions. Resets all user moved UI to their default positions after closing the menu.
• Always Notify Effect Cards. Toggle to always show effect card notifications.
• Small Emotes. Toggle to show smaller-sized emotes.
• Always Show Party Names. Toggle to always show your party members' nameplates.
• Show Selection Circles. Toggle to show selections circles around the character you have currently selected.
• Show Area of Effect Range. Toggle to show the AoE circle for skills.
• Show Combat Circle. Toggle to show the circle around a combat encounter.
• Show Walk Arrow. Toggle to show the walking arrow when you use click to walk.
• Disable Unity Analytics. Toggle to enable/disable Unity Analytics.
• Show Effect Cooldown. Toggle to show the effect duration when hovering over an effect card.
• Tool Tip Speed. Slider to choose the speed at which tool tips appear when hovering over UI elements.
• Emote Opacity. Slider to choose the opacity of emotes.
• Changes to Resolution settings

Fixes

Platform Specific Fixes

• Changed anti-aliasing method for OSX clients
• Updated Steamworks .NET to 20.1.0

General Fixes

• Fixed a bug that caused combat to not initiate properly.
• Fixed a bug that caused NPC nametags to not appear when pressing Tab until they had been interacted with at least once.
• Temporarily removed dockhand worker to stop slide backwards and other movement issues
• Tea effects will now stack properly
• Poems will not appear when in menus anymore
• Calm Trait will now increase energy replenish to 1.25% instead of 1% when eating edibles.
• Glutton Trait will now decrease energy replenish to 0.75% instead of 0% when eating edibles.
• Self-Sacrifice Trait will now decrease energy replenish to 0.75% instead of 0% when eating edibles.
• You now cannot cancel a trade anymore after a trade has been confirmed.
• Wasteful trait will now have a chance to discard 2 - 3 items instead of only 2.
• NPC Interaction adjustments so the speech bubble will now appear on the first click
• Gave every wearable "Body" item a unique description.
• Fix for if your inventory is full when receiving a quest item the quest will break
• Change to item UI for value layout so value appears at the top
• Fix for Kasa Incident quest during Night time encounters.
• Added four more poems for the train headed west from Crossings.
• Wrote 4 poems for every different departure of ferries and trains.
• Added a more descriptions to arm and glove items. (Around 5000 words)
• Edible items without a unique description have now received one.
• Endeavour tutorial text change
• Added around 7000 new words worth of item descriptions for Edible items (Bread, cakes, etc) and fixed a couple of text errors.
• Fix for boat leaving the player in the water in West_09
• Fix for Endeavour requirements flash when loading Endeavour
• Character customization should now work in game
• Fix for Large Dried Fish wrong item type
• Fixed a bug that caused the debug menu to always display the current weekday as Monday
• Temporary time adjustments
• Improvements to water reflections

References

Might and Delight. (2022, September 27). Book of Travels - Live Update 0.19.4 Change List - Steam News. https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1152340/view/3285962238539143823