Project Castaway v1.0.5 Build 22561647

Hello castaways. A new update 0.0.31
 is available for our Playtest 
version. This update brings in new weapons and tool tiers, available through mining. We are also starting with an UI overhaul, which will open doors for localization for the next patch.
If you do not yet have access to the game, you can simply request access to the playtest via our steam store page. We roll out access at random every update. We are hoping to officially announce our early access launch date pretty soon, as we begin to deploy major quality of life changes.

Project Castaway 0.1.41Patch notes
 
Hello castaways. Based on player feedback we have a small update mainly focusing on hunger balancing and raft fixes.
Fixes
Fixed backpack not accounting full inventory, allowing the player to infinitely pickup things.
Fixed cooked food giving the same stats as its raw versions.
Fixed raw fish fillet not giving any proteins.
Fixed raft physics going crazy when you place things on top, especially adding things to the storages or campfires.
Fixed raft rudder causing raft physics to once again go crazy.
Fixed raft sails continuous force even when it's out of water, causing a glitchy raft to never come back again.
Fixed built structures inside the raft loading with strange rotation.
Fixed an issue caused by demolishing campfires, smokers and barrel stoves.
Fixed inability to craft bugnet.
 
Quality of Life
Food replenishes roughly 50% more hunger.
Low vitamins and proteins only affect 50% of the max hunger restore from an item. This means if you are low nutrients, you can at least partially satisfy your hunger.
Proteins and vitamins are more balanced. Meat leans more towards proteins, while vegetables and fruits lean more towards vitamins.
Hunger depletion rate is now 50% slower (full stomach lasts twice as long).
Hunger starts at 75% instead of 50%.
Increased meat rack longevity from 2x to 4x.

 

 

 

Added all missing localization. Now the entire game is fully localized.
Added a mobile storage cart. You can store anything on it.
 

 

Removed unsupported gold arrows from the game, which was making the bow to not work correctly when using them.
Fixed a scenario where a previous challenge data would still be present and executing completion checks on another challenge.
Fixed several typos on item descriptions.
Fixed UI layout broken the first time you open the hammer building UI.
Fixed items being consumed when adding materials to a structure has failed due to player standing on it.
Fixed some palm trees having smaller loot scale than normal.
 

 

Re-translated the entire game's text to be more accurate on certain languages.
Biome generation math has been improved to harness the power of multi-threaded CPUs. This has improved the loading times by 1.7x - 1.8x on our systems.
Adjusted the way loot of skinning animals and chopping down plants is generated, improving memory footprint and island generation times.
Increased respawn times to 1 hour, previously 20 minutes. Ongoing queued respawns from previous save files will continue their 20-minute-based timer.
Names on hammer built structures no longer have brackets.
Added missing icons on hammer building UI.

 

 

 

Fixed authentication failing.
Fixed incorrect item scaling when reloading the game.
Fixed inability to grab stored carriables from the UI-based storage.
Fixed palm trees and papaya trees loot clipping through the terrain.
Disabled cloud saves to rule out the possibility of systems clashing. It will be re-enabled once we confirm stability.
Fixed inability to save when:

You exit a co-op session while on gameplay.
You fail to authenticate.
You are not the host on co-op.
 

Added a saving animation UI since it can take a few seconds when you're on co-op.
 

 

Hello castaways.

 

We have noticed two potential issues with the authentication code. If someone is still constantly having auth issues, please contact the us on the community Discord.

Added missing burnt meat icon on journal.
Fixed inability to save after you broke down two node-based parts of the same structure. For example, two wooden walls.
Fixed unintended random session joining when pressing enter with no input or just whitespaces.
Fixed inability to revive player after a save file is loaded, if saved while they were on a downed state.
Fixed only host showing death screen after everyone is down.
Tutorial achievement is automatically unlocked if you have already completed it.