Old saves are NOT compatible, sorry, you have to start a new game with this update. Don't forget to delete outdated versions from your computer to save your space, and also fix your "shortcut" on your desktop if you made one...to point to the new .exe.

changelog:
Further optimized the global timer tick reducing lag even more, it is better then ever before.(complete)
The random "ghost" injury is finally solved and fixed, the fall damage sensitivity also has been further balanced. (complete)
Reduced and optimized some textures and sound files reducing over all download size by several MB. (complete)
Starfish and Clams had a bug with not satisfying the seafood craving. Fixed.(complete)
New Combination: Branch+Stone=Skewer(complete)
New Item: Skewer-made by rubbing a branch on a stone to make it pointed. Can be used to cook basic foods on any open fire. Very inefficient compared to using the grill and demands your complete attention throughout the long process.(complete)
16 New Skewer Food Models -You stick any raw meat, raw fish, raw poultry, lobster, corn shuck, on the end of the skewer and hold it over a fire to cook 16 different food items.(complete)
Corn Shuck can not be cooked without using a skewer now, no more simply using corn with your hands at a fire, to cook it.(complete)
Cravings have been delayed a few more days. They can start after day 12 instead of 7, giving the player more time to get established.(complete)

changelog:
Further optimized "tick lag". This will likely be the final result. It is very noticeably even more improved.(complete)
When pressing the shift key to sprint the player would warp a little bit if holding the W button down(normal use), this has been fixed and enhanced so the player will not "warp", thus other units do not "warp" away from their position as much.(complete)
Sometimes "wolfdog" would spawn "on top" of a regular wolf during the wolfdog event. Fixed, they all spawn at independent random positions.(complete)
At the start of a new map, if you start in the water and have to swim to shore you will start "wet" with the wet speed jade. Currently if you swim without going under you can get to shore "dry", that is a bug. fixed(complete)

If you already downloaded the above 08-20 update here is a tiny patch for these 4 fixes ONLY:

game.inf
units.inf

Download both tiny files and copy/paste or drag/drop them into the /sys folder as usual. This patch is compatible with current 08-20 saves, no worries.

Aedolaws,
Hiya! You are most welcome!

YuriNikolai,
Actually no i did not consider tutorials for modding. Sort of leaning towards developing a standalone survival game with one of the latest engines. Cheers!

lardiwarrior,
Check in the diary OPERATIONS tab at the top under Distiller, sorry. Should be:
2bendablebranches + 5branches + 5lianavines + 5leafs + 2dryhide + 1Log + knife = DISTILLER

You simply click the bladder in your inventory and then the "use" button at the bottom left corner of the rucksack menu. A few items are used this way, like using single wheat to make grain seed or combine it with your knife. But that is a "use" button to use a single item.

The global script is still being optimized to reduce the tick lag but some newer operating system simply have issues running the old blitz engine. Try running it in a window using the other icon in the main folder for -win.bat mode.

lardi,


Over time, anything extinct can be brought back into existence depending on your own decisions. Every aspect of the mod is based on "randomness"...no two maps are the same and no two locations of resources are the same, and no order of spawning units are the same. Learning the mod is the only way to know answers, as it is a open world and you decide...just like in real life, it is up to you.
I agree and plan to add this soon.
your speed increases as you advance your Survivor skill. (days survived on the island) The longer you live the faster you get. Slow speed at the beginning comes from your physical condition after a sailing accident and washing up on shore with nothing, or very little, including energy to do stuff. Your not acclimated to living on an island when you arrive...you must improve skills you have not normally used in the ordinary world you came from.
As you would not know if you really ended up on an island, you would have to probe around and gather from various trees, bushes, and plants...and see what they offer...you would not know exactly who, what, when, or where anything. You have to learn it.As mentioned, some operating systems do not run the blitz engine well, also some type graphics cards do better than others. Combinations of both of these affect the scripts that make this mod run well, good, mediocre, or poor.
I like the idea but part of the game is exploring...preparing to explore, and exploring when you are able. Until then, making due with the resources within your vicinity is necessary. Your next new game you may have 2-3 iron rock spawn right at your start location...pure random, but it is also in the diary readings that there is always at least 1 of every possible thing spawned at the start of every game. Seems you (you personally) may have a better experience if you choose a smaller map to play on when you start a new map.
Flints breaks easily actually. Of coarse deer do not appear from thin air, but for this mod it is the only way to have the "events" come-n-go without creating alot of scripting issues I do not want to get involved in. (as real as I am willing to make them)In full cloths go jump in a pool and then walk,run, and jog around and see if your speed is not affected a lot...it truly is. Also imortant, if your carrying a lot of weight it also slows you down. If you get wet, unload some of your weight to increase your speed when able. Standing by any fire you can dry out in 1 hour...use the torch to dry your self, or better yet, DO NOT GET WET if you need speed for some task. I agree...i lowered the campfire light to much this update. I have already re-adjusted both torch/camp fire lighting for next update. Final adjustment.
Tools have 3 aspects: Speed, Damage, and Durability. If you want more branches from a tree use a fast, low damage, tool such as the Steel Hammer. If you want to "fall" the tree and get the logs then use the Axe. A Steel Axe will fall a tree faster then a Iron Axe...and break less. If you want more crystal out of a crystal rock, again use a fast, low damage tool like the hammers...if you want to destroy the rock use the Pickaxe. A blade weapon makes flesh bleed, the scythe will take down crops and plants fastest. When you click on an item in your inventory...read the description/attributes and absorb the information you are given.
chop one down when it "looks" ready and see what you get...then wait a day and chop another until you figure out: How many yield you get max, and how many days it take to mature. Fertile grains/seeds also produce more fruit.
A beehive looks exactly like you would think it does. A beehive: yellow in color with a hole...like the one winnie-the-poo always raids.

Aedolaws,
thank you.