Island Notes news & patch notes

Fixed an issue where changes to monster speed, turning, and other parameters in the config file would not persist after restarting the game.

Fixed an issue where lightning strikes on lightning rods were too rare due to the large size of the archipelago map.

Fixed various issues with the following behavior of large creatures like the Gene Dragon.

Increased the detection range of the player interaction ray.

Fixed a crash issue that occurred when opening the inventory and dying at the same time.

Fixed an issue where obstacles on ziplines would block the player from progressing.

Fixed an issue with NPCs entering the water.

Fixed an erroneous code snippet introduced during the navigation system upgrade, which caused AI to freeze in place (stand still).

Fixed an issue where the H001 cyborg would get stuck every time when loading a save file.

Upgraded the NPC navigation system to reduce cases where NPCs get stuck on paths inside the player's own buildings.

NPCs now prioritize ranged weapons during combat.

Changed NPC building usage strategy: home buildings have the highest usage priority; outside buildings will only be used if within 50 meters of her; otherwise, she will return home to use facilities.

Improved the building cluster algorithm by introducing a scoring system with different weights for different building types, allowing the system to more accurately determine where the player's home is and where other bases are.

Fixed clipping issues when NPCs hug.

Fixed an issue where NPCs could not drop certain terrain when carrying them.

The experience from wild monsters killed by status effects is now awarded to the ally unit that dealt the most damage to it (i.e., the monster's current target unit).

Added a forced descent safety code for airborne units to prevent them from floating in the air after death.

Fixed an issue where some crates were dropping blueprints for stackable items.

Adjusted the egg drop rate of Elite Crocodiles and Elite Hippos (now set to 100% drop chance) and their movement speed in water. (Elite Crocodiles and Hippos are designed for sea-crossing gameplay and spawn on the new NPC's island; see the major version update announcement for specific locations.)

Increased the weight capacity of some creatures commonly used by players (effective for newly hatched creatures).

Fixed an issue where the displayed damage of NPC attacks did not include the hunting bonus. The actual damage was calculated correctly; only the displayed value was incorrect.

Fixed an issue where NPCs would continue attacking defeated enemies.

Improved beast wave spawning when buildings are located inside caves.

Improved the map UI by redesigning its mask in a notebook style.

Improved the size and display of map markers, and matched the text color with the marker color.

Fixed an issue where the character could clip through the ground when dismounting.

Fixed an issue where NPCs could swim on land.

Fixed an issue on the old map where some materials would not disappear after being gathered.

Fixed an issue where NPCs would not use the Toughwood Bow 2.

Fixed an issue where amphibious creatures such as crocodiles would not dive into the sea.

Fixed several issues with beast wave spawning.

Fixed an issue where the new NPC could not be put down after being picked up.

Fixed several issues with the new NPC.

Fixed an issue where the NPC would not be put down when the player committed suicide while carrying them.

Changed the map overlay to black.

Due to the large size of the map, the previous map markers could no longer be positioned accurately. Therefore, the marker style has been changed to a pin. The tip of the pin can now precisely indicate the location clicked with the mouse.

Fixed an issue where NPC skill progression was too slow, and increased the overall NPC skill gain speed.

Added HP threshold settings for the building damage notification UI, with High / Medium / Low levels.

Fixed an issue where ziplines could display as blocked when used after placement (in some cases caused by trees regrowing in the middle; repositioning may be required).

Fixed an issue where horde monsters could sometimes get stuck moving in place.

Fixed a bug that allowed players to repeatedly increase character stat caps via save/load (caused by recent changes to the save system).

Fixed an issue where character animations failed to recover after dying while using a zipline.

Lightning damage to buildings is now linked to the global building damage settings.

Fixed an issue that allowed ziplines to be used while swimming.

Optimized the vision detection and target acquisition timing of Wild No. 40.

Fixed performance stuttering caused by long-distance zipline connections.

Optimized the underlying physics system to reduce collision penetration issues for monsters and characters.

Added gravity to NPCs and monsters to prevent floating bodies and AI hovering issues.

Updated the Beast Horde icon.

Fixed an issue where difficulty settings in the island scene did not display tooltips

Disabled wing sound effects for flying pets while idle (Only affects idle state after being placed by the player; other states are unchanged)

Fixed an issue where group creatures such as No.45 could be summoned by wild units and attack the player

Fixed AI spinning behavior

Hatchling HP is now linked to the HP multiplier of the defeated parent creature (Although this was a beneficial HP farming bug, excessive scaling severely affected balance)

Fixed shotgun projectile drop issues after firing at water surfaces

Adjusted follow distance for creatures No.45 and No.40

Fixed an issue where flying creatures could teleport to the player

Fixed a performance issue where lightning devices consumed excessive resources.

Optimized low-level calculation code to reduce CPU usage.

Improved responsiveness when multiple pets participate in combat. (If each creature is very large, they may still fail to enter battle. This is an intended game design: creatures have mutual pushing logic. However, the underlying navigation code has been optimized to improve navigation responsiveness.)

Optimized the detection logic of zipline devices and added an option to exclude them from calculations. Once a device has been successfully linked, it can be set to no longer participate in subsequent zipline calculations (applies to newly constructed devices only).

Optimized the performance of backpack inventory slots.

Disabled line-of-sight obstruction checks for NPCs and companion creatures, while keeping them for wild monsters. Line-of-sight obstruction means targets behind obstacles are ignored (testing shows this significantly improves NPC and companion reaction speed).

Adjusted fixed-position bosses so they can still attack after leaving their territory, meaning the boss can be lured anywhere; it will return to its territory when it stops attacking.

Fixed issues with spoilage values of some dropped food.

Fixed the issue where Y-shaped tough wood was not respawning.

Fixed an issue where AMD graphics cards were stuck on the story screen!

Adjusted the item slots, moved the quality color indicator to the lower-left corner, and optimized the blueprint display.

Improved and reorganized the NPC gathering logic.

Removed the NPC gathering restriction. In previous versions, NPCs could not gather resources from rocks; this limitation has now been lifted.

Fixed several UI display issues.

Fixed several NPC logic errors.

Fixed building disappearance issues on some of the latest AMD GPU architectures.

Increased the size of item icons.

Fixed issues with certain NPC gathering functions.