Changelogs

Added
  • Real big fish! You can now hold big fish above your heads in real scale with two hands. Try this with the silo and shipping container as well!
  • Added new particels for when players earn skill XP.
Improved
  • Refactor the way we handle loading external assets to improve reliability.
  • Improved several areas the loading sequence to reduce initial loading time.
Fixed
  • Fixed an issue causing the camera to get stuck in place permanently for the session.
  • Fixed an issue causing two player characters to spawn at once for the same player upon joining.
  • Fixed an issue causing players to be unable to scroll down the skills list on mobile.
  • Fixed an isuse causing the sign in UI to not appear automatically when creating more than one island on a guest account.
  • Fixed an issue causing player characters to not be created when external assets are not loaded.
  • Fixed an issue causing fish to appear invisible at certain camera angles.
  • Fixed an issue causing our skin database to not load.
Removed
  • Removed introduction cut scene for new users.
  • Removed control view popups for new users.
Added
  • Added a starting quest for new users to earn enough sandollars to create an island.
Improved
  • No features were improved in this update.
Fixed
  • Fixed an issue causing player movement to break during the first session.
  • Fixed an issue causing the dialogue to not automatically start upon joining the vendor islands for the first time to begin work.
  • Fixed an issue allowing users to click through the loading screen to open the inventory and other menus which caused the UI to freeze.
  • Fixed an issue causing pet owners to crash periodically while their pet is equipped.
  • Fixed an issue causing the camera to appear under the dock during the first session.
  • Fixed an issue causing players authentication token to reset during various failure cases.
  • Fixed an issue causing players to see floating items and other players during cut scenes.
  • Fixed various issues related to the network reliability of the game.
Removed
  • No features were removed in this update.
Added
  • Updated the Player Profile > Friends section to display the island where your friends are currently online. (Now includes all island types!)
  • Updated the Discover/Map section to display the island where your friends are currently online. (Now includes all island types!)
  • Added three new blocks for you to craft! (Hedge, Sandstone Column and Cobblestone)
Improved
  • No features were improved in this update.
Fixed
  • Fixed an issue where players were not being properly hidden during dialogues.
  • Resolved a problem where NPCs were incorrectly animating.
  • Fixed various connection issues reported by players.
Removed
  • No features were removed in this update.
Added
  • A settings panel! Accessible from the cog on the top right of your game HUD, you can now control various aspects of your Castaways experience including graphics settings, sound settings and more!
  • Game servers will now shut down automatically after being online for 12 hours to ensure optimal performance.
  • The new song "Castaways" has been added to coconut radio!
Improved
  • Improved our process around versioning to ensure that older clients will always be prompted to download the newest version, among fixing other issues.
  • Improved the look and position of the jump button on mobile.
  • Improved the look and touch area of the virtual joystick on mobile.
Fixed
  • Fixed a bug causing players to animate running in place if they open UI while running.
  • Fixed a bug with the furnace not allowing players to insert stacks of coal when coal is already present in the furnace.
  • Fixed a bug causing the magic generator to not animate the lava pour correctly.
  • Fixed a bug causing players to spawn in the wrong position in the hub upon first join.
  • Fixed a bug causing players to not load chunks (also commonly refered to as the movement bug where you see nothing but random game objects and the ocean and are unable to move)
  • Fixed a bug causing players to logout from their account when updating the game. (This may happen to you once more when you download this release)
  • Overhauled the way clients communicate with the server to improve latency, network reliability and resolve many reported connection problems.
Removed
  • Removed crosshairs on mobile platforms.
Added
  • The skills system no longer requires you to sacrifice items at the altar to earn XP. XP is now earned passively by completing various actions pertaining to the skill.
  • All new players now start in the hub instead of on a raft near the hub.
Improved
  • Improved the skills system by no longer requiring you to sacrifice items at the altar to earn XP. XP is now earned passively by completing various actions pertaining to the skill.
  • Improved the new player experience by starting them on the dock in the hub instead of a raft in the water near the hub.
  • Improved the miners island to resolve reported player confusion when working with the Miner.
  • Improved the fishing bite radius by snapping your bobber to the nearest fish upon casting.
  • Improved the visibility of Terra Cotta in the hub by moving them closer to the front.
  • Improved the big fish banner hitbox by making the entire popup clickable.
  • Improved the visibility of fish in the ocean.
  • Improved the fish spawn rate by doubling it.
Fixed
  • Fixed an item deposit issue with the composter.
  • Fixed an issue with our error reporting integration causing lag on game servers.
  • Fixed an issue with the bird feeder and other pre-1.5.0 generators not dropping when broken.
  • Fixed an issue with the top banner dissapearing while working on vendor islands.
  • Fixed an issue with fish dissapearing in certain situations when players try to fish them.
  • Fixed an issue causing dialogue response buttons to show up in the middle of the screen.
  • Fixed an issue allowing players to move starter island generators to other islands.
  • Fixed an issue causing furnances to not open upon being interacted with if there are other nearby furnances.
  • Fixed a crash issue related to pet navigation.
Removed
  • Removed a confusing dialogue path regarding the generators from the vendors if you already owned an island before working with them.
  • Removed the skills altar and Lyra NPC.
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