[Game Update] - 653998

Update Information:

Hey guys!  The new Walter skill tree is finally ready for Beta.  There's still some work to be done to finish off one last skill, and to polish the icons and skill descriptions and strings, but it's in a good spot for testing now.  Since there's a lot of new things and some new control mechanics, I won't go into too much detail on each item below, and rather just let you guys try it out in game!

Changes

• Players can now feed their mount while riding them.
• Walter’s basekit
  • Woby’s bags can now be opened while mounted.
  • Riding directly on Woby’s thick fur now provides some thermal insulation.
  • Woby can now be commanded to “Stay” in one spot.
  • Big Woby can now manually transform back to Small Woby.
  • Added a hunger meter for Woby.
  • Walter himself will now gain 50% extra sanity from storytelling if he has an audience.  This scales up to a maximum of 75% extra sanity with a bigger audience.
• Walter’s skill tree
  • Increased the duration of Mark of Brilliance to 30 seconds.
  • Removed the Woby Badge system.
  • Condensed most of the Slingshot Customizer and Ammo skills.
  • Added new Scouting skills for surviving in the wilderness alongside his companion Woby.  Here are some highlights:
    • Crafting skills for a Portable Campfire, improved first aid, and more…
    • A drying rack attachment for Woby’s backpack, along with a new recipe for turning Monster Jerky into long lasting Woby Snacks.
    • “Woby Here, Woby There” is a courier skill, which did not make it into this build yet.
  • Added new Woby skills to improve her utility and mobility.  Here are some highlights:
    • Skills to increase Woby’s speed and endurance, as well as to aid Walter in his various everyday actions.
    • Sprinting after running for a few seconds.  Sprinting has a fixed speed that is not affected by Woby’s hunger level.
    • Dashing by double-clicking or double-tapping in a direction.
    • Lunar and Shadow variants that modify Woby’s sprinting or dashing abilities.
• Improved accuracy of the Player’s networked position between client and server.
• Added Thulecite Bug Net.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed missing horns in all Woby up-facing animations.
• Fixed missing up-facing idle animation for Big Woby.
• Ornery Chest won’t duplicate when it hides now.
• Pipspooks will leave if they are not on a quest and their home grave is removed.
• Fixed the elixir shields stopping temperature damage.
• Fixed a physics bug with teleporting to points that collide with the world edge.
• Added missing sound effects for Spelunker’s Bridge.