Gillnets, new plants and fish, food preservation with salt, bandages, Project Möbius

Dear all,

Below are the latest updates to the game. Similar to last year, I am taking a break from X-Survivor to continue work on my 3D game, Project Möbius. I expect to return to X-Survivor in a few months. If you find any bugs, please let me know and I will try to fix them as soon as possible.

Best regards,

Christian

Updates since the last devlog message:

• Salt can now be crafted from sea water and found in caves. It can be used to preserve meat (in addition to smoking).
• Changed how hunger is displayed in order to distinguish between being sated and having a full stomach (having a stomach full of water is obviously different from being sated).
• New plants/lichen: lamb's quarters, common purslane, big sagebrush, bog rosemary and old man's beard (the latter for tinder).
• Added bandage (craftable from cotton patches) to treat bleeding wounds.
• Added new types of fish: herring, silver hake and minnow.
• Mosquito repellent (skin treatment) can now be crafted from bog rosemary.
• Funnel basket fish trap can now be used without bait. Bait is still useful as it increases the chances of catching fish.
• Added craftable gillnets with small and large meshes.
• Re-balanced the code for weight gain, making it easier to increase BMI and muscle mass.
• Darker ocean colors for deep ocean.

Bug fixing:

• It was possible to catch mice with a fishing rod in shallow waters.
• All items could be smoked (for instance rocks), smoking happened instantaneously and the meat would often burn in a smoking rack.
• Crafting recipes would sometimes be shown in dark grey even if they could be crafted.
• Partially crafted items could be used as components of other crafting recipes.
• Unloading an item from a container would sometimes leave the item in the container.
• Text log sometimes gave wrong name to item when it did not fit in a container.
• Game would crash when trying to grab from an empty menu.