Seeds & Circuits 0.4.0: Towns & Settlers
0.4.0 is out.
- NewTowns: new worlds have towns of different kinds, linked by roads.
- NewTownsfolk live, work, shop and trade in their towns.
- NewTowns keep working while you're away.
- NewTown prices follow supply and demand.
- NewTowns remember how you treat them.
- NewTownsfolk sometimes ask for help.
- NewNew worlds can be made without towns.
- NewFound your own towns with Town Banners.
- NewGive settlers jobs at the Job Board.
- NewSettlers get hungry, need tools and have a happiness score.
- NewStorehouses: chests that work together as one sorted store.
- NewBuilders can put up your saved builds.
- NewWooden Larder for keeping food fresh longer.
- NewPlayable instruments: your keyboard becomes a piano.
- NewA travelling musician.
- NewFlour.
- NewWindmills and more town decor.
- NewDraw on signs; more sign sizes and materials.
- NewNew ranged weapons and ammo types.
- NewAim down sights with right click.
- NewHit markers, bullet holes and crosshairs per weapon.
- NewMiddle click picks placed objects too.
- NewDedicated servers (-batchmode -nographics -dedicated, settings in server.json).
- NewServer list with players, ping and description; add servers by address.
- NewPlay menu has Worlds, Friends and Servers tabs.
- NewOpen or close your game to friends from the pause menu.
- NewBan players and use a whitelist (net.ban, net.whitelist).
- NewBlueprints, towns and waypoints can be shared or per player (world.sharing).
- NewMore video settings, each showing its performance cost.
- NewFree camera for screenshots (freecam).
- NewMods can use Harmony and Burst.
- NewMod shaders can use the game's lighting, weather and wind; mods can add render passes.
- NewMods can add settler jobs, instruments and player groups.
- NewMods can tell when they run on a dedicated server.
- NewConsole mods.enable / mods.disable.
- NewUnreviewed code mods show a warning before they run.
- ChangedMenu and loading pictures cross-fade.
- ChangedButterflies, bumblebees and dragonflies are 3D.
- ChangedRain greys the world; fires and lamps stay warm.
- ChangedElectric weapons use battery charge.
- ChangedClearer crosshair; tool swings mark their hits.
- ChangedGuns kick harder and look right in third person.
- ChangedReload and fire-wait bar under the crosshair.
- ChangedAnimals flinch when hit and flee from gunfire.
- ChangedTraders pay less for things you've sold them a lot of lately.
- ChangedGame downloads unzip into their own folder.
- ChangedMuch lighter Low preset; Medium no longer uses ambient occlusion.
- ChangedUnlimited frame limit option.
- ChangedOption arrows stop at the first and last option.
- ChangedFaster crops, bushes, roads and menus.
- ChangedDetailed leaves on carrots and blueberry bushes.
- FixedRadar showing the wrong places as visited for joined players.
- FixedBlueberry bush leaves bobbing together in the wind.
- FixedTorches, fires and lamps looking washed out at night or in rain.
- FixedCamera snapping back when leaving a sign.
- FixedBlack screen on PCs without DirectX 12.
- FixedLinux crash when Vulkan doesn't start.
- FixedLook-at glow covering whole leaf cards.
- FixedUpper body blocking the view when looking down.
- FixedMenu lists shifting when their scrollbar appears.
- FixedSettings rows not lining up.
- FixedStutters when animals, roads, fish or objects come into view.
- FixedBirds flying through hills and hiding in tree crowns.
- FixedHitch when taking a watering can.
- FixedRoads running through ruins.
- RemovedJoin menu and join codes (replaced by the server list).
How to download
- Sign in on the Downloads page and link your Patreon.
- Download the zip and unzip it anywhere.
- Run Seeds & Circuits.exe.
The game isn't code-signed yet, so Windows may say "Windows protected your PC": click More info, then Run anyway. If your antivirus blocks or removes it, allow the game's folder and unzip it again.
Already playing? The game offers the update when you start it.