Latest Experimental Patch Notes: 0.93.18

Latest patch notes for 0.93. Note that this is only available on the “Experimental” branch at the moment – to opt-in you have to right-click on Kenshi in your Steam games list -> properties -> betas tab -> then choose “experimental”. 0.93.4 is the current stable version.

0.93.7

• Hotfix for debug lines showing on birds
• Fixed fertility value bug
• Non-swimming races don’t ragdoll float in water

0.93.8

• When you pass the starvation threshold you now pass out randomly and periodically, instead of forever. Gives you one last chance to find some food and survive.
• Reduced hunger recovery rate by half. Means you recover from starvation slower, but also means that a full belly lasts longer
  FIXES
• Fixed the newly introduced hauling AI bugs
• A few small audio bugs
• Fixed construction set translation exporter

0.93.9

• crashfix

0.93.10

• Fixed another of the new AI hauling bugs and a crash
• Fixed the high-level rare artifacts not being created when you import a game
• Fixed some cases of internal town wars kicking off
• Fixed invisible characters when loading
• Translation fixes
• Translation enabled in release
• Other small AI fixes

0.93.11

• Fixed building construction progress and research sometimes not progressing
• included missing translation .pot files
• bed rental can have different costs
• Fixed beds getting stuck as occupied if you get out too fast
• adjusted character appearance calculation. Bulk (eg arm size) comes from strength only. Muscle definition comes from a combination of strength, toughness, athletics, swimming, and dexterity, and is reduced by the cooking + science skills
• Fixed trader’s inventory stack duplication bug
• Added loaded translations from mods

0.93.12

• Fixed Splint kits. They now work properly, and will save your life some day. Its now a separate job to medic.
• Added a gameplay difficulty option for hunger time, higher settings means it takes longer to get hungry
• You can now buy and repair ruined buildings that you find
• A few crash fixes
• Fixed being unable to pickup map items

0.93.13

• If your prison sentence expires and nobody comes to release you, you can escape without being branded a criminal for escaping
• Fixed enemy recognition for the GUI (eg when to show red mouse cursor + context menu options)
• Fixed some of the animal ragdolls, added the missing gorillo
• Fixed attack range for some animals
• Increased physical strength bulk multiplier by 50%
• Moll now has dialogue
• A few more crash fixes

0.93.14

INTERESTING FEATURES

• Added 2 Shek towns and a new zone in the SW of the active map area
• Stolen items can now stack if you put them in machines or storage boxes
• Heat haze effect
• A 2nd fix for talking animals because the bulls kept swearing when they joined you
• Solved the bug preventing walking on roofs
• Fixed more animal ragdolls

UNINTERESTING FEATURES

• Default Wanderer now starts with a loincloth so you’re more like the other good-for-nothings. Trousers make you feel like you’re better than everyone else.
• Fixed interior reloading when following a character upstairs
• Limit max attack slots to prevent crash
• Unclamped GUI scaling for higher resolutions.
• Stopped ground effect particles appearing indoors
• Few AI bugs and crashes
• Fixed patrolling characters stopping
• Fixed ragdoll characters always facing the same way on load

0.93.15

• There was a mistake with the foldername instructions in /mods/readme.txt, it’s now been corrected.
• Audio volumes have been re-balanced, footstep sounds don’t dominate everything anymore.
• Fixed another talking animals bug
• Theoretical fix for hitting KO characters in combat
• Disabled dust bandit raid campaigns temporarily, until i have time to test and fix them up properly
• Fixed the AI bug where the shopkeeper would lock the door before telling you to leave, instead of after, and then consider you an intruder
• Fixed crash when picking up certain animals, and when sometimes using the furnace

0.93.16

• Fix for a frequent crash introduced in the last update
• Looting law changes. You don’t get tagged as a looter until you actually take an item from someone, and it doesn’t count as a crime if the item was stolen from you to begin with, or if the victim is a bandit, criminal or slave.
• NPCs can also now get tagged as looters, same laws apply.
• Fixed possible issue with mod’s data folders

0.93.17

• Fixed another random crash that was introduced in the last update that addressed a random crash introduced in the update previous to that one
• Stealth knock-outs now have a skill-based success chance. Tougher NPCs will be harder to knock out. Percentage chance is displayed.
• Fixed the robotics skill, healing was using medic skill instead
• Fixed hydroponic farms crop yield
• Armour king now has a slightly lighter weapon, so he’s way more deadly.
• A few more maps added to the travel shops
• Fixed a display error in the weapon stats

0.93.18

THIEVERY REBALANCE:
• Kidnapping is now a crime, you can’t just pick up sleeping shopkeepers and run off with them. Well, you can, but now there are consequences.
• Fixed some AI bugs where NPCs don’t go to bed. Stopped bar guards taking paying customers out of bed and dumping them outside.
• Blueprints and maps no nonger count as trade goods and so their re-sale value has the loot penalty
• All stolen items also count as “loot”, so you can no longer sell stolen goods for full price
• Fences now buy stuff at 50% instead of 25%, to make up for the loot penalty a bit
• You shouldn’t get attacked at shop closing time anymore
  FIXES:
• Fixed infinite lockpicking sound again
• Put a minimum cap on bar patrons, so there’s less chance of getting empty bars
• Shouldn’t be able to put animals in cages any more (because they don’t fit)
• Some smaller AI and crash fixes