R9 — Key re-mapping and bug squashing

Creatifriends!

Happy new year! It’s time for R9. Since we took the holidays off, this is going to be on the lighter side as far as releases go. There’s only one new feature — though it’s an often requested one — key re-mapping.

But there are also a bunch of improvements and bug fixes. For example, one improvement, suggested by the community: visitors will no longer be harmed by mobs. In fact, most of the additions and fixes in this update came from player suggestions and bug reports. We really do appreciate all the help you guys give us. Keep it coming! Our forums are this way.

Here are the release notes…

New Features and Content

• Hotkey re-mapping (use the one in-game and not on the game launcher)

Improvements

• Enemies are now peaceful to players with Visitor permissions
• Adjustment to jump height allowing easier jumping into two-high spaces
• Revised swimming / drowning effect
• Keepa visual variations
• Change to standard HTTP ports to improve world downloading for some players
• Saplings no longer spawn randomly; only obtained by pulling wood / leaves
• Reversion to less-irritating loot bag closing sound
• Minor audio tweaks

Bug Fixes

• Lighting fixes for non-block objects
• Fix for some simulations dramatically slowing down the game
• Light now properly passes through half-height slab blocks
• Spamming the “T” key no longer stacks touchstone teleports
• Flare effect no longer oversized
• Fix for block duplication exploit
• Fix for crafting duplication exploit
• Fix for being catapult-launched while placing blocks underwater
• Tooltip no longer vanishes when buffs run out
• Fix for chests and teleporters visually vanishing to other players when “pulled” in multiplayer
• Fix for missing wood roof icon
• Growth simulation tweaks
• Leaves and wood will no longer pull and vanish if inventory is full
• Labels on chests and other items no longer default to “Enter a message” if you back out while changing the label