Lay of the Land 0.18.0 The Snowy Mountains Update Part 1

Hey everyone,

The Snowy Mountains Update Part 1 is here and brings a new biome, new animals, new items, many fixes and various improvements.

I hope you enjoy the update and thank you all so much for the support and I hope you enjoy the game :)

Snowy Mountains Biome

In this frigid biome you'll find tall baren mountains interspersed with pockets of snowy forest. Flows of ice lead down the steep slopes into river valleys. Its snowy conditions prevent most vegetation from calling this region home but a few hardy plants have managed to resist the icy conditions.

New Animals

There are 3 new animals you can find in the Snowy Mountains. The Penguin, Big Horn Sheep and Polar Bear. Penguins spend their days wandering around the forest floor. Big Horn Sheep can be found in the forest or up in the mountains along with Polar Bears. These can be aggressive and love to hunt Penguins.

New Building Materials

With a new type of tree comes a new wood type: Pine Log and Pine Planks. There is also Pine variants of all furniture and other wooden items. You can also gather and place Snow and Ice.

Map

There is now an in game map that can be accessed with a Map item. The Map fills in as you explore and is used for easier navigation. Waypoints can be added to the map by selecting the waypoint option when editing a Sign.

Linux Support

A quick note on Linux support. I am dropping support for a native Linux build. I know this might be disappointing to some but it became too much of a time sink. The game works great with Proton (it actually performs better than the native build) and that is the path I'm going to be taking moving forward for Linux.

How to Install and Play

Windows

• Download the .zip file attached to this post

• Place the .zip file into the folder where you want to install the game

• Right click the .zip file and click Extract All

• A window will open. Click Extract

• Open the LayOfTheLand_0.18.0 folder

• Double click LayOfTheLand.exe

Linux

• Download the .zip file attached to this post

• Place the .zip file into the folder where you want to install the game

• Extract the .zip file

• Add LayOfTheLand.exe to Steam as a Non Steam Game

• Right click it in your library and select properties, then compatibility

• Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool. Proton 9.0-4 is recommended but Proton Experimental should work as well

• Launch the game

Changelog

Snowy Mountains Biome

• Snowy Mountains Terrain

• Pine Trees

• Snow Weather

• Snow Storm Weather

Animals

• Penguin

• Big Horn Sheep

• Polar Bear

Map

• Map: New Item to help with navigation. Fills in as you explore.

• Map UI

• Map Waypoints: Signs are used to mark waypoints

New Player Tutorial

• The game now has a short tutorial to introduce new players to some of the basic gameplay mechanics.

Vegetation

• Pink Flower

• Yellow Flower

Voxel Materials

• Snow

• Pine Logs

• Pine Leaves

• Pine Planks

• Ice

Props

• Pine Barrel

• Pine Chair

• Pine Crate

• Large Pine Crate

• Pine Table 10x10

• Pine Table 10x20

• Pine Table 20x20

Useables

• Pine Door

• Pine Sign

• Useable/Prop placement previews will now face towards the player when equipped

Items

• Pine Tree Sapling

Misc

• Pink dye is now crafted from pink flowers

• Yellow dye is now crafted from yellow flowers

• Green dye is now crafted from clover plants

• Boars, bears, crocodiles and emus will no longer attack the player in peaceful mode

• Reduced ai lose sight time to make it easier to run away from ai

• Reduced boar health

• Reduced chance of boars attacking the player

• Can now use middle mouse button or gamepad d-pad up to pick the item you are looking at in creative mode

• Can now continuously break voxels with an empty hand by holding use item

• Game no longer is paused when switching wand spell or off hand item

• Ores are now slightly emissive to better help with visibility

• Flint can now spawn on clay

• Terrain flatten/path previews are now green when valid to give better visibility on snow

• Can now use grass and thatch voxels as fuel

• Animation related performance improvements

• Updated AMD FSR to FSR4

• Added a slight vertex offset to higher LODs to prevent z-fighting as LODs transition

Fixes

• Fixed wood creating sounds not playing on Fig Planks

• Fixed being unable to remove single voxels in creative mode

• Fixed being able to eat food from off hand and switch to another item while eating causing the food item to be kept

• Fixed gas voxel sorting issues

• Fixed repairing of boomerangs

• Fixed incorrect arrow meshes being used on equipped bow and arrow