From Iron Gate
It's once again time for a patch! Today we have a bunch of bug fixes and optimizations for you, such as fixing memory leaks and improving snap points for certain build pieces, and plenty more. Hopefully this patch will mean a smoother Valheim experience for all! Thank you to everyone who helped test the patch during the PTB round!
What it touches · 7
Abbreviated Patch Notes
- Various optimizations for memory usage
- Various bug fixes and improvements
- Various fixes to build pieces
- Various Xbox improvements
- Various Mac improvements
Detailed Patch Notes
All platforms
- Optimized Asset Bundles, reducing start-up times by up to 75%, build size by up to 35% and memory usage by 110 MB. Should also reduce the download size of future patches.
- Optimized UI rendering, improving FPS by 5-10% when CPU bound
- Fixed memory leak that occurred when generating subsequent new worlds
- Changed certain sound files to be loaded in background, reducing some specific lag spikes
- Added a fix for movement to behave the same when holding down secondary attack while moving with the gamepad as on keyboard.
- Removed “Detailed particle systems” from Graphics settings and make the “off” setting the default.
- Added a fix to allocate less memory and lower execution time for certain types of input
- Fixed a bug that caused inaccurate collision detection between AoEs and characters in multiplayer scenarios, e.g. sometimes catching on fire even when not walking into the fire.
- Fixed mouse being stuck held down after naming a map pin with virtual keyboard.
- Improved chat message and sign compliance with platform privileges, parental controls and local block list
- Game now shows in-game player names in Player List for cross-network users as well
- Reduced memory usage of profile pictures in Player List
- Fixed a bug where tooltips in settings menu did not show up in-game
- Fixed a freeze that could occur when changing the permitted list
- Boss and death map icons are no longer manually placeable via controller
- Asksvin trophy icon now matches the colour of the actual trophy
- Cooked Asksvin Tail and Roasted Crust Pie no longer sparkle when attached to an itemstand
- Tweaked snap points of Ashwood Stakewalls for better alignment
- Tweaked snap points for Grausten wall 2x2 for better alignment
- Grausten arches are now allowed to be placed in different orientations in the same position
- Grausten Roof Corner no longer changes position when damaged
- Blackmarble floor triangle and tip are no longer burnable
- Fixed an issue that made some events able to trigger without their conditions being met
- Hiding UI with CTRL + F3 now also hides sailing UI and Pause Menu UI
- A brief message is now shown when hiding UI using a gamepad
- Updated localization
Xbox/MS
- Game no longer needs to be restarted to observe profile updates in the game
- Added invite button to pause menu
- Reduce network usage somewhat for functionality related to Xbox network.
- Gamepad association UI now reappears if the gamepad is disconnected and a keyboard & mouse is not connected, or if gamepad input when no user is assigned to it
- Reduced risk of crashes
- Chat messages can no longer be sent if text communication is disabled via system. Also shows a system UI popup telling users to change the setting if they want to chat
- On the console, when starting the game for the first time, the game language is now auto-selected based on the console language.
- Character names are now filtered as UGC in received chat messages and player list
- Fixed a bug that could make the “Game Preview” popup appear again after being dismissed
- Reduced reserved space on Xbox console, reducing disk usage by up to 1 GiB
Mac App Store
- Updated minimum compatible MacOS version to 10.15
- Now uses TAA instead of FXAA for anti-aliasing
- Improved success rate for Game Center friend invites
- Fixed a bug related to viewing text on signs while not signed in to Game Center