Fixing a few issues related to the controller update pushed out yesterday, thanks for the reports! Hope the controller support works well for everyone.

Fixes:

• Fixed copper alembic extract button showing an empty list of destination container items
  
• Fixed inventory sort not sorting item names correctly due to singular/plural forms of the item names
  
• Attempt to fix PS4/5 controller detection for proper glyph display
  
• Fixed up placement rotation speed with mousewheel to be more granular, as well as making rotation with controllers more consistent regardless of framerate
  
• Fixed being unable to click player-made map markers to delete them
  
• Fixed some buttons being clickable when they shouldn't be (ex. in distillation)
  
• Fixed hand cart wheel rim break down recipe mistakenly giving 5 rims instead of 1
  
• Actually fixed hand cart wheel rim held position, the original fix applied to the wrong item
  
• Fixed error related to letting go of a dragged item in certain situations causing an uncaught exception and not behaving properly

Took some time but finally was able to get controller support into the game! The game will support Xbox, PS5 controllers and Steam Deck, and potentially others as well but without the proper glyphs. Text input (for things like map markers, co-op game name/password) with an onscreen keyboard will be there for Steam Deck but not other controllers unfortunately, this will come in a further update. Lastly, only third person mode will be available when using controllers, supporting top-down mode may come later depending on player feedback.

Features:

• Controller support - restricted to third person mode for now. It's still a bit experimental so please let me know if you run into any issues with UI navigation and whatnot. Also note that the input system within Unity was updated to better support controller input, so things like mousewheel scrolling may behave a bit differently to what it was before
  
• New radial menu to better support controller menu handling. This replaces the old "quick action menu" system that wasn't that great to use. All menus are accessible with options for equipping items and belt quick access. This radial menu is new and feedback is greatly appreciated around any additions or changes you'd like to see

Additions:

• Added iron shovel tip that can be combined with wooden shovels to created iron-tipped shovels that are much more durable
  
• Added wheelbarrow wheel and hand cart wheel break-down recipes. Nails are lost in this process due to no ability to track which nails were used to construct items. This will be remedied in future updates
  
• Added glyphs for keyboard and mouse inputs (along with controller glyphs) for better looking input hints ingame
  
• Reworked the inventory sorting buttons to now sort by size first (largest to smallest), then by item name (alphabetical, to group similar items together), then by item quantity (largest to smallest)

Balance:

• Increased wheelbarrow inventory size - you will need to dismantle and recreate your existing wheelbarrows to see the change

Fixes:

• Fixed lighting reflectiveness disappearing from non-sun light sources like fires when it is cloudy
  
• Fixed hand cart wheel rim hand placement when carried
  
• In co-op games, fixed dying while sleeping due to Blight infection breaking player character corpse collision, not allowing retrieval of previously held items
  
• In co-op games, fixed rare issue of dead players not being able to join again if the game was saved/reloaded while they were dead and before they respawned
  
• Fixed footprints appearing gigantic
  
• Fixed wheelbarrow map icon showing as a player icon

Addressing some late game performance issues and a few other fixes in this update, as well as new co-op game respawn settings. Gamepad/SteamDeck support is still coming very soon!

Additions:

• Added co-op game setting to allow respawn position update via sleeping. You can enable this when loading an existing co-op game save
  
• Added co-op game setting to change the items you respawn with: basic items (current setup) and no items (to reduce backpack spam)
  
• Added camera collision for cabin interiors in third person mode to allow for a much better experience inside

Fixes:

• Fixed extreme Blight cloud growth in very long games (day 50+) causing large framerate drops and delays in loading objects in the world. Note that loading these pre-0.9.9 saves will run a process to greatly trim down the amount of clouds in the world
  
• Fixed very long games getting save data files that were too big to load into memory and resulted in a "save corrupted" message
  
• Fixed another cause of "save corrupted" messages for cases where the game info file is corrupted somehow. In such cases a warning will show up explaining the issue and that any game settings (such as name, max players, difficulty, etc) will be reset to defaults to allow the save to be loaded
  
• Fixed recipes that use liquid input ingredients to properly take the specific liquid out of containers instead of using the whole mixture, avoiding exploitable scenarios
  
• Fixed the climb over mechanic so that it avoids collision checks with player held items like a clay jar, causing the character to shoot up to the sky when starting the climb over interaction
  
• Added creature pathing avoidance for fences to hopefully fix up creatures glitching over them when walking normally
  
• Fixed cave water not being visible in most cases
  
• Fixed not being able to interact with cave water
  
• Fixed up a lot of various uncaught errors that could be slowing down the game

Fixing an oversight with the logs falling when damaged introduced in the last update, sorry about that!

Fixes:

• Fix placed logs being knocked down when copped or sawed properly

A few more additions and fixes as controller/SteamDeck support gets very close to being ready!

Additions:

• Added sort functionality to all storage structures
  
• Allowed clay watering jug to be placeable on the ground
  
• Placed logs will get knocked over when hit (sorry!)

Fixes:

• Fixed alembic disappearing when the stored candle fully depletes
  
• Fixed brand new games not loading recently visited areas correctly until the first save occurs
  
• Fixed short and long planks jumping out of the water
  
• Fixed co-op joining players dying suddenly from fall damage when piloting rafts
  
• Fixed rare case of co-op players failing to join a game in certain cases until the host restarts the game
  
• Fixed placed clay jars showing "Empty" label when there is no liquid contents but there are items stored inside
  
• Fixed small amounts of bronze hardening into an unmovable 0 gram stack of hardened bronze

There was an oversight in the save migration code for older pre-0.9.4 saves. Pushing a quick fix for it!

Fixes

• Fixed "corrupted save" error when loading a pre-0.9.4 save. Nothing is actually corrupted, the game was just looking at the wrong place for the save data

More fixes, balances, QoL updates and a new wall type! Thanks so much for all the support, feedback and bug reports!

Gamepad/Steam Deck support is coming along well behind the scenes and should be here in the next larger update. Hang tight!

Additions:

• Added a plank fence wall type
  
• Added an invert mouse Y setting for third-person mode
  
• Added an ability to skip most tutorial tasks in case you get through them quicker than the game expects
  
• Candles now disappear when they burn through fully

Fixes:

• Fixed pre-0.9.4 worlds loaded in 0.9.4 having chunks regenerate and lose any modifications in specific save/load sequences, including an issue with the NPC camp disappearing within their cave. Saves where this has already been observed will not be repaired unfortunately, a new game will be required
  
• Fixed salt and other loose substances sometimes losing the properties required for cooking and other purposes
  
• Fixed co-op joining players falling through the cave entrance floor
  
• Properly fix soil tilling for co-op joining players now
  
• Fixed co-op joining players not able to finalize building floors
  
• Fixed a rare race condition when joining a co-op game near a cave with slow connections causing the cave to not load properly and cause an error loop, preventing the game from working properly
  
• Fixed save deletion not deleting the new save format folders associated with the slot
  
• Fixed "sleep" button not being localized in certain cases
  
• Fixed creatures above ground preventing fast-forwarding functionality if you are in a cave
  
• Fixed cases where interacting with an NPC in certain situations would freeze a co-op joining player and prevent you from moving or interacting
  
• Fixed start and immediate stop of the speaking dialog when interacting with an NPC due to bad distance checks

Balance:

• Lowered water requirements for disinfectant recipes
  
• Greatly reduced thirst cost of preserved food
  
• Reduced salt amount requirement for full efficiency preserving food in covered jars
  
• Increased inventory size of stick crate, raft with storage and wooden chests. You will need to take apart and rebuild these to see the change

Other changes:

• Adjusted collision for boars to allow easier hits when they are lying down to rest
  
• When loading a pre-0.9.4, there is now a step to migrate all pre-0.9.4 saves to 0.9.4+ save format to avoid issues going forward
  
• Reworked third person camera collision detection a bunch to now only collide with the terrain, caves, walls and roofs and nothing else to avoid rapid movement when running through forests and similar. The collision within shelters (roof/walls) should work a lot better now
  
• Added a "[E] Climb over" display when swimming and selecting the raft to make it clear you can climb on the raft to stop drowning
  
• Added more slots to the smoke rack inventory. You will need to take apart and rebuild smoke racks to see the change
  
• Increased stockpile size for pine leaves and twigs. Will need to create a new stockpile to see these changes
  
• The "Add from inventory" button will now disable when the stockpile is full and can't accept more items
  
• Shortened time of pickup messages in third-person mode

Finally added a big new change a lot of people have been asking for: third person mode! This is an experimental new feature that you can find in the controls settings. A lot of things were tested like building, melee/ranged attacks and navigation within shelters, but there may be things that I missed. Please report issues as you find them!

A few other fixes have been added as well, along with a completely rebuilt saving system. There were issues with games that went on many days with many separate saves causing huge delays when saving. This update separates out the folder structure a bit more to greatly cut back on this saving delay and should hopefully resolve things going forward. This change is backwards compatible with your existing saves, and any new saves in existing games will start using the new folder structure seamlessly.

New features:

• Added experimental new third person mode, accessible via controls settings

Fixes:

• Fixed cave generation intersecting above the terrain in certain cases. This is only present in games started in 0.9.4. Existing saves have added collision logic to prevent getting stuck in an invisible cave above the terrain
  
• Fixed hand cart/wheelbarrow sliding around too much when not held
  
• No longer turn off collision for far away placed items like backpacks to prevent them losing their covered by roof status in rain
  
• Fixed thin trunk stack size
  
• Fixed fast-forward blue effect setting not saving properly when restarting the game
  
• Fixed tanning frame and wheelbarrow not being repairable when damaged
  
• Fixed missing copper sheet to molten copper smelting recipe
  
• Fixed covered glass bottle decay rate to avoid berry juice decaying before vinegar forms
  
• Fixed NPC cave generating in extreme mountains and becoming inaccessible
  
• Fixed NPC letter trying to generate near a fire pit in a cave but then being placed on the terrain directly above the cave
  
• Prevented drowning from lowering your character in the water and subsequently preventing collision with a raft and being able to climb back onto it
  
• Fixed not being able to climb out of a rain catcher
  
• Fixed various camera related settings not applying until a game restart

Balance:

• Thin trunk stack size was accidentally 2, switched back to 1
  
• Reduced steel requirements for hand cart rims
  
• Dryable items like chamomile flowers no longer dry when wet
  
• Predators only eat passive creatures now, preventing them from trying to head into your camp to eat other predator carcasses you may have dealt with
  
• Removed AI logic that would cause bears to head into camp even though there isn't any food for them to eat
  
• Increased projectile speed of thrown spears and stones

Other changes:

• Reworked saving system to separate save slots by directory, speeding up new saves considerably
  
• Reworked shelter support beam and roof placement to work with third person mode and allow a bit easier placement in the original top-down perspective as well
  
• Added leatherworking process for black and brown bear furs. In the future these furs will be used for clothing creation
  
• More compact interactions UI when hovering over an object
  
• Added a small item image for most pickup messages
  
• Added "Build with..." option for large stones

A small set of fixes this time to address some recent bug reports, a larger update with new camera controls will come out mid next week! Thanks for playing the game everyone!

Fixes:

• Fixed oleander burn pile's clearing being reset after a few days. Now if the center of the cloud is cleared, the cloud will slowly start shrinking every day after
  
• Fixed glass bottle position when placed on the ground
  
• Fixed clay brick kiln items getting wet in the rain even if covered by a roof
  
• Fixed bones not being placeable in the fire pit's drying area
  
• Fixed error loop relating to digging and water updates that could cause performance degradation
  
• Fixed tilling soil not working for co-op joining players
  
• Fully fix decontamination percentage not showing up for co-op joining players
  
• Added recipe for copper ingot & tin ore pieces to make bronze

Balance:

• Greatly increased decontamination rate for all food
  
• Reduced requirements for oleander burn pile blueprint and slime oil oleander leaf crafting recipe

Other changes:

• Fungus placement in Blight clouds is now clustered in the center to give a better visual cue on where to target the clearing
  
• Blighted fungus is no longer selectable since the item isn't used in the game yet
  
• Increased small bone stack size to 4
  
• Allowed berries and pine nuts to be decontaminated
  
• Prevent auto-pickup from picking up placed items like rabbit snares or clay molds