WHAT’S NEW?

Winter Themed Islands
A cold front brings in 4 new Winter themed Islands you can select from the player Rift on the starter island.

Winter Village Prefabs
Add seasonal touches to your Islands with 6 new Winter Village Prefabs.

ISLANDS

• Added 4 new Winter Islands –
  • Selectable from the player Rift on the starter island
• Players now have 2 total “The Block” Islands instead of 1.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed multiple issues with Island Rift Portals not behaving as expected.
• Fixed an issue that could cause Featured Island Rift Portals not functioning when more than 8 players joined a server.
• Fixed player animation issues occurring after the “Reset Island” feature is used.
• Fixed an issue that allowed players to build above the height limit, causing them to become stuck.
• Fixed an issue that could cause a visiting player to lose the ability to select a Rift location if they leave and return to a host’s server.
• Fixed issues with editing structures and placing Traps on other player’s Islands.
• Fixed an issue that could cause Switch players to be removed from a server when one or more players max out their available Island memory

GAMEPLAY

• Added new “Glider Redeploy” Island setting.
  • Controls whether players can glide after falling.
  • Default: On

Bug Fixes

• Explosives are no longer able to destroy structures when the “Building Damage in Game” setting is turned off.
• Fixed players not sprinting after being in Fly Mode when both the “Auto Sprint” and “Toggle Sprint” settings were enabled.
• Fixed an issue that would prevent a player’s health and shields from resetting when starting a game in Creative Mode.
• Fixed an issue that could cause “Building Damage in Game” and “Block Building in Game” knobs to not function correctly.
• Fixed issue that could sometimes cause repaired structures to revert back to their previously damaged state when a player leaves and comes back to their island.
• Fixed a crash that occurred when selecting “My Island” from the in-game menus immediately after being eliminated.
• Fixed players being spawned over the water when entering an Island in some cases.
• Fixed an issue where players would be unable to jump after falling through the world.

CREATIVE TOOLS + PHONE

• Fixed issues where props could pass through the foundation structure of The Block Island.
• Fixed rotated props becoming attached to the phone at strange angles when you interact with them.
• Fixed props being unexpectedly dropped after carrying them far distances.

PREFABS

• Added 6 Winter Village prefabs.
• Added Holiday prop packs.
• Added new cube colors to the Cube Gallery prefab.
• Added logs and stumps to the Nature Gallery.
• Added Winter Nature Gallery.
• Added additional ramps and floors to the Obstacle Gallery.

Bug Fixes

• The “Peg Hop” prefab no longer spawns with a blocked staircase that requires players to destroy/build around it.

DEVICES

• New Devices added:
  • Gunner – Stands and shoots at any player within a 2 tile radius.
    • Choose between Pistol, Shotgun, Assault Rifle, or Rocket Launcher.
• Added new options to Player Spawners:
  • Added an option to hide the Player Spawner during Game.
  • Added an option to prioritize which Player Spawn to use when there are multiple to choose from.
  • Modified Island Start option to allow spawning for both Island and Game.
• New Item Spawner settings:
  • Added an option to hide the Item Spawner during Game.
  • Added an option to customize the rate that items are spawned.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed players being unable to access Item Spawner options.
• Fixed a visual issue that occurred if a player picked up a new trap while another was equipped.
  • This issue would cause the UI to update with the new trap but would place the original trap instead.
• Fixed a visual issue causing the Ice Block to appear in-game as the Cozy Campfire model when looted from a chest.

WEAPONS + ITEMS

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the Grappler was not respecting the Infinite Ammo Island Setting.
• Fixed an issue with player created chests would spawn on top of a structure above the player rather than in front of the player.
• Fixed issues with players not being able to loot chests on another player’s island while in Game.
• Fixed chests and Llamas being openable even if you didn’t have edit permission on another player’s island.

SOCIAL

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that could prevent players from joining the party of a Switch player in an active Creative server.

PERFORMANCE

• Initial loading improvements.
• Optimized performance when players throw Playset Grenades.
• Optimized networking memory usage.

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