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[Philo]

Hey folks

We just uploaded a first version of the new "Sandbox settings" update on the tester branch!
What has changed in this new version?

New features:

• New ability, Insect collecting
• Insect in the swamp can now be collected and swooped if the Nicheling has the Insect Collecting ability
• New animal type “Defender Bear”
• New animal type “Peaceful Bear”
• New gene Bat Head
• New gene Savanna Horns
• New gene Bat Wings
• Nicheling names can now be customized via a file
• Gem colors can now be customized via a file
• Added new sandbox settings:
  • Age and pregnancy duration settings
  • Start animal amount and gene settings
  • Damage and healing multiplier settings
  • Food and nesting material start amount settings
  • Blind gene mode setting
  • All genes unlocked setting
  • Tribe size limit setting
  • (Achievements are disabled if you play with custom sandbox settings)
     

Improvements:

• Added exhibiton mode 
• Unlocked genes are now highlighted in the mutation list
• Added gene name to gene unlocked message
• Reduced amount of Balance Bears that can spawn
   

Fixes:

• Apes can no longer move through jungle rivers
• Wild Nichelings drown themselves less often
• Moved tailfin body part a bit to avoid collision with water body
• SetGene and SwitchGender console command should no longer break the game or cause bugs
   

Some things are still missing, we're working on them:

• New gene Sticky Tongue
• Termit hills in Savanna
• (Maybe) Basic options to deactivate field occupants (aka switch off the rogue males)
• (Maybe) Very basic options to create challenges
   

How you can customize the animal name setting:
Open the file: C:\Users\username\AppData\LocalLow\Team Niche\Niche - a genetics survival game\AnimalNames.ini
Add new syllables and names, don't forget to save.

How you can customize the gem colors:
Open the file: C:\Users\username\AppData\LocalLow\Team Niche\Niche - a genetics survival game\ActionPointColors.ini
Add new colors, don't forget to save ^^

Please help us to test if all the new things are working!

To do so, you can head over to Steam.
Right click on Niche in your game library, select properties, open the Betas tab, enter the password.
The password is: NicheTesterBranch
Select tester_branch from the drop down. The game should now be updating. If now, restart Steam.
Happy testing and please report all bugs here. Thank you ❤️

 

[ValkyrieWolff]

Just now, Skysplash8 said:

Okay, that does look cute. I wonder what it looks like with different eye colors? Also, is the Tailfin icon for Swimming? And the Hearing and Smelling icons have changed, too!

They have! They're so cute now! The Tailfin icon is Swimming yeah 

[bostonlobstah]

@Skysplash8that is AWESOME!!!

 

[Philo]

Haha, the changed icons are actually a bug ^^'

[Sky]

ICE ICE BABY NO SCHOOL BECAUSE OF ICE ICE BABY

I tried playing on the Testing Branch, but the game crashed and Windows is taking a long time to report the problem and close it. D: 

[Sky]

1 minute ago, Skysplash8 said:

ICE ICE BABY NO SCHOOL BECAUSE OF ICE ICE BABY

I tried playing on the Testing Branch, but the game crashed and Windows is taking a long time to report the problem and close it. 😧

I tried again, but same as before, though it closed a lot quicker this time. 

[Sky]

3 minutes ago, Skysplash8 said:

I tried again, but same as before, though it closed a lot quicker this time. 

and now it's working third time. huh.

[bostonlobstah]

Look who Bostonlobstah found!

[ValkyrieWolff]

I've had this creeper follow me on two different islands now...it's uh....just a little unsettling

[bostonlobstah]

15 minutes ago, Jojo said:

QUESTION: Can is remove forbidden genes? So far I have only found out how I can add them

Just click on them and then on the question mark

[bostonlobstah]

Just now, ValkyrieWolff said:

I've had this creeper follow me on two different islands now...it's uh....just a little unsettling

First pic will give me Nightmares

he is stalking you!!

[ValkyrieWolff]

Just now, bostonlobstah said:

First pic will give me Nightmares

he is stalking you!!

Time to lock the windows.....

[Jojo]

19 minutes ago, ValkyrieWolff said:

I've had this creeper follow me on two different islands now...it's uh....just a little unsettling

I have started a safe file with 13 strength Nichelings that kill this dude really quickly.

 

Also where does the defence bear show up?

[Snowy Owl]

question, in the bat head stats it says -1 seeing but my creatures still see normal is this a bug or does the normal eyes cancel the -1 seeing?

[ValkyrieWolff]

Just now, Snowy Owl said:

question, in the bat head stats it says -1 seeing but my creatures still see normal is this a bug or does the normal eyes cancel the -1 seeing?

I'm going to guess that it's a bug, since when you look at the stats you can see that the minus one hasn't been applied

 

2 minutes ago, Jojo said:

I have started a safe file with 13 strength Nichelings that kill this dude really quickly.

 

Also where does the defence bear show up?

If that's the one Bostonlobstah found, it appears to be a grasslands type of biome?

Meanwhile, in the land of experimentation, the return of the goddess of winter! (or a close ish copy of her, since I don't actually have any records of what her stats were. Also a restart has added my custom colours into the game, not sure what happened there)

[bostonlobstah]

I think it's jungle and grassland biomes ^^

[Snowy Owl]

11 minutes ago, ValkyrieWolff said:

 Also a restart has added my custom colours into the game, not sure what happened there)

 

how? what did you type in?

[Philo]

@Snowy Owl Sounds like a bug!

[Aether]

4 hours ago, Philo said:

New gene Bad Wings

Aww... poor Nicheling s with this trait.

Sick again. Yay? I mean now I get to play it quicker

[ValkyrieWolff]

20 minutes ago, Snowy Owl said:

 

how? what did you type in?

I found a website that gave me the code for colours, I just copy and pasted and added the hash in front

(this is the website I used https://www.rapidtables.com/web/color/RGB_Color.html )

[Snowy Owl]

1 hour ago, ValkyrieWolff said:

I found a website that gave me the code for colours, I just copy and pasted and added the hash in front

(this is the website I used https://www.rapidtables.com/web/color/RGB_Color.html )

 

Edit: found the right file, what a drag finding that file.

and it works YAY!

[ValkyrieWolff]

2 minutes ago, Snowy Owl said:

 

tried that, nothing works, i'm giving up. not worth the work

It didn't work for me initially either, and then I restarted niche (and steam I think) and then all of a sudden I was just clicking through the colours and saw my custom colours. Maybe it'll just start working randomly for you too

[bostonlobstah]

Question, what is 'exhibition mode'?

[Philo]

@bostonlobstah We added that for festivals who asked us if they can show the game. Basically it just restarts every couple minutes in the tutorial.

[Sky]

Wait a second...

10 hours ago, Philo said:

Bad Wings

ALERT, ALERT! NEW ADDITION TO THE DICTIONARY INCOMING! @Lilytuft , ADD THIS IMMEDIATELY! 

 

Ah, yes. Nicheling genes. The wonderful snouts, like Digging Truck and Purrsnot. And those new wings, Bad Wings. I don't know why they're called that, they seem pretty cool to me.

[Pokestardragacraft]

6 hours ago, Philo said:

@bostonlobstah We added that for festivals who asked us if they can show the game. Basically it just restarts every couple minutes in the tutorial.

Ah, that would’ve been so nice for my genetic engineering presentation!