What changed in Kenshi in 2019

Cleaned up the list of races that can eat restricted food in the item tooltip.

Resolved a crash issue related to the backpack stealing mechanic.

This option was removed due to causing issues with Waystations and not providing a noticeable performance gain.

Fixed issues when the Kenshi install path contains non-ascii characters.

Fixed a crash with the new fix for the previous ragdoll crash.

Stealing backpacks from animals now counts as stealing.

Invalid textures now result in a black screen instead of a crash.

Backpack contents are now marked as stolen when you steal a backpack.

Updates to the release version are better tested, leading to less frequent updates.

Included in the recent v1.0.40 update, addressing multiple crash issues.

The GUI tooltip now shows your bounty even if you are a slave.

Clamped a value to avoid the cursed money item bug.

Fixed some dialog not triggering as DC_IS_ENEMY always returned true.

Pet animals now heal 2x speed when KO'd, as they have no other means of healing.

Fixed a crash if loading an invalid item in a character inventory.

Fixed crash if character dies while rearranging squads.

Fixed a random crash when picking up characters.

Additional crash fixes implemented.

Fixed a random crash that would happen if someone caught someone else committing assault against nothing.

Fixed AI stalling when crafting items with different input items needed.

Fixed DC_IS_NEARLY_KO being unhandled.

Slaves are now only fed up to 100 if not in a cage, instead of 115.

Fixed inventory item limit being ignored when AI moves large item stacks.

Fixed item labels being cut off at certain resolutions.

Chinese language updated to include user suggestions from the Steam Community forums.

Fixed interior visibility in build mode.

Mostly fixed the issue with characters patrolling into private buildings.

Slave status is no longer reset when arrested by police.

Fixed bounty dialogue not triggering if you hand in Eyegor.

Fixed AI bug where a guard captures someone out of town boundaries.

Stopped NPCs thinking animals are weak because they don't have weapons.

Holy farm storage is no longer full of ration packs.

Fixed interior not loading correctly if you complete a building while inside it.

Some minor fixes to the navigation mesh.

German language has been updated to change a few words to shorter alternatives.

Fixed particle effects of buildings on roofs.

A bunch of small stability fixes to the FCS.

Fixed missing temples in Holy Nation towns.

Fixes for a few building interior visibility bugs.

Fixed NPCs sometimes dying if you knocked them out and left the area.

Reduced characters running through the air or underground when zones load.

Fixed bodyguard betrayal triggering more than once per betrayal.

Fixed a crash with the new fix for the previous ragdoll crash.

Clamped a value to hopefully avoid the cursed money item bug, where picking up a coin resulted in minus a billion cats.

Fixed bodyguard betrayal triggering more than once per betrayal, leading to oversized relation penalties. Penalty should be 20 to reputation.

Fixed interior visibility issues while in build mode.

Fixed a crash that occurred with the new fix for the previous ragdoll crash.

Fixed a random crash that would happen if someone caught someone else committing the crime of assault against nothing (no victim).

A bunch of small stability fixes to the FCS.

Mostly fixed the issue with characters patrolling into private buildings.

Quick fix for the newly introduced bug that caused the zone loading to get stuck.

Fixed a random crash when picking up characters, or something related to that. This was difficult to catch as it only happened on certain PCs.

Fixed interior not loading correctly if you complete a building while inside it.

The team is now focused on developing Kenshi 2, responding to community feedback.

Update on the progress of creating merchandise for Kenshi, partnering with Merchandise.Game.

Ongoing Halloween modding competition with prizes from the community prize pool.

Exploring the idea of a public bug tracker for Kenshi 1 to improve issue reporting and tracking.

Launch of additional social channels for different language speakers to share updates and engage with the community.

Fixed inventory item limit being ignored when AI moves large item stacks.

Slave status is no longer reset when arrested by police, allowing waiting out a sentence.

Fixed AI stalling when crafting items with different input items needed.

Fixed AI bug where a guard captures someone out of the boundaries of the town.

The GUI tooltip now shows your bounty even if you are a slave.

Holy farm storage is no longer full of ration packs.

Slaves are now only fed up to 100 if not in a cage, instead of 115.

Reduced characters running through the air or underground when zones are loading.

Pet animals now heal 2x speed when KO'd, as they have no other means of healing.

A fix for NPCs sometimes dying if you knocked them out and then left the area, now it takes their health into account.

Fixed bounty dialogue not triggering if you hand in Eyegor.

Additional crash fixes implemented.

Fixes for a few building interior visibility bugs

Porting Kenshi 1 to Unreal engine is now more work than developing Kenshi 2.

Modding support will be more complicated with Unreal engine, though it remains a priority.

The switch to Unreal engine will allow for amazing graphics with less effort.

Development has switched to the Unreal engine, promising better performance and stability.

A new pathfinding system will be implemented with the transition to Unreal engine.

A Chinese language sub-forum has been added on the Steam Community Forum.

Fixed issue of getting stealth XP when in a cage.

Clothing being chosen for characters before race limiter is set up has been fixed.

Dismantle button missing from turret info data panel if upgradeable has been fixed.

A Russian language sub-forum has been added on the Steam Community Forum.

Boot slot not being disabled for characters spawned with no legs has been fixed.

Chinese language font changed to one which is more legible based on community feedback.

Resolved crash when making savegame names ending in '...'.

Addressed a random crash issue.

French translation updated to correct some errors.

Boots were spawning on characters with no legs, this issue has been resolved.

Resolved crash occurring during the Escape Cannibal Cage tutorial.

Chinese translation updated to correct some errors.

A Japanese language sub-forum has been added on the Steam Community Forum.

Introduced a full set of badges, 5 trading cards, 5 backgrounds, and 5 emotes.

New trading cards featuring Skeletons, Hivers, Gorillo, Bonedog, and Beakthing.

Five new backgrounds: Dunes, Drifter, Ashlands, Shek, and Beep.

Five new emotes: Cactus Rum, Holy Flame, Greenfruit, Dustwich, and Beeped.

Fixed an issue with dropping items onto portraits when the view is scrolled.

Fixed an issue where a carried person would never get put down if they died.

Currently reviewing the Japanese translation with the help of the Japanese community manager.

Fixed some additional stability issues.

Passive characters will not fire turrets unless they are attacked.

Added Chinese language support as an additional language option.

Rollback due to mix-up with the Japanese translation.

Fixes to the Japanese translation in both main stable and experimental branches.

Introduced a 'no longer used' description for deprecated values in the FCS.

Characters would have the wrong voice after modifications in the character editor.

Modders can now export existing translations for use.

Resolved an issue with exporting multi-line strings in gamedata.po.

Resolved an issue with the attack range of blood spiders.

Resolved an issue causing the game to crash if combat is cleared during this dialogue event.

Introduced a new logging system to assist in debugging save/load related issues.

Fixed possible towns having null faction.

Fixed crash added in last update, if character has no clothing.

Removed unplaceable towns from town list in ingame editor.

Fixed a few minor town guards that didn't respond to attacks.

A rare crashfix.

Fixed limb stumps causing crash when changing race in character editor.

Fixed crash if missing save folder.

If you import the game inside a building.

Changes to save file system to attempt to reduce saving errors.

Characters spawning with robot limbs can be optional.

Improved translation now fully complete.

Fixed NPC's hitting many times at once if you get in a cage during their attack.

Restarting without moving if you try to KO someone else.

Currently working on Simplified Chinese localisation, ETA Mid Summer 2019.

Not always working as expected.

Could result in aggressive town AI after a faction takeover.

Provides clarity on why an invisible entity is attacking.

Resolved issues causing wrong context menu commands to show on a character.

Translated tips

Proof reading 70% complete

Exploit fix

Fixes towns in map screen

Could cause characters to appear in weird places, like private buildings if they were in Squin

Could cause various issues

Continuing with bug fixing thanks to player bug reports and feedback.

Expect a slightly improved French update this spring.

A Japanese localisation re-haul is due out this spring to address odd translations and inconsistencies.

Small AI performance optimisation, prevents cases where your frame rate could get destroyed if you were running a huge base with 100's of machines.

French and Russian corrections.

Fixed crash if character name uses missing wordswap.

Back thread save icon not stuck on when failing to save.

Fixed game not exiting after failing to save.

Fixed platoons not saving if faction name contains *.

Only show one error message per missing wordswap.

Fixed AI constantly alternating between self-preservation and another task.

Fixed issue where long names would truncate.

Resolved issues with buildings and walls being assigned to the wrong town.

This update should help fix broken towns by importing.

Fixed AI behavior for towns with internal gates that were inaccessible.

Fixed AI behavior where a crippled character with un-healable legs would still try to heal them.

AI should no longer forget to heal or release prisoners.

The point at which health causes a coma is now moddable.

Updated launcher to reflect that Spanish is complete.

Announcement dialogs shouldn't get repeated, and camera snapping will only occur once per raid.

Buildings town reassigned when new player outpost created to prevent AI builders from ignoring them.

Font scaling improved to prevent excessive line spacing with increased font size.

Fixed issue where prisoners were getting piled up.

An experiment to see if a fix resolves unexplained random crashes.