Patch Notes - v0.4.9

This update focuses on quest reliability, world density/visuals, and loot flow.

New & Expanded Content

• Outposts & NPCs: Added several new outposts and a handful of new NPCs within them.
• Vegetation pass: Reworked and improved vegetation, grass, and terrain textures. Substantially increased foliage across the map, plus additional trees and a new tree variant.

Systems & Balance

• Loot rework (chests): Chest loot tables have been adjusted. Interacting with a chest now spawns items on the ground instead of sending them directly to your inventory.
• Graphics-based foliage: Vegetation density now scales with your selected GFX setting.

Fixes

• Objective markers & quests: Fixed an issue where quests wouldn’t register completion if objective markers were toggled off in the UI. Quests now complete correctly even with markers hidden.
• NPC placement: Moved a number of NPCs that were stuck in terrain in several key areas.
• Inventory icon cache: Fixed an issue that could load old item icons when collecting from some chests. (Note: applies to future chests, not ones already opened.)
• World polish: Addressed various small tweaks and changes for stability and presentation.