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Windrose Sells Over 1.5 Million Copies in Two Weeks, Update Released

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The pirate survival adventure game Windrose has sold over 1.5 million copies since its early access release on Steam on April 14, according to developer Kraken Express.

Update 0.10.0.4.268-9d2ca277

Important Bits

  • Added a setting to force relay connection for improved connectivity.
  • Fixed a bug causing connection issues for players with non-English Windows usernames.
  • Reduced CPU and disk usage, improved ship performance.
  • Fixed crashes related to inventory slot IDs and killing Drowned with ship cannon fire.
  • Reduced crafting costs for many building pieces.

New Stuff

  • Added approximately 40 new building pieces, including wall triangles, floor triangles, seedbeds, sound and visual effects for crop growth, and audio cues for Drowned attacks.
  • Extended ambient music tracks.

Interface

  • Fixed FrameGen stuttering, VRAM spikes, and various control remapping issues.
  • Improved support for accented letters in player and ship names.

Building & Terraforming Fixes

  • Fixed digging under trees, shovel flatten tool, building integrity recalculation, and various collision issues.
  • Increased plant density for saplings.

Other Bug Fixes and Improvements

  • Increased drop rates for Tainted Bile and Hardwood.
  • Fixed ship disassembly item loss prevention.
  • Fixed Boar and Alpha Wolf combat issues.
  • Fixed jewelry special attack damage bonus.
  • Fixed Rosalinda Mercer's perk.
  • Fixed teleportation, ore respawn, and audio issues.
  • Various visual improvements and quest fixes.