Terrain editing and movement

Terrain editing now waits for a ready private draft. Use Ctrl + wheel for brush height while aiming freely. This release also repairs movement readiness and terrain coverage. See what to test in .23.

Earlier brush-height controls

The earlier Space/C brush controls have been replaced. In .23, Ctrl + wheel changes brush height; Space/C moves the editing camera vertically. F resets the brush height offset. Follow the current testing checklist.

Terrain camera direction

Corrects vertical mouse direction while editing terrain. The tester download includes a terrain controls guide. This is a Windows client update; the live game server remains unchanged.

Mattock terrain controls

Terrain controls now use the new volumetric tool. Equip the mattock and use Tab for its settings. This release also updates terrain collision readiness.

Clearing cleanup

The old blue prototype puddle has been removed. The river and unlimited supply chest remain available.

Smoother terrain streaming

The game prepares collision ahead as you walk. The unlimited tester supply chest is back near spawn.

Dig in three dimensions

Equip a Stone Mattock and press T to edit. Dig into hillsides or shape the ground, then press T to save your edits. Your existing character and invitation still work.

Beast Master: Call of the Wild

Recall your living bonded pets without finding or targeting them first. Your first exclusive bond unlocks the ability; returning companions use their normal movement and remain yours.

Wildlife now forms multiple groups across suitable woodland habitats. The Bond panel shows permanent-bond requirements and progress, including locked actions.

Open LLHTester.exe for the matching update and continue with your existing invitation.

More woodland wildlife

Meet animated geese, rabbits and wild boar, built on the shared wildlife and companion system. Geese can walk and swim; rabbits and boar forage and react to nearby danger.

Offer suitable food, build trust and use the actions available for each animal. Your existing bear, deer, character and personal invitation stay with you. Open LLHTester.exe to receive the matching update.

This weekly tester release is ready for your hands-on gameplay feedback. Wolf, fox, beaver and bird flight remain future work.

Woodland deer

Deer use the supplied realistic model and animations, with smoother turns, obstacle-aware movement, feeding and finite harvest resources. Healthy deer retain their previous running speed.

Offer berries and build trust. Accept friendship in the Bond tab to become the exclusive owner and unlock Follow, Wait and Come. Other trusted players may help care for your deer; they cannot take ownership or command it. Deer do not eat meat or carry cargo.

Friendship, selected commands and your inventory survive reconnecting. Open your existing LLHTester.exe to update and keep using your personal invitation.

Bear commands and AI

Your bear now keeps its selected command through hunger, rest and temporary obstacles, with clearer accepted, refused and current-activity feedback. This update improves following, waiting, hunting, protection, returning home and moving around trees, walls and players.

Feed meat or berries through the bear menu. To leave a meal, choose Drop 1 for bear food; ordinary dropped items stay reserved. Open LLHTester.exe to update, then test commands, food, obstacles and reconnecting with your existing companion. Journal and riding expansion remain on the future checklist.

Building on uneven ground

Foundations now level a small supported area on suitable uneven ground. Ground storage and shelters fit supported slopes, and campfires can sit on your log floor. Saved support checks handle the edge of leveled ground and ignore non-solid water triggers.

Packaged Windows-to-Linux placement and saved reconnect checks passed. Please test foundation placement on gentle slopes, storage, shelters and campfires, then reconnect and check your construction. Send a screenshot and location for any rejected placement.

Connected rivers and bear swimming

This Windows update adds terrain-following connected rivers and waterfalls, visible downstream flow, and bonded-bear shore, shallow-water, swimming, current and exit behavior while preserving the existing world.

Automated Windows/Linux water traversal and saved reconnect passed. Physical pickup, berry-harvest and ridden-bear input remain on the team playtest checklist; report problems with a screenshot, location and steps.

Bear rest, testing chest and berry grounding repairs

This Windows update lets bears sit and lie on ordinary uneven ground, locks body yaw while resting, makes the explicitly opted-in testing chest available as a global build and craft supply, and restores buried berry bushes while preserving world progress.

Water, equipment and wildlife encounter changes are not included. Please report problems with a screenshot, location and steps to reproduce.

Timed stump harvesting repair

This Windows update repairs timed stump harvesting and removal while preserving world progress, player inventories, structures, resources and companion ownership. It retains the standing-tree and waterfall repairs.

Please test stump harvesting, reconnecting and normal bear companion play. Broader woodland visuals still need review. Report problems with a screenshot, location and steps to reproduce.

Saved-tree ground alignment update

This Windows update repairs the ground alignment of saved standing trees while preserving world progress, player inventories, structures and companion ownership. It retains the bear companion checkpoint and restored waterfall pool water.

Please test tree placement, harvesting and reconnecting. Some tree intersections and broader woodland visuals still need review. Report problems with a screenshot, location and steps to reproduce.

Bear companion playtest and restored pool water

The bear companion checkpoint is ready for team testing, with responsive command menus, companion behavior and cargo. This update also restores the missing pool water around the waterfall and includes the existing chest, item-drop and ground-placement fixes.

Please report bugs with a screenshot, location and steps to reproduce. Some tree placements remain under investigation; no tree-grounding change or world reset is included.

Shared building supplies for the woodland playtest

The LLOH and AtmosInk Music testing chest offers unlimited supplies to everyone on the server. Take items from its menu, or craft and build nearby using its supplies directly. The chest remains available until the host removes it.

This update also includes woodland wildlife distribution changes, updated timber materials, and building placement improvements. Large terrain redesign and native Landscape experiments are deferred while players test this release.

Please test shared chest access, nearby crafting and building, uneven-ground placement, tree cutting, and reconnecting. For problems, send a screenshot, location, what you were doing, and the game log if a disconnect or crash occurred.

Waterfall surfaces stay in place

Windows 0.1-woodland.20261023.3 fixes stretched water triangles around waterfall pools and gives steep falling water its own flowing surface. Open LLHTester.exe to update.

Check both waterfalls from the banks and while swimming. Send a screenshot and location if water separates from the terrain. Rock shapes, foam and splashes remain work in progress.

Water follows the riverbanks

Windows 0.1-woodland.20261023.2 fits river water to the terrain banks and bed, removes disconnected water behind raised banks, and updates swimming boundaries when terrain changes. Open LLHTester.exe to update. Waterfall and pool edges still need work; this update does not finish those effects.

Please walk the banks, swim, edit and restore a bank, then reconnect. Send the build version, location and a screenshot if water or collision looks wrong.

More natural pine bark

Windows 0.1-woodland.20261023.1 adds detailed pine bark with consistent texture scale on mature trees, young trees and fallen timber. Open LLHTester.exe to update.

Please check bark up close and at a distance, then try processing a fallen tree.

A growing woodland

The current prototype includes a larger pine woodland, rivers and waterfalls, swimming, updated plants and resource art, animated deer, and render-distance settings.

These are early implementations. Water edges, wildlife behavior and forest appearance still need work.

From your feedback

More natural waterfall shapes, better contact foam and splashes, and further water polish.

Smoother deer movement, wildlife spread through suitable forest habitats, roaming for food and cover, and harvestable plants for in-game feeding. Pine canopy and forest-floor improvements are also on the list.