Major Update: Survival, Combat and a More Persistent World

This major update brings together new survival options, improved combat and a broad round of fixes for Hostile Paths.

- Expanded world saving: better restoration of your position, loot, enemies, quests and shop stock. - Improved enemy vision, searches, retreats and attack warnings, plus adjustments to boss presentation and encounters. - A guided tutorial covering movement, combat, looting, inventory and the map. - More atmosphere with snow, ground mist, tank tracks, biome audio and day-survival feedback. - Reworked combat and interface audio, refreshed menus and clearer text alongside pixelated visuals. - More food, water, fuel and material items, new equipment options and clearer icons and descriptions. - More reliable stacking of perks and equipment bonuses. Removing equipment preserves your perk bonuses. - Resource delivery quests accept matching food, water or fuel variants. - Fixed purchased ammunition being treated as empty and several items failing to return when loading a save. - Improvements to world streaming, enemy activation, transitions and stability, including fixes for snow effects. - Added in-game Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Russian and Korean localization.

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