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FABLEWOOD — UPDATE 5 PATCH NOTESUpdate 5 is live! This release focuses on creator tooling, social features, and a mountain of quality-of-life improvements. Headlining the update is the new Trigger Volume Tool, controller support, Server Discovery, and the Social Sidebar. Trigger Volume Tool ​ Create scripted encounters without writing a single line of code. Place persistent 3D volumes in the world that react when players enter, exit, or interact within them. Configure effects — sounds, spawns, teleports, weather changes — through a point-and-click GUI. Volumes are saved to the world and can be bundled into prefabs for reuse. Place, resize, and rotate volumes with in-game gizmos Multi-select and duplicate with Shift+D Chain multiple effects per volume with optional delays Fully extensible via the modding API Controller Support ​ Plug in an Xbox, PlayStation, or Nintendo Switch controller and the game picks it up automatically. Movement, combat, building, and menu navigation are all supported. Analog dead-zone tuning (5–95%) is available in Settings. This is the first iteration — some advanced features still require keyboard and mouse. We'll refine based on your feedback. Social Sidebar ​ Stay connected from the Main Menu: Add and manage friends, see who's online, send and receive world invites Sync with Discord friends — changes to their avatars reflect in-game Favorite friends, block players, and control incoming request notifications Not available on parent-managed accounts Server Discovery ​ Browse community servers without leaving the game: Server owners can submit via the Hytale Account page; approved servers appear in-game Search by title or description, filter by tags, and see like/favorite counts Hand-picked Featured Servers are highlighted by the team Recently played and favorited lists for quick access Music & Audio ​ Audio Occlusion & Diffraction — sounds muffle through walls and bend around corners using raycasting 60+ minutes of new music across three biomes: new day/night exploration tracks, short-form pieces, and ambient fragments Additional Changes ​ Creative Mode Placement Settings — Replace, Type Replace, Extrude, Draw, Fast Place, Eraser, Free Place, No Physics, and Highlight Block Target Item Name & Description Overrides — assign per-stack custom names and descriptions with rich formatting Emote Wheel — 9 new animations and updated graphics Chat Command Autocomplete — Tab and Shift+Tab to cycle through suggestions Extrude Tool rework — combined Extrude and Flood Tools; adds Same Material/Same Shape filters and Fill mode Prefab 3D Preview — interactive rotate/tilt/zoom preview before placement Player Movement FSM — movement now uses a Hierarchical Finite State Machine, laying groundwork for future movement features Simplified Chinese added; Dutch, Finnish, Italian, and Norwegian available for community translation via CrowdinMay 26, 2026Posted by PantheraMoon