- Fixed the Nest unlocking at an advanced tier. Evolution III now unlocks it at Tier I; existing Nest levels are preserved.
- Fixed imported saves placing Birb across the Nest river before the bridge is unlocked.
- Fixed missing travel arrows after an interrupted Desert introduction.
- Added the readiness indicator and navigation shortcut for the first Parrot Rebirb.
- Automatic mining now continues while typing in chat.
- Added a Mine unlock checklist to the entrance and Parrot Forge, showing completed and missing requirements.
- Updated Abyssal Bait and Shiny Abyssal Bait icons to distinguish them from Coral Crumbs.
Interface
- Fixed tutorial markers and panels becoming misaligned when changing UI scale.
- Improved tutorial positioning and available space on smaller screens.
- Reduced hotbar icon flickering by preserving icons when item quantities change.
- Steam now remembers the chosen player name instead of replacing it at startup.
- Moved the Settings close button to the upper-right corner.
- Added an in-game patch notes window with publication history and navigation.
Saves and Recovery
- Browser save recovery now applies recovered progress without forcing a page reload.
- Improved save conflict handling to prevent older running state from overwriting recovered progress.
- Added protection against overlapping save transitions.
- Improved history restoration with verification of the restored save before resuming.
Performance and Desktop Compatibility
- Cached fishing catch notifications to reduce repeated drawing work.
- Added performance measurements for fishing UI and Expedition achievement processing.
- Moved Steam Cloud operations off the UI thread to reduce stalls.
- Improved Linux Wayland startup and rendering compatibility.
- Expanded bundled Linux audio dependencies, including PulseAudio and ALSA support.
- Added audio recovery after player interaction and improved playback error logging.
- Added Linux runtime diagnostics for investigating freezes and rendering failures.
Server
- Optimized chat history queries and online presence broadcasts.
- Added protection against stalled chat connections accumulating outgoing data. Thank you for making birb possible! Keep Birbing!
