Pickables duration

The eternal problem with pickables is that they disappear too soon. If you get killed, all your items are dropped next to the body. By the time you respawn and reach the same place, the items may already be gone.

I cannot simply increase duration of pickables, because it would be too costly on the CPU. After an explosion, there can be thousands of them lying all around the landscape. We don’t want them to last more than a minute or two, slowing the game down. On the other hand, valuable items should last a lot longer.

So in 2.4 there is a priority system for pickables. All the worthless items, like dirt, sand, leaves, rocks etc. disappear first. And as soon as there remains less than 80 pickables in the world, they last a lot longer, up to 15 minutes (3x longer than in 2.3). The priority system ensures that these lucky 80 have a much bigger chance of being the valuable items rather than worthless junk.

There’s more coming in 2.4 than just seasons. Some of this stuff is quite scary – I should make a video for you later.

82 Comments

  1. Unknown's avatar Ayden Cook
    Posted December 10, 2024 at 17:53 | Permalink | Reply

    We’re all very glad to see you posting again. I can’t remember if you’ve mentioned planning a steam release. Have you considered it?

  2. Posted December 10, 2024 at 17:59 | Permalink | Reply

    we survivalcraft fans eating good this year

    also that’s actually a pretty unique feature, even for something as minor as this! can’t wait!

  3. phoenix906's avatar phoenix906
    Posted December 10, 2024 at 17:59 | Permalink | Reply

    breeding should definitely be part of the seasons cause I feel like it goes hand in hand. But yeah, I wonder what he means by scary 😭

  4. hanksauri's avatar hanksauri
    Posted December 10, 2024 at 18:00 | Permalink | Reply

    This was way overdue! Thank you!

  5. Posted December 10, 2024 at 18:00 | Permalink | Reply

    are the “scary” parts halloween theme or am i just slow

  6. Posted December 10, 2024 at 18:00 | Permalink | Reply

    Spooky 🙀

  7. Posted December 10, 2024 at 18:01 | Permalink | Reply

    kaalus is cooking up a masterpiece of an update 🔥🔥🔥

  8. hanksauri's avatar hanksauri
    Posted December 10, 2024 at 18:02 | Permalink | Reply

    But I do believe pickables could be optimized. Like if they stop moving because they are on a solid block, there is no need to constantly iterate over them, right?

  9. optimistic00ee70b49b's avatar optimistic00ee70b49b
    Posted December 10, 2024 at 18:04 | Permalink | Reply

    Please add the effect of temperature on the rotting period.

    • battlemanchik's avatar battlemanchik
      Posted December 11, 2024 at 19:12 | Permalink | Reply

      i think there is already early. When we where in sno area food rotten significantly slower

  10. Unknown's avatar Hurd Titan
    Posted December 10, 2024 at 18:04 | Permalink | Reply

    any updates for multiplayer?

  11. Posted December 10, 2024 at 18:04 | Permalink | Reply

    I wonder what these scary features will be. . .

    Personally, I hope they aren’t supernatural however.

    • hanksauri's avatar hanksauri
      Posted December 10, 2024 at 18:05 | Permalink | Reply

      Agreed. Werewolves are already enough supernatural stuff for Survivalcraft.

  12. Leo Goldensnake's avatar Leo Goldensnake
    Posted December 10, 2024 at 18:07 | Permalink | Reply

    To put it jokingly, you have finally broken through the most basic logic : -)
    So what is that scary thing?

    New supernatural creatures: Zombies?
    Indigenous Human who can use player weapons?
    Halloween decorations?

  13. Posted December 10, 2024 at 18:10 | Permalink | Reply

    Kaalus, have you considered keeping items in your inventory after death?

  14. srpigy's avatar srpigy
    Posted December 10, 2024 at 18:13 | Permalink | Reply

    For SC fans it is a nice thing to see this update but it saddens me to know that again you are going to disappear and the community hardly keeps the game alive, please Kaalus support us.

  15. srpigy's avatar srpigy
    Posted December 10, 2024 at 18:15 | Permalink | Reply

    I hope it will not only be some blocks or creatures but also objectives that we can do in our world (we are very lonely).

  16. Symbadx37's avatar Symbadx37
    Posted December 10, 2024 at 18:16 | Permalink | Reply

    You’re on fire today, Kaalus! Keep up the great work! I’m really curious as to what the other major 2.4 features are … can’t wait for the video!

  17. NBG's avatar NBG
    Posted December 10, 2024 at 18:16 | Permalink | Reply

    Interesting change, however I think something similar to this Minecraft mod could have been implemented: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/corpse

  18. Melquisedeque Jonatas's avatar Melquisedeque Jonatas
    Posted December 10, 2024 at 18:21 | Permalink | Reply

    Na temporada vai ser o Survivalcraft 2.5 vai adicionar animais cães e Gatos porcos ovelha

  19. Melquisedeque Jonatas's avatar Melquisedeque Jonatas
    Posted December 10, 2024 at 18:21 | Permalink | Reply

    Kaalus seria multiplayer será que vai para 2025 Survivalcraft 2.4 pode ser que a Pati no ano que vem pode ser que o multiplayer vai atualizar atualização

  20. Melquisedeque Jonatas's avatar Melquisedeque Jonatas
    Posted December 10, 2024 at 18:26 | Permalink | Reply

    Kaalus eu amo Survivalcraft desde 2014 a 2015 2024 tá dentro do meu coração 😁❤️🥀

  21. Posted December 10, 2024 at 18:26 | Permalink | Reply

    Good news for playing challenge mod

  22. The Boys Br3's avatar The Boys Br3
    Posted December 10, 2024 at 18:33 | Permalink | Reply

    video Oba

  23. Posted December 10, 2024 at 18:37 | Permalink | Reply

    Such a long time of disappearing and then… Several really interesting and USEFUL changes. What is wrong with you our lovely developer? I appreciate it! ☺

  24. Posted December 10, 2024 at 18:38 | Permalink | Reply

    I hope scary means some new animals 🥺

  25. DORKYDUCKY25's avatar Green ball like slime
    Posted December 10, 2024 at 18:39 | Permalink | Reply

    the scary thing kaalus sold SC to Microsoft

  26. Marirst Mrst's avatar Marirst Mrst
    Posted December 10, 2024 at 18:40 | Permalink | Reply

    Kaalus.Will more animals be added next?

  27. kps43a2cc0ecaf5's avatar kps43a2cc0ecaf5
    Posted December 10, 2024 at 18:46 | Permalink | Reply

    Zombies!

  28. Posted December 10, 2024 at 18:48 | Permalink | Reply

    Hello Kaalus I would like to add more animals like fish and some tools like fishing rods. It’s a lot more fun.

  29. Posted December 10, 2024 at 19:00 | Permalink | Reply

    Guys, would you agree that we need WATERPROOFED COAT which can be used on top of any clothes and armour?

    I would suggest a shark leather as a material for sake of difficulties and making sharks more meaningful.

  30. JoãoCraft24's avatar Yoandri
    Posted December 10, 2024 at 19:03 | Permalink | Reply

    Kaalus you could add more biomes, also make the game run smoothly, with excellent performance, I also have more ideas, add more electronics items, more animations to the player and animals, more pets like dogs, cats, etc.

    • Solid Diamond Block's avatar Solid Diamond Block
      Posted December 10, 2024 at 19:17 | Permalink | Reply

      Making the game run more smoothly is easier said than done.

  31. Posted December 10, 2024 at 19:10 | Permalink | Reply

    On some android devices, in the mode with an unlimited frame rate, it still displays 60 fps

  32. volodymyrisachenko's avatar vovarevival
    Posted December 10, 2024 at 19:14 | Permalink | Reply

    That’s not okay, because I missed to bring back pickables.

  33. Brayan Acosta's avatar Brayan Acosta
    Posted December 10, 2024 at 19:45 | Permalink | Reply

    Hi kaalus, thank you for continuing to update Survivalcraft. I really enjoy playing it and these 2.4 updates are great.

  34. Posted December 10, 2024 at 20:06 | Permalink | Reply

    Awesome i never really had an issue it would be more the chances and danger of approaching my stuff again with the critters that might ve assassinated me or maybe not being able to get to it fast enough without shoes although that just means you have to have plenty stocked and stored so easy way around that!! Is there any chance we could ever get a dog or pet that collects items and is also summoned with whistle and you can feed it as I do my Ratites who interchange give me eggs

  35. Posted December 10, 2024 at 20:14 | Permalink | Reply

    Also I love the concept of the music some people do can we make it more accessible?? It’s a bitt too dificult for average ol me to understand it but it’s really cool and I’d live to add it to my world

  36. Posted December 10, 2024 at 20:43 | Permalink | Reply

    I’d like to know about the leaves. If they are used as decorations on the ceiling or walls, will they fall off? Will their texture change in the spring? To me, this is unrealistic when the leaves are restored without contact with the trunk of the tree.

  37. xcwaldmannx's avatar xcwaldmannx
    Posted December 10, 2024 at 20:48 | Permalink | Reply

    Why not create a gravestone with the players items on death? Then the player can go back, break the gravestone, and retrieve their items?

    • doc gar's avatar doc gar
      Posted December 11, 2024 at 06:07 | Permalink | Reply

      Yeah we already have cairns. Would be neat if our items didn’t scatter around upon death. But I guess the risk of losing some of your items adds to the gameplay.

  38. Daniel Kelly on Youtube's avatar danielekellyzen
    Posted December 10, 2024 at 21:09 | Permalink | Reply

    this will be a nice edition. One possible solution would be to compute and start the timer once the pickables are within a certain range. This would save cpu while you are on your way there, but still allow the items to deteriorate. This is similar to the method other games use

  39. battlemanchik's avatar battlemanchik
    Posted December 10, 2024 at 21:37 | Permalink | Reply

    u make us happy

  40. Ryan Slaton's avatar Ryan Slaton
    Posted December 10, 2024 at 22:04 | Permalink | Reply

    Nothing wrong with your solution but if I may make a suggestion. What about just a tag saying that the item came from the player’s inventory? It could be a simple bit flag set when it gets thrown out. Then you can set the decay timer differently depending on which it is. And it could easily have a weight slider for each one to allow for tweaking it. That sort of thing could even be tied to difficulty.

  41. Marcusz Cascante's avatar Marcusz Cascante
    Posted December 10, 2024 at 22:19 | Permalink | Reply

    Survivalcraft on PS5!!!!!!

  42. Melquisedeque Jonatas's avatar Melquisedeque Jonatas
    Posted December 10, 2024 at 23:53 | Permalink | Reply

    Survivalcraft 2.4 assustador principalmente pode ser ou qualquer coisa não sabe vamos ver o vídeo que o kaalus qual vai ser uma assustador que Halloween acabou

  43. Melquisedeque Jonatas's avatar Melquisedeque Jonatas
    Posted December 10, 2024 at 23:57 | Permalink | Reply

    Survivalcraft era para adicionar animais cães e Gatos ovelhas e porcos mas não sei se assustador vai mandar aqueles animais mas e bem ou senão acho que ele tá tirando onda com a gente ou com brincadeirinha né

  44. DAM SAM's avatar DAM SAM
    Posted December 10, 2024 at 23:59 | Permalink | Reply

    kaalus, I have an idea for a block that would be cool for lovers of electricity and machinery that move like me. How about adding a block that could join blocks close to it so that when it is moved, all the other blocks joined to it will move too, and in the same way the opposite, it could join blocks with a distance of one block in all directions, and we can also use several of them at the same time in a structure so that it can be moved in the way we define. This block would grab others regardless of what they are, just like pistons, and it would be made of a germanium ore in the center, two magnets horizontally, two iron bars vertically and four copper bars diagonally. This recipe would give four blocks when made, and by joining this block with pistons and furniture, the possibilities would be endless. It would be a new era in Survivalcraft.

  45. Melquisedeque Jonatas's avatar Melquisedeque Jonatas
    Posted December 11, 2024 at 00:03 | Permalink | Reply

    Vocês estão loucos zumbis no Survivalcraft ele tem mods kaalus principalmente eu acho que ele quer fazer alguma coisa assustador ou pode ser lobisomens Branco lobisomens preto ou até mesmo só isso os lobisomens pode ser novo

  46. Melquisedeque Jonatas's avatar Melquisedeque Jonatas
    Posted December 11, 2024 at 00:05 | Permalink | Reply

    Survivalcraft tem mods zumbis kaalus principalmente não vai ter atuais para o zumbi eu quero kaalus quero que os zumbis seja proibido nesse jogo só quero só os animais tomara que se não já era

  47. Melquisedeque Jonatas's avatar Melquisedeque Jonatas
    Posted December 11, 2024 at 00:27 | Permalink | Reply

    Kaalus Survivalcraft 2.4 os lobisomens brancos pode ser encontrado ele quer adicionar na neve nos biomas das florestas pode ser isso acredita em mim

  48. Melquisedeque Jonatas's avatar Melquisedeque Jonatas
    Posted December 11, 2024 at 00:28 | Permalink | Reply

    Kaalus eu acho que ele vai adicionar um animal Survivalcraft 2.4 uma anaconda uma cobra mais perigosa da selva pode ser que vai adicionar esse animal ou então por exemplo seria uma cobra se transformar em um animal em grande perigo que pode até caçar vacas e touros

  49. Albox's avatar Albox
    Posted December 11, 2024 at 00:29 | Permalink | Reply

    In that case, could you disable item drops when breaking blocks in Creative mode?

  50. Melquisedeque Jonatas's avatar Melquisedeque Jonatas
    Posted December 11, 2024 at 00:30 | Permalink | Reply

    Kaalus Survivalcraft 2.4 se adicionar se mais animais cobras como por exemplo cobras do deserto Nagem florestas cobras jibóia e nos dê certo também Cascavel

    • srpigy's avatar srpigy
      Posted December 11, 2024 at 17:26 | Permalink | Reply

      If you continue writing in a language other than English, you will not be able to understand it.

  51. Melquisedeque Jonatas's avatar Melquisedeque Jonatas
    Posted December 11, 2024 at 00:32 | Permalink | Reply

    Assim Survivalcraft 2.4 animal cobra eu acho que ele quer fazer um animal assustador que pode até matar um ser humano ou os animais pode ser que é uma cobra tanto com animal pequeno ou tanto com a jararaca pode ser que kaalus também ela vai fazer a defesa com o veneno e também pode ser mais perigoso se você matar essa cobra se ele vai se tornar um assustador de um animal pode ser que seja uma cobra uma naja uma jararaca no deserto a cobra principalmente pode até mesmo arrastar ou ela pode se defender contra o seu veneno igual a cuspideira

  52. Melquisedeque Jonatas's avatar Melquisedeque Jonatas
    Posted December 11, 2024 at 00:36 | Permalink | Reply

    Kaalus Survivalcraft 2.4 Será que assustador pode ser uma cobra uma naja ou até mesmo jararaca adicionar dois animal mais perigoso e um veneno muito forte então isso galera eu acho é isso pode ser que um animal seja assustador pode ser a cobra seria legal adicionar se essa assustadora cobra venenosa impossível de matar pode ser questiona um escudo para se proteger do veneno as cobras principalmente é impossível de matar sim kaalus pode ser que ele vai acreditar em nós pode ser que seja um animal com veneno e e rastejando eu acho que é uma cobra se ele vai adicionar uma naja ou Cascavel ou jararaca

  53. Melquisedeque Jonatas's avatar Melquisedeque Jonatas
    Posted December 11, 2024 at 00:38 | Permalink | Reply

    As cobras na vida real então no jogo acho que ele quer fazer assustador os animais mais venenosos ninguém sabe vamos esperar kaalus Survivalcraft 2.4 pode sim que é uma cobra eu acho vamos se esperar

  54. Melquisedeque Jonatas's avatar Melquisedeque Jonatas
    Posted December 11, 2024 at 00:39 | Permalink | Reply

    Não sei se ele vai adicionar mas pode ser que é um assustador uma cobra mas vamos ver se não adicionar ou pode ser uma cobra jararaca ou pode ser uma naja eu acho que ele vai nos kaalus principalmente no jogo pode ser assustador cobra escorpiões Aranha carangueje

  55. Melquisedeque Jonatas's avatar Melquisedeque Jonatas
    Posted December 11, 2024 at 00:42 | Permalink | Reply

    Ele não adicionar no Survivalcraft 2.4 eu acho que ele vai adicionar um lagarto mais perigoso venenoso que ataca animais grande dragão komodo pode ser um animal lagarto muito grande que ele tem a sua saliva de um veneno que pode arrancar e principalmente ataca que tudo que tiver pela frente é um animal mas pode ser forte grande ele pode se encontrar né Tailândia

  56. Melquisedeque Jonatas's avatar Melquisedeque Jonatas
    Posted December 11, 2024 at 00:44 | Permalink | Reply

    Se eu te ensinar seus animais assustadores como por exemplo o lagarto komodo esse animal pode ser encontrado na assim esse animal pode ser mais perigoso e assustador ataca quem tiver pela frente o melhor é manter a distância do animal se você fugir ele vai correr atrás de você pode ser que assustador pode ser um animal um lagarto komodo

  57. Melquisedeque Jonatas's avatar Melquisedeque Jonatas
    Posted December 11, 2024 at 00:47 | Permalink | Reply

    Se largato que isso Survivalcraft 2.4 alguns disse que esse lagarto é mais assustador que o jacaré ou então se ele vai adicionar assustador pode ser que esse animal pode ser mais perigoso💀

  58. Melquisedeque Jonatas's avatar Melquisedeque Jonatas
    Posted December 11, 2024 at 00:49 | Permalink | Reply

    Dragão komodo é um animal que é mais perigoso e pode causar no veneno e uma doença se esse jogo será assustador por esse lagarto pode ser isso que pode ser muito bom é um animal muito perigoso que já aconteceu várias pessoas morta por causa desse ataque desse animal esses animais quase que ataca as crianças e os homens isso e acho que no jogo temos que manter a distância lembre-se pensa que esse animal ele nunca esquece se você encontrar numa floresta você te encontrar nos cantos da tome cuidado

  59. Melquisedeque Jonatas's avatar Melquisedeque Jonatas
    Posted December 11, 2024 at 00:53 | Permalink | Reply

    Bom pessoal tenha uma boa noite amanhã a gente vamos ver se ele vai adicionar o lagarto ou uma cobra são esses dois animais kaalus Survivalcraft 2.4 que vai adicionar esses dois animais assustadores um lagarto ou uma cobra

  60. GoodGamer3000 Rules's avatar GoodGamer3000 Rules
    Posted December 11, 2024 at 01:27 | Permalink | Reply

    That sounds like a fantastic change. I wonder if it would make sense for the duration to somewhat emulate decomposition? So things like food, plants, and wood despawn faster, while metal, gem, and stone items last much longer.

  61. Marcusz Cascante's avatar Marcusz Cascante
    Posted December 11, 2024 at 01:30 | Permalink | Reply

    Kaalus, enable coordinates in challenging mode and survival please!!!!!

  62. kettoskereszt's avatar kettoskereszt
    Posted December 11, 2024 at 05:28 | Permalink | Reply

    I hope you fix the disgusting trees too

    And the water

    And the wolves spawn

    And the food rot

    And the flu

  63. Posted December 11, 2024 at 06:34 | Permalink | Reply

    Kaalus, add a shield, it is very necessary against aggressive animals.

  64. The Boys Br3's avatar The Boys Br3
    Posted December 11, 2024 at 09:00 | Permalink | Reply

    DON’T FORGET TO TRANSLATE THE GAME FOR BRAZILIANS, WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR YEARS, please

  65. techmobileadm.'s avatar techmobileadm.
    Posted December 11, 2024 at 12:31 | Permalink | Reply

    This update is going to be incredible, I would really like to see colored glasses added to creative mode.

  66. fedeh's avatar fedeh
    Posted December 11, 2024 at 13:12 | Permalink | Reply

    As the seasons come, clothes can be valued more. To make the game even more realistic (and probably complex) more game mechanics could be added:

    1) Introduce the thirst system. The player is able to drink water safely by boiling it. This would also be linked to agriculture: is salt water really good for plants? The dissolved salt can then be used to extend the shelf life of food by a few days.

    2) Introduce the calorie system. Each food will then make the player take in different calories, influencing strength, resistance and speed.

    3) Living ecosystems: if you hunt too many animals in an area, the animals can reduce. So you have to give nature time to regenerate.

    4) It is not so much related to the realistic game but I was thinking of an electronic component that allows you to raise or lower the temperature inside a closed place. In this way it is possible to create a cold room to preserve food. Obviously it must work in a limited way and the player must provide energy daily, using for example coal. It must be a fairly complex component to make, because otherwise it would replace campfires. The idea of having a heating or cooling system during the various seasons is a good idea though.

  67. Melquisedeque Jonatas's avatar Melquisedeque Jonatas
    Posted December 11, 2024 at 14:16 | Permalink | Reply

    Olá pessoal meu nome é melque se adicionar assustador pode ser uma cobra ou pode ser uma naja uma cuspideira pode ser nos animais mais assustador mais pequenos e forte o veneno pode até mesmo matar um ser humano ou até mesmo pequenos pássaros pode ser que o kaalus putz sei que ele vai adicionar um animal mais predador e pequeno e pode ser mais perigoso até a morte 💀🐍

  68. Melquisedeque Jonatas's avatar Melquisedeque Jonatas
    Posted December 11, 2024 at 14:18 | Permalink | Reply

    Sim ele vai adicionar assustador não Survivalcraft 2.4 pode ser que esse animal pode ser uma cobra que pode ser encontrada nas florestas ou no deserto num lugares mais quentes as najas principalmente são encontradas no deserto as cobras são mais pequenos e muito predador e defende contra o seu veneno assustador significa é isso pode ser um animal esses animais são mais predadores do que do mundo eu acho que ele vai adicionar que esse cara cara com esse predador mas venenoso da terra qual a pressão répteis e até mesmo ataca um ser humano e pode até matar ninguém sabe é o certo se ele vai adicionar

  69. Melquisedeque Jonatas's avatar Melquisedeque Jonatas
    Posted December 11, 2024 at 14:20 | Permalink | Reply

    Kaalus ele já fez muitos animais como tubarões e até mesmo carnívoros com esse jogo vai se tornar real e principalmente vai ter muitas dificuldades adicionar muitos aqueles animais o jogo principalmente vai no jogo assustador vai mandar no vídeo que é hoje ninguém sabe ou se ele vai adicionar uma cobra pode ser que um animal pode ser mais perigoso do que o do que o animal mais pequeno pode ser fofo mas pode ser mais perigoso as cobras principalmente ataca tudo que você tiver pela frente cobras tem uma visão muito ruim se você tá de cara com uma cobra ele andando rastejando você não deve cobras tem uma visão muito ruim e principalmente se ele adicionar essa cobra tome mais cuidado

  70. A Nice noodle's avatar A Nice noodle
    Posted December 11, 2024 at 15:10 | Permalink | Reply

    If kaalus increased the depth of the oceans it would be really cool

  71. Posted December 11, 2024 at 17:11 | Permalink | Reply

    please add a lot of new plants: trees, crops, flowers. I would also like to see new structures that had rare resources. It’s also good if you add a lot of new ores. and the foliage looks a little ugly in autumn.. although it might be better this way.

  72. baceolus's avatar baceolus
    Posted December 11, 2024 at 17:40 | Permalink | Reply

    No multiplayer 🥺. Great, this game is dead. To be more precise, this game died back in 2020, but there was hope for the only thing that could save it. piwosorre

    • Symbadx37's avatar Symbadx37
      Posted December 11, 2024 at 18:38 | Permalink | Reply

      It’s not as dead as you think. There’s still an active community in the discord, if nothing else.

  73. futuristicallyrebel6f63b0e02a's avatar futuristicallyrebel6f63b0e02a
    Posted December 11, 2024 at 22:45 | Permalink | Reply

    How about taking less damage when falling on soft blocks (dirt, leaves, sand, etc.) And obviously, an online multiplayer mode.

  74. mhmdbllgnr's avatar mhmdbllgnr
    Posted December 12, 2024 at 04:55 | Permalink | Reply

    This is really nice,but keeping inventory(optional) would be also cool

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