DSV 6.0!
I'm a few weeks late with this post so hopefully most people have already seen the update, but for anyone who hasn't, Diverse Stardew Valley is now updated to version 6.0! (technically 6.0.2, but shhhh 🤫)
Why the big version jump? This is because DSV underwent a big internal overhaul in order to streamline a lot of the code, condense down repeated code between characters, improve my workflow, and most importantly, integrate changes between DSV Seasonal and Non-Seasonal. DSV Non-Seasonal now includes all major content from DSV Seasonal except non-vanilla outfits.
We've also got some exciting new content in this update! First up: three new variants by hadalsnailfish - Chinese Pam, Chinese Cleft Palate Pam, and Whasian Penny! They include new variant-specific dialogue, along with bonus dialogue if Chinese/Chinese Cleft Palate Pam is enabled alongside Chinese Pierre.
[image id: two variants of Pam where she is depicted as a Chinese woman with black permed hair, tanned skin, a wide nose, and narrow eyes. In the right variant, she also has scars across her lip and philtrum from a repaired cleft palate.]
[image id: a variant of Penny where she is depicted as a biracial white and Chinese woman with wavy brown hair, lightly tanned skin, a wide nose, and dark brown eyes.]
It also includes a brand-new passive festival for Lunar New Year! If their appropriate variants are enabled, Pierre, Pam, Robin, and their families will celebrate Lunar New Year from Spring 8-10, including special map edits, dialogue, and schedule changes. These have been designed to be as compatible as possible, but if you have major clashes with anything, there's a config option to turn off the festival.
Other content updates include new dialogue for HoH Haley and Kent, a few new outfits for Krobus and art touch-ups for his existing outfits, and improved recolour compatibility for DSV's map edit furniture via a new manual config option.
For compatibility, 6.0 updates its compat for Star Crossed by kcspace to add visual variants for three of Star Crossed's adorable children, Chelsea, Cody, and Fable, along with bonus map edit content for all of its couples. It also adds compat with Vanilla NPCs Family and Group Portraits by Acc9000!
As always, thank you for your support and we hope you enjoy the new update! If you'd like to come hang out, chat about DSV, and see previews of upcoming content, you can also join our Discord server! 💖
