Valheim gets a big birthday update with optimizations, Steam Deck upgrades and new content

New Content:
* New Emote: Vibe
* New Emote: LoveYou
* New Buildpiece: Flower Garland
* New Buildpiece: Fey Lights
* New Consumable: Frosted Sweetbread
* New Weapon: Early Axes
* New Hat: Celebratory Cap
* 2 New Materials: Mysterious Axe Head, Curious Axe Head
* 3 New Hairstyles (Champion, Chronicler, Sunbringer)
* Added radial menu for emotes

Fixes & Improvements:
* Tweaks to multiple hairstyles (Castellan, Painter Curls, Pulled Back Curls, Tidy Curls)
* Tweaks to berserker armour
* Carapace Buckler now provides 5 adrenaline instead of 10 on perfect block, just like other shields
* Updated Game Engine to Unity 6000.0.61f1
* Added localization string for tombstone container

Reworked graphics settings:
* Replaced “Render scale” percentage slider with “3D resolution limit” dropdown with fixed resolutions – improves use case as performance target
* Added new “Upscaling method” setting with new “Pixelated” option
* Added new “Low” SSAO quality option, which achieves a similar look to the existing SSAO quality (now named “High”) with a significantly lower performance impact
* The frame rate limiter can now be used together with v-sync (chooses the lowest submultiple of the monitor refresh rate that is greater than or equal to the selected value)
* The frame rate limiter setting is now applied during the splash/loading screen
* The resolution dropdown setting now sorts resolutions from highest to lowest, instead of the other way around

Optimizations:
* Change engine settings to improve performance in areas with many instances
* Massively reduced CPU usage of armor stands
* Skip texture copy for image effects (shield dome and heat distortion) when those effects aren’t being used, which should reduce GPU overhead in most areas
* Grass vegetation is no longer included in environment reflections, improving performance
* Ensure one-shot sound effects are started the same frame they’re created, reducing their latency by up to one frame
* Reduced memory usage of minimap
* Only load graphics presets for the current platform, rather than all platforms, reducing memory usage
* Removed a duplicated matchmaking manager that wasted performance in the start menu

Bug fixes:
* Fixed “Generating” progress bar not always being shown during world generation
* Fixed server list sometimes failing to save when quitting from the start menu
* Fixed crash that could occur in multiplayer when a T.W.I.G. throws a rock at a player who is at the edge of a shield dome
* Fixed crash that happened when hovering the cursor over a bee hive without being the network owner of that bee hive
* Fixed audio stutter that occurred when a lot of sounds were playing simultaneously
* Fixed Yggdrasil not being visible in environment reflections

Mac App Store:
* Improved error message shown when trying to play online without being logged in to Game Center

Steam:
* Player list now successfully shows profile pictures of non-friends too

Xbox:
* All settings are now stored per-user and synchronized to the cloud, rather than being shared between all users on the console
* UI is now rendered at native resolution (up to 4K) on Xbox Series S|X and Xbox One X
* Improved graphics:
* Xbox One and Xbox One S: Added SSAO and increased number of point lights
* Xbox One X: Increased number of point lights
* Xbox Series S: Increased number of point lights and enabled point light shadows
* Xbox Series X: Increased number of point lights, enabled point light shadows and adjusted resolutions
* Reduce power draw even more when the game is running in the background

Windows, Linux, MacOS:
* Reworked graphics presets and unified them across the three platforms
* Fixed automatic render scale sometimes being set incorrectly in windowed mode

Steam Deck:
* Improved graphics presets:
* Performance mode now reaches 60 fps
* Optimized preset settings for battery life
* Native resolution is now used on first start, instead of 1366x768

For modders:
* Sprite atlases are now included in the extended manifest file for Asset Bundles