Welcome Inventors!
Even though many of us have a vacation right now, we still have an update for you. We have been working very hard and are proud to bring you Update 2 – The Co-Operative Pack! We can’t wait to see what inventions you are all going to create! Be sure to share your builds on social media and tag us in! Join our Discord server and share your creations with other Inventors too. You can find all our social links at the bottom of this post.
We are very excited to being you all this feature packed update, read on for the full update notes!
New Features!
We have got LOTS of new features in today’s update for Main Assembly. Featuring 40 new parts, experimental multiplayer collision, Multiplayer Chat, passenger seat, a detachable part, more light variations & Paintable Rims!
Read on for more info!
40 New Parts
Below you can see a list of all the new parts in this Co-Operative Update! 40 to be exact!
Motors (3x)
• Small/Medium/Large Compact Drive Motor
Wheels (10x)
• 10x Wheels
Thrust (9x)
• XL Propellers
• Propellers with 3 and 4 blades
Mechanical (7x)
• Small/Medium Spring
• Small Hinge
• Small Servo
• Small Piston
• Small Attachment
• Detachable
Electronics (11x)
• GPS and Altitude Sensor
• Small Trailmaker
• Seven Segment Display
• 8x Lights
Multiplayer Chat
To use Multiplayer Chat, simply press the F2 key, start typing and then press Enter key to send your message!
Passenger Seat
You can now have multiple players controlling 1 bot!
Multiple players can now possess and control the same Bot! Just add more docking stations.
By placing an extra docking station on your bot you can invite a friend to ride along and control the parts of the bot you have programmed in!
Paintable Rims
By using the paint tool you can now also paint wheels and get them in that perfect colour to match your build!
Experimental Multiplayer Collision
To enable this the Host needs to be in the Main Menu. From here, click on the Cogwheel in the bottom left hand corner to open up the Multiplayer Settings, then toggle “Enable Collision”.
Detachable Part
A way of disconnecting part of your creation has landed!
With the Detachable Part, with just the press of a button, you can do just that!
Your connections will still be connected so you can build your own RC cars!
So Many Light Variations!
There’s just not enough lights to put on all your amazing creations. There are now many more lights with different looks and ways of attaching them to your bot!
Patch Notes:
Updates & Fixes
• Progression how been updated with all new parts and some old parts that were missing have been added
• Crash fix for random crash while building
• Several memory leak fixes
• Fixed incorrect collision on some parts (servor, some sensors)
• Fix for mirrored motors not reporting rotation speed correctly
• Fix for gizmo edits not being saved if bot was printed while gizmo still is open
• Tweaked friction on sawblades so physics doesn't bug out if they are used as wheels
• Updated KiBLII plugin, fix for some bugs on non-qwerty keyboards
• Ferris wheel on Dummy World now has a stronger constraint motor
• Thread safety fix for bot icon loading
• Fix for binding keys breaking options menu
• Rollercoaster wall clipping fix
• Pistons now report correct position
• Fix for UI being broken if trying to play in fullscreen in a window size that doesn't support it
• Title could crash when subscribing to new workshop items
• Undo/redo fixes for programming
• Edge node handles negative inputs symmetrically
Known Issues:
• Programming menu stays open after the lobby host exits to Main Menu
• Collision stops working after using ‘Retry’ in multiplayer
• If players disconnect then reconnect headphones during the tutorial the game might freeze
• The player has the option to use additional parts in the tutorials after unlocking the progress
• Content for the Main Assembly Codex
• MP can softlock with really huge and complex builds
• The app name is ‘RoboBuild’
• Polish for PC user experience
• Some missing translations
• Small graphical issues.
We hope you are all just as excited as we are for this update! We hope you enjoy playing with the new parts and we can’t wait to see all of your new crazy and fun Bots. Don’t forget to hop into our Discord and share your creations with other Inventors. Upload your Bots to our Steam Workshop to share them with the community too!
Thanks for reading and happy inventing! We will see you next week for our Dev Log #19!
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