Hydroneer's BIGGEST update is now live! Check the patch notes below. I've also got a MAJOR announcement that'll be going live on YouTube in the next Monthly dev vlog (Feb 5th)
https://www.youtube.com/c/FoulballHangover
Enjoy the update!
- Max
--- New Features
40 new items!
- Major game systems: Powerline and Logic system. Powerful items to have full customization over your base of operation.
- Hobson's Powerworks, the new Logic and Power store in Bridgepour.
- Three variations of Hand Carts used to transport items around your base easily. New players start with one by default.
- Itchy's Hand Cart store located in Bridgepour.
- Partial controller support.
- Ramped and triangle variations of the window block.
- New gameplay option to toggle whether to save raw resources. (iron ore/gold ore/shards/cloutium ore/uncut gems.)
- Stock market complete rework. Now behaves more realistically and saves.
--- Fixes
Major Fixes
- Loading large saves has been given some optimisations.
- Game loading thread optimisations.
- Picking up items you're standing on no longer flings you into the air.
Construction Fixes
- Axes no longer occasionally fling into the air when being created on an anvil.
- Windows/poles will no longer block sunlight for growing plants.
- Fishing pot will no longer spawn fish above it.
- D.A.V.I.D. no longer plays audio when turned off.
- Left Conveyor Belt no longer flips its dial when being turned.
- Minor fix on Conveyor Belt Barrier collisions.
Tool Fixes
- Fishing rod/fishing pot no longer spawns fish worth nothing.
- Fishing rod no longer works if unpurchased.
Vehicle Fixes
- Improved truck technical stability.
Misc. Fixes
- Screenshot camera will now remove highlight from highlighted object when entering camera.
- Minor RAM optimisations.
- Various item name/description typo fixes.
- Minor sound fixes.
--- Changes
- Vehicle camera can now pan up and down.
- Durability items will now stop working at 0 durability instead of 25. They will decrease faster. Time from full health to completely broken remains the same.
- Increased protection to reduce items being placed under undiggable terrain.
- Iron, Gold, and Cloutium bar now smelt in a semi-hot state.
- Multiple resources hitting the floor/other objects will now sound much quieter.
- Added multiple items to be fully rotatable while building.
- UserData will now be saved to the Steam cloud, or locally if cloud is not available.
- The previous save slot will now be remembered when loading up the game.
- Various map changes.
Balances
- Fishing Pole catch time set to a larger range.
- Filter durability decreases slightly faster.
- Player can no longer sprint and move slower while holding the pallet, to balance carts.
- Improved Shovel will place a smaller amount of dirt.