Welcome Colonists!
We've just released the first update to the public demo since October; it includes the PreAlpha3-Preview1a patch we released to beta testers in October and two new patches from this week.
Changelog for PreAlpha3-Preview1a:
Take a look at our new survival options. You may also enjoy the updated graphics, full screen rework, and server functions!
Changes
- New Main Menu graphics
- New Resolution setting in Options menu; full screen will use a letterbox effect and magnify to preserve the aspect ratio of the game and keep the pixels sharp (base resolution = 640x360)
- New handling of Blizzard: no longer gives rads, lasts longer, reduces temperature significantly above ground and reduces effect of heat sources, though nearby background blocks reduce its effect somewhat.
- Colonists and players can now once again die from cold/frostbite
- New craftable melee weapon: Survival knife
- Butchering changes: You may now butcher corpses on the ground using melee weapons (use the knife for higher yield) and butchering is now available to the player as a crafting option
- Humanoid AI improvements: “Return fire” will be slightly more responsive; colonists can now detect if a humanoid or creature is targeting them and respond immediately. They will also respond to squad members getting attacked and rush in to defend the leader if they’re not busy.
- Factions are now delineated at the block-level instead of 8x8 areas. You can now place platforms to scale an enemy outpost or escape a pit dug down by an enemy faction.
- Introduced shock absorption that reduces knockback depending on the entity. Beasts and predators will barely budge when shot, while small birds and critters will be ejected with force.
- Maze now has regular techmetal instead of impassable techmetal
- Only one keycard vendor will be generated per map, usually near the middle
- Improved pickaxe impact particles; reduced bloom on ejected metal, show impact sparks only if the material is stone or metal, ensure impact sparks gives off light as well, prevent excessive flickering when mining.
- The host can now Kick/Ban users from the Overview screen
- New sprites for grenade and other throwable objects
- Increased amount of potatoes found in the wild
- Removed firearms from initial drop pods
- Added some tutorial text to Buddy about potatoes
- Added more explosives in chests found in the wild
- Updated Unity from version 2019.3.24f1 to 2020.3.20f1 to support some of the more complex UI compositing operations.
Bugfixes
- Fixed timing issue that could cause alert notifications to cycle and beep repeatedly for users running the game at 144 FPS
- Fixed issue that caused unarmed NPCs to run away from all creatures, even harmless ones
- Fixed issue that caused NPCs to sometimes fail to drop their target and follow it forever, even after it’s long gone
- Ensure fleeing characters stop fleeing after they’ve gotten far enough away from the threat
- Ensure characters don’t immediately re-engage with targets they just dropped due to a combat mishap
- Fixed issue that caused creature combat exceptions to apply backwards - should now properly reduce likelihood that Hydroid will turn areas of the map upside down if not provoked
- Fixed issue related to the vendor setpiece causing hangs when opening the minimap
- Fixed bats not finding their way out of the world and remaining active in the sky/draining resources when they’re supposed to leave in the morning.
- Fixed hunger and warmth alerts popping up when the player dies
- Fixed issue with pixel magnification applying differently to the world camera and the UI.
- Applied tentative fix for certain butchering issues (NPC won’t stop butchering, etc)
- Fixed issue that caused black squares to appear briefly when mining coal
- Fixed issue that caused certain yellow/orange explosions to glow blue
- Fixed issue that would cause world generation issues after resuming a game if you did not change the random seed provided when you opened the New Game dialog.
Changelog for PreAlpha3-Preview2a:
Changes
- You can now issue orders to your colonists by designating certain blocks and units with the selection tool. The orders are: Mine, Hunt, Harvest, Repair (Repair not functional yet). Click the selection arrow icon next to the hotbar to access these options. (WIP)
- Mining requires a pickaxe, Harvesting requires an axe, and Hunting requires a ranged weapon for flying creatures, or a melee weapon otherwise.
- Outpost buildings that automatically mark nearby blocks/units/items for harvesting/hunting/gathering are also available. (WIP)
- Added Credits screen to main menu [Partly filled out]
- Playtime is now recorded with saves and displayed at the load screen
- Lighting can be toggled off in the debug menu to force all terrain and objects to be fully lit; also greatly reduces CPU usage
- Melee weapons now have smear graphics when swung + new impact sounds across the board
- Updated SMG/Rifle reload animation
- Dropped backpacks now stay in the world 10 minutes instead of 5.
- Fixed issue that caused the minimap to lag when zooming out
- Slightly improved performance when spawning outposts to reduce small pauses when traveling
- Adjusted spawns to reduce wildlife population slightly; Hydroid is now more rare
- Reloading now consumes ammo when the reload action completes
- Landing pads now return the pad and materials from the current construction phase when removed.
- New construction borders and coloration changes: red means inactive, green means a colonist is assigned to that site.
- Handcraft now enables Control / Alt key modifiers to make x 5 and x 10 of the selected recipe at once.
Bugfixes
- Fixed an issue that could cause region-loading chain reactions when stalactites and stalagmites encroach on neighboring regions
- Fixed beam weapons are to take friendly fire into account properly
- Improved weapon sounds (beam weapons, lightning gun, melee sounds, shotgun slide and reload)
- Fixed an issue that would cause melee weapons to continually have their damage turned on after a swing was interrupted.
- Fixed weapon alignment so that the muzzle points towards the crosshair
- Fixed looped weapon sounds so they'll stop when ammo runs empty
- Fixed issue that would cause NPCs to continue crafting when interrupted by combat
- Fixed issue that would cause waypoint markers not to disappear when a player leaves your faction
- Fixed plant toppling sounds playing even if the plant is destroyed without toppling over
- Fixed issue that caused hang on load if a hydroponics table had a growing crop
- Fixed issue that would cause hydroponics entities to have the wrong faction
- Fixed pixel scaling issue on mouse cursor in gun mode.
- Fixed shop UI buildout issue that prevented them from being usable.
Changelog for PreAlpha3-Preview2b:
Bugfixes
- Fixed error when using the pneumatic drill that would suppress sounds and effects
- Fixed issue that allowed targeting/mining blocks marked as unbreakable, including blocks below the depth limit
- Fixed an issue that allowed certain explosives, projectiles and creatures to break unbreakable blocks
- Fixed an issue with the dynamite sprite material & glow effect
- Fixed an error that occurs when a crashed drop pod loads in
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