Hello engineers,
We’ve just released version 0.95.54. This is an interim version ahead of Update One, featuring numerous fixes and expanded functionality for cargo docks, expedition centers, and trucks. We’ve also added colonist notifications, improved their behavior algorithm, and optimized FPS for bases with a large number of colonists.
This build was created from a new branch that underwent significant refactoring and structural improvements, so old saves are guaranteed to cause issues. We urge you to start a new game, and appreciate the innovations for what they are.
Patch 0.95.54
Added:
Optimization:
- Significant performance improvement by refactoring outdated code in the logic of transportation, contracts, colonists, and other game elements that negatively impacted performance.
- Removed cyclic dependencies that caused significant FPS drops when triggering module notifications.
QoL:
- Added difficulty selection at the start of the story campaign.
- Confirmation window when trying to load an old save. In case loading a save will result in critical errors, a hint on how to run it on an old version has been added
- Save menu now displays the original version on which the game was started.
- New highlight effects when hovering over modules.
- The underground level now has visible boundaries beyond which digging is impossible. The playable underground area remains unchanged, but the fully excavated level now looks significantly better.
- By popular request: added display of credits on the colonist hiring panel.
- Displayed the cost of using the landing platform for the sales and logistics interface
- Refined contract system tutorial: added option to skip tutorial and adjusted behaviour of dialogues - now Broker will not repeat the line after the contract has already been sent.
- Added speed modifier from fuel usage for transports on the crater.
- Added tooltips to demolish structures and to the expeditions button.
- Added a hotkey hint to improve the conveyor (P).
Expedition Control Center mechanics:
- Ability to build multiple Expedition Centers on a single base.
- Option to cancel expeditions and contracts.
- Ability to delete the Expedition Center.
Transport and Cargo Dock mechanics:
- Added a button to toggle between manual and automatic unloading modes for transport.
- Trucks can now be manually unloaded into any free Cargo Dock.
- Option to switch trucks between automatic and manual unloading.
- Ability to cancel resource loading into a Cargo Dock.
- Ability to build multiple modules on a single base.
- Option to select a specific dock as the unloading location for a truck.
- Routes can now be assigned to specific Cargo Docks.
- Added science data collection mode for rover: now rover generates science points only when special mode is enabled in the transport interface.
Colonist states:
- Added new states for colonists: "Injury," "Illness," "Dying," and "Low Oxygen."
- Notifications for colonists' needs: health, food, sleep, oxygen, and death.
- Improved colonist movement logic.
Content:
- New factions from backers.
- Lunar orbital map now displays the names of seas and craters.
- Voiceovers added for some secondary characters.
- Added the option to fully refuse the quest involving the hacker.
- Hint added for researching automatic repairs.
- New dialogue hints about constructing the Expedition Center.
- New loading screen quotes.
- Added a message to the contracts interface when it is open, but no contracts are available.
- New colonists: the total number of unique colonists available for recruitment has exceeded 155!
- Building a backer monument grants colonists an inspiration card and increases global reputation.
- New dialog line when negative balance is reached.
Visuals:
- Added new models for the heavy and fast capsule
- Improved visuals and animations for the Rolling Mill.
- Updated visuals for the Smart Concrete Factory.
- Drones are now properly displayed in the Expedition Center interface.
Sound Effects:
- Added sound effects for hovering and clicking on POIs.
- Added sounds for researching POIs.
- New scanning sounds for the rover.
- Sound effects for achieving intermediate goals.
- Sounds added for the assembler's operation.
- Door opening and closing sounds connected.
- Sound effects added for the repeater module.
- Fixed the sound for the Ice Melter module.
Fixed:
Achievements:
- Fixed the conditions for the "Heroes Never Die" achievement—now all 12 quest colonists are counted regardless of the transport used.
- The "Complete Tutorial" achievement is now granted at the end of the tutorial, even if the "Return to Menu" option is selected.
UI:
- Fixed display issues for energy consumption and generation.
- Adjusted the saturation display for regolith.
- Tooltip on energy modules now correctly states "Consumes" for consumers and "Generates" for generators.
- Fixed wear-and-tear display on modules.
- Notification panels no longer overlap each other.
- Fixed day display in the farm interface.
- Number of robots available for hire now displays correctly.
- Adjusted display of bonuses and penalties in contract proposals.
- Fixed expedition loading display when only drones are starting while the truck is in the Expedition Center.
- Fixed fractional numbers in resources and rounded values for extracted regolith and minerals.
- Drones now display correctly in POIs if assigned as resources rather than escorts.
- Fixed the demolish button display when building another module.
- Resolved all potential issues where vehicle construction processes failed to display.
- Fixed a few scenarios that required a double click
- Contract training has been improved: added an option to skip training completely, and the hint arrow no longer flies to the topmost corner if you exit a Commercial Center
- Fixed some typos and localisation errors
- Fixed overlapping tooltips when building an extractor on an unexplored vein.
- Clicking on a cargo drone notification now moves the camera to the drone.
- Fixed errors where Shift and Ctrl did not work the first time.
- Adjusted hover tooltip arrows to point to the right buttons in multiple scenarios.
- Fixed visual artefacts when selecting game mode.
- Fixed typos in localisation.
- POI research indicator is now visible from afar.
- Fixed several bugs when displaying the price chart.
- Fixed contract cancellation button block if it shouldn’t be cancelled.
- Fixed description in the tooltip on the contract timer.
- Conveyor improvement tooltip now displays correctly.
Drones:
- Adjusted drone collision with crater surfaces to prevent getting stuck on terrain folds.
- Fixed drone pricing calculation in the shop.
- Drones are now accounted for in the CPU.
- Correctly display drones assigned to veins after loading.
- Fixed drones getting stuck on depleted veins.
- Drones no longer get stuck at the edge of the underground map.
- Hauling drones in rooms now turn off their lights.
Transport:
- Fixed an issue where trucks did not return to the base after completing a contract to send resources when the return option was checked.
- Resolved transport selection issues when unselected vehicles enter the base.
- Various fixes to module and transport selection when transitioning between levels.
Miscellaneous:
- Fixed oxygen initialization in rooms after demolishing doors between them.
- Fixed a bug where a colonist could go into a room without oxygen.
- Adjusted the quest logic for "Searching for Survivors"—hidden locations can now be discovered before closing the hint window.
- Fixed CPU block display in the shop.
- Corrected credit count calculation after loading a save.
- Reconfigured drilling process updates and digging history for drill interfaces.
- Resolved UI overlap issues during farm interface calls.
- Fixed duplicate sound effects for completing sub-tasks in quests.
- Corrected cell display for extractors.
- Resolved capsule overloading issue when configuring contracts—the resource button disappeared when adjusting the resource count.
- Researched conveyor refund no longer disappears after restarting the game.
- Adjusted resource drop count from walls during excavation to match the resource level counter.
- Cutscenes now skip correctly.
- Fixed issues with loading invalid video files.
- Visual: capsules no longer fall through the textures of landing pads and flight control centre.
- In Farhad mission’s option to clear rubble with a rover the point of interest only appeared after the end of the dialogue, fixed.
- Fixed errors when making an auto save.
- Sometimes after saving and loading, the money for demolishing conveyors was not returned. Fixed.
- Market quest hint is no longer displayed if the market has already been researched.
- Fixed visual display of allocated MDR.
Balance:
- Implemented varying travel delays for capsules between the Moon and Earth. Notifications now indicate arrival delays.
- Capsule logic adjusted: heavy capsules can only land on the Flight Control Center, while small platforms accept only fast and medium capsules.
- Increased rewards for the POI "Resource Warehouse," available after repairing the Cargo Terminal.
- Raised requirements for repairing the Cargo Terminal.
- Added two extra days for the "Examine Repeater" task.
- Extended time for finding the second rescue pod by several days.
- Added a bonus for constructing the backer monument.
- Two drones in the colonist branch are now granted after assigning the room construction task.
- Lunar contracts are now restricted until the first Expedition Center is built.
In Progress - Update One
- New Helium-3 scanning mechanics
- New Helium-3 extraction mechanics
- Helium-3 Harvester
- Expanded MBU extraction mechanics
- New modules: Railgun to launch probes, Thermonuclear Generator, Biogenerator, Blockchain module, AI science module (names are subject to change)
- Advanced sandbox settings from the menu
Your feedback on this version would be greatly appreciated!
Veom Studio Team