Music Lovers, Instrument Makers, and Composers,
Today’s update includes bugfixes, hats for your Sparks, and a brand-new DLC!
Music is in the Aether…
There is one optional but cool feature we’ve always wanted to see in the game: Using automation and logic to make music with your Sparks. Whether you want to play little jingles when a train arrives with eagerly awaited resources or compose a song for your Sparks to play, this new DLC now offers the tools you need to include music in your automation.
Here’s a quick overview:View game page
You can build notes and octave markers in the new Musical Workstation.
You can build 4 different toy instruments in the Sawbench.
Musical Pressure Plates can contain instruments (or any item), a note, and an octave marker to play back a specific tone.
Metronomes slightly slow down your Sparks to keep them in perfect sync with the music.
Musical Speakers can be triggered by logic and play up to 4 notes in quick succession.
A new Spark showcase lets you create your own band of Sparks.
Hats for Sparks
Besides the music features, we’ve also been working on something different that will allow you to customize your Sparks. Their new hats don’t just look great, but also allow you to use them in more intricate setups: Imagine you want to let Sparks share a path to bring different items to a target. But on their way back, you want to filter the now empty-handed Sparks to different places to pick up more items?
Just give them different hats and use Spark Filters to split them up!
This new update just includes a sneak peek of what’s to come. You can now buy two different hats from the Tailor and equip your Sparks with them in a nearby tent.
Bugfixes
The new patch also fixes some issues:
Fixed an issue that would prevent items from stacking reliably in your inventory.
Fixed achievement progress not being saved for clients in multiplayer.
Fixed the fuel rate in the notebook not being displayed correctly in languages other than English.
Fixed the scroll areas in the build menu being too small.
Fixed heavy lagging for some Spark Thrower setups.