Hey ArkCoNauts! We’re hearing you guys, and continuing to push more updates, fixes, and changes to make the game more enjoyable. This is our latest round:
- Updated first tutorial so that players can no longer get stuck behind the door without a pick
- Added brand new character creation screen with improved UI
- Worked on settings being saved
- The character creation screen can now support a large amount of customizations which we will trickling in over time
- A few new customization options
- Enlarged avatar image for UI, allowing better view of character during creation
- Fixed issue where players could not select “no accessory” as an accessory
- Revamped main menu screen
- Pressing ESC with windows open now closes all windows before opening options
- Added countdown to next patch on menu screen
- Fixed helmet toggle on character creation screen
- Implemented tutorial skipping option
- Corrected issue where players could farm Omegatron room for placeables
- Escape now closes all open windows
- Added “Alert me” button to main menu that allows players to sign up for news more easily
- Closing crafting menu now clears schematic slots
- Adjustments to loot dropping, slightly reducing drop chance, but steering loot dropped toward craft specific items, i.e., hunt x mob for y item.
- New gear UI
- Added more logging to networking, allowing for better tracking of issues
- Improved the game’s behavior when a player is kicked from server if connection is lost
- Fixed issue that would cause the game to crash after killing polar bears
- Adjusted damage and speed on plasma-fisted polar bear
- Adjusted fabricator time from 1 minute per chip to 2 minutes
- Adjusted creature spawn range slightly
- Adjusted rift spawn range
- implemented item swapping in toolbar, rather than having to click to clear
Update:
- Resolved issue that was causing tech upgrades not to be collectable
- Resolved issue that was causing helmets to disappear after logging out and logging back in to a server