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Post Pi Day Patch: v0.1518 - Quality of Life

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