Hey y'all! So as most of you may know, every 8th we have our big content update complete with new features, bug fixes, etc. Very often however, that update releases with a handful of new problems due to the fact that our own internal testing can only take us so far. So! In the interest of releasing tomorrow's Update in as spit-shine a form as possible, we have pushed the nearly-complete version of the 0.5.7 update into the Beta branch for any interested folks to take a shot at.
We're not gonna list the full features here for the sake of saving most of the proper announcement stuff for the actual update tomorrow, but here are a few things you can expect to find/we'd like to see tested:
- A New 2-player Vessel (Shield sprites have not been updated yet)
- Built-in Voice Chat button (V by default)
- Potential fixes for non-spawning cave bugs and a handful of brig bugs.
- Fuel System
There is of course more in store, but we'll save the laundry list of new features for tomorrow. For now, happy testing and we hope to hear feedback from y'all soon!
How to opt into the beta branch:
1. Go to your Steam library
2. Right-click our game
3. Click "Properties"
4. Click on the "Betas" tab
5. Change from "default" to "beta"
WARNING: Players who opt into the Beta will only be able to play with other Beta players.
EDIT: A hotfix was just pushed to address the JOIN loading screen bug affecting some beta users.