In this update, we put significant effort into refactoring our conveyor system. Players interested in the technical details can check out our previous post. In short, conveyor belts are now much more stable at high speeds, with substantially improved performance.
As part of this update, we have also adjusted some crafting recipes. And as a result, existing saves may experience issues such as certain devices no longer operating correctly, or changes to Cauldron outputs after updating.
We have kept the previous patch available on Steam. If you prefer the previous patch, you can switch back to v0.4.4.4323 manually.
Patch Note v0.5.4467
Item & Recipe Adjustments:
Reworked the recipes for Unstable Catalyst, Black Powder, and Star Dust.
Due to recipe changes, Black Powder's sell price and heat value have both been doubled.
Updated the Black Powder icon.
Updated the Star Dust icon and model.
Reworked all Advanced Athanor recipes: Silver Powder, Obsidian, Lapis Lazuli and Gold Dust
Related downstream recipes have also been adjusted accordingly, such as Blast Potion and Moon Tear.
Advanced Athanor Rework:
Recipe outcomes can now be adjusted by adding catalysts. It is now compatible with standard Athanor recipes; when using them, heat consumption remains the same as a standard Athanor.
Unstable Catalyst: Alters product generation probabilities.
Fertile Catalyst: Doubles product output.
Resonant Catalyst: Generates all outputs simultaneously.
Eternal Catalyst: Recipe consumes no materials.
Cauldron Adjustments:
Previously, the Cauldron applied an additional multiplier when calculating output generation. This multiplier caused certain late-game products (such as Silver Powder and Resonant Catalyst) to be relatively easier to obtain than others, while also suppressing the generation chances of many other products. After further consideration, we decided to remove this multiplier entirely.
In addition, because some crafting recipes have been adjusted, outputs from existing Cauldrons in old saves may change accordingly. Most early-game recipes should remain unaffected.
Other Changes:
Added a new grand staircase with a one-floor height.
Added a new decorative item: Treasure Hoard.
Steam Heating Pad heat consumption speed reduced: 20 → 12.
Bronze Ingot stack size increased: 100 → 200.
Yeast Powder and Gloom Spores no longer carry the Catalyst tag.
Fixed an issue where the Stone Crusher incorrectly displayed the Meteorite recipe.
Fixed an issue where the Advanced Athanor could output its main product from the side output in certain situations.
Fixed an issue where objects could occasionally fail to be selected while using Bulk Clone mode.
Optimized the game's main scene.