Dear Stormworkers,
Major update #5 has just landed!
Arctic Biome
This update brings a huge expansion to the world of Stormworks in the form of a new biome. Over 20 new island locations have been added in the northern region of the world, including new purchasable player bases, mission locations, a second "mega" island, and a hundred kilometres of procedural trainlines.
Cold Damage
The sub-zero temperatures of the Arctic biome bring with them new dangers and challenges to overcome in survival mode. Characters can now freeze in the cold, so make sure you bring your thermal clothing and keep the heating on. The weather can quickly turn from gentle snowfall to treacherous icy blizzards.
Missions
12 new missions have been added, including our first set of search and rescue missions. This is a new mission type that will require you to locate and respond to crashed planes, derailed trains and stranded civilians before the deathly cold consumes them.
A big thanks to everyone in the community for your contributions to this update, whether it was ideas, suggestions, testing, helping with the community or sending us pizza. Be sure to report all bugs and feature suggestions on our issue tracker, and check below for the full patch notes!
Much Love <3
The Stormworkers Developers
Patch Notes
v0.6.1
Feature - Added arctic biome with new islands to explore including a second "mega island" (located roughly 100km north of the main spawn area)
- Arctic mainland island with research outpost, train terminals, oil platform
- Arctic survey base
- Underwater mining facility
- Multiple ice shelf variants
- Many new trainline sections
- Shipping container depot
- Several new train terminals
- Ship breaking yard
- New purchasable player bases including a huge airstrip
- Arctic volcano island
Feature - New islands are available in the mission editor for creating missions
Feature - Added new player bases to main menu island selector when starting a new game
Feature - 4 new vehicle components
- Added arctic outfit inventory component (increases temperature to protect from freezing to death)
- Added heater component (provides heat to characters within 10m radius)
- Added 2 ski components for building Arctic ground vehicles (small/large with built-in steering similar to wheels)
Feature - 12 new missions (a variety of search/rescue and logistics, taking place around the Arctic. Unlocked in career mode by purchasing any Arctic base)
Feature - Rain transitions to snow as you go beyond ~60km north
Feature - Added cold/freezing damage to the Arctic biome (becomes colder when snowing and/or windy)
Feature - Going inside buildings in the Arctic biome will warm you up
Feature - NPC's temperature is visible on the tooltip when looking at them if NPC damage is enabled and they're cold enough
Feature - Characters can now be spawned with special outfits in mission editor (diving, firefighting, scuba, arctic)
Feature - Snow on islands is visible on the map
Feature - Procedural 100km trainline connecting the Isle of Donkk to the Arctic mainland
Feature - Movable ice will spawn in the ocean around the Arctic
Feature - Ice can now be placed as a mission object
Feature - Whales can occasionally be found in the Arctic ocean
Feature - Penguins and seals can be found perched around the Arctic
Feature - Whales, penguins and seals can all be placed in the mission editor
Feature - Stars can be seen on clear nights
Fix - Fixed flow rate of tank components being 10x too low
Fix - Potential fix for MacOS water rendering bug
Fix - Increased wheel power in normal mode by x3
Fix - Increased jet engine thrust
Fix - Fixed z-fighting artifact when rendering shadows on some islands
Fix - Fixed flickering on nuclear cooling tower mesh
Fix - Fixed spotlights on islands sometimes not rendering
Fix - Fixed tube lights not rendering when travelling far from the origin
Fix - Fixed lighting in creative mode hangar
Fix - Added buoyancy data to medical bed component
Fix - Fixed localisation text saving incorrectly
Fix - Removed some duplicate localisation text
Fix - Fixed fire debuff appearing near unlit fires
Fix - Solar cell is now advanced mode only
Fix - Fixed carried object orientation on ladders
Fix - Fixed particle trail artifact where some particles stretch infinitely
Fix - Graphics data now resets to windowed mode after game crashing
Fix - Fixed object sync priority not being calculated correctly in multiplayer
Fix - Fixed buoyancy issue where buoyancy appeared to not be working linearly on some vehicles
Fix - Increased ladder attachment hitbox size to make it easier to grab non-vehicle ladders
Fix - Removed fluid connection from large winch
Fix - Houses on Isle of Donkk no longer require nearby bases to be purchased to enter
Fix - Civilian NPCs no longer spawn with the shark or umbrella hats
Fix - Sharks spawned by missions are no longer removed when despawning if the mission is still active
Fix - Fixed z-fighting on logic nodes in vehicle editor when far from the origin