Dear Stormworkers,
Many of you have been asking us for more information and transparency around the various components and details of how they work. It can also be a frustration when a component isn't working and you cannot easily tell why. We have been thinking about this carefully some time and are really excited to improve this area of the game.
In an upcoming minor update, we are adding a huge upgrade to component tooltips, to give players immediate in-game feedback on the internal state of components. This will make it much easier to understand how components work, what they are currently doing, and diagnose issues. This will make it much easier to build complex creations, but will also make it much easier to learn the vehicle building side of the game.
The new tooltips will show on components that have any kind of logic link. Information on all logic nodes except composite will be displayed (which contains too much info to summarise on a tooltip). This includes electrical state, fluid connections, etc.
This feature can be toggled from the options menu where players feel the information is overwhelming or not currently necessary.
We are looking forward to releasing this minor update soon and getting your feedback.
Our work continues on the next major update, which focuses on the career, simulation, and things to do in the world of Stormworks.
Do you have more minor update ideas? Please let us know using the "Request A Feature" in game button or in the discussion on this post.
Much love <3,
The Stormworks Developers