Cargo mounted part variants are now available for all parts with a single beam connection face and the heavy cannon. All parts affected by this change can now be mounted on the flat surfaces of armor rather than a beam or hull root. These variant parts are automatically switched to when your crosshair passes over a surface that would match one of the variants.
A new research "Automated Control" is now available which includes the previously unlocked-by-default roll corrector and tilt module and a new part, the altitude maintainer. The altitude maintainer is a small part assigned to a weapon group that takes control over vertical thrust to maintain the altitude of the ship when it was enabled. This should be a useful tool for cargo ships that are dragged down when overweight or submarines looking to just barely crest the waves.
Many other small changes and fixes are included in this update in response the some of the feedback coming in from new players. Remember, if you have any issues the best place to report them is the official Discord channel.
Join us on Discord for public playtests Friday at 12pm ET, Saturday at 3pm ET, and Monday at 7pm ET.
1.14.5
Major Features
- Added cargo mount variants of every part with a single beam connection and the heavy cannon. These variants are automatically switched to when you look at a matching surface.
Minor Features
- Ships newly uploaded to the steam workshop now have weight class tags and a tag for free ships.
- Added the altitude maintainer.
- Added the new research "Automated Control" that unlocks the tilt module, roll corrector, and new altitude maintainer.
- Shrunk chat text size and added spacing between each message to improve readability.
- Visually improved the building warnings.
- Moved the rescue and capture drop off marker to the fort. Rescues can still be dropped off at any tunnel entrance.
- Small armored balloons are now unlocked with "armored balloons" research instead of "large armored balloons".
- Allied players can now see each other's name tags above their heads.
- Improved position sync when players move from one platform to another.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed high ping and packet loss causing other players to fly away into oblivion.
- Increased flak cannon barrel collision hitbox size to prevent them from getting stuck on each other when turning.
- Fixed ships not being able to upload to the steam workshop.
- Fixed the armored balloon not appearing until large armored balloons are unlocked.