The Third Anniversary Event kicks off this week adding the smoke dragoon, a new celebratory part. The smoke dragoon has a special cannon that can be fired to release a trail of smoke for 30 seconds. The new dragoon and last year's event items (fireworks cannons) can be unlocked by launching an expedition between now and next Thursday.
A new engine is available this update that fills a similar role to the small engine. The box engine is a mass-inefficient volume-efficient engine ideal for the loose mass constraints of landships. Its most tileable placement method consumes similar volume to the drum engine at a far higher mass cost. The new box engine does not require any research to unlock.
Join us on Discord for public playtests Friday at 12pm ET, Saturday at 3pm ET, and Monday at 7pm ET.
1.18.6
Major Features
- Reworked ship and resource spawning to use player positions instead of ship positions.
- Weapons can be fired from control stations. This feature currently does not work with gatlings.
- Added the box engine.
- Added the smoke dragoon unlockable by launching an expedition during the 3rd anniversary event week.
Minor Features
- The "building ships" screen now updates with its progress.
- Updated all conquest related challenges to be completable in siege mode.
- Wheels and tracks respond more harshly to going over draw.
- Turrets now display 0 ammo when reloading starts.
- Improved mirror mode to be capable of mirroring parts without symmetry around a placement point.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed toggling player name visibility not updating while on an expedition.
- Fixed some hunt ships spawning underground.
- Fixed mines and missiles exploding when hitting players.
- Cleaned up some always-on audio sources to reduce the frequency of audio cut outs.
- Fixed dragon tails animating in reverse when on the left side of a ship.