You asked for it, and we heard you!
We’re very excited to announce that the much-anticipated patch 1.3 is out NOW! Among tons of polished features and bug fixes, it includes the (by far) most request feature by our community: full online matchmaking, in-game chat, and lobby systems, and we can’t wait for you to test it out! Read more for details:
MATCHMAKING & ONLINE IMPROVEMENTS
New lobby menu where players can browse and join public games
New game host options: create public/private sessions, configure guest permissions
New in-game chat
New kick/ban feature for game hosts
Loading screen now shows loading progress of other players in online games
Major optimization of bandwidth usage in online games
More detailed disconnection messages
Several stability and synchronization improvements in online games
GAMEPLAY & QUALITY OF LIFE
Several adjustments to game difficulty for 1, 2, 3 and 4 players
Adjustments to the game economy
Added new “patch notes” pop-up to main menu
Added new section in tutorial level and A.R.T.H.U.R message regarding fuel usage and ship acceleration
Sick players using the Medical Capsule now show a healing progress indicator
Improved size of Medical Capsule interaction area
“New unlockable” icons for company logos and colors now only get removed when they are used
Improved camera behavior for far away players in large spaceports
Tweaked rotation of ship systems in some ship blueprints
BUG FIXES
Fixed Flying Restaurant achievement not being properly updated
Fixed online synchronization of Ejector Toaster animation
Fixed an issue that could duplicate cleaning progress bars when using the mop
Fixed passengers getting stuck in some behaviors when docking with public toilet
Added several new safeguards related to gamepad disconnection in certain moments of the game
Fixed internal collision mesh of Econo-Cruiser and Tereshkova ships
Improved some areas of the collision mesh in the Company Terminal
Fixed passengers sometimes getting stuck at the airlock while trying to enter and leave the Tereshkova Icebreaker
Fixed “reset preferences” button not properly resetting confine cursor and stabilize camera effects settings
Fixed an issue that could cause the Inspector to get stuck on the front of the ship while flying his scooter
Fixed an issue that caused the Inspector to start scanning ship systems before he entered the ship
Fixed bloom effect not being properly updated when changing quality settings
Fixed some physics objects falling out of the ship during some cinematics
Fixed an issue that made closing the pause menu on an online match also close it for other clients
Fixed issues that could cause the amount of money not syncing properly in online games
Fixed an issue that could cause A.R.T.H.U.R not to give players money when they lose a ship
Fixed food ejected by the Ejector Toaster sometimes clipping the floor in online games
Fixed an issue that could cause ship systems to repeatedly break in online sessions
Fixed synchronization of food states
Fixed an issue that could cause the music to stop mid-transitions during flights
Fixed an issue that could cause generated company names not to sync properly online
VISUAL IMPROVEMENTS
Fixed Lucy’s eyelid clipping issue
Fixed Pingella’s skirt clipping issue
Fixed material on the ship ramps
Fixed material of trucks in Terminal cinematic
Fixed some characters being clipped by the interface on the parcel unlock window
Fixed harsh insane G camera transition
Fixed outdated Econo-Cruiser Deluxe portraits on blueprints window
Polished textures on some ship models
Fixed characters sometimes not getting properly blasted off during explosion cinematic
Fixed Service Station ship system repair beam VFX ending abruptly
Fixed withdraw/deposit/parcel money bill animations
Fixed an issue that could cause Kinetic Plasma Shell to spin wildly while on display at the Upgrade Store
Like what you see? Want more? Then stay tuned because we have a lot more features and updates planned for this year!
If encounter any issues or would like to leave us some feedback and suggestions, make sure join our official Discord server and contact us there. We’ll be happy to hear your thoughts!
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