Timberborn News

Hello, everyone!

The new update is now live on the experimental branch.

[h2]Power Shafts[/h2]
Thanks for the ongoing feedback on the adaptive Power Shafts and letting us know what grinds your gears.

• Updated certain Power Shaft gear models to show their rotation and interactions better.
  
• Power Shafts no longer spawn unneeded reversing variants in some remaining edge cases.
  

[h2]Maps[/h2]
That’s all, folks - all maps have been revised to work better with Update 7. (Yes, Diorama is fine as is).

• Revised Cliffside and Meander.
  

[h2]Misc.[/h2]

• Added missing Update 7 translations.
  

[h2]Bug fixes[/h2]

• Terrain blocks are no longer built until any structures supporting them from below are finished, rather than only being blocked by other terrain blocks.
  

Hello, everyone!

Here's a bunch of new experimental changes, including tweaks to adaptive Power Shafts and four more revised maps. As a reminder, Update 7 launches for everyone really soon, on May 8, 2025!

[h2]Adaptive Power Shafts[/h2]
We thank you for your feedback after we made Power Shafts adaptive last week. Please keep it coming!

• Added the missing T-junction variant. No more wireless charging.
  
• Adaptive Power Shafts no longer go overboard with the reversing variants.
  
• Removed the "Blocked power connection" status from newly placed Power Shafts, as it was not very helpful.
  

[h2]Maps[/h2]

• Revised Canyon, Helix Mountain, Thousand Islands, and Waterfalls.
  
• Removed that dead berry bush on Beaverome.
  

[h2]Modding[/h2]

• Our example mods - including Shanty Speaker - are now fully compatible with Update 7.
  
• Workplaces no longer softlock themselves if a mod adds a new recipe and then you remove that mod.
  

[h2]Bug fixes[/h2]

• In the preview mode, the Engine’s entrance no longer lights up.
  
• Power Shafts no longer show themselves when finished while hidden by the layer tool.
  
• The blue markers indicating possible Power Shaft connections are no longer visible when the layer tool hides the objects on which they would appear.
  
• Some panels in the map editor no longer open twice, doubling the number of clicks needed to save a map.
  
• The Dirt Excavator no longer self-destructs despite the ground it’s standing on still being there.
  
• Added extra safety measures to prevent beavers in the Wind Tunnel from smashing into the terrain above.
  

Hello, everyone!

A new maintenance patch is now live on the experimental branch.

Changes:

• Added more logging to help us squash some rare termites bugs.
  
• Minor improvements in the multithreading code which might mitigate some of the rare crashes on i9 and other CPUs.
  

Hello, everyone!

Ever since you saw the Tubeways and how convenient they are to build, you’ve asked for a similar treatment of Power Shafts. Today, we’re happy to oblige! There are now just two modules - Power Shafts and Solid Power Shafts - and they’re adaptive.

[h2]Adaptive Power Shafts[/h2]

We’ve replaced the existing fixed-shape Power Shafts with two new, adaptive modules - Power Shafts and Solid Power Shafts. As you expand and update your power grid, you no longer need to delete old blocks and temporarily turn off the light power for the entire district. The new Power Shafts simply change their shape as new connections are added or removed!

• New building: Power Shaft (No SP cost; 1x Log)
  
• New building: Solid Power Shaft (40 SP; 2x Log, 2x Plank, 1x Gear; Solid)
  
• Removed old fixed-shape Power Shafts from the game. Setups on existing saves are still compatible - the old shafts have been automatically converted to Power Shafts and Solid Power Shafts.
  

[h2]Performance[/h2]

• Made further tweaks to save files to make them smaller and improve saving times. Combined with the previous batch of experimental tweaks, we expect savefiles to be about 20% smaller and saving times to be about 20% shorter.
  
• The loading process no longer gets suspended in the middle if the Run in background checkbox is unchecked when the game is out of focus. So when you ALT-TAB back to the game, the loading process should now be 100% complete instead of taking a few more seconds to wrap up.
  
• The loading screen now always disappears after loading, even if the Run in background checkbox is unchecked.
  
• The game now loads 1 second faster. 💪
  

[h2]Misc.[/h2]

• It is now possible to build tunnels directly under the plants. However, they’re deleted as part of the process.
  
• In the map editor, brushes now only spawn and delete resources on the initial level.
  
• In the map editor, the relative terrain brush shows grayed out tiles if they’d be outside of the map’s limit instead of hiding them completely.
  
• Made minor tweaks to the tutorial’s text.
  

[h2]Bugs[/h2]

• Ruins hidden by the Layer tool can no longer be selected.
  
• Added the missing “ov” “of” to the Metal Fence’s description.
  

Hello, everyone!

An important hotfix patch is now live on the experimental branch.

[h2]Bug fixes[/h2]

• Fixed the bug that prevented placing Metal Platforms, Gravity Batteries, Water Pumps, and some other buildings in valid locations.