Hydroneer News

--- Fixes
- Drop Target now appears under the item you're "freeplacing"/"precision placing".
- Fixed issue where drills with speed buffs would actually output less than their slower counterparts.
- Boosted output of Heavy Drills.
- Adjusted animations of Heavy Drills to sync up with speed buffs applied to them.
- Left Ctrl can now be bound in the keybind menu.
- Fixed issue with Hand Sorters keeping their split item preferences sometimes.
- Fixed issue with items being locked as they enter the storage zone of the Quad / Bike.
- Logic Mini Nukes now work in Icehelm dig site.
- Adjusted New Glade vehicle recall point.
- Improved readability when continuing a save, if that save will be marked as 'dirty' for Steam Achievements.
- Removed issue where sometimes coins would duplicate while purchasing vehicles.
- Removed issue with Forge Marks not being saved while inserted into the masterwork forge in Volcalidus.
- Uncovering Relics with the HydroThaw will no longer (very rarely) cause the Relics to not be uncovered.
- Grocers now have 'c' instead of 't' when displaying how much they're purchasing goods for.
- Reduced max size of Cut Beetroot to prevent it getting stuck in the Logic Saw Hook.
- NPCs will no longer whistle when being turned into roadkill.

--- Fixes
- Removed issue where sometimes the DLC will fail to install correctly.
- Improved reliability with hand sorters while sorting items.
- Fixed issue where NPCs no longer walk around.
- Fixed issue where NPCs could no longer be victims of vehicular collisions.
- Fixed issue with Lava Hauler not storing small items.
- Improved collision in Lava Hauler.
- Heavy Drill now has collision on its upper portion when placed.
- Heavy harvesters now correctly spawn water when placed, no longer requiring a re-load.
- Hydrobike no longer pulls left while going straight.
- Fixed issue where the bucket could sometimes spawn an Ice chunk in Bastion.
- Fixed some localisation issues.
- Construction crates in New Glade now show their contents correctly when game is loaded if already has contents.
- Lever sound now correctly applies to its sound slider.
- Updated Shard/Shard Bar description when in volcalidus to include "lava".
- Fixed bug with racetrack Steam achievements being triggered.
- Uncut gems descriptions updated as previously they mentioned they can be sold at the stocks when they cannot.
- New Glade sign missing collision added.

--- Changes
- Overhaul on coin text display. Now displays in splitscreen, unique colours for each type, separated text into grouping: ex. "1,420,690"
- Gold / Cloutium melted liquid colour changed to help distinguish each type in smelters.

--- Fixes
- 'Save Raw Resources' toggle in gameplay settings no longer affects Hardstone Blocks.
- Removed issue with steam cloud not saving correctly for DLC save files.
- Crafting a T1 Ice Shovel no longer creates a T1 Dirt Shovel.
- Added keybind for "Vehicle Mode" in vehicles. (Default 'F')
- Removed issue with Hand Sorters forgetting what they're splitting when they're lifted and placed down whilst having an item on the pedestal.
- Limited the amount of sounds effects to occur with the gem compressor.
- Removed ability to spam-click drills to produce more resources.
- Improved graphical performance of trees in Volcalidus.
- Removed issue with bones not having a particle effect on LOW settings.
- Resized the Construction Store / Ore Miner requirement text so it doesn't clip through the board.
- Fixed issue with delivery crate drop sound.
- Lowered the lava at Shattered Breach slightly so its no longer clipping with built items.
- Fixed issue with item prices not appearing in Burnscroft store.
- Player no longer sometimes spawns outside of the vehicle when loading back into a vehicle.
- Duplicating logic TNT on Volcalidus now works as intended.
- T2 and T3 stores now have the 't' displaying correctly when showing how much the total cost is on the buy platform.
- Removed issue with an invisible space when a certain clothing combination is made on the character editor page.
- Adjusted the height of the Volcalidus Peak trophy so when placed down it sits at the bottom of the grid square.
- Removed issue with carts and store interactions.
- Timetrial Steam achievements should now trigger properly.
- Streaming in discord will now show the new Hydroneer icon.
- Removed issue with using the gravity wand in trucks.

We're continuing our mission to put out smaller patches effecting the most common/problematic issues.

- Ore Mines and Construction Stores no longer have a rounding error causing them not to be built even if the board appears to have all their required materials.
- Infinite Filter (a creative mode item) now hooks onto lava pipes in all orientations.
- Fixed issue where items stored in a truck that would pass by the scrapyard burn zone would not be removed from the list of items from the scrapyard to burn when the truck moved out of the burn zone.
- 'Clear all Dirt Chunks' in the ESC menu now reads 'Clear all Ice / Frost Rock' while on Volcalidus.
- 'Toggle Save Dirt Chunk's in the gameplay settings menu now reads 'Toggle Save Ice / Frost Rock / Dirt' while on Volcalidus.

Released in 2020, crafting, base-building, and mining sandbox Hydroneer has been an indie success story that sold upwards of 500,000 copies as of 2022. Now it has a full expansion, Journey to Volcalidus, that dumps a huge new environment to mine and profit from: The island of Volcalidus, which is "over 6 times the size of the original island" and comes complete with a town to rebuild...
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