Hydroneer News

While we're busy at work on the next Hydroneer update, we've noticed a few common issues that are cropping up for players.
Since the next update is still a little far away, we wanted to address these issues in a small patch, which is now released. Enjoy!
Information about the next update for Hydroneer will be announced when it's ready, we're really excited about this incredibly large update.

2.2.5 Patch
27 July 2023

--- Fixes
- Splitters/Hand sorters no longer 'forget' what item they're splitting when they're picked up and placed down again.
- Removed rare issue where coins/tokens do not stack when dropped together.
- Items can no longer be placed underground in the tutorial.
- Removed issue where soundtrack restarts when hundreds of items are dropped at once causing memory issues.
- Misc. drop item optimisations.
- NPCs no longer give rewards from a quest if it has not been accepted by collecting the quest scroll.
- Removed rare crash when pressing the 'drop' button after an item in the players hand is destroyed.
- Pipes will no longer be able to pass water when they're in their placing mode.```

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2.2.4 Patch
3 May 2023

--- Fixes
- Major improvements on placing items near diggable dirt. Will not prevent placement as much as before when placing items near/inside dirt.
- Logic Saw no longer drops FPS after using it to cut many items.
- Logic Saw will now 'timeout' items to prevent them from being cut multiple times when passing through once.
- Logic Saw will only work when powered by water in the conveyor's pipe that it's attached to.
- Logic Saw will no longer cut items when its picked up and dropped onto items.
- Clearing raw resources will no longer sometimes remove resources on splitters.
- Conveyor Splitters can now split all items, including some build items that previously would not register.
- Conveyor Splitters will no longer register placed build items that are very close to the registration platform.
- Conveyor Splitters will now properly split items properly and won't require being picked up again.
- Conveyor splitters will now stop splitting fish when fishes are removed.
- Anvils will no longer be able to craft items using the same bar if balanced the bar between two slots.
- Users will no longer fall through voxel dirt when loading their save files.

--- Changes
- Dirt wand will now be able to place dirt anywhere in a dig site, instead of only placing dirt when already looking at dirt.
- Conveyor Splitter names are updated, they now read 'left/right'.
- Rake prices updated.

2.2.3 Patch
28 April 2023

--- New Features
- Task Note Board. Store two task notes on a board for quick readability. Purchasable with either type of tokens. Can also be used to world maps.
- Added 'Remove Resources' when continuing a save file.
- Added more UI elements to indicate how mods and creative mode prevent Steam Achievements being awarded.
- Enable/Disable all mods.
- NPCs will now display their name as well as the token type they're rewarding above their head before they're approached.
- Subtitles can now be scaled in the audio settings menu.
- Added new preventative measures for corrupted files. You'll automatically be directed to the backup of the save file if it detects a corruption.

--- Fixes
- Fixed GPU issue causing some players to have graphical crashes due to DLSS.
- Fixed issue with vertical conveyor belt pushing items below it in long climbs vertically..
- Seed bags in stores no longer display their price as 0.
- Logic Saw Hook will no longer interact with held items.
- Logic Saw Hook will now work better with fish and vegetables.
- Logic Saw Hook will now change the visible size of the item being cut as it passes through.
- Centraliser Hook improvements.
- Logic Destroyer now has better collisions for accepting items.
- Dreck Quarry dirt tier levels adjusted, you can now have working T3 drills on the very bottom of the claim.
- Fish Bucket scaling error fixed.
- Removed issue where sometimes multiple drills/harvesters can be bought from the travelling merchant.
- Clyde and Roy will now display their locations as 'Bridgepour' instead of 'Ember Cradle'
- Conveyor Splitter Alt now lines up correctly (visual glitch)
- Very small scrap metal pieces will now be removed when selling to the jeweller.
- New weapon storage items no longer have the first weapon entered in too low.
- Misc. translations and description changes.

--- Changes
- Quest progression in farming guild tasks are accelerated, higher value tasks will appear sooner after completing previous tasks.
- Changes to the loading menu. Will now display if the save file has Steam Achievements enabled, as well as a message when starting a save with mods or creative mode on.
- Task Notes requesting crafted items will now display their name as well as the image.
- Broken Drills and Harvesters will now play a sound effect when they're broken.
- Logic Destroyer idle sound effect lowered.

2.2.2 Patch
18 April 2023

--- Fixes
- Tasks will no longer display with a 0 weight requirement.
- 'Masterworkin'' Steam Achievement will now unlock as intended.
- Walking past a Logic Gem Compressor no longer will pull the item out of your hand if you move too close to it.
- Crafted items passed through the Logic Saw Hook will no longer make them disappear.
- Collision issue at Icehelm Entrance now fixed.
- Purchasing a Hydro Mole now comes with a full tank of gas! (What a bargain!)
- Dirt no longer bounces out of the T3 harvester
in rare occasions.
- Fixed issue where logic keypad sometimes disappears if clicked too fast.
- Sometimes items stored in the back of truck no longer impact the trucks movement behaviour.
- Sleeping in a bed in split screen while another player is sleeping no longer soft-locks the first player into an endless sleep.
- Fixed resource duplication glitch.
- Fixed issue where some store items would not disappear from stores if not purchased when loading save file.
- Tokens no longer are inside female NPC hands.
- When a lantern lands in the water while on, it no longer players its extinguish sound globally.
- VFX when chopping vegetables with the cooking knife will no longer play twice.
- Stairs in the harbour no longer have weird collisions.
- Built items no longer appear as their red/blue placement colour when placed down.
- Player icon in the main menu now updates the image properly.
- 'For The King!' Task notes no longer are miscoloured.
- Stock Market in Ironil now display the new models for weapons.
- Optimisations for T2 drill.
- Misc. translation fixes.
- Other minor fixes.

--- Changes
- Massively decreased the sound of the logic saw hook.
- Rate of crucible/bars heating up increased.
- Maximum size of boot decreased.
- Area for Anvils to accept bars/gems now slightly increased.
- Plinths can now store coins and tokens.
- Scales now show the total weight of crafted items by their contents.
- Crucible description updated.