Hardspace: Shipbreaker News

• Community Feedback Barge Revamp
  Barge is deeper and can accept more objects
  Clears between shifts for max efficiency
  
  
• Community Participation Winning Narrative Log Contest Entry Added
  It’s somewhere….
  
  
• Railgate Launch Sequence
  Railgate will periodically launch ships deep into the solar system
  
  
• Demo Charge Durability Effects Added
  Detonator will become faulty over time
  
  
• Bay Startup Sequence
  Barge, Furnace and Processor activate when Shift begins
  
  
• Important Notice
  The next update (0.4.0) will include Act 1 of the Story, as well as completely overhauled Certification and Work Order systems.These changes will come with a complete Progression reset! Visit the Steam Discussions for more info.
  

• 🚀 Barge completely revamped
  + Barge is now deeper and can accommodate far more objects
  + Barge now clears between shifts
  + Incorrect items are highlighted in Red
  + Correct items that are still connected to incorrect items are highlighted in Green until separated
  
  
• 🚀Winning Narrative Log Contest Added
  + Congratulations to Discord user Snark!
  + It’s somewhere….
  
  
• Railgate Launch Sequence
  + The Railgate in the skybox will periodically go through it’s launch sequence, sending ships deep into the Solar System
  
  
• Demo Charge Durability Effects Added
  + The Demo Charge tool has been hooked up to the Durability system
  + As the tool’s durability drops, the Detonator will become more and more faulty
  + Detonator has an increasing chance to fail, up to a max of 3 times in a row
  
• Bay Startup Sequence
  + Barge, Furnace and Processor activate when the Shift begins
  
• Theme-based Ship Lighting added
  + Interior lighting is different between Industrial, Civilian and Science ships
  
• Thumbs-up Animation Revamped

• The game crashes, when the user salvages the middle section of the javelin in its entirety in the furnace
  
• There are two sets of flow volumes in the Salvage Bay, possibly leading to excess furnace furnace pull
  
• The user gets stuck in the Remapping menu, after rebinding left/right button mouse and needs to quit via ALT F4
  
• Ghost Heavy Cargo Javelins spawn with shipping crates
  
• The High Gain Antennae will often bounce out of the barge, when being salvaged
  
• The High-Gain Antenna pierces the border of the barge, when salvaged near the edge of the barge
  
• Mass, Distance, Cutgrade on HUD is missing on all tools except Grapple
  
• Some Upgrades do not immediately apply when selecting "Continue Salvage" and only take effect when selecting a new ship
  
• Incorrect texture used on prongs holding in Mackerel reactor
  
• Explosion elemental effect radius is not calculated correctly. For example, taking Damage from Demo Charges does not apply fire status effect to the player
  
• Door consoles to the cockpit in mackerels spawn unjointed
  
• Demo Charge Model Preview Does Not Render On Glass
  
• Demo Charge antenna model renders behind Rail Gate Village assets
  
• Demo Charges will be immediately caught by the player's hand if thrown while hand is active
  
• Incorrect salvage location for javelin refueller chassis nanocarbon and aluminum
  
• The Fabric on the aluminum structure remains attached to the ship, after the user yanks out the structure
  
• On Cargo Javelins the tail airlock console stops working, when the large middle section fuel tank explodes
  
• On Javelins, the front section of the cockpit flies away, when detached from the ship
  
• On Javelins, the panels separating different sections of the ship are tagged Titanium for Furnace salvaging
  
• Decompression pocket found in the cockpits of the Javelins
  
• Cannot cycle the region leaderboard using Left Stick
  
• On Javelins, Aluminum beams of the ship's middle cage structure are marked for Processor salvaging
  
• On Cargo Javelins, a segment of the fuel pipe is doubled-up
  
• The controller cannot be used to scroll down/up and read the Ghost Ship message in the HAB's "New Message" screen, when not playing in English
  
• Cutting/melting a cut point after deploying a demo charge will trigger the demo charge deploy SFX
  
• On a Salvage Runner, a salvaged titanium panel is spawned inside the wall of the salvage bay
  
• On easy Ghost Javelins, there is an AI free floating in the thruster room
  
• Fume Chute and Waste Disposal listed as mechanical are not showed in Scan Mode Systems
  
• Pod Clamps appear in the scanner's Structural mode marked as Electrical objects
  
• Certain beams on Salvage Runners are offset and cause some Z-fighting
  
• During the tutorial, Ship's A exterior hull texture is displayed as pitch black
  
• Sticker Icons appear low-res when shown on the Sticker unlock popup
  
• Engineering consoles appear green in Systems as electrical but are described as mechanical in Objects
  
• Hand does not turn during a breaker handle interaction
  
• No image linked to "Salvage, Lynx - safety_ad_02.view" in Data Recovery
  
• Missing collision on salvage bay light panels
  
• Clicking outside conflict popup in Key Mapping menu causes the user to become stuck in the conflict state
  
• Purchasing one of each item in the Kiosk causes a large framerate hitch and ClipCursor error
  
• When Weekly RACE Timer ticks down to 0 hours on the landing page, the number of Days does not tick down
  
• Some ships are not using the correct user-facing names in the Free Play selection menu
  
• The battery pack marked barge is not salvaged by the barge
  
• Frozen Demo Charges do not shatter when detonating
  
• Weekly RACE leaderboard scores will show a previously recorded death count but does not reflect the new score
  
• The option "HUD OFF" is half working when the player relaunches the game
  
• Demo Charge Detonator lights remain on after detonating until the user switches tools/modes
  
• Multiple Weaver warnings play when a single object with multiple AI nodes is thrown into the processor
  
• Javelin antenna and mount fly off unexpectedly after being cut free in unpressurized space
  
• Javelins do not contain any 3D Dirty Air assets
  
• On javelins, the class 2 Reactor-Thruster system can be easily salvaged without flushing the thruster
  
• The demo charges slide away, when the user attemps to place it on the nanocarbon cage beams
  
• Javelin reactor explodes after losing 1 pip after thruster exploded and ECU is deactivated
  
• Javelin refueller has one specific aluminum reactor casing panel is unyankable
  
• Floating AI Node outside a medium difficulty ghost Mackerel, when starting the shift
  
• There is no daily rental fee for the demo charge
  
• Airlock consoles lights stay on despite being disconnected from the power sources
  
• All items on the Kiosk can be purchased whether the player is full or not, resulting in unnecessary debt for the player
  
• On geckos the crawlspace coolant pipe is misaligned, with the incorrect connecting end to the ECU wall
  

Early-access spaceship slicing simulator Hardspace: Shipbreaker has fired another update into orbit. This time around you’ll have yet another class of giant abandoned ship to crawl around in. To make matters both better and worse, you’ve got the new demotion charge tool to do it with. They’re nifty remote precision charges but apparently disarming them if you change your mind can be a trick. The new Business Is Booming update is out now for all you pro shipbreakers.

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• New Ship Type: the Javelin-Class
  Javelins are long, thin and built with modular sections
  Narrow interiors, and complex exterior structural elements
  
  
• New Tool Available: The Demo Charge
  Place multiple charges for an elaborate demo sequence
  Performs powerful cuts on nearly any material
  
  
• Tool Durability System Updated
  Clearer low durability effects for all tools
  
  
• Tool Selection Revamped
  New Radial Menu accomodates expanded roster of equipment
  
  
• New Stickers
  10 New Stickers available!
  
  
• Bug Fixes, Optimizations & Quality of Life Improvements

• Javelin Ship-Class Added
  - Two Roles: Refueling and Heavy Cargo
  - Three Sizes: Small, Medium & Large
  
• Demo Charge / Detonator Tool Added
  
• Tool Durability Revamped
  - Low-Durability Feedback (FX / SFX / UI) improved on all tools
  - Low-Durability gameplay effects adjusted for all tools
  ❐ Grapple: Reduced max strength
  ❐ Cutter: Increased idle heat
  ❐ Thrusters: Reduced top speed & helmet rattle
  ❐ Scanner: Increased distortion and visual noise
  
• Tool Wheel UI Added
  - Tool Wheel access added to Gamepay ‘Y’ / ‘△’, Keyboard ‘R’
  
• Tool Mode Toggle action added to Gamepad D-Pad Right, Keyboard ‘V’
  
• Default Scanner Toggle changed from Gamepad ‘Y’ / ‘△’ to D-Pad Up
  
• Cut Level UI added to HUD - Shows the Cut Level of the current object under the reticle
  
• Front-End Screen Updated
  
• New Stickers Added
  ❐ Ichthyologist
  ❐ Herpetologist
  ❐ Javelineer
  ❐ Full of Gas
  ❐ Environmentally Conscious
  ❐ Energy Conscious
  ❐ Put a Hex On It
  ❐ A Real Talker
  ❐ Under Pressure
  ❐ Art Collector
  
• Pop-up Message added to HAB when returning after unlocking a Sticker
  
• SplitSaw Cut Grade Upgrade removed
  
• Ghost Ship spawn rate reduced
  
• Ghost Ships now appear only in Ship Grade 4 and up
  

• On Salvage Runners, the reactor goes directly in meltdown after using the utility key
  
• On Salvage Runners, the front (nose) panels fly away, when disjointed
  
• On Salvage Runners certain objects are attached to the cockpit door frame
  
• Salvage Runner coolant pipe behind ECU wall still active after removing coolant from the ECU
  
• Aluminum wall behind ECU is tagged as processor on all geckos except Salvage Runner
  
• Inconsistent reactor room labeling, Industrial and Salvage geckos are labeled 'Engine Rooms'
  
• Pressurized space seen in the exterior of the salvage gecko (starboard side)
  
• The "Present ID" text on the front screen stays in english regardless of language
  
• After rebinding the menu keys, the shift summary prompts don't update.
  
• The text describing the Open Shift doesn't fit properly in German and French
  
• The HUD notification prompting to listen to audio logs doesn't fit properly in several languages
  
• The text on the prompt button to delete a profile doesn't fit properly in German
  
• Decompression pockets, unknown SFX and light changes in the cargo area on Industrial Gecko
  
• Class II reactors' health bar is not displayed consistently between states
  
• The audio log labelled as "Curry, Mary" has its text displayed twice in the data viewer.
  
• Electrical Circuit Hissing sound persists inside the Bay after choosing to salvage any ‘Direct Ways Corporation’ type of ship
  
• Very long description text when approaching some objects can overlap with the hud
  
• The player can't apply a stickers on a tool using his/her mouse
  
• Data Viewer headers are difficult for the reader to parse
  
• Ghost Ship - AI Nodes can cause exterior of airlock to violently decompress.
  
• Soft Crates stay on fire when salvaged
  
• On certain mackerels, the top and bottom of triple stacked storage bins remain bound, after yanking the middle part
  
• No longer possible to navigate with the controller in the HAB, after the shift ended while being in the Kiosk
  
• Klyne Co. Sales data drive shows "Klien Co." in the Data Viewer
  
• The 3D dirty air props have the wrong sound attached when impacting surfaces/helmet
  
• In the tutorial, the "Start shift" button does not stay black
  
• If the player plays an audio log and stops it at the same time while this log is already playing, the audio log will replay but no audio log interface will be shown
  
• Button prompts on the Leaderboards screen are not updated when keys are remapped
  
• Thrusters can be salvaged without using an utility key or the emergency thruster overrides
  
• Fuse light mini game uses the same beep sfx as the 10 second countdown timer
  
• Dying while interacting with the kiosk prevents user from respawning
  
• A crackling sound can be heard, when the Open Shift Oxygen Settings pop-up appears
  
• When terminating a Rank 10 profile, the past profiles menu displays a set of default values
  
• Overheating cutter in Free Mode plays danger audio and VFX
  
• Cutter behaves as if it had 100% durability after restarting the game, but shows 0% durability in the HAB
  
• O2 loss when smashing helmet while in pressurized space
  
• The Stickers menu is not translated, when changing the game's language in any other language
  
• Occasionally, F key/X button no longer allow the user to open doors or use the kiosk.
  
• Mackerel Engine Rooms are incorrectly set up as Reactor Rooms which causes audio issues
  
• Computer terminals spawn on the mackerel floor
  
• It is not possible to view a sticker collection by clicking on the "View collection" prompt in the Sticker Menu
  
• Section of the Fuel Pipe on the Gecko Stargazer is immovable unless an elbow joint is vapourized
  
• Pocket of pressurized space with the "Crawl Space" room volume found near the front of a Gecko - Heavy Cargo
  
• On Stargazers, the fuel X pipe is attached to the ship's hull
  
• AI Nodes spawn without being fixed to an object in Ghost Mackerels
  
• Incorrect audio plays for "Romano, Ellen - Captain" file under "Mars" Data Recovery entry
  
• Browsing image prevents interrupting an audio log
  
• Fuel flush SFX did not trigger when flushing the nacelle pipes
  
• AI node SFX quieter when destroyed by a splitsaw
  
• On Mackerels, the space under the cargo hatch is tagged as Crawl Space
  
• In the HAB, the user can scroll two lists at the same time if there are two scrollbars to control
  
• The Control VO remains distorted, when abandoning a ghost ship shift and starting to salvage on normal ships
  
• If the player quit the Equipment menu and enter an upgrade tree at the same time, he/she will be blocked in the HAB main menu.
  
• Fuel Pipe on Science Geckos spawn overlap with a panel at the back of the ship
  
• Ghost Ship Computer Keyboard Terminal keyboard appears as 'unconfigured' in scanner object mode
  
• AI Nodes spawn unjointed in the Mackerel Cockpit if the reactor spawns in the crawlspace
  
• Player can re-roll their ship catalog by quitting to the front-end and re-entering career mode
  
• It is not possible to stop an audio log by clicking on the "Stop" prompt in the player
  
• Incorrect texture on a cockpit floor panel in the geckos
  
• In the Data Recovery menu, you can select the wrong Data Device by hovering it after selecting one first
  
• Messages and Stickers menu are not locked during the tutorial
  
• "Employee advancement" stikers are not credited on accounts/saves older than the current version
  
• Unpressurized air pocket when near a cargo hatch on light cargo mackerels
  
• On Transport Geckos, the Reactor Room Atmosphere Regulator continues to pressurize the room exposed to the outside
  
• Some subtitles are not refreshed correctly in the tutorial
  
• Airlock Consoles Light is slightly out of the console screen.
  
• Ghost Ship intro music stinger does not respect player's volume settings

• Fixed an issue in the Weekly R.A.C.E. bonus calculation where utilizing negative scores and a negative bonus made it possible to get an abnormally high score.
  
• Fixed ECU Coolant tanks being collectible without yanking them, which also prevented the coolant pipes from getting flushed.
  
• Fixed an issue where it is possible for decompression SFX to play infinitely.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Ghost Ship intro music would not respect the player's volume settings.