Surviving the Abyss News

[p]Hey all,

Firstly we'd like to apologise for the longer than anticipated wait for the next update. It's taken us some time to put a team in place to continue work on the project.

This update has been concerned with fixing and improving UI, UX, balancing and performance following the 1.0 release.

We have another update in the works, which we'll give an ETA on soon.

Changelog:
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• [p]Events:[/p][p]- Added new emergent events with varying outcomes and prerequisites: Blood in the Water, Unknown Signal, Worship Ritual.[/p][p]- Next events in event chains now fire before any new additional event threads are fired[/p][p][/p]
• [p]UI:[/p][p]- Change the building cost prefab to now display "current resource amount / required resource amount" - Improved visibility of resource costs (appears when hovering a building in the building menu)[/p][p]- Updating wording, grammar on all notifications[/p][p]- Sonar beacon UI now animates and wobbles during placement[/p][p]- Various button highlights updated and button audio firing for some missing buttons + Tooltip positions for various buttons updated[/p][p]- Replaced various icons with clearer iconography and higher resolution[/p][p]- Fix broken padding onvarious panels[/p][p] [/p]
• [p]Performance[/p][p]- Update various material render orders to get more batching[/p][p]- More aggressive terrain culling, increased terrain pixel error, simplify terrain generator for faster loading.[/p][p]- Swap out various horizontal layout groups for 1 single combined icon[/p][p]- Slightly increased starting food amounts for normal game mode[/p][p]- Slightly reduce wait time before first objective appears, reduction in wait time between all objectives[/p][p] [/p]
• [p]Balancing[/p][p]- +5% extraction speed for building resources (improving recovery when player runs low on resource stockpiles)[/p][p]- Increase anomaly aggression in 'Drowning Depths' Scenario[/p][p]- Adjusting spawn rates of various items across all biomes[/p][p][/p]
• [p]Visual:[/p][p]- Updated AoE Shaders to use normal resolution rendering path (previously set to low res)[/p][p]- Building alignment indicators now render on top of everything, height set to middle of tunnel height, correctly set length on diagonal connections[/p][p]- Reposition all docking points on to be at same position and symmetrical
  
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In this latest patch we've addressed some performance issues, a number of bugs, and a requested change to the camera.

Stay tuned for additional updates, and don't hesitate to share your feedback with us either here or on our Discord server.


Changelog:

• Fixing performance issue that can cause the game to stutter
  
• Fauna traps left in darkness can now correctly be attacked
  
• Fixing issue where genomes could be removed from fauna lab while running, resulting in an unusable fauna
  
• Fixing save files previously affected by cloning lab issue
  
• Don't rotate when sending camera to a position
  

Hey all! In today's patch we've addressed a number of bugs reported last week from the 1.0 release.

Stay tuned for additional updates, and don't hesitate to share your feedback with us either here or on our Discord server.


Changelog:

• Fixing issue where loading a save that fails to load will overwrite the current games settings
  
• Fixing an issue that can prevent events from triggering
  
• Adding a more appropriate error message when trying to build an advanced fauna trap over a regular habitat
  
• Fixing oil well refinery modules breaking when deleted
  
• Improving performance in large bases
  
• Fixing save files affected by oil refinery issue
  
• Reworking how biomes unlock and adding a couple events to make it harder to skip going to the Dark Glows
  
• various performance improvements, reducing memory allocations
  

Hi everyone! In today's patch we've implemented several bug fixes including fixes to the Brig, changes to mining relay visibility and incorrect status tags appearing on unstaffed buildings.

Stay tuned for additional updates, and don't hesitate to share your feedback with us either here or on our Discord server.


[h2]Changelog:[/h2]

1. Fixing bug that occurs when crew die in the brig
   
2. Update mining relays to have emissive (visible lights) in darkness, so they can be more easily located.
   
3. Fix buildings displaying as "Overheating" when they are actually just unstaffed
   
4. Performance improvements to oxygen network
   
5. Multiple text updates and typo fixes
   

[h2]Overseers, Welcome to the Abyss.[/h2]



After months of preparation, and countless hours in the depths, we are thrilled to announce that Surviving the Abyss has officially launched in its full 1.0 version!

This release represents the culmination of our efforts to bring you an even deeper and more immersive experience beneath the ocean's surface, with new narrative layers, missions, and structures to expand your survival toolkit.

[h2]What’s New in 1.0?[/h2]

In this release, you’ll find a range of new features and content to dive into, including:

• Enhanced Story and Missions: Uncover the mysteries lurking in the abyss with brand-new story missions that bring our narrative to a close.
  
• New Biome: A deadly new biome to explore in the late game and the introduction of new challenges to overcome.
  
• New Buildings and Technologies: Expand your base with unique structures designed to help you face the unknown and thrive in the darkness.
  
• Quality of Life Improvements: We’ve fine-tuned gameplay based on your feedback to make base management and exploration more intuitive and rewarding.
  
• Visual Enhancements and Bug Fixes: Enjoy a more polished experience with visual updates and numerous bug fixes to improve stability and gameplay flow.
  

[h2]What’s Next?[/h2]

Our journey doesn’t end here. We’re committed to delivering free updates post-1.0, with more details on what’s coming soon. Expect new challenges, mechanics, and maybe a few surprises to keep your underwater colony thriving in the Abyss.

We want to thank each and every one of you who’s been with us on this journey. Your support, feedback, and enthusiasm have been vital in helping Surviving the Abyss grow into the experience it is today. We can’t wait to hear about your adventures in the depths as you face the unknown—and maybe even conquer it.




[h3]View the full change log below:[/h3]

[h2]Biomes:[/h2]

• New end-game biome added
  
• New interactable biome props (late game/end game)
  
• Early game biomes - min distance from start extended
  
• New system for exploring and clearing a path within the endgame biome
  

[h2]Buildings:[/h2]

• Defensive tower building added
  
• Munitions Factory building added
  
• Fixing selection issue with drill extractors
  
• Prevent any tunnels as appearing 'under construction' when selected
  

[h2]Events:[/h2]

• Late game / End game narrative events added
  
• End game sequence added
  
• New emergent event chain following first clone death
  
• Fixing some event timings after exploring the Dark Glows
  
• Fixing an event with missing references
  
• Reworked Abandoned lab event chain
  
• Slowing down tutorial events so they overlap less
  
• Added new tutorial for crew management
  

[h2]Achievements:[/h2]

• Setting up achievement triggers
  
• All achievements added to game and activated
  

[h2]Save/Load Systems:[/h2]

• Fixes for multiple save/load issues
  
• Fixing event save/load bug
  
• Fixing Save/Load problem with Destroyed Lab event
  
• Don't display files without ".gd" file extension in save game list
  

[h2]Building Placement:[/h2]

• Prevent flares blocking tunnels
  
• Fixing some issues when deleting outposts after an expedition
  
• Making oil status tag stay until an Oil Well is built
  

[h2]Exploration/Expeditions:[/h2]

• Allow assigning higher tier roles to expeditions
  
• Fixes for Expedition Cost Calculation
  

[h2]UI:[/h2]

• Adding screen to Cloning UI when no fauna captured
  
• Removing power grid letters from HUD until multiple grids have been created
  
• Adding multiple new tooltips
  
• Blocking raycasts from passing through Expedition window in sub command canvas
  
• Major updates to cloning lab UI for ease of use
  
• Improved multiple Building Function UI panels
  
• Fix for insomnia critical crew tag not displaying
  

[h2]Map:[/h2]

• Adding shortcut for opening minimap
  
• Clicking on minimap focuses camera on position
  
• Small resources icons are displayed as smaller dots
  
• Small resources icons are disabled when zoomed out
  
• Adding a small version of resource map icons for when zoomed out
  
• Fixing map icons displaying incorrectly
  

[h2]Tutorial:[/h2]

• Adding a new tutorial to the cloning screen, explaining all parts of the UI
  
• Updating tutorial screenshots / videos that are using out of date old UI
  

[h2]Balancing:[/h2]

• Building costs rework
  
• Fixing biomass generator / farms depleting habitats in inconsistent ways
  
• Building tech tree costs balanced
  
• Removing increased coal cost of UV mode as it is now paid for with the increased electricity cost of UV modules
  
• Anomaly attack first instance now slightly randomized
  
• Crew quarters take 2 oxygen and power
  
• Research generated more slowly
  
• Removing Residential slots from Outposts
  
• Removing number on biome expeditions
  
• Turn on Emergency Mode when crew are suffocating
  
• Resource gathering rates tweaked (some reduced, some increased)
  
• Making Points of Interest more lucrative (lowering requirements and making them less dangerous)
  
• New Tech Tree unlock as reward from PoI event, makes mining drones carry more
  
• Increased reached destination range on submarines to prevent them getting stuck
  
• Making early genomes slightly stronger
  
• Recreation buildings now provide recreation to any number of crew within range (previous limit was 8 crew)
  
• Common fauna is now automatically stable, event without a stabilizer
  

[h2]Anomaly:[/h2]

• Making sure Anomaly attacks all have sufficient feedback
  
• Improved Anomaly staging and attack rules
  
• The 'Under Attack' icon now takes you to the building when clicked
  
• Adding new events when the anomaly attacks for the first time
  
• Adding new system for delivering Anomalous samples to the abandoned lab
  

[h2]Misc:[/h2]

• Fixing some event triggers missing from event manager
  
• Fix mining relays and resource lens highlight fighting and leaving highlight permanently enabled
  
• Cancel object placement when entering a full screen menu
  
• Adjusting height value on a number of buildings so the wireframe shader fills correctly.