v3.2.12: Year-end enhancements

Greetings surveyors!

I’m excited to share the final update for Periphery Synthetic in 2024.This release brings a vertical slice of audio and graphical enhancements to polish out a year of exciting updates. Be sure to upgrade your thrusters and check out the exospheres of Alpha Periphery B and C if you haven’t already. Enjoy!

[h2]v3.2.12 changes[/h2]

• Core Gameplay
  
  
  • Prevented material distillation while in zero-atmosphere environments.
    
  • Decreased the time interval between automatic perception checks.
    
• Core Interface
  
  
  • Fixed a visual contrast issue with the system tutorials in dark mode.
    
• Core Graphics
  
  
  • Reduced terrain-related frame drops when moving at maximum speed.
    
• Alpha Periphery B
  
  
  • Remixed the music in the exosphere.
    
  • Improved the sun glow.
    
  • Reduced particle effects while quickly travelling vertically.
    
  • Fixed certain particle effects appearing at high altitudes.
    
  • Made a certain perception easier to find.
    
• Alpha Periphery C
  
  
  • Improved the transition to the exosphere.
    
  • Improved the sun and moon glow.
    
  • Re-routed cave sounds from the music channel to the sound effects channel.
    
  • Applied reverb to the cave sounds.
    
  • Fixed scan not guiding to uncollected artifacts.
    
• Alpha Periphery C2
  
  
  • Prevented snow and ice sounds while in the exosphere.
    
  • Reduced particle effects while quickly travelling vertically.
    
  • Fixed an inaccessible perception when vertical look is toggled off.
    
  • Removed dynamic panning from snow and ice sounds for performance.