Microtopia News

Hey all!

Get yourselves ready for another update! This time though we bring some new exciting features!
Introducing the radio stockpile and the hazmat digger!



The radio stockpile is a new special kind of storage building. It has the capability to send construction materials to buildings on other islands! Keep it stocked with a specific material and you’ll always be able to build with it, no matter where you are on the map.
This is a pretty big shift in the balance. It removes a major constraint and will likely shake up progression in different ways, but I’m confident these changes will be for the better!

The hazmat digger is a new ant caste that fills an important gap in the colony’s workforce. Now you can safely dig those hazardous deposits found in later biomes without risking your other ants.
Both of these features can be unlocked in the tech tree. Find all other changes in the changelog!
Hope you have fun!

[h2]Microtopia - v1.0.9b Update - Full changelog[/h2]
[h3]New features:[/h3]

• Added a new building: the radio stockpile. Which allows to easily build structures on other islands.
  
• Added a new ant caste: the hazmat digger. A radiation resistant ant that can do mining tasks.
  
• You can now flag stockpiles to not be taken from by smart dispensers.
  
• "Place dispenser" hotkey can now also be used to assign dispensers.
  
• Added "+" and "-" buttons to gate slider UI.
  

[h3]Fixes:[/h3]

• Tweaked hazmat ant recycler yield.
  
• Fixed several typos in translations.
  
• Fixed nuptial flight UI not updating correctly.
  
• Fixed smart dispensers not being able to dispense larvae.
  
• Fixed mold poisoning continuing during pause.
  
• Fixed missing meshes on desert and jungle maps.
  
• Fixed not being able to manually send scrap iron to a stockpile.
  
• Fixed electrolysing getting reset in some cases.
  
• Fixed mining ant continuing mining after being launched by an explosion.
  
• Fixed grinder hitbox.
  
• Changed costs for the concrete core and floortile in the tech tree.
  
• Fixed catapults not being able to throw items onto an undefined stockpile.
  
• Fixed billboards incorrectly displaying in some instances.
  
• Fixed a few problems with the gyne cocoon animation.
  
• Some more optimization with animation culling.
  
• Fixed being able to fill in negative numbers in gate configurations.
  
• Fixed island ant count not updating when ants enter by bridge.
  
• Fixed bridges dropping many ants after being destroyed.
  

Hello everyone!

We're rolling out a small patch with hotfixes following 1.0.8. Sorry for the inconvenience, here's the full patchnote!

[h2]Microtopia - v1.0.8a Update[/h2]

• Caught several errors causing all ants to stop moving, one in the assembler and one in the catapult.
  
• Renamed "ion workers" to "battery workers".
  
• Fixed the click UI not working correctly with a very low framerate.
  
• Fixed ants being confused by many action points.
  
• Fixed mismatch in building percentages.
  
• Tweaked facility and smart dispenser collider, can now be placed together more neatly.
  
• Fixed typo in Japanese.
  
• Fixed a few errors with colliders from islands.
  
• Several optimisation fixes.
  

Hey ants!

Today we bring you another large bug fixing update!
Along with a smoother experience, the update also brings a new quality of life feature, that I think many of you will come to appreciate.

In this update, whenever an item has fallen to the ground, you'll be able to simply click on it to send it to any stockpile available on the island!
You can find the rest of the patch notes in the changelog channel.
Hope you have fun!

[h2]v1.0.8 Update full changelog[/h2]

• If an item has fallen to the ground, you can now click on it to send it to a suitable stockpile (if any).
  
• Sending items from stockpile to stockpile can now be done even if the target stockpile can't receive everything.
  
• Added a warning message if an ant tries to go into a building while carrying an item or is not the right caste.
  
• Catapults won't display a warning any longer if the target stockpile can't recieve the item.
  
• Tweaked recycler yields of some drones and heavy worker.
  
• Can now disable fog in settings.
  
• Fixed electrolyser not working after relocating.
  
• Fixed stockpile gate < & >
  
• Fixed unlocked recipes not being properly reset when starting a new save.
  
• Fixed a ghost trail cause.
  
• Fixed typo in Japanese.
  
• Fixed catapult getting stuck while having ammo.
  
• Fixed catapult being able to overflow a stockpile.
  
• Fixed some installation issues with the GOG version.
  
• Fixed a wrong string when demolishing a building.
  
• Fixed warning signs blocking interaction.
  
• Fixed gyne cocoon being able to have multiple princesses.
  
• Fixed princess not getting old.
  
• Fixed a single ant triggering multiple timer gates.
  
• Fixed collider LOD mesh.
  
• Fixed ants floating in the sky indefinitely after moving a building.
  
• Fixed biome fog not updating when following an ant.
  
• Fixed a few instances where the tooltip didn't properly dissapeared.
  
• Fixed Gynes and princess death poses.
  
• Fixed concrete core not having to be completed to place down concrete floortiles.
  
• Fixed loose LEDs not being interactable.
  

Hello everyone!

We have fixed some more things since the last update, thank you for your feedback!

[h2] Microtopia - v1.0.7a Update [/h2]

• Fixed flight animation of later gynes.
  
• Easier building requirements for the recycler.
  
• Fixed a tiling problem in a toxic wasteland ground
  
• Imrpoved dissolver and larva booster functionality to prevent them from getting stuck
  
• All dissolver recipes cost only 1 acid now.
  
• Fixed an error with plants to breaked being able to save.
  
• Fixed acid press wind down animation.
  
• "Ghost trails" (command trails that lost their owner) are now cleaned up on load and will be less spooky.
  
• Fixed a few recycler yields, giving the proper liquid.
  
• Fixed unmineable ancient deposits (they will be removed)
  
• Fixed a nullref with launched ants, causing them to be stuck mid air.
  
• The stockpile gate is unlocked way earlier in the tech tree and no longer costs yellow diamonds.
  
• Placing building on an ant ending its command trail doesn't freeze the game anymore
  
• Fixed build progress billboard showing inside a few buildings.
  
• Added a message when a building requires a dispenser.
  
• Fixed dissolver being able to receive acid directly.
  
• Fixed possibility of the facility getting stuck with some recipes.
  
• Recycler should now pile-up its yield a bit more efficiently.
  
• Fixed sentinels not being able to mine.
  
• Added a few missing mining animations.
  
• Fixed inventor T3 incorrect minimap mesh layer.
  
• Fixed crystal duping with wafer in the deconstructor.
  
• Fix for a save breaking bug when you've completed all tasks.
  
• Increased the amount of blubber found in toxic mold.
  
• Decreased blubber required for acid, increased amount of acid gained.
  
• Made the idea requiring acid collection easier.
  
• Fixed ants skipping action points when high speed/low framerate
  
• Increased fluid container capacity, changed how to sphere size is calculated.
  
• Fixed jet drone not being able to do anything.
  
• Changed main trail description in English, no longer costs the notorious yellow diamond.
  
• Tweaked recycler yields for a few ants (watch out some might drop acid).
  
• Smaller changes and optimizations.
  

Hello!
A short message from us, the developers of Microtopia! We are incredibly grateful for the overwhelming activity on the game, either here or on the game's Discord since Microtopia’s release one week ago. It’s fantastic to see all the ideas and suggestions coming in. We’re also very happy with the friendly and helpful tone of communication among everyone!
We want to assure you that we’re keeping a close eye on all bug reports. Some of the urgent ones have already been fixed and are addressed in this quick-fix patch. (find the changelog below)
There are also some other fixes and changes being currently tested, but those one felt urgent enough to push them today!

Thank you, everyone, and please continue having fun playing Microtopia!


[h2]Microtopia - v1.0.6a Update[/h2]

• Fixed two instances of possible savegame corruption
  
• Added settings: VSync, FPS Limit, World Volume, Invert Cam
  
• Render scale setting isn't ignored anymore on game start
  
• Can now scroll to top part of the tech tree when using small/tiny UI Scale
  
• Floor Tile Eraser now also removes incomplete floortiles
  
• Fixed broken wafer recipe