Outworld Station News

• Major performance optimisations
  
• Optimised selling and mass-selling on very large stations
  
• Tug system has been reworked:
  
  • Tugs will not try and move multiple ships into the same destination
    
  • Tugs now have a larger range of operations
    
  • Tugs will move ships into the Fuel Bay with the most fuel stored (if possible)
    
  • If you link Shipyard > Fuel Bay > Ammo Depot > Location then tugs will auto-move a ship that doesnt need ammo to the end location after fuelling is complete
    
  • You can now grab a ship from a tub to override it
    
  • Tugs will now drop the current ship and return to base if you switch off its parent Tug Bay
    
• Wormholes now act as Containment Chambers
  
• Stack Size of Nuclear Waste increased to 500
  
• Wormholes can now be linked directly to Antimatter Reactors
  
• Antimatter Reactor power output is now 5000 MW
  
• Optional objectives will now warn you if there is no space for multiple rewards in Hub
  
• You can now set defaults for Max Factory Outputs
  
• If you complete an Optional Objective without enough space in your Hub, rewards will now be spawned inside an escape pod above the hub
  
• You can no longer build a Fuel Bay or Ammo Depot directly above a Shipyard or other Fuel Bay/Ammo Depot
  
• Neutron Initiators now use a lot more Uranium but a lot less SuperAlloy
  
• Exotic Matter now appears in the Filter List
  
• When you Upgrade a module, the last slot's filter settings will be copied into the new slots
  
• You can now set a module's efficiency using an Edit Box
  
• Added a small timeout delay on Wormhole UI to reduce chance of mis-click
  
• Altered Fusion Reactor collision slightly to let 2 be placed across from each other
  
• Larger ships which more max fuel now have longer Meltdown times
  
• Improved the Pipe-Flow algorithm when FPS is lower
  
• You can now rebind Pause Game and Codex
  
• Can now move and store Neutron Initiators in the Containment Chamber
  
• Major optimisations on completed ships sitting around your station
  

• Fixed an issue where the game would crash with "max objects exceeded" error
  
• Ambient sound-settings now saved between sessions
  
• Fixed an issue where user would hear loud noise on startup
  
• Music no longer stops when player is killed
  
• Fixed an issue where carried objects would shoot offscreen after game is paused while dragging them
  
• Fixed an issue where the Power Linker would not re-initialise after being damaged and auto-repaired
  
• Fixed an issue where turret range turns white during an ice-storm event
  
• When loading a game, modules that are switched off now appear correctly
  
• Fixed an issue with Duplicating a module and dragging out connectors and causing some links to be lost
  
• Status View icons no longer dissappear after Hiding Upper Level
  
• Module's label changes now appear while Status View is active
  
• Fixed a bug with using Escape etc after using the Choose Item Amount popup
  
• Ship fusion-reactor meltdown timers are now saved and loaded correctly
  
• If you duplicate a factory it will now use overridden max input/output/power settings correctly even if you changed the defaults
  
• Save-files now show local time correctly
  

• Mk 3 Miner upgrade (unlocks at Level 10)
  
• Mk 3 Storage upgrade (unlocks at Level 9)
  
• You can now rebind WASD/Arrow keys for moving camera and drone
  
• You can now rebind all Hotbar 1-10 keys
  
• You can now set a Max Output amount for all factories
  
• In Advanced Mode you can now use CTRL+C to copy a Slot's settings and CTRL+V to paste it into another slot
  
• Increased pipe flow-rate to 300/min
  
• Several performance optimisations
  
• Cloud Miners now show how much hydrogen they produce/min
  
• You can now Build and Sell while the game is paused
  
• Added game option to enable/disable Environmental Hazards (e.g. Gas Clouds)
  
• Added warnings if a power generator is low on fuel (less than a minute left) or its output is full of waste
  
• Tweaked solar panel efficiency algorithm
  
• In Advanced Mode if you select a slot that has a filter, popup will default to that filter
  
• Cloud Miner warnings no longer show the Popup
  
• Now shows hotkeys for adding build items to the Hotbar
  
• Small Fuel Tanks recipe now uses less Nano-Plate
  

• Fixed some path-finding issues to make nicer paths
  
• Optimised Mass-Selling lots of modules
  
• Now displays game time correctly when over 24-hours in-game time
  
• Clicking off a label in Advanced Mode now confirms the change in text
  
• Improved how tugs function
  
• Photon Tanker Icon now correct
  
• Smelter/Storage now sends to Containment Chamber correctly
  
• If you sell a tug its warning message are now removed
  
• Multiple nearby Atomizers no longer "fight" over nearby resources
  
• Fixed an issue with swapping zones while building pipes
  
• Tooltip now says "add to todo list" on hotbar items
  
• When upgrading a Freighter with item filters, no longer sets the gas slot to the filter incorrectly
  
• Can now rebind Q & E correctly
  
• Secondary hotkeys now save correctly
  
• Can see the Save-Game name even at higher UI scales
  
• Station View now shows icons on newly built modules
  
• Placing Modules no longer collide with objects (e.g. asteroids) in-game
  
• You no longer lose items when replacing a Mk 2 Storage with a Mk 1 Storage
  
• Fixed an issue with tugs bouncing up and down on pads
  
• Module Priority indicator now appears after save & load correctly
  

• Cloud Saves are now available
  
• New Solar Panel system - solar panels now only need to be aligned once when built, but will be a little less efficient the more you have connected on the same power network
  
• Advanced Plate recipe now uses less SuperAlloy
  
• Atomizing Gas Giant creatures now yields Nitratium
  
• Right-Shift now works the same as Left-Shift
  
• You can CTRL+C to duplicate a module just by hovering over it
  
• Added a Water Ice mining node on the initial Asteroid Belt Zone
  
• Build category 1-10 keys can now be rebound in the Settings > Control menu
  

• Correct tooltips shown on Hide Upper Level tips screen
  
• You can no longer keep synthesizing if your inventory is full or you do not have the required items
  
• Smelters now show warning if factory inputs are blocked
  
• You can now CTRL+Left Click on an item in a filtered slot correctly
  

Factorio: Space Age transports the beloved base-building and automation sandbox game onto other planets, but what if you placed your focus more centrally among the stars? That's the pitch for Outworld Station, a new space game that's just landed in early access on Steam. Feeling a little like the halfway house between the row-on-row efficiency of Satisfactory and the galaxy-sprawling ambition of Dyson Sphere Program, it supports up to four-player co-op as you build your intergalactic empire.

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