Abiotic Factor News

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We have a very scientific survey for you, because we know how much scientists love surveys. Especially when they’re about the future of Abiotic Factor!

If you’ve got any opinions on what you’d like to see out of future updates to Abiotic Factor - and beyond, fill out this -
[h2]📝 Scientific Survey![/h2] It’s quite short and it’ll be open for about 2 weeks, so get in there!

Thank you, scientists, for your contribution to this study! We’ll see you again real soon, with a new roadmap in hand. Until then…

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Greetings, scientific geniuses!

Today we're putting out another small hotfix which addresses two specific issues with enemy behavior.

Please remove your mods before updating as they may cause crashes. If you are experiencing crashes or other issues and have any third-party mods installed (such as those found at NexusMods), please try uninstalling the mods before attempting to run the game again.
You may want to completely clear your files and reinstall the game, as there’s been cases where an uninstalled mod still leaves some sneaky files behind.

Please update your game and servers when you get a moment away from scientific study. If you’re on Steam and don't receive an update, verify your game files. Below you can see a list of all the various versions numbers, depending on your platform.



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• Fixed an issue where certain tentacle minions of the end-game boss fight were not appearing correctly and causing the fight to take much longer than intended.
  
• Added a fix for Containment Bots malfunctioning and standing idle during combat.
  

If something you wanted fixed was not on here, fret not. We are looking into lots of issues, lots of reports, and plenty of opinions, too! We will be digging carefully and fixing things that we deem most critical, and then working our way through some other less critical issues. Criticality is determined by the number of people experiencing an issue, the impact it has on gameplay (e.g. visual bugs get much lower priority), and things that disrupt the fun in a harmful way. Thanks for reaching out to us with issues (and opinions!)

See you again soon, scientists.


Onward to science!

❤ The Deep Field Team

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Today is a day to celebrate the rats.

Lab Rattt by Sijjy.jpeg on Discord

Hasta Ratria by Uni on Discord

Big Guy Little Guy by Erfling on Discord

Boom by Kailunsite on Steam

Brains by Ara on Discord

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3545180029&searchtext=rat

Rat Crashes by cheesevend0r on Discord

Le Mood, Granatus and Wait Cant More No by WildWolfGary on Discord

Hasta Tria by evilkitty420 on Discord

Inquisitor & Boom by Quasar on Discord

Lab Rat by Mura on Discord

The Order by the lord of beef on Steam

Jinxsy The Rat by jinxsy the spider on Discord

We'll Meet Again by SerafimSirin on Steam

Thank you for joining us in this celebration of rats, lab rats, teleporting rats, orderly rats and all rats in-between.

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By Einstein’s tongue! 1.42 by the time we finished writing that title.

To celebrate our launch into 1.0, and how amazing our scientific community has become over the last year, we’ve gotten Abiotic Factor Community Items up and running!


We couldn't have gotten here without the tireless research of our early access scientists and all of our brand new researchers entering the facility! The scientific community is growing exponentially and it has passed our wildest hypotheses!

Aside from all this, we’ve got a new roadmap in the works! So keep an eye out in the near future.

Thank you, everyone, for an awesome launch and for your continued efforts in the GATE Cascade Research Facility!

[color]Onward -- to science.[/color]

[h2]Join the Scientific Community![/h2]

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[h3]You can also join the Research Division today on Steam![/h3]
https://store.steampowered.com/app/427410/Abiotic_Factor/

Greetings, greatest minds of our time!

Today we’re dropping a smaller hotfix, mainly focused on some fixes for PlayStation 5 saving issues and other optimizations.

Please remove your mods before updating as they may cause crashes. If you are experiencing crashes or other issues and have any third-party mods installed (such as those found at NexusMods), please try uninstalling the mods before attempting to run the game again.
You may want to completely clear your files and reinstall the game, as there’s been cases where an uninstalled mod still leaves some sneaky files behind.

Please update your game and servers when you get a moment away from scientific study. If you’re on Steam and don't receive an update, verify your game files. Below you can see a list of all the various versions numbers, depending on your platform.



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• LAN warning will no longer show when loading a world in Singleplayer mode.
  
• Fixed a major issue where the NPC optimization system was not properly functioning since the Cold Fusion release. This was particularly noticeable when multiple scientists were in multiple different sectors or zones and this should yield some improvements in framerate here, especially for hosts.
  
• Optimized cloud rendering in Torii
  
• Potential fix for the Torii portal not showing properly at a distance, especially under certain graphical settings.
  
• Added several other save file types to the new save queuing system. This should resolve many issues where world, character, or other data is lost inconsistently from world saves. (PS5 users should benefit the most from this change.)
  
• Fixed another potential softlock in Mist Reactor involving the growths around the reactor.

If something you wanted fixed was not on here, fret not. We are looking into lots of issues, lots of reports, and plenty of opinions, too! We will be digging carefully and fixing things that we deem most critical, and then working our way through some other less critical issues. Criticality is determined by the number of people experiencing an issue, the impact it has on gameplay (e.g. visual bugs get much lower priority), and things that disrupt the fun in a harmful way. Thanks for reaching out to us with issues (and opinions!)

See you again soon, scientists.


Onward to science!

❤ The Deep Field Team