Satisfactory News

Hi Pioneers!

Hello again everybody, here’s are some more highly requested fixes, thank you all for the feedback so far, it’s been very helpful
If you're still experiencing issues with the Engine Upgrade you can let us know over at our QA site https://questions.satisfactorygame.com/ so we can fix them ASAP!

There’s more updates to come so stay tuned, thank you all for playing :)

BUG FIXES

• Fixed the Chinese and Japanese fonts not working properly
  
• Re-added missing QOL additions from the FICS*MAS patch
  - FPS cap options
  - FOV can now be lowered all the way to 20
  - FICS*MAS related items can now be sunk into the AWESOME Sink
  - Buildings that are not in the Build Menu are no longer able to be sampled
  

LOCALISATION

• Updated all languages with the latest translations
  

Hi Pioneers!

To start off this week we have small patch but hopefully with some big impact :)

We’re still working on fixing plenty of other things with the Engine Upgrade, but if there is anything that you think needs to be fixed or want to tell us about the improvements you’ve gotten from the update please let us know at our QA site https://questions.satisfactorygame.com/ We read your comments every day.

There’s more to come, thanks for enjoying our game
BUG FIXES

• Fixed 3 more crashes
  
• Fixed Fluid indicator UI not displaying properly in the Coal Generator
  

Hi Pioneers!

Thank you all for your feedback so far, we have been reading your posts over at our QA site, https://questions.satisfactorygame.com/ We are aware of some of the issues you are having and we are already working on fixing a lot of them.

We also noticed that a lot of you seem to be experiencing crashes when launching the game or when loading a save, we are investigating those issues but, in the meantime, you can verify your game files and try updating or removing all mods, as they might not be currently compatible with our current engine upgrade in the experimental version.

To verify your game files on Steam:

Right click the game > Properties > Verify integrity of game files…

To verify your game on Epic:

Click on “…” next to the game title > Verify

This process might take quite a while depending on your PC and it might re-download a lot of missing files, which might also take a while depending on your Internet connection.

There’s more fixes to come, as always, thank you for playing and for your support
BUG FIXES

• Fixed some of the most prominent crashes and added more logs to troubleshoot others
  
• Fixed Fluid indicator UI not displaying properly in the Fluid Buffer
  
• Fixed a few Menus clipping to the side of the screen
  

LOCALISATION

• Updated all languages with the latest translations.
  
• Some typos have been fixed
  

Hi Pioneers!

Hello everybody! I know a lot of you were waiting for this so let’s get started.

Today we’re releasing the 4.25 Unreal Engine upgrade for Satisfactory to Experimental. With this come a lot of cool new optimisations and lots of other stuff under the hood, but it might introduce a lot of unexpected bugs. So, we’re launching this on Experimental first so we can fix these issues before we release this to everyone in our Early Access version.

What can you expect from the engine upgrade? We have made a lot of optimisation changes both to the game in general and multiplayer specifically: Players and enemies should feel less choppy and more responsive as a result from all the network, general bandwidth, and engine optimisations.

The way the eye adaption algorithm worked has also changed, so the game might be a little bit darker or brighter in some places. We have a temporary fix for this which should cover most situations and have also added a Gamma option slider to further adjust brightness if necessary.

If you want to learn more about the Engine Upgrade, you can watch this video made by Jace explaining some more stuff:
https://youtu.be/0kmDHBWf640

Before you dive right into the update please remember to BACKUP YOUR SAVES!

While we always aim to make sure your saves are compatible with any future updates, we cannot ensure the same for backwards compatibility with older versions, so please remember that if you play on Experimental, save and then decide to return to the Early Access version some issues may happen.

There are quite a few bugs we already know of and are already working on fixing as soon as possible, however please let us know if you are experiencing any issues or have any feedback over at our QA site https://questions.satisfactorygame.com/. We read your posts over there daily and your reports will help us fix things as soon as we can :)

ENGINE UPGRADE

• Updated to Unreal Engine version 4.25
  

OPTIMISATION

• The maximum bandwidth of the Network Quality Setting values has been increased
  
• General Bandwidth reduction
  o This includes optimisations to the general bandwidth consumption of Minimap/HUD location data transfer, Replication Graph optimizations for Conveyor Belts/Lifts, Building Inventory replication and many other minor replication changes.
  

QUALITY OF LIFE

• Added a Gamma slider in the Options Menu
  
• [EXPERIMENTAL] DirectX12 can now be forced in the options menu.
  o Please note that this can be very unstable and cause crashes and we do not currently have any plans to actively support it, we are including it for testing purposes.
  

Hi Pioneers!

It’s a new year and we’re all back at work now!

Here’s the first patch after our vacation, It mainly addresses an error with the interactions of the dates in the calendar, so everything should work properly now™ so you all can partake in the event before it ends on January 18th also all FICS*MAS related items can now be sunk into the AWESOME Sink.

If there is something wrong with the patch or with the game in general, please let us know over at https://questions.satisfactorygame.com/ we check all your posts daily

We hope you all had some good holidays and we hope this year is much better than the previous one for everybody
QUALITY OF LIFE

• FICS*MAS related items can now be sunk into the AWESOME Sink
  

BUG FIXES

• All dates in the calendar can now be properly opened