Stationeers News

About two weeks ago, after months of hard work refactoring some core systems of Stationeers, we've gotten the project to a point where we felt comfortable releasing something to the community.

We’ve password protected the Beta Branch and want to make it clear that this is still a work in progress. To take a look at what we’ve done so far you can unlock the Beta Branch on steam using the password: "therewillbebugs".

Community member GrunfWorks produced an excellent video that outlines some real world results for performance improvements received on their saves, varying between 30-90% improvements.

So keep in mind: there will be bugs.





With one of our smaller projects, Art of the Rail, we experimented with extremely optimized multiplayer built from the ground up, along with custom approaches to rendering similar to that taken by games like Cities Skylines. This offered a tremendous improvement, so we set about pulling out the existing systems and replacing them.

This was a huge effort, but well worth it. We also used this as a chance to do a lot of cleanup of existing code. This helped improve our memory management and framerate, for both single player and multiplayer.

Checkout Art of the Rail for more information on the source of some of our ideas:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1286190/Art_of_the_Rail/

With these changes in place we can begin the foundations of making the game what we hope it can be. We will be releasing details on changes we will be making as a rough roadmap when this beta branch becomes the main branch of the game.


[h2]Bugs[/h2]

Single player is feeling really good, through the refactoring even some old bugs have been resolved, however it’s inevitable that some new issues will have been introduced. Multiplayer is still in heavy development and there are still many issues that we’re working hard to fix.

[h2]Performance improvements[/h2]

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We’ve radically improved performance. Simply removing the Unity multiplayer API resulted in a good performance boost(even in single player), but we’ve also reduced the performance impacts coming from excessive memory allocations, removing or reworking some inefficient systems, as well as changing the way we render some things in the game.

Performance is affected by a lot of factors in and out of the game, here are some examples of the performance difference between the Stable branch and the Beta branch running on an i9-9900k, AMD 5700XT at 1440p resolution with default settings applied:

[h3]Masoneer’s Vulcan Base[/h3]
This base is heavy on the logic side of things and we were able to make massive gains in this area.



[h3]Evil Cows on Europa[/h3]
This Europa base has had big gains as well, however the number of lights in this base is high meaning that the cost of shadows has a significant effect. In the future we will attempt to resolve the high cost from the shadows.




[h2]Dedicated Servers[/h2]

The changes we made to multiplayer mean that we need to completely reimplement the dedicated server. This is something we’ve wanted to do for a while anyway. It shouldn’t be a big task but it has to wait until we’ve finalized all aspects of the multiplayer refact. The new dedicated server will be far better than the existing one and more inline with what you’d expect from a dedicated server.

[h2]New Content[/h2]

While there will be exciting new content in the future we’ve been 100% focused on these refactors and performance improvements.

[h2]Server List[/h2]

For now you will need to directly connect to your friends using their IP address or by using the join a friend options through Steam or Discord. The server list will be making a return before we release to the default branch.



We don’t have a date or deadline for when this update will be ready for the default branch. We’re doing regular playtesting and when the whole team feels it’s ready we will release it. What we are planning on doing is doing more of these steam posts to keep you up to date with where we’re at!

So stay tuned.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/544550/Stationeers/

We’ve made some big decisions and big improvements which we believe set Stationeers up for a great year in 2022.

While we’ve been quiet for a while, this isn’t because we haven’t been working on Stationeers. Quite the opposite. In October last year we did a strategic review, and identified key areas of technical debt that if we took the time to redo would lead to big gains.

However, it meant we paused our monthly updates while we replaced some fundamental systems (such as networking). This decision did not come lightly but we felt it was best investment for the long-term success of Stationeers. Once we started refactoring the multiplayer we realised there was more work than anticipated, but it also created the opportunity to tackle other key systems and go more in-depth than originally planned.

While we don’t have a game update today, we can share what we’ve been working on and the results. This work will be a major milestone on our path towards Stationeers 1.0.

We are on the road to completing the biggest changes in the project since it began. This involved us rebuilding the way we handle multiplayer from scratch, adding a very efficient batched rendering approach for graphics optimization, and a massive cleanup of how memory is managed.

Stationeers was originally built using Unity’s High-Level Multiplayer API (HLAPI), a perfectly reasonable choice when the game was first made. However, as time went on and Stationeers grew beyond what we initially thought it would be, we found that the HLAPI became a bottleneck. We started to push the limits of what HLAPI could cope with. The effects of this could be seen when you had a save with a lot of things - every extra player would put a massive amount of extra load on the server, causing desync and failed connections.

In October last year we decided to stop, rethink and resolve this foundational issue. After serious deliberation of many different options we decided that, based on experiences on other RocketWerkz projects (such as Art of the Rail, which was designed for the tremendous scale like seen in games like Factorio), to build our own bespoke solution just for Stationeers.

The new system sends less data between players, will be more reliable to establish a connection and will allow larger groups to player together smoothly.

However, multiplayer was baked into how Stationeers was made from the start. This meant that even the task of removing multiplayer was already a big task. It turns out it was bigger than we originally anticipated!

Last year we successfully removed all traces of the HLAPI and had the game working again as a single-player experience. This year we’ve been busy doing the hard work of rebuilding multiplayer and the new system will be in the next game update.

Screenshot from Masoneer#5778 Vulkan Base

Since we were not pushing monthly updates we saw this as a good opportunity to do further experiments in other problem areas of the game. One of those was that Unity’s batched rendering wasn’t doing the best job for how Stationeers is structured.

A Stationeers map can have thousands or even tens of thousands of things in the game, many of which are exactly the same item repeated. When these are sent to your graphics card to be rendered, if two things are the same with the same mesh and material then we can batch them and get performance gains.

We’ve been working on our own system that focuses on the high volume items in the game such as frames, cables and pipes and have had great results.

These changes combine to double framerate on large bases!

To give you an idea of what kind of impact this work will have on Stationeers, we tested it out on community member Masoneer's large Vulkan base.

Removing the HLAPI saved 5ms from the time it takes to process each frame. This is approximately 14% of the time taken for a frame.

Removing redundant Animator components reduced the time to process a frame by about another 6.5ms (an additional nearly 20% optimization).

Additionally, the game was making significant memory allocations every game tick that would then need to be cleaned up. This is an expensive process that impacts performance in a big way. We reduced the amount of Garbage Collection from 500KB to under 1KB


You’ll get to try out these performance improvements and the new networking system in the next update (coming soon, once through testing).

Now that we have clearly defined technical boundaries we can start to define the gameplay boundaries through game design. We often discuss “what is Stationeers?” internally and “where do we want this game to go?” Over and over again these conversations ended in frustration over the uncertainty of the technical limitations. Now that uncertainty is being resolved we look forward to publishing regular updates again.

While we still don’t have an exact date for you, we’re all very excited to share this work with you and to get back to making Stationeers everything that it deserves to be.

Please note: since the last major update, loading a game with a DLC character would cause an error resulting in that character being replaced with a human without a suit. This has now been fixed and those old saves will now correctly spawn the DLC character. Now that this error has been corrected, new saves made since then with the DLC characters will not load correctly.

• Fixed scene overriding trader panel fix
  
• Fixed trading panel not displaying
  
• Fixed in game code editor not displaying after entering and leaving and then entering a new session.
  
• Fixed Error when disconnecting pipe from water bottle filler.
  
• Fixed Render distance on Heat Exchangers.
  
• Fixed Sorter Motherboard white-list dropdowns displaying behind other sorter buttons (meaning that you couldn't select those items)
  
• Fixed Removed individual wreckage items from sorter. (you can filter all wreckage items using the Wreckage type).
  
• Fixed Reduced lag on Sorter motherboard UI Interaction.
  
• Fixed Intermittent Collection Modified Exception caused by multiple omni power transmitters.
  
• Fixed dedicated server hang / crash
  
• Fixed Old saves using DLC characters (HEM Droid / Zrilian) change character to Human with no suit on load.
  
• Fixed Saving a game with a corner locker closed would cause the items inside to become permanently invisible until it was deconstructed.
  
• Fixed Intermittent Error spam caused by Omni Power Transmitter.
  
• Fixed Area Power Control adding huge amounts of heat to atmosphere.
  
• Added Small and Large Insulated Liquid Tanks. Construct them using ItemKitLiquidTankInsulated built with the PipeBender.
  
• Fixed Unable to interact with all IC Circuit holder items in the programming motherboard drop-down.
  

Down here in New Zealand, it’s been a couple of long, locked-down months, but the Stationeers team is back and bouncing out an update for you powerheads and balance boffins
Enjoy the improvements to our power system, new tech, architectural additions, furious fixes, tweaks and more, knowing that Stationeers is preparing the ground for surprises in updates soon to come ...


Try out the Omni-directional power transmitter – a wireless battery charger that uses special cells with a lower capacity than regular batteries. Even supertech has its downsides, right?



There’s a line of new doors for base building. Improve your interiors with these attractive portals, as well as a manual hatch that can operate without power, should something go wrong.



Plus we’re giving you better control over power transmission, exposing new logic and new math functions for the transmitter itself.


We’ve been tightening the bolts and polishing like crazy, removing some long-standing issues like the infamous ‘Infinite Power Exploit'.



Voltage on recursive power networks will now cause input cables on those providers to break. It’s a change that affects AreaPowerControl, StationBattery, Transformers and Wireless power transmitters and receivers. So be warned.

We’ve repaired the sensor lenses for scanning ore. They’re now working better than ever by showing you the entire ore vein and actually help you find ore instead of leading you astray. Happy mining.



We’ve fixed the vacuum room cooling bug, so devices placed in a vacuum in an enclosed room no longer radiate heat – stopping the magical deletion of heat from devices in a completely enclosed room.

That's just a little of the deep-cleaning we'ev been doing. There’s a heap more fixes and tweaks, too, but if you find a bug, you're totally invited to add a ticket to our Jira – we appreciate it massively.


There’s been balance changes to some critical systems, too, like water bottles. Previously you could fill a water bottle with boiling water or cubes of ice and then happily drink it. Now you need to ensure the water is at a reasonable temperature before filling the bottle.

The Winterspawn plant has been nerfed and re-balanced to make it have more "realistic" properties, and breathing hot air now damages your lungs instead of healing them. We just thought we should give everyone … a ‘heads up’ on that.

There’s been a range of other dial-twists, so jump in and take a look.
Happy Stationeering!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/544550/Stationeers/


[h2]Hotfix[/h2]

• Added 2x GasCanisterWater to Misc Crate for Vulcan starting conditions.
  
• Fixed Render distance on unpowered doors.
  
• Fixed Audio timing on manual hatch.
  
• Fixed bug where recipe window wont display sometimes.
  
• Fixed NullReferenceException stalling game when loading saved game.
  
• Added Wireless battery recipes to the electronics printer.
  
• Added Omni Power Transmitter recipe to the electronics printer.
  

[h2]Additions[/h2]

• Added Interior Doors Kit. These new door variants can be craft in the Autolathe. They do not block atmosphere when shut and do not require power.
  
• Added Manual Hatch
  
• Added Powered sounds and constructing sounds to all power transmitters.
  
• Added sounds to Unpowered Doors and Manual Hatch.
  
• Added Position Logic variables to power Transmitters and receivers, PositionX, PositionY and PositionZ return the position of the transmitter head/dish allowing for accurate alignment calculations using trig functions.
  
• Added ATan2 function to IC ProgrammableChip functions. Returns the the angle in the Euclidean plane, given in radians, between the positive x axis and the ray that passes through (0,0).
  
• Added Wireless Logic transmitter functionality to PowerReceiver. You can now read and write logic variables to the PowerReceiver using a Logic Transmitter.
  
• Added Read-only Mode variable to Power Transmitters and Receivers. 0 = unlinked, 1 = linked.
  
• Added manual hatch thumbnail
  
• Added Additional debug information to the PowerNetworks Debug tool: Required, Potential, PowerProviders.
  
• Added time and weather debug options to console debug tab
  
• Added smooth transition when setting time of day
  
• Added battery animation charge states to Wireless battery cells.
  
• Added Omni power transmitter structure (early pass).
  
• Added new standard and large battery types (early pass).
  
• Added Omni Power transmitter kit.
  
• Added Can now read Power Generation Rate from wind turbines using logic.
  
• Added support for Vulkan graphics API (use '-force-vulkan' argument when launching the application)
  

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed missing thumbnail for omni power transmitter
  
• Fixed missing blueprint for omni power transmitter
  
• Fixed Setting Activate to 4 on Automated rocket would cause it to set Mode to 5.
  
• Fixed Automated Rocket could get stuck and be unresponsive to commands when game saved in while rocket in Mode 2 (travelling to new asteroid).
  
• Fixed Large numbers of wind-turbines causing other sounds to stop playing.
  
• Fixed AutomatedRocket Couplers appear missing after launching and landing Rocket.
  
• Fixed OmniPower Transmitter charging batteries in APCs when it wasn't supposed to.
  
• Fixed Sounds on Pipe Analysers.
  
• Fixed Pipe Analysers not going into error states when pipe missing.
  
• Fixed OnOff and powered lights not working correctly on LiquidPipeAnalyser.
  
• Fixed Turning on an APC that had its input and output linked to an existing network could cause crash to desktop.
  
• Fixed manual hatch animation
  
• Fixed manual hatch not letting air flow when the door is open.
  
• Fixed OmniDirectionalPowerTransmitter now draws power and changes wireless batteries correctly up to max range of 15m. (Efficiency reduces with range 0m = 75%, 15m = 25%).
  
• Fixed Smart rotate and placement on OmniPowerTransmitter.
  
• Fixed issue with -force-vulkan graphics option
  
• Fixed WirelessPowerReceiver can link with power transmitter when not aligned. Now requires alignment within 7 degrees.
  
• Fixed edge case where wireless power could become disconnected even when all conditions for connection were correct.
  
• Fixed PowerTransmitters Precision error causing wireless power devices to be unable to connect over long distances. You can now provide very fine control to rotation values of transmitters and receivers using Logic.
  
• Fixed RotatableDevice overshooting the rotation target.
  
• Fixed Rotating Power Transmitters and Receivers using wrench resulting in fractional rotation values.
  
• Fixed Error that could occur when dismantling pipes.
  
• Fixed null error when things are on fire
  
• Fixed on/off switch on volume pumps
  
• Fixed advanced composter on off button animations
  
• fixed portable composter on/off button
  
• Fixed Interior Doors being unpaintable.
  
• Fixed Interior Doors causing errors when rotating the blueprint.
  
• Fixed manual hatch being invisible
  
• Fixed on off button on advanced composter
  
• Fixed manual hatch not blocking atmos
  
• Fixed manual hatch to block faces
  
• Fixed Power Transmitters and recievers sometimes not connecting on loading game.
  
• Fixed Power Transmitters getting into a state where they would be using negative power.
  
• Fixed Power Transmitters being in error state on load.
  
• Fixed Infinite Power Exploit. Any potential on recursive power networks will now cause the power input cables of all recursive power providers to break. This change effects: AreaPowerControl, StationBattery, Transformers and Wireless power transmitters and receivers.
  
• Fixed Index out of bounds error caused by ModularRocketCouplingUnit.
  
• Fixed time being set multiple times when changing time using /settime
  
• Fixed Various Power Duplication bugs with wireless power transmitters.
  
• Fixed Wireless Power Transmitters getting stuck in error states.
  
• Fixed manual hatch not showing up in item kit door
  
• Fixed AIMEe not being set to full state correctly when full while mining.
  
• Fixed AIMEe logic resetting after mining ore.
  
• Fixed Transmitter Omni causing errors on startup.
  
• Fixed Stationpedia window is behind IC editor.
  
• Fixed temperature on escape from mars scenario
  
• Fixed advanced packaging machine power switch displaying incorrect colours when switched off and powered
  
• Fixed Wind Audio error caused when too many sounds playing at once.
  
• Fixed automated oven power switch displaying incorrect colours when switched off and powered
  
• Fixed it so that you can attempt to save again after a prior save fails
  
• Fixed Sounds not playing on WaterBottleFillerBottom.
  
• Fixed Error spam when filling up waterBottle using WaterBottleFillerBottom.
  
• Fixed Hunger/Hydration Rate can now be set in increments of 0.01;
  
• Fixed Unable to set Lock logic setting on all manufacturing machines.
  
• Fixed Pressing Esc Key to exit Settings menu hides main menu UI.
  
• Fixed Writing setting to Logic dial with Logic writer does not work and causes an error.
  
• Fixed LiquidDrain not returning kit on deconstruction.
  
• Fixed error when loading some saved instruction files in to code editor
  
• Fixed Water bottle filler reversed allowing filling of water outside of 0-100degrees C.
  
• Fixed Water bottle filler reversed not showing tooltip.
  
• Fixed error when Antialiasing is set to none
  
• Fixed Interior Door build-states requiring the in-correct resources.
  
• Fixed Window Shutter Kit having an extra empty constructible entry.
  
• Fixed Automated Oven displaying invisible on off switch.
  
• Fixed PressureRegulator and BackPressureRegulator. Both now operate at their maximum speed regardless of pipe network size. BackPressureRegulator no longer overshoots its target value.
  
• Fixed WaterBottleFiller Tooltip Error showing incorrect Temperature when input pipe is empty.
  
• Fixed no hair rendering when helmet is on
  
• Fixed hat hair not working in game
  
• Fixed hat hair and regular hair displaying at the same time in the customisation screen
  
• Fixed vacuum room cooling bug. Devices placed in a vacuum in an enclosed room will no longer radiate heat. This stops the magical deletion of heat from devices in a completely enclosed room.
  
• Fixed Breathing hot air heals burn damage to Lungs. Hot air over 50degreesC now damages lungs. (Thanks: Bti & Eearslya)
  
• Fixed NetworkAnalyser to work correctly with advanced tablet when switching active hand
  
• Fixed Pipe Bender on switch being on the in-correct initial rotation, causing it to flip while printing.
  
• Fixed Autolathe off switch being the incorrect material.
  

[h2]Other[/h2]

• Changed Wireless Cell capacity from 36,000 -> 12,000, WirelessCellLarge Capacity 36,000 -> 72,000.
  
• Changed OmniPowerTransmitter will no longer charge wireless batteries that are in a battery charger or AreaPowerController.
  
• Changed The Potential Energy that can be delivered by a wireless power transmitter now reduces with distance.
  
• Changed Water Bottles can now only be filled with water between 0-100degrees Celsius.
  
• Changed Increased speed and power consumption of LiquidDrain.
  
• Changed PipeHeater recipe to use Iron instead of Steel.
  
• Changed Moved TurboVolumePump to Tier2 printer.
  
• Changed model for advanced furnace kit
  
• Changed Plants now require their water to be between 5-60 Degrees Celsius otherwise they take damage.
  
• Changed WinterSpawn Plants only cool the air and electrolyze their water when mature.
  
• Changed WinterSpawn Plants now use thermodynamically accurate Electrolyser equation (previously was too much output fuel mix and not enough water consumed)
  
• Changed WinterSpawn Plants are less efficient outside their target Temperature range. See Temperature ranges in stationpedia.
  
• Changed IceCrusher is now insulated.
  
• Changed Scoreboard now hides when entering the main menu
  
• Tweaked Sensor Processing Unit(Ore Scanner) to display all instances of an ore in a vein rather than just one instance. This allows you to now see the shape of the vein.
  
• Optimized plant decay negatively impacting performance when lots of food present
  
• Improved performance of cycling airlock control
  
• Reduced garbage being produced by movement controller
  
• Stationpedia edits from the community (Iconoplasty, SillySMS)
  
• Removed error state on Power Transmitters when disconnected from receiver. Better surfacing of connection status and making connections easier over long distances is being investigated.
  
• Removed "ThingRenderer has no actual Renderer" warning
  

Any way you look at it, August has been a month of powerful developments. We're dropping a bunch of new methods for making and managing power, while continuing to up performance across the board. Try out the new Stirling Engine, our wireless Power Transmitters, or the thermal plants. Performance-wise, enjoy new power-ups as we extend our virtualized rendering system and a bunch of UI upgrades, and empower your gameplay with the new portable IC editor laptop.
We're powering up, so come jump in, Stationeers!



At long last, we're dropping wireless power into the game: separate out your power generation, then beam that current anywhere you want, without having to lay miles of cable.



Try creating that power using the new Stirling Engine, a closed-cycle heat-powered electric generator (an essential device for even bigger power developments to come), then managing your excess heat with the genetically manipulated Hades Flower.



For the IC crowd, there's a new portable IC editor laptop, so you can do running repairs on AIMeE in the field, and a few extra storage options, as requested by the community, just to keep things tidy.





We're continuing with our performance push, as we lay groundwork for 1.0 ... We're extending virtualized rendering to more of Stationeer's key construction items, like walls and frames, and will roll it out even further in future. Enjoy the gains, as well as a bump from upgrades to tooltips, which were set back by our recent engine upgrade - now, they're better than ever. And while we were voyaging in the land of UI, we tweaked inventory windows and slots to perform better than ever, too - with even more refinements to come.

Note: The new rendering system is better for most systems, however if you feel like your performance has taken a hit then you can disable it from the settings. This is still a work in progress and we will continue to improve it over time.





We're trialling a feature that should smooth out the appearance of terrain. So lets us know what you think. If it's popular, we will put some time in to solving a few of the technical hurdles it presents.
It's time ... to Stationeer!




Hotfix 2

• Fixed Unable to save IC script to library in In-game UI editor.
  
• Fixed Dedicated Server Error on Start.
  
• Fixed Angles of rotation on Power Transmitter and Power Receiver.
  
• Fixed Lag on opening and closing IC programming input window
  
• Fixed Hunger and nutrition page on the Stationpedia having an invalid link.
  
• Fixed Lag when opening and closing pause menu with Esc key
  
• Fixed Lag when opening and closing creative spawn menu
  
• Fixed Lag when opening and closing stationpedia
  
• Updated Thermogenic plants effectiveness and temperature ranges.
  
• Fixed attempting to place the Weather Station causing errors.
  
• Fixed name for power transmitting kit
  
• Fixed Creative Endothermic and Thermogenic names.
  
• Fixed Water bottles clogging Stackers
  
• Fixed Input bug where typing into IC editor or labeller would pass commands through to player control. (i.e typing 1 in the IC editor would open helmet panel)
  
• Fixed ITransmitable devices missing Stationpeida descriptions.
  
• Fixed Log Error Spam and very low frame-rate when the game is attempting to play hundreds of new sounds every second. (this could happen if you had a large stack of ores bumping into each-other)
  
• Fixed rotations on new lockers and existing shelf
  
• Fixed Endothermic and Thermogenic Taking damage from Volatiles in their surrounding atmosphere. They will still take damage from Pollutants (X)
  
• Removed empty element from Power Transmittable kit
  
• Fixed null error when power receiver is receiving power but not connected to a cable network
  
• Fixed unable to contact certain traders with the trading computer screen.
  
• Fixed bug where construction sounds, impact sounds and other UI sounds would stop playing.
  

Hotfix 1

• Fixed dedicated server issue
  
• Added Thermogenic plants to trader lists.
  
• Fixed Advanced Composter not processing after loading a save.
  
• Fixed buildstates of research machine being invisible
  
• Fixed client not being able to turn on power transmitter
  
• Fixed view distance of wireless power receiver
  
• Fixed On Off States on power transmitters.
  
• Increased render distance of power transmitter.
  
• Fixed power receiver buildstate requirements
  

Code

• Changed Reduced power usage of volume pumps and turbo volume pumps to be more in-line with active vents.
  
• Changed Station Battery Large to require Tier 2 electronics printer.
  
• Stationpedia community edits (BigFootMSR, Zappes, Iconoplasty, Mokmo, Risu)
  
• Changed SolarPanels and SatelliteDishes can now rotate infinitely on the Horizontal axis. They will now take the fastest path to to the target rotation.
  
• Added peace lily, Filter fern and tropical flower to trader lists.
  
• Changed Teleport keybind to Night Vision and moved it under General.
  
• Fixed Night Vision keybind not working, causing the user unable to rebind the Night Vision key.
  

Content

• Added Laptop
  
• Added Wireless Power Transmitters and receivers.
  
• Added Constructing sounds to Planter.
  
• Added first pass of virtualized rendering, currently for walls and frames. This bypasses Unity's culling and rendering system, allowing us to move culling work from CPU to GPU.
  
• Added 'allspark' server command, sets most items to powered without the need for cabling or a power source.
  
• Added experimental terrain smoothing option
  
• Added Thermogenic plants
  
• Added Stirling Engine to Electronics Printer. The Stirling Engine generates power by expanding and contracting a working gas to drive pistons which power an electrical generator. Heat the hot side by pumping high pressure hot gas into the input pipe and keep the output pipe at low pressure. Cool the cold side by keeping the surrounding atmosphere at room Temperature at a pressure of 1 atmosphere. Add a working gas by inserting a gas canister. Make sure the machine is off when adding or removing Gas canisters otherwise the working gas will leak into the surrounding atmosphere. Gases with a low molecular mass make the most efficient working gasses. More moles of working gas can result in a greater potential power output but letting pressures get too high could have suboptimal results.
  

Optimizations

• Fixed Frame-Rate Lag on creative item spawn menu.
  
• Fixed Rotating Satellite dish causing fps drops when connected to computer.
  
• Fixed UI performance optimisation for slots.
  
• Fixed Frame-time spikes when swapping active hand and picking-up/dropping items (Performance regression from Engine upgrade).
  
• Fixed 10ms frame-time spike every atmospherics tick on large bases.
  
• Fixed further performance Optimisations for tooltip.
  
• Optimized instanced rendering
  
• Added Virtualized Rendering setting.
  

Fixes

• Fixed Search input field is automatically in focus when opening search window of manufacturing machines.
  
• Fixed Polish pass on seated positions for all chairs.
  
• Fixed Food appearing very small in fridges.
  
• Fixed Insulated Pipe not working with Pipe Meters to work when on certain rotations.
  
• Fixed DLAA setting causing portrait camera to look odd.
  
• Fixed Stationeers Levitating when seated in ChairBooth middle and Flat Bench
  
• Fixed Chair placement. Chairs can now only be placed on the flat and require support.
  
• Fixed Wearing Marine Armor causing errors to appear due to not having a internal atmosphere.
  
• Fixed Rotations on Fridge Small and Big.
  
• Fixed Error spam caused by coupling unit when placing certain rocket modules.
  
• Fixed Reinforced Windows showing broken stage when they're not broken.
  
• Fixed mineables floating after exiting and entering a new world.
  
• Fixed CloseAll Button not hiding correctly when all Inventory windows closed.
  
• Fixed loading saves with walls being broken and/or placing walls would have all build states visible.
  
• Fixed pressure overflow text on AtmosAnalyser.
  
• Fixed Setting advanced furnace input/output pumps programmatically is unbounded
  
• Fixed the size of terrain manipulator thumbnail size
  
• Fixed terrain manipulator thumbnail colours
  
• Fixed gas canister oxygen exit tool
  
• Fixed inventory slot displays sometimes incorrectly highlighted
  
• Fixed ArcFurnace Duplication bug caused by putting multiple stacks of BioMass or Charcoal of sizes greater than 50 into the Arc Furnace. This would cause it to produce 500g stacks of any ore placed into it thereafter due to surplus reagent mix building up inside. Arc furnaces currently in this bugged state will now output all the reagent mix inside, run all the outputted reagent mix in a centrifuge to get individual ingredients back from it.
  
• Fixed Biomass being processed instantly by Arc furnace (causing issues at higher frame-rates) it now takes 1 second to turn 1 unit of biomass into 1 unit of charcoal.
  
• Fixed Reflection setting not enabling correctly after re-opening the Stationeers.
  
• Fixed Arc Furnace Activate is now more responsive to Logic.
  
• Fixed Arc Furnace importing ore when output is blocked.
  
• Fixed Portable Composter not processing after loading.
  
• Fixed looping exporting animation on empty arc furnaces (Thanks Mirro).
  
• Changed ArcFurnace Active Button behaviour. Smelting can now be stopped by pushing the activate button, this will open the import slot.
  

https://store.steampowered.com/app/544550/Stationeers/