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Version 0.2.43 Patch Notes

Attention Divers,

We've deployed an update addressing reported issues and applied adjustments based on player feedback.

General
  • New texture added to arcade cabinet: Breaker
  • Another mysterious effect added to cross item
  • Player melee range slightly increased
Enemies
  • Enemy divers now have a chance of fleeing and hiding from players when on low health,
  • Enemy divers now have a chance of fleeing and hiding from players when spotting them,
  • Infected now unpredictably flee from players,
  • Enemies targeting improved,
  • Enemy diver melee swing speed reduced by 15%,
  • Enemy infected melee swing speed reduced by 15%,
  • Infected no longer block,
  • Crab hitbox increased,
  • Crab damage slightly increased: 9->10,
  • Clam swarm hitbox increased,
  • Clams now only deal damage while swarming
Bug Fixes
  • Potentially fixed issue with no nodes spawning on piloting map,
  • Fixed issue with clipping outside of enemy submarines after boarding them using the pneumatic launcher,
  • Fixed issue with joining matches when enabling "Solo Offline" and then trying to join a lobby,
  • Reload required no longer displays on submarines without a weapon system
  • Fixed issue where electric lighting didn't count towards player visibility,
  • Fixed extreme outpost shaking when a bomb detonates,
  • Fixed bug where NULL rooms could be picked up from player submarines in the store
Localization
  • Fixed incorrect localization on manned torpedo

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We will continue monitoring any issues, addressing any feedback from the community, and deploy hotfixes.

Thanks for supporting us on our Early Access journey!

Are you experiencing bugs? Please let us know in our bug report form here.

- Targon Studios

Version 0.2.41 Patch Notes

Attention Divers,

We've deployed a hotfix addressing reported issues and applied adjustments based on player feedback.

General
  • Mice no longer get teleported to a separate room, and now instead spawn on the player corpse allowing them to explore the submarine/outposts
  • Factories no longer spawn in the Mining District
  • Electric light flickering speed reduced by 40%
  • Can no longer close doors on enemy submarines
Items
  • Cross now has mysterious effects
Bug Fixes
  • Fixed issue with Automatic Pump
  • Annoying blocking animation issue fixed, blocking should be more consistent
  • Hot-join desync fixes
  • Player corpses no longer hold items
  • Fixed issue where mine weapons would break, and could never be deployed in combat
  • Gramophone now syncs music over the network
  • Tutorial text fixed for ultra-wide monitors
  • Players who are abandoned in outposts/shops now properly lose their items
  • Players can no longer jump down the airlock when there's no store or outpost connected
  • Item locker duplication exploit fixed
  • Fixed issue where FOV wasn't properly being set when starting a run
  • Players performing actions should no longer take damage (ex. riding in a manned torpedo)
  • Fixed issue with "Against All Odds" Achievement
  • Fixed issue with displaying lobbies when booting up the game in a region that wasn't US West
  • Various language fixes for missing strings, corrections, and line breaks
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We will continue monitoring any issues, addressing any feedback from the community, and deploy hotfixes.

Thanks for supporting us on our Early Access journey!

Are you experiencing bugs? Please let us know in our bug report form here.

- Targon Studios

Hotfix 0.2.34 Patch Notes

Attention Divers,

We've deployed a hotfix addressing reported issues and applied adjustments based on player feedback.

General
  • Shop music updated
  • Shop music is now slightly quieter
  • Instructions poster added to shop
Systems
  • New pump models added to Automatic Pump room
  • New instructions poster added to Coal Engine room
Bug Fixes
  • Fixed enemies spawning in objects in enemy submarines
  • Can no longer interact with terminals by standing next to them and opening the tab menu
  • Players should no longer be able to interact with the same terminal at the same time
  • Fuel is now capped at 99 to prevent overflow
  • Fixed issue where players who were entering an arcade machine as the match was starting couldn't interact with anything

More hotfixes are incoming, and we will continue to monitor any issues and address any feedback from the community.

Thanks for supporting us on our Early Access journey!

Are you experiencing bugs? Please let us know in our bug report form here.

- Targon Studios

Hotfix 0.2.33 Patch Notes

Attention Divers,

We've deployed a hotfix addressing some reported issues and applied balance adjustments based on player feedback.

General
  • Piloting room speaker volume lowered for player using it
  • Gramophone spawning chance increased
Systems
  • Sonar Room passive regeneration doubled
  • Sonar Room cost decreased from: $200 -> $150
  • Engine Boost minigame low pressure bonus increased from: 12 -> 20
  • Engine Boost minigame high pressure bonus increased from: 15 -> 30
Items
  • New Record Added: Beacon
  • New Record Added: Arcade
Bug Fixes
  • Using medical kits no longer restores oxygen
  • Fixed issue with gramophone breaking submarine
  • Fixed issue where some players couldn't open the settings panel
  • Fixed issue with broken "Waiting..." screen
  • Medium Arsenals now spawn in shops
  • Dying should now always drop items next to the corpse
  • Players rarely unable to insert torpedo/mine into hatch issue fixed
Localization Fixes
  • Fixed localization issue with disabled weapons in Weapons terminal
  • Fixed unlocalized event responses
  • Fixed unlocalized manned torpedo interactiondisplay
  • Expand Length/Width button price displays will no longer overflow when displaying that it's maxxed out
  • Piloting warning no longer shows unsupported characters
  • Cross in chapel rooms are now localized
  • Weapon lockers in medium and large arsenals localization fixed


More hotfixes are incoming, and we will continue to monitor any issues and address any feedback from the community.

Thanks for supporting us on our Early Access journey!

Are you experiencing bugs? Please let us know in our bug report form here.

- Targon Studios

Hotfix Version 0.2.32

Attention Divers,

We've deployed a hotfix addressing some reported issues and applied balance adjustments based on player feedback.

General
  • Clam Swarm hitpoints reduced: 200 -> 150
  • Offline lobbies will no longer display a room code when restarted
Audio
  • Harpoon Submarine combat track updated
  • New sound effects added to Pneumatic Launcher
Items
  • Dreams of Meat stack size increased: 4 -> 6
  • Dreams of Greens stack size increased: 4 -> 6
  • Canned Tubeworms stack size increased: 3 -> 5
  • Tinned Fishmeal stack size increased: 3 -> 5
  • Medical Kit stack size increased: 1 -> 2
  • Small Medical Kit stack size increased: 2 -> 4
  • Harbour Lights stack size increased: 4 -> 6
  • Scrap weight increased: 0 -> 0.1
  • Knife weight increased: 0 -> 3
  • Sledgehammer weight increased: 0 -> 3
  • Oxygen tank price decreased: $18 -> $12
Bug Fixes
  • Only including unlisted/notable ones:
  • Issue where using the pneumatic launcher when an enemy submarine had a destroyed system would softlock the user has been fixed
  • Players should no longer get locked to consoles
  • Fixed issue were Torpedo/Mine Bay hatches randomly couldn't be reloaded
  • Water pump gauge needle now displays correctly, uses full gauge to display water level
  • Enemies can no longer target and attack each other
  • Can no longer retreat from final boss battle
  • Microphone list now updates when a new microphone is added
  • Restart button now displays in the death screen for host
  • Lots of localization fixes
  • Pneumatic Launcher fixes
  • Lag spike from entering outposts fixed
  • Lag spike from fighting first submarine fixed
  • Fixed issue with minimal liability achievement
Known Issues with incoming Hotfixes
  • Players become invisible after exiting enemy submarine if two players use the pneumatic torpedo at the same time
  • Host unable to re-enter submarine after dying and editing piloting room at a store
  • Items can be duplicated by lockers
  • Desync issues can occur after lobby restarts and rejoins
  • Disconnections can occur when changing graphics settings
  • Player can fall through the map if left in store and sub has moved to the next node
  • Some missing UI language strings

We'll continue to monitor any issues that come up and address any feedback from the community.

Thanks for supporting us on our Early Access journey!

Are you experiencing bugs? Please let us know in our bug report form here.

- Targon Studios