Hello, fellow Martians!
How’s the Anniversary update discovering going? How do you like it so far? It’s been 2 weeks since we released it, but don’t let it discourage you, we would still love to hear from you! 💬💖
Today we’re coming with another patch, containing many bugfixes, based on your reports. 🐛
Before you start the game, we kindly recommend making a backup of your save files as a precaution. 🔄💾 While nothing should go wrong, it's always better to be safe and ensure your progress is protected 👍[h2]Changelog 0.184.3 -> 0.185.0 public_testing[/h2]
See the changelog we’ve prepared for you, below:
[h3]List of bugfixes:[/h3]
- Significantly increased suit charging speed when using small solar panel (not applicable on Madman)
- Fixed player being stuck in tablet
- Fixed player blocking in rover's inventory screen
- Fixed game locking while driving
- Fixed player not being able to use workbench
- Fixed inability to keep grinding after the point in minigame disappeared
- Fixed inconsistency in outposts' textures
- Fixed disappearing jetpack
- Fixed wrong info on water detector lvl3 screen
- Fixed hanging trailer in hangar
- Fixed player losing oxygen in base after grinding parts of it
- Fixed incorrect view on electricity tab on radar
- Fixed constantly increasing electricity points
- Fixed "Continue" button allowing to start loading old saves
- Fixed event follow issues
- Fixed tank pack decoration coming back after save/load
- Fixed rock merging with another rock
- Fixed freeze in introbase after scrubber explosion in TPP
- Fixed item spawning under the outpost
- Fixed magenta in introbase in explosion scene
- Fixed shockwave magenta
- Fixed missing blueprints and technologies
- Fixed no keybind assigned to spectral detector by default [AZERTY]
- Fixed missing various keybinds [AZERTY]
- Fixed missing colliders in airlocks
- Fixed missing landing capsule collider
- Fixed various translation issues
- Fixed blinking texture in outpost
- Fixed various UI issues
- Fixed disappearing vehicles after death
- Fixed sleep loop animation
- Fixed grinded probe coming back after save/load
- Fixed black tools in FPP
- Fixed grinder animation wiggling too quickly
- Fixed targeting of increase speed points
- Fixed incorrect translation in tutorials [all languages]
- Fixed no voice of journalist NPC near the TV
- Fixed rock blocking marstruck
- Fixed cables and pipes appearing in player's hand without pressing corresponding button
- Fixed dropping O2 bottle causing it hover in air
- Fixed overlapped text in tutorial panel
- Fixed disappearing items after being transferred from printer inventory to container
- Fixed issue with scanning rocks
- Fixed inconsistency in building recipes for big antenna in big crusher and building mode
- Fixed non-grindable lamps
- Fixed some items falling behind seats in capsule making them unable to pick up
- Fixed too low default position of transformer ghost
- Fixed heavy suit battery slot being wrong placed
- Fixed loading screen typo
- Fixed incorrect button in decorations tutorial
[h3]Improvements:[/h3]
- Added new music
- Added automatic disable of rover's lights
- Added new sorting connections priority method
If you’d like to try the patch, you’ll need to change the branch on Steam, which is easy-peasy! 🍋 Check the instructions we provide below and find out for yourself.
[h3]Known issues:[/h3]
- Antennas not having reach until the save/load
- Various issues with water pump
- Player getting stuck in truck’s container
- Disappearing solder tool from the workbench
- Display issues on ultra-wide monitors
- Respawning outposts after save/load
- Supply drops issues: occasionally falling underground, disappearing names from the target point and reappearing in a different location
- Rocket kit components falling underground
- Not being able to merge MREs
- O2 bottle doesn't equipping automatically
- Empty water source in sink, even though the building has water provided
- Various issues with room system (eg. external oxygen and pressure reaching maximum levels after exiting the capsule and closing the door)
- Crashes when drilling meteorites
- Exiting the ATV causing the game to crash. Temporary solution: lower texture quality in video settings
- Some type of rocks not “melting” in rover’s trailer
- Sound issues with upgraded grinder and ATV
- Strange looking speed up points after load
- Charging suit from the vertical tank not working
- Remote control tech - battery & pump screens remain on the radar, remote control stops working when the pump is upgraded (only with pump station)
- Not being able to push the tank after the "try again" screen is displayed [intro base]
- Trash bin in HQ not working
- Grinding minigame not always working properly
- Autosave occurring earlier than tiredness regeneration
- Issues with loading quick saves
- Random crashes occurring due to high VRAM consumption
- Various issues with appearing and disappearing items in inventories
- Auto light control not working properly when lights were turn on while not sitting in rover's driver seat
[h3]How to change branches?[/h3]
- Right-click on the game from your Steam library
- Properties…
- Betas
- Beta participation
- Select public_testing from the all available branches from the drop-down list
If you encounter any issues or have concerns while playing version 0.185.0, feel free to reach out to us through our social media channels. We appreciate your feedback, as it helps us improve the gaming experience. 🎮 Your input is valuable, so don't hesitate to share any thoughts or observations. Thanks for being part of our community! 📱💬
Yours,
Occupy Mars Team
