Titan Outpost News

A lot of improvements and bugfixes, from dejankification and quality of life stuff to fixes for some really obscure issues and quest logic.

Including new (actual) voice for Adanech and ladder animations. Special thanks to Technomancer for the detailed bugreports. Spoiler alert.



[h2]Improvements[/h2]

• Ling has more comments on trade items
  
• Powered computer rooms now correctly substract 1500 watts thermal to the base heating consumption
  
• Door sounds at Tuxing Liu, Throat and Jingpo
  
• Torque Master no longer adds to rover self charge, and just reduces power consumption and increase speed as advertised
  
• New voice for Adanech
  
• Climbing stranded truck now has transition screen and climbing noise
  
• XP gain from producing Stimulant IV reduced to 50
  
• Added honqo motor spare to nanji jidi control center for use in your own rover if you fixed submarine
  
• Nanji jidi pathfinding improved
  
• Searchable area in tuxing easier to reach
  
• Death screen loading panels use same new UI paradigm as everything else
  
• Tuxing liu ladders to the roof now have animations, no longer walk straight up ladders
  
• Footsteps sounds in tuxing liu
  

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed some missing dialogue audio and lines for Karen
  
• Added missing voice line for Daxia
  
• Fixed missing reference in Ling dialogue
  
• Negotiations no longer start with positive sway if there is no reason
  
• Val no longer gasps if she's not startled when initiating conversation
  
• Green, Green Grass of Home quest now properly flows if you ask Val about terraforming in every edge case
  
• Mouseover on Outpost overview panel no longer sticks when you close the inventory panel with hotkey
  
• Can no longer negatively power dormitories
  
• Can no longer re-initiate conversation with chinese rescuer after he helps you with stranded rover
  
• Fissile rods are now processable
  
• Daxia cleared from roster screen after loading a game where she's not recruited
  
• Map icons for survey locations turn green after succesful surveying
  
• Kivu Lacus spawn point no longer in a methane pool
  
• Cancelling trade with YatSen no longer keeps negotiation icon on screen
  
• Crashed satellite no longer plays double music
  
• Daxia no longer follows player after certain dialogue branches if she's at the outpost
  
• Getting a reward from Ling after finishing the second part of For The Republic will no longer retrigger the quest if you cancel the trade
  
• Buildable at Doom Mons now correctly plays a skill ping instead of a construction sound
  
• Buildable areas now correctly remove items even if they are quest items
  
• Can no longer click the dashboard in the stranded truck when you're not actually in the truck
  
• Barrel at stranded truck no longer disappears if you empty it
  
• Can no longer ask Ling about the satellite feed again remotely if you already asked him in person
  
• Option to report findings on crashed satellite to Karen no longer disappears if it was shown once
  
• Deepak dialogue audio mismatch fixed
  
• Fixed YatSen dialogue audio mismatch
  
• Fixed Yatsen end trade audio
  
• Added missing Karen audio when reporting about crash
  
• Fixed missing Ling audio reference
  
• Fixed 'examine' audio mismatch for Magnus
  
• Fixed Magnus typo
  
• Fixed some colors
  
• Finishing the "Green, Green Grass" quest causes the "Sabotage" quest to be abandoned if that was not already finished if you decided not to end the game there.
  
• Leaving the basement now force the jukebox music to stop even if you click more than one track
  
• Can no longer petition Ling for help after he's already provided peace talk options with Helene
  
• Asking to go to earth instead of mars after completing part 2 of "for the republic" while never having asked to leave Titan before will no longer result in Ling asking for quid pro quo again, he will recognize your help.
  
• Can only ask Ling about what you know about Bai after you actually know this and the crash investigation is complete
  
• nanji jidi magnus locations preserved
  
• Can no longer ask Ling if you can borrow Daxia if she's already at the Outpost
  
• Succesfull stat or skill checks right before dying from cold will now correctly display long enough to actually read them
  
• Shangri-la fake alien no longer floats
  
• shangri-la sporocarb removed from rover after magnus takes it
  
• Fixed tutorial issue where if you already transfered the coffee, spare parts or both from the inventory Before inventory tutorial started and then loaded a save right after, the inventory tutorial would restart after loading
  
• Tutorial will recognize if the coffee is neither in the outpost inventory or your personal inventory (eg you consumed it)
  

Minor patch.

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

• Torque Master no longer applies a tenfold multiplier to Rover Self Charge.
  

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• Rover moving at slow speed in Shangri-La on some systems fixed (hopefully, there is no way to check as I've never been able to reproduce it). The suspension button now resets rover movement parameters as a possible workaround.
  
• Suit issue in Tuxing Liu fixed.
  
• Construction bot hitbox tweaked.
  

This update fixes newly reported bugs, adds some QoL features and introduces manual fertilization!

Shoutout to Alexander for the detailed bug report.

Happy holidays and best wishes for 2024!



[h2]Additions[/h2]

• New Mechanic: Fertilization. Nutrient consumption has been changed from a background process to a fertilization mechanic where you can use it to double food production for a while. Can be toggled in the Hydroponics Panel.
  

[h2]Improvements[/h2]

• Default skin and eye color are now selectable
  
• Coffee Seeds now processable in any amount
  
• Hesiod Whiskey now processable as well as the empty bottle
  
• Volcanic Shards now processable for 1 mineral so they're not useless after the initial discovery
  
• Stock panel now shows production
  
• Tab highlights now offset in world space instead of local space (meaning they're consistently slightly above the target) Note that tab will not highlight interactables that are 'hidden'. Don't use it as an alternative to thinking & exploring.
  
• Helene now explains what getting the Chinese satellite link does
  

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• Opening and closing the orbital navigator no longer blocks hotkeys
  
• Tutorial no longer triggers power generator explanation after conversation with Misson Control if you've already constructed a pump
  
• Atmospheric Condensation Research now shows correct numbers
  
• Outpost Stock Panel Haber Generator shows correct numbers
  
• Fixed bug where table (item) buildables would not build due to a missing reference in certain cases
  
• Synthetic Biopolymers now refreshes polymer production number
  
• Fixed some colors
  
• Adanech no longer says "You again" if you never talked to her before
  
• Tab highlights no longer show highlights on floors that are not currently visible
  
• Saving and loading in Tuxing Liu will now correctly remember if you're in a suit or not
  
• Broken transponder can be processed
  
• Using science on strange materials no longer lets you add research more than once
  
• Can No Longer ask Phil why he's here if the story already moved past that point
  
• Can talk to Phil about whiskey even if you use the get all button to fetch it
  
• Can no longer farm disposition with Phil
  
• After bringing the special cargo to Magnus and it appears outside his camp, you can no longer click it to view the excavation site again
  
• Removed handbrake functionality from Rover in Shrangi-la as it didn't do anything that reversing can't do and it would have infinite torque on some systems
  

Fixed rare issue where the toolbar wouldn't appear on some systems given certain dialogue choices in the opening sequence.