Volcanoids News

• Added Japanese translation
  
• Updated all the other translations
  

• Fixed intro not translated after switching language
  
• Fixed text size in options for translated texts
  

• Fixed issue where backpack stayed in lava pools, now it gets destroyed
  
• Basement work tables are now indestructible
  
• Fixed issue where small panel settings could not be used in certain situations
  
• Fixed issue where clients did not see bullet holes in objects
  
• Fixed issue with door frame colliders, where COGs would shoot through
  
• Fixed issue where certain symbols in names caused errors
  
• Fixed Dead end screen stuck in the main menu
  
• Fixed multiple areas where player got stuck
  
• Fixed problem where the client did not see revive highlight after reconnect
  
• Fixed low energy error that did not show when drillship energy low
  
• Fixed issues with using bed in multiplayer
  
• Weapon crosshair is no longer visible in drillship movement animations
  
• Chests on the wall can no longer be accessed from behind a wall
  
• Fixed disconnect animations on client not triggering properly
  
• Drillship doesn't clip through terrain on Flat Trail landing site when surfacing anymore
  
• Fixed missing damage indicator overlay
  
• Fixed not being able to revive host on max distance while crouching
  
• Fixed research worktable collisions
  

• Players can now mention their Discord name when sending feedback
  
• Changed order of essential event quests, energy quest is now the top priority
  
• Set maximum spawn limit on COG units, to avoid issues in games with custom settings
  
• Added help texts on front boiler visible in the right bottom corner
  
• Removed shadows below player in 1st person (no flying gun and perfect sphere shadow, when looking at other players you can see their shadows)
  
• Added list priorities to quests, most important quests are now at the top of the quest log and HUD list
  
• Adjusted players death view
  
• Large improvements on player revive system
  
• Increased intervals between drillship errors to 45 seconds (low ammo, no coal, full inventory)
  
• Players can now cancel drillship surface or descent order within a limited time after the sequence started
  
• Added low health warning overlay that informs you about critical low health
  
• You don't have to stand perfectly still anymore in order to heal, revive or armor up somebody
  
• Attack sound level can be now adjusted with the same slider as drillship siren
  
• Added chat messages when players join or leave a multiplayer game
  
• All drillships now surface faster due to shortening the underground path they have to follow each surfacing procedure
  
• Increased time it takes for another COG drillship to spawn after a COG drillship was destroyed to 180 seconds
  
• Increased bullet velocity for player's SMG, Gatling, Revolver, Shotgun
  
• Updated Send feedback screen with different UI and extra buttons for easier access to LOGs, Crashes, etc.
  
• Periscope is now part of the drillship by default, accessible from the front boiler pilot wheel
  
• Changed button names and swapped the order of buttons in bed, to avoid confusion
  

• Multiplayer chat bug - one message gets sent multiple times
  
• Game crashes when player is climbing out of the submarine
  
• Items in cargo modules not visible to players and production modules
  

• Added worktables to all blast shelters
  
• Improved revolver iron sight for better view and accuracy
  
• Revive tool can be crafted on worktables from start of the game
  

• Decreased HP of all interior objects
  
• All human ammo does little bit of damage even outside of shooting range
  
• Player character no longer ignors cave lighting
  
• Ammo stacks were decreased for better convenience when taking ammo from cargo
  

• Fixed issue where cave attack quest could unlock before drillship upgrade quest
  
• Fixed wrong icon on Damage Drillship T2 quest
  
• Fixed wrong icons on new turret modules scrap recipes
  
• Fixed some buttons shining in caves
  
• Fixed a bug where cogs would throw grenades close in front of them
  

Stuck on an island where the volcano is erupting constantly, Volcanoids is an interesting setting for a survival game that gives you a big moving drill for a base.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/01/steampunk-survival-game-volcanoids-has-a-huge-combat-upgrade

• aiming down sights
  
• recoil
  
• bullet drop & spread
  
• hit indicators, kill confirms (hidden in trailer)
  
• actual projectiles (instead of hit scans)
  
• and more...