My apology for taking so long to release patch 8.1 but this patch 8.010 is very important.
We gain some great new players that found a lot of important bugs and crashes that needed to be fixed ASAP.

Thank you everybody for your patients, and most of all thank you for bug reports, especially the detailed information on crashes, they helped greatly.

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◈ One of the doors, sealed with magnetic locks, was able to be open.

◈ Minor typos corrected.

◈ Fixed issue with some of the plants gaining collision when are spawn back by the passage of time.

◈ Fixed a crash when player triggers an explosion from certain fauna.

◈ Fixed a crash when player triggers explosion of more than 3 Dynka at the same time.

◈ Fixed a crash when player triggers airplane mode while playing.

◈ Fixed a crash when player triggers a dev-mail tick, when accessing the main menu without internet.

◈ Fixed bug where player was able to duplicate mods in the inventory.

◈ Fixed a bug where Metos Cloud was adding Minor Bleeding Debuff, rather than Lesser Poisoning.

◈ Fixed a bug where if player opens inventory, journal, or personal journal, and then closes it using the buttons above rather than assigned key, they interact key stops working until said window is not open again.

◈ If bot turns off while player is still in control (for example, when energy runs out) the UI of the bot has a chance to not be properly removed from the player screen.

◈ Fix for spawners spawning metoses, each time player uses quick load while standing near the spawner.

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◈ Visual improvement to weapons projectiles.

◈ From now on, a player can go to sleep even at 80% Fatigue, rather than a minimum of 60%.

◈ From now on, special animations of weapons and tools won't happen when player is moving.

◈ Removed still in the works Polish localization. To prevent Steam auto launching the game in not yet finished Polish language.

This is a micro patch with a fix made to the bot UI.

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◈ Bot control UI was not visible after the previous changes made to the Field of View scaling.

This is a small patch that fixes minor issues found by the community.

As always, for more information regarding the latest technical support, patches, and updates, please join our Discord Community.

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◈ Pause Input didn't trigger when game is paused.

◈ Possible fix for readjusting 3d user interface, at the start of the game if player didn't set Field of View before starting the new game.

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◈ Volume increase of all voice lines from Chief of Security by 25%.

◈ Added additional assets to the underground base.

◈ Lowered the volume of some sound effects based on community notes.

This is a small patch that fixes minor issues found by the community related to the new input system. Thank you everybody for your bug reports.

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◈ P.D.S was unable to be put down after interaction.

◈ If "Interact" key was changed to a different key than default, then "is hold" check was not triggering.

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◈ Added save file integrity trigger, each time player is opening save slots.

◈ P.D.S will now be invisible, when player is interacting it, increasing immersion.

In this patch, we’re addressing several issues reported by the community, but most importantly, we’re introducing two significant improvements to the game.

Enhanced Input System Implementation

Due to unforeseen changes made by the Unreal Engine, we had to transition to the new Enhanced Input System sooner than expected. This shift required considerable effort and time, but as a result, the entire game, including tutorials and the save system, has been successfully adapted to the new input framework. This change lays the groundwork for future partial controller support, which we plan to implement soon.

While additional testing and UI adjustments will be necessary to enable partial controller support, we’re pleased to confirm that the core foundation is now fully prepared.

New Object Deformation System

We’ve also introduced a new Object Deformation System aimed at enhancing visual transitions of grass, bushes, and trees, providing smoother and more natural visuals. This system offers performance improvements, reducing GPU load by up to 13% in some cases.

Although the system may require further visual adjustments, especially on 4K displays where objects render differently, we will address this in upcoming updates.

We hope that the next patch will be 8.1 with the next batch of new content. But if needed, we will release a small patch with fixes if any problems will arise with the new input or deformation systems.

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Till the next Dev-Com over and out.

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◈ Buildings at Givinx didn't properly provide oxygen to the player.

◈ Light switches at Givinx didn't turn off the lights.

◈ Player was unable to sleep in the bunk beds at the Archeological Base.

◈ After opening Personal Journal, Map was unable to be open until we click Escape.

◈ Fixed game not being able to save inputs.

◈ Multiple bug fixes to the creation of save files system.

◈Resolution button didn't properly indicate what resolution is set after game restart.

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◈ Added new item to the game:
- Data Storage - Ore Extractor E.E.O
- Data Storage - Enhanced Atmo-Growbed

◈ Added new lore to the game.

◈ Added new enhanced input system.

◈ Added a new mesh deformation system to smooth out the transition and lower GPU requirement.

◈ Added confirmation window when changing the resolution.

◈ Converted Input system to new Unreal Engine Enhanced Input System.

◈ Improved naming of Inputs in the Options Settings.

◈ Improved brightness inside of buildings at Givinx.

◈ Player is now able to go to sleep when his fatigue drops below 70% rather than 50%.

◈ Increased max player fatigue by 17%.

◈ Decrees bot energy consumption when idle from 0.1 per second to 0.05 per second.

◈ Decrees bot energy consumption when moving at speed below 70% of its max speed from 0.2 per second to 0.1 per second.

◈ Decrees bot energy consumption when moving at speed from 0.3 per second to 0.2.

◈ Optimized NPC spawn system.

◈ Minor optimization to the in-game fog.

◈ Optimization to game assets, lowering the game size by 6%.

◈ Removed Enhanced Atmo-Growbed from base building at Base 2 and base near Givinx.

◈ Improved Save system file generation, lowering its size by about 20%.

Another batch of fixes and improvements. With the addition of a few new items.

At the release of Merging Patch part 8 we mention that we are adding a two-way communication between the player and the dev-duo. We would like to inform that this system is now finished and fully operating.

We planned to implement a small UI text scaling system in this patch, but it will be pushed a day or two, to fix UI size adjustment for 4k screens.

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◈ Possible bug fix to the storage T-2 Unit resetting on game load.

◈ Corrected placement of some structures.

◈ Second Mail to Givinx Base Director was missing.

◈ Text on some of the signs didn't correctly wrap.

◈ Another position fixes to the rocks in the Givinx area.

◈ Some buildings were connected to the incorrect power line, which lead to mining post, having less energy than it should.

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◈ Improved base Magnetic Wind Turbine power production from 5-16 to 6-19.

◈ Added new item to the game.
- Data Storage - Magnetic Wind Turbine Optimization.
- Gorecoil Coil Chunk (Big)
- Gorecoil Coil Chunk (Small)

◈ Improved description of Data Storage - Solar Panel Optimization T-1.

◈ Two way communication between the player and the developer is now fully implemented, and active.

◈ Removing or activating Solar Panel Optimization T-1 will now trigger power improvement the moment players Data Storage activates or deactivates, rather than after the next sun global effect.

◈ Texture improvement to the Gorecoil material.

◈ Gorecoil will now spawn two new items on death.

Another batch of fixes and improvements. Also an update to the fix made in the previous patch. Specifically Mining Outpost. This fix may have reset the trigger for activating the solar panels and ore extractors, which will require a second activation from the player.

We are also making a minor change to the Ore Refinery, from now on it will accept 500.5 on each ore slot. This is a temporary solution to a near future quality of life feature, which will allow the player to set the slot to a specific ore. This will help with swiftly moving the ore from inventory to ore refinery.

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◈ Collision errors fix.

◈ Another batch of floating rocks/foliage fix.

◈ Overlocked locks didn't properly save.

◈ Weapon/tool didn't properly work if unholster after using overlock system.

◈ Solar Panels near Givinx didn't properly save their state.

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◈ M.P.S will now be able to provide extra information on each building scanned.
- All buildings will provide information on assigned base.
- Hydrogel Tank will provide information on how much base has currently hydrogel.
- Power Storage will now provide information on base current power amount.

◈ Ore Refinery max ore input is now set to 500.5 (this a temporary solution to future improvement).

◈ Improved holster animation of Lock Override tablet.

◈ Rebalanced the Medbay lock difficulty at Givinx.

In this patch we are fixing a lot of issues reported by our community, we are also starting to slowly implementing Quality of Life changes, one of which is the Immersive UI disable button.

In-case someone wants to remove special effects from handheld items or intractable screens such as MMC or CCC, now it is possible to do so in the main menu > options > Game & UI.



For the moment, this system affects all of the intractable items in the game, but there are a few none intractable objects that will be added to the list at a later date.

As always, for more information regarding the latest technical support, patches, and updates, please join our Discord Community.

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◈ Text on some of the signs was too big, creating a visual bug.

◈ If a player is force removed from RTS mode by leaving the build area, while video enhancement was on, it won't remove the effect.

◈ Fixed small objects like rocks floating near Givinx.

◈ Putted few offset items to the correct location.

◈ Fixed minor spelling error.

◈ Fractal system on items that were moved between the storage units was not respected by the game.

◈ Gorecoil had a wrong name text, when hit.

◈ One of the terminals had wrong messages written.

◈ Suit/Armor Charging Station didn't properly reset if charging was interrupted.

◈ Fix to the mining post, which didn't properly reset the Ore Extractors Status.

◈ Using tutorial at Lock override system, prevents player from using Flashlight

◈ CCC didn't properly record C.A.T status.

◈ Fixed collisions with some trees and rocks.

◈ Lock Override skill resets if players dies in new zone.

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◈ We have changed the name of the Industrial M.M.C Depository to I.M.M.C Depository to keep text in the window.

◈ Manufacturing Platform is now available to be built at Base near Givinx.

◈ Improved fog density based on cloud coverage effect.

◈ We have updated our NPC spawn system, from now on, it's Global Timer based, rather than self-timer check. (increase accuracy, improves performance).

◈ Improved UI screen effects of:
- Door Controls
- Depot Controls

◈ Added new options to the Game & UI section.
- Immersive screen effect (Screens)
- Immersive screen effect (Handheld Items)

Thank you all for the bug reports and detail explanations. This patch will fix major problems found by the players.

Upcoming Accessibility Update: Special Effects Toggle Options

Some players have reported that certain special effects on-screen can be too strong or distracting. To improve accessibility and provide a more comfortable experience, we are working on implementing new options to allow players to adjust these effects to their preference.

In an upcoming update, we will be adding two separate toggle options in the UI section of the Player Options menu:

1. Hand-Held Effects Toggle – This option will allow players to disable special effects on hand-held items, such as tools, weapons, and scanners.

2. Text-Interactive Effects Toggle – This will disable special effects on all intractable objects that display text, including terminals, holographic displays, and data logs.

These additions will provide more flexibility in customizing your visual experience, while keeping the core atmosphere of the game intact.

As always, for more information regarding the latest technical support, patches, and updates, please join our Discord Community.

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Till the next Dev-Com over and out.

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◈ Collision Trigger error with Stones

◈ RTS Mode didn't turn off Vision Enhancements to the player visor when leaving.

◈ Some buildings didn't save their door state, locking them for example again after loading the game.

◈ C.A.T was inaccessible after the Power Surge.

◈ CCC station on the right, never had full access to the C.A.T

◈ Pressing Enter on committing to creating new save slot, losses keyboard access until mouse click.

◈ Repaired C.A.T, lose player access after loading.

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◈ Rock polygon count optimization.

A small fix related to trigger collisions and minor improvement to forest ambience sound quality.

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Till the next Dev-Com over and out.

Penkura Main Branch Adjustment

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◈ Collision Trigger could affect weapon position.

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◈ Minor improvement to forest ambience sound quality.