Hello Nomads,

We have just released 0.9.8.1 update into official branch, so everyone can enjoy our latest features.

The recap of changes follows.

Tool changes:

• change in tool usage - now you can have multiple different Tools in the Hot Bar
  
• added Mover Tool for moving blocks
  
• split Emergency Tool and classic Multitool functionality - the first uses only Suit power, the latter only Batteries
  
• enlarged default player inventory by 2 slots

Other Changes:

• updated Unity engine to 2018.3.5f1
  
• added Thermoregulator block and fixed thermal regeneration in different occasions
  
• added slight boost to player movement while accelerating from standing to motion
  
• faster mining with mining machines, but mining is now limited - you can harvest only certain amount of resouces on one place
  
• custom POI in map - you can mark a point by mouse click in map, compass will show you the way there
  
• save files are now compressed

Hello Nomads,

We've just released a hotfix for yesterday's update to the Experimental Branch.

Here is the list of bugs fixed:

• fixed error while switching from Mover Tool to other tool or block
  
• fixed loss of Weapons and Tools during update to 0.9.8.0 (however, you need to open your original save - saves with items already missing will not recover it)
  
• fixed remembering of disabled resources in Miner settings
  
• fixed Solar Panels working at night

Hello Nomads!

The new update 0.9.8.0 is on your way. You can try it in the Experimental branch.

BUT BE CAREFUL!
We have implemented save file compression and older versions of the game (prior to 0.9.8.0) are incompatible with the new compressed saves. This update will compress all your saves on the first launch, so it might free some storage space in case you have a lot of big saves.

However, we strongly recommend you to backup ALL your save files BEFORE launching the new version (with the _main.db of course - you can find more details in discussions). Once compressed, you will not be able to use your saves in older versions of the game.


Now for other changes we have prepared in this release: We have added a new Mover Tool for moving blocks and we also plan to add a Scanner Tool for some story purposes we will reveal later. This is a fair bunch of tools at your disposal, so we had to change the way how tools are managed a little bit.

The "tool button" on keyboard (T by default) now brings your Emergency Tool - not the best tool available but one that is always ready to do basic work using your suit energy. You can carry better tools in your inventory and equip them to your hotbar, just remember the fact, that they cannot be powered by the suit and need its own batteries.


The full list of changes follows.

Tool changes:

• change in tool usage - now you can have multiple different Tools in the Hot Bar
  
• added Mover Tool for moving blocks
  
• split Emergency Tool and classic Multitool functionality - the first uses only Suit power, the latter only Batteries
  
• enlarged default player inventory by 2 slots

Other Changes:

• updated Unity engine to 2018.3.5f1
  
• added Thermoregulator block and fixed thermal regeneration in different occasions
  
• added slight boost to player movement while accelerating from standing to motion
  
• faster mining with mining machines, but mining is now limited - you can harvest only certain amount of resouces on one place
  
• custom POIs in map - you can mark a point by mouse click in map, compass will show you the way there
  
• save files are now compressed - see the warning above!

Hello Nomads,

We have just released 0.9.7.7 to the public official (ie. non-beta) branch.

For clarity, here is the summary of changes made since last official release:

0.9.7.7

• updated Unity engine to 2018.2.20
  
• fixed typing of weird characters with function keys on Linux
  
• decreased weather change frequency
  
• fixed bugs with FOV in vehicles
  
• fixed invisible UI parts with non-native rendering

0.9.7.6

• dehydration no longer affects your temperature shield
  
• changed frozen and heated vignette effect progression
  
• fixed intro with dynamic resolution enabled

0.9.7.5

• added thermometer to HUD
  
• fine tuning of some weather aspects (temperature values, rain sound volume)
  
• fixed black screen when using non-native resolution rendering

Hello Nomads,

We have released a new update - 0.9.7.7. We've built it with Unity 2018..2.20 engine which finally solved troubles with keyboard on Linux machines. Also we've made some tweaks of weather and FOV of cameras.

Full list of changes:

• updated Unity engine to 2018.2.20
  
• fixed typing of weird characters with function keys on Linux
  
• decreased weather change frequency
  
• fixed bugs with FOV in vehicles
  
• fixed invisible UI parts with non-native rendering

Hello Nomads,

We've just released a little update with small tweaks:

• dehydration no longer affects your temperature shield
  
• changed frozen and heated vignette effect progression
  
• fixed intro with dynamic resolution enabled

Hello Nomads,

We have just released an update into Experimental branch. We wanted to fix some weather-related issues before dig fully into next big update. We were able to add the thermometer into the game UI as well.



This update should be released publicly into stable branch in few days if there will be no other issues.

Here is the list of changes:

• added thermometer to HUD
  
• fine tuning of some weather aspects (temperature values, rain sound volume)
  
• fixed black screen when using non-native resolution rendering

Hello Nomads and Welcome to 2019!

We have just set up Steam Cloud Save features to Planet Nomads, so you are able to backup/transfer your saves between your computers or in case of reinstall.

It is well tested steam feature, but if you encounter some troubles, don't hesitate to write us in bugs discussion subforum.

Hello Nomads,

It finally seems that 0.9.7.3 release is free from all errors, so we've released it for everyone now. This is probably the last release this year, so I want to wish you a Merry Christmas and we all are looking foward to see what we could do with Planet Nomads in 2019!

For those, who did not try our experimental builds, here is the complete list of previous changes:

• 0.9.7.0
  
  • new game mode: Free Roam - you can play with your inventories without worrying about thirst, hunger, radiation etc.
  
  User Experience & Survival Tweaks:
  
  • added new weather types and improved look of old ones
    
  • color visualisation and new screen effects for survival attributes
    
  • directional indicator of damage source
    
  • "take it all" button in Containers and Automatic Miners
    
  • allowed direct using/equipping of items from black box Container
    
  • improved weapon beam, new weapon batteries
    
  • "bees" - improved attack behaviour and nest appearance
    
  • enabled animal aggressivity on Medium difficulty
    
  • changed appearance of toggles (aka "check boxes") in UI
    
  • grouping Joy notifications by type
    
  • logging Joy notifications in the Journal
    
  • added descriptions to block / item radial menus
  
  Other changes:
  
  • hidden unavailable blocks in Block Catalog
    
  • improved brakes and added parking brake to wheeled vehicles
  
  Bugs and optimizations:
  
  • fixed game freeze / crash on finishing blueprint during sleeping
    
  • optimized merge of box colliders for better performance and less physical glitches
    
  • fixed non-working automatic switch on Solar Beacon
    
  • fixed corrupted water surface on higher quality settings
    
  • narrowed camera near plane (reduced weapon/wall see throughs)
    
  • fixed Craneballs logo quality on splash screen
    
  • improved Sandy Engine compatibility with legacy Linux distributions
    
  • fixed water and fog graphical glitches on MacOS
  
  
• 0.9.7.1
  
  • fixed bugs in collider optimization
    
  • fixed missing container connections after building a blueprint
    
  • fixed shader in Planet Map
    
  • fixed sun making flares through ship walls in the tutorial
    
  • better quality of sun textures
    
  • modified vignette textures gradation
    
  • suppressed an error during downloading blueprints
    
  • tuned shadow quality for better shadows in middle distance
  
  
• 0.9.7.2
  
  • finished new weather types
    
  • different Suit appearance for each armor tier
    
  • modified Suit survival attributes
    
  • special Kickstarter-exclusive Suit for our Unique Nomad backers
    
  • some main character animations changes
    
  • increased maximum Air Blade altitude
    
  • increased brake efficiency of small vehicles
    
  • added immediate reversal of wheels after braking
    
  • survival screen effects tuning
    
  • fixed bug that caused empty Block Catalog
    
  • fixed bugs in notifications display and logging
    
  • fixed errors from Steam Workshop
  
  
• 0.9.7.3
  
  • reduced the impact of weather to hot/cold survival attributes
    
  • linux: built Sandy Engine against older libraries to support not so recent distributions

Hello Nomads,

This is (I hope) the last experimental release before pushing 0.9.7 to the public.

We have temporarily reduced the difficulty of survival in bad weather and cold and hot biomes. We realized from your feedback that it is hard to be there without proper tools, that we do not have ready for you yet.

In the near future you will enjoy the thermometer, heating/cooling block and some further changes of temperature with day/night, in water etc.

Here is the usual list of changes:

• reduced the impact of weather to hot/cold survival attributes
  
• linux: built Sandy Engine against older libraries to support not so recent distributions