Jul 25, 2018

Major Update #2 - The Advanced Editing Update

Stormworks: Build and Rescue - RoboJon

Dear Stormworkers,

The advanced editing update is here! This major update brings a suite of new tools for building your vehicles, including some of the community's most frequently requested features.

Feature - Cut/Copy/Paste and Subassembly System

Want to build a boat by combining the best bits of all your other creations? Or import an advanced logic system that you've found on the workshop? You can now select parts of your vehicle to cut, copy and paste them along with their logic and properties. Copied selections can be saved as their own vehicles, and existing vehicles can be imported and pasted. Any selection you make can also be rotated and flipped in the same way as other components.

Feature - Improved Paint Tools

The new "plane fill" paint tool lets you paint all connected surfaces of the same colour and orientation, making it a lot easier to recolour large areas. Two more shades of grey have been added to the paint box, as well as RGB sliders and a new palette that will remember up to 35 custom colours. The additive paint tool has been upgraded to allow you to repaint the backlights on dials and gauges, and some major optimisations ensure painting large vehicles is as smooth as it is for small ones!

Feature - Symmetry and Section Planes

The section plane tool lets you see inside your vehicle while you work on interior spaces without having to worry about carefully positioning the camera. The existing symmetry planes have also had an upgrade - you can now move them around, and all paint tools will now mirror.

Feature - General Quality of Life Improvements

Holding [ctrl] and clicking a component will instantly equip the same component and paint colour. Erasing a component and pressing undo will now restore that component's properties and logic links. A new togglable measurement tool will display the dimensions of a selection of blocks as you place them. And pyramid blocks can now be dragged diagonally to automatically place a line of pyramids and inverse pyramids!

Thanks for all the feedback that made this major update possible. As always, let us know your thoughts and feedback on Discord, the Steam forums and our issue tracker.

Much love <3

The Stormworks Developers

Patch Notes

v0.3.0

Feature - Selection grid and subassembly tool
- Move and resize the selection grid
- Cut, copy and paste sections of vehicles (along with their properties and logic)
- Save and load selections to quickly add subassemblies to your vehicle
- Flip and rotate any part of your vehicle
Feature - Section plane tool (allows you to see a cross-section of your vehicle, making it a lot easier to work on interiors)
Feature - Movable symmetry plane (existing symmetry plane upgraded to be movable to any part of your vehicle)
Feature - Plane fill paint tool (clicking a surface will paint all other attached surfaces of the same colour and orientation)
Feature - Block eyedropper (ctrl-click any component on your vehicle to instantly equip the same component)
Feature - Paint eyedropper (ctrl-click any painted surface on your vehicle to set the selected paint colour)
Feature - Updated merge bodies rendering (similar to select mode)
Feature - Measurement tool (when enabled, the dimensions of an area you're dragging will be displayed in the bottom right in blocks and metres)
Feature - Drag-place support for pyramids (dragging a diagonal line of pyramids/inverse pyramids will automatically fill in the inbetween pyramids/inverse pyramids)
Feature - Additive paint tool now paints all additives (you can now easily recolour backlights on dials and gauges with this tool)
Feature - Placing/erasing/painting components on large vehicles no longer lags
Feature - Added 2 more shades of grey to default colour palette
Feature - Custom colour sliders (select any rgb colour to paint your vehice in)
Feature - Custom colour palette (persitently store your own palette of up to 35 custom colours)
Feature - Undo/redo now now restores logic links and properties of erased components
Feature - Symmetry mode works for paint tool
Feature - Symmetry plane renders as a voxel-aligned grid instead of scaling with camera
Feature - Added clamp(x,y,z) function to function gates

Fix - Fixed spelling mistake in function components
Fix - Changed funtion gate operator colour to be visible on editbox highlight
Fix - Missions complete correctly when objectives have timed out
Fix - Fixed trigonometry gate inverse functions not using correct units
Fix - Fixed carried item forces being applied while game is paused
Fix - Velocity pivot max speed capped to reduce physics errors (10 rotations per second)
Fix - Logic gates max number value output capped to reduce logic errors (+-1000000)
Fix - Logic gate output of +-infinity or NaN sets output to 0
Fix - Rebalanced timers on oil rig rescue mission
Fix - Undo/redo preserves component bodies correctly
Fix - Tail rotor no longer produces lateral forces

Jul 20, 2018

v0.2.42 (The Functions Update)

Stormworks: Build and Rescue - RoboJon

Dear Stormworkers,

This week we have a game-changing logic component for you...

Two function logic gates have been added. These advanced gates will evaluate mathematical expressions that you type in, allowing you to shrink a lot of your calculation logic into a single component. The small gate gives you one input (x) and the large has three inputs (x,y,z) which can be used in your functions.

Most existing math operations are available with these gates, as well as some new ones that aren't available as standalone components such as atan2 and lerp. In response to feedback from the community over the past week, we have also updated the trigonometry gate to operate in turns instead of radians to make it more compatible with the existing pivots and sensors.

You can read the full patch notes for this update below.

We are also excited to officially announce that our next major update is The Advanced Editing Update, and it will be releasing very soon. Here's a sneak peek at some of the exciting new features included in the update...

Much love <3

The Stormworks Developers

Patch Notes

v0.2.42

Feature - Added 2 new "function" logic gates for compacting existing logic systems (evaluates mathematical expressions composed of +, -, *, /, ^, %, (), sin, cos, tan, asin, acos, atan, atan2, max, min, ceil, floor, round, abs, sgn, sqrt, len, len2, lerp, pi and pi2)
Feature - Trigonometry logic gate now uses turns as its unit of measurement instead of radians (consistent with existing pivots, compass, sensors)

Fix - Fixed not being able to get past initial loading screen when playing with Steam in offline mode
Fix - Fixed spelling mistake in large keypad description
Fix - Players spawn in correct place on server in multiplayer while still in wardrobe
Fix - Fluid compartments work correctly on static vehicles
Fix - Added description to seawater sample mission to make it clearer that there's a connector on the top of the sampling crucible
Fix - Updated swimmer rescue mission to have a hint about the location of swimmer
Fix - No longer need to restart game for recently saved changes to missions to be visible when spawning a mission from the creative mode list
Fix - Ocean floor rocks are blocked from spawning within 250m of centres of tiles to avoid getting rocks in ya docks
Fix - Fixed hinge connector attempting to flip around when connecting in some cases

Jul 13, 2018

v0.2.39-40 (The Navigation Logic Update)

Stormworks: Build and Rescue - RoboJon

Dear Stormworkers,

This week's minor update adds several frequently requested logic components, as well as more bug fixes.

A new trigonometry component lets you make use of sin, cos, tan and their inverse functions, and the new exponent component can be used for taking square roots.

We've also added 2 sizes of keypad components - these input devices will display a text box where you can enter numbers to send to your vehicle's logic. The larger keypad also has a shortcut button to automatically input the map coordinates of your current waypoint! This should allow you to make much more compact autopilot systems, as well as being a great tool for testing how different values affect your circuits in real-time.

Patch notes are below with a full list of the changes included in this update.

Thanks to all the community members who are continuing to give us feedback on Discord, the Steam discussions and our issue tracker. We're currently putting the finishing touches on Major Update 2 which includes some of your most highly requested features! We can't wait to share it with you, and will be announcing more details soon.

Have a great weekend <3

The Stormworks Developers

Patch Notes

v0.2.39

Feature - Added trigonometry logic component (provides sin, cos, tan, asin, acos and atan)
Feature - Added exponent logic component (the exponent's value can be set using the select tool)
Feature - Added small keypad component (used to easily input a number into your logic system)
Feature - Added large keypad component (used to easily input 2 numbers, with a shortcut button that inputs current waypoint coordinates)
Feature - Trim will quickly reset to 0 if both directions of axis are held simultaneously

Fix - Workshop vehicles have default name unrelated to workshop item name to allow uploads to be renamed with special characters (any vehicles reported as not showing in the editor can now be fixed by updating the workshop item from in-game. If you find a vehicle that doesn't show up, notify the creator so they can apply the fix)
Fix - Vehicle upload title editbox allows typing of punctuation/symbols
Fix - Fixed temporary workshop files not being cleared up before/after upload causing mission files to sometimes be included in workshop uploads
Fix - Fixed issues with key buttons getting stuck when using external inputs
Fix - Minimap faces correct direction when attached to ladder
Fix - Pilot seat UI hides when fast travelling from a seat
Fix - Fixed camera not resetting properly when fast travelling from a ladder
Fix - Opening pause menu in singleplayer pauses the game again
Fix - Increased trigger zone for lighthouse delivery mission to ensure secondary objective triggers
Fix - Third objective of sea water sample mission is no longer completed by default
Fix - Fixed crash when converting very large floating point values to text on component tooltips
Fix - Fixed push buttons not releasing when pressed in third person
Fix - Fixed held buttons desyncing in multiplayer when moving out of range
Fix - Both docking doors will reset their logic outputs when disconnecting
Fix - Water cannons spray in the correct direction when flipped
Fix - Paintable sign additive renders correctly when flipped
Fix - Engines no longer output torque when switched off

v0.2.40

Fix - Fixed workshop files no longer updating properly for some players
Fix - Fixed vehicles uploaded to workshop after previous patch not loading correctly in editor

Jul 6, 2018

v0.2.36-8 (The Building Editor Update)

Stormworks: Build and Rescue - Deltars

Dear Stormworkers,

This week we are adding more building editor tools and new missions to Stormworks!

You can now save and load buildings with the editor, as well as view the building in the world as you edit it. We have reworked the editable building areas too.

There is also some new mission content, from simple search and rescue to complex fire fighting and aircraft crash response.

As always, the weekly update comes with a long list of fixes and improvements, and we are continuing to improve the game, including multiplayer, all the time.

If you do see any problems with the game, please make sure we know about it using the "report bug" buttons in game, to help us continue to improve the game :-)

Much love <3

The Stormworks Developers

Patch Notes

v0.2.36

Fix - Fixed key buttons
Fix - Fixed JK and SR latches
Fix - Fixed missing physics on creative island

v0.2.37

Feature - Added "world view" button in vehicle editor that lets you view the surrounding environment while designing your vehicle (useful for base building and as a scale reference)
Feature - You can now load, save and share your static structures on the workshop (vehicles uploaded to the workshop from a static workbench will be automatically tagged with "structure")
Feature - Added new mesh for static workbenches to distinguish them from regular workbenches
Feature - Static workbench tooltip now says "create structure" instead of "create vehicle" to make their purpose clearer
Feature - Updated existing missios to have time limits (hour and a half for non-critical missions, 20 mins for rescue missions)
Feature - Added flares to existing rescue missions
Feature - Added 3 new missions to Research Center playlist
Feature - Added new critical rescue mission to Skye Power Company playlist
Feature - Updated the Stormworks Issue Tracker to have search feature and buttons to request mark as implemented/duplicate/not an issue

Fix - Fixed cases where dynamic objects would load before vehicles causing survivors to spawn inside boats
Fix - Fixed issue where some objects would not unload and fall into ocean if island at that location was unloaded
Fix - Mass of connectors is rebalanced when connecting to resolve physics crashes when towing vehicles
Fix - Optimised case where server was double-simulating some vehicles
Fix - Fixed crash in mission editor when creating new playlist with component selected
Fix - Added missing buoyancy data to large winch
Fix - Rebalanced reward value for missions

v0.2.38

Feature - Added "Spawner" workshop tag for missions to help distinguish missions used for spawning bases/large vehicles (if you have a mission uploaded already that fits that criteria it would be great if you can update it with the new tag to help players find it)

Fix - More rebalances to mission reward value and critical mission times from previous patch
Fix - Fixed external input on key button causing strange behaviour
Fix - Updated mission workshop upload text to make it clearer that vehicles are embedded as part of the upload
Fix - Fixed vehicles in mission editor not always updating their rendering when replacing their file
Fix - Fixed mission editor forgetting that a component is selected when opening other editor views
Fix - Vehicle editor free mode camera no longer continues to move if clicking on the UI
Fix - Failed missions no longer display an empty reward notification
Fix - Pressing R on non-player vehicles no longer attempts to return them to the workbench

Jul 2, 2018

v0.2.32-35

Stormworks: Build and Rescue - RoboJon

Patch Notes

v0.2.32

Fix - Loot boxes no longer crash game in multiplayer
Fix - Main menu workshop link fixed
Fix - Multiplayer client tick rate system reworked to manage problem where clients slow down game significantly

v0.2.33

Fix - Fixed fluid connectors not transmitting fluid volume correctly
Fix - Fixed fishing boat fire mission not having "fire equipment" requirement
Fix - Reverted physics optimisation from last week where enclosed spaces were filled in (this didn't have the performance improvement we were hoping for, and caused several other issues)
Fix - Fixed issues where physics was not generating correct physics mesh for flipped/rotated pyramids/inverse pyramids/wedges (fixes slopes/ladders/windows that couldn't be walked up, and may improve performance in some cases)
Fix - Fixed hole in physics mesh on the creative island's beach
Fix - Increased large propeller mass from 1 to 20 so that it's not lighter than the small propeller
Fix - Docking doors connect at the correct angle
Fix - Inaccessible static workbench on one of the new islands is now accessible
Fix - Attaching to handle uses left/right hand correctly when interaction keys have been rebound
Fix - Mission editor camera no longer zooms in and out when scrolling through load/save menus
Fix - Fixed mission editor camera rendering with incorrect offset when zoomed out far enough
Fix - Improved desync for vehicle logic in multiplayer
Fix - Improved speed of multiplayer (multiplayer shouldn't get stuck in low framerates as often)

v0.2.34

Fix - Fixed rudders, push to toggle logic and capacitor not working from v0.2.33

v0.2.35

Fix - Fixed water cannon pitch/rotation not working from v0.2.33

Jun 29, 2018

v0.2.29-31 (The Buildings Update)

Stormworks: Build and Rescue - Deltars

Dear Stormworkers,

It's time to build your own base buildings!

We have added 3 small islands with fixed edit grids, so you can design buildings using the same tools used for designing vehicles! When spawned, the building is statically anchored to the ground!

Other locations are now purchasable in career mode, as well as new fast-travel locations.

We have also made loads of quality improvements this week including docking door improvements and more multiplayer.

We hope you enjoy this new version and can't wait to share more on the upcoming major update soon :-)

Much love <3

The Stormworks Developers

Patch Notes

v0.2.29

Fix - currency is now correct when loading career game
Fix - doors now return to workbench correctly

v0.2.30

Feature - changed the type of physics for the ocean floor to be more efficient
Feature - island physics now optimized in 3 dimensions rather than 2 to improve nuclear island and other island performance
Feature - inaccessible areas in vehicles are now filled to optimize physics
Fix - doors now spawn closed
Fix - objects now rotate correctly when spawning
Fix - starting money now correct when starting new career game without tutorial
Fix - islands load before vehicles and objects so objects do not fall through the ground

v0.2.31

Feature - Creative mode island can now be found in career mode (requires a new save)
Feature - Added 7 new purchasable bases to existing islands:
- Added purchasable bases to 4 uninhabited islands along with workbenches and static workbenches for base building (also now available in the mission editor)
- Added 2 purchasable bases to the mega island along with workbenches
- Added a purchasable base to the military island along with a large hangar workbench
Feature - Some components show extra data on their tooltip when looking at them in first person (buttons, indicators, water pressure/metre, clock)
Feature - Stormworks.exe now has an icon!

Fix - Power slider value now works for multibody parts
Fix - Distance sensor works correctly when flipped
Fix - Wind sensor renders correctly when flipped
Fix - Rotation sensor works correctly when flipped
Fix - Water cannon nozzle now renders correctly when flipped
Fix - Doors spawn in correct state with default values initialised
Fix - Fixed compartment to compartment fluid links filling up regardless of the amount of water in the higher compartment
Fix - Ocean rocks are synced in multiplayer
Fix - Reduced client load/unload range in multiplayer
Fix - Physics objects sync as islands in multiplayer to reduce desync
Fix - Fixed ocean jumping forward in singleplayer when leaving workbench
Fix - Unpausing photo mode works in singleplayer
Fix - Erasing components from vehicle correctly refunds them/returns them to stock
Fix - Resolved several rare multiplayer crashes
Fix - Loading game from pause menu no longer gets stuck in waiting for server
Fix - Rebalanced world generation so that islands with unique locations don't spawn multiple times

Jun 22, 2018

v0.2.27-8 (The Submarine Docking Update)

Stormworks: Build and Rescue - Deltars

Dear Stormworkers,

This week we had added loads of multiplayer improvements, and upgraded the new hinged doors to be magnetic docking water-tight doors!

New new doors are both magnetic connectors and water tight doors. They are very useful for any submersible vehicles or under water bases.

Multiplayer is now much more robust, with a host of updates that improve the quality of experience. Let us know what you want changing on the issue tracker and we will continue to add improvements!

We are pressing on with the next major update and are very excited to share our plans soon :-)

Much love <3

The Stormworks Developers

Patch Notes

v0.2.27

Fix - Rebalanced water cannon strength
Fix - Multiple stability fixes for multiplayer
Fix - Server notifies players if one player is slowing the game for others

v0.2.28

Feature - Hinged doors now have a docking feature!
- Will attract to each other like other types of connectors when switched on
- Will form a seal when connected to allow underwater vehicles to dock without letting water in
- Both doors have been updated to have one on/off transfer logic node and one number transfer logic node for communicating between two docked vehicles
Feature - All beds on all islands can now be slept in
Feature - Mission objective HUD is now always visible when there is an active mission with active objectives
Feature - Added new mission objective type - remove objects from zone

Fix - Fixed being stuck in spawning screen when a vehicle's bodies are too far apart
Fix - Reduced width of back of seats so player can fit between them
Fix - Memory register clear takes priority over set
Fix - Renamed "water" tag on components to "fluid"
Fix - Vehicle button default logic state is set correctly when spawning mission vehicles
Fix - Vehicle bounding boxes generate correctly in the mission editor
Fix - 1 block vehicles can be selected in the mission editor
Fix - Vehicle shadows render properly in the mission editor
Fix - Fixed fire parented to a vehicle not being attached to vehicle in multiplayer