Dear Stormworkers,

This week's minor update brings a set of new components specifically designed for advanced mode!

The frequently requested jet engines are here! 9 modular jet engine components and 5 duct sections have been added that can be used to build jet engines of varied shape and size. These engines are more complex than regular diesel engines but can produce significantly higher amounts of thrust, making them ideal for larger vehicles. An example jet using the new engine parts can be found in the advanced vehicle preset tab in the vehicle editor load view.

We've also spent a lot of time balancing the way the aerodynamics work to make planes behave more realistically, particularly at lower speeds. This will hopefully be the last major rebalance to the core physics behaviour for the foreseeable future.

A full list of this week's fixes and features can be found below.

We're looking forward to hearing your feedback on the new balancing and particularly the new engine parts. As always, you can report any bugs on the stormworks issue tracker which is accessible using the buttons on the main menu and pause menu in-game.

Much love <3

The Stormworks Developers

P.S
You will need at least one intake, compressor, combustion chamber, turbine and exhaust to build a functioning jet engine. Enjoy!


Patch Notes

v0.4.29

Feature - Added 14 advanced modular jet engine components (advanced mode only)
- Small intake
- Large intake
- Basic exhaust
- Rotating exhaust
- Afterburner exhaust (can consume large amounts of fuel for increased propulsion)
- Small turbine
- Medium turbine
- Compressor
- Combustion chamber
- 5 duct pieces (similar to pipes but used for connecting jet engine parts)
Feature - Added advanced jet example to the presets tab in the vehicle editor (Eurofighter)
Feature - Added RPS limiter slider to engine property panel (from 5 to 100. Engine will ignore throttle when rps goes over the limit)
Feature - Minor QoL improvement - save game dialog will have name of current save by default after loading a game

Fix - Rebalanced engine temperature, propellers and rudders
Fix - Improved the balance of aerodynamics and planes
Fix - PID controller no longer outputs incorrect derivative value on first tick of activation
Fix - Updated loading screen with SW logo
Fix - Fixed immediate crash on startup in the event of corrupted save file
Fix - Resolved some desync issues with advanced vehicles in multiplayer


v0.4.30

Fix - Updated Eurofighter preset with throttle management
Fix - Rebalanced air and water propellers in non-advanced mode
Fix - Fixed large jet intake
Fix - Removed audio on jet compressor when there's no electric
Fix - Increased jet fuel consumption rate

Patch Notes

v0.4.28

Fix - Updated Skye nuclear waste barrels
Fix - Fixed mud pump truck
Fix - Fixed large keypad not forming a seal
Fix - Reduced electric consumption of robotic components
Fix - Fixed connectors not attracting to connectors on static vehicles
Fix - Travel to zone objective type no longer gives reward when failed
Fix - Fixed aircraft propeller no longer working correctly

Dear Stormworkers,

In this week's minor update we've added a new type of vehicle damage and more underwater content!

Lightning now has a chance to cause an EMP that will temporarily shut down electrical systems and engines. This can affect any vehicle above an altitude of 120m, increasing the risk of flying helicopters and planes in severe storms. Circuit breakers will also be reset, so you'll need to act fast to prevent your vehicles from plummeting into the ocean.

We've also added 3 new underwater locations to explore with the recently added diving equipment. All underwater locations have been updated to have icons and names on the map screen to help you locate them, and new loot can be found if you're exploring in career mode.

A full list of fixes and changes in this patch can be found below.

Much love <3

The Stormworks Developers

Patch Notes


v0.4.27

Feature - Added EMP damage and a small chance of lightning causing EMP damage to electrical systems on vehicles above 120m altitude
Feature - F2 physics rendering now cycles through physics, buoyancy volume and displacement visualisations
Feature - Updated loot crate mesh to look like a tea crate
Feature - Added new chest loot type that sinks, updated existing underwater locations with loot
Feature - Added 3 new underwater locations (requires new game)
- Seabed caves (an underwater cave system)
- Shipwrecked iron-hulled merchant vessel
- Shipwrecked timber caravel
Feature - Added names and icons for several locations (underwater locations can now be found on the map)

Fix - Fixed rudders getting locked to north/south/east/west at high speeds
Fix - Fixed vehicle geometry breaking when lots of pipes are placed on the same body
Fix - Fixed spotlights facing the wrong way on creative island and airstrip base
Fix - Fixed missing fluid transfer surface on fluid intake
Fix - Fixed selection grid placement widget hiding when hovering components if ctrl or shift is held
Fix - Fixed character and seat tooltips showing incorrectly when player is seated
Fix - Fixed light additive not rendering in vehicle editor
Fix - Fixed blocked voxels and surfaces not rendering when placing components
Fix - Added collective to aircraft propeller
Fix - Updated gearbox mesh to show connections and direction
Fix - Potential fix for mouse cursor not being visible for some players
Fix - Removed additive parts of electric and fluid connectors
Fix - Updated mud pump truck and nuclear forklift mission vehicles
Fix - Reduced intensity of scuba mask vignette effect in first person
Fix - Fixed day/night cycle duration not being restored when loading a saved game
Fix - Multiplayer stability improvements
Fix - Reworked Steam P2P multiplayer

Patch Notes

v0.4.23-26

Fix - Fixed circuit breaker and relay not being renamable
Fix - Fixed sealed compartments spawning with water inside
Fix - Minor rebalance to buoyancy
Fix - Fixed engines not breaking after being on fire for some time
Fix - Fixed static vehicles crashing due to water particles
Fix - Resolved sky rendering issues during tutorial
Fix - Fixed some surfaces becoming invisible after erasing adjacent components
Fix - Trim set on a seat in the vehicle editor is correctly set when vehicle is spawned
Fix - Trim set on a spawned vehicle is correctly remembered when returning it to the workbench
Fix - Fixed number logic gates resetting their stored value to 0 between saving/loading
Fix - Fixed state parsing issue causing elevators on some islands and nuclear forklift to no longer work
Fix - Purchasing islands no longer costs money when infinite stock is enabled

Dear Stormworkers,

In this week's minor update, your engines can explode!

Advanced engines that have overheated will emit a plume of black smoke from their exhaust. If you don't act quickly to reduce their temperature, they can burst into flames before completely shutting down.

There are new particles that show the flow of water gushing between compartments in your vehicle, as well as improvements to the way fluid connectors work. You will also find a new electrical connector for use in advanced vehicles, and looking at the engine of a spawned vehicle will show some information to help you monitor its status!

We've also been continuing to balance the new vehicle mechanics based on the feedback you've been giving us. This is an ongoing process, so expect more changes coming in the next few patches. If you're having any issues with the behaviour of a particular vehicle, remember to email it to stormworks@mcro.org with a brief description of the problem, or post an issue on the Stormworks Issue Tracker (accessible from the main menu and pause menu in-game) and leave a link to your vehicle on the workshop. Having vehicles with consistently reproducible problems makes it a lot quicker for us to find and fix specific bugs.

The full list of fixes and features in this update and the patches from earlier in the week can be found below.

Much love <3

The Stormworks Developers

Patch Notes

v0.4.21-22

Feature - Vehicle state is saved when vehicles despawn and restored when a vehicle comes back into range (logic and physics state)
Feature - All connectors can be picked up in the same way as handles
Feature - Fluid connector no longer requires electricity to connect (sending an on signal to the connector will detach it instead of attach, can also be detached manually by grabbing it while it is connected)
Feature - Engines can now catch fire and explode when overheated too much
Feature - Looking at an engine in advanced mode will show a tooltip with its current status to make it easier to diagnose issues (fuel, electricity, coolant, exhaust, air, overheated)
Feature - Circuit breakers can be renamed and a default state can be set
Feature - New particles show the flow of water between two volumes when a door or hatch is opened
Feature - Added electrical connector component

Fix - Rebalanced aerofoil forces in advanced mode
Fix - Rebalanced engine temperatures
Fix - Coolant in engines filters to water only
Fix - Component mass now shows mass value correctly when less than 1
Fix - Increased generator capacity
Fix - Rotors dampen when in water
Fix - Engines with 2 exhausts produce smoke from both
Fix - Increased engine pitch by 25%
Fix - Increased aircraft engine mass
Fix - Fixed radiators not working as well in one direction
Fix - Engine fuel consumption, coolant operation and exhaust particles reduced
Fix - Fixed rotor physics desyncing in multiplayer
Fix - Fixed being kicked out of seat in multiplayer when another player returns a vehicle to the workbench
Fix - Fixed trim not being updated properly after parsing seat state
Fix - Separated fluid/torque/electric from data logic in component info panel
Fix - Buzzer and foghorn now use electric
Fix - Increased volume of foghorn
Fix - Fixed some vehicles with custom doors getting stuck in an infinite load
Fix - Improved performance of vehicle damage system when many collisions are being generated
Fix - Vehicles no longer fly into the air when exiting the character editor in singleplayer
Fix - Character special outfits belonging to a vehicle are correctly reset when returning the vehicle to the workbench
Fix - Engines now state that they use diesel in their descriptions
Fix - Fluid tanks can be set to spawn empty
Fix - Fixed missions with fire crashing multiplayer games
Fix - Reduced wheel grip to improve stability of wheeled vehicles in multiplayer
Fix - Reduced brightness of paintable sign additive
Fix - Fixed circuit breaker rendering incorrectly when flipped
Fix - Fixed water not draining from compartments to open air when above water level


v0.4.14-20

Feature - fluid tanks have weight relative to their contents
Feature - engine temperature rebalance so engines will overheat if run at full throttle for too long

Fix - rebalanced underwater propellers to consume more power
Fix - electric motors reversing
Fix - underwater propeller no longer makes particles when above water
Fix - electric generator pulls less power at low rps
Fix - additive surfaces in editor
Fix - docking doors now allow water through
Fix - resolved crash involving handles
Fix - rebalanced electric consumption / production
Fix - fluid nozzle in advanced mode
Fix - fluid hose in advanced mode
Fix - clutch no longer drains a lot of electric
Fix - fluids spawn in tanks and compartments when spawned from mission
Fix - modified scaling of pump force
Fix - suspension now passes power through
Fix - rotors now turn faster in normal mode
Fix - inventory boxes now have buoyancy surfaces
Fix - resolved reversing gear with gear box
Fix - resolved issue with power components that are not attached to anything
Fix - flooding buoyancy pipes issue

Dear Stormworkers,

This week's minor update brings a load of fixes and improvements in the wake of Wednesday's major update, but we have a couple of components for you as well!

We've had a lot of great feedback from you all about the new advanced vehicle mechanics and have been working hard to balance the new systems and resolve the bugs that you've found. We'll be continuing to balance the fuel, electrical and engine components, as well as expand the new survival mode in future patches.

This patch also brings two components that we've already received innumerable requests for since the major update - the clutch and gearbox. These are advanced mode components that will give you the ability to disengage your engines from their attached rotors, as well as put propellers into reverse without stalling. You will also find an working example engine in the presets tab in the vehicle editor if you're having trouble getting started with all the new components.

The full changelog for the last few patches is down below.

As always, if you have any suggestions for new features you'd like to see in a future update, leave a card on the Stormworks Issue Tracker (accessible from the main menu and pause menu in-game) so that the community can discuss and vote on your idea!

Have a great weekend <3

The Stormworks Developers

v0.4.2-13

Feature - Added clutch component
Feature - Added gearbox component
Feature - Added example engine to the advanced vehicle presets tab

Fix - Example helicopter fixed (engines don't overheat quite so easily)
Fix - Starter components added for career with advanced vehicles
Fix - Fixed fluid intake component
Fix - Fixed leaking pipe blocks
Fix - Buzzer audio works correctly
Fix - Inventory components show their stored outfit when vehicle first spawns
Fix - Fuel tanks spawn with diesel by default
Fix - Fixed issues with water cannon and wheels
Fix - Increased engine pump strength for air/fuel/exhaust
Fix - Connecting logic links no longer erases links of other types on the same voxel
Fix - Scuba mask no longer shows when in map and missions screens
Fix - Fixed special equipped outfit showing in the charater editor
Fix - Fixed special outfit not being visible after exiting the character editor
Fix - Checking if player is inside sealed volume is now more consistent with what the player is seeing
Fix - Player should no longer start losing oxygen when going from above to below water in a submersible
Fix - Improved quality of advanced vehicle thumbnail background
Fix - Doors and robotics no longer make noises when their electricity is drained
Fix - Pipes are now paintable
Fix - Renamed "transmission" components to "pipe" components to avoid confusion
Fix - Added more component categories and moved new components out of the blocks category
Fix - Coolant pressure on engines increased
Fix - Fixed rudders not working properly
Fix - Some improvements to desync of new components in multiplayer
Fix - Fixed fans not working in advanced mode
Fix - Underwater propellers no longer spawn with self-destructive physics
Fix - Balance changes to force emitting components
Fix - Fixed infinite load time when pipes are placed in a loop
Fix - Fixed heavy rotor not working in advanced mode
Fix - Fixed pumps in advanced mode
Fix - Fixed toggling controller input not working
Fix - Fixed wrong logic node tooltip showing when hovering pipe connection if multiple logic nodes were behind the connection
Fix - Hovered pipe connection tooltip shows regardless of which component is currently selected
Fix - Fixed fluid input on hose not working in advanced mode
Fix - Fixed some audio volumes not being set to the saved values until the pause menu was opened
Fix - Added purchase sign to starter base so it can be bought in career if using a different starting island
Fix - Various other rebalances to the new advanced vehicle systems

Dear Stormworkers,

The survival update is here! This major update brings a whole host of new gameplay options with tons of exciting features, including the hotly anticipated vehicle destruction and fuel.

Feature - Damage


You will now be able to toggle the ability for players to take damage. This will come from a variety of sources including: falling, fire, water pressure and more. You will now have to take extra care when this option is turned on.

Vehicles will now have a multitude ways of becoming damaged. This will result in a real impact on players’ progress. Components can break and will not function correctly, vehicles can leak, rotors break off with impact and engines can overheat and be destroyed.

Feature - Advanced Mechanics


Engines now consume fuel and air and produce exhaust fumes. A new electrics system requires power to operate equipment. Engines can overheat, stall, vehicles can run out of fuel or electrical charge.

Feature - Sharks

You are no longer alone in the water. Sharks will stalk, intimidate and attack characters in the water.

Feature - Tsunamis


100m tall walls of water can now be caused by localized seismic events.

For a full list of features in this patch, see the changelog below.

Thank you to all of our wonderful community who have shared the feedback and creations and made this update possible.

Much love <3

The Stormworks Developers

v0.4.1 (Major Update 3 - Survival and Advanced Vehicles)

Survival Features

Feature - Player/NPC health system:

• Health bar
  
• Oxygen meter
  
• Fall damage
  
• Fire damage
  
• Cold debuff that affects movement in water
  
• Wet debuff that affects movement on land
  
• Pressure damage at low depths
  
• Impact damage when crushed by vehicles
  
• Rotor blades hurt

Feature - Mission objectives involving NPCs can be failed if the NPCs die
Feature - Using beds gradually restores health
Feature - Ragdoll physics for characters that have died
Feature - Sharks (sharks will roam the ocean, will stalk and attack characters and drag them underwater)
Feature - Sharks can be placed and used in missions similarly to characters
Feature - 4 new vehicle components for equipping special outfits:

• Scuba Outfit (increases oxygen and maximum depth before pressure damage begins)
  
• Deap Sea Diving Outfit (increases oxygen and maximum depth before pressure damage begins)
  
• Firefighting Outfit (absorbs ~95% of damage dealt by fires)

Feature - "New Game" screen reworked to allow full customisation of game mode and difficulty (mix survival and creative, disable certain difficulty settings, change which island you spawn on etc.)
Feature - Additional new game settings for hardcore modes (view locked to first person, no manual saving)
Feature - Tsunamis can now be spawned from the creative menu (tsunami will build up close to the player who spawned it and will last a few minutes)
Feature - Added mission trigger for spawning tsunami at a zone
Feature - New particle and sound effects for player damage

Advanced Vehicle Features

Feature - New advanced vehicle mechanics:

• Fuel requirement for engines
  
• Electrical requirement for many existing components
  
• New engine behaviour in advaned mode (they will stall if going too slowly, require an air flow to prevent overheating, require a connected exhaust output)
  
• Pipes used to transfer power and fluid instead of logic links

Feature - 23 new vehicle components for use with the advanced vehicle mechanics:

• 3 sizes of battery (provide electricity to components that require it and will store electricity produced by a generator)
  
• 3 sizes of generator (converts torque into electricity)
  
• 3 sizes of electric motor (a new type of engine that consumes large amounts of electricity instead of fuel)
  
• Electric circuit breaker (interactable switch for controlling flow of electricity between two systems)
  
• Electric relay (controls flow of electricity between two systems using on/off logic)
  
• Fluid exhaust (expells exhaust from an engine)
  
• Fluid filter (allows fluid of a specific type to pass through)
  
• Fluid heat sink (cools fluid that is passed through it)
  
• Fluid radiator (cools fluid that is passed through it)
  
• Fluid spawner (fills an enclosed area with a selected fluid type when you first spawn your vehicle for making custom fuel tanks)
  
• Transmission pipes (angle, straight, T-piece, enclosed angle, enclosed straight, enclosed T-piece)
  
• Electric cable (small electric winch)

Feature - Vehicles can be damaged by high impact collision
Feature - Damaged vehicle components will behave differently (logic components can fail, lights will blink etc.)
Feature - Rotor blades have physics and will break off if hit too hard (no physics on rotor blades when damage is disabled)
Feature - New particle and sound effects for vehicle impacts
Feature - New particle effects for vehicle exhaust and tyre smoke
Feature - Vehicle editor logic mode shows data, power, fluid and electrical nodes separately

Dear Stormworkers,

The wait is almost over.

Major Update #3, the Survival Update, is releasing on Wednesday 26th September at 1800 UTC.

The survival update introduces a host of consequences to the game, and introduces many thrilling aspects to the gameplay. All the new survival features can be turned on and off in the new game settings screen. The headlines are vehicle and player damage, sharks, tsunamis, equippable outfits, and fuel system.

The full change log is huge and will be released with the update on Wednesday.

Thank you to all of our wonderful community who have shared the feedback and creations and made this update possible.

Much love <3

The Stormworks Developers

Dear Stormworkers,

Today's minor update includes 2 more community requested components!

Double-sided versions of the Push Button and Push-To-Toggle Buttons have been added so you can now simplify doorways that previously required a button to be wired up on each side.

We've also added a new Fluid Nozzle component. This works similarly to the Fluid Cannon, but is more compact, making it easier to build custom firefighting equipment. It also has a number input for controlling the spread of the water spray, from a wide mist to a narrow stream.

The full changelog for this patch is available below.

We're currently putting some of the finishing touches on Major Update 3. This will be our biggest update yet, introducing multiple game-changing mechanics that have been highly requested within the community. We're excited to announce that a full list of the new features will be revealed on Monday 24th September!

Much love <3

The Stormworks Developers


Patch Notes

v0.3.13

Feature - Added 2-sided Push-To-Toggle and Push Button components for placing in walls
Feature - Added Fluid Nozzle component (sprays water with a controllable spread)
Feature - Character creator defaults to the character you last created

Fix - Fixed vehicles that have been offset using the move tool not spawning in the correct place
Fix - Reduced the chance that random characters in the character editor will be wearing masks

Today marks 1 year since the first public alpha opened up for Stormworks. A big thanks to everyone in the community who has supported us and the game over the past year. We can't wait to see what the next one brings!