Dear Stormworkers,

This week we are adding a set of new parts - turret ring bearings! These are velocity pivots with a hole through the middle. The holes in the bearings are considered doors (for the purposes of compartments and flooding) and are connected to each other - so you can now have a rotating coupling where moving parts can remain water-tight.

The turret rings come in small, medium and large sizes.

We have a host of other changes in this update that will be important to a lot of players. These changes include reworking cannons so their shells have a much longer life and more appropriate physical behaviour, allowing for high trajectory firing.

We are also doing another Questions and Answers video soon. In these videos we go through player-submitted questions and answer as many as we can! Submit your question here! Please submit just one clear and concise question.



There is big list of other changes including important fixes and improvements. Please see the list below for the full details.

It has been another exciting week with new and incredible user-creations showing up on the workshop! We are blown away with these player designs and how quickly players have got to grips with the new parts and their creative applications.



We have loads more updates and improvements planned and are actively using the new issue tracker to communicate and deliver these changes. We are also planning on doing another poll soon to get general feedback on the future direction of updates. We are also planning several dedicated bug-fix updates in the weeks and months to come.

Much love <3,

The Stormworks Developers



Patch Notes

v1.3.6

Feature - 3 New Turret Rings
Rotating pivots with a large central hole; designed for tanks and other turrets.

Rework - Increase cannon and rocket projectile life significantly
Balance - Refreshed projectile physics for better indirect firing
Balance - Wind now affects large projectiles less than small projectiles

Fix - Animals HP always clamped to 100 when syncing, sharks now have 500, megalodons now have 5500
Fix - Repaired batteries capacity is now restored
Fix - Added missing description for warhead body (small)
Fix - Mass of EMP warhead
Fix - Value of small / medium warhead
Fix - Only despawn vehicles from explosions when vehicle damage is enabled
Fix - Re-Added radar effective range preview after fixing associated crashes
Fix - Radar descriptions still mentioning radians
Fix - Warheads now use the correct explosion sizes
Fix - Infinite ammo glitch when activating two autocannons simultaneously on a single ammo drum
Fix - Host lock not deactivating dlc custom menu buttons
Fix - Phalanx radar editor arrow height
Fix - CTD on game exit caused by Magalls
Fix - Water plane causing swimming inside a dry but sealed compartment
Fix - Ammo belt junctions now work correctly when pushing ammo
Fix - Weapons addon flating fires - fire dynamic objects are now teleported with their parent vehicle
Fix - Missing documentation for new items
Fix - Missile radar detection angle output
Fix - Batteries now output zero charge when damaged
Fix - Increased node search radius for internal pathfinding to prevent pathing issues near sawyer island
Fix - Crash when teleporting/despawning vehicles with C4 attached

Dear Stormworkers,

What an incredibly exciting week so far! We are absolutely blown away by the awesome player creations being shared in the #vehicle-showcase on the Discord and in the Steam workshop! It is amazing to see players having fun with the new parts!

The Search & Destroy weapons DLC has been overwhelmingly successful, with thousands of players purchasing within minutes of launch, immediately entering the global top sellers chart on Steam, thousands attending the live stream launch party, and a new record for concurrent players in game!



We have been working hard to resolve any new issues with this update, and have been releasing daily patches as we make improvements. See below for the full patch notes.

For players who are struggling to get weapons to fire, the answer is to start a new game - weapons are not turned on in saves created before the update!



Our focus has moved on from this update to quality issues and bug fixes, but we have been reading all your feedback and are considering many of the requests for new weapons ideas.

Our update schedule continues. Expect hot fixes to continue next week, and Friday updates alternating between feature updates one week, and bug fix focused updates the next.



We look forward to reading more feedback, playing with your workshop creations, and maybe even joining players for a little multiplayer! Let us know your thoughts in the comments!

Much love <3,

The Stormworks Developers



Patch Notes

v1.3.1

Fix - random crash while holding C4 handheld equipment
Fix - C4 placement preview not appearing on surfaces very close to the player
Fix - modular engine components not outputting RPS logic value

v1.3.2

Fix - compsite outputs for laser point sensors, some other logic parts, etc

v1.3.3

Fix - wind particle rendering issue causing white flickering, particularly for MacOS users
Fix - remove impact sfx and screenshake from secondary frag projectiles to reduce audio cutoffs
Fix - resolved CTD when merging bodies

v1.3.4

Feature - added blood effect options (full, reduced, off)
Rework - radars no longer consume electric when off, rescaled electric consumption based on size
Rework - added blue editor arrows to radars
Rework - added trigger binding to controller options
Rework - weapons ai addon characters can now be killed
Rework - added fire to weapons ai addon killed units
Rework - updated radar descriptions to use turns unit
Fix - weapon drum mesh and small warhead meshes now correctly aligned
Fix - fixed crash related to radar properties menu
Fix - fixed crash when returning vehicle to workbench from the map
Fix - fixed issue where AI ships would not path correctly after loading game
Fix - fixed radars rendering with pitch angle
Fix - fixed missile radar detection orientation
Fix - changed some audio changes back to attempt fix for new macos audio issue
Fix - undeprecated sonars
Fix - fix crash related to loading in objects
Fix - fix softlock when detonating lots of C4
Fix - corrected addon documentation example for getPlayerName and getAITarget
Fix - AI ships now only spawn in ocean rather than occasionally on land
Fix - added correct surfaces to bottom of radar parts

Dear Stormworkers,

The Search & Destroy Weapons DLC is out now!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1542360

In Stormworks: Search & Destroy, you can equip yourself with pistols, rifles, grenades, C4 and spear guns, build modular vehicle weapons including mini-guns, cannons, bombs and guided missiles, then battle enemy AI navy and air force across the world of Stormworks. Jump onto multiplayer and test your war machines with your friends!

This new DLC has been in development for a very long time. Thank you to the many players who have given us their feedback and called for this update, it has been great fun to build and really rewarding for us.

There is a huge list of features and changes, so be sure to check the change log below.

You can get this new DLC on the Stormworks: Search & Destroy store page.

Many of you have been making military vehicles for a long time. We are so excited to see these vehicles now begin to function as such, as well as all your new creations and interesting weapon systems!

If you are not getting the DLC - not to worry - all the parts are added into the base game as cosmetic items, so workshop items will still be cross-compatible!

Much love <3,

The Stormworks Developers





v1.3.0

Feature - [DLC] Modular Vehicle Weapons
Feature - [DLC] Handheld Weapons
Feature - [DLC] Conquest Mode Addon
Feature - New Handle Seat
Feature - Multiplayer Optimization Pass and Networking Layer Fixes
Feature - Logic/Render Thread Optimization Pass
Feature - Addon editor Generic Graph Nodes and Links
Feature - Advanced AI Pathing using Addon Nodes and Links
Feature - Screen Shake Improvements and Settings

[DLC] Features:
Explosive and EMP Warhead Blocks
Modular Machine Guns, Cannons and Autocannons
Rocket Launchers
Modular Ammo Feeding System, Handheld Ammo Boxes and Shells
Handheld Equipment Hand Grenade and C4
Handheld Equipment SMG, Rifle, Pistol and Speargun

Ammunition Payloads:
Kinetic - Basic direct impact damage, Cheaper than other ammo types
High Explosive - Large splash radius around the impact
Fragmentation - Small splash radius, Spawns secondary projectiles
Armor Piercing - Less base damage, Penetrates through vehicle blocks based on velocity
Incendiary - Less base damage, chance to start fires on vehicle blocks

Rework - Hitbox reworks and headshots
Rework - Radars now output and input using turns instead of radians/degrees
Rework - Improved soundscape and audio filtering
Rework - Players now take damage while incapacitated, shortening the window in which they can be revived
Rework - Reloading handheld equipment with secondary fire applies to - flareguns, spearguns, pistol, smg, rifle
Balance - Radar max ranges increased 10x

Fix - Damaged rope anchors no longer continue to transfer data/electric
Fix - Increased follower tether range in MP to compensate for server side inconsistencies
Fix - Vehicle save thumbnails being very zoomed in
Fix - Jet engines no longer flood when vehicle damage is disabled
Fix - Jet engines no longer overheat when engine overheating is disabled
Fix - Infinite spawning issue in multiplayer
Fix - onVehicleUnload not being called for vehicles that are force despawned by the game
Fix - Vehicles occasionally loading outside of load range; becoming stuck
Fix - Removed 4 non-functional tiles from the addon editor
Fix - Radars missing from research group
Fix - Radar rendering issues
Fix - Greatly reduce radar random noise
Fix - Missing buoyancy surfaces on radars
Fix - Missing Pitch Angle slider on radars
Fix - MP health/incapacitated desync after respawning

The train track tiles have now been included in the Addon Editor.

Addons:

- Documentation has been refactored into several new tabs for easier browsing.

- Addon zones now have a direction indicator
- Added the trainline tileset to the available tiles.
- Improved the speed of object lookup functions.
- PathFindOcean now uses custom paths definde with the "ocean_path" tag, and a default paths playlist has been added.

- Added setAITargetVehicle(vehicle_id)
- Added setAITargetCharacter(object_id)
- Added ISLAND = getStartIsland() (ISLAND = {name, x, y, z})
- Added is_local = server.getVehicleLocal(vehicle_id)
getVehicleLocal is now used in the default scripts as protection while a vehicle is loading

- New AI Plane Pilot mode 2 - Gun Run
- New AI Heli Pilot mode 3 - Gun Run
- New Gunner AI Type - Aims and shoots at the target char/vehicle, accounting for drop/range of a linked weapon.
- New Designator AI Type - Aims a camera at the target char/vehicle, pulling the Trigger when locked on.
(Weapons/Cameras can be linked to a seat by naming them identically)

- Added several new icons to addMapObject.
- All map object icons now render their radius if the value is > 1.
- addMapObject and addMapLine now have optional rgba parameters.

- The new Weapons DLC gamemode script contains a guide to adding your own vehicles for the AI to command

Dear Stormworkers,

This week we have reworked radar to be able to detect vehicles that are outside of load range, be simpler to use, and have more realistic limitations.

The new radar parts come in 5 sizes: the smallest is just a single voxel, there are 2 medium vehicle sized units, the radar dish and the AWACS style units. The larger units are more powerful with greater ranges.



The new radar is much easier to use and produces a simple composite signal with the most recently detected contacts. The first 8 on/off channels show if a target is detected, while the number channels tell you the range, pivot and pitch angles, and time since detection for the contact.

You can set the pivot and pitch field of views to set your detection arcs, as well as your sweep mode (static, clockwise and anti-clockwise rotation, and wiper modes). You can also pitch your detector up and down.



Increasing the field of view of your radar does reduce the effective range , while narrow fields give the best range.

The most important aspect of the new radar parts is the ability to track vehicles that are outside of load range. This is vital for fighting the enemy AI air and navy (in the upcoming weapons expansion), where radar gives the player the essential ability to gather intelligence, avoid the enemy force, or engage from range.



We are really excited to hear what you think!

See you soon for the Weapons DLC launch stream on Tuesday!

Much love <3,

The Stormworks Developers



Patch Notes

v1.2.29

Feature - Added 5 new advanced radars
Fix - Seats remove reliance on logic node label string checking to fix logic nodes breaking when using language packs
Fix - Seat fix trigger description using equipment keybind instead of trigger keybind
Fix - Seat descriptions not specifying the composite output channels for look x & look y

Dear Stormworkers,

Join the developers 1 hour before launch of the new Weapons DLC for the launch party on a Steam live stream!

We will be on live stream, answering questions, chatting about Stormworks, shooting guns and blowing stuff up.

We have been working on weapons for years so this will be a huge moment for us. We look forward to sharing it with you all. Click to set reminder and join us for the party!

Click 'Set a reminder' on the right and see you soon!

Much love <3,

The Stormworks Developers

Dear Stormworkers,

In this minor update, we add mouse look direction output logic nodes to seats!

All seats now have 2 new logic nodes - look dir X and look dir Y. The values that are outputted relate to which direction you are facing. This direction is relative to the seat. This means that moving your mouse doesn't just change your view direction - it is also outputting your mouse input as logic data!



What is this Useful For?

This means you can use look direction input for controlling anything that takes numbers. This includes flight controls and turrets.

We have been mostly using these new nodes for controlling robotic weapons turrets in the new weapons DLC, but the applications are much further reaching and we are really excited to see what players use these new nodes for.

As always, this minor update comes with some hot fixes and improvements. Please see the change log below for details.



We are continuing work on the new Search and Destroy expansion and are really excited for the launch in just a couple of weeks time. More news next week!

Much love <3,

The Stormworks Developers



Patch Notes

v1.2.27-28

Feature - New Look-Direction output logic nodes for seats
Feature - New Trigger seat output node and keybind

Fix - Wind turbine elevator clipping with the floor and breaking
Fix - HTTP requests now use 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost to support WINE/Proton users
Fix - Small spelling issue in the tutorial

Lua API:

server.setVehicleSeat(vehicle_id, seat_name, axis_w, axis_d, axis_up, axis_right, button1, button2, button3, button4, button5, button6, **trigger**)

Dear Stormworkers,

Stormworks: Search and Destroy is the weapons expansion pack for Stormworks. It will release on Tuesday 5th October 2021 at 4PM UTC. The wait is almost over!

Wishlist the DLC by clicking the button below:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1542360/Stormworks_Search_and_Destroy/

This expansion includes new and fully functioning modular vehicle weapons, hand-held items and mission content.

This expansion pack is required for functioning weapons and explosives in Stormworks.

Watch the trailer below:



Vehicle Weapons

The new modular weapons include several different calibres of cannon, as well as miniguns and machine guns. The weapons are broken down into receiver, barrel, ammo belt and ammo drum modules. Get ready to build your own turrets, ammo handling systems, targeting systems, and integrate into your existing creations!

The new warheads come in several sizes and forms, and are designed for use creating missiles, rockets, torpedoes, self destruct systems, or whatever else you want to see blow up.

Handheld Items

The new handheld items include the pistol, submachine gun, assault rifle, ammunition clips, as well as grenades, c4, and the handheld detonator.

Conquest

The new weapons mission game mode introduces conquest gameplay as you battle an enemy air force and navy for territorial control of several key objectives across the world of Stormworks. The enemy will stage and execute assaults on objectives, defend, reinforce and fortify their own held territory, patrol the ocean, and hunt the player.

The new gameplay content is created within the add-on modding system and includes lots of new functionality that is now available to modders.

The price of the weapons DLC will be $9.99.

We can't wait to share this new update! Thank you to everyone who have pushed to make this happen and thank you to everyone who wishlists!

Much love <3,

The Stormworks Developers

Dear Stormworkers,

This weeks minor update is a quality improvement focused update, and today we launch the new Stormworks issue tracker.

The new issue tracker replaces the old issue tracker that came up short in many ways - the new tracker is faster, more responsive, more scalable, uses https, styled for dark mode, and has many features under the hood to help us to keep track and organize our work to address the issues.



This new tool is essential for us to keep track of all the issues and requests for Stormworks - with hundreds of thousands of players, there are many viewpoints on the future of Stormworks, what the most important issues are, and what is and isn't a bug. We expect this tool to be hugely useful in managing our workload, communicating with players, providing technical support, and organizing the tens of thousands of player requests we receive.

To post on the issue tracker, use the in-game "Report Bug / Feature" button to be taken directly to the tracker. Right now, you can only log in through the game but we plan to change this in the future so you can log in through the browser.



Please consider that while Stormworks has been out for almost 4 years, we are still thinking about how we can further improve the bug fixing workflow and improve our communication with players. We remain committed to improving Stormworks and are thinking about the long term as well as the short term.

We are also releasing a bug fix patch, please see below for the full patch notes.

We look forward to reading your feedback and using the new tracker to deliver the best updates we can in coming weeks and years!

Much love <3,

The Stormworks Developers



Patch Notes

v1.2.25-26

Feature - New Bug Tracker!

Rework - Reverted the recent change to MP packet processing, in favor of the most responsive/performative version based on a stable connection.

Fix - GetVehicleButton returning a number instead of bool
Fix - Several minor crash fixes

Addon Lua:

Added fluid_type to getTank data
Added onObjectLoad(object_id) callback
Added onObjectUnload(object_id) callback

Dear Stormworkers,

In the coming weeks, expect the launch of the Weapons DLC store page, including the announcement of a release date. We also have some minor updates planned that pave the way for Weapons DLC, providing much needed functionality that isn't specifically a weapon and can also form part of the main game.

We are currently working on the store page, the weapons components, some weapons first person items, and the AI enemy air and sea force game mode. We are really excited for the weapons update, and we still want to add more to this update. The wait is coming to an end and thank you for everyone's patience.



We have some changes planned for seats to make it easier to aim vehicle mounted weapons, some changes to radar to make them more effective for detecting distant not-yet-loaded-in vehicles , more analogue radar signals, add-on settings, and several others.

We are also planning to do more community engagement and are planning to start doing Steam live-streams of Stormworks where we can chat directly with players and answer your questions. Keep an eye out here for scheduled streams!



This is all going on while we continue to work on a series of other minor and major updates that we will announce when they are more developed. Our preference throughout the development of Stormworks has been only to talk about new features as we complete them to avoid disappointment.

Much love <3,

The Stormworks Developers

Dear Stormworkers,

This week we are adding the hopsital ship to Stormworks! This ship is an AI operated floating medical facility to which you can deliver casualties. You can find the new ship underway across the world of Stormworks in a similar way to the new refueler - this AI operated ship will roam freely conducting it's own patrol.

This hospital extends the existing missions system - you can deliver casualties to the hospital ship like any other hospital. You must consider weather and sea conditions when delivering casualties - while the ship is underway, it can be challenging to land on the helipad or moor to the ship.



To create this update, we have refined the mission zone parenting system and lua API to allow better parenting of zones to vehicles. This means missions can now use zones attached to vehicles for any task such as delivering containers or cargo or persons. This is a really useful update for our mission plans as we extend what happens in career missions.



As well as the hospital ship, we have continued to look at player reported bugs and issues. Please see the full change log for details on this updates fixes and improvements.

Much love <3,

The Stormworks Developers



Patch Notes

v1.2.21

Feature - Hospital Boat AI Vehicle

Rework - Addon Zone parenting now uses the relative transform from the editor, zones in the world should now be correctly aligned with their parent
Rework - isInTransformArea now uses oriented bounds to perform checks (previously using axis aligned bounds)
Fix - Addon zones now despawn after returning a mission test to the editor
Fix - Missing small triangles in the creative island floor (wheel raycasts failing in hangar and toward the runway)
Fix - Ladders now apply a stronger exit force and attempt to push characters over the top