Update 0.99.14

Update 0.99.14

Added

• New research options: storage capacity upgrade, kitchen upgrade, drone mining efficiency upgrade, and organics growth acceleration.

• 10 new soundtracks (available to owners of The Crust Complete Soundtrack Pack).

• Notification added when a vein is depleted.

• Colonist professions are now displayed in route setup.

• When hovering over an outpost module, additional effects now include anomaly modifiers and the bonus from the number of Harvesters.

• Notification added when an outpost lacks resources or power.

• Notification added when the Cargo Dock is full.

• Contracts profit is now affected by CPU.

• Added visual highlighting during transport selection when assigning a route.

• Contracts preview now shows how many days the science point reward will cover.

• New outpost artwork.

• Added a check for the presence of a Diplomat for the “Locked In” quest.

• Harvesters movement sounds.

• Monthly report expanded with detailed income and expenditure information.

• Locked outpost module tooltips now show the required research.

• Added drone maintenance settings for the Expedition Center.

• Tooltips for points of interest now display the required colonist trait on hover.

• Regolith refinery at outposts now shows production per cycle.

• Living block tooltips now display food consumption and colonist capacity on hover.

• New upgrade for the Underground Conveyor, increasing its range by 10 tiles.

• Added a description for the Backer Monument.

• Added a tooltip showing fuel consumption when hovering over Fuel Generators at outposts.

• Added a progress bar for each type of science point when hovering over a research.

• Added indicators for resource shortages on generators that consume resources.

• Added a tooltip for late-game events in the custom sandbox settings.

• Added a tooltip showing the skill of a colonist currently on an expedition in the colonist assignment menu.

Fixed

• Removed unnecessary decimal digits in outpost displays.

• Fixed negative colonist bonus values on outposts.

• Fixed an issue where colonist needs affected the production bonus on outposts.

• Fixed display of negative resources when assigning a route.

• Fixed a bug where distributor filters would not reset.

• Fixed power distribution system: during daytime, if Solar Panels fully cover base consumption, resource-consuming power sources are no longer activated.

• Fixed Spanish localization.

• Tooltips for wall blueprints now correctly show only the remaining required resources.

• Fixed crash caused by directly connecting the outputs of two modules.

• Fixed conveyor delivery to the Assembler.

• Minor texture optimization on the Orbital Map.

• Fixed visual appearance of module panels.

• Fixed solar panels being in the wrong position after loading a save.

• Fixed incorrect display of Harvester modifiers.

• Fixed a bug that locked upgrades at outposts after upgrading a Helium-3 Extractor at one outpost.

• Fixed a bug that allowed sending a colonist on a second expedition while they were already on one.

• Fixed an issue where Alt+LMB did not work during conveyor construction.

• Right-clicking in conveyor mode now correctly exits the mode.

• Fixed a bug where ice dropped on the ground would fall through terrain.

• Fixed colonists disappearing from the expedition UI after reopening it.

• Fixed tooltip information for module upgrades at outposts.

• Fixed missing resource requirements in the Conveyor Elevator construction UI.

• Monthly report now correctly shows the previous month's data.

• Fixed a bug where pausing during the landing animation of purchased transport would cause it to disappear.

• Fixed FPS drop caused by overlapping credit-receiving sound effects.

• Fixed a bug where the Fuel Generator at an outpost stopped consuming fuel after save/load.

• Fixed a crash when connecting conveyors to the Launch Station.

• Fixed incorrect boundaries of the Technology Center.

• Fixed the animation of the Modular Terminals Factory.

• Fixed the selection indicator for a Regolith Extractor marked for demolition.

• Fixed the issue where pressing Esc did not properly close the Radio Station window.

• Fixed a bug where scrolling in any window changed the camera distance.

• Fixed an issue where colonists sent on an expedition that was canceled before they boarded the transport remained listed as on the expedition, preventing them from being assigned elsewhere.

• Corrected a typo in the track numbering.

Changed

• Visual improvements to the Transport Cannon UI.

• Visual adjustments to the Territory Probe launch planning screen.

• Visual adjustments to the gear icon in the outpost storage UI when no resource is selected.

• Updated recipes in the Manufacturer.

• The Canteen has been moved to a different category in the construction menu.

• Default SFX UI volume reduced from 60->55.

• Adjusted slag contrast to make it more visible on conveyors.

• Updated the carbon fiber model.

• Modified the shade of the underground conveyor to a different red.

Balance

• Slightly increased profit from selling drones.

• Reduced market volume of certain resources by 10–15%.

• Increased volatility of some resources by 5%.

• Reduced maximum ice quantity in veins by 12%.

• Balanced the Outpost Fuel Generator upgrade.

• Adjusted outpost rental costs based on number of outposts owned.

• Increased the cost curve for purchasing additional outposts.

• Increased Helium-3 extractor upgrade efficiency by 5–10%.

• Slightly increased the growth rate of science point prices in CRUST Solution as the base develops.

• Rebalanced scientist colonist efficiency scaling with skill level.

• Increased energy cell consumption time in the Thermonuclear Generator 100->120.

• Added concrete to starting resources in sandbox mode on higher difficulty levels.

• Reduced the cost of building a floor tile (1 steel + 1 concrete → 1 concrete), speeding up room construction by 40%.

• Increased the cost of building walls (1 steel + 1 concrete → 2 steel + 1 concrete).