Update v0.91.00

Welcome to the Kickstarter Beta Access Update!

As we launch our Kickstarter beta access, we're excited to present a major update filled with new features, improvements, and lots more!

Update highlights:

• Overhauled Oxygen Management: Experience our reimagined oxygen system where electrolysis factories fill rooms with oxygen, and oxygen tanks take on the role of collection and dispensing, making oxygen dispensers a thing of the past.

• Voice-Activated Ledger: Our deal-pushing character is now fully voice-acted. While he insists on his contracts, he also provides helpful tutorials for navigating the market interfaces.

• Research Roadblock: Now you actually have to do the research for every module upgrade. Sorry, no free rides.

• Fuel Plant Comes Alive: The fuel plant now boasts a lively new animation.

• New Language Options: Now offering translations in Chinese, Spanish, Polish, Portuguese, and French.

• Speed Boost: Introduced a 5th level of conveyor speed, now faster than ever, even without new models.

Update 0.91.00

Bug Fixes:

Gameplay

• Cancelling a contract now makes capsules release resources mid-collection and only then fly away.

• Research notifications are now reliably playing as they should.

• Free camera mode will now hide notifications on modules for a cleaner view.

• Variable connection points on modules no longer vanish after loading.

• No more infinite module selector growth through notification clicks.

• Enhanced LODs for the modular terminal factory for a smoother visual experience.

• Conveyor lift holograms now dismantle correctly.

• Ensured the contracts button on the landing platform UI pauses the game like other menu buttons.

• Fixed the research points calculation to ensure consistent fill-up.

• Research is essential for every level of module upgrades.

• Restricted copying of certain large modules to enforce a one-instance rule.

• Landing platforms can now be dismantled, providing more flexibility in your builds.

• Resolved the issue causing research updates to be delayed due to speed changes.

Interface

• Prices in the conveyor interface have been corrected.

• Improved clickability of the delete button in the mining designation panel.

• The UI now reflects the precise time until the hydroponic farm cycle finishes.

• The UI now correctly shows the production progress for vehicle assembly modules.

• Improved visuals for production in the ice extractor UI.

• Adjusted the layout and fonts of the settings window.

• Adjusted the layout of the research interface.

• Fixed the issue with opening the contract interface through POI.

• Updated conveyor UI icons to align with their new appearance.

New Features:

Systems

• The oxygen system get a thorough makeover.

• Introduced CPU mode, which limits the maximum number of modules. Expand this limit with new CPU unit and Large CPU unit modules.

• Personal oxygen levels are now displayed in the colonist interface.

• Added an oxygen percentage tooltip for rooms when hovering in oxygen mode.

• The fuel plant now comes to life with a new animation.

Interface Updates

• Added a button to access the research interface directly from completed research notifications.

• Added production time details to module tooltips.

• Tooltips for modules now highlight their water requirements.

• Clicking on a colonist in UI now snaps the camera to their location.

• The wall building panel tooltips now include construction cost details.

• The ledger is now fully voice-acted.

• Introduced 5 new language translations

Balances and Adjustments:

Contracts and Research

• Adjusted contract generator to delay high-level organizations from appearing early.

• Reduced the appearance of energy cells in the early stages.

• Balanced science points for specific research projects.

• Modified costs and capacities for all landing capsules.

• Added new simple difficulty urgent contracts.

• Made various contract adjustments.

• Balanced research costs by adding engineering points to fundamental and social tabs.

• Rebalanced research points: reduced fundamental points, added engineering points.

• Added research for a full credit refund after removing conveyors.

• Introduced research to increase truck speed.

• Added research to reduce organic growth time in farms.

• The research map has been restructured.

• Reduced the research cost for digging speed, robot speed, and battery capacity.

• Added several new other research projects.

Resources and Production

• Increased energy consumption for medium and high-tier modules.

• Boosted the number of titanium plates in starting resource packs.

• Increased the cost of large batteries by 1 aluminum.

• Smelter cost now includes 1 additional titanium plate (experimental).

• Adjusted slag conveyor output in the multi-refinery by 1 cell.

Gameplay

• Robots are now zippier with a boost to their base speed.

• Enhanced the first research bonus for robot speed.

• Adjusted tooltips for selecting difficulty in sandbox mode and the number of drones provided.

• Extended the broker quest in sandbox mode with additional quests.

• Temporarily disabled sound for low energy notifications.

• Reduced the base cost of robots on the market.

• Unified silicon input across different assembler recipes.

• Adjusted colonist balance: increased oxygen tank capacity, faster food consumption, reduced comfort drop, and modified health and mental state impact on productivity.

• Dismantling conveyors now returns more money by default (from 0.7 to 0.85).

• Amount of Rare Minerals dropped from walls increased (random from 1 to 3).

• Added small and medium food tables to the sandbox research map.

• Constructors no longer require colonists for production; colonists now only increase efficiency.

• Tripled the productivity multiplier for colonists based on their skill profession.

• Balanced the melting furnace.

• Hydroponic farms now require a small amount of slag for organic growth.

• A 5th level of conveyor speed has been introduced for even faster transport.

• Redistributed conveyor speed levels to 60, 150, 300, 450, 600.

• Increased extraction volume per cycle for MDR.

• Balanced difficulty and rewards relative to organization reputation.

• Added contracts with a large volume of resources.

• Introduced urgent contracts with a large volume of resources.

• Increased the chance of contracts for moon deliveries.

• Added new indefinite contracts.