HOTFIX SEPTEMBER 1ST | v 0.5.1723

Howdy y’all! Fall is here, the leaves are dropping, and so is a new patch! We’ve made a lot of tweaks and improvements based on your feedback over the summer. We appreciate the bug reports and comments, so keep ‘em coming.

Highlights

• Fixed memory leak that could cause crashes in longer play sessions, especially on Xbox Series platforms

• Massively optimized Drone performance, especially for large farms with large amounts of drones

• Fuel scaling is now linear, greatly reducing fuel drain at higher Mech Power levels

• Reduced the fuel cost of walking and running

• Loadouts are now fully separated from one another 

• Mech appearance is now connected to loadouts

Full Patch Notes

Bug fixes

• Fixed memory leak that could cause crashes in longer play sessions, especially on Xbox Series platforms

• Massively optimized Drone performance, especially for large farms with large amounts of drones

• Fixed issue where the auto-save feature could in rare cases attempt to save the game every frame, causing all the saves to fail

• Fixed damage scaling settings needing to be reset to take effect every time a client joined a session

• Fixed issue where fences would not auto-complete building even when you had the resources

• Fixed issue where relocating fences would not remove the original fence position until building something else

• Fixed bug where refunding a Mod Chip could unequip an equipped Mod Chip of the same name

• Fixed issue where old renamed achievements would still retain their saved data, and could therefore repeatedly attempt (and fail) to unlock

• Fixed issue where the Eco-Warrior achievement would fail to progress after first restoration

• Fixed water being able to enter storage containers, occupying space while being invisible to the player

• Fixed issue where the feedback report menu could accumulate memory usage

• The damage material on the Woodwork mech set is now masked properly

• Removed visible seams from some metal and concrete modular building pieces

• Fixed minor issue where a Day Transition would cause the game to save twice

• Fixed the mech parts crafting menu showing an incorrect amount of owned parts

• Fixed "Switch to Legacy" button in Main Menu always switching to the legacy branch

• Pulled up rocks in Hexagon Valley that were under the terrain in various places

• Fixed markers being slightly misaligned on the map compared to their actual location in the world

  • This means any markers placed out before this update may shift slightly

• Fixed various crashes

Changes

• Fuel scaling is now linear, greatly reducing fuel drain at higher Mech Power levels

• Reduced the fuel cost of walking and running

• Loadouts are now fully separated from one another 

• Mech appearance is now connected to loadouts

• Empty mounds will now dry up after one night instead of three

• Shooting a floater with the Seed Shooter will now cause it to detonate

• Floaters no longer block Farm Centers from upgrading radius

• Changed the resource requirement and Mech Power rewards for mutated plant and animal resource deliveries

• Reworked how we render objects in the distance, allowing visibility for objects much further away

• Changed the order of constructs in the build menu to be more intuitive

• Increased the base speed of all tractor type transform modes by 40%

• Transform Mode Movement Speed Mod Chip changed into Tractor Mode Movement Speed. It has a stronger effect but can only be applied to Tractor Type Transform Modes

  • Any existing Movement Speed chips equipped on Trailblazer modules will be automatically unequipped

  • Will temporarily cause a mismatch between the text in some languages

• Slightly decreased the effectiveness of Thruster Boost and Thruster Strength Mod Chips

• All Tool Range and All Tool Speed Mod Chips can now be inserted into either Arms or Windshields (to increase build diversity)

• Increased the effectiveness of Armor Up and All Armor Up Mod Chips

• Increased the effectiveness of Tool Range Mod Chips

• Slightly increased the effectiveness of Transform Mode Active Speed Mod Chips

• Reduced crafting cost of all Frames, higher tier Repair Kits, and Steel Parts

• Changed crafting cost of Sunglasses animal accessory to Clear Glass instead of Clear Lens

• The Seed Shooter will now immediately be usable again after firing at the last lock-on target, instead of having a cooldown of varying length afterwards

• The Seed Shooter crosshair bar will now only show when using lock-on, no longer briefly appearing with every free-aimed shot

• Added tumbleweeds to Hexagon Valley

• Added fishes and other small water creatures around Hexagon Valley

• Updated environment around a small lake in Frostpeak Ridge

• Replaced scraps of metal in the vault

• Replaced various alien ruin textures with rustier versions

• Updated the visual effect for filling the water tank by standing in water

• Updated icon to red to match the color of the red plantable bushes

• Changed the wording on some tutorial missions to be more clear

• Updated the name and descriptions of a number of constructs to be more accurate

  • Will temporarily cause a mismatch between the text in some languages

• Updated item descriptions of seeds and sprouts to indicate growth time

  • Will temporarily cause a mismatch between the text in some languages

• Re-added the Small Tent construct so players can sleep without having to build a house (sleeping in a tent will not grant coziness buffs)

  • Will temporarily cause a mismatch between the text in some languages

• The campfire can now be placed on other constructs

• Made buildable walls less glossy to improve interior lighting

• Reduced brightness for various light/lamp constructs

• Picking up Wheat no longer triggers the "build a Seed Extractor" tutorial mission

• All metal roof pieces are now gray by default

• Made the large river in the middle of the map wider & tweaked the river banks to accommodate that

• Relocated one of the water sluices

• Adjusted some rocks in hexagon valley to reduce some clipping with the landscape in some areas

• When the Exofarmer goes into deep water it now triggers Emergency Protocol and the Exofarmer takes some damage in the process

• Updated grass color in Hexagon Valley

• General performance improvements

Our current goal is to release 1-2 more content updates during 2025. More news on that in the future. Until then, keep harvesting!

//The FRAME BREAK TEAM