EARLY ACCESS UPDATE 02: OCEAN - THE FINAL FRONTIER

Ahoy Caretakers

Update 02: OCEAN - The Final Frontier is live now and free for all Early Access players.

This update adds a new way to travel, new quest locations to uncover and a lot of work under the hood to keep your voyage stable as the world expands.

HIGHLIGHTS

• NEW VEHICALE: CS‑17 Courier Skimmer: fast surface travel, petrol cylinder support, and mooring cable towing

• NEW QUESTS AND LOCATIONS: A new biome - Rocky Islands and The Maze (Transposium)

• easy to reach, easy to get lost in

• NEW EXPLORATION TOOLS: Sonar module to scan the ocean floor and newly available resources including ore

• BOAT CUSTOMIZATION: 37 full boat paint styles across four paint zones ! Combinations beyond counting, all scavenged in the world

• PERFORMANCE AND STABILITY: a major pass across core systems including physics, buoyancy, underwater visibility, UI and more

About Feedback - Humans: Keep it coming!

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• What you were doing

• What you expected vs what happened

• The steps to reproduce it, if you can

• Provide screenshots or video if possible

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One last thing... If you’re enjoying the direction of the game, a Steam review helps more than you think: it’s the clearest signal you can send. See you on the water.

FULL DETAILS** **SECTION FOR HUMANS

(If you’re AI you can exit)

If you just want the quick version, read the highlights above. If you want it all, here are the full details:

▶ Full patch notes: HERE

The Big Fixes

• Fixed issue where inventory transfers could fail and lose items

• Fixed Soilforge Prime not producing methane

• Fixed Seed Reserve being placed below rocky terrain and becoming inaccessible

• Fixed Basketballs / Bowling Balls / Bowling Pins providing no noticeable bonuses in Human Growth

• Fixed Field Binoculars zoom bug that could cause permanent zoom

• Fixed physics chains occasionally “exploding” when grids unload/reload

• Fixed old doors still being referenced in levels, which could cause crashes

• Fixed the Lazarus Pod causing seeds to disappear if grabbed during seed generation

Performance and Stability

• Major peformance optimizations across core systems, physics, buoyancy, UI and more

New Systems

• New resource: Ore (with metals of varying types)

• Mystery Phone: Who’s calling you?

Improved Gameplay

• Buttons can now be toggled by physical impacts

• Adjusted underwater glowstick colors to better match visuals

• Fixed glitchy movement when transitioning between two connected ladders

• Fixed mooring cables snapping too easily

• Fixed “Repair Diesel Engine” objective marker in “Vessel of Tomorrow” being placed too high

• Reduced cyclone sound volume

• Fixed basketball minigame not registering scored shots

• Tuned swarm behavior so it can’t affect the boat too aggressively

• Fixed items occasionally being lost when looted

• Fixed non-detachable attachments detaching when colliding with static geometry

• Fixed shooting modules / boat components causing them to detach when they shouldn’t

New Locations + Questlines

• The Maze (Transposium): New location + questline. Easy to reach, easy to get lost in.

• Rocky Islands: New biome style + new questline.

New Vehicle

• CS-17 Courier Skimmer (JetSki): A new way to move, with petrol cylinders and mooring cable support

Tools, Modules & Boat Improvements

• Sonar: New module to scan what lies beneath the waves

• Boat customization: 37 full paint styles across 4 paint zones (combinations are… a lot). All scavenged in the world.

• Build decorations: Use the Replica Scanner to scan decorations and build them later

UI, UX & Localization

• Fixed Cable Extender text being displayed without localization

• Fixed text on Fortiheld storage container appearing below the intended display area

• Fixed Lightning Rod description showing its name instead of its description

• Fixed pause menu navigation issues while driving the Donk-Lift 3200

And a mountain of additional fixes

• Fixed “Robot the Builder” achievement not unlocking

• Fixed cable glitches when dragging cables on the boat while on a ladder

• Fixed characters skimming along edges while falling

• Fixed a small area in First Whisper Cave air pocket being treated as underwater

• Fixed water textures appearing in the hidden shaft at Refuel Outpost Gamma

• Fixed an issue preventing crafting of certain grenades

• Fixed players sinking after jumping off Sanctuary Dock roof

• Fixed binocular zoom level characters displaying as question marks

• Fixed a crash that could occur after prolonged flamethrower use

• Fixed input loss when holding Pilot Boat while opening a menu

• Fixed hangar doors not persisting open/closed state correctly

• Fixed objects attached to the boat losing buoyancy

Thank you all for being part of our voyage! 

—Channel37