Beta/0.1

The official patch notes are listed below. Any non-official notes are marked with "[NOTE:]".

0.1.32

September 9th, 2016

• Added a Pillow
• Added Small Pipe set
• Added Support Pillar and Support Pillar Stand.
• Added new dance category and sounds to all Totebot Heads.
• Fixed a bug with the Weld Tool that made it possible to weld rotated objects into each other.

0.1.31

August 11th, 2016

• Added Logic Gate.
  • [NOTE: Added Logic Gate page to Handbook]
• Added Timer.
• Connection points now highlight when targeted with the Connect Tool.
• Thrusters should no longer apply its force twice at low framerates. This should also improve synchronization when mechanics are flying together in multiplayer.
• All interactive parts now operate at a fixed tickrate.
• Thruster sound effect tweak.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when selecting tools in the inventory.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when pressing E on the Lift.
• Fixed a bug where the Weld Tool did not trigger particles and sound effects.
• Fixed a rare crash related to collision sound calculations.

0.1.30

July 29th, 2016

• Other players now have names above their head in multiplayer.
• Fixed a bug where the player could not remove connections from a seat with 10 connections.
• The lift will no longer push the player off when raised.
• Fixed a Weld Tool bug.
• Added smooth camera zooming.
• New Sledgehammer cursor appears when within range of something you can hit.
• Added preview for tools in the inventory.
• Added text messages for the Radio; "This Radio is connected to a Button/Switch/Sensor".

0.1.29

July 14th, 2016

• Added Blueprint Import and Export feature with Workshop functionality.
• Some worlds that were crashing the game when loaded should now work.
• Fixed a bug with the Weld Tool that could crash the game.

0.1.28

June 20th, 2016

• Major collision audio rework.
  • [NOTE: Made collision sounds louder and added sounds for sliding objects.]
• Shape building is no longer canceled when other players update the same creation.
• Players can now switch between multiplayer and single player without restarting the game.
• Weld tool performance and interaction fixes.
• Q and Escape can now close Paint tool GUI.
• Various Connect tool fixes.
• Stability fixes.
• Various other bugfixes.

0.1.27b

June 7th, 2016

• Fixed multiplayer join issues.
• Fixed a crash that occurred when the object picked up by weld tool was modified by another player.
• Added two new parts. The large windshield and the small windshield.

0.1.27

May 27th, 2016

• Added Weld Tool!
  • [NOTE: Added Weld Tool to Tab 1, Page 4 of Handbook.]
• Fixed framerate issue caused by the sensor.
• Network synchronization improvements.
• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused an incorrect seating position.

0.1.26

April 13th, 2016

• Added Driver's Saddle
• Added Saddle
• When you pick up creations on the lift, you can now rotate them with Q before placing the lift down.
• Better collision detection for the lift placement.
• Seat GUI should no longer get stuck when ejecting from the seats.
• Made the glass windows more clear from the inside.
• Fixed a bug caused by the introduction of volume sliders for the Totebot Heads.
• Made sensors more responsive.

0.1.25

April 29th, 2016

• Added a new glass block
• Added new window parts
  • [NOTE: Small Rectangular Window, Square Window, and Large Rectangular Window.]
• Updated Totebot Head: Blip, Bass and Synth Voice so they can play long notes.
• Added a volume slider to the Totebot Heads.
• Fixed near clip plane issues.

0.1.24

April 15th, 2016

• Added four Totebot Heads! You can now make music!
  • [NOTE: Bass/Blue, Percussion/Yellow, Synth Voice/Red, Blip/Green.]
• Fixed a crash that could occur when exiting games.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when joining multiplayer games.
• Reduced sensor range to slightly less than block range.

0.1.23

April 8th, 2016

• The controller should no longer break your creations when logging in to a world. This does not fix creations that are already broken previously by this bug.
• Bearings controlled by the controller should now behave better.
• Objects can no longer be removed while seated.
• "Use" [E] can now be used to close the interface of any interactive part.

0.1.22

April 1st, 2016

• Sensors have a new interface that allows the player to set range and other settings.
• Increased lift height from 16 blocks to 20 blocks.
• Added more tips to the loading screen.
  • [NOTE: Added a period to the first and formerly only loading screen text, shown below.]
    • "Did you know that if you put two toilet paper rolls on top of each other it will become a paper towel roll."
  • [NOTE: Added the following loading screen texts:]
    • "If you’d like to take screenshots without the GUI, you can toggle it by pressing alt + Z"
    • "Building blocks can be scaled by holding the left mouse button and dragging"
    • "You can connect a button or switch to the Driver’s seat and activate it when seated"
    • "You rotate any part by pressing Q or Shift + Q"
    • "The controller lets you create amazing transforming machines, so give it a try!"
    • "If your creation tips over, you can always get it back to upside up by using the lift."
    • "Scrap Mechanic is still in development: changes and improvements are happening all the time!"
    • "All the information you need to get started is in the Mechanics handbook!"
    • "You’re the master of your own creations! There’s no right or wrong here."
    • "If your creation fails to work as you intended, let’s just call it art."
• Camera collision check fixes.

0.1.21

March 24th, 2016

• Fixed a memory allocation issue related to a particle system. Scrap Mechanic now uses much less memory. This could increase fps drastically for some players. It could also fix a crash when starting/loading a game for some players.
• More visible thruster particles.
• Multiplayer optimization on building and updating shapes.

0.1.20

March 18th, 2016

• Added paint tool.
  • [NOTE: Added Paint Tool to Tab 1, Page 4 of Handbook.]
• Fixed buggy first person animations.
  • [NOTE: Possibly made first person Sledgehammer blocking animation functional.]
    • [NOTE: Non-functional behavior was likely a bug.]
• Added a new track to the radio.

0.1.19d

March 4th, 2016

• Fixed an issue related to the multithreading update that randomly crashed the game.
• Fixed an issue that would sometimes make creations and players in them disappear.
• Disappeared creations and players should respawn at the starting position.
• Fixed an issue that could make creations with thrusters on them disappear if the game crashed while they were on a lift.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when exiting a game.

[NOTE: The following changes are hotfixes mentioned in 0.1.20 patch notes.]

• Fixed steam overlay issues. Fps should be better than before.
• Fixed an issue with the Depth of Field causing rendering artifacts.

0.1.19c

February 27th, 2016

• Multithreaded physics is back.
• The game tries to repair saves with lost creations or crash on load.
• Load game list is scrollable.

0.1.19b

February 20th, 2016

• [NOTE: Temporarily reverted the multi-threaded physics added in 0.1.19 due to bugs.]

0.1.19

February 20th, 2016

• The physics simulation now run on multiple threads! This will allow you to build more before the fps drops.
  • [NOTE: Reverted in 0.1.19b and re-added in 0.1.19c.]
• Things no longer get stuck in the ground.
• Fixed a startup crash that occurred for some users.
• Added new building parts.
  • Mattress
  • Arrow Sign
  • 3 Potted plants
    • [NOTE: Potted Blooming Cactus, Potted Cactus, and Potted Blue Flower.]
  • Toilet Seat

0.1.18

February 13th, 2016

• Horn - A new interactive part that will complete your vehicles. Beep beep!
• Thruster - You can now set the thruster power on each thruster.
• Seat - The Mechanic no longer pretends to be holding on to a steering wheel.
  • [NOTE: Prior to this update, sitting in a Seat used the same pose as sitting in a Driver's Seat. The pose was also incorrectly positioned; the backpack and legs clipped into the seat.]
• Fixed vehicles suddenly jumping around like crazy and being uncontrollable in multiplayer.
• Fixed a bug that could crash the game while placing stuff.
• Fixed a crash related to some graphics cards
• Fixed the Radio that sometimes prevented other players from hearing the wonderful music in multiplayer.
• Things now respond better when hit by the sledgehammer in multiplayer.
• The Mechanic does not stretch out anymore when pressing E on seats.
  • [NOTE: Not completely fixed, now happens occasionally instead of every time.]
  • [NOTE: Stretching still occurs when moving at high speed or when colliding with something.]
• The friction has been adjusted on blocks and parts so they slide a bit more.

0.1.17

February 2nd, 2016

• Fixed a common startup crash.
• Fixed a crash caused by the controller interface.
• Fixed a crash related to characters in steam names.

0.1.16

January 30th, 2016

• Auto saving issue fixed.
• Save files can now contain non-english characters.
• If the game crashes while something is on the lift, the lifted object will no longer float in the air.
• Fixed the most common crashes.
• Various bugfixes.

0.1.15

January 27th, 2016

• Buttons and switches no longer go crazy while on the lift in multiplayer.
• Faster controller GUI scrolling.
• The GUI crash is hopefully fixed this time.
• Removed invisible branches on one of the pinetrees.
• Added crash reporting system to help us find out what causes those unknown exceptions.

0.1.14

January 24th, 2016

• Fixes to GUI related crashes.
• Fixed main menu GUI text scaling issues.
• Fixes to "unsigned integer out of signed int range" error.
• Excessive log messages are suppressed while looking for a solution to the underlying issue.
• Added OpenGL version check at startup.

0.1.13

January 22nd, 2016

• Fix for "OGRE EXCEPTION(3:RenderingAPIException): Zero sized texture surface on texture MaterialTextureA..."

0.1.12

January 22nd, 2016

• Fixes to resolution issues on high resolution displays.
• Better GUI scaling when switching resolution.
• Fixed an audio related crash.
• Added a traffic cone building part.

0.1.11

January 20th, 2016

• [NOTE: Initial public release. Includes everything added during Alpha.]

0.1.10 to 0.1.0

• [NOTE: Includes versions given out to YouTubers prior to the Beta release.]