Beta/0.5

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

0.5.1

March 31st, 2021

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue where world builder worlds from previous versions of the game did not work.
• Fixed Connect Tool connection highlight color.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when clients joined the game with a tool equipped.
• Fixed an issue that caused creations to be missing on the first load of old save files.

Modding

• Fixed a crash that occurred when loading invalid harvestable renderable json.

0.5.0

March 30th, 2021

Features

• Added bot capsules in creative mode.
• Added animal capsules in creative mode.
• Bots can be painted.
• Painted bots will team up with bots of the same color.
• Updated Red Tapebot visuals.
• Physics quality sliders.
• New creative worlds will now have water.
• New creative worlds will now have trees that can be cut down and stones that can be drilled.
• Tiles containing water can now be used in the world builder.
• Larger creative flat terrain.
• Updated flat terrain visuals.
• Added a fence around the edge of the flat terrain.
• Added a buildable main menu background.
• Added the Beacon to creative mode.
• Added the Water Cannon and Water Container to creative mode.
• Added the Bucket to creative mode.
• Added the Ammo Container to creative mode.
• Added Easy difficulty to the gameplay setting in survival mode.
• Added Craftbot to creative mode.
• Added crafting resources needed by the Craftbot to creative mode.
• Added Refinery to creative mode.
• Added Resource Collector to creative mode.
• Added Large Chest to creative mode.
• Added Vacuum Pump and Vacuum Pipes to creative mode.
• Glowstick added to creative mode.
• Added new chat commands to creative mode.

Improvements

• Better lighting in creative mode.
• The Logbook can now be opened while seated.
• The character can now be rotated in the main menu character customization screen.
• New loading screens for all game modes.
• Added a blur effect in the main menu.
• Added new Logic Gate GUI.
• Fade to black when respawning and riding elevators.
• Collision Effects should now trigger more consistently at high speeds.
• Collisions with bots and wocs are much more responsive.
• Reworked character vs character collision.
• Creation visualization is now more accurate for animated parts when using the Lift and Weld Tool.
• Vacuum can suck up Pigment Flower, Cotton and dropped items.
• Explosives can be triggered by bot collisions.
• Chat history, press up and down in chat to repeat chat messages.

Tweaks

• Saw blades deal more damage to small logs.
• Slightly increased Spudling Gun damage.
• [NOTE: All weapon damage, robot health, and animal health values have been multiplied by 4.]
  • [NOTE: Except for the Spudling Gun, which had its damage multiplied by 5.]
  • [NOTE: Presumably, this was done to make robot infights in Creative last longer without affecting Survival, which has the side effect of making it harder for robots to kill Wocs.]
  • [NOTE: Any pre-existing robots and animals in worlds created prior to 0.5.0 will have their old health values, and will therefore take less hits to kill.]
• Reduced hand refine time.
• Tweaked sledgehammer chain attack timing.
• Tweaked collision damage.
• Crafting the Beacon requires a little more metal.

Optimizations

• 64 bit executable. Should solve issues with the game running out of memory.
• Fixed issues with lua running out of memory.
• Threading prioritization improvements. Should solve issues with creations despawning when driving around.
• Minor network optimizations for character updates.
• Optimized AI pathfinding.
• Improved loading times when joining a world with many creations.
• Optimized inventory searching.
• Faster load times when loading particles.
• Stone LODs added
• Optimized the loading time of the user content icons in the main menu.
• Other optimizations

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue that caused Terrain Asset Mods to not work with the World Builder terrain.
• Fixed an issue where Terrain Asset Mods would not load properly.
• Fix for dropping framerate when playing survival for a long time.
• Fixed an issue that caused Wocs to unload if they were ragdolling while driving them around.
• Fixed a bug that would give multiple yields and when harvesting the same plant with multiple vacuum pumps.
• Fixed a sound issue with the yellow Totebot Head.
• Fixed an issue where Totebot Head settings did not save and sync properly.
• Fixed an issue where creations containing static bodies triggered the fall through ground check which could lead to the creation disappearing.
• Fixed an issue where creations placed on the ground could sometimes become loose in survival mode when returning to an unloaded area.
• Fixed an issue where beacon distances sometimes did non update correctly in the logbook.
• Fixed an issue in the challenge builder when testing the challenge with hotbar row 2 or 3 selected.
• Fixed a bug that could cause Farmbots to become unkillable.
• Fixed connect tool rendering issues that could occur when building more than 1024 bodies.
• Fixed an issue where dynamic creations could stay in the air if laying on a lift and the lift was removed.
• Fixed crash that could occur when joining a game.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when switching display resolution.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when characters were ragdolling.
• Fixed an issue where lifts could be seen on the wrong warehouse floor.
• Fixed an issue where other players sometimes did not seem to have a tool equipped.
• Fixed an issue where carry animations would not be played.
• Fixed an issue where the player could still erase things while seated.
• Fixed an issue that could cause physics impulses to stop working on characters.
• Fixed a bug causing some effects to be missing.
• Fixed client crash caused by sending invalid creations.
• Fixed rendering issues with the Build Area and Goal holograms in challenge mode.
• Fixed an issue that could cause the camera to get stuck if the player pressed E to respawn while aiming at a Dressbot.
• Various tool animation fixes.
• Mechanic Station graphics fixes.
• Fixed a case when bots could sometimes stop and not make a new decision.
• Fixed some popup scaling issues.
• Other GUI fixes.
• Games containing a corrupt player position are now repaired when loaded.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when removing blocks or parts while restarting a challenge or going to the next level.
• Fixed an issue where players could be stuck with a grey screen after testing a challenge in the challenge builder.
• Spruce tree texture fixes.

Language

• Added missing italian translations.

Tile Editor

• Water can now be added in the tile editor.
• Fixed an issue where the tile editor would not properly save multiple Terrain Asset Mod dependencies for a tile.
• Added an option to create assets with or without a random rotation in the tile editor.
• Fixed tile icon rendering issues.

Modding

• Scripts can access the hotbar in creative mode.
• Fixed issues with mods reading and writing json files.
• Mods can load custom gui layouts.
• Fixed an issue where adding shapes to existing bodies from scripts could crash the game.
• Fixed a crash that occurred when creating a modded thruster with invalid configuration.
• Fixed a crash that occurred when joining a game containing custom characters that were not present on the client.
• Fixed a crash with that occurred when setting the density of parts or blocks to 0.
• Fixed a crash with that occurred when setting the character mass to 0.
• Added a hint to verify the integrity of game files then shaders are broken.

Test

March 24th, 2021

Features

• Added Easy difficulty to the gameplay setting
• Glowstick added to creative mode
• Crafting resources needed by the Craftbot added to creative mode
• Added Bucket to creative mode

New chat commands

• /day - Set day
• /night - Set night

Improvements

• Vacuum can suck up Pigment Flower, Cotton and dropped items
• Explosives can be triggered by bot collisions

Bug fixes

• Fixed a case when bots could sometimes stop and not make a new decision
• Fixed some popups scaling issues
• Other GUI fixes

Optimizations

• Preloading character meshes for more smooth capsule pops

Modding

• Fixed a crash, introduced in the previous test, that occurred when accessing functions on a part directly after being created to a pre-existing creation.

March 19th, 2021

Features

• Updated flat terrain
• Added Craftbot to creative mode
• Added Refinery to creative mode
• Added Resource Collector to creative mode
• Added Large Chest to creative mode
• Added Vacuum Pump and Vacuum Pipes to creative mode

New chat commands

• /noaggrocreations - Bots do not aggro creations
• /popcapsules - Open all capsules
• /killall - Kills all spawned units
• /place tree - Places a tree in creative mode
• /place stone - Places a stone in creative mode
• /place birch|spruce|leafy|pine - Places a specific tree type
• /dropscrap - Enables or disables Scrap Metal loot drops in creative mode (default off)
• /restrictions - Allows removing restricted objects in creative mode, like tree parts.
• /clear -Removes all creations from the entire world in creative mode. Can only be used by the host and must be enabled with /allowclear
• /allowclear - Allows the use of the /clear chat command

Improvements

• Threading prioritization improvements. Should solve issues with creations despawning for some players when driving around.
• Bot capsules can be opened by drilling or sawing them
• Updated Red Tapebot visuals
• Hotbar is saved in the menu build mode
• Game settings saved (per world)

Tweaks

• Bots no longer target capsules

Bug fixes

• Fixed color of carried Scrap Metal
• Fixed an issue where creations containing static bodies triggered the fall through ground check.
• Spruce tree texture fixes
• Fixed an issue where players could be stuck with a grey screen after testing a challenge in the challenge builder
• Fixed an issue where creations placed on the ground could sometimes become loose in survival mode when returning to an unloaded area

Optimizations

• Optimized AI pathfinding
• Stone LODs added
• Fixed issues with lua running out of memory.
• Optimized the loading time of the user content icons in the main menu

Modding

• Scripts can access the hotbar in creative mode
• Fixed issues with mods reading and writing json files
• Mods can load custom GUI layouts
• Fixed an issue where adding shapes to existing bodies from scripts could crash the game
• Fixed a crash that occurred when creating a modded thruster with invalid configuration

March 5th, 2021

• Added Woc capsule.
• Added Glowbug capsule.
• Fixed a crash that occurred when clients left the game with a spudgun equipped.

March 4th, 2021

Features

• 64 bit executable.
• Physics quality sliders.
• Added bot capsules in creative mode.
• Bots can be painted.
  • [NOTE: A Paint Tool is needed in order to paint them.]
  • Painted bots will team up with bots of the same color.
• New creative worlds will now have water.
• New creative worlds will now have trees that can be cut down and stones that can be drilled.
• Tiles containing water can now be used in the world builder terrain.
• Larger creative flat world.
• Added a fence around the edge of the flat world.
• Added buildable main menu background.
• Added the Beacon to creative mode.
• Added the Water Cannon and Water Container to creative mode.
• Added the Ammo Container to creative mode.
• Added /noaggro and /aggroall chat commands in creative for bot vs player combat settings.
  • [NOTE: Dev Mode is not needed for these commands.]
• Fade to black when respawning and while riding elevators.
• Chat history, press up and down in chat to repeat chat messages.

Improvements

• The character can now be rotated in the main menu character customization screen.
• New loading screens for all game modes.
• Added new Logic Gate GUI.
• Collision Effects should now trigger more consistently at high speeds.
• Collisions with bots and wocs are much more responsive.
• Reworked character vs character collision.
• Creation visualization is now more accurate for animated parts when using the Lift and Weld Tool.
• Added a blur effect in the main menu.
• The Logbook can now be opened while seated.
• Better lighting in creative mode.

Tweaks

• Saw blades deal more damage to small logs.
• Slightly increased Spudling Gun damage.
• Reduced hand refine time.
• Tweaked sledgehammer chain attack timing.
• Tweaked collision damage.
• Crafting the Beacon requires a little more metal.

Optimizations

• Improved loading times when joining world with many creations.
• Optimized inventory searching.
• Faster load times when loading particles.
• Other optimizations :)

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue that caused Terrain Asset Mods to not work with the World Builder terrain.
• Fix for dropping framerate when playing survival for a long time.
• Fixed a sound issue with the yellow Totebot Head.
• Fixed an issue where Totebot Head settings did not save and sync properly.
• Fixed an issue where Terrain Asset Mods would not load properly.
• Fixed a bug that could cause Farmbots to become unkillable.
• Fixed an issue that caused Wocs to unload if they were ragdolling while driving them around.
• Fixed connect tool rendering issues that could occur when building more than 1024 bodies.
• Fixed an issue where dynamic creations could stay in the air if laying on a lift and the lift was removed.
• Fixed crash that could occur when joining a game.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when switching display resolution.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when characters were ragdolling.
• Fixed an issue where lifts could be seen on the wrong warehouse floor.
• Fixed an issue where other players would not seem to have a tool equipped when spawning.
• Fixed an issue where carry animations would not be played.
• Fixed an issue where the player could still erase things while seated.
• Fixed an issue that could cause physics impulses to stop working on characters.
• Fixed a bug causing some effects to be missing.
• Fixed client crash caused by sending invalid creations.
• Fixed a bug that would give multiple yields and when harvesting the same plant with multiple vacuum pumps.
• Fixed an issue where beacon distances sometimes did non update correctly in the logbook.
• Fixed rendering issues with the build area and goal holograms in challenge mode.
• Fixed an issue that could cause the camera to get stuck if the player respawned while aiming at a Dressbot.
• Various tool animation fixes.
• Mechanic Station graphics fixes.

Tile Editor

• Water can now be added in the tile editor.
• Fixed an issue where the tile editor would not save multiple Terrain Asset Mod dependencies for a tile.
• Option to create assets with or without random rotation in the tile editor.
• Fixed tile icon rendering issues.