Beta

This article is about Beta. For earlier versions, see Alpha.

Beta is a period of development of Scrap Mechanic. It began shortly before the game's Early Access release on Steam on January 20th, 2016.

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

0.4.6

Test

June 19th, 2020

• Further networking improvements with better bandwidth adjustment and object prioritization
• Cotton seeds can now be bought at the hideout trader
• Cotton can be grown in soil
• Slightly reduced the price of the drill and saw blade at the hideout trader
• Battery is now crafted from less scrap metal but also requires glow poop
• Fixed an issue that could make the leaves of trees to not get their correct color in multiplayer
• Fixed an issue where failed blueprint exports would cause an error message to show at game startup
• The button and switch collision is a little bit bigger so they do not as easily get stuck in walls
• The button and switch costs the same to craft in the mobile craftbot as in the simple stationary one
• Reduced the weight of the water cannon
• Fixed some face skinning issues
• Fixed some rotation steps of warehouse parts when building

Added lights to ruins

• Fixed a autumn forest ruin to have the correct ground material
• Mechanic station collision fixes
• Adjusted the stone positions of a lot of cliffs where the player could get stuck

Adjusted spawn position of embers when destroying burnt trees

• The scrap metal from haybots will not fly away from where the haybot was destroyed as often
• The smaller stone chunks are easier to destroy with the drill
• Fixed a bug that caused the gas engine to not get the efficiency upgrade applied until game reload
• Reduced gas fuel cost for very heavy loads
• The range of the packing station automatic fruit/vegetable selection is much more forgiving

Reduced the speed of projectiles fired from the Vacuum Pump

• Fixed a bug that caused loot crates to respawn in the starting area
• Added 2 bearings to Challenge 7

June 12th, 2020

• A new interactive part, chemical container is available in the craftbot
• Fixed an issue that could cause networking events to lag behind on clients
• Optimized some interactive parts to use less network bandwidth
• Fixed an issue causing parts to be attached to suspensions and pistons even though another part already was attached
• Mod parts now show up in all creative inventory tabs and are searchable
• Fixed a crash that occurred when switching resolution with mods loaded
• Fixed a crash that occurred on shutdown when playing the game in full screen with steam overlay turned off
• Minor inventory gui bug fixes
• Tools can be thrown on the ground
• Glowsticks now emit a small amount of light when held in the hand
• It does no longer cost paint to erase paint
• Explosives destroy up to durability level 7
• More crude oil from oil geysers
• More glue clams when breaking clams
• Wood block 1 requires less scrap wood to craft
• Concrete requires less stone, but more water and chemicals to craft
• Battery can be crafted from scrap metal and chemicals
• Fertilizer can be crafted from seeds
• Paint costs less flowers to craft
• The big farmbots now run away before despawning when daylight comes after a raid
• Tapebots sometimes shoot random parts when raiding
• Added new sound effects when the mechanic is hungry or thirsty
• Added new sound effect when almost out of breath while diving
• Spudling gun windup sound effect added

0.4.5

May 29th, 2020

• Challenge mode is back in the game!
• Challenge builder is back in the game!
• Tree parts can be welded again
• The controller now respects the piston length
• Fixed T-pose when other players equip food
  • [NOTE: Not fixed, bug still occurs.]
• Reverted some part weights so they are as they were in creative mode
• Connect tool now show numbers again for buttons connected to seats
• Fixed friendly fire for spud shotgun and spudling gun
• Fixed tape bot arms so they do damage to players
• Fixed an issue with the sledgehammer that caused it to sometimes not push loose objects
• Fixed an issue when going with the warehouse elevator while knocked out
• Connect tool visualization getting stuck fix
• Gui scaling fixes for non 16:9 resolutions
• Sensor gui fix for creative mode
• Controller gui fix for 4k and 720
• New loading bar on the loading screen
• Items can now be dropped on the ground in challenge mode for the backpack
• Fixed chest and lost items icons
• Keybindings saved when resetting to default
• Fix for FOV value not getting saved if changed in-game
• Added missing item names
  • [NOTE: No missing item names seem to have been added.]

0.4.4

May 26th, 2020

• Performance fix for raids
• Fixed an issue where exiting the game in a warehouse caused the elevator to the roof to get stuck
• Fixed a case where building on springs or piston could spend the part but the part not to be built
• Removing bearings, springs and pistons with a full inventory is now correctly denied
• Fixed a crash that could occur when riding warehouse elevators
• Fixed a crash that could occur when using a level 5 steering bearing gui on 720 resolution
• Other crash fixes
• Water-, gas-, battery- and ammo containers are carried if not empty (like the chests)
• Farmers can no longer be picked up after being respawned
• Fixed issue with piston speed when adjusting length
• Fixed an issue what [sic] allows invalid building on the vacuum pump
• Fixed a bug causing the saw blade to not deal damage to green totebots
• The saw blade deals more damage to haybots
• When removing a respawn point bed the new respawn point is the last unremovable bed
• Can no longer respawn in a bed brought into the warehouse
• Red tapebot arm part shoots a few explosive tape when destroyed
• Fixed an issue with the tapebots causing them to often stare into walls in warehouses
• Tapebots will be more active in raids when they come (Keep your head low)
• Tapebot projectiles deal damage to crops
• Ai fixes
• Fix for mods using obj_interactive_controller.mesh

0.4.3

May 14th, 2020

• Fixed a crash that could occur on startup and randomly while playing
• Fixed a bug that could cause the hideout and other points of interests to not be set up correctly
• Broken hideouts and packing stations are repaired
• Can't sleep in warehouses
• Removing the bed removes the respawn point
• Other bed respawn fixes
• Stones can be broken down with explosives
• Mounted spud gun now deals damage to farmbots
• Carrying stuff uses stamina
• Lifting stuff with the lift uses stamina (only new games are affected)
• Fixed a crash what [sic] could occur when loading a creative world where the mods were updated

0.4.2

May 12, 2020

• Fixed an issue that could cause vacuum pumps to cause network lag for clients.
• Fixed a bug that could duplicate chests and lead to crashes when carrying chests with tools in them.
• Fixed a bug when carrying a chest with chests inside
• Missing water should be fixed.
• Fixed crashes related to animations.

0.4.1

May 11, 2020

• Underwater noise fix
• Escape key Fix
• Fix for Wocs (and other not player characters) not saving their position
• Fix for player name tags not showing up
• Fixed level 5 driver seat and saddle bearing GUI showing up after window resize
• Driver saddle connection count and upgrade cost fix
• Spud guns can not be equipped while swimming
• Fixed a bug that could cause the refinery bot to be stuck when leaving the game while refining
• Removed food and water spend when picking up items
• No extra food cost for 50%+ bonus health regeneration
• Carried items do not teleport to mysterious places when picked up while swimming
• Broccoli plants grow broccoli instead of tomatoes

0.4.0

May 7, 2020

• Added survival mode
• Made a huge update to the graphics with new shaders and a new rendering engine
• Added our new random generated terrain system to Survival
• Added character customization
• Added AI system to survival
• Added Health bar, hunger bar and thirst bar.
• Added food to eat and to revive players
• Added Green Totebot enemy
• Added Haybot Enemy
• Added Tapebot Enemy
  • [NOTE: Includes the Red Tapebot variant]
• Added Farmbot Enemy
• Added log refinery system to Survival
• Added two animals to survival. The Woc and the Glowb!
• Added water with buoyancy
• Added warehouse dungeons and other points of interests
• Added new building parts. It’s now over 400 in the game!
• Added stats to all parts
• Added upgrade system to interactive parts.
• Added refinery tool
• Added destructible trees and rocks
• Added the Drill to mine rocks
• Added the Saw to cut trees
• Added Vacuum Pump with pipes for automation. A new interactive part.
• Added Water Cannon. A new interactive part.
• Added a Respawn Bed. A new interactive part.
• Added new turn settings to Driver's Seat level 5
• Added Craftbot with a new crafting system
• Added Refinerybot with a new refinery system to turn logs in to blocks
• Added Resource Collector
• Added Cookbot
• Added Dressbot
• Added fire (Not flammable at the moment)
• Added Spud Shotgun
• Added Spud Gattler
• [NOTE: Challenge Mode has been disabled temporarily]

Hotfixes

• Fixed a save file issue that could corrupt save files
• Fixed an issue that could cause the game start to fail while showing a black screen
• Restored physics tweak values for creative mode
• Fix for loading mods with a large number of blocks and parts
• Fix for creative mode when having thousands of mod parts installed
• Trying to refine with a full inventory shows inventory full warning
• Pipe system fix

0.3.5

December 22, 2019

• [NOTE: Developers re-added the Steam Depot and the game was now able to launch.]
• [NOTE: SteamDB Screen Shot]

December 18, 2019

• [NOTE: Developers accidentally removed a Steam Depot and made the game unable to launch. ]
• [NOTE: SteamDB Screen Shot]

February 21st, 2019

• [NOTE: Added Challenge Builder]
• Lua API updates (0.3.4 -> 0.3.5)

0.3.4

January 31st, 2019

• Creations that beat a challenge will now be saved in the start zone next time the player replays the challenge.
• Added more building parts in some challenges to give players more building options.
• Music from Creative mode is no longer playing in Challenge mode.
• The Challenge mode ball now has an animated glow effect.
• F1, F2, F3 now changes hotbar row selection. It can still be changed with Alt+1, Alt+2 and Alt+3.
• Popup menus can now be closed with the escape key.
• Fixed an issue with the sensor noticeable at high velocity.
• The game no longer shows a gray screen when loading up a challenge for the first time.
• Fixed some minor issues with the lift and the weld tool.
• Fixed a crash that could happen when someone was joining the game while creations were being modified.
• Fixed a crash that could happen when joining a game while creations were being modified.
• Fixed a crash that could randomly occur for clients.
• Made some memory allocation fixes.
• Fixed an issue with some DLL files.
• Better error checking for mods in the mod tool.
• Some new scripting features.
• Fixed some texture cache issues for mods that should result in faster load times.
• Fixed a crash that happened after the game failed to start because of missing graphics drivers and other graphics related issues.
• Fix for shader loading when running the game on Linux using Wine.

0.3.3

December 20th, 2018

• Added challenge mode.
• Added a lot of scripting features that are now available for modders. Check out the Lua Script API for more info.
• Added a sphere shape type.
• Fixed a network synchronization issue causing crashes for clients.

0.3.2

September 28th, 2018

• Parts that are split of from creations inherit the velocities of the creation.
• Optimized explosions.
• The range that explosions remove metal has been reduced.
• Changed the particle effect that appears on the point where potatoes hit the gas canister.
• Tweaked the explosion impulse on players.
• Fixed connect tool attaching to invisible gas canister connection points.
• Fixed a networking issue that caused crashes when playing as a client.
• Fixed a rendering issue that could cause a crash when some parts were destroyed by an explosion.
• Fixed an issue where the impulses (from thruster and modded parts) were applied with half strength if the game was running on low fps.
• Multiple explosion impulses on the character have less effect.
• More explosion debris particles should now be visible.
• Mods with no translation for the selected language will now default to English.
• Added more helpful error messages.
• Fix for lowest playable resolution (1024x768) defaulting to 1280x720.
• Lua API updates (no breaking changes).
• Scripted interactive parts no longer incorrectly show up as buttons when connected to a seat.
• Character impulses are applied per tick instead of every frame.
• Fixed "Server started with mismatching developer mode flags" issue when loading games.
• Fixed a networking related crash.
• Fixed a crash that was caused by an invalid terrain generation script or an invalid world builder terrain.

0.3.1

September 7th, 2018

• Added big and small explosive canister.
• Added smoother first-person movement for Tools and Spud Gun.
• Added material damage levels.
• Potatoes have a knockback to players.
• Colored particles when destroying colored blocks.
• Fixed a potato velocity calculation issue.
• Fixed choppy seated character ragdoll.
• Ground effects based on the material.
• Interactable parts now save their data when exported to a blueprint by a client.
• Fix an issue where connection points would show up in the world when placing imported blueprints.
• More detailed errors when blueprint import fails.
• Fixed a bug that sometimes messed up created terrains.
• Fixed a bug that made pistons and springs lose their "interactable" when importing a blueprint without changing any values and then exiting the game.
• Camera shake on/off setting.
• The game remembers if you have the /console enabled.
• Bearings and pistons are now controllable by scripts.
• Many more scripting features in the Lua Script API.

0.3.0

July 10th, 2018

• Added Spud gun with 3rd and first person aim.
• Added mountable Spud gun with recoil.
• Added new cardboard block.
• Added spud gun destruction to cardboard and glass blocks.
• Added moddable scripting for interactive parts.
  • Modders can now make their own spud guns and thrusters for example.
• Mod support for particles and audio.
• Made a complete re-work to the network code.
• Made better grass level of detail that shows grass in further distance.
• Added new sprint animation.
• Added new crouch animation.
• Added a lot of new tool animations.
• Made graphical update to all the tools.
• Added new particle effects.
• Smooth camera when crouching.
• Sensors are triggered by potatoes.
• Fixed missing sounds and particles when driving fast.
• Created a Lua API Reference for modders.
• Added the ability to start the game with -dev launch option for useful modding features like automatic script reloading.
• Added an in-game console for Lua prints and errors.
• Various bugfixes.

0.2.14

March 23rd, 2018

• Updated Mod Tool so it works with custom tile assets.
• Fixed an issue where some parts of the physics terrain did not match the graphics.
• Fixed an issue where multiple players could control the same character when sharing worlds.

0.2.13d

February 16th, 2018

• Fixed blue world rendering issue

0.2.13c

February 14th, 2018

• Fixed rendering issues with AMD graphics cards

0.2.13b

February 9th, 2018

• [NOTE: No official notes]

0.2.13

January 30th, 2018

• Added the Tile Builder
• The controller and Piston issue is now fixed
• Fixed a crash related to broken mods
• Fixed various bugs

0.2.12b

January 3rd, 2018

• Fixed a crash that occurred for some graphics cards.
• Fixed a crash that occurred at startup on some computers.

0.2.12

December 22nd, 2017

• Added the World Builder.
• Fixed an issue with Intel graphics card that added a blue border around menus.
• Added better and smoother lods.
• Added 8 new world tiles to creative mode, 5 of them road tiles.
• Better texture quality.
• Improved texture loading.
• Shorter loading times.
• Less lag when loading creations on the lift.

0.2.11

November 9th, 2017

• Added color detection to the sensor.
• Improved the sensor so it’s more accurate.
• Added a search bar to the inventory.
• The search bar in the inventory and blueprint menu can be selected with Ctrl + F.
• Made a big fps improvement when walking on big creations.
• Added the maintenance ship block.
• Added 8 new parts. Maintenance Ship Door, Exit Sign, Tower Pole, Tower Pole Top, Satellite Dish, Satellite Reflector Dish, Antenna, Reflector Antenna.
• [NOTE: The new block and parts will be used for the crashed spaceship in Survival Mode, where the player will start the game.]
• Fixed an issue where the big Plateau tile did not generate in new worlds.

0.2.10

September 5th, 2017

• Added Raft Shark Mount.
  • [NOTE: Reference to the game Raft, published by Axolot.]
• Fixed an error with things on bearings etc when merging static bodies.
• World corruption fix.

0.2.9

August 17th, 2017

• Now you can only join games where your friends are playing.
  • We heard that there were some sneaky mechanics joining other players without an invite through an exploit. This is now fixed.
  • We will add more privacy settings in the future.
• Made a big physics improvement so physics fall asleep and stop to collision check when they stop to move. This will get the frames up a lot in worlds with a lot of creations.
• Made so the game has a faster startup and less stutter when browsing inventory.
• The sensor sound is now off by default.
• Collision will now have the correct audio.
• Terrain features needed for survival and terrain modding support is added.
  • This will not be visible to the player at this stage.
• Made improvements to the animation system.
• The mod tool now creates more cache that will make the game start faster and make the inventory stutter less. We recommend modders to re-upload their mods. This will trigger the extra caching.

Hotfixes

• Fixed a bug that prevented new blueprints from being built.

0.2.8

August 3rd, 2017

• Added Russian, Japanese and Korean language.
• Fixed an issue where the game could crash when scrolling in the inventory.
• Fixed a bug that didn’t allow the player to disconnect connections from the controller.
• Fixed an issue that made the mouse movement lag for some players.
• Sensors in button mode resets when put on the lift.
• Fixed connect tool interactions.
• Optimized the animation system.
• Fixed an issue that let the player drag and place parts in the air.
• Added arrows when the player places and drags parts on the ground.
• Various minor fixes.

0.2.7

June 29th, 2017

• [NOTE: Added Piston]

0.2.6

June 22nd, 2017

• You can now play Scrap Mechanic in Chinese.
• Updated all languages with more translations.
• Fixed bug that didn’t let the player weld when it should be possible to weld.
• Remade the welding particles and added bounce to the welding particle.
• Fixed bug where welding particles didn’t spawn.
• Fixed so bearings on a creation are still stable after getting welded.
• The delay when pointing on larger creations with a weld tool or a lift is now optimized.
• Bearings that touch an object will now stick to that object when building.
  • This makes it easier to build awesome fork suspension that have two bearings attached to each side of the wheel.
• Fixed a common crash in the blueprint import and export guis.
• Fixed a common crash when starting the game.
• Fixed the teleport distance when falling through the ground.
• Improved the driving even more with a less bumpy ground.
• Added arrows when placing a part and adjusting its position on a surface. This is to make it easier to understand how the object can be dragged within the placement spot.
• Fixed a crash when building huge Logic gate creations.

0.2.5

May 19th, 2017

• Added over 20 new terrain tiles!
  • [NOTE: Full list included in official notes]
• Added a mannequin hand
• Redesigned the Air Conditioner part to make it fit better in Survival mode.

0.2.4

April 13th, 2017

• We have improved the driving with less bumpy ground.
• Kept default friction from Test A. We will instead add different friction to parts later.
  • [NOTE: "Test A" refers to one of the testing branches available through Steam beta versions. Test A had the original friction, Test B had +40% friction, and Test C had +20% friction.]
• Made an optimization for the ragdoll
• Fixed crashes when exporting creations.
• Fixed a startup crash.
• Workshop download error handling.
• The blueprint search in the lift UI is now improved with better search.

0.2.3

March 24th, 2017

• [NOTE: Added official mod support]

0.2.2

January 31st, 2017

• Follow camera and a camera setting.
• Updated thruster particles that now have dynamic lighting and trigger dust when close to the ground.
• Rotate between three hotbars with alt+q or access them directly with alt+1/2/3.
• Items are saved in the hotbar when joining other players.
• Did some render optimizations that fix the slowdowns when placing/deleting blocks on huge creations.
• Added bathtub. A new interactive part!
• Added a mug part.

0.2.1

January 5th, 2017

• Uploading blueprints to the workshop should now work for players with special characters in their windows usernames.
• Added an optimization that should be noticeable in worlds with many parts.
• Using interfaces for some interactive parts while another player destroys it no longer crashes the game.
• Removed d3dx11.dll dependency.
• Various crash fixes.
• Added more info to crash reports that will help us fix more things in the future.

0.2.0

December 19th, 2016

• New rendering engine
• Added dynamic lighting
• Added warehouse spotlight and tweaked headlamp so they now have dynamic lights with a beam range setting. The beam can now be colored with the Paint Tool.
• Suspension resistance setting added.
• Remade and updated all block textures
• Updated the inventory icons
• Bearings/Suspension are now paintable
• Remade the Big Wheel
• Added a new clear glass block
• Glass now renders correctly in workshop and inventory GUI
• New reflection cube map for flat world
• The Paint Tool now shows the selected color
• Radio now has a on and off animation
• Gas Engine and Electric Engine now have an animation when using the engine setting.
• Added names above the players and also improved it so it follows the mechanic better.
• New particle engine. Particles are now rendered using our new particle engine
• The game is merging boxes and cylinders resulting in less collision checks
• Lots of bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations!

Hotfixes

December 20th to December 22nd, 2016

• Hotfix 3
  • Fixed a crash at startup or when loading games related to the character.
  • Larger saves should now load.
  • Added checking for modded blocks and parts that the game doesn't currently have loaded.
• Hotfix 2
  • Fixed a crashed [sic] that occurred on startup on some graphics cards.
• Hotfix 1
  • Fixed a crash that new players experienced when starting a game.
  • Connect tool numbers fixed.
  • Weld Tool collision check fix.
  • Max engine, thruster, bearing, etc.. settings removed.
  • Invisible block fix.

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.]