[Game Update] - 509629

Features

• All versions
  • Added Cuddle Pip critter morph
  • Added Delecta Vole critter morph
  • Added Sanishell critter morph
  • Added Oakshell critter morph
  • Added four new Duplicants: Amari, Pei, Quinn and Steve
  • Added new Duplicant traits Banshee and Yodeler
  • Added Clothing Refashionator building with new outfits
  • New idle animations on the Printing Pod screen
  • Added two new artwork variations to the Blank Canvas
  • Added Curried Beans recipe
  • Steam Deck compatibility verified

Changes and Improvements

• All versions
  • Critters
    • Dreckos and Glossy Dreckos consume significantly less plant growth per cycle to adjust for a related bug fix.
    • Pokeshells now consume 50% less mass (polluted dirt or rot piles) per cycle.
    • Grooming Station and Shearing Station now provide husbandry experience.
    • Duplicants gain some husbandry experience when wrangling critters. 
    • Wrangling speed is faster with a higher husbandry level.
    • Added Copy settings to Incubators.
    • Added shearing animation to Dreckos.
    • Added creature egg Attacking status item, different from the Protecting status item (may attack). 
    • Added Ranching Supply errand to the Supplying errand group.
  • Duplicants can now climb down a tile and jump across a gap. They could already do the reverse.
  • The “Copy Building” button now remains visible even when the previously selected building is canceled or destroyed. In these cases, the button will queue a new order of the same building type using the default or recent material(s) selection.
  • Duplicants now wear their equipped clothing when displayed in the Skills Screen.
  • Added UI SFX when toggling between mouse and controller UI modes.
  • Added additional toilet diagnostic for critical bladder status. (i.e. A really-gotta-pee warning)
  • Improve the consistency of the visual fade at map edges. 
  • Moved Gas Range’s CO2 output exhaust down one cell.
  • Added short descriptions to Disease/Germ database entries.
  • Added cycle recipe arrows to fabricator recipe side screens.
  • Increased Arcade Cabinet Morale Boost to +3. Stress Reduction increased to -15% per cycle. Reduced heat generation by 50%.
  • Nosh Beans are now classified as a cooking ingredient and can be stored in a Refrigerator.
  • Renamed Cooked Fish to Cooked Seafood and revised its artwork.
  • Revised Surf’n’Turf artwork.
  • Added recipe descriptions to Recipe Details screen.
  • Food recipes now list attribute modifiers in food product effect tooltips.
  • Right-clicking now closes the Skills Table Screen unless the cursor is over a priority box, in which case the priority is decremented.
  • Neutronium dig commands are automatically canceled.
  • Updated all localizations.
  • Modding:
    • Worldgen mods now require a restart for changes to take effect.
    • Upgraded Unity version to 2020.3.30f1 (should not affect mods).
    • Added new DevTools, which are implemented using the Dear ImGUI library. They are completely unsupported and subject to change (including RegisterDevTool) but may be of use debugging your mods.
• Spaced Out! only
  • Reduced construction mass of the Steam Engine and allowed construction with any refined metal. Does not affect the base game Steam Engine.
  • Clear launch path condition no longer requires the adjacent tiles of the Spacefarer Module to be clear.
  • Rovers can now climb down a tile and jump across the gap. They could already do the reverse.
  • Artifact Analysis errand now belongs to both Researching and Decorating errand groups. 
  • Botanical Analyzer errand now belongs to both Researching and Farming errand groups.
  • Hooked up new Rocket Fuel and Rocket Oxidizer diagnostics icons.

Optimizations

• All
  • Improved performance of sneezes and snores.
  • Sped up opening the Load Game Screen significantly.
  • Sped up the New Game screen significantly.
  • Significantly optimized critters finding food.
  • Improved Resources Screen performance and reduced performance impact of the screen while closed.
  • Improved pinned resources panel performance.
  • Optimized rocket module connector graphics updating. 
  • Optimized rendering status items.
  • Improved performance of Vitals, Consumables, and Priority Management screens.
  • Improved performance when hovering over UI elements.
  • Improved Build Menu performance and reduced impact of screen while closed.
  • Small optimization to checking if pipes are connected to buildings.
  • Small optimization to lighting settings updating.
  • Small improvements to UI toggle performance.
  • Memory optimizations
    • Cleaned up a number of memory leaks that were causing memory to balloon after each save/load.
    • Significantly reduced pathfinding memory by packing data more tightly and removing unused data.
    • Cleaned up Decor provider memory. On very large bases this saves 60-120MB.
    • Reduced memory usage of overlay textures.
    • Savings of roughly 237MB in animation texture data.
    • Reduced texture memory of background textures by 276MB.
    • Removed animation data files after they are loaded, saving 165-200MB.
• Spaced Out! only
  • Improved Spaced Out! Starmap UI performance

Fixes

• All versions
  • Sim: Removed energy damping to allow adjacent cells in a vacuum to better balance temperature.
  • Fixed issue where geysers would sometimes freeze their output. Only applies after the next save/load.
  • Job Suitability achievement progress no longer displays incorrect information when the current cycle has not succeeded.
  • Enable Proximity no longer disables Overjoyed responses.
  • Fixed dirt layering issue with Aero Pots when a Duplicant is eating at a Mess Table underneath it.
  • Fixed issue that would lead to an eventual crash if enough animations are played.
  • Fixed crash displaying the file error dialog.
  • Fixed crash when a Duplicant sleeping on the floor wakes up.
  • Fixed issue where music would sometimes be out of sync. 
  • Fixed issue where select element details were not updating in the details panel if you selected and canceled cells multiple times.
  • Fixed a crash that could occur on the assignment screen.
  • Polymer Press’ output cell is now consistent regardless of rotation.
  • Incubators and Pedestals now use the correct chore priority types.
  • Super Productive Duplicants can no longer instantly dig up Neutronium.
  • Fixed issue causing detail screen collapsible panels to sometimes display incorrectly when collapsed.
  • Fixed crash that could occur when mousing over empty colony summary screen charts.
  • Insulated Glass Forge output storage to prevent extreme temperatures.
  • Removed unused Sushi from the game. 
  • Fixed issue where save/loading during printing a care package would duplicate the items.
  • Patch notes screen header is now translatable. 
  • Fixed issue causing timelapse playback screen to render behind other menus.
  • Fixed Canister Emptier Auto Bottler setting not working.
  • Save migration now works properly even if the name has trailing whitespace.
  • Fixed Ice-E Fan minimum temperature reached tooltip not displaying the minimum temperature.
  • Fixed issue where Duplicants could become entombed in floor tiles if multiple Duplicants built tiles in the same area.
  • Fixed plant atmosphere tooltip for Waterweed and Thimble Reed.
  • Clarified Space Heater not working in a vacuum tooltip.
  • Critter bugs
    • Grazing critters (Dreckos and Pips) now correctly gain calories proportional to plant growth consumed instead of maxing out their stomach after a nibble.
    • Pacus now correctly flop towards liquid while off-screen.
    • Pacus no longer get stuck in pools of mixed liquids.
    • Gulp Fishes no longer entomb themselves while creating bubbles.
    • Fixed glum critters sometimes not being groomed.
    • Fixed Fish Feeder removing double the amount from storage.
    • Fixed flying critters getting stuck in liquid.
    • Fixed Pacus infinitely falling.
    • Fixed Fish Release counter not working.
    • Builds which count critters now work correctly on load and when the room size is changed.
    • Added missing Happiness icon for critters and hooked up missing tooltip.
    • Added missing egg Viability icon.
    • Plug Slugs no longer generate overheat warnings at night.
    • Fixed flopping Pacus not being overcrowded.
    • Fixed Pufts getting stuck in liquid.
  • Strings
    • Pacu's description explains they can live in other liquid types besides water.
    • Added missing Thermo-Nullifier Promo lore entry.
    • Fixed missing Russian translations for "Building."
    • Fixed obsolete links for Super-Duperhard Digging in Oily biome.
    • Added description strings for germs.
  • Gamepad and Steam Deck
    • The word “Click” and related words are now swapped for “Press” when using a gamepad.
    • Disabled right-click/”B” button/negative action drag camera functionality when using a gamepad.
    • Mouse icons on tool hover text are now replaced with gamepad glyphs when using a gamepad.
    • Tool hover text now shows a default unbound glyph when affirmative and negative actions aren't bound.
    • Cursor speed is now scaled with screen resolution when using a gamepad.
    • Fixed issues causing cursor speed to be inconsistent when using a gamepad.
    • Scrolling the Duplicant info panel in the Duplicant select screens is now possible with a gamepad.
    • Right-clicking the "Copy Building" button is no longer interpreted as a left-click.
    • Disabled non-functional hard drive browsing buttons when using a Steam Deck.
    • Scrolling the Research screen, Skills screen, and Spaced Out! Starmap screen cameras with a gamepad now feels smoother.
    • Fixed issue causing the Priorities screen to block camera zooming when using a gamepad.
    • Fixed issue preventing gamepads from scrolling the details panel when the Spaced Out! Starmap was open.
    • Control rebinding screen is now disabled when using a Steam Deck. Steam Deck control rebinding is done through the Steam controller configuration overlay.
    • Fixed screen resolution dropdown misbehaving when opened with a gamepad.
    • Fixed issue preventing Duplicant role dropdown in Duplicant selection screen from being scrollable when using a gamepad.
    • Fixed issue preventing tools from being deselectable when moving the cursor with a controller.
    • Removed Build Menu Up/Down/Left/Right options from Steam controller configuration menus as it has no behavior in game.
• Spaced Out! only
  • Fixed rockets getting stuck having reached their destination but never landed.
  • Fixed a crash that could occur if a Duplicant died while peeing.
  • Fixed crash entering Temporal Tear related to rocket restrictions.
  • Fixed crash related to getting the radiation absorption of an invalid cell.
  • Beetas can no longer harvest Uranium Ore from airlock doors.
  • Fixed broken link for Telescope in space travel tutorial. 
  • Rocket Control Station hands now match the suit a Duplicant is wearing.
  • Heights of Rocket Loaders reduced to match artwork.
  • Worldgen: Fixed an issue where the Temporal Tear Opener was misaligned.
  • Fixed issue where worldgen would hang if it failed to place all asteroids in the cluster.
  • Fixed issues related to interacting with the details panel on a different world.
  • Fixed Plug Slugs sometimes leaving behind invisible generators.
  • Mutations header is now localizable.
  • Potential fix for Materials Study Terminal not creating errands after finishing research.
  • Fixed rocket modules getting stranded if the build location is invalid.
  • Rocket modules cannot be built/added/removed/swapped when viewing the rocket interior.
  • Strings
    • Fixed links to Telescope and Enclosed Telescope.
    • Edited nuclear waste strings.
    • Edited the Radioactive Contaminants database entry to include effects of temperature, pressure and time. 
    • Inserted links and formatting for Radiation database entry.
    • Fixed broken links in Space Travel database entry for Rocket Piloting and Telescope.
    • Fixed obsolete links for Super-Duperhard Digging in Niobium biome.