Update 0.4.515 - Quality of Life additions, Balancing & more!

Hello Explorers,Today's update addresses some of your most requested changes, important concerns and areas for improvement, as well as balancing and many fixes!

The most important changes are the following:

Proximity crafting was added! Meaning you now have the ability to craft items in crafting stations using materials stored in chests (can only be used on the Flying Ship)
Turning generators on/off with one button from the cockpit was also implemented.
We also added the ability to rotate blocks before placing them, making construction smoother.
We also decided to improve Waypoint managing system for a better navigation.The Arcanist class has also received some love, with an adjusted skill tree for a better experience.

You can see the full list of changes here:

Gameplay

• Proximity crafting - ability to craft items in crafting stations using materials stored in chests (can only be used on the Flying Ship; currently works only with standard crafting stations using recipes)

• Turning generators on/off with one button - a button has been added in the Cockpit (default “F”) that allows turning all generators on the Airship on/off

• Block rotation - added the ability to rotate blocks before placing them (default “F”). Along with this change, a new version of the half-slab has been added

• Waypoint management system - a new waypoint management system has been added and waypoint functionality has been expanded. It is now possible to change icon, color, visibility, and remove waypoints from the list. Management is available via a new tab next to the quest tab

• Book of Madness improvements - improved its behavior; enemies should now react better to it and properly fight each other

• Skitter now has separate loot for its shell - it can drop items similar to a normal block of that type (e.g. barrel/stone depending on the Skitter type)

• Enemies focus range adjustments

• Spellbook of Black Hole is now a Unique item

• Multiple SFX adjustments (e.g. dust holders, torch holders, refinery, Damaged Steamer)

Quality of Life

• An option has been added in Gameplay settings to manage chest name visibility (Always Visible / Compass Only / Hidden)

• Buff for Unique items - special effects assigned to these items now have improved stats

• Unique items upgrade cost adjustments

• Changes to Unique item drop rate (increased chance and fixed edge-case issues)

• Arcanist buff - the Arcanist skill tree has been rebalanced (changed order, skill buffs, and minor stat adjustments)

• Reduced staff upgrade cost

• Crystals can now be found in Special Chests

• Items can now roll modifiers from the same element (e.g. fire resistance and increased fire damage)

• Grimrock can now be found in desert chests (in small amounts)

• Reduced required Grimrock to craft Spirit Charging Station

Multiplayer & Networking

• Improved enemy animation replication - situations where client/host saw different enemy actions should no longer occur

• The game always blocked multiplayer connection when players had different game versions - a notification has been added to inform about this and avoid confusion

• Fixed Flying Ship desynchronization when a player joins the game while it’s tilted

Fixes & Exploits

• Save backup improvements - the backup system has been improved, which should eliminate issues with save loss (including the recently occurring Airship loss)

• Fixed multiple Airship collision issues, including collisions with animals/mobs, specific objects/blocks, and the player - this should significantly reduce situations where the ship clips into islands or gets stuck where it should move normally

• Fixed a crash where the game could not process armor with a specific rune in the processing station

• Performance improvements - various optimizations have been implemented across the game to improve overall performance (including further improvements to handling large numbers of items dropped on the ground)

• Fixed a crash when closing the virtual keyboard in specific cases (gamepad/Steam Deck)

• Fixed an issue where the player could not jump while standing on the ship next to a regular block

• Fixed a bug where the player could fly above the current limit (2000 blocks)

• Selection Outline Opacity should now work correctly again - after the last update this option did not affect outline visibility

• Processing station no longer starts processing items if there is no space for resources in the output section

• Fixed HP rounding visible in the top bar from the inventory view - it previously showed different HP values than the player HUD

• Fixed an issue where Mortivar Lord lost collision with projectiles (arrows/magic projectiles)

• Autojump adjustments fixes - it should now work properly when trying to walk on specific fences and through Steamer Gate

• Fixed disappearing ship blocks when near the screen edge/behind the player

• Fixed mouse sensitivity detection in the Cockpit camera - it now matches the player’s sensitivity settings

• Fixed Special Chest behavior after being placed by the player - it should no longer glow or play SFX after reloading the game (Special Chests placed before the update need to be replaced to work properly)

• Small glider fixes (issues with glider visibility after spamming it, glider hiding when client joins in P2P)

• Removed possibility to drop recipes for locked weapons

• Invert Camera option now works properly in Cockpit view

• Wooden Engine preview before placing is now properly rotated

• Villagers and Merchants now have correct stats in the Compendium

• Small localization fixes - grammar and logic fixes in texts (mainly translations)

• Bloater Larva no longer has issues climbing blocks

Stay tuned, as we'll be sharing more news with you soon!

Onward to the skies!

Or in any other of our social media platforms: