Update 5.5: Deck Drop is Live

Caretakers,

Update 5.5: Deck Drop is live for The Last Caretaker.

This is our seventh Early Access update and the second additional update we have released outside the original plan.

Update 6 is already in development, but enough content, optimization, fixes, and improvements were ready that we decided to release them now rather than hold them back.

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1. Expanded storage with new portable containers and large Battery, Petrol, and Diesel storage.

2. New MOSES Field Reserve Program quest at Warehouse Alpha.

3. New Memories and HoloMemories added throughout the world.

4. New Gyrocopter landing pads and Gyro Towers.

5. Container Dispensers added across locations.

6. Reduced loading stutter and further performance optimization.

7. Improved vehicle cameras, forklift handling, weather variety, fog visibility, collision, and UI readability.

8. Major audio and visual pass across vehicles, weapons, environments, water, explosions, caves, music, and effects.

9. Fishing Module storage and Fishing Net information improved.

10. Large round of bug fixes covering crashes, quests, rockets, cables, containers, crafting, UI, locations, and progression.

THE NOT SO SHORT VERSION FOR CARETAKERS

EXPANDED STORAGE

Deck Drop adds new portable storage containers and large-scale Battery, Petrol, and Diesel storage.

The update also includes fixes and improvements to large Diesel containers, container coloring, displays, localization, and related interactions.

NEW QUESTS AND WORLD CONTENT

The MOSES Field Reserve Program quest has been added to Warehouse Alpha.

New Memories and HoloMemories have been added throughout the world.

Security cameras have been added to the Transposium Rooms.

Cave painting visuals have been improved.

Quest, Memory, item, subtitle, and location text has also been updated across the game.

EXPANDED GYROCOPTER INFRASTRUCTURE

New Gyrocopter landing pads and Gyro Towers have been added.

Vehicle camera behavior has also been improved across several vehicles.

PERFORMANCE AND GAMEPLAY IMPROVEMENTS

Loading stutter has been reduced.

Forklift driving and cargo handling have been improved.

Vehicle camera behavior has been improved.

Weather variety has been increased.

Fog visibility has been improved.

Rock and cave collision has been improved in several locations.

UI text readability has been improved on smaller and lower-resolution screens.

The pause menu layout has been improved.

Controller zoom has been fixed.

An interaction prompt has been added when entering ladders.

FISHING MODULE

Fishing Module storage capacity has been increased.

The Fishing Net display now provides clearer catch information.

AUDIO IMPROVEMENTS

The audio pass includes improvements to:

1. JetSki engine and movement audio

2. Whale audio

3. Cable handling sounds

4. Environmental reverb

5. Distillation Tower audio

6. Boat phone audio and voice-over clarity

7. Sanctuary Dock 37 power switch and hangar door audio

8. Electric discharge audio

9. Single-use module lid audio

10. Petrol Grinder audio

11. Explosion impact

12. Manifest Chant and Children of Sorrow music

13. Rising Tides theme music

VISUAL IMPROVEMENTS

Cave painting visuals have been improved.

Dumpster grinding effects have been improved.

Oil leak effects have been improved.

Boat Motor splash effects have been improved.

Scannable blueprint visuals have been updated.

Shattered glass rendering in dark areas has been fixed.

Glass flickering when hitting the ground has been fixed.

Player character paints have been corrected.

The green tint affecting Bolt Rifle paints has been fixed.

The boat mast shading has been corrected.

CRAFTING AND BALANCE

Ammo now takes 10 seconds to craft.

The Reactive Core now requires Quantum Crystal instead of Plasma Gel.

The Grenade Ignition Box now uses an Uncommon Part.

Weapons and weapons attachment crafting has been updated.

FIXES FIXES FIXES AS DETAILS

1. Fixed random crashes during gameplay.

2. Fixed rocket capsule crafting becoming blocked after landing.

3. Fixed players being unable to build a rocket payload when loading an older save.

4. Fixed rocket crafting and landing-related collision issues.

5. Fixed the rocket countdown continuing after an aborted launch.

6. Fixed progression being skipped and causing a blocker during Time to Let Go Soon.

7. Fixed Omega Nursery tasks losing their completed state after sailing away.

8. Fixed Omega Nursery quest triggers.

9. Fixed an issue with the Eden water quest.

10. Fixed excess sharks spawning in some situations.

11. Fixed location spawning issues.

12. Fixed cables drifting between play sessions.

13. Fixed cables moving unexpectedly while locations were loading.

14. Fixed cables returning an incorrect number of cable items when reeled in.

15. Fixed the Photo Drone being able to see through walls.

16. Fixed some HoloMemories being visible without the Photo Drone.

17. Fixed incorrect images appearing in some HoloMemories.

18. Fixed sample rewards being granted incorrectly when reusing Samples.

19. Fixed sample reward items not being counted correctly.

20. Fixed inventory tooltip text sizing.

21. Fixed broken text for some languages in container displays.

22. Fixed large Diesel container issues.

23. Fixed Lazarus Pods being grabbable while attached to a rack.

24. Fixed the weapon resource display not updating correctly when first equipping a weapon.

25. Fixed the forklift being unable to detach some carried objects.

26. Fixed the Exodus human pod not always snapping into place.

27. Fixed the grenade charge animation while sprinting.

28. Fixed extra weapon movement during animations.

29. Fixed the petrol grinder unholster animation and audio.

30. Fixed the injector animation missing the left hand.

31. Fixed paint bucket fabrication always displaying the default material.

32. Fixed the parts crafting hologram.

33. Fixed incorrect Growth Container location names.

34. Fixed incorrect values displayed for Rusty Power Triodes.

35. Fixed an unpowered light at Seed Vault 2.

36. Fixed snow appearing during high temperatures.

LOCATION AND COLLISION FIXES

1. Fixed an out-of-bounds hole in Twin Tide Cave.

2. Fixed an overly narrow tunnel formation in Twin Tide Cave.

3. Fixed invisible collision around Sanctuary roofs.

4. Fixed an out-of-bounds gap in Forth Chamber.

5. Fixed collision issues in Quarantine Amen.

6. Fixed collision issues in Spire of Command.

7. Fixed players getting stuck on a pipe in Tommy's secret room.

8. Fixed a paint can in Lyra that could not be picked up.

9. Fixed a floating railing in Habitat 04.

10. Fixed a duplicate container door in Habitat 05.

11. Fixed a door that would not open in Habitat 03.

12. Made hidden cash easier to collect in Habitat 03.

13. Fixed clipping on the Dumpster output hatch.

14. Improved the Quarantine Chorus door hinge.

15. Fixed an elevator button frame at Exodus Station.

FEEDBACK

We continue to read Steam Discussions, Discord reports, crash data, and feedback sent through the game.

If something breaks, the most useful reports include:

1. What you were doing

2. What you expected to happen

3. What actually happened

4. Steps to reproduce, if possible

5. Screenshot or video, if available

6. Your save file

Discord: https://discord.gg/channel37

A lot of the work in Deck Drop comes directly from reports and feedback from players.

Keep it coming.

ONE ASK

If you have been away for a while, update the game and jump back in.

If you like where The Last Caretaker is going, a Steam review is one of the clearest signals you can send us.

Update 5.5: Deck Drop is live now.

Safe travels!
-- Channel37