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Excavator Gamepad, Dirt Chunks and Prompt Fixes - Sep 17

Digger Sandbox Playtest · published 17 Sep 2026, 06:15 UTC

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Excavator
- Gamepad support fixed: with the left shoulder held, the boom and second arm now move on the sticks. Bucket curl and body rotation were already working; the arms were not. Hold left shoulder to dig, release it to drive and look around.
- The on-screen prompts now show the real keys for bucket curl (Q and E) and for leaving the excavator. They used to read "Any".

Dirt chunks
- Dirt chunks landing on the terrain now dig into it reliably. Only glancing, tumbling hits were registering before; a chunk that landed flat did nothing.
- The hole a chunk makes now appears where it landed. When a chunk had been thrown or dumped by another player's machine, the hole could appear back where the chunk was first picked up.

Skidsteer
- Reversing over terrain with the bucket down no longer spawns dirt chunks inside the bucket. Digging while reversing still cuts the ground.
- The arm and bucket hydraulic sounds now stop when you release the right mouse button while still holding the movement key. They used to keep playing until the key was let go.
- Digging costs the server less work again: the skidsteer and excavator now place fewer, larger terrain cuts as they move, with no visible change to the dig.

Vehicles
- The LandCruiser's reset prompt now shows its key (R) instead of "Any".

Known issues
- Entering a vehicle while holding the shovel or wheelbarrow can launch the vehicle. Drop the tool before getting in for now.
- The flatbed trailer's landing legs can only be operated while it is hitched to a truck.

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