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Digger PlaytestNewsUpdate v0.1.20260831
Game update

Update v0.1.20260831

Digger Playtest · published 31 Aug 2026, 17:15 UTC

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New Features
Added a Pixel Upscale graphics option, available from both the title screen and in-game settings.
Improvements
Greatly reduced GPU shader work underground. Fully opaque fog now prevents hidden world layers from rendering.
Precomputed fog lighting and wall bleed replace expensive per-pixel searches.
Empty lava-ocean regions skip unnecessary terrain and background calculations.
Reduced terrain, lava, mountain, and background shader work on lower effects settings.
Fresh drill cuts now glow more clearly against dark terrain.
Bug Fixes
World rendering now recovers after minimizing, changing fullscreen state, or restoring focus.
Graphics controls no longer accumulate duplicate callbacks when menus rebuild.
Pixel Upscale no longer breaks the game when toggled.
Increasing Brightness no longer exposes terrain hidden beneath fog.
Ore veins are visible again.

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Game update3 Sep 2026Update v0.1.20260902New Features · Modular ship loadout — your ship is now a hull grid you fit parts into. Cutting heads mount in the nose; tanks, radiators and modules fill the body. Every part costs cells you could have carried ore in. · Service depot rig screen — pull up to the fuel pad and rebuild the ship: drag parts from stores onto the hull, rotate them, pull them back off. Mouse or controller. · The hold i…Game update30 Aug 2026# Update 0.1.20260830b## Improvements - On first launch the game now detects your hardware and picks graphics settings to match, instead of starting everything at maximum. Older machines get a lower render scale, simpler effects and a frame cap. Anything you choose yourself is kept permanently. - The frame rate is no longer uncapped by default — it bought nothing when the graphics card was the limit and kept it runn…Game update30 Aug 2026Hot hot fix.Graphical optimization hotfix and graphical settings options.