🚧Input Fixes, Stability Improvements & Optimization Update!🚧

major update

Junkyard Simulator · build 22401932 · published

On SteamNotes only · this build shipped before we watched the app

Dear Junkers! 🔧🔥

This update focuses heavily on input stability, system fixes, and overall performance improvements across the game. A lot of work has gone into refining mouse behavior, improving UI responsiveness, and optimizing core systems to make the experience smoother and more consistent.

As always — thank you for your support, feedback, and patience. Every update helps push the game further forward 🚀


🖱️ Input & Controls Improvements

  • Improved mouse input handling for players using multi-monitor setups

  • Adjusted DPI handling to provide more stable mouse movement on high-resolution displays

  • Improved viewport mouse capture behavior to prevent the cursor from escaping the game window

  • Reduced potential mouse micro-stutter in gameplay areas (especially on foot)

  • Minor input system adjustments for more consistent camera movement

  • Improved stability of the key binding system in control settings


⚙️ Systems & Stability Fixes

  • Fixed issues with game system initialization related to Game Instance configuration

  • Removed project configuration errors that could generate warnings in game logs

  • Fixed issues with loading certain materials in game builds

  • Improved shader configuration to prevent default materials appearing incorrectly

  • Fixed issues with UI widget focus behavior

  • Optimized system initialization during game startup

  • Improved overall UI and input stability

  • Improved game resource loading process


🗺️ Optimization & Performance

  • Minimap optimization and improved behavior for vehicles

  • Vehicle optimization, especially during deactivation states

  • Improved smoothness while exploring the workshop area

  • Reduced ghosting and “fake motion blur” during camera movement

  • Reduced flickering of small details

  • Lower TSR history memory cost

  • Improved overall image stability (less trailing behind camera)


🚗 Gameplay Fixes & Improvements

  • Fixed an issue where the Workstation purchase quest could get stuck

  • Improved texture of the orange vehicle used in the Car Body Packer

  • Improved visibility of resource names in the market widget (price changes)

  • Added tooltip info showing which resources can be sold

  • Changed scrap loading display in the stationary press — now shown in kilograms instead of percentage

  • Increased scrap processing speed in the Stationary Press (large vehicles like tanks now process faster)

  • Fixed issue with tutorial window staying on screen


🌍 Localization & UI

  • Added Turkish (TR) translations for resource contents in items

  • Added translations for input labels like “Left Shift”, “Left Ctrl” across all languages

  • Added translation for resource buff UI (bottom right corner)

  • Fixed English translation in the car painting preparation widget

  • Fixed typo in upgrade menu (“Scarp Heap” → “Scrap Heap”)


🎮 Camera & Interaction

  • Improved starting camera position in the Car Lift

  • Adjusted camera distance in the lift by +30%


System-Wide Optimizations

This update includes a broad optimization pass across many gameplay systems:

  • Vehicle renovation system optimization

  • Vehicles used for renovation across the world optimized

  • Garage assembly system optimization (behind workshop)

  • Item renovation system optimization

  • GPS path rendering on minimap optimized

  • Question mark indicators on map optimized

  • Vehicle reset system optimized

  • Treasure item spawning optimized

  • Vehicles for stationary press optimized

  • Road sign optimization

  • Interior item spawning optimization

  • Scrap pile interaction optimization

  • Workstations on parcels optimized

  • Resource storage points on parcels optimized


💡 More updates are coming soon!
We continue working on new content, improvements, and major system upgrades.

Thank you for being part of the journey ❤️

💡 More performance-focused updates are coming.

The game is constantly being developed — I strongly recommend checking the integrity of the game files!


Massive junkyard hugs from your favorite rust whisperer —

Junkman Adrian 😎🛠️💛