#ASTRONEER UPDATE UPDATE#

Other than that, the Xenobiology Update also includes new missions, new cosmetics in store, a new cinematic, bug fixes, and more. Galastropods also have favorite foods which will extend the duration of their benefit when fed.' While a Galastropod is full, players receive a unique benefit to aid in their adventures. Players have the opportunity to gain these unique and highly adaptable creatures as permanent companions that also give benefits to their caretakers.Įach Galastropod loves treats and will become extra happy and energized when fed. Hotfix 1.25.152 is available now on all platforms. 'Space Snails are now a part of the universe of Astroneer. Why's that? It turns out, this is the first time ever, living creatures are added into the game world. Among all the new content it brings, one of them is the most interesting: 'Space Snails'. However, that wasn't the only thing developer System Era Softworks had to offer.Ī new update titled 'Xenobiology' was also released to all platforms (and, as well as the Day One patch to the Switch version). Keep it tuned right here to Shacknews for more details about future updates and patch notes, and be sure to stop by our Astroneer home page to catch up on all of our latest coverage.As we previously reported, Astroneer for Nintendo Switch just landed on time yesterday, January 13. - Fixed a bug Moving wrecked rover seat means Player is unable to interact with debris POI after save.Īstroneer update 1.0.13.0 is just another in a long line of planned changes to System Era's delightful open-solar-system sandbox.- Fixed a bug which caused objects to become unusable for client players when unpacked or repackaged while outside the host's field of view in Multiplayer games.- The achievement “Journey to the Center of the Thing” now unlocks when its requirements are met.- Fixed a bug introduced in the last update, where digging up Hazards with research samples attached cause the research to pop into the air and become stuck.Cached audio parameter values to avoid time spent updating them when they haven't changed.Do not update animations that are out of the player's view and not in their immediate vicinity to save time.Optimized terrain geometry generation throughput.Updated timeslicing settings for expensive objects that did not previously take advantage of timeslicing.Sped up transform updates for all objects.Generally reduce object count by cleaning up stateless objects that are far away from players.Make debris objects despawn when they leave relevance.A tether post being disconnected will not cause any other tether post connections to change.Īstroneer 1.0.13.0 update performance improvements Tether networks are no longer self-healing! When you pick up a tether post it will trigger a network split of all the other tethers it was attached to.A tether network in this case being a set of connected tether posts.

When placing a new tether post, it will now connect to the closest tether post of each distinct tether network in range.

Connections between tether posts that have changed.

You should not see any difference in how they make tether connections.

Vehicles, base platforms and characters should behave the same as before.

Here's the full set of Astroneer update version 1.0.13.0 patch notes as provided over on the official System Era forums: Astroneer 1.0.13.0 update summary According to the official patch notes, the 'new algorithm should greatly reduce the hitches players see when placing tethers in a big network across all platforms, leading to improved performance in single player and multiplayer games.' The team also notes that this is the first of a two-step fix intended to keep the connections and behaviors of tethers more stable. However, outside of tweaks and other bug fixes, the team has also reworked the algorithm that dictates the behavior of tethers. Read on to learn more about the latest Astroneer update version 1.0.13.0.Īccording to the developers at System Era, the main focal point of the latest Astroneer patch was addressing performance issues.

Astroneer update 1.0.13.0 primarily addresses performance and the behavior of tethers, and should hopefully make for a more fluid and pleasant experience overall. Just like clockwork, the folks at System Era have put together a new update for Astroneer with a few specific changes and tweaks. Part of keeping Astroneer alive and well, to say nothing of the titular spacefarers themselves, involves a bit of maintenance.