Patch 1.6 – Major fixes, ship paint jobs & lots more!

Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2023

Genre: Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Developer: Coffeenauts
Release Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2022

Our largest, most comprehensive bug-fixing update yet, patch 1.6 is finally released!

1.6 is jam-packed with a plethora of fixes, improvements and overhauls that will improve game stability and overall player experience! We’ve also included some much-requested features by our community including collision avoidance while docking and full paint job availability across all ship blueprints!

GAMEPLAY AND QUALITY OF LIFE

Feature improvements:

Full paint job availability: unlocking a paint job will now make it available across all ship blueprints of the same model, no longer being solely tied to one particular ship layout. Players who have previously unlocked paint jobs will now find them available for all of their ships
Better docking collision protection: a safety radius around all docking points (passenger stops, remote service stations and public toilets), effectively preventing players from colliding while docking and undocking
Progressive dance level effectiveness: passengers will now get progressively more entertained as dancing players advance to higher dance levels
New paint job available: the flight school paint job is now unlockable for all models of the Econo-Cruiser

Interface and HUD overhauls:

New settings menus: settings menu has now been subdivided into separate windows for each setting group (general, video, audio, etc), and now each group can be separately reset to defaults
New save slots menu: save slots menu has been visually overhauled, and with added playthrough info, such as last time played
Better contextual icon auto-layout: as well as avoiding each other, contextual icons such as button prompts, repair level indicators, etc now also reposition themselves around power indicators and passenger and player portraits in order to always stay visible and prevent rendering on top of each other. Player and passenger portraits now also are repositioned if too close to screen borders
New unlockable indicator pop-up: whenever players return to the company terminal, a pop-up will now appear letting them know if new unlockables are available
Better fat asteroid minimap icon: fat asteroid icons on the minimap now also show the asteroid’s orientation
Auto-repeat directional input in menus: if players hold a directional input when interacting with menus, it gets automatically repeated after a small delay
Better public room info refresh rate: online sessions now update their public info displayed on the lobby at a more reliable rate

STABILITY AND OPTIMIZATION

Memory and storage usage overhaul: major improvement in the game’s runtime memory usage and reduction in patch sizes
Optimized online bandwidth usage: major changes to synchronization of object position and orientation across clients in order to reduce online bandwidth load
Better item parenting system: major overhaul of the item parenting system, responsible for synchronizing which items are being held by players, passengers and ship systems across online clients

VISUAL IMPROVEMENTS

Mechanic, cleaner and refueling remote service station 3D models and materials have been polished and improved
Bank agency 3D model and materials have been polished and improved
Medium and medium-large connection spaceport 3D models and materials have been polished and improved
All food 3D models and materials have been polished and improved
“Ram” alien species 3D model and materials have been polished and improved
Player flight attendant 3D models and materials have been polished and improved
Cleaning service attendant 3D model and materials have been polished and improved
Company Office 3D model and materials have been polished and improved
Improved laser grid effect applied to ships during insurance cinematic
Comet icon on the minimap is now larger

BUG FIXES

Achievements:

Crowd Pleaser: fixed achievement sometimes not triggering properly
Spaceline Tycoon (Steam only): fixed achievement sometimes not triggering properly. Players who have previously met all requirements will also retroactively receive this achievement as soon as they load the game
Art Collector: fixed achievement sometimes not triggering properly. Players who have previously met all requirements will also retroactively receive this achievement as soon as they load the game

Localization:

Multiple translation improvements for Spanish, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Turkish and Chinese localizations

Players:

Fixed an issue that could cause players to move erratically when holding passengers in online sessions
Fixed player name and number appearing above an incorrect character when switching avatars in online sessions
Fixed an issue that could cause the player silhouette color to be incorrect when switching characters in online sessions
Fixed player silhouette sometimes rendering on the floor near a character’s feet in certain environments
Fixed an issue that could spawn a copy of a player’s character at the company office when returning from a trip
Fixed an issue that made tools get smaller when picked up by a Gigi character
Fixed players sometimes getting stuck in walking animation when interacting with a ship system
Fixed “insane G” triggering incorrect animation clips in non-human flight attendants

Space hazards:

Fixed an issue that allowed the initial position of comets to affect their starting speed

Audio and music:

Fixed an issue that could cause a connection spaceport’s music to keep playing after players have already opened the starmap
Fixed an issue that could make music stop playing during flights
Fixed volume level settings sometimes getting improperly reset
Fixed communicator sound effect sometimes not stopping after call has already been picked up

Menus and HUD:

Fixed minimap icons sometimes disappearing randomly
Fixed minimap expansion sometimes not syncing in online sessions
Fixed mouse interaction with refuel menu sometimes not working properly
Pause menu in local client now closes itself if other clients enter a screen or cinematic that can't be paused in online sessions
Fixed reputation stars not getting properly repositioned when players expand and reduce the minimap
Fixed company customization menu sometimes not opening to some clients in online sessions
Fixed upgrade store menu sometimes not opening to some clients in online sessions
Fixed an issue that could cause a route to be confirmed more than once on the starmap
Fixed an issue that could allow players to interact with the starmap before loading screen was finished
Fixed start menu background scene not getting reset after save slots are deleted
Fixed end-route reputation stars animation sometimes displaying incorrect values after game over
Fixed unavailable communicator icon sometimes remaining visible indefinitely
Fixed power interface sometimes flickering when systems were switched on or off
Fixed credits screen being skippable by non-host clients in online sessions
Fixed position of player characters at the end of credits screen
Fixed player slots HUD animation not running during pause screen
Fixed fade to black screen transition effect stopping halfway when opening the game through platform friend invite
Fixed an issue that could cause starmap window animations to stop halfway
Fixed an issue that could cause ship interface blueprint card animations to stop halfway
Fixed an issue that made player characters displayed on loading screen or loot interface get affected by level illumination
Fixed an issue that could prevent logos and colors from getting properly updated on the company customization screen
Fixed an issue that could cause ship gate screen to show “empty lot” after ship purchase at the company terminal in online sessions

Video:

Fixed windowed mode resetting the game’s resolution setting

Passengers:

Fixed “sick” animation sometimes getting triggered when passengers became satisfied
Fixed passenger nausea and stink particles clipping outside ship outer walls
Fixed passengers sometimes getting stuck behind Medical Capsule in the Deluxe Econo-Cruiser
Fixed passengers’ AI navigation sometimes getting stuck in corners inside the ship
Fixed passengers getting stuck at bored state if they are fed while interacting with a ship system
Fixed passengers getting harshly ejected from seats during cleaning station animation

Ships and Ship Systems:

Fixed cooking system positioning in the Medevac Econo-Cruiser
Fixed sanitation system positioning in the Svetlana Icebreaker
Fixed player spawn point positions in the 101-C Econo-Cruiser
Fixed repaired metal plates rendering on top of hull breaches
Fixed Medical Capsule sometimes not turning on when players entered it in online sessions
Fixed Medical Capsule sometimes becoming non-interactable in online sessions
Fixed ship system purchase animation sometimes freezing the game or not getting setup properly
Fixed Standard Fridge sometimes appearing as a downgrade in stores when players have the Catering Rack installed
Fixed Holo-Nav collider in order to prevent characters getting stuck on top of it after zero-G

Tutorials and ARTHUR:

Fixed inverted order of localization strings for flight school ARTHUR messages in Spanish, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Turkish and Chinese
Fixed typo in the English version of ARTHUR’s message when players arrive at the terminal for the first time
Fixed ARTHUR messages sometimes appearing on top of end-of-route cinematics
Fixed lounging available player avatars clipping through ARTHUR’s model at the company office
Fixed ARTHUR giving players money at the wrong moment after completing flight school trip to the terminal

Chat:

Improvements to word filter in online chat messages

Food:

Fixed colliders in some seasonal foods which were clipping the ship’s floor

Loot:

Fixed Gambulon V loot sometimes not getting maximum available loot tier
Fixed how cash loot tiers get filtered

Inspector:

Fixed Inspector sometimes getting frozen when ship’s gravity is restored after zero-G
Fixed Inspector’s AI navigation sometimes getting stuck in corners inside the ship
Fixed Inspector sometimes spawning too close to the ship
Fixed Inspector not leaving alerted state after a vomit gets cleaned at a service station
Fixed Inspector sometimes clipping through ships outer walls
Fixed Inspector’s laser scan VFX for Standard Seats, Medical Capsule and Navigation Systems

Cinematics:

Fixed ships docked at gate 2 and 3 getting positioned incorrectly after insurance materialize cinematic at the company terminal
Fixed ship explosion cinematic changing Kinetic Plasma Shell’s orientation
Fixed silhouettes and outline effects not getting hidden during some cinematics
Fixed cinematic camera take sometimes not being prioritized during insurance animation
Fixed contextual interaction icons sometimes not getting hidden during refuel cinematic
Fixed mop clipping through ship’s floor during game over cinematics
Fixed water hose VFX getting affected by zero gravity
Fixed water hose VFX position during cleaning service animation when using the Voxtron Icebreaker

Camera:

Fixed camera position snapping when players enter piloting system while framing fat asteroids

And that’s it! We hope you enjoy this update and have a safe flight, spacefarers!

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