1.0.6.3 (10 February 2020)

Hello Nomads,

We've just released the 1.0.6.3 update to the public branch. There's a fix for lags when big container structures are opened and some winch tweaks.

Here is the full list of changes:
From 1.0.6.2:

optimization of container (inventory) view - asynchronous loading of pre-collapsed containers, faster items rendering, added "take it all" button for all connected containers

added motor locking and keybinding to Winch

rearranged death screen, added "load game" button
From 1.0.6.3:

fixed deleting of Winch/Shackle in Creative mode

modified physics of connection ("rope")

do not break connection caused by same grid as corresponding Winch or Shackle is on

fix bug that occurred when splitting grid containing winch or shackle

allow connecting winch & shackle on the same grid

added debug commands for achievements

fixed achievements that requied block cutting

fix not rendered character head inside

fix lens flare effect rendered inside Stasis Chamber

Update 1.0.6.1 (17 December 2019)

Hello Nomads,

We've just released the 1.0.6.1 version to the public branch, so everyone can now use our new Tech Tree and improved Creative mode.

Here is recap of all changes:
1.0.6.0: New features - Blocks

added new blocks - armor and glass pieces

rearranged all blocks into more cateogories, according to their intended usage (bases, vehicles, cargo,...)

added a Tech Tree view (switch button in top right corner in the Block Catalog) - displays all in-game blocks, even locked ones with the lock reason (ie. by quest etc.)
New features - Creative

added welding & cutting of blocks into the Creative Mode - with Multitool you can create "unfinished" states of blocks, with a block equipped, you delete blocks by one click (as you are used to)

possible to use other tools - Block Mover, Weapon, Scanner - you need to set them to some key in keybinding in options, as there are no inventory in Creative
New features - Building

added keyboard modifier for building "in the air" - it's now possible to build ungrounded blocks

faster block coloring (mainly in Creative)
Bugfixes

temporary switch from 1st person to 3rd person close-up if camera is behind the wall - to prevent looking "through the wall"

fixed colliders on Hinge joints - reduced unnecessary vibrations in extreme positions

fixed graphical glitch with weather - roofing does not influence fog appearance anymore

fixed some overflows in HDR post-processing - hopefully eliminated the "black ink smearing" bug

fixed blocked Quests functionality (in case player exited the Drop Pod too early)

tutorial: removed direct block equip of a block without using Hotbar (a little advanced feature for newcomers, could lead to deadlock in tutorial)

tutorial: removed altimeter from cockpit UI
1.0.6.1

added colorization masks to small glass blocks and top parts of cockpits

fixed saving of block weld state in creative

Tutorial: lowered distance limit for dynamic light shadows (performance fix)

Tutorial: fixed bug with crouch (tutorial was impossible to finish sometimes)

Block Catalog: changed default filter to "ALL" and added scrolling up on open

Tools/Weapon: fixed switching to wrong tool by mapped keys

Block Mover: fixed graphic glitch (mainly after starting/loading the game)

Thermoregulator: fixed non-working state if loaded game in cockpit

Bug Reporter: fixed not sending logfiles (changed paths for new Unity log file locations), also added sending of previous log file
Update 1.0.5.6 (17 October 2019)

Hello Nomads,

We've just released the 1.0.5.6 version from the Experimental branch to public.

Here is the full list of changes:

realtime lights - disabling changed to gradual dimming with distance, the actual light distance same as shadow distance settings

improved switching between 2D/3D trees

fixed flashing of 2D trees on chunk load

fixed appearance of some 2D trees (wrong texture - color)

soft circular blend of 3D grass

removed Map rotation to first POI on initialization (map open or filter change)

fixed "escape vehicle where entered" functionality
Update 1.0.5.5 (19 September 2019)

Hello Nomads,

We've just released the 1.0.5.5 from the Experimental into the main game branch.

Here is the list of changes since last stable release:
1.0.5.5

added secondary SandyEngine binary build for Linux (newer one for better performance, older one for compatibility)
1.0.5.4

removed no-longer-working 3rd party UI library (fixed blueprint creation window freeze)

fixed error from zip library

removed shadows dithering (dot patterns in shadows caused by transparent windows)

bigger sun lightmap texture on ultra settings (better shadow resolution)
1.0.5.3

updated engine to Unity 2019.2.3f1

fixed map freeze on wrong POIs
Update 1.0.5.2 (16 August 2019)

Hello Nomads,

Our new Keybinding and Motorized Joints update is considered stable now, so we've released it into the public branch.

Here is the list of changes to repeat:
1.0.5.0

added Custom Keybinding to most blocks (available in Terminal and Radial Menu)

added optional Motor to Joints (Hinge & Rotor)

fixed issues after teleporting back from the ship to planet in story end-game
1.0.5.2

fixed random freeze of Key Binding window

rearranged Key Binding UI - renamed buttons, added hints

added possibility to bind modifier+key combinations (CTRL+W, etc.)

Linux: build with older libc for compatibility with older Linux distributions

fixed rename function on Rotor

fixed printers do not resume production after "no space" error and freeing its container
Update 1.0.4.4 (25 July 2019)

Hello Nomads,

Our contest on the occasion of 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 mission has ended and we've released the new update (version 1.0.4.4) that hides it's assets from the main menu. You can also see the results in our blog post[www.planet-nomads.com].

We've also added some recent bug fixes to the build.

Here is the list of changes:

Removed Apollo 11 related backgrounds and menu button (you can still play our Lunar Lander minimicro game by entering the apollo11 cheat in console in the main menu).

Changed switching resolutions in main menu options - removed the refresh rates from the list, as system ignored it anyway. It automatically selects best refresh rate but it displayed wrong values (like 23Hz) sometimes. Also added console command "setresolution" for testing purposes.

Added refresh of all hotbars (not only the visible one) in case of dropping item etc.
Update 1.0.4.3 (18 July 2019)

Hello Nomads,

These days we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 and we have a special update for this occasion. We also have a creative contest for you, if you want to participate and maybe win some Planet Nomads themed goods, look at our blog post https://www.planet-nomads.com/2019/07/18/apollo-11-anniversary-special-event/

The update also includes bugfixes from previous experimental release as follows:

reworked automatic miner - changed displayed probabilities to amount per hour, fixed mining computations

reworked libsqlite in Sandy engine (fixes save/load bugs mainly on Linux)

increased area for spawning Terry's ship (should decrease the probability of spawning it under water)

Magnetic Hever - added possibility to build it on another buildings / vehicles

fixed light artifacts on sky

removed advanced settings effect on oxygen (fixes troubles under water on Easy and Hard settings)
Update 1.0.3.2 (20 June 2019)

Hello Nomads,

We've just released update 1.0.3.2.

The full list of changes since last public version:

new block: Autonomous Water Purifier

increased distance and intensity of vehicle search lights

added setting to change/disable the automatic miner excavation limit

added lights on the Bike blueprint

finished Czech translation
Various bugfixes

(https://bugs.planet-nomads.com/?version_fixed=25):

added saving of player crouch state (before, if you saved crouched under some block, it would kill you by loading you in standing position with your head inside the block)

added more tries for world generator to put Terry's ship on dry place (it might cause different ship positions on same seed than in previous version, but only in new games)

better visualization of finished, non finished and mutally exclusive quest tasks

fixed sorting of UI (tutorial messages over the menu)

tech tree: fixed access to some blocks (Short Basic Slope Wall 1x4, Short Basic Slope Corner Wall) for non-kickstarter players

fixed workshop blueprint API to support more than 50 subscribed items

fixed error in case of invalid blueprint

fixed error caused by splitting grid with Suspension / Hinge / Rotor

fixed frozen POIs in compass

fixed Radar scan working only after Map refresh

added notification about map being locked in the early game

added random timeout before crafting (performance fix for lags in case of many synchronously running printers)

disabled exit where entered functionality in cockpit (to prevent exiting in open-space)

hidden inventory and compass while sleeping
Update 1.0.2.1 (03 June 2019) 1.0.2.0

optimized geometic calcuations in Animal Nests, POIs & Navigation, Planet geometry, Dynamic Obstalces

reduced frequency of computations in PlayerTerrainFixer, freezing Vehicles, Switchboard distances, Active Blocks, Items and Containers

reduced UI refresh in Inventories, Block Catalog, POIs

invisible animations and partices culling in Animals & Swarms

optimized calculation and added caching of Dynamic Obstacles

optimized Wheel physics

reworked calculations of chunks and objects
1.0.2.1

fixed building new blocks in old saves

fixed exiting from cockpit, prevented exiting in dangerous cases (into terrain etc.)

fixed spawning of nests, trees and other game objects in dead zones (around wrecks, monuments, etc.)

fixed frozen swarm visuals

fixed highlighting of blocks in block mover

fixed compass visible in cut scenes
Update 1.0.1.0 (23 May 2019)

new special blueprint - motocycle

escape a vehicle at the point you entered it

air blade - fixed target height stored in blueprint - possible to re-use aircrafts on planets of different size

added an "easter egg" on one special day in June
Update 1.0.0.1 (10 May 2019)

fixed opening of planet map (in already "broken" saves you need to wait few minutes before a hint shows and unlock it)

added syncing of physics to rebasin to address "invisible wall" bug

added better saving and refresh of selected favourite blocks
Update 1.0.0.0 (03 May 2019) 1.0.0.0

fixed some quests and typos
0.9.9.2

fixed monuments that cannot be scanned from one side

fixed weird monument artifacts after teleporting or game reload

added healing to Trauma Kit
0.9.9.1

bypassed Quest system in older saves - to make them playable again

Windows: returned to mono backend and default Garbage Collector - for better stability

fixed POIs remaining in compass

added immortality to Oddyseus Blueprint

fixed missing weather sounds (storm)

allowed closing Replicator window by Use (E) key

fixed story item that always dropped from hands

fixed 3rd person camera going too far

fixed not descending air blades in some occasions

reduced player falling through terrain check timeout - for better performance
0.9.9.0

complete story (you have to start a new game to enjoy it)

added shipwrecks from Kickstarter backers

bigger Compass with better readability of overlapping marks

changed "T" button functionality - cycles between best MultiTool available and Emergency Tool

added possibility to bind other tools (Block Mover, Scanner, Weapon) to different keys

Radar: now it is possible to trigger scan even in already scanned region

Automatic Miner: fixed bug that caused game hang during load in some cases
Update 0.9.8.4 (18 April 2019) 0.9.8.4

fixed player falling down through the terrain

modified memory management to prevent frequent frame drops
0.9.8.3

fixed bug in saving sampled resources from Mining Machine

fixed short drop in Solar Panel energy production on load

workaround for physics collisions bug (caused Jetpack hover mode disabled on load)
0.9.8.2

Windows: new build using IL2CPP (should be faster in case of high CPU & low GPU usage)

modified physics to do less transform sync - caused low CPU usage due to thread locks probably (should fix FPS drop after longer gameplay)

fixed saving of hower blade height (should eliminate helicopter bumps on load/approach)

planet map: right click on custom POI deletes it

various minor script optimizations
Update 0.9.8.1 (18 February 2019) 0.9.8.1

fixed error while switching from Mover Tool to other tool or block

fixed loss of Weapons and Tools during update to 0.9.8.0 (however, you need to open your original save - saves with items already missing will not recover it)

fixed remembering of disabled resources in Miner settings

fixed Solar Panels working at night
0.9.8.0

Tool changes:

change in tool usage - now you can have multiple different Tools in the Hot Bar

added Mover Tool for moving blocks

split Emergency Tool and classic Multitool functionality - the first uses only Suit power, the latter only Batteries

enlarged default player inventory by 2 slots

Other Changes:

updated Unity engine to 2018.3.5f1

added Thermoregulator block and fixed thermal regeneration in different occasions

added slight boost to player movement while accelerating from standing to motion

faster mining with mining machines, but mining is now limited - you can harvest only certain amount of resouces on one place

custom POIs in map - you can mark a point by mouse click in map, compass will show you the way there

save files are now compressed - warning! if you plan to play older version of the game, backup ALL your save files before launching 0.9.8.0, as compression occurs after the first lauch, and compressed saves are incompatible with older releases of the game
Update 0.9.7.7 (14 January 2019) 0.9.7.7

updated Unity engine to 2018.2.20

fixed typing of weird characters with function keys on Linux

decreased weather change frequency

fixed bugs with FOV in vehicles

fixed invisible UI parts with non-native rendering
0.9.7.6

dehydration no longer affects your temperature shield

changed frozen and heated vignette effect progression

fixed intro with dynamic resolution enabled
0.9.7.5

added thermometer to HUD

fine tuning of some weather aspects (temperature values, rain sound volume)

fixed black screen when using non-native resolution rendering
Update 0.9.7.3 (19 December 2018)

reduced the impact of weather to hot/cold survival attributes

linux: built Sandy Engine against older libraries to support not so recent distributions
0.9.7.2 (19 December 2018)

finished new weather types (finally)

different Suit appearance for each armor tier

modified Suit survival attributes

special Kickstarter-exclusive Suit for our Unique Nomad backers (those who are concerned will be informed when this release become public)

some main character animations changes

increased maximum Air Blade altitude

increased brake efficiency of small vehicles

added immediate reversal of wheels after braking

survival screen effects tuning

fixed bug that caused empty Block Catalog

fixed bugs in notifications display and logging
Update 0.9.7.1 (19 December 2018)

fixed bugs in collider optimization

fixed missing container connections after building a blueprint

fixed shader in Planet Map

fixed sun making flares through ship walls in the tutorial

better quality of sun textures

modified vignette textures gradation

suppressed an error during downloading blueprints

tuned shadow quality for better shadows in middle distance
Update 0.9.7.0 (19 December 2018)

New Game Mode: Free Roam - you can play with your inventories without worrying about thirst, hunger, radiation etc.
User Experience & Survival Tweaks:

added new weather types and improved look of old ones

color visualisation and new screen effects for survival attributes

directional indicator of damage source

"take it all" button in Containers and Automatic Miners

allowed direct using/equipping of items from black box Container

improved weapon beam, new weapon batteries

"bees" - improved attack behaviour and nest appearance

enabled animal aggressivity on Medium difficulty

changed appearance of toggles (aka "check boxes") in UI

grouping Joy notifications by type

logging Joy notifications in the Journal

added descriptions to block / item radial menus
Other changes:

hidden unavailable blocks in Block Catalog

improved brakes and added parking brake to wheeled vehicles
Bugs and optimizations:

fixed game freeze / crash on finishing blueprint during sleeping

optimized merge of box colliders for better performance and less physical glitches

fixed non-working automatic switch on Solar Beacon

fixed corrupted water surface on higher quality settings

narrowed camera near plane (reduced weapon/wall see throughs)

fixed Craneballs logo quality on splash screen

improved Sandy Engine compatibility with legacy Linux distributions

fixed water and fog graphical glitches on MacOS
Patch 0.9.6.1 (01 November 2018) Bug fixes

Emergency Printer: fixed "no electricity" bug

Emergency Printer: fixed error when loading saves with deleted printer

3D printers: fixed printers not able to use containers connected by conveyors
Patch 0.9.6.0 (31 October 2018) Bug fixes

SandyEngine: fixed holes in generated terrain meshes on chunk boundaries

Terminal: fixed unintended closing (by pressing "T" during block rename)

Generator: fixed misbehavior after load, connecting Containers, welding and other events

Interior Cockpit: fixed Center of mass

Railing: fixed texture wrapping

Hover Pad: fixed ground detection

Character: fixed unnatural neck positions in animations

Jetpack: fixed wrong behavior when running out of suit energy

Multitool: action delay kept only on destructive actions

UI: fixed "saving game" info box obstructed by blur effect

Bug Reporter: fixed log file retrieval

Bug Reporter: fixed endless freeze while sending report

Linux: removed unreliable batch processing in SQLite

Linux: fixed water shader depth calculation (added foam on shallow water)

Linux: fixed fog shader depth calculation (to exclude sky from being fogged)
Optimizations

Terrain Shader: reduced number of texture fetches if not all voxel slots are used

Containers, Printers: changed recalculation logic to eliminate lags during container content modification

Quality settings: disabled anisotropic texture filtering in default quality settings (except for Ultra)

Quality settings: disabled grass on Low setting

Quality settings: Sky, Clouds and Water meshes replaced by dynamically generated low poly ones with adjustable quality

Bug Reporter: sending screenshots as JPG

Bug Reporter: compression of log and text files
Others

Bug Reporter: added whisperer (searching for similar bugs before entering a new one)

updated Craneballs logo in the splash screen
Patch 0.9.5.1 (11 October 2018)

updated Unity engine to 2018.2.7f1

reduced light emission of wheels

pre-loading of assets to eliminate some lags

fixed slow menu response before loading a game

fixed slow UI response before displaying Block Catalog

pointer in tutorial moved to center of the screen

delayed destruction made by Tool to eliminate mis-clicking

not displaying center of mass in Build Vision by default
Patch 0.9.5.0 (01 October 2018) Gleaming Wheels

added emissive effects on Wheels when powered

adjustable ghost block / ghost blueprint distance - hold shift and scroll mouse button to change the distance

new Bug Reporting Tool (in main menu and in-game pause menu)

fixed low FPS in intro cinematics

blocks in terminal are ordered alphabetically

auto-generated block names (with numbers) are saved now
Patch 0.9.4.0 (18 September 2018)

access to terminal from cockpit (press "T" in cockpit, if you have usable terminal on your vehicle)

blueprint tagging and editing

fixed bug that broke blueprint upload/download functionality

fixed jammed trigger on tools and weapons

fixed options tabs rendering in pause menu

hidden distant electricity connections
Patch 0.9.3.0 (12 September 2018)

new blocks

Plant Pot

Stairs One Step, Half Stairs, Stairs Joint

Railing Corner

Interior Cockpit, Standing Cockpit

Pylon with Light

no electricity consumption of Wheels, Hover Pads and Hover Blades when idle

added alitmeter to cockpit GUI

added author name into blueprint metadata

optimized electricity circuits recalculation

some minor bug fixes (building locked blocks, calculation of welding resources)
Patch 0.9.2.2 (31 August 2018)

fixed missing blueprint thumbnails on Linux

fixed inaccurate solar panel power calculation
Patch 0.9.2.1 (29 August 2018)

built with Unity 2018.2.4f1 (and following bugfixes)

bigger block catalog, more consistent order of blocks

added new blocks as a reward for Kickstarter backers (they received instructions how to redeem them via Kickstarter private message)

various rendering optimizations

merged cameras together and changed way of universe simulation

added options for low performance computers - lower quality models, dynamic resolution

save files moved to the new folder

added news box into main menu
Reverting back to 0.9.0.4

Hello Nomads,

We are very sorry about it but our last two updates introduced more troubles than improvements, so we decided to roll back to 0.9.0.4 release.

We need some more time to put things in order. Now, we are unsure if we'll find solution to Unity 2018 related bugs or need to stick with an old version of Unity forever.
Patch 0.9.1.1

Hello Nomads,

You've probably noticed problems with cursor not locking in the last release. It's a known bug in Unity 2018.1, so we build today update with Unity 2018.2 and added some tweaks. It should be better now, but far from ideal. It also means that game will run even when minimized - it's a side effect of that workaround.

Also on Linux, there was a problem with duplicating letters in input boxes, that should be also fixed by this release.

However, we've noticed that some textures in game are currently pixelated a little bit, we know about it but don't know the reason. But we'll try to fix it soon.

One last change in this release is that we've updated our block shader to new API, and now blocks aren't so dark as in the last release.
Patch 0.9.1.0 (13 July 2018)

Hello Nomads,

Current update does not bring new features, it's just "under the hood" improvements - this is the first time we built the game with new engine - Unity 2018.1. We do not use the full potential yet, we've just managed to fix all the code and compile it. In the next weeks we look on what could be made better with new Unity features.

As it is very big change in the engine, some bugs may appear and we are ready to fix them soon, just let us know on the forum if you experience any. Thanks for your patience.

There are also some minor changes:

fixed music that was muted after diving/emerging

made mouse wheel bindable in options

added bindable hotkey to hide/show HUD
Update 0.9.0.4 (27 June 2018)

tutorial is automatically disabled after completion

removed "destroy" particle effect after splitting grids

added notice about changing video settings during gameplay

fixed typo in the name of background art author
Updates 0.9.0.0 - 0.9.0.3 (13 June 2018) 0.9.0.3

fixed achievements wrongly triggered in tutorial

fixed default image in teleport selection
0.9.0.2

added slideshow of players' creations on main menu background

fixed first spawning algorithm to generate better starting positions

new (better) default seed for first quick game

fixed shadows flickering

fixed errorneous stats regeneration at some circumstances

fixed some tutorial particles, animations and effects

fixed datapad state after the tutorial

fixed problem with direct block selection (shift+click in block catalog)
0.9.0.1

fixed damage in drop pod in intro sequence
0.9.0.0

new story-driven tutorial

new mother ship on which story and tutorial begins

improved hint system with pointer and triggers that guides you through the tutorial and opens up different parts and function at right time

simplified first new game start (quick launch)

changed materials gathered from crashsites to ones that are more useful at early gameplay

delayed bad weather occurence after game start

increased distance of dangerous animals from drop pod

multitool secondary beam color changed to red to be better distinguishable

reworked GUI windows management - now you can close windows and popups gradually by ESC key

fixed some FPS drops with Air Blades

reduced maximum distnace of dynamic lights to keep higher FPS
Update 0.8.14.1 (5 June 2018)

In this release we did just a small bugfix for joint locking mechanism. There was a problem when you loaded locked joint, it returned to its original position. Now it should stay in position you saved it.
Update 0.8.14 (28 May 2018)

We have added option to freeze joints in a given position and some tools for coloring lights. More info about all changes is on our development blog:

https://www.planet-nomads.com/2018/05/28/update-0-8-14-joint-locking-and-light-coloring/
Bugfix 0.8.13 (03 May 2018)

maximum stack size was increased to 100

ghost block is less transparent for better visibility

double clicking on usable item in inventory transfers it into the hotbar (or into a container if one is opened)

resolved issue with conveyor connectors not connecting in some circumstances

fixed sudden object movement after sleeping

keeping jetpack hover mode enabled after exiting cockpit

blocked use and radial menu in cockpit

fixed misssing build vision icons on some active blocks (greenhouse, compact medbay, radar)

fixed minor UI bugs (text alignment, non-updated texts, digging gizmo)
Hotfix 0.8.11.1 (3 April 2018)

fixed application freeze

Hot Bar item count appearance change
Patch 0.8.10.1 (16 March 2018)

fixed some issues with vehicle physics.
Patch 0.8.10.0 (15 March 2018) New blocks:

ceiling/floor block with conveyor port

interior wall with conveyor port

six way conveyor
New features:

ten "pages" in building hotbar, use shift+0..9 to switch them

shift+click in block catalog equips block without using hotbar

filter by name in the block catalog

weather in advanced survival settings
Bugfixes:

not unloading big bridges while walking away from its origin

physics freeze of distant vehicles to overcome some bugs on unloading

saving vehicle movement speed

saving unfinished work of printers

fixed ghostblock jitter

fixed occasional missing drop pod and other wreckage

fixed randomly vanishing electricity connections

fixed center of mass indicator misbehavior

fixed jetpack hover mode (didn't descend at max height)

item dispenser disables on entering vehicle
Patch 0.8.9.1 (6th March 2018)

daytime slowdown multiplier hotfix
Patch 0.8.9.0 (2nd March 2018)

added Deuterium Generator and Small Deuterium Generator

added indication of mass distribution to Build Vision

added option to alter the duration of daytime

added switch button into block "Use" GUIs

optimized first generation of the world (generating wrecks phase)

optimized game saving/loading, mainly on non-SSD drives

modified console to pause the game

fixed physics glitch when descending into water with jetpack in hover mode

fixed building positions on block "Reinforced Wall Ext/Int Conveyor Joint"

fixed planet map update after beacon rename
Patch 0.8.8.1 (16th February 2018)

new block Conveyor Connector - to join conveyors from different grids

new block Glassed Cockpit - for better maneuvering of your aircrafts

new blocks Flat Solar Panels and Sloped Solar Panels

new "beta" languages: Russian, Portuguese (Brazil), Czech

optimized mass recalculation

fixed conveyors recalculation when grids are splitted

fixed vanishing buildings when last part of terran chunk is deleted
Patch 0.8.7.1 (02th February 2018)

fixed missing materials (pink air blades)

radial menu / inventory "Open" disambiguation

fixed recalculation of remaining power in generators after load

inverted display of selected color in color picker

increased maximum distance of camera in 3rd person view
Patch 0.8.7 (31st January 2018)

finally resolved conveyor loading freeze issues

added recipe for seeds to greenhouse

added Ryu Tamaru story line

fixed missing tutorial parts

tweaked building "ghost block" gizmo appearance
Patch 0.8.6.0 (18 January 2018)

New block: Large Air Blade

Switches disconnected by distance automatically reconnect on comeback - useful for recharging batteries of your rovers

Improved physics stability (changed the way how inertia tensors is computed)

Builder tweaks:

disabled grid snapping if not possible to build in given place

changed build distance for different block sizes

added effect on block removal

Performance tweaks:

added object visibility distance settings: low and extreme

added option to complete disable decorative grass objects

fixed slow loading of games with many pipes

disabled planet map rendering where not necessary

changed order of rendering distant trees

dynamic object batching
Patch 0.8.5 (05th January 2018)

Solar panel - recharge your batteries without wasting resources

Water pump - aka. mining machine for dirty water

Teleporting will not heal you anymore

Decreased regeneration in Stasis Chamber

Removed functionless Extraterrestial Datapad
Patch 0.8.4 (22nd December 2017)

longer conveyor blocks (4 and 8 units long)

surround sound - if you have more than 2 speakers, visit options minor bugfixes:

mining machine stopped working without a reason

repaired buggy wheel material

fixed rename in radial menu
Patch 0.8.3 (16th Decermber 2017)

The initial crash-site now contains wreckage with loot

Massive Mining Machine rework - select the resources you want to mine and disable overfilling of connected containers

Filter connected blocks by name and type in Terminal

Bind Radial Menu buttons to keyboard

Enable/Disable Switchboard by a single press of a button (default E)

Fixed the long troubles with some keyboards and controllers! (no more crashes and frozen keyboards)

Minor bugfixes
Patch 0.8.2 (08th December 2017)

Added hover mode to jetpack

Allowed radar to be built on buildings and vehicles (scan has to be activated manually when outside a scanned area)

Batteries recharge automatically in Creative mode when depleted

Disable suit voice in the options

Added weight info to block tooltips

Fixed menu layout on 16:10 wide screens

Added datapad and map keys into tutorial sheet

Autosaves are now specifically marked in the list of saves

Minor bugfixes (light sensor, generator, electricity vision, player animation, block deconstruction,…)
Patch 0.8.1 (01st December 2017)

Fixed automatic door opening and decreased energy consumption

Added thumbnails for saved games

Monument achievements

Enlarged the active area of radial menu, close radial menu by pressing the "C" key again

Dismiss inventory window when far away from block

Multiple bug fixes and optimizations
Patch 0.8.0.0 (23rd November 2017)

air blade blocks for flying

monuments and story unfolds

reworked electricity with rechargeable batteries

planetary map and radar
Patch 0.7.11 (17th November 2017)

Terminal - block for central setting of all functional blocks on a grid

Spanish (Mexican) - big thanks to Jecsham Castillo

Removed special filters from a few sounds
Patch 0.7.10 (10th November 2017)

Choose from three preset difficulties to match your playstyle

Create your own difficulty mix by setting the length of the night, weather, attributes regeneration and more

Create the world of your desire - set the planet size, water level, animal density, terrain roughness, dangers and more

Character attributes are now more responsive to the flow of the game (you get cold much faster after exposed to rain, and regenerate faster when you hide from it)

Attributes are now invisible in Character Screen - you only see the applied Conditions now to make things more straightforward

Other major changes made to Survival mechanics, find out

Extreme biomes are more deadly and require you to have a better equipment to survive in them

Hoverpads fixed to hover on their own in the hover mode (without the need for a cockpit)

Costs of some components lowered

Wind volule decreased to match the sound of rain

Wheels now a lot less effective under water

Player spawner reworked to not spawn you above the atmosphere
Patch 0.7.9.0 (03 November 2017)

Biomes become livelier with environmental sounds

Reworked icons for all Component items to make them more distinct from each other

In Creative mode it is now possible to delete blocks with just the right mouse button - no need to have any block selected

Fixed a bug connected with entering the droppod with Multitool equipped
Patch 0.7.8.0 (27 October 2017)

Added Floating Foundation block

Hover pads hover height has been increased from 2 meters to 2.5 meters (highest setting)

Aggressive flies from hazard world objects now cause less damage

Aggressive flies are now bigger and more distinct with colors

Changed Graphic Presets in Graphics Settings to a more balanced out performance - this should help FPS go up for less powerful rigs

Decreased Jetpack sound volume
Patch 0.7.7.0 (20 October 2017)

Fixed the bug shutting down hover-pads after splitting them from the grid they were on

Added French localization - thanks to Eric Rosson

Switch between hover mode and OFF mode is now more gradual

All function blocks can now be renamed on the last position in Radial Menu (important for the upcoming updates)

Hazard fungus lowered to closer to the ground

Slightly increased world reflectivity for better visual experience

Wheels no longer have speed setting in Radial Menu - all wheels are set to highest speed by default

Basic tutorial simplified to not overwhelm new players with information

Swarms of fireflies around bushes and trees with fruits and herbs now bigger to make them more visible in the world

Added swarm of flies around hazardous bushes to warn players
Patch 0.7.6.0 (05 October 2017)

Added Hover-Pads for amphibious vehicles, hovercrafts and more

Fixed the missing new cockpit in Survival
Patch 0.7.5.1 (29 September 2017)

Hello Nomads,

Today is more of a patch than update, however it does come with changed physics calculations and our preliminary testing shows very promising results. It’s up to you to (we hope) confirm.

Changes

Fixed the recent troubles with suspensions (when removing them, splitting a grid, etc.)

Improved physics calculations, hoping to further eliminate the nasty shaking

Reintroduced tutorial for Buildvision and wheels (merged into a single vehicle tutorial, F5)

Alt + click collapses/expands all containers

Fixed a crash after quitting to main menu from sleep

Hides “Press E to Use” when a radial menu is open

“Divided” wheel sounds by offsetting the sound of wheels to each other

Next week, the hovercrafts are coming, way earlier than expected.

http://www.planet-nomads.com/2017/09/28/a-quick-physics-fix-patch-today-hovercrafts-coming-up-next/
Patch 0.7.5.0 (21 September 2017)

A wider Mk2 rounded cockpit makes it to the game for symmetrical vehicles

Improved third person camera for vehicles - should behave more naturally now

Added Chinese localization

A pack of achievements have been added for the achievers

Fixed a low resolution of Suit and Jetpack icons

Fixed a bug that caused aggressive flora projectiles to stay in a scene and clutter up RAM

The multitool animation for equip/hide now much shorter

Increased powed and speed for the big wheels

Tutorial hints now no longer blink while sleeping

Fixed multitool and weapon bug which occured when pressing Reload multiple times while reloading - it no longer consumes multiple Batteries
Patch 0.7.4.0 (15 September 2017)

Added large wheels for huge trucks and mobile fortresses

Added large suspensions for the mobile base wheels

Improved model and symmetrical texture for the terrain wheel

Fixed crosshair progress bar not working properly when continuously destroying world objects

Accessing blocks with the E key now works instantly (previously required holding the key, sometimes resulting in not opening at all)

Decreased rate of heavy rain in some biomes

Fixed duplicate entry for Manacourt logs

Changed order of blocks in Building Blocks Catalog to be in line with their order in the Tech Tree
Patch 0.7.3 (08th September 2017)

Hello Nomads,

Now that the plan is set all the way till November ([https://trello.com/b/theYNOul/planet-nomads-development-overview-roadmap]) we have started working on those major features that are going to make their way into Planet Nomads in the upcoming weeks such as advanced planetary and game settings, proper energy system, central grid control and more.

We have spread the team to work on these all at once, so today's update is more of a cosmetic one, but still brings something new.

New Alternative Wheel Model

This is not the big wheel for mobile bases we announced. The big one is coming later on together with bigger suspensions.

Some of you may remember this one from the alpha. We decided to change it for the EA release to the more rover-like wheel you all now from Planet Nomads, but looking at some of the older builds it feels like this one should also be part of Planet Nomads.

New Alternative Small Cockpit

This one no one has seen before. It's just a fresh-looking cockpit with some modern curves to it. Feel free to experiment
Improved Tree Sounds

Tree sounds is the final part of today's update with balanced volumes of the big ones falling and more sounds when you destroy them.

So that's it for today, once we make progress on the other features, you'll see it!

Take care, Nomads and enjoy the new vehicle designs. -Craneballs

0.7.2.0 (5 September 2017)

Symmetrical cockpit has arrived (3 blocks wide)

Added torque transmission to wheels - pick between speed or power to move in difficult terrain

Remember last item equipped when hitting LMB (it can be either the gun or the tool)

Fixed bug where it was possible for player to drown outside of water

Added components to some wreck blocks - you can acquire them by deconstructing them

Fixed/added a few localization strings missing

Italian language is now officially supported, all thanks to Armignacco László from the community

Animals no longer move vehicles that much

Animals take more damage upon impact

Added outline around GUI for better readability

Decreased price for rover wheel and battery rack
0.7.1.0 (24 August 2017)

New updated texture for Armor blocks

Increased amount of meat in animal loot

Increased required amount of Items to craft Super Food

Globally decreased mass of all blocks. Improving vehicle behavior

Added missing SFX to buttons in workbenches

Added visual effect when a new wreck appears on your compass

Added notification pop up when you discover a new crash site

Increased difficulty in Lava, Desert and Arctic biomes

Significantly increased damage output to trees from Multitool

Significantly increased loot of Biomass Container from trees

Fixed Tropical biome bug where it wouldn't regenerate suit energy and other attributes

Immunity and Temperature shield now regenerates much faster in all biomes

Rain and Heavy rain now affects Immunity and Temperature Shield much more than before

Poisonous plants are now more dangerous if you get hit by their effects or projectiles

Fixed some trees that suddenly changed textures when cut down

Fixed dynamic obstacle calculation for animals resulting in better pathfinding around player-made objects

Increased max stack on Items from 70 to 90

Fixed various crashes introduced in 0.7

Fixed Radial Menu not working in some instances

Added hints for the Datapad/Encyclopedia - Press J to bring it up.

Crash-sites will now spawn in worlds from continued/converted saves (sorry for overlooking this!)
0.7.0.0 (17 August 2017)

NOTE: Saves made in version 0.6.13.0 or earlier are NOT compatible with version 0.7.0.0!

Significantly increased speed of terrain generation - it shouldn't be possible to move faster than the terrain generates

Removed holes from the terrain for better driving

Caves removed from terrain generation to speed the generation up

Added brand new biome, Temperate Plains

Animal AI reworked so animals behave more naturally now

Added various specimen of each species (alpha male, female, younglings)

Added climate-based animal textures

Animals bleed and show wounds when attacked

Animals often live in packs, each one taking a different role (hunter, guardian, etc.)

Wrecks, old bases and other man-made structures are scattered across the planet

Added Datapad with information on Blocks, Items and Animals

Added two story lines from astronauts previously present on the very same planet you are on

Added intro when starting a new game, right before the crash landing

Added new music track

Added experimental localizations (German and Dutch) Dutch is nearly finished, big thanks to Ben and Coen!

Added Hazard plants - they are able to attack and harm you if you don't pay attention

Fixed assault rifle tutorial that could sometimes stay hanging

Added old saved games conversions into new ones. This was neccessary with the planet generation change, this way at least materials from old saves is preserved for you

Added wreck beacons that show on the compass when you are near wrecks

Fixed a lighting bug where water behaved incorrectly when lit by flashlight and lights

Stasis Chamber now regenerates more food and water

Increased damage of the rifle

Decreased size of the planet to make biome changes more dynamic

Purified water now requires carbon instead of herb

0.6.13.0 (03 August 2017)

Improving readability of Extended BuildVision by adding transparency to Icons by distance

Radial Menu is now always displayed on top of other GUI elements

Removed the clicking sound when 3D Printer crafts an Item

Fixed the bug in Key Bindings where the key was changed without user confirmation

Optimized animal path-checking for dynamic obstacles (potential FPS improvements)
0.6.12.0 (27 July 2017)

Added three new round-shaped blocks

Rebalanced costs of basic blocks

Optimized saving time of additional block types. If you still experience long saving times, please send your saves for analysis

Fixed generators remaining energy not displaying correctly over 24 hours

Rocks with metallic veins now have small crystals on them to stand out from non-metallic rocks

Winch rope length increased from 20 to 40 meters

Winch now comes sooner in Tech Tree

Turned off autosaving on Sleeping Bag

Improved exiting from the like of Stasis Chambers and Cockpits - should be way less deadly now, let us know

0.6.11.0 (21 July 2017)

Added Winch and Shackle blocks to pull vehicles out of holes using rope. Attachable to any blocks. Use with care.

Significantly decreased night length - night is now almost four times faster than before while the day speed stays the same

Decreased length of sleep from twelve to eight hours to correspond with the change above.

Rain and Heavy rain particles are denser than ever before

Extended tutorial with tips about equipping weapons (It´s the Q button.)

Equip weapon is now custom-key bindable in Options

Slightly decreased rate of Attributes degeneration

Increased multitool power - it now drills rocks, cuts trees and welds blocks faster, resulting in less grindy crafting and building

Soundtrack update - no longer one track for each biome. Instead music tracks have been divided into tiers corresponding with biome difficulty levels. In other words - a richer music experience.
0.6.10 Defend Yourself, Craft a Rifle! (14 July 2017)

Added personal defense rifle - can be crafted in Medium Armory

Added autosaving frequency setting in options

Pressing >> in workbenches/production blocks while holding Shift adds 100x items to the craft queue; holding Ctrl adds 10x items

Holding Ctrl while moving an item stack will only take 10 items from the stack

Added Medium Medbay - big brother of its smaller predeccessor, with two conveyor slots

Added sounds for connecting and disconnecting electricity

Adjusted volume for GUI sounds

Adjusted volume for Namiku and Nossal (animals)

Decreased Multitool's damage output to animals (you have a rifle now)

Hotbars can now be custom assigned in Key Bindings (looking at you azerty users)

Slightly tuned camera effects
Patch 0.6.9 (06 July 2017)

Added Medium Armory - bigger, more effective than Compact Armory equipped with two Conveyor slots

Added Oxygen Tank for underwater breathing - can be created in Armories

Fixed a problem which could sometimes place a wrong texture on Medium FAD Machine

Leveled out sound volumes on some blocks
Patch 0.6.8 (04th July 2017)

Fixed spawning in space on some rare occasions

Fixed dense fog sometimes occuring

Fixed instant attributes drops experienced in some seeds

Fixed ground not reacting to voxel changes - this is connected both to escape pod in ground and multitool not working
Update 0.6.7 (03 July 2017)

Refinery block has been added to tech tree

Significantly increased lifetime of all fuels

ALM is now available in 3D Printer for crafting

When 3D Printers and other workbenches fill their inventory space to the maximum they stop working and remain that way even after space is made. This no longer happens

Wheels now require less energy to run

Increased inventory space of Printers

Large Green House now require less energy to run

Emergency 3D Printer now has Extended Build Vision

Now it's not possible to put into generators items other than Fuel

Putting items into Mining Machine is not possible now

Renamed Battery block to Battery Rack and it's description to better communicate it's purpose

Resolved problem where Printers can duplicate items on rare occasions

Extended Build Vision graphics has been slightly decreased in size

Sleeping bag has been added to Medium 3D Printer

Fixed a possible cause for inverted fog and depleting attribute values (if this problem persists, please let us know)
Update 0.6.6 (30th June 2017)

Added Large Greenhouse - more effective than its smaller version and coming with conveyor ports

Introducing extended BuildVision - you can now see the progress of printers, container space, energy distribution and much more just by looking at those blocks

Automated Crafting - crafting now doesn't require resources upfront. This allows you to create queues of items you want to print and supply resources gradually as you get them

Number of production queue stacks increased from 70 to 999

For players with old saves - if you have any Items in queue in Printers they will cancel and leave resources in inventory/back up box on ground (necessary to change how Printers work)

Updated tutorial to teach how new Printers work

Generators now require fuel to run and supply energy

(may need further balancing, let us know how you feel about current consumption rates)

Uranium Generator now requires Enriched Uranium to run properly. Enriched Uranium can be refined from Uranium resource in Refinery block.

Optimized container GUI performance that could freeze the game if multiple containers were stacked together

Suit Battery has been changed to Battery Cell and is now used to fuel the Battery block. It can also be found in 3D Printer now

Refinery can now be connected via Conveyors

Changed a generation noise for ground veins spawning - this should allow you to find previously un-mineable resources (like Titanium)

Crouch has been set to left control (previously was on both control keys which caused issue for some players)

Mining machine weight(lessness) fixed
Update 0.6.5 (22 June 2017)

Automatic mining machine - a late-game block that does the mining for you

Double clicking on an item in 3D printer now adds one item to the queue

Fixed dispenser mystically working at 400 meters

It rains a lot less on the planets

It doesn't get that dark during rains

Negative conditions have lesser effect on health, making survival more balanced
Update 0.6.4 (16 June 2017)

FOV Slider is in! Change FOV separately for the 1st and 3rd person

Key Bindings available - Customize your controls as you see fit

Basic controller support added (doesn't work in menus and inventories)

Item Dispenser added - automatically distributes items from containers and 3D Printers for seamless building

Manual Save/Load in Survival - to allow another way to recover vehicles until we fix the underlying issues

Multitool Battery can now be crafted in Medium 3D Printer

BuildVision On/Off effect temporarily changed to increase performance (improved version coming back soon)

Icons of Flashlight and BuildVision updated

Sleeping Bag improved - while not at the level of Stasis Chamber it finally provides solid protection against weather and environmental hazards

Saving the game is now less performance demanding (will be further improved in the next update)

Medium FAD Machine bright material fixed

Slightly decreased degeneration of player attributes in starting biomes

Fixed tutorial getting stuck on the Basic Frame crafting step

Fixed Solar Beacon not working after clicking on Disconnect Electricity (which was removed entirely, because solar power)

Fixed emissive lights on blocks not turning off after being disconnected

Generator sound volume lowered

Stasis Chamber now plays a sound upon entering/exiting

Multitool sound under water tweaked
Update 0.6.3 (08th June 2017)

Added new building block: Hinge - two plates connected via joint

Added new building block: Rotating Plate - two plates connected via bearing

No more vehicles flying into space - not even the complex ones (If you still manage to get yours flying, send us the save so we can further improve the physics behind this.)

Added Medium FAD Machine - a bigger version of the FAD Machine with bigger queue, inventory, faster creation and two conveyor ports

Added new building block: Wall with conveyor ports - you can connect inside and outside containers and machines

The suit now has a built-in voiced AI that provides information about the state of your well or not-so-well being

Reworked the bright underwater fog

Workbeneches now combine the same items in queue into a single stack

You can now split any item stack into halves with Alt + drag&drop (Provisional solution for stacking)

Fixed generator overload causing the whole energy grid to go down

Build Vision GUI now working properly on 4K screens

Plants and trees polished with emissive textures - they glow at night making it a little less scary

Increased effectivity of the Medium 3D Printer
Update 0.6.2 (1st June 2017)

Transmission slightly reworked

Wheel traction improved a lot

Vehicles had brakes installed (just go backward when going forward)

Vehicle searchlights found their way to Survival

Speedometer added in the bottom right corner

Animals have been added to Creative mode

Sleeping now wakes you up if any attribute is below 30

Sleeping now asks if you want to sleep if any attribute is below 30 (there are other attributes beside the basic ones, visible on the character screen)

Rain and wind sound effect volume lowered

Icons of Attributes and Conditions made clearer

Icons quality, no more jagged edges

Containers no longer connect together if they are built on top of other (which could potentially corrupt your saves)

Multitool digging revisited - primary mode (LMB is good for mining and finer sculpting. Secondary mode (RMB) costs less energy and takes out bigger chunks, but destroys resources.

Multitool now displays a reticle that highlights the area affected

Multitool no longer fires instantly, but takes a split second to power up, resulting in less unwanted holes (further changes of tools and weapons in general to be expected)

Added new loading tips that better explain major game mechanics

Fixed a bug where electric power lines could potentially corrupt saves

Texture of lootable iron rock changed

Camera effects and weather effects improved (looking at you blue haze)

Fixed a bug that prevented leaving the game into menu/OS upon dying