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Steam News30 December 201411y ago

Patch V0.3408 - Happy New Year!

Hey ArkCoNauts! Who’s ready for the New Year? We are! 2014 has been amazing for Team Handyman, and we can’t wait to crank things up in 2015.

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Hey ArkCoNauts! Who’s ready for the New Year? We are! 2014 has been amazing for Team Handyman, and we can’t wait to crank things up in 2015. This is our final patch of 2014, and with it come some much needed optimizations, which should help some of the performance issues players might have noticed hanging around. *Special Bonus* Christmas Event will remain in for the duration of January! After that the event will remain however it will be far more rare and only attainable in the arctic biome. Fixes

What changed

3 fixes3 additions5 changes0 removals
  • Maps
  • Balance
  • Fixes
  • Performance
  • UI and audio
  • Gameplay
addedHey ArkCoNauts! Who’s ready for the New Year? We are! 2014 has been amazing for Team Handyman, and we can’t wait to crank things up in 2015. This is our final patch of 2014, and with it come some much needed optimizations, which should help some of the performance issues players might have noticed hanging around. *Special Bonus* Christmas Event will remain in for the duration of January! After that the event will remain however it will be far more rare and only attainable in the arctic biome. Fixes
fixedFixed the display of the arctic armor on avatar screen and on avatar (Thanks for my pants!)
fixedFixed icons for chitin items so they are no longer the same (All shapes and sizes!)
fixedFixed an issue with cloning pod in respect to crafting raptors (no more diminishing returns!)
changedMassive optimization to the rendering loop (ENHANCE!)
changedReduced memory usage in respect to sky rendering (It’s not supposed to be that big?)

Edge of Space changes

addedHey ArkCoNauts! Who’s ready for the New Year? We are! 2014 has been amazing for Team Handyman, and we can’t wait to crank things up in 2015. This is our final patch of 2014, and with it come some much needed optimizations, which should help some of the performance issues players might have noticed hanging around. *Special Bonus* Christmas Event will remain in for the duration of January! After that the event will remain however it will be far more rare and only attainable in the arctic biome. Fixes
fixedFixed the display of the arctic armor on avatar screen and on avatar (Thanks for my pants!)
fixedFixed icons for chitin items so they are no longer the same (All shapes and sizes!)
fixedFixed an issue with cloning pod in respect to crafting raptors (no more diminishing returns!)
changedMassive optimization to the rendering loop (ENHANCE!)
  • Fixed the display of the arctic armor on avatar screen and on avatar (Thanks for my pants!)

  • Fixed icons for chitin items so they are no longer the same (All shapes and sizes!)

  • Fixed an issue with cloning pod in respect to crafting raptors (no more diminishing returns!)

Changes and Additions

  • Massive optimization to the rendering loop (ENHANCE!)

  • Reduced memory usage in respect to sky rendering (It’s not supposed to be that big?)

  • Added controls for “V-sync” and “Tile Detail Level” in the options menu (One Size can fit all)

  • Improved performance of darkness rendering (Darker than Black)

  • Improved performance of placeables in respect to rendering (Place as many as you want, really!)

  • Improved CPU cost (Make it cheaper!)

  • ReTuned storage chest from 12-20-28 capacity to 15-25-35 capacity (small/medium/large) with a small increase in required metal resources (remember proto roots are abundant and can be used as a metal resource)[BIGGER is BETTER!]

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Steam News / 30 December 2014

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