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Steam News4 March 20264mo ago

Playgrounds PTB Patch 0.3.1

Public Test Patch 0.3.1 General Changes: AXL can now be summoned in the Park in Playgrounds Added various Grounded 2 props More props from Grounded 2 will be added throughout development with each update.

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What changed

12 fixes8 additions4 changes0 removals
  • Gameplay
  • Fixes
  • Performance
  • Maps
addedPublic Test Patch 0.3.1 General Changes:AXL can now be summoned in the Park in Playgrounds
addedPublic Test Patch 0.3.1 General Changes:Added various Grounded 2 props More props from Grounded 2 will be added throughout development with each update.
addedPublic Test Patch 0.3.1 General Changes:Trigger Volume and Hazard Volume now have access to the scale axis
fixedPublic Test Patch 0.3.1 General Changes:Fixed an issue where holograms would appear “black”
fixedPublic Test Patch 0.3.1 General Changes:Fixed various crash scenarios throughout Playgrounds
fixedPublic Test Patch 0.3.1 General Changes:Addressed inconsistencies when attempting to link things with a controller

Public Test Patch 0.3.1 General Changes:

  • AXL can now be summoned in the Park in Playgrounds

  • Added various Grounded 2 props

    • More props from Grounded 2 will be added throughout development with each update.

  • Trigger Volume and Hazard Volume now have access to the scale axis

Bug Fixes:

  • Fixed an issue where holograms would appear “black”

  • Fixed various crash scenarios throughout Playgrounds

  • Addressed inconsistencies when attempting to link things with a controller

  • Fixed an issue where the snake did not attack the player in “Play Mode”

  • Improved placement of creatures on the Wooden Deck in the Park

  • Fixed an issue where the player could get stuck in the wooden turret

  • Handy Gnat textures should now appear correctly instead of dark

  • When switching the 1st and 2nd key bindings of “Handy Gnat,” the second assigned key mapping should no longer trigger the ghost mode toggle

Public Test Patch Update 2 (0.3.1.2476)

General Changes:

  • Added SteamDeck Icons

  • Grid Snapping Improvements have been made

  • Added Director Schemector and Assistant Manager to the Creatures Menu in Playgrounds

  • Various Creatures have had customization added

    • Baby Garden Snail

    • Caterpillar

    • Garden Snail

    • Northern Scorpion Jr.

    • Praying Mantis Nymph

    • Pincher Earwig

    • Whipper Earwig

    • Blue Butterfly

    • Cockroach

    • O.G.G.R. Pincher Earwig

    • O.G.G.R. Whipper Earwig

    • O.R.C. Northern Scorpion Jr.

    • O.R.C. Praying Mantis Nymph

    • O.R.C. Blue Butterfly

    • Lieutenant Blade

    • O.R.C Pincher Earwig

    • Colonel Creeper

    • O.R.C. Whipper Earwig

    • Colonel Crusher

  • Various Grounded 2 Props were added to Playgrounds

    • Croquet Mallet A

    • Croquet Mallet B

    • Croquet Mallet C

    • Croquet Mallet D

    • Broken Croquet Mallet A

    • Broken Croquet Mallet B

    • Broken Croquet Mallet C

    • Broken Croquet Mallet D

    • Broken Croquet Mallet Handle

    • Croquet Ball A

    • Croquet Ball B

    • Croquet Ball C

    • Croquet Ball D

    • Croquet Gate

    • Playing Card A

    • Playing Card B

    • Playing Card C

    • Playing Card D

    • Playing Card E

    • Playing Card F

    • Fling Disc A

    • Lab Dome Glass

    • Cactus A

    • Cactus B

Bug Fixes:

  • Fixed an issue where a creature would disappear once killing the player in Playgrounds mode

  • Fixed an issue where the Snake would not spawn in Survival Mode

  • Fixed an issue where the BURG.L OS chip would not spawn for certain players after a save/load

Update 3:

  • Updated SteamDeck Default Factory Settings

  • Various Grounded 2 Props were added:

    • Playing Card Box

    • Ketchup Sachet A

    • Ketchup Sachet B

    • Mustard Sachet A

    • Mustard Sachet B

    • Park Flyer A

    • Park Flyer B

    • Park Flyer C

    • Shlapz Groovedisk

    • Log A

    • Log B

    • Burnt Plate

    • Melted Army Man A

    • Melted Army Man B

    • Melted Army Man C

    • Melted Army Man D

    • Melted Army Man E

    • Melted Army Man F

    • Champagne Bottle

    • Tray

Bug Fixes:

  • Various Stability Issues were addressed, this was our Number 1 Priority with this update in terms of Bug Fixes

    • Fixed a crash when swapping between Design and Play mode in Playgrounds

    • Fixed a crash when downloading certain community made playgrounds

    • Fixed a crash when the User would place 3+ of the same bug blueprint

    • Fixed a crash that can occur on XSS when playing on a high item map after 30min

    • Various other smaller crash issues were addressed

  • Its now possible to “Undo” certain Park Placed items after you delete them

  • Collected Milk Molars should now be updated on the Map on previous save filese

  • Fixed a bug where Bring a Hose to Water questline would not complete after installing all misting heads.

Source

Steam News / 4 March 2026

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