Lost Skies Hotfix 1 Now Live!

We've just deployed a hotfix to address a number of pressing issues. Our focus has been on improving stability, tackling some bugs and smoothing out your overall gameplay experience.

*Please restart Steam to ensure you download the latest update.

Here's a full list of what's been updated:

Gameplay & Balance

• Adjusted aggro ranges for bosses to improve combat encounters.

• Fixed an issue causing incorrect Drift costs when upgrading schematics.

• Corrected the stats on certain wings that were displaying and functioning incorrectly.

• Fixed various loot tables and drops leading to incorrect or no items dropping

• Addressed a visual bug that could cause sails to become massively distorted. Side sails now fill based on sideways wind.

• The notorious Herald "wiggle" has been removed.

• Herald loot drops should now be visible to clients as well as the host.

• Hip lamps are now brighter and more effective in dark areas.

• Ships are now fully repaired when docking to a shipyard

• Shipyards and holograms now correctly lower intensity at night

• Island Physics objects now buoyant on death clouds if they roll off an island

UI & Controls

• Fixed a major bug where the crafting queue was not interactable with mouse and keyboard.

• Gamepad navigation in the Crafting Queue and after Learning/Salvaging schematics has been fixed.

• Important on-screen messages like "Fuel tank missing" have been re-introduced and fixed.

• Fixed an issue where UI prompts for actions requiring multiple buttons (e.g., rotating ship parts on a gamepad) were not displaying both input icons.

• Ship Cores that are not yet registered will now correctly show the "Register" prompt instead of "Deconstruct".

• The 'H' key for hiding the HUD can now be successfully remapped in the keybinding menu.

• Fixed a rare issue where the input system could break if multiple keys were pressed at the exact same moment during rebinding.

Technical Fixes & Stability

• Implemented a fix for the infinite loading screen that could occur during unexpected connection errors.

• Fixed a critical bug where worlds could go missing for a host after an unexpected disconnection.

• Joining and inviting friends via the Steam friends list is now working correctly.

• The game will now correctly set texture quality and resolution upon the first launch to prevent performance issues.

• Some fixes for naked island bugs - we are monitoring this closely and are aware there are still some lurking.

• AI entities occasionally entering un-simulated state for a good few seconds fixed.

Audio

• Numerous audio fixes and tweaks have been implemented.

• Fixed a bug where sub-biome audio, such as cave and forest ambience, was missing.

• Heralds should no longer play their audio SFX after they have been defeated.

Ship Fixes

• Ships sometimes disappearing on first load

• Loading ships on a shipyard could cause dock state desync

• Ship Undo/discard now works correctly across all clients

• Fixed issues when destroying/deconstructing hull panels

• The ship you are registered to and your death loot bags can no longer be unloaded after a save event

• Loot bags and dropped loot items can no longer affect ships negatively

• Fixed issues with ship parts going missing or desyncing when reloading/respawning on a ship As always, thank you for your incredible support and for helping us identify these issues. The Lost Skies Team