Changelog for v0.240.2

🛰️ Occupy Mars – Incoming Transmission

Hello Martians! 🌕

Our next update is just around the corner — and it’s a big one! We’ve been working hard to refine both the single-player and co-op modes since the first co-op beta release, addressing your feedback, boosting performance, and expanding gameplay features.

Below you’ll find the changelog — the full list of fixes and improvements going live with this update.

Get your habitats ready, check your oxygen levels and prepare for a smoother, more stable experience!🚀

🚀 Single / Coop Features

• Rework of driving model for ATV and Motocross.

• Added Bigger Inventory I and II technologies that allow players to print boxes for rocks and building materials. Boxes expand Player’s inventory.

• Changed Blueprint unlocking rules to allow the player to choose one from three blueprints.

• Jetpack no longer prints with fuel (methane and oxygen) inside the bottles.

• Improved general responsiveness of in-game interactions.

• AdjustedImplemented Heavy Suit Hydraulics featurefaster movement and reduced damage from falling.

• Improved visual quality of weather effects.

• Reworked building damage calculation from meteorites - first meteor hit always leave building at least 1 HP so player has time to react and repair the structure.

• Added safer electrical unplugging method for vehicles.

• Improved vehicle suspension system.

• Added front indicator to inventory box ghost.

• Added Rover tracks when player drives in 3rd person view

• Added numerical percentage tipper load indicator in the lower left corner of the crane screen in Rover.

• Added new particles to the Air Compressor.

• Added dirty variants for Outpost decorations to enhance realism.

• Added dust accumulation on loot found in Outposts.

• Blocked building devices on pickups in interior structures.

• Made the Small Board inventory icon smaller.

🤝 Co-op Features (including the ones from the beta version)

• Added multiplayer online Co-op game mode

• Added cross-platform play service integration between Steam, Epic Games and GOG.

• Added the feature to load and create CO-OP games from the Main Menu Load Panel.

• Implemented in-game Chat functionality.

• Implemented the possibility to create Private Lobbies that are not visible in the search list.

• Implemented reconnecting system that prevents players from loosing the game session in many cases

• Implemented player inventory synchronization for improved stability.

• Added new ID system to ensure consistent player handling in co-op sessions.

• Introduced Playfab Party integration for a more reliable multiplayer backend.

• Added autosaving feature in case of disconnection and loosing the game session

• Reworked entire Power, Water, Oxygen, and Methane system to decrease the risk of values desynchronization between players.

• Enabled connection status messages for players joining co-op sessions.

• Added synchronization for oxygen usage from buildings, backpacks, and life support systems.

• Enabled synchronization of bottle filling from control panels.

• Integrated synchronization systems for the heavy suit.

• Implemented co-op support for centrifuge mechanics.

• Implemented loot spawning system for Outposts.

• Added synchronization for cable animations.

• Introduced co-op version of the technology tree.

• Added the functionality to indicate which player currently uses or last used a specific vehicle.

• Added different colour for building’s ghosts placed by different players

• Added a Discord button/link to the search screen.

• Highlighted the 'Load Game' button on the starting lobby screen.

• Added the possibility for players to drop their inventory in a box upon leaving the game (as an option to choose while creating lobby).

• Added the option to vote on technology selection using keyboard shortcuts.

• Enabled automatic decoration unlocks at co-op game start.

• Developed an enhanced authority management system for co-op sessions.

• Added essential co-op information panel/pop-up for players.

• Implemented new, more friendly UI for co-op and other game modes in the main menu.

• Implemented