v3.2.12: Year-end enhancements

I’m excited to share the final update for Periphery Synthetic in 2024.This release brings a vertical slice of audio and graphical enhancements to polish out a year of exciting updates. Be sure to upgrade your thrusters and check out the exospheres of Alpha Periphery B and C if you haven’t already. Enjoy!

v3.2.12 changes

• Core Gameplay

  • Prevented material distillation while in zero-atmosphere environments.

  • Decreased the time interval between automatic perception checks.

• Core Interface

  • Fixed a visual contrast issue with the system tutorials in dark mode.

• Core Graphics

  • Reduced terrain-related frame drops when moving at maximum speed.

• Alpha Periphery B

  • Remixed the music in the exosphere.

  • Improved the sun glow.

  • Reduced particle effects while quickly travelling vertically.

  • Fixed certain particle effects appearing at high altitudes.

  • Made a certain perception easier to find.

• Alpha Periphery C

  • Improved the transition to the exosphere.

  • Improved the sun and moon glow.

  • Re-routed cave sounds from the music channel to the sound effects channel.

  • Applied reverb to the cave sounds.

  • Fixed scan not guiding to uncollected artifacts.

• Alpha Periphery C2

  • Prevented snow and ice sounds while in the exosphere.

  • Reduced particle effects while quickly travelling vertically.

  • Fixed an inaccessible perception when vertical look is toggled off.

  • Removed dynamic panning from snow and ice sounds for performance.