Multiplayer Update (0.14)

It has been a busy few months of hard work and QA, but Multiplayer at last makes it into Planetation! In v0.14 you can play with up to 8 players in one world, all exploring and exploding at the same time! That's not all though, this update is packed with a heap of extra content as well as a visual upgrade. Let us know what you think!

Major Changes

• Added 8 player co-op multiplayer

  • Note: Expect bugs - lots of them. We are particularly interested in what feels slow or laggy or bad, so give it a go!

  • Right-click "Join Game" via the Steam friends list

• Reworked Abandoned Bunkers (previously Outback Harmsteads)

  • Now appears randomly throughout the Outback, instead of in their own sub-Region (meaning they can now spawn on hillsides and creeks). Builds a circular fence at a random distance around the bunker, then populates the interior with buildings and crops

  • Added Hay Bales, Silos, Watchtowers, Outhouses, and Fuseboxes

  • Added a bunker puzzle to the central building

• Polished Fibergrass

  • Split Fibergrass into Fibergrass atop a Fibergrass Trunk

  • Added 2 and 3 headed variants of the Fibergrass Trunk

  • Always gather Fibergrass even if the sweetspot is missed

  • Increased sweetspot miss damage from 5 to 15

• Added player death screen and respawn option

  • Dead players now drop a Gravestone, which contains any basic items they were carrying

• Added new bold edge postprocess effect

• Added new Spring Sprout landmark to the Mesa

• Added new Quartz Sliver landmark to the Mesa

• Increased spawn rate of Quartz Spires in the Mesa by ~25%

• Reduced jetpack speed from 600 to 550 and greatly reduced energy efficiency by ~55%

• Reduced maximum player interaction distance from 700 to 400

• Removed the starting player energy battery

• Fixed dropped items (mostly quartz dust and harvested crops) spawning below the ground

• Changed the Torch toggle button from right click to left click

• Changed the starting time of day from 0.2 to 0.1

Minor Changes

• Added team names to the M.A.T.E. Scan

• Added new fuse particles and sound effect to lit Boomshrooms

• Added distance labels (in meters) to the compass

• Added fluid fill bar to inventory item icons such as the Jerrycan

• Fixed sound effects having a noticeable delay when first played

• Increased the brightness of night time

• Fixed Ironberry Crops always showing as Stunted (red widget)

• Changed 'teleport' console command to 'move'

• Merge 'teleport-region' and 'teleport-biome' console commands into 'teleport-to' and 'teleport', which can now take a location OR a region/biome name OR a player name OR "mech"

• Added 'break' and 'repair' console commands, which kill and revive the player/tractormech

• Added 'complete-quest' console command, to instantly complete a quest

• Fixed Protatoes using Consume on right click instead of Eat

• Fixed Bonebark Trees sometimes not spawning any Bonebark

• Improved performance of the Outback ambient wind particle effect

• Fixed Genehouse legs being visible in scans