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Steam News30 May 20261mo ago

POLYARIS Open Demo Update #12

IMPROVEMENTS Added an ability to scroll through available item actions when hovering over an item in the world. For example, instead of just picking up an item, you can use/consume or place it.

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What changed

1 fix1 addition3 changes0 removals
  • Gameplay
  • Performance
addedIMPROVEMENTSAdded an ability to scroll through available item actions when hovering over an item in the world. For example, instead of just picking up an item, you can use/consume or place it. Use your mouse scroll wheel/D-pad by default.
changedOPTIMIZATIONOptimized Ultra Dynamic Sky capture rate and Cubemap color update for better performance.
changedOPTIMIZATIONOptimized ocean water performance.
changedOPTIMIZATIONOptimized dropped items' physics to consume less CPU.
fixedBUGSFixed a bug when you couldn't interact with world items after sleeping.

POLYARIS changes

addedAdded an ability to scroll through available item actions when hovering over an item in the world. For example, instead of just picking up an item, you can use/consume or place it. Use your mouse scroll wheel/D-pad by default.
changedOptimized Ultra Dynamic Sky capture rate and Cubemap color update for better performance.
changedOptimized ocean water performance.
changedOptimized dropped items' physics to consume less CPU.
fixedFixed a bug when you couldn't interact with world items after sleeping.

IMPROVEMENTS

  • Added an ability to scroll through available item actions when hovering over an item in the world. For example, instead of just picking up an item, you can use/consume or place it. Use your mouse scroll wheel/D-pad by default.

OPTIMIZATION

  • Optimized Ultra Dynamic Sky capture rate and Cubemap color update for better performance.

  • Optimized ocean water performance.

  • Optimized dropped items' physics to consume less CPU.

BUGS

  • Fixed a bug when you couldn't interact with world items after sleeping.

Source

Steam News / 30 May 2026

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