Patch 1.3 - Online matchmaking & more!

This patch includes:

MATCHMAKING & ONLINE IMPROVEMENTS

• New lobby menu where players can browse and join public games

• New game host options: create public/private sessions, configure guest permissions

• New in-game chat

• New kick/ban feature for game hosts

• Loading screen now shows loading progress of other players in online games

• Major optimization of bandwidth usage in online games

• More detailed disconnection messages

• Several stability and synchronization improvements in online games

GAMEPLAY & QUALITY OF LIFE

• Several adjustments to game difficulty for 1, 2, 3 and 4 players

• Adjustments to the game economy

• Added new “patch notes” pop-up to main menu

• Added new section in tutorial level and A.R.T.H.U.R message regarding fuel usage and ship acceleration

• Sick players using the Medical Capsule now show a healing progress indicator

• Improved size of Medical Capsule interaction area

• Improved camera behavior for far away players in large spaceports

• Tweaked rotation of ship systems in some ship blueprints

• AddedFixes and improvements to crossplay featurenow crossplay-enabled players will also be able to see non-crossplay rooms listed in lobby as long as they are on the same platform

• Added new chat settings: enable/disable chat + chat size

• Added lobby room sorting options: host name, room status, or ping

• Added new room guest permissions: opening parcels and customizing company

• Added new warning message about to save slots window when hosting an online game

BUG FIXES

• Fixed online synchronization of Ejector Toaster animation

• Fixed an issue that could duplicate cleaning progress bars when using the mop

• Fixed passengers getting stuck in some behaviors when docking with public toilet

• Added several new safeguards related to gamepad disconnection in certain moments of the game

• Fixed “reset preferences” button not properly resetting confine cursor and stabilize camera effects settings

• Fixed an issue that could cause the Inspector to get stuck on the front of the ship while flying his scooter

• Fixed an issue that caused the Inspector to start scanning ship systems before he entered the ship

• Fixed bloom effect not being properly updated when changing quality settings

• Fixed some physics objects falling out of the ship during some cinematics

• Fixed an issue that made closing the pause menu on an online match also close it for other clients

• Fixed food ejected by the Ejector Toaster sometimes clipping the floor in online games

• Fixed an issue that could cause ship systems to repeatedly break in online sessions

• Fixed synchronization of food states

• Fixed an issue that could cause the music to stop mid-transitions during flights

• Fixed an issue that could cause generated company names not to sync properly online

• Fixed an issue that caused gamepad disconnection to potentially remove a player avatar from the company office

• Fixed an issue that made the Medical Capsule not get properly turned off when a player was inside of it

• Fixed an issue that made player preferences not get saved correctly if player isn’t host of an online room

• Fixed an issue that prevented the game over screen to appear if the host was in spectator mode

VISUAL IMPROVEMENTS

• Fixed material on the ship ramps

• Fixed harsh insane G camera transition

• Polished textures on some ship models

• Fixed characters sometimes not getting properly blasted off during explosion cinematic

• Fixed Service Station ship system repair beam VFX ending abruptly

• Fixed withdraw/deposit/parcel money bill animations

• Fixed an issue that could cause Kinetic Plasma Shell to spin wildly while on display at the Upgrade Store