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Steam News16 June 202614d ago

0.4.8 Patch notes

0.4.8 patch is out. This is a QOL patch meant to improve the feel of the game. When placing trails over obstacles, you will now auto place tunnels as well if you have them in your inventory.

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What changed

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  • Gameplay
  • Fixes
  • UI and audio
changedWhen placing trails over obstacles, you will now auto place tunnels as well if you have them in your inventory. It prioritizes using the lowest level tunnel.
changedImprovements to trail placing and rotating. It's more akin to that other game's mechanic. Should be much smoother now.
changedChanged 'No energy' of a forge without fuel to 'No fuel'
addedAdded an error message when trying to place transit pads or stops in wrong places
changedIncreased acid pod attack rate from genetic codes
changedAdjusted enemy factor to increase faster

0.4.8 patch is out. This is a QOL patch meant to improve the feel of the game.

  • When placing trails over obstacles, you will now auto place tunnels as well if you have them in your inventory. It prioritizes using the lowest level tunnel.

  • Improvements to trail placing and rotating. It's more akin to that other game's mechanic. Should be much smoother now.

  • Deconstructing units and trails is 2 times faster

  • Halved the time needed to craft units and made boil chamber cheaper to craft

  • Changed 'No energy' of a forge without fuel to 'No fuel'

  • Added an error message when trying to place transit pads or stops in wrong places

  • Increased acid pod attack rate from genetic codes

  • Adjusted enemy factor to increase faster

  • Made a couple of steps in the tutorial a bit more clear on how to set snatcher inputs/outputs

  • Fixed an issue related to a crafting item recipe highlighted wrongly

  • Fixed repair sound playing for too long and added popup error if you're trying to repair an entity from too far away

  • Fixed loads of issues related to drones (not available in demo). Drones also use only local supply chests now.

  • Fixed an issue related to walls not using the correct sprites in some weird edge cases

Thank you all for the feedback on the Demo so far! Keep it coming!

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Steam News / 16 June 2026

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