Patch notes

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The Pioneers is a complex game that involves many interacting systems that are generating bugs. Be sure that we are 100% commited to offer you the best experience we can. We will publish regular patches to fix issues, as long as we work on our content roadmap and community additions. Please find in this thread an overview of what has been done so far.

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v0.34.05i

• Implemented a safety feature that prevent a character from deviating his curve when climbing
  
• Maggie can no longer shut down while the roof is opening which was an major source of bugs
  
  
• Fixed a sound bug that occured when your pioneers were eating (Nom Nom Nom loop)
  
• Fixed alarms that were not connected to the air management system
  
• Fixed a visual bug that displayed machines upgrades that have not been installed
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented some UI to be closed after loading a game
  
• Fixed some localizations
  
• Fixed Discord link

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v0.34.05j

• Added auto-save feature (yeah!)
  
• Added a confirmation box before quitting a mission or leaving the game
  
• Added character model in closed life pods
  
• Added tooltip on mining action
  
  
• Fixed the medical pod. A character can no longer exit the pod before being healed
  
• Fixed the healing action that often blocked a character after healing
  
• Fixed the Continue button in the main menu that was clickable even if you had no save
  
• Fixed a conflict between the TAB and Y keys in the key mapping menu
  
• Fixed SFX and UI alerts not stopping after a seism ends
  
• Fixed a bug in the save system that caused problems with the main station airlock
  
• Fixed a bug that changed the location status of a character
  
• Fixed a collision bug on ore resources
  
• Fixed a collision bug between the character's ragdolls and the station surface
  
• Fixed various visual bugs
  
• Fixed various localizations

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v0.34.05k

• Added some restrictions on climbing actions to prevent major bugs
  
• Added the ability to jump to/from the drilling station
  
• Added a save name to the continue/load menu
  
• Added a patch notes message in the main menu
  
  
• Fixed a major bug that could cause a character to get stuck in a wall
  
• Fixed saves not working when the time zone is different from the user's
  
• Fixed a bug on saves that would erase the last autosave instead of the last save
  
• Fixed saving when a character climbs
  
• Fixed the medikit item. Using a medikit should no longer freeze a character
  
• Fixed a conflict between the "toggle roof" and "speed" keys
  
• Fixed various tooltips
  
  
• Balanced some game design values to offer more challenge

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v0.34.05l

• Added new personal item events
  
• Added a teaser event for the next character
  
• Updated game credits
  
  
• Added a safety feature to prevent some loading errors
  
  
• Fixed a major bug that could cause characters to freeze when using different machines such as treadmills
  
• Fixed personal items that did not always apply the bonus correctly
  
• Fixed interaction with satellites
  
• Fixed a bug on mining actions that sometimes prevented the character from interacting with the ore
  
• Fixed a discussion that sometimes caused an animation loop
  
• Fixed saving when a character is exhausted
  
• Fixed notifications that displayed more than one confirmation button
  
• Fixed in-game roadmap not always displaying correctly
  
• Fixed the tooltip for sulphur chimneys
  
• Fixed station inventory tooltip
  
• Fixed the timer in the communication machine
  
• Fixed various small save/load bugs
  
• Fixed a conflict between the main menu panels
  
• Fixed some other missing or wrong locations
  
  
• Reduced the heat emitted by sulphur wells when they are active

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v0.34.05m

• Reworked pathfinding to prevent a lot of navigation bugs
  
  
• Fixed "lie down in the medipod" action
  
• Fixed a bug that allowed to heal a character outside the medipod
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented fracture healing
  
• Fixed various bugs on oxygen sharing action
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented mining large ore veins
  
• Fixed automatic wake-up feature

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v0.35

• Reworked machine installation shaders. The visual effect now has a clear and clean look
  
• Reworked machine installation hitbox. It is now easier to click on the desired slot
  
  
• Fixed a critical bug on station modules that could cause some crashes and performance issues
  
• Fixed a few bugs that prevented old saves from loading
  
• Fixed starting loots that were reset when the game loaded

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v0.35.01

• Reworked pathfinding system to be more efficient at long range
  
• Shuttle parts are now more visible (scale & lights)
  
• Added notifications on crafting actions
  
• Improved video settings: vsync (WIP)
  
• Improved video settings: quality presets now change texture resolution
  
  
• Added a safety feature to prevent character location errors
  
• Fixed station inventory reservation system to prevent conflicts between characters
  
  
• Fixed pathfinding issues when machines are installed in a module
  
• Fixed a visual bug that appeared when a character was repairing a breach
  
• Fixed medipod reservation system
  
• Fixed a bug that could make it impossible to store the EVA suit
  
• Fixed energy gauge not being displayed correctly after a character left the medipod
  
• Fixed continue button that were displayed in the main menu even if all saves had been deleted
  
• Fixed breach repair UI indicator
  
• Fixed a bug that allowed a character to share oxygen without an EVA suit
  
• Fixed image size in UI notifications
  
• Fixed game disclaimer that was not correctly displayed in 32:9 resolution
  
• Fixed various menus to be correctly displayed in 32:9 resolution
  
• Fixed personal items. They are now all linked to the correct character
  
• Fixed resource tooltips that would show a storage limit even if the resource did not have one
  
• Fixed a duplicate video setting in the main menu
  
• Fixed victory conditions panel. Progression is now correctly displayed
  
• Fixed various localizations
  
• Fixed various tooltips
  
• Fixed various hitboxes and outlines

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v0.35.02

• New character: Akiko Takada
  
• Added a queueable action. It is now possible to use the main airlock when planning your tasks
  
• Keyboard shortcuts are now displayed in various tooltips to help you master the game's controls
  
  
• With the arrival of Akiko, character skills have been reworked. Check out the new character sheets before setting your strategy!
  
  
• Balanced carbon drills and rare earth drills costs. It is now necessary to spend advanced resources to build drills.
  
• Started to add more challenge to hunger management by adjusting some values:
  
• Increased the cost of processing fruits into food rations (0.5 -> 1)
  
• Reduced food rations stored in the first loot (9 -> 7)
  
• Slightly reduced food rations loot rate
  
  
• Reworked hand drill visual effect: more visible laser and particles!
  
• The name of each crew member is now correctly displayed in the main UI
  
  
• Implemented a first batch of fixes to make climbing action more resilient. More will come in future patches.
  
• Reinforced interior pathfinding calculation system to avoid various errors
  
  
• Fixed Maggie's behavior. It (she?) is now correctly protected from storms by the roof of the station
  
• Fixed Maggie's notifications
  
• Fixed a major bug that would freeze a character when sharing equipment while in the medipod
  
• Fixed sulphur lake collider
  
• Fixed sulphur pit triggering
  
• Fixed chat action that could sometimes cause a minor bug
  
• Fixed various interaction bugs in UI panels
  
• Fixed various notifications and localizations
  
  
• The 1st version of the German Steam store page is now live!

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v0.35.03

• Jetboots now improve move speed
  
  
• Decreased oxygen leakage on large breaches (10/sec -> 5/sec)
  
• Reversed last change on starting food rations (7 -> 9)
  
  
• Updated building UI for better understanding of what what can be built
  
• Improved game settings: temperature units. Default unit for US/UK configurations is set to °F
  
• Improved accessibility settings: UI rescaling
  
• Improved accessibility settings: zoom with keyboard instead of mouse
  
• Improved video settings: gamma adjustement
  
• Improved video settings: brightness adjustement
  
• Improved video settings: FOV (very helpful for 32:9 screen resolutions)
  
• New localization system to prepare future language additions (Russian, German and Swedish are coming soon)
  
  
• Added a visual effect when travelling in jetboots
  
  
• Language fallback to display the english string if a localization is missing
  
• Improved zipline system to prevent major bugs (WIP)
  
  
• Fixed loading bug where a character could appear on the roof of the station
  
• Fixed task queue which could sometimes cause a character to run in a straight line for no reason
  
• Fixed main UI character panel. Action icons are now correctly removed when a character exits an action
  
• Fixed various notifications and localizations

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v0.35.04

• New feature: carry a crew member. This is a very rough first version of the feature that the whole community has been waiting for. This one will certainly save many lives!
  
  
• Characters now start a mission with a personal item
  
• New way to interact with lost life pods
  
• New zipline positioning system
  
• Storm alert is now triggered when the electric charge VFX appears
  
  
• We tried to give you more breathing room between two earthquakes without reducing the overall difficulty curve of the current game by balancing two values:
  - average time between seismic period slightly increased
  - average speed of magnitude rise slightly increased
  
  
• New buttons in UI left bar: station inventory shortcut & placeholders for future updates
  
• Improved video settings: you can now switch between several monitors
  
  
• Improved zipline system to prevent major bugs (End of task)
  
  
• Fixed displayed amount of collected resources by automation upgrades

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v0.35.05

• Added new localization: German
  
• Added new localization: Russian
  
• Added new localization: Swedish
  
• Fully reworked english localization

Thanks to our amazing community for helping us translating the whole game in these new languages.

• People involved have joined us in the game credits
  
  
• Added new spawn locations for crew life pods
  
• Added new action on crew life pods: steal oxygen
  
  
• Fixed various missing terrain assets
  
• Fixed resource quantity display
  
• Fixed a bug in the crafting menu that prevented some recipes from being completed if they had a prerequisite
  
• Fixed station inventory UI
  
• Fixed long text strings display
  
• Fixed a small bug in the save system that could prevent some games from loading correctly
  
• Fixed Jonas Winter biography

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Q1 MAJOR UPDATE | v0.36.01

Please check major features details on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1734390/view/3687924439772948999

• Difficulty settings
  
• Player XP
  
• Game modes
  
• Traits and characters unlocks
  
• Twitch Extension
  
  
• Since many of you asked us to rework the end-game, seismic activity and heat system have been balanced to avoid soft-locking situations. You will now have more occasions to explore the map, even if the seismic activity has raised to a very difficult point
  
• Reworked EVA cooling module. It slows heat increase instead of cancel it
  
• Added new possible spawn points for radioisotopes
  
• Added new possible spawn points for crew life pods
  
  
• Added station inventory button in the left HUD
  
  
• Added a burn shader effect when a character walks in sulfur lakes
  
• Added a transparency shader effect on characters
  
  
• Increased fruit farm cost (from 7 carbon nanotubes to 15 carbon nanotubes and 2 electronic parts)
  
  
• Fixed character XP system that was sometimes buggy
  
• Fixed panic attacks that could be canceled if mental health is higher than zero

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v0.36.02

• Added new feature: Recycle. You can now dismantle existing machines and modules. Use the construction terminals to start the recycling process and recover half of the invested resources. This feature has been requested by many of you. We hope it will help!
  
• At start of each day, average temperature increase is now displayed
  
  
• New VFX: Camera particles before storms
  
• New VFX Cascade before storms
  
• New VFX: Psschhhhhhh psschhhhhhh when you open a life pod
  
• New VFX: Foot steps dust
  
• New shader: Liquid/solid sulfur lakes
  
• New camera shot at game launch
  
  
• Improved traits selection system: animations, VFX, SFX has been added to make the feature smoother
  
• Improved a lot of tooltips, especially on machines
  
• Added new tips in the loading screen
  
  
• Fixed subs/bits calculation
  
• Improved viewer overlay usability
  
  
• Fixed a rare bug that prevented some new games to be started
  
• Fixed a pathfinding bug that caused some navigation problems in fully installed modules
  
• Fixed cave entries that were sometimes unselectable
  
• Fixed decals in the station's hub
  
• Fixed some loading issues
  
• Fixed terrain colliders
  
• Fixed score panel button
  
• Fixed reward panel

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v0.36.03

• Fixed difficulty presets layout that was not updating properly
  
• Fixed game score screen. Level and score should now be correctly displayed
  
• Fixed resources cost in the victory conditions UI panel
  
• Fixed recycling feature. You should now recover the right amount of resources
  
• Fixed a main airlock / elevator bug that could occur if you saved a game when a character was in the airlock
  
• Fixed heavy injuries that were not triggering death properly
  
• Fixed various localization strings
  
  
• Refactored quest and buff game systems to make them more resilient and ready to welcome more content (Q2 update preparation)

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v0.37.01

• Automation's upgrades are now available on processing machines. You can use them to batch the desired amount of material to be processed
  
• You can also now queue automated and non-automated processing tasks
  
• Deep rework of the looting gameplay. The crates are now specialized, visually distinguished and distributed differently on the map. The farthest loots also usually contain better rewards
  
• Characters now appear in game in the order in which they were selected (when setting the mission)
  
• Added a new defeat condition if the mental health of all characters (or the last one) drops to zero
  
  
• Added a "support the game" button in the main menu and in an easter egg in the station's hub
  
• Added a hierarchy system to the action menu to navigate through different levels of commands
  
• Polished action menu animations
  
  
• Added a leveling system to Twitch voting options. The extension is now better balanced and more interesting for both viewers and streamers. Please tell your favorite content creator to give it a try!
  
  
• Improved pathfinding system to avoid most of "I prefer to turn around this thing instead of using it" issues
  
• Fixed a bug that made the crashed probe inaccessible since the lakes update
  
• Fixed a bug on character selection
  
• Fixed Maggie that were sometimes not visible when the roof was displayed
  
• Fixed custom traits calculation
  
• Fixed various save issues
  
• Fixed various localization issues