Hi everyone! Here are the patch notes for the latest update.

• We are continuing our improvements to automation with the first pair of splitters and mergers:
  
• 3-Way Alternating Splitter & 3-Way Alternating Merger
  
  • Throughput alternates in sequence between available outputs
    
  • The throughput order goes counterclockwise, starting on the output to the right of the unique input/output.
    
    • These are craftable from the Workbench.
      
    • The throughput of conduits has been rebalanced in preparation for high bandwidth conduits (coming soon).
      
    • There are also more splitters and mergers on the way!

• There is a brand new visual treatment for conduits
  
  • They have a new pulsing effect indicating when an item has been transferred.
    
  • They have a new model that should make them more readable. We're are really interested in your feedback on them.

• The Galactic Survey Organisation (GSO) have managed to patch through their Prospector Guide to aid in all new interplanetary missions
  
• We have added the Prospector Guide (help menu) which can be accessed through the pause menu.
  
• There are a select few pages there for now, but we will be adding more to this in future updates to help new prospectors find their way around the various mechanics and systems in TerraTech Worlds.
  
• Is there a guide page that you think is sorely needed? Let us know!

• Customise your Tech and structure blocks with the ability to set skins and then edit their colours and patterns for specific blocks and groups of blocks.
  
  • We will not be selling any skins during Early Access.
    
  • We will be adding lots of new skins (to join our existing roster) which will be unlockable through play in future updates.
    
  • The existing TerraTech OG skins will no longer be selectable, but snapshots of Techs using these skins will remain until the next update, at which point they'll revert to using default skin.
    
  • Additionally, we’ve updated the default colour of structure blocks to yellow, so when you jump into your game, you’ll see your buildings will be a bright new yellow hue. You can change back to the same shade of orange in just a couple of clicks though, if you prefer the old orange colour scheme!
    
  • if you want to find out more info on how to do that, check out our Skins Dev Diary here.

• Your Tech will now be affected by the direction of the wind during a storm.
  
• Trying to drive into the wind will greatly decrease your speed.
  
• Heavier Techs will be able to mitigate strong winds.
  
  • Wind will become more important in future updates when we introduce the desert biome and when we introduce boat Blocks beyond that.

• The tutorial now works in multiplayer.
  
• We have fixed a number of issues which make it more stable overall.

• We have added a large amount of cosmetic structure Blocks which are available to craft from the workbench.
  
  • Small, Medium and Large Concrete Foundation
    
  • Concrete Pillar and Concrete Pillar Top
    
  • Curved Wall and Curved Half Wall
    
  • Curved Hemisphere and Curved Hemisphere Inside Corner
    
  • Small and Medium Sloped Corner
    
  • Quarter Loop, Curved Support and Support Beam
    
  • Wedge Platform
    
  • Small and Large Buttress
    
  • Sloped Wall, Sloped Corner and Sloped Inverted Corner

Some BIG wheels are now available which should help with Tech ground clearance and building/supporting much larger Techs. The enemy population have been modified to include these new wheels.
Huge Armoured WheelLarge Shifted Wheel5M Transit Wheel

• Increased the health of all shield projector Blocks from 300 health to 600.
  
• Tech yard storage changed to 400 Block storage and Tech yard storage expansion expanded to 400 additional Blocks.
  
• You can now craft Light ammo on the Centurion and CRAB XL cabs.
  
• Added amplify modifier to antenna Block.
  
• Air control has been enabled. You must let up on a movement key for this to work. When in the air for long distances you can gain some control over how your Tech lands.
  
• Swamp mini-boss has been rebalanced.
  
• We have added some more crate locations around the planet.

• We have fixed the strange graphical water glitch that players were experiencing when firing heavy weapons near a body of water.

Hello, Prospectors!

We know a lot of you have been enjoying updating your Techs with different colours, to make your mark and stand out against the terrain - and we also know that you’re interested in being able to customise your Techs even further, with even more skin options.

Additionally, structure blocks have always just been orange, which is a beautiful thing if your favourite colour is orange, but if not, we imagine you’ve been crying out in anger every time you have to load your carbon into that orange monstrosity of a generator.

Fear no more, orange haters, because you’ll soon be able to update your structure blocks to the same set of colours as your Techs, so you can match your wheels to your Workbench!

Additionally, we’ve updated the default colour of structure blocks to yellow, so when you jump into your game, you’ll see your buildings will be a bright new yellow hue. You can change back to the same shade of orange in just a couple of clicks though, if you prefer the old orange colour scheme!

And, more importantly: we’re adding a whole host of new skin options which can be applied to both Techs and structure blocks, meaning you’ll soon be able to completely change the look of your bases and Techs within TerraTech Worlds.

Let’s jump into the good stuff and show you just what we’ve been working on!



A Basic Tech skin is a set of visual customisations that can be applied to any Tech. A basic skin includes:

Primary Colour: the main/most prominent flat colour, pre-selected parts of the block will get this flat colour.

Secondary Colour: the second most prominent flat colour (applied to other pre-selected sections of the block)

We’re going to be adding more Basic skins to TerraTech Worlds to give you a greater selection of colours to choose from when customising your Tech or structures.


Advanced skins are a little more complex than the Basic ones. Whilst Basic skins are made up of just two basic flat colours, Advanced skins will feature patterns, decals etc on them, as well as a multitude of colours. (In 0.4, we’ll just be starting off with various colours and patterns whilst we work on decals for 0.5!)

Advanced skins offer a palette of different colours that can be used as either primary, secondary or accent colours for customising blocks.

We’ll be adding this new skin type to the game with the release of 0.4, so you won’t need to wait too much longer to check out this first wave of Advanced skins!


In terms of how to get these skins, you’ll still have access to the full range of eight currently-available Basic skins just by playing the game, as well as three new Corporation-themed Advanced skins.

Some skins will also be unlocked via in-game progress, eg. as rewards for completing certain missions, though we won’t be adding these skin rewards until 0.5. We’ll provide more information on this soon!

We also want to make it clear that we won’t be charging any additional real-world money for skins during TerraTech Worlds’ Early Access period.

You can select both Basic and Advanced skins from the Skins Menu:

• The left panel shows the library of skins available to you.
  
• Once a skin from the library is picked, it appears held on the cursor and your cursor will automatically switch to the skin brush tool.
  
• Now you can left-click to apply the skin to an individual block on the Tech or structure that you are mousing over.
  
• Alternatively, you can hit shift+left click to apply the skin to the whole Tech or structure clump that you are mousing over.
  
• The “No Skin” option in the Skin UI can be used to restore defaults

For more in-depth customisation, with the pattern tool selected, you can do the following:

• Hold ‘Shift’ down
  
  
• Use the WASD keys to rotate and resize the pattern to where you want it to be placed over the Tech or structure:
  
  
• Hold AD to rotate the pattern and WS to rescale the pattern
  
• QE will switch the direction of the pattern
  
• Alt + any of the WASD keys will move the pattern
  
• F will flip the pattern
  
  
• Left click and the pattern will be placed as shown on the ‘floating’ preview

Starting from 0.5, every skin will be obtainable by in-game methods such as completing objectives or defeating mini-bosses. New Skins added in 0.4 will be available to all players by default from the Skins menu.


We’ll do our best to have the majority of this polished and ready to go by 0.4., but there’s also a lot more we want to add in when it comes to customisation for TerraTech Worlds.

Some other things we’re looking to add in the future include:

• Seasonal/thematic skins tied to special events/times of the year
  
• Skins which replace block meshes (similar to some of the skins in TerraTech)
  
• More/different ways to unlock skins

That’s all for now, please let us know in the comments below what you’d like to see in the future when it comes to customisation for TerraTech Worlds!