Release note

v0.14.0 "Unexpected Outcomes" Release Notes

Rocket Science

Features:

  • added Winter Holidays event which will last from December 24 to January 14;
  • launch site was completely reworked it is closer to reality and has more buildings and structures;
  • reworked space center above the ground, it now exactly match launch site structures;
  • added more buildings into space center;
  • surface objects mods now support surface height painting;
  • added simple wasd controls to move camera when working with surface mods;
  • all default fixed bodies will be loaded when creating or editing amy surface object mod;
  • tutorial improvements: added fallback steps when player failed to follow instructions (he had one job!);
  • improved control settings window and categorised input actions for better readability;
  • added support for exclusive fullscreen mode;
  • separated display resolution from refresh rate settings;
  • added a bunch of new quality settings which will help to solve some of performance problems on older GPUs;

Part changes:

  • landing strut was moved 10 cm lower relative to the connection;

Changes:

  • camera is respecting surface object collisions now and tries to avoid it;
  • controls settings window now fully supports localization;
  • added space (and also hotkey) for the one more time scale on the time panel (will be implemented in the future);
  • profile picture moved to the time panel;
  • planet will be generated 2 times faster on CPUs with 6+ cores;
  • camera speed in the spaceport no longer depends on game’s FPS;
  • increased camera movement bounds in the space center;
  • shore lines will always have slightly higher LOD for better quality now;
  • reduced RAM and video memory consumption in the spaceport;
  • the game will fallback to English instead of Russian when localization files are invalid or some locale keys are missing;
  • significantly improved quality of save game and mod previews;
  • added “enter assembly shop” and “back to spaceport” buttons when viewing the rocket list in the spaceport.

Fixes:

  • game stuck on loading very rarely;
  • control center UI is completely missing;
  • light leaks from control center into small storage;
  • light leaks appear at morning and evening in the space center;
  • staff levels are broken on staff panel in the control center or storage;
  • stars are jittering in the main menu;
  • sometimes shadows are too dark in the surface mods;
  • [assembly] part variants ordering of categories sometimes changes.