New features / content / improvements:

• Random Encounter spawning - provides randomly-generated mission encounters for the player to discover and engage in. These currently include hunting enemies, capturing and destroying bases; different encounter types will be added over time. Players are rewarded with XP and blocks for completing these encounters. Question marks appear on the radar when players get near them.
• GSO mission progression reworked as follows -
  • Added new random encounter missions to all grades.
  • Trading Station mission unlocked after completing Radar, Shield and Battery missions.
  • Moved SCU block mission to GSO Grade 3.
  • Removed all previous Grade 2 and 3 missions; these will be replaced with improved versions or alternatives over time
• GeoCorp missions disabled temporarily
• XP System changed as follows -
  • XP can now only be awarded by completing missions and encounters
  • XP is no longer awarded by killing population techs
  • XP automatically ticks over to next level instead of maxing out at end of a level
  • XP thresholds have been adjusted to increase exponentially
• Graduated EXP Buzz Saw to GeoCorp.
• First iteration of new Front End UI:
  • Main Menu is updated, Announcer still needs a lift
  • New Game menu is updated, still got issues with prioritizations. We want to allow Gamemode descriptions and options be present at same time.
  • Load Game menu got a facelift. Still not showing all the information we want.
  • “Popup” menus, like the Bug Reporter, Pausescreen, Twitter Dialogue, etc. all got an update.
  • Old checkpoint and flight challenges have been retired, to be replaced by new gauntlet tracks.
  • New Gauntlet track added.
  • Performance optimisations for Gauntlet.
  • Block painting filters are now selected as an individual category or all

• Added armour plates to Gauntlet inventory.
• Updated rotation options for all blocks.
• Further updated the enemy population spawns to favour picking enemies with new / undiscovered blocks.
• Returning enemy population spawn selection to pre 6.0 state. Population should spawn a variety of different Techs, but not necessarily give new blocks as often. Further fixes to follow.
• Tweaked physics on GSO wheels.
• Updates for GC and GSO wheel grip. Updates to stop weird bounciness on all GC wheels.
• Increased the friction on all biomes too.
• Increased the load bearing strength of GSO Wheel and Stabiliser Wheel.
• Updated lateral friction of GSO Wheel and GSO Stabiliser Wheel to reduce sideways slipping.
• Increased the friction of GeoCorp Metal Wheels.
• Modified default tech for Gauntlet mode.

• Fixed the Battery Tree sometimes spawning inside another tree.
• “Save Options” text in Graphics Settings no longer gets cropped for non-English languages.
• Fixed objective marker pointing at the ground during GeoCorp missions.
• Fixed Vendor not appearing correctly on Radar if game saved/reloaded whilst Vendor is active quest object.
• Fixed prompts with buttons automatically disappearing after 8 seconds.
• Fixed Gauntlet mode starting tech not being reset when user exits to front end and then re-enters Gauntlet mode.
• Fixed multiple enemies appearing on the GSO shield mission.