Hey space friends!
It's been a while since we've done a big update to the base game of Oxygen Not Included! While we've been working primarily on Spaced Out! for the last while, our desire has always been to improve and evolve the game as a whole. There are a number of changes we've made in Spaced Out! which are just general good improvements to the game, or that we had planned for the base game all along but finally got the opportunity to implement during Spaced Out! development.
This includes bug fixes to the game and the underlying simulation, making improvements and upgrades to the UI, and a major upgrade to the modding system to help future-proof mod development. It also includes a couple new buildings, Duplicant traits, and improved worldgen.
Up until this point, the base game and Spaced Out! were running on separate codebases, so fixes we made would only exist for one version or the other. After today, the codebases have been unified so everyone is running the same version of the game! This has been an epic process for the development team, but now it means that bug fixes will arrive for everyone at once, and that all players can benefit from ongoing improvements to the game.
This patch includes some major code updates, including a new Modding API and an upgraded version of the Unity engine. There will be growing pains in the short term while mods are updated (please give modders a chance to catch up!) but these will support the stability and growth of the game into the future.
These changes address some long-term concerns in Oxygen Not Included. This game, and you the players, continue to inspire us. We want to keep improving it and making it the best game we can! The major features and changes include:
- New traits, including traits that grant skills to Duplicants right out of the printing pod
- Some shuffling of the tech tree, notably moving most of the Conveyor Rails techs one tier earlier
- Updated food storage mechanics, making refrigeration easier and more effective, but removing exploits and creating a natural progression for fully preserving food
- Meter Valves allow sending precise amounts of material down a pipe, manually or using automation
- Oxygen Masks are a new low-tier suit, allow Duplicants to work for longer in low-oxygen areas but not protecting them from harsh environments
- Suit durability mechanics will be available in the base game (off by default), which add some upkeep costs for suits so they aren't so overpowered
- "Stinging eyes" and related debuffs give more reason to be cautious with chlorine and other gasses and liquids
- The Diagnostics panel, updated Resource screen, and other UI improvements make it easier to stay on top of what's happening in the base
- Demolition skill allows duplicants to destroy those Gravitas ruins once and for all
Spaced Out!
As the Spaced Out! DLC gets closer to launching, we're continuing to focus on polish, bug fixes, and tying up loose ends. We're continuing to refine worldgen tuning, and have added a "Classic Forest Start" cluster to play on. Renewable regolith has landed back in the game on its own planetoid. There's lots of finalized animation and sound effects coming down the pipe, including new art and leak mechanics for nuclear waste barrels. We're also spending more time looking at performance and have some promising leads. Colony Imperatives are being added and revised. With new Monument parts, an Artifact Analysis Station, and a strange Gravitas device hanging out near the Temporal Tear, your Duplicants will have so many boxes to check off! (We also added a few new Spaced Out!-exclusive artifacts.) Thanks for sticking with us through this large technical challenge. If you notice anything that seems to be amiss between the two versions of the game, please report it as a bug! And as always, we'd love to hear any other feedback you have. Take care!
[ 2021-07-15 17:08:33 CET ] [ Original post ]
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Just make sure you don't forget to breathe.
Build Extensive Bases and Discover What it Takes to Survive:
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Everything in your space colony is under your control, from excavation and resource allocation right down to plumbing and power systems. Resources will begin depleting with your first breath, however, so be sure to dig fast if you want to live.
It’s Mind Over Matter with Stress Simulations:
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Keep the psychological impact of survival at bay with fun leisure activities, great accommodations and even better food for your colony. Duplicants each have different and potentially destructive ways of reacting to stress, so be sure to always keep them happy. Whatever the cost.
Avoid Boiling with Thermodynamics:
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Temperature control is a constant concern in space; too cold and you'll freeze, too hot and you'll fry. Keep tabs on ambient environmental temperatures and your colony's heat production to maintain a nice, cozy atmosphere for your colonists.
Enhance Efficiency through Complex Gas and Liquid Simulations:
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Create interlocking pipe systems to swiftly deliver fuel and liquid to critical areas of your base. Plan well and be rewarded as your colony transforms into an imperishable, well-oiled machine.
Take Charge with Power Grid Simulations
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Choose from a multitude of power sources including coal, hydrogen, natural gas or just plain old elbow grease. Manage power runoff, circuit overloads and meltdowns to keep your colony running smoothly.
Always Keep Yourself Breathing:
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Enter the Oxygen Overlay and watch air moving through your base in real time. Monitor carbon dioxide accumulation and oversee oxygen generation processes to mold your colony into a veritable deep-space oasis.
Waste Nothing through Extreme Recycling
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Make use of every last resource for a base that truly exemplifies efficiency. Recycle waste into precious fuel, process unbreathable gas into air or harness the natural bodily processes of wild creatures for food. If you’re clever, you might even be able to run a base off colonist farts.
Explore Diverse, Procedurally Generated New Worlds:
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Summon new worlds with a push of a button. Experience tons of untamed space rocks, then suffocate to death in them!
- OS: Ubuntu 18.04
- Processor: Dual Core 2 GHzMemory: 4 GB RAM
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (AMD or NVIDIA equivalent)
- Storage: 2 GB available space