A very happy 2021 to all. Here's another Titan Outpost update with a few fixes and some requested QoL features. Big announcement soon!

Changelog

Improvements

• Befriending the construction bot with the 'On the Spectrum Trait' has more benefits.
• Rover Suit charge toggle maintains its setting.
• When you pick up the coffee and spare parts from the outpost inventory before the tutorial tells you to, you can now proceed without ending the tutorial entirely.
• Bribe value allows for manual input again.
• Landing site description improved.

Fixes

• Savegame names limited to alphanumeric characters to prevent issues on some systems.
• Current research difficulty is now always stored in save, using a low difficulty research to jumpstart a high difficulty research exploit no longer works.
• Applied Science exploit fixed.
• Awareness Exploit for the Herschel Nexus fixed.
• Ara Fluctus searchable description typo fixed.
• Discovering stranded rover by walking in and out when you crash will no longer put the rover in another spot on the world map.
• Clipping camera issue at the Outpost fixed.
• Changed execution order of Rover starting point in Shangri-La. This should fix the issue were the Rover moves extremely slowly on entry. Unconfirmed.
• Tuxing Liu water now shows up on all graphics settings and you can no longer walk through some of it.
• Rare tank/pump bug fixed.
• Herschel exploration mission XP exploit fixed.
• Tasking Val to exploration will now show the proper amount of minerals gathered.

Some requested QoL features didn't make it into this update, but there are a few that will be implemented in a future update.

[ 2021-01-01 13:28:05 CET ] [ Original post ]

It is the year 2077. Earth is slowly dying and starving for energy, and humanity has turned to the solar system to meet its ever-growing needs. The Moon has been plundered; the Chinese have begun to colonise Mars, and now the world has set its eyes on hydrocarbon-rich Titan, Saturn's sixth moon. Your employers, the International Autonomous Space Association, are desperate to claim it before the Chinese can. On frosty Titan, this war will be very cold indeed.

Key Features

• A hard science fiction setting inspired by Robert Heinlein, Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov and Stanislaw Lem.
  
• An open-ended structure in which your choices define not only the course of the plot, but the fate of the world.
  
• A rich character-creation system, in which you define your character's attributes and develop his or her skills and gear over the course of the game.
  
• A robust base-building system, in which you must manage your crew, resources, and facilities to survive the harsh environment and your political rivals.
  
• Multiple approaches to the game's challenges: dialogue; crafting; exploration; trade; and violence are all viable ways to win.
  
• A rich and reactive story full of mysteries, twists, and memorable characters.​