Future content/Archive Update 8

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Release date

• June 13th on the experimental branch
• November 14th on the Early Access branch

As jokes:

• December 27th, 2022
• March 28th, Yes
• February 8th (no year given)
• February 29th, 2023
• February 30th, 2023

Content

• Update to Unreal 5
• Power tower, the power tower will have 3 connections on their top part and 4 on the bottom connector, making for a total of 7.
  • The top connections allow the power lines to be about 3 times the length of a power line between 2 normal power poles.
  • The power tower will be part of a new milestone in tier 4 Expanded Power Infrastructure.
• Priority power switch, the priority power switch will allow certain grids to turn off when there's not enough power available.
  • The priority power switch will be part of the caterium research tree in the MAM.
• Parachutes will no longer be a consumable, meaning they will be reusable.
• The pioneer will move faster while gliding with a parachute
• While using the Zipline the Pioneer will no longer be interrupted by ceiling power outlets or power tower connections.
• The Zipline will now be toggled by clicking
• Conveyor belts and Pipes will now automatically have a support when not snapping to one.
  • The height of the first support will be adjustable like the second one.
  • The validity of the belt/pipe will only be checked when the adjusting the height of the second support.
• Dismantle filtering, when in dismantle mode, pressing G will allow you to dismantle just the hovered type of building.
  • The filter will be reset upon exiting dismantle mode.
  • The filter will also work on blueprints.
  • The filter will work with mass dismantle mode.
• Jetpacks will now be able to use different kinds of fuel. The accepted types are: Solid Biofuel, Liquid Biofuel, Turbofuel and Fuel.
  • The Pioneer can set the preferred fuel type in the inventory.
  • If one type of fuel runs out, the jetpack will automatically switch to the next type.
  • The different fuel types will have different properties
    • Fuel: minor tweaks, has more upwards momentum than in previous updates.
    • Solid Biofuel: same speed and power as normal fuel, less acceleration and burns quicker.
    • Turbo Fuel: higher acceleration and speed, better control.
    • Liquid Biofuel: burns slower.
• Gas pillars are now destructible by Nobelisks.

Progression

• Tier 4 will get a new milestone called Expanded Power Infrastructure.
  • The new milestone will include the new Power Tower.
• The Power Storage will be moved from Logistics mk3 to the new milestone.
• The tier 6 milestone called Expanded Power Infrastructure will be renamed to Logistics mk4.

Advanced Game Settings (AGS)

• Flight mode, a flight mode AGS will be introduced.
  • Flight speed will not be tunable other than sprinting
• God mode, God mode will make you immune to almost all types of damage. The only exception is the world border damage.
• Give item button, clicking this button will allow you to pick an item and quantity to give to yourself.
  • There will be a checkbox allowing you to give you the inputted amount in stacks rather than individual items.
• No build cost, this setting will remove the build cost when in build mode.
  • Dismantling buildings will also not give any items back.
• No unlock cost, this setting will allow you to unlock any MAM research, HUB milestones, Space Elevator stages and AWESOME shop items without any cost.
  • A label saying ""no unlock cost" active" will replace the normal cost when unlocking items.
• Unlock Alternative Recipe Instantly, this setting will unlock alternative recipes automatically as soon as all requirements for them are met.
• No power, this setting will allow buildings to function without a connection to power.
  • Power generators will still continue running as long as their input requirements are met.
    • Power Storages will be charged with the power generated by the running power generators.
    • Biomass burners won't consume fuel as they only work when there's a demand for power.
• Set starting tier, this setting will only be available when creating a world.
  • It will be available under the AGS button in the world creation menu.
  • Free items matching the selected tier will be provided.
• Set game phase, this option will allow setting the space elevator phase.
  • The setting will be available both in the world creation menu and ingame.
• Unlock all
  • Unlock all tiers, this will unlock all hub milestones and space elevator phases.
  • Unlock all MAM research, this will unlock all MAM research branches.
  • Unlock all AWESOME shop items, this will unlock all items in the AWESOME shop.
• Keep inventory, this setting has 3 options, the default will be keep equipment.
  • Keep nothing, pre-update 8 behaviour.
  • Keep equipment, drops all items in a box but keeps the equipment items in the inventory.
  • Keep everything, keeps all items upon death.
• Disable arachnid creatures, removes all spiders(cats in arachnophobia mode) from the game.
• AGS will have to be enabled upon world creation or upon loading a save.
  • Once enabled there's no way to disable it.
  • Sessions with AGS enabled saves in them will have a pencil icons in when browsing saves.
  • The text "Advanced Game Settings enabled" will appear next to the date while browsing saves.
  • If AGS is enabled on a save, all players will have access to them.
    • An icon will be shown next to the settings if they apply to all players in the session.

UI

• Creature hostility settings and arachnophobia mode have been moved to gameplay settings.