Dear Stormworkers,

This week we are releasing a new update!

Along with many fixes and improvements, we have added a new vehicle editor change - sticky rotation. A components rotation no longer orientates based on the direction of the surface you are hovering, but rather responds to the rotation keys. This change is intended to reduce the issue of it being unclear which key produces which rotation. Why is it always the last rotation key that you try?



This change obviously reworks a fundamental vehicle editor behaviour that many players will be used to. While we expect most players will be relieved that this has finally been changed, we are also aware that some players may feel that they are used to the old behaviour, however confusing it was. Let us know your thoughts and feedback!

As well as this change there are many fixes and improvements in response to player feedback on the issue tracker. Please see the patch notes below for full details.



A big thank you to everyone who turned up last week for the live stream!

Much love <3,

The Stormworks Developers



Patch Notes

v1.10.4

Rework - #21443 Orientation is now sticky when placing components in the editor
Fix - #23076 Leaks not using their bounding when resolving with the ocean (Boats not sinking)
Fix - Crash fix for occasional issue with character input resetting
Fix - Hand item not clearing when teleporting (Fishing rod physics issues)
Fix - Seats applying an offset to character position when testing for drowning
Fix - #22332 Advanced rotor counter-torque forces applying in space
Fix - #22419 Waypoints are now grid based and distance restraint has been removed
Fix - #22457 Removed inert electric node on liquid fuel rockets
Fix - #22601 Addon references to removed node locationData.is_env_mod
Fix - #22652 Fixed lights issues on the arid island
Fix - #22766 Updated classic mode description
Fix - #22792 Reworked raycast interactions to fix several issues with rays from recent character network physics changes
Fix - #22813 Reworked visual effects of fluid jets
Fix - #22817 Directional rx description error
Fix - #22845 Distance sensor high electric consumption
Fix - #22916 Resolved buoyancy mesh generation issue for gas tanks
Fix - #23184 Enabled keypad waypoints to work on the moon (shows universal coordinates and not moon-relative coordinates, for lua addon compatability)
Fix - #24099 Fishing rod inventory description
Balance - #22846 Large solar cell price
Balance - Rebalanced hopper mass