RC: v1.16 Experimental

March 20, 2026by Taelyn

GamePatchNote Digest

Empyrion - Galactic Survival Patch Notes — March 20, 2026

Aggregated from Steam, cross-tracked with Battle.net coverage on GamePatchNote.

Fixes:

Changes:

upd Added inline info about Dark Faction to default random scenario for reference
upd Added new SFX for Progenitor crystal entities
upd Added LOD/Culling to progenitor devices
Added kill_electric_medium (larger sized effect)
Added Progenitor Lever, Switch Console and Double Switch Console plus own Progenitor non-crystal material
\[1.16]\ Added new SFX for Progenitor entities
\[1.16]\ Added TT coverage for all Onyx planet POI
\[1.16]\ Changed death pfx of NTYSmall variants
\[1.16]\ added lever and single/double switch console variant for Progenitor
\[1.16]\ Added correct weapon SFX to NTYLaser
\[1.16]\ Added enlarged kill effect to NTY variants

Fixes:

01552: Jetpack in space causes every 3rd frame to be dropped
01563: PDA PlayfieldOps "StructPower" and "SignalStructure" doesn't work in MP/Co-op
https://empyriononline.com/threads/...gnalstructure-doesnt-work-in-mp-01563.102462/
01687: Dark Faction Pillars were placed on playfields that had a POI with 'Pillar' in its name. https://empyriononline.com/threads/...yer-game-with-df-disabled.103031/#post-469138
01700: Exception when changing entries in difficulties settings and confirm or cancel while coming from Testing Grounds scenario
01701: 3rd Person View (3PV) camera rendering jitter and visual ghosting at high velocity/rotation.
Various exception fixes for exceptions found in logs.
01694: Fixed an exploit
Crystal Troop Transport could not be destroyed
Small NTY death animation was missing
PFX/SFX for hit on material (hullcombatcharged) was missing
NTYmelee was stopping out of range and started to fight
\[1.16]\ Crystal Troop Transport could be spawned manually in Survival leading to CoQ loop due to not supported mode (gathering troops not possible)
\[1.16]\ Disabled preliminary markers for Personal Com Console Network News until refinement
\[1.16]\ Fixed Explorer Guild redeem system returns broken dialogue state
\[1.16]\ Progenitor Communicator Sphere was not available in itemmenu