Beta Access Release Notes - Version 0.2.7

Updated: Sunday 12th October 2014

• Save & load game state - 1st pass implementation.
  
  • Game saves when exiting via the menu
    
  • See known issues for data that doesn’t get saved yet.
    
  
  
• Base Fabricator UI - 1st pass implementation for all components.
  
• Tutorial updated to explain how the new Base UI works.
  
• Can now grab vehicle blocks through semi-transparent trees.
  
• More vehicles using the Venture blocks are added to the main game.
  
• New Hill Hopper checkpoint challenge replaces Mountains of Dooooom.
  
• New Venture blocks - Front spoiler, mini-rear spoiler, booster.
  
• The attract mode now uses a variety of vehicles and biomes.
  
• The challenges are now sorted by Racing Challenge, Flying Challenge and Sumo Showdown.
  
• Loading from Twitter will now cache the previously loaded images
  
• When loading from Twitter, the name of the person who tweeted a vehicle is now displayed.
  

• Game save: After loading a saved game, enemy vehicles now appear correctly again.
  
  
• Game save: After loading a saved game, detached parts lying on the ground will no longer incorrectly collide with the base shield.
  
  
• Game save: There are multiple instances of scenery items when saving a game then watching the biomes in the attract mode change several times before continuing the saved game.
  
  
• Base: The rotating base block cannot be grabbed from the fabricator.
  
  
• The base is firmly attached to the ground now and will not vibrate anymore.
  
• Detaching a vehicle block when inside the base shield will no longer repel any attached blocks off at great speed.
  
• Hover pads no longer repel against the base shield and now behave correctly inside the base shield.
  
• A white arrow used in the tutorial no longer appears incorrectly if the player goes to the base before firing a weapon.
  
• Sumo Showdown ends correctly with game over when a ring out occurs.
  

• Game save: Certain game data is not saved currently:
  
  • Pinned recipes in the base menu screens
    
  • Whether the base shield is active
    
  • Vehicle block health
    
  • Resources in holding beams may not be restored exactly as they were
    
  
  
• Game save: The game will not save when clicking on the close window button in windowed mode of by pressing Alt+F4 to close the game.
  
• Base: Aspects of the Base UI are missing or have placeholder content.
  
• Base: When a vehicle has multiple tractor pads, it may be tricky getting resources from the vehicle's tractor pads onto the base receiver.
  
• Base: It may be possible to jam the player's vehicle under the base.
  
• Base: Base components other than the receiver should not pass objects back to vehicles.
  
• A drone vehicle with a cab but no AI module drives away from the base instead of staying idle.
  
• There are some graphical holes in the terrain.