Beta Release Notes

• Improved the response time of the in-game cursor.
  
• Tweaked game balancing values for enemy vehicles:
  
  1. Reduced the number of enemy vehicles being spawned in the first waves.
     
  2. Enemies now spawn further away from the player
     
  3. The calculation for size and firepower of enemy vehicles relative to the player vehicle(s) has been turned down a bit.
     
  4. The rate of degradation of blocks knocked off enemy vehicles has been doubled so they should like twice as long before they self-destruct.
     
  
  

• The shield of the player’s base no longer heals enemy vehicle blocks.
  
• Right-clicking on the base menus no longer rotates the game camera.
  

• The shield does not repel enemy vehicles yet.
  
• When a vehicle has multiple tractor pads, it may be tricky getting resources from the vehicle's tractor pads onto the base receiver.
  
• It is possible to jam the player's vehicle under the base.
  
• When a damaged block is restored back to full health, the red damage effect does not disappear.
  
• The damaged components of the base do not restore their health yet.
  
• When the base shield is destroyed, it should be game over. Instead, the game carries on, allowing the player to attach the base parts to their vehicle.
  
• 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.
  

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• Rotating the camera has moved from Left Mouse Button to Right Mouse Button.
  
• The announcement panel has been tidied up.
  
• The Twitch button and live streams panel have been tidied up and can now be dismissed.
  
• A new checkpoint challenge, Hover Bother has been added.
  

• The shield does not repel enemy vehicles yet.
  
• When a vehicle has multiple tractor pads, it may be tricky getting resources from the vehicle's tractor pads onto the base receiver.
  
• It is possible to jam the player's vehicle under the base.
  

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• GSO small wheels, Geo Corp wheels and Geo Corp metal wheels now steer allowing for vehicles to have tighter turning circles.
  
• The standard cursor is now replaced with a custom TerraTech cursor.
  
• The base shield is now powered by biofuel, which is refined from wood.
  
• The base shield size grows and shrinks smoothly instead of snapping to the new size.
  
• A back button has been added to allow a vehicle snapshot to be cancelled.
  
• The camera has been improved to cater for vertical flight.
  
• Guns can now aim up & down based on ballistic trajectory calculation.
  
• A clock has been added to Sumo Showdown to time matches.
  
• Esc key mirrors the functionality of the back button.
  

• Major:
  
  
• The base refinery will now correctly refine each resource instead of incorrectly grabbing 2 and outputting 1.
  
• Checkpoint challenges now load the correct biome.
  
• Trees no longer spawn in a fallen state.
  

Minor:


• In the Main Menu, it's no longer possible to rotate the camera.
  
• The cannon weapon is firing at the correct rate i.e. slower than the machine gun.
  
• When taking a vehicle snapshot, the snapshot button is now hidden to prevent it being clicked on again and generating a blank snapshot.
  
• Cannot double-click onto the base now.
  
• At the base, when adding an item to the delivery cannon's queue, left clicking on the queue item quickly will no longer return a multiple of the proper amount of money back.
  
• The sapphire crystal cacti now cast shadows.
  

• The shield does not repel enemy vehicles yet.
  

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• The basic functionality of the base is now working:
  
• Receiver:
  Drop off point for resources
  
• Power Source:
  Consumes wood to power the base & shield
  
• Resource Silo:
  Stores resources, ready to be refined, delivered or fabricated
  
• Delivery Cannon:
  Blast resources back to Earth for currency, spend currency on crafting recipes
  
• Refinery:
  Turns raw ore into usable refined resources
  
• Fabricator:
  Craft refined resources into vehicle blocks and unlock new crafting recipes
  

• Major:
  
  
• The shield does not repel enemy vehicles yet.
  
• Checkpoint challenges can load the wrong biome.
  
• Trees can sometimes spawn in a fallen state.
  
• At the base, when the refinery has 2 different pinned items in its queue, it will grab 2 resource chunks from the silo, but the output will only be as if one resource chunk went in.
  
• At the base, when adding an item to the delivery cannon's queue, left clicking on the queue item quickly will return a multiple of the proper amount of money back.
  

Minor:


• In the Main Menu, it's possible to rotate the camera.
  
• The cannon weapon is firing at the same rate as the machine gun and should be a lot slower.
  
• When taking a vehicle snapshot, the button remains active and it's possible to click it again to create a blank thumbnail image.
  
• It's possible to double-click onto the base which you're not supposed to be able to at the moment.
  
• The sapphire crystal cacti are not casting shadows.