Per Trailer stellt uns System Era Softworks das Inhalt des aktuellen Updates von Astroneer vor. In englischen Patchnotes ausgedrückt liest es sich so:

NEW FEATURES

• Added tool augment system: Augment items can be attached to tools (starting with terrain tool) to upgrade or change behavior
• Terrain tool can now be interacted with when backpack is open in order to slot in augments.
• New unlockable augment items!
  • Terrain analyzer: Collect terrain of a particular material/color until meter is full. Once meter is full, adding terrain will use the equipped color, and subtracting terrain will filter on the equipped color.
  • Wide mod: Increases the size of the terrain tool brush while decreasing intensity.
  • Narrow mod: Decreases the size of the terrain tool brush while increasing intensity.
  • Inhibitor: Shuts down functionality. Applied to terrain tool, turns off adding/subtracting terrain, but maintains color changes and harvesting.
• Complete overhaul of equipment unlock progression. Specific equipment unlocks are now dependent on researching certain types of chests while retaining some randomization.
• Steeper difficulty curve: Fewer types of equipment are available at the beginning of a new game, requiring more chests to be recovered and researched to acquire everything.
• Research chests are less common overall.

GENERAL UPDATES

• Hydrazine no longer tradeable at trade module.
• Backpack now opens to one side, if space is clear, to support tool interactions, and clear the view ahead.
• Backpack gets illuminated when opened to aid visibility in dark areas.
• Default terrain tool brush size and intensity adjusted.
• Terrain tool now adds grey terrain when no augment mod equipped.
• Terrain brush now indicates color
• Added an interaction indicator between the Astroneer and held items.
• In multiplayer, the indicators of other players are now visible and receive the accent color of that player.
• Dynamite explosion power and radius now increases when multiple dynamite sticks are packed together.
• Mellowed out camera behavior when backpack or terrain tool is out.
• Updated vehicle code to increase stability.
• Added new VFX for deformations.

FIXES

• Performance: Several significant improvements to key physics systems to improve CPU perf.

• Bug: Fixed crash on load of some saved games.

• Bug: Fix many objects falling through the world when unattended.

• Bug: Fixed foliage floating in air after dynamite explosion.

• Bug: Fix tethers disappearing on quick-stow if top-left backpack bundle is full.

• Bug: Fix tethers not being placeable while sprinting.

• Bug: Fix Astroneer’s head remaining cocked until cursor is moved to a forward position.

• Bug: Fix auxiliary slot items not automatically equipping to backpack auxiliary slots when printed.

• Bug: Fix item unlock messages not replicating to all clients in MP.

• Bug: Fix various MP desync issues.