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While they're currently working away on a whole new island for a future update, they're still adding in some really exciting stuff here. The Machine Hunt update brings with it a new system where enemy robots after a while will get a bit "fed up with your bs" and go into a Hunt Mode where special military-grade enemies will appear to ruin your day. This includes a jumping scary spider mech, and a tank the drills up through the ground to join the party along with various new enemy structures.
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Features
- reworked enemy drillship and unit spawning
- added Cog Hunt
- added Cog Military structures
- added new enemy: Cog Spider
- added new enemy: Self-spawned tank
- added new way of spawning humanoid Cogs
- added 5th drillship segment
- added 4 new achievements
Improvements
- improved Cog AI
- improved quest item navigation
- improved positioning of HUD icons for player, drillship and modules
- reduced range of Cog tesla weapons
- modified positions of trees, rocks and deposits to accomodate 5th segment
- modified terrain to accomodate 5th drillship segment
- helper drones are no longer selected when opening map by game controller
Fixes
- fixed client cannot see modules on some segments
- fixed kill quests stop counting when host dies
- fixed custom settings affecting new game
- fixed terrain and invisible obstacles in caves
- fixed player teleporting when using device with a tool
- fixed tank movement when driving on the edges
- fixed player placement after using devices like worktable or pilot seat
- fixed tunnel tooltips on the map
- fixed Lava Source and Volcano tooltips
- fixed typos in item and quest descriptions
- fixed quest description
- fixed “Drillship inventory full” message, when there is free space
Visual improvements
- fixed double highlight in inventory and production screen
- fixed heat distortion
- fixed wrong icon on drone modules
- fixed coloring of modules on the drillship
- fixed blurry dials on newly spawned drillships
- fixed production large drone engines shutoff
- fixed quest description overlayed with other elements
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