Sandustry

Balance · 1

• The gas density rule was inverted so that lower density now rises above, and gas densities were updated to preserve old behavior.

  gas density rule

Content · 9

• A new production chain unlocking sand refinement with magnets, electrolysis, and photosynthesis has been added.

  sand refinement

• The snow and mountain biome has been populated with new content.

  snow and mountain biome

• 18 new elements and terrains were added.

  elements and terrain

• A new Strataform event that adds another infinite source has been included.

  strataform event

• New critters have been added, with one being required for progression.

  critter

• New puzzles requiring new tools have been added.

  puzzle

• New Augment Schematics can now be found underground to unlock new Augments.

  augment schematic

• New Artifact upgrade nodes, featuring a new building and item, are now available.

  artifact upgrade node

• 16 new research nodes, including 2 added to the Aura tier, have been introduced.

  research node

Controls · 1

• Building a diagonal Foundation now automatically creates a stair-stepped line.

  diagonal foundation

System · 7

• Diagnostics and launch flags have been improved, including new options like --sandustry-no-overlay-gpu-flags, --sandustry-worker-count=N, and --use-angle.

  diagnostics and launch flag

• Procedural generation now spawns approximately the same amount of critters and finite resources.

  procedural generation

• The rendering library and desktop application runtime have been updated.

  desktop application runtime

• The lighting engine was rewritten to support more concurrent lights using a new light buffer.

  lighting engine

• Various improvements were made to the rendering engine.

  rendering engine

• Filter interaction rules have been tightened so that two elements interacting across a filter boundary will only interact if both elements and the output are allowed inside.

  filter interaction rule

• Multiple optimizations were made to fix various bottlenecks, such as Collector tanks with Liquid Gold, big conveyor belt passes, and energy consumption in large power networks.

  performance

UI · 2

• Players can now zoom out in the Tech Tree.

  tech tree zoom

• Most of the UI has been reworked with added visual flourishes and a more streamlined component library.

  ui rework

Fix · 2

• Building a pipe on a machine no longer stops the machine's processor.

  pipe machine processor stop

• The Corraller no longer hijacks every scroll event.

  corraller scroll hijack

Also in this patch1

• The modding branch for version 0.6 has been prepared with many additions to the modding API.

  modding api