Patch 0.8.2 (10 July 2018)
Design Tweaks:
- Added two new Multiplayer levels.
- Reduced the times it takes for all SCUs to power up by half.
- Added some example Techs at the start of Creative mode.
- Added a bunch of new Techs to the population.
- Updated Defend Friendly Tech Missions, reduced the area in which the player must stay to avoid abandoning the Tech and failing the mission.
- Updated GSO Multiplayer loadout Tech to make the Cab more visible and help players recognise which end is the front and which is the back.
Block Updates:
- Increased the rate of fire of:
- Venture 360 Mortar.
- Hawkeye DFA Mortar.
- Hawkeye Zeus Laser
- Increased the damage of:
- GSO 3-Pound Cannon
- GSO ZK-47 Gun
- GeoCorp Diamond and Articulated Drills
- Venture 360 Mortar
- Venture Crossfire Rifle
- Venture Flamethrower
- Venture Hail Fire Rifle
- Venture Oozee SMG
- Venture Pip Gun
- Hawkeye Auto Cannon
- Hawkeye Burst Gun
- Hawkeye Machine Gun
- Hawkeye Repeater Rifle
- All Shotguns for GSO, Venture and Hawkeye
- EXP Plasma Flamethrower
- Reduced the health of:
- All GeoCorp blocks (slightly)
- Venture Flamethrower
- Hawkeye Railgun
- Hawkeye Zeus Laser
- EXP Plasma Flamethrower
- Reduced the range of the GSO Shotgun, increased the range of the Venture Shotgun. Updated all Shotguns muzzle flash effects to better reflect the actual range of each Shotgun.
- Increased the rotation speed of the Hawkeye Zeus Laser.
- Increase the turning power of Hawkeye Single Wheels.
- Added an extra Shotgun to the Venture Assault Multiplayer Loadout.
- Moved all Special Holiday Blocks out of GSO Grade 2 & 3 and into GSO Grade 3, 4 & 5 to stop them from clogging up the early Reward Crates.
Localisation:
- Game fully localised for French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Chinese and Japanese (barring some recent new text strings that require translation).
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed issue with pulling the cab off a Tech in beam mode not keeping the Tech intact when the cab is still held.
- Fixed issue with a Tech that has an AI controller still being drivable if the cab is destroyed.
- Stopped the output_log.txt file getting spammed with unnecessary multiplayer related logs.
- Fixed multiple crash bugs.
- Fixed dropping out of build beam when trying to relocate the only cab on a Tech.
- Fixed various crashes related to removing unused resources in memory.
- Stopped block shop resetting to the top whenever owned money changed.
- Fixed crash trying to write Announcement cache file to write protected location.
- Fixed all anchored Techs not having any audio.
- Fixed GSO Large Receivers being able to deliver resources (this was causing them to pass resources between each other).
- Fixed being able to climb on top of spawn bubbles in multiplayer using the build beam.
- Fixed crash that may occur at the end of a multiplayer match for the host.
Known Major Issues:
- Game will crash when a multiplayer lobby is started in ‘Teams Mode.’
- Game can crash when the player clicks a name in a multiplayer lobby set to ‘Teams Mode.’
- Ranked Sumo crashes on entry.
- Switching between game modes may cause the Tech targeting to stop working correctly.
- Multiple resources travelling close to each other along Conveyors may generate bottlenecks and clog bases up, especially around Refineries and Filters.
- Gauntlet tutorial can sometimes load an already made Tech.
- Translations for non-English language support is still work-in-progress for most languages.
Patch 0.8.1 (23 May 2018)
Important note for players updating from version 0.7.9 or earlier:
- The location for save files and Tech snapshots has changed:
- Windows:
My Documents/My Games/TerraTech/
- Mac:
~/Library/Application Support/TerraTech/
- Linux:
~/.local/share/TerraTech/
- The game should automagically move your existing game saves and Tech snapshots to the new location, but if it doesn't and you run into any problems, drop us an email to help@terratechgame.com and we'll get things working for you again.
Design Tweaks:
- Multiplayer front end options have been re-ordered to Quick Match, Join Game, Host Game.
- When viewing a list of available multiplayer games, the list of games is now initially sorted by most number of players in a game.
- Reduced the amount of cosmetic blocks given from multiplayer reward crates.
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed issue with blocks being pulled towards the SCU with too much force.
- Hawkeye Zeus Laser Cannon now fires correctly when aiming in all directions.
- Fixed scroll bar not appearing when viewing a list of available multiplayer games when there are more than 9 games being played.
- Multiplayer filter options: Removed option to set game types filter to game modes that are not available yet.
- Fixed issue with buttons not appearing at the end of a multiplayer game if the scoreboard is being shown when the game ends.
- Fixed memory leak while playing multiplayer.
- Fixed game crashing when opening a Twitch stream via the notification panel.
- Fixed blocks not having physics when taken from the dispensers in the R&D Test Chamber.
Known Major Issues:
- Switching between game modes may cause the Tech targeting to stop working correctly.
- Multiple resources travelling close to each other along Conveyors may generate bottlenecks and clog bases up, especially around Refineries and Filters.
- Gauntlet tutorial can sometimes load an already made Tech.
- Translations for non-English language support is incomplete for most languages.
Multiplayer:
- Play Deathmatch with up to 16 players
- All vs All or Team vs Team
- Search and view all available games
- Join games that are in progress
New Blocks:
- GSO Big Bertha Cannon
- GSO Gigaton Cannon
- GeoCorp Eagle Heavy Booster
- GeoCorp Excavator
- GeoCorp Gimbal Mounted Plasma Cutter
- GeoCorp Powerlifter Hover
- GeoCorp TB Thresher
- Venture 360 Shotgun
- Venture Cluster Missile Launcher
- Venture Crossfire Rifle
- Venture Dropper
- Venture Filter
- Venture Hurricane Track
- Venture Lance Laser Turret
- Venture NEEDLE Laser
- Venture Rapid Cannon
- Venture Ripsaw Track
- Venture Roundabout Mortar
- Hawkeye Axis Shotgun
- Hawkeye Big Daddy Wheel
- Hawkeye DFA Mortar
- Hawkeye Ion Battery
- Hawkeye Large Armour Plate
- Hawkeye Mk3 Battleship Cannon
- Hawkeye Medium Armour Plate
- Hawkeye Monster Mortar
- Hawkeye Notch Armour Plate
- Hawkeye Small Armour Plate
- Hawkeye Warhorse Wheel
- Hawkeye Zeus Laser Cannon
New R&D Test Chamber Blocks:
- EXP AA Repulsor Cannon
- EXP Flying Fortress Hover Plate
- EXP Plasma Flamethrower
Design Tweaks:
- Block backstories
- Balanced difficulty of missions
- Tech population refined
- Wheel and weapon strength balanced
- Damage dealt by weapons balanced
- Achievements are now visible and can be unlocked.
Audio:
- Lots of audio enhancements made to the game.
Optimisations:
- We've optimised a whole bunch of stuff in the game over the last few months. Let us know if it runs at a noticeably improved framerate for you.
Localisation:
- More translations for non-English language support added courtesy of our awesome team of TT Translators.
Known Major Issues:
- Switching between game modes may cause the Tech targeting to stop working correctly.
- Multiple resources travelling close to each other along Conveyors may generate bottlenecks and clog bases up, especially around Refineries and Filters.
- Gauntlet tutorial can sometimes load an already made Tech.
- Translations for non-English language support is incomplete for most languages.
Patch 0.7.9 (19 December 2017)
Enemy Tech Manual Targeting:
- Use Middle Mouse Button to click on an enemy Tech to target it.
- Camera will adapt to try to keep player and targeted Tech in view.
New Blocks:
- GSO Combat Shotgun
- GSO Missile Battery
- Venture Fixed Anchor
- Venture Rotating Anchor
- Venture Contact Shotgun
- Hawkeye Small Jet Engine
- Hawkeye Fixed Anchor
- Hawkeye Rotating Anchor
- Special Rudolf Red Nose
- Special Reindeer Antlers
- Special Roast Turkey
- Special Blue Bauble Deely Bopper
- Special Silver Bauble Deely Bopper
- Special Gold Bauble Deely Bopper
- Special Green Present Deely Bopper
- Special Red Present Deely Bopper
- Special Silver Present Deely Bopper
- Special Figgy Pudding Deely Bopper
- Special Star Deely Bopper
- Special Robin Deely Bopper
- Special Christmas Tree
New R&D Test Chamber Blocks
- EXP Big Man Bomb
- EXP Ramp Small
- EXP Ramp Medium
- EXP Ramp Large
- EXP Platform
Other New features / content / improvements:
- Added new Hawkeye combat mission and added a new Hawkeye Character to all core Hawkeye missions.
- Player Tech can now auto-target enemy bases that have no cab.
- Rotating Anchors now use physics to spin. If you put heavier loads on them, it will take more power to allow them rotate at a normal speed.
- GSO Anchors have less power, but a higher rotational top speed.
- GeoCorp Anchors have more power, but a lower rotational top speed.
- Updated the inventories of blocks available to use in Gauntlet and Sumo.
- More translated text from the TT Translation team.
Blocks Graduated from R&D Test Chamber to Campaign:
- Graduated the Monster Truck Wheel from EXP to Venture Grade 2.
- Graduated the Titan Truck Wheel from EXP to Venture Grade 3.
Explosive Blocks tweaks:
GSO:
- Increased the amount of damage the GSO 3-Pound Cannon deals.
- Reduced the damage and rate of fire of the GSO Mortar.
Venture:
- Increased the Venture Avalanche Missile damage and equalised the firing rate to make fire at regular intervals between the bursts and reloading.
Hawkeye:
- Increased the damage and blast radius of the Hawkeye Cannon Turret.
- Reduced the blast radius of the Hawkeye Pod Missile, but increased its rate of fire.
- Reduced the blast radius of the Hawkeye Cruise Missile, also increased its rate of fire and damage.
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed various crash bugs.
Known Major Issues:
- Multiple resources travelling close to each other along Conveyors may generate bottlenecks and clog bases up, especially around Refineries and Filters.
Patch 0.7.8 (31 October 2017)
New Blocks:
- Added GSO Techa Track to Grade 4.
- Added GeoCorp Anchored Mass SCU to Grade 3.
- Added Venture Bub Spoiler to Grade 1.
- Added 5 Venture streamlined blocks:
- Added Venture Hooked Beak Block to Grade 1.
- Added Venture Small Dino Block to Grade 1.
- Added Venture Medium Dino Block to Grade 2.
- Added Venture Large Dino Block to Grade 3.
- Added Venture Duck Bill Block to Grade 3.
- Added Venture Zero Propeller to Grade 3.
- Added Hawkeye Anchored Maze SCU to Grade 3.
- Added Venture Pinwheel Propeller to Grade 1.
- Added Venture Rudder Tip Wings (both left and right) to Grade 3.
- Added EXP 2-Way Explosive Bolt, unlockable at GSO Grade 3 (only available to R&D Test Chamber owners).
- Added EXP 6-Way Explosive Bolt, unlockable at GSO Grade 5 (only available to R&D Test Chamber owners).
- Added 9 new GeoCorp Bumper Blocks. This set of blocks can be used to make strong Bull Bars, Bumpers and Rams.
- GeoCorp Half Block.
- GeoCorp Half Corner Block.
- GeoCorp Long Half Block.
- GeoCorp Behemoth Wheel - which is now the biggest wheel in the game.
- GeoCorp Anchored Delivery Cannon Block.
- EXP Anchored Plasma Furnace Generator Block (R&D Test Chamber only).
- Added the Hawkeye Anchored Delivery Cannon to Grade 2.
- Graduated the Pacemaker Block from EXP to GSO Grade 3.
- Graduated the Dropper Block from EXP to GSO Grade 3.
- Graduated the Short Fork Springer Wheel from EXP to Venture Grade 3.
- Graduated the Mid Fork Springer Wheel from EXP to Venture Grade 3.
- Graduated the Long Fork Springer Wheel from EXP to Venture Grade 3.
- Added 12 new EXP axle & bearing and ball & socket blocks for multi-Tech builds (only available to R&D Test Chamber owners).
- EXP Small Axle - an axle with built in caps, to be used with the small bearing.
- EXP Small Bearing - to be used with the axle block above.
- EXP Small Inverted Axle - a variant type of axle that requires its own caps.
- EXP Small Cap - a cap which is good for holding bearings onto an inverted axle.
- EXP Small Ball - the ball for a ball and socket joint.
- EXP Small Socket - the socket for a ball and socket joint.
- EXP Small Pole - a pole which is good to add to the ball on a ball and socket joint.
- EXP Medium Axle - a larger axle.
- EXP Medium Pole - a longer pole
- EXP Medium Bearing - a larger bearing.
- EXP Medium Ball - a larger ball.
- EXP Medium Socket - a larger socket.
- EXP Medium Pole - a longer pole
Big Pete:
- Updated the GeoCorp License mission in which resources must be gathered and delivered to a new NPC.
- Added new “Find Delivery Crate” missions for all corporations; these missions task the player to find a delivery crate within an area marked on the radar; if not found within the time limit, an enemy Tech arrives to guard the crate and must be defeated.
Manual Game Saving:
- Can now save games to a new game save slot or overwrite an existing game save slot.
- Can also rename and delete existing game save slots.
Build Mode Camera enhancements:
- Can select a particular point on the Tech for the Build Mode camera to look at with Right Mouse Button.
- This only works while in Build Mode.
- Improved the zoom range on large Techs to allow zooming in further.
Audio:
- New physics sounds for blocks, Tech collision and resource chunks.
- Weapons balanced and lowered in the mix
- Manufacturing resource calling beep reduced.
- General mix tweaks and bug fixes.
- Sound added when anchoring/unanchoring Techs.
- Sound added to deploying Techs from Inventory.
Game Design Tweaks:
Block Tweaks:
- Increased the health of all armour blocks for GSO, GeoCorp and Hawkeye.
- Increased the mass and health of the GSO Bumper, Muddy Dog and Ground Clearing wheels.
- Decreased the weight of the GSO SCU.
- Updated the selection of blocks that each corporation's Payload Terminal always offer for sale. Each one now includes a selection of basic blocks, where appropriate.
- Techs created as a result of splitting a larger Tech have their AI default to Guard/Follow mode. (Normally spawned AI default to Idle.)
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed issue where starting the Crafty Mike IV mission could crash the game.
- Added a fix to the Learn to Fly mission to prevent players sending the plane to their SCU before the mission has been completed.
- Fixed bug that could cause scenery in damaged state to float above the terrain.
- Fixed issue where trees would regrow through a player’s base.
Known Major Issues:
- Sumo, Gauntlet and R&D Test Chamber may start with an initial noticeable stutter depending on how many Tech snapshots are present in the TerraTech folder.
- Anchored blocks can be placed in close proximity to each other, causing them to overlap.
- Multiple resources travelling close to each other along Conveyors may generate bottlenecks and clog bases up, especially around Refineries and Filters.
Patch 0.7.6 (14 September 2017)
New features / content / improvements:
- Tech blocks can now be sent to SCU using the radial menu. Be sure to save a Snapshot of them before sending -- otherwise you'll need to quickly press undo to get them back!
- Tech placement - Can manually choose where to place a Tech when loading from your inventory.
- Added new Venture Stunt Missions to Venture Grades 1, 2 & 3. Stunt Missions include all sorts of time trials, ramp jumps and some really big set piece stunts in Venture Grade 3.
- Added new Compressed Resource blocks for each corporation. These blocks hold multiple refined resource chunks of a single type for easier resource transport and storage. The contained resources can be retrieved using a Scrapper. To be used as an easy way to transport large numbers of resources -- be careful not let enemies blow them up though!
- Graduated the EXP Tank Track Left, Right and Middle to GeoCorp Grade 3.
- Techs can now be anchored/unanchored at the touch of a button (in the bottom left of the screen, next to your Snapshot button.
- Added new Ice biome. Wrap up warm and try not to slip.
- Added tyre tracks when driving.
- Optimised the speed at which block Attach Points appear when building. This should make building huge Techs a lot faster (4x faster actually).
- Added three new Hawkeye Blocks to the game:
- Hawkeye Havoc Shield (Grade 2).
- Hawkeye Payload Terminal (Grade 2).
- Hawkeye Pack Collector (Grade 1).
- Latest translations from the TT Translators updated in the game.
Game Balancing Tweaks:
- Increased the Block Survival Chance when blocks are detached from a destroyed enemy Tech, increasing opportunities to gain blocks via combat.
- A selection of Basic Blocks now have unlimited stock in the Trading Station.
- The Trading Station and Terminal shops now always stock a minimum of 4 GSO Small Collectors.
- Certain blocks sold in the Terminals and Trading Stations are now offered in pairs. -
- These blocks include all types of wheels, all pairs of left and right wings and various other Blocks that are less useful when encountered on their own.
- Large Techs will slow down the speed of rotating anchors.
- Saving snapshots will now prompt if you’d like to overwrite the old one instead of auto-renaming the new one.
Block tweaks:
- Increased the damage of the Hawkeye Auto Cannon.
- Special Hats and Colour Blocks are now available to buy at Trading Stations and Terminal shops in Campaign mode.
Resource tweaks:
- Increased the amount of Chunks that can be harvested from Slow to Mine Resource Givers (Oleite, Carbite, Rodite, Erudite, Celestite & Ignite) up to around 1000 Chunks total.
- Slowed down the rate at which Auto Miners produce a Chunk to once every 30 seconds. It now takes roughly 8 hours to fully exhaust an underground deposit.
- Adjusted the amount of energy gained from burning various Fuel Chunks:
- Olite and Olastic now produce less energy than Carbite and Carbius, as Carbite and Carbius are more rare.
- GSO Static Furnace Generators yield the same amount of energy for Raw and Refined versions of the Chunks. However, Refined Chunks will burn faster in a GSO Furnace Generator. GSO Mobile Furnace Generators do the same, but only yield half the amount of energy.
EXP Block tweaks:
- Added new EXP Pacemaker block to R&D Test Chamber. This enables control over the speed at which crafting bases operate. Attach it to a crafting base, then right-click the block and hold to access the speed controls. Available in Campaign from GSO Grade 3 (R&D Pack only).
- EXP blocks are now available in Campaign mode.
- EXP blocks cannot be crafted, but they can be purchased, awarded for completing missions and scavenged from enemy Techs.
- Various Blocks have been promoted from R&D and are now available as various corporation blocks in the main game.
Bug Fixes:
- Resources in crafting missions now spawn directly onto the base to prevent players intercepting them as they drop from the sky.
- Fixed recipes switching between component factories, which loses resources.
- Inventory now closes when exiting the Build Beam.
- Closing the Inventory will no longer drop the currently selected block.
- Loads more bug fixes that aren't worth listing here.
Known Major Issues:
- Sumo, Gauntlet and R&D Test Chamber may start with an initial noticeable stutter depending on how many Tech snapshots are present in the TerraTech folder.
- Anchored blocks can be placed in close proximity to each other, causing them to overlap.
- Multiple resources travelling close to each other along Conveyors may generate bottlenecks and clog bases up, especially around Refineries and Filters.
Patch 0.7.4 (09 March 2017)
IMPORTANT NOTE:
TerraTech now has game saving in the new Creative Mode and the R&D Test Chamber. Along with major save data changes in Campaign Mode, all game saves from version 0.7.3 and earlier cannot be loaded into version 0.7.4 onwards. (For those playing the TT_Unstable version, all game saves from version 0.7.3.3 and earlier cannot be loaded into version 0.7.3.4 onwards.)
New features / content / improvements:
- Added Creative mode where you can build and explore freely.
- Build anything you want using all the blocks from Campaign mode.
- Save your world with the Creative Mode game save.
- R&D Test Chamber owners also have access to EXP blocks in Creative Mode.
New Blocks
- Added the new GSO Auto Miner Block (GSO Grade 2). This block is used to mine underground Resource Chunks (patches of underground chunks).
- Added the new GSO Component Factory Block (GSO Grade 3). This block makes Component Chunks and can be operated with a right-click to bring up the menu.
- Added three new GSO Component Dongles (GSO Grades 3-5). These dongles can be attached directly to the Component Factory to enable it to craft the higher grade Component Chunks.
- Added the Venture Avalanche Missile Launcher to Venture Grade 3.
New Missions
- Added a new GSO Grade 2 mission introducing the Auto Miner block.
- Added a new GSO Grade 3 mission introducing the Component Factory block.
- Added missions that task you with destroying a fleeing enemy in a fixed amount of time. These appear mainly for Venture, but there are a few GSO examples too.
New Crafting Content
- Added 24 new Component resource chunks. These Components are a higher tier of chunk after "Refined." There are also 4 sub-grades of Component chunks. Component chunks are used to craft the rarest blocks.
- The crafting recipes for most blocks in the game have been reworked. Uncommon and rare blocks now typically require Component Chunks to be crafted. The recipes also now reflect corporation style too, e.g. GSO have a bias towards Plumbia use, GeoCorp have a bias towards lower value chunks, but also require a higher quantity of chunks in their recipes, Venture favour recipes that use Fibron and Hawkeye favour using more expensive resource chunks.
New Audio
- Added new sound effects for Techs, drills, hammers, saws and crafting blocks.
Limited blocks available in Trading Stations and Terminals
- The selection of blocks available to buy in the Trading Station and Terminals is now restricted.
- Each Trading Station provides a limited selection of blocks that gets restocked each morning (in-game time).
- There is a wider selection of Common blocks, a medium selection of Uncommon and a very small selection of Rare blocks each day.
- Some simple blocks such as the GSO building blocks, conveyors and wheels etc will appear in abundance in all Terminals and Trading Stations every day.
UI Enhancements
- Tutorial hint animations have been added.
- Tech markers now show AI state if an AI cab is attached.
- Tech markers now show if a Tech is anchored.
- Tech AI radial selection menu is now more explicit about which AI states can be selected.
- Improved the Fabricator and Component factory UI to show which items are available and what ingredients are needed to make items.
Saved Game Enhancements
- Saved games now shows corporation license levels on the Load Game screen.
New R&D Test Chamber Content
- Added 4 sets of EXP Trailer Hook and Ring blocks of various sizes. These enable you to hitch Techs to each other with an articulated joint.
- Added 2 new Trailer Wheel blocks in different sizes. These blocks are specifically designed to be used on towed trailer Techs and do not have any passive braking applied to the wheel, meaning they can be towed by a Tech with normal wheels without slowing down due to braking, but they will roll away if left on a hill.
- Added 3 new EXP (GeoCorp) Caterpillar Tracks to the R&D Test Chamber.
- Switch a Tech between player and enemy by holding "T" and left-clicking on any non-player controlled Tech.
- The R&D Test Chamber now has a new skydome.
- The R&D Test Chamber can now be saved.
Other Revisions
- Various frame rate optimisations including how resources are stored in Silos and move along Conveyors.
- Updated translations from the TT Translator team. Many thanks to the folowing people for the recent translation updates:
- Alex Nunes
- Bebiezaza
- Bram "Kirchhoffs" Hazeveld
- Bram Kamies
- Christoph Beitzinger
- Gendel Vladimir Grigorievich
- J. "Trippeh" Quinn
- Jakub "M0dEx" Kubik
- Jason Coombes
- Malte "SRQ" Hübner
- Marcus
- Moisés Ojeda Gutiérrez
- Oliver "Olli_DXD" Jonsson
- Olivier "Mr-Vagabond" Barruhet
- Oskar "Zargn" Anderson
- Philipp ten Brink
- _River
- Ryo Tanimoto
- Sir Rekington
- Sys Gabriel
- Tobie "Sylver" Praz
- Viktor Bengtsson
- Zwip-Zwap Zapony
Game Design Tweaks:
Block Revisions:
- Increased the power of all Booster blocks.
- Increased the fuel capacity of all Fuel Tank blocks.
- Increased the load bearing strength of the GSO Little Trekker wheels.
- Adjusted the suspension for the GSO Stabiliser Wheel to make it less bouncy.
- Increased the pickup range of GSO and GeoCorp Collectors.
- Increased the stack capacity of the Large Geocorp Collector from 5 per stack to 8, in line with the Small GeoCorp Collector.
- Increased the load bearing strength of all GeoCorp wheels by around 25% each.
- Reduced the suspension dampener on Venture Wheels, making them more bouncy.
- Re-added the Hawkeye Elbow and Flat Brackets to Hawkeye Grade 1 and added the - - Hawkeye Long Jack Bracket to Hawkeye Grade 2.
- Increased the rotation options for the Hawkeye One block.
Updated Block Recipes for:
- Venture Silo
- Venture Flamethrower
- Venture One Block
- Venture Small Wheel
- Venture Hover Plate
- Venture Steering Hover Jet
- All Venture Brackets
- Hawkeye STEN SMG
- Hawkeye Shotgun
- Hawkeye Rail Gun
- Hawkeye Sentry AI
Tech Revisions:
- Increased the delay time before wheels spark when overloaded slightly. When moving over bumpy terrain sometimes one wheel is taking more load than normal for a split second, as the weight of the vehicle shifts around. Rather than immediately showing sparks, we delay for a moment to see if the wheel is still overloaded. If wheels are consistently sparking for a long time whilst drive, your Tech is overloaded.
- Reduced the chances for fleeing enemies to spawn in the population from 40% to 15%.
- Removed Tech repulsion effect from Shield Bubbles (both GSO and Venture).
- Techs can once again pass through shield bubbles freely and cause damage to Techs within with melee weapons.
- Enemies with batteries now spawn in with the batteries charged.
Mission Revisions:
- Increased the amount of XP earned for all missions.
Allowed missions to knock down trees and and break rocks when they spawn.
- Increased the encounter radius for most missions, meaning they will spawn further apart from each other.
- Reduced number of enemy Techs to defeat in Salvage Mission from 4 to 3.
- Restricted the Crafty Mike missions from spawning in the Mountains (as the loose blocks roll down hills).
- Made it a requirement that you unlock the Auto Miner in the Crafty Mike mission before being offered any harvesting missions for which you will need an Auto Miner.
- Renamed the GeoCorp Grade 2 Harvesting Missions to reflect which resources they are asking you to collect.
- Restructured GeoCorp Grade 2 Harvest Missions to start with easy to find resources and end with harder ones, after the Auto Miner has been unlocked.
Resource Distribution Revisions:
- Updated Resource Giver Distribution: Common resources; Plumbite, Titanite, Wood, Rubber & Luxite are still readily available in most locations.
- Uncommon resources; Rodite, Carbite & Oleite are now available as underground deposits under rocks. They can only be harvested with the Auto Miner Block.
- Rodite is available in the Mountains.
- Oleite is available in the Desert.
- Carbite is available in the Salt Flats.
- Rare resources; Ignite, Erudite & Celestite are visible by the crystals, but also contain underground deposits accessible with the Auto Miner Block too.
- Celestite can be found in the Salt Flats.
- Erudite in the Grasslands.
- Ignite in the Desert.
Art Tweaks:
- Cursors have been updated and should be more visible against different colour backgrounds.
- Added corporation logo sprites to mission message boxes.
- Added new rocks to Salt Flats biome.
- All rocks are now breaking apart more naturally.
- Optimised scenery objects to improve frame rate.
Bug Fixes:
- Blocks:
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- Fixed shotguns not damaging shields
Made the GeoCorp cab drive properly again.
- Fixed GeoCorp Anchor 222 bottom attach points.
- Updated flamethrower start and stop times to be more responsive. Fixed animation issue if quickly toggled off, on and then off again.
- Fixed issue causing resources to incorrectly fall off a Tech/base when entering a silo.
Missions:
- Fixed progression blockers in several missions when playing multiple playthroughs.
- Fixed an issue caused by reaching GSO Grade 2 before fighting the Trader Troll.
- Fixed progression blocker in Striking Out when selling the Collector.
- Fixed crafting mission objective markers occasionally pointing at a Trading Stations.
- Fixed Crafty Business IV spawning outside of the Desert biome.
- Neutral Techs that require your protection during Defend Friendly Tech missions will now turn into enemies if you move out of range and abandon them before the mission is complete.
- In the Chase and Destroy Enemy Tech missions, the Techs will not turn neutral anymore if you fail to catch them. They will continue to flee and may be destroyed after the time has expired.
- Fixed enemy Techs in Chase and Destroy missions sometimes disappearing on reload.
- Fixed overpowered Techs being able to spawn in GeoCorp Grade 3 missions.
Audio:
- Fixed audio bug causing stuck sounds and errors.
- Tech sounds no longer play while the game is paused.
Known Issues:
- Players who created a save game on an earlier TT_Unstable version might find extra icons on their radar after completing missions. This will only affect missions that were accepted, but not completed in the TT_Unstable version.
- Waypoint markers may not appear correctly in-game for certain missions e.g. missing or pointing in the wrong direction.
- Certain names for missions may incorrectly change after a reload.
- Can incorrectly rename non-player bases.
- Multiple resources travelling close to each other along Conveyors may generate bottlenecks and clog bases up, especially around Refineries and Filters.
- Graphical issues with red projector on terrain when enemies spawn in.
- Some radar markers may point towards things that are missing in the world.
- Markers for missions and bases when playing in 4:3 are offset slightly.
Patch 0.7.3 (27 February 2017)
New features / content / improvements:
Tutorial Skip
Within each game profile, once a game is saved after Big Tony is defeated, any subsequent playthrough within the same game profile allows the option for the opening turial sequence to be skipped.
Extended Info Panel
- Press "i" while hovering over a block to view the following information about it:
- Block Category
- Corporation & Grade
- Rarity
- Sell Price
- Block Description
- Other helpful information, e.g. anchored, needs power, stores fuel, etc
Rename friendly Techs
Press "R" while hovering over any non-player controlled Tech you want to rename.
Mission Board
- Missions are now available to select from Trading Station "Mission Boards" (the top panels) from GSO Grade 2 onwards. An introduction to the Mission Board is available after defeating the Trader Troll.
New Mission Types
- Defend a friendly Tech for a set amount of time while enemies spawn to attack you and your friend.
- These missions start appearing after the Distress Signal mission in GSO Grade 3, from GeoCorp Grade 2 onwards, and both Venture and Hawkeye by default.
- Added Recover Delivery Crate Missions for all corporations at all grades and updated them so that you only get ambushed by enemies some of the time.
New "Find Missions" mission
- When the Mission Log is empty, a mission to point the player towards Trading Stations to get more missions appears.
Venture Mobile SCU Storage Device
- Venture Grade 3
- It's an SCU block that works whilst attached to your Tech.
- It has a shorter pick-up range and it's more expensive than the regular SCU, but it's mobile.
Venture Mobile Refinery
- Venture Grade 2
- Works the same way as a regular refinery - but no longer needs to be anchored.
Hawkeye Updates
- Hawkeye Grade 3 missions are now available in Campaign.
- Updated all Hawkeye Tech Hunting Missions, added new ones and spread them out across all 3 grades.
- Increased the passive braking strength of the Hawkeye Tank Tracks to prevent them sliding around when carrying a heavy weight.
- Stopped Hawkeye Shotgun from applying damage to itself, occasionally causing a crash as a result.
New Audio
- First pass of new audio, including new SFX for weapons, wheels and ambient sound.
Removed the following old deprecated blocks from the game:
- Old GSO AI Module
- Old GSO Up Conveyor
- Old GSO Down Conveyor
- Old GSO Mobile Delivery Cannon
- Old GSO Foundry
- Old GSO Mobile Furnace Generator
- Old GSO Refinery
- Old GSO Scrapper
- Old GSO Silo for Large Blocks
- Old GSO Fabricators (4 in total)
- Any older Techs that previously used deprecated blocks will still load, but these blocks will not appear. Any blocks hanging off of deprecated blocks will disappear too.
- Deprecated blocks will no longer appear anywhere in the game (as purple blocks or otherwise), and will yield no money when sold at Trading Stations.
Game Design Tweaks:
Block revisions
- Reduced the chance for blocks to survive when detached from an exploding Cab or AI Module. This change is aimed at reducing the number of blocks that can be obtained through combat.
- Reduced the bullet spray for all machine guns.
- Reduced the amount of time that you can use a Booster for without a Fuel Tank attached.
- Reduced the booster falloff time on all Steering Hover blocks.
- Increased the power of the GSO Hover Plates, in line with the Venture one.
- Increased the damage of most melee weapons (GeoCorp Buzz Saw, GeoCorp Hammer Piston, GeoCorp Plasma Cutter, GeoCorp Diamond Drill, GeoCorp Cerberus Bore and GSO Small and Large Drills).
- Increased the range for all Venture machine guns.
- Increased the damage for all Hawkeye machine guns.
- Adjusted the fall-off rate for all Booster jets. The Venture Booster is the most twitchy and it falls off faster. GSO are in the middle and Hawkeye have the most powerful Booster, but also have a slower fall off, so they cannot be used for fine feathering, they provide a big, bold, blast.
- Boosters now require a minimum amount of fuel available before they can be used.
- Remote Chargers won't charge batteries which are almost full.
- The regular SCU now powers up faster and has a longer pick-up range.
- Increased the pick-up range of all Collectors. Venture has the longest range (but smallest capacity), GeoCorp has the shortest range (and highest capacity) and GSO is in the middle, but all ranges are still longer than they were before.
- Increased rotation options for the Venture Shield Bubble.
- Updated the damage per second of the Venture Flamethrower, it is now effective against Techs. Also increased its aiming rotation range and speed of rotation and increased the length of the flame jet.
- Hawkeye Rail Gun now has a narrow aiming arc to shoot targets that aren't directly in front.
- Added new special blocks Sombrero and Moustache (courtesy of Señor Ragequit).
Mission revisions
- Added a tutorial message about block rotation controls after defeating Big Tony.
- Changed the design of Little Thief enemy during the Radar mission to slow it down a little, making it a bit easier to catch him.
- Restructured the Block Rewards to stop players from being awarded Crafting Blocks until after they have completed the appropriate Crafty Business missions.
- Added mission board descriptions for all missions.
- Added variant name and descriptions for generic missions.
Trading Station revisions
- Allowed the Trading Station mission to occur at any Trading Station. The Trader Troll now lands from orbit when you get there.
- Trading Stations now restock their Mission Boards every day at dawn.
Other tweaks
- Moved the respawn after death distance from 100 units (on the edge of enemy vision) to 150 units away (just out of sight range).
- Added lots of new Techs to the enemy population.
- Population Enemies now take Block Rarity into account when choosing which Enemy Techs to spawn. The majority of Techs are mostly made from Common Blocks and then some Uncommons and fewer Rare blocks.
- Removed the Techs "Bricky" and "Cannonz" from the enemy population for being a nuisance and causing a drop in frame rate.
- In R&D Test Chamber, a wireless charging station has been added.
Art Tweaks:
- Various tweaks to the HUD graphics.
- Adjusted the Fog settings to help prevent terrain clipping.
- Added Venture Mobile SCU art asset.
- Added Venture Mobile Refinery art asset.
- Fixed issue with transparent Hawkeye block painting shader.
- Added Sombrero and Moustache special blocks.
- Combined the tree, rock and clutter materials into one material to improve batch rendering.
- Optimised Shroom trees for batch rendering.
Bug Fixes:
General fixes
- Improved performance by optimising the amount of world that is loaded.
- Fixed various crash issues while loading the terrain.
- Fixed cause of possible crash bugs.
- Fixed certain shroom trees not producing Rubber Jelly
- Fixed Thermal Generators being inactive after reloading.
- Tweeting an Invader from campaign now correctly sends a tweet and removes your Invader Tech.
- Can now rebind screenshot key, which could also previously be triggered while navigating UI menus.
Block related fixes
- Fix for missing collision on anchor component of anchorable blocks.
- Fixed issue where the GeoCorp Geothermal Generator could not power Wireless Chargers on its own.
- Fixed wheel juddering when using just Hawkeye Single Wheels on a cab.
- Fixed being unable to purchase Lemon block in Campaign.
Mission related fixes
- Fixed bug with missions spawning in the same location.
- Fixed rare case where block rotation wasn’t re-enabled after attaching the repair bubble in the Solar Generator mission.
- Fixed Radar mission crash if the radar block is destroyed as part of the Tech blowing up.
- Fixed bug with crates spawning, but the enemy encounter doesn’t progress.
- Fixed bug causing Crafty Business missions spawning where the base would be partially in the terrain.
- Fixed issue where Shopping For Parts mission could cause a blank message box to appear.
UI related fixes
- Improved the way we handle HUD pop-up menus to reduce instances of overlapping menus.
- Fixed display of Fabricator and filter menus in 21:9 aspect ratio.
Known Issues:
- The Solar Generator mission may break if the other early missions are completed before it.
- Can incorrectly rename non-player bases.
- Multiple resources travelling close to each other along Conveyors may generate bottlenecks and clog bases up, especially around Refineries and Filters.
- Graphical issues with red projector on terrain when enemies spawn in.
- Some radar markers may point towards things that are missing in the world.
- Markers for missions and bases when playing in 4:3 are offset slightly.
Patch 0.7.2 (22nd December 2016)
New Features / Content / Improvements:
- Added new Mission Log which provides more information about your current missions, such as how far away they are and what rewards they give. Press the 'L' key or click on the current objective panel to open the Mission Log.
- Added a mission tracker which gives notifications when new missions are added to the Mission Log or objectives are updated.
New blocks:
- Added the Hawkeye Scrapper to the game (Hawkeye Grade 3, available once Hawkeye Grade 2 is maxed out).
- Added the new Hawkeye Fabricator (Grade 2).
- Added the new Hawkeye Helios AI Sentry (Grade 2).
- Added lots of new Techs to the population.
- Implemented an early test version of the Grabit 3D model viewer. This option appears when taking a snapshot of a Tech. Tech models can then be uploaded to Grabit and viewed in the online 3D viewer.
- Eventually, you will be able to purchase 3D printed Techs through this method, but that option won't be available until the New Year. Feel free to upload your favourite builds and view them in various materials that will be available.
- Performance improved for machines with lower end graphics cards.
- Updated translations from the TT Translator team (many thanks to José Prieto, Kristian Sipkes, Moisés Ojeda Gutiérrez, Malte "SenorRageQuit" Hübner, Raúl “Cusuno” Zeas and Viktor Bengtsson for the recent translation updates).
Game Design Tweaks:
Block revisions:
- Increased the pick-up range of all Scrappers. Geocorp has the largest radius, then Hawkeye is a little smaller and GSO and Venture have the smallest pick-up range.
- Increased the range of Hawkeye Missiles and decreased their damage slightly.
- Increased the lift power of the Hawkeye Rotors and the Venture Nose Propeller.
- Added Hawkeye & Venture Blocks to Sumo. Expanded the GSO and GeoCorp Block selection too.
- Updated the enemy population spawning filters to reduce keep the sizes of enemy Techs in missions consistent per grade whatever the size of the player Tech.
- Updated mission reward Payload Crates to gift multiple blocks. Higher grade missions give more blocks.
- Prevent player attaching the SCU to their Tech during the SCU mission.
- Fabrication of all blocks is now allowed once a corporation's level has been maxed out.
Art Tweaks:
- The in-game HUD layout has been revised to have the current mission objective in the top right and the corporation XP bars in the top left.
- Improved the Tech snapshot overlay.
- Updated the appearance of Crafty Mike.
- Added clearer input and output indicators on the Hawkeye crafting blocks.
Bug Fixes:
Crash bug fixes:
- Multiple crash bug fixes.
- Game now ignores corrupted save files in load saves screen instead of crashing.
- Fixed crash bug when loading game saves from particular older builds.
- Fixed crash when saving larger snapshots.
- Prevent crash occurring when crafting blocks produce resources onto unloaded tiles.
Mission related bug fixes:
- Fixed radar mission text interrupting the solar generator mission text on reload.
- Fixed progression blocker when saving during the explanatory text at the end of the Battery mission.
- Fixed crates not unlocking when mission objectives are met.
- Fixed incorrect mission description for Master Harvester I.
- Fixed progression blocker when dragging wood onto filter during Crafty Business III mission.
- Fixed being able to spawn multiple Generators in Crafty Business III mission.
- Fixed bug where killing a Tech with only missiles wouldn’t always count it towards your enemies defeated score.
- Fixed Hawkeye Fabricator not being given as a mission reward.
- Prevented Trading Station being on top of landmarks (only fixed for new playthroughs).
- The block palette is now made available whenever you have a SCU.
- Can now manually place blocks into a GeoCorp Scrapper.
- Fixed issue with blocks getting stuck when going into a GeoCorp Scrapper.
- Fixed placement of overlays on non 16:9 resolutions.
- Fixed display of Snapshot screen to appear correctly in non-16:9 aspect ratio screen sizes.
- If the last player Tech is defeated, any open shop now automatically closes.
Known Issues:
- Most of the original base blocks have now been replaced with newer versions for the updated crafting system. The older base blocks now appear magenta in the game and will be removed completely near the start of 2017. This should give you time to replace any old base blocks that you have on existing Techs and bases before they vanish forever.
- Rocks on steam vents can respawn after reloading.
- Multiple resources travelling close to each other along Conveyors may generate bottlenecks and clog bases up, especially around Refineries and Filters.
- Graphical issues with red projector on terrain when enemies spawn in.
- Some radar markers may point towards things that are missing in the world.
- Markers for missions and bases when playing in 4:3 are offset slightly.
Patch 0.7.1 (22nd November 2016)
New Features / Content / Improvements:
- Updated the internal structure of save files to reduce the amount of RAM needed when saving. Additionally the new files will load faster in the front end and into the game.
- Old saves are compatible and will convert to the new format when saved.
- We’ve also added an integrity check, though we won’t stop you from loading files you’ve edited. This is mainly to help us determine whether we’re dealing with a clean save file or if data has been modified outside the game.
- Optimised memory usage when TerraTech launches.
Crafting changes:
- New Crafting missions added to GSO Grades 2 & 3.
- Crafting selection menu now allows user to repeat recipes and cancel building.
- Undiscovered blocks from the current tier can now be crafted.
- Crafting sped up by increasing the movement rate of resource chunks by streamlining the passage of chunks through crafting blocks.
- Added arrows and better placement guidance to tutorials.
- Replaced the GSO Mobile Delivery Cannon and GSO Mobile Furnace Generator blocks with new larger versions to allow more space for the new input slots and because the older version were a bit too small compared with how useful they are as blocks. The old versions will be removed and should be manually replaced on any affected Techs.
- Graduated the new crafting blocks from R&D into the main game:
- GSO Refinery - Grade 2
- GSO Fabricator - Grade 2
- GSO Scrapper - Grade 3
- GeoCorp Fabricator - Grade 2
- GeoCorp Scrapper - Grade 3
- Venture Refinery - Grade 2
- Venture Fabricator - Grade 2
- Venture Scrapper - Grade 3
- Started preparing the old GSO crafting blocks for removal. The following blocks should be removed from any Techs that use them and replaced with new crafting blocks (above). They may be sold at Trading Stations for the value of the their equivalent new crafting block:
- Old GSO Fabricators
- Old GSO Refinery
- Old GSO Foundry
- Old GSO Scrapper
- Old GSO Up and Down Conveyors
- Old GSO Mobile Generator
Tech Revisions
- Added lots of new Techs to the enemy population.
- Adding some fleeing Techs to the types of Population enemies that can spawn.
- Enemy Techs destroyed by the player grant small amounts of XP and BB.
Block Additons and Revisions
- Added the new Power Gauge and Fuel Gauge blocks to the Game (R&D only as extra functionality is required).
- Added the new GSO AI Anchor Module block. These feature an integrated Guard AI Module that will automate your turrets. They cannot be used to control a mobile Tech.
- All colour blocks and Holiday Hat Blocks are now available from the start of the game from any Payload Terminal or Trading Station.
- Integrated new Venture Delivery Cannon (221) to Venture Grade 2, featuring a new anchor. This replaces the old 1x1x1 version, the old version can now be sold for enough to replace it with the new one at a Trading Station.
- Added Stig's Viking Helmet to the game.
- Updated translations from the TT Translator team (many thanks to Jakub "M0dEx" Kubik, Ko Tezuka, Leonardo Gobbi, Olivier Barruhet, Pedro "Greybear" Moreira, Ryo Tanimoto, Tobie "Sylver" Praz and Victor "PVD" Fuchadzhi for the recent translation updates).
General changes:
- Added a small BB (money) reward for completing each mission in the main game.
- Increased the vision range of all Cabs and thus all Techs from 50 to 100 units.
- Enemies will now spot and engage the player from further away.
- Increased the price of weapons by 50%, pricing them up according to their power.
- Updated the Send Invader description to remove mention of receiving rewards for Invader victories, as we do not yet offer those rewards.
- Reduced the frequency of enemy population and mission spawns.
- Added delivery crates to ambush missions.
- Added the GeoCorp Scrapper to the game (Grade 3, R&D Test Chamber only at the moment).
- Updated Gauntlet Block List with new Hawkeye blocks.
- Added armoured block to R&D Test Chamber to test Tech firepower.
Resource changes:
- Renamed some resource chunks:
- Wood = Fibrewood Chunk
- Sap Jelly = Rubber Jelly
- Hydrocarb Capsule = Fibron Chunk
- Oleus Capsule = Olastic Brick
- Increased the chunk drop rate for all resource givers by 25%.
- Reduced the amount of energy gained from burning resource chunks in a Mobile Furnace Generator.
- Decreased the amount of energy gained for burning Refined Resource Chunks. They now yield the same amounts as their unrefined counterparts, but burn twice as fast.
Block changes:
- General
- Blocks with pick-up ranges (Collectors, Receivers, Block Magnets, Scrappers, SCUs) now display their pick-up range on the terrain.
- Fixed Shield Bubbles to repel Techs.
- Increased the holding strength of all Collectors, they will drop less chunks at high speeds.
- Increased the chunk capacity of all Collectors by 25%.
Base blocks
- Updated existing Silos to hold multiple items for larger ones and single chunk types for small ones.
- Updated the names and descriptions of all Silos to describe which ones are Filtered and which ones are mixed (the former take only one type of chunk and the latter take all types of chunks mixed together until they reach capacity).
- Increased the capacity of the GSO Filtered Node Silo (the small one), to 10 chunks.
- Reduced the pickup range of all Scrappers.
- Added Venture Filter Stack Silo to the Game (Grade 2).
- GSO blocks
- Increased the price of the GSO Solar Generator.
- Block Magnets now pick up from a longer distance.
- Hawkeye blocks
- Reduced the top speed of the Hawkeye Tank Tracks (Grade 3).
- Increased health of Hawkeye Rotor Blocks.
- Reduced the range of the missiles to a point where enemies can spot you and fight back (no missile sniping). They're still awesome to use from flying Techs though.
- Missiles now aim for a random block on your target Tech, rather than the centre of the enemy’s cab.
- Increased the health of the Hawkeye, Venture and GeoCorp Cabs and AI Modules.
Art Tweaks:
- Tightened up the main menu.
- Optimised the collision geometry on GSO, Venture and Geo Corp blocks to use primitive colliders.
- Crafting block additions and revisions
- New GSO Conveyors.
- Modified GSO filter asset to better distinguish it from conveyors.
- Modified & polished most of the rest of the crafting blocks too.
- Updated Crafting UI for the Fabricator.
- Tweaked a couple of graphical errors on blocks and scenery objects.
- Added prototype anchor geometry to basic GSO, Venture and GeoCorp crafting blocks for their un-anchored and state.
- Fixed a lot of minor issues when playing in 4:3.
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed various crash bugs.
- Friendly anchored AI now attack enemies again.
- Fixed exploit where the player can remove a block off of their Tech, drop it in the Trading Station for sale, then click the Undo button, they can get the value of the block from selling it and reclaim the block as it gets automatically put back on the Tech.
- Fixed issue where the GSO Thimble Collector was gifted for upgrading to GSO Grade 2 and thus bypassing the step where players are encouraged to purchase one from the Trading Station.
- Removed the GSO Dispenser Block from a few population Techs.
- Fixed instances where the SCU block wasn’t spawning.
- Fixed issue where Geo Corp Geothermal Generator was not rotatable.
- Steam Vents now continue working after being unloaded.
- Fixed issue where Venture Delivery Cannon was selling chunks for half of their value.
- Fixed orphaned waypoints on radar (left over waypoints from completed missions).
- Alien Artefacts now actually spawn at the correct height above the ground.
Known Issues:
- Most of the original base blocks have now been replaced with newer versions for the updated crafting system. The older base blocks now appear magenta in the game and will be removed completely in update 0.7.2 (sometime near the end of 2016). This should give you time to replace any old base blocks that you have on existing Techs and bases before they vanish forever.
- Multiple resources travelling close to each other along Conveyors may generate bottlenecks and clog bases up, especially around Refineries and Filters.
- Graphical issues with red projector on terrain when enemies spawn in.
- Some radar markers may point towards things that are missing in the world.
- Markers for missions and bases when playing in 4:3 are offset slightly.
Patch 0.7 (29 September 2016)
New Features / Content / Improvements:
- Introducing the fourth corporation to TerraTech: Hawkeye PMC.
- Check out the announcement trailer here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvXrnKCeTAI)
- Added Hawkeye corporation to the game.
- Added Hawkeye License mission, available in GSO Grade 4.
- Added Hawkeye Grade 1 and 2 missions.
- Added Hawkeye Grade 1 and 2 blocks to the game.
- Added lots of Hawkeye Techs to the enemy population.
- Added new salvage mission to GSO Grade 1.
- Radar now displays up to the three closest player bases at long range, to make them easier to find.
- There are now multiple trading stations, placed at locations throughout the game world (new save games only).
- Made the world seed in pause menu selectable to copy and share.
- Added Czech to language options.
- Added Thai to language options.
- Updated translations from the TT Translator team (many thanks to Bebiezaza, Kristian Sipkes, Marcus, Moises Ojeda, Olivier Barruhet, Tim Vankan and Victor Fuchadzhi for the recent translation updates).
R&D Test Chamber:
- Added Hawkeye Grade 3 Blocks to experiment with.
- Added new crafting blocks.
- Crafting menus added for new Fabricators
- Added the new GSO Inside Corner block to the game (a Grade 4 half block).
- Remove older blocks from dispensers. They are still available via the Inventory, but dispensers now only offer the new Hawkeye and R&D-only blocks.
- Added multiple things to shoot at (targets and turrets).
- Added a Smoker Rock and more resource givers.
- Moved various elements in R&D to be more accessible from the initial spawn point.
Game Design Tweaks:
- Updated the XP grade boundaries for all corporations (500, 4900, 15400, 38150).
- Random missions now only appear from GSO Grade 2 onwards.
- Decreased the frequency of new random mission spawns (from one every minute to once every two minutes).
- Trading stations now spawn vertically rather than at an angle perpendicular to the terrain.
- The SCU Storage device is now treated like a normal block. You can buy multiple versions of it and you won’t be gifted a new one when it is lost or destroyed.
- Updated GeoCorp mission enemies to be more challenging and impressive.
- Restricted the rotation options for crafting blocks to ensure that they are placed facing upwards (existing Techs with alternate orientations are still loadable and useable if they were before, but newly attached blocks can only be placed in upwards facing orientations from now onwards).
- Added more tooltips to the HUD.
- Block mass tweaks:
- Decreased the mass of the GSO Static Generator.
- Increased the mass of the GeoCorp Geothermal Generator.
- Block health tweaks:
- Increased the health of the GeoCorp Battery slightly.
- Increased the health of the the GSO Mobile Generator, GSO Static Generator and the GeoCorp GeoThermal Generator.
- Block energy related tweaks:
- Doubled the efficiency of the GSO Static Generator. It now produces double the energy of the GSO Mobile Generator in half the time.
- Increased the health and efficiency of the EXP Static Generator. It now has the greatest return for consuming fuel chunks, but takes longer than the GSO Static Generator to consume them.
- Increased the passive drain and energy consumption per point of damage repelled for the GSO and Venture Shield Bubbles.
- Reduced the energy drain of the GeoCorp Repair Bubble and slowed down its heal speed.
- Reduced the energy drain of the Venture Repair Bubble and sped up its heal speed.
- Active Steering hovers no longer prevent fuel cells from recharging.
- Block price tweaks:
- Increased the price of the GSO Solar Generator slightly.
- Decreased the price of the GSO Static Generator.
- Increased the price of the GeoCorp Repair Bubble.
- Block miscellaneous tweaks:
- Increased effectiveness of Plasma Cutter against rocks and trees.
- Reduced effectiveness of ranged laser weapons against rocks and trees.
- Increased the capacity of the GeoCorp Battery.
- Increased the explosion size and damage of the GeoCorp Battery.
- Reduced the size of the Venture Shield Bubble.
- Reduced the size of the Venture Repair Bubble and the GeoCorp Repair Bubble.
- Increased the power of the Venture Nose Prop.
- Increased the fuel drain of all Boosters (back up a bit, not as much as before still).
- Updated the names of the Generators that consume fuel chunks; they are now called Furnace Generators.
- Changed name of Receivers to 'Resource Receivers.'
- Changed name of Scrap Magnets to 'Block Magnets.'
- Moved the GSO Block Magnet Mini from Grade 3 to 2.
- Moved the GSO Block Magnet from Grade 5 to 3.
Art Tweaks:
- Updated TerraTech logo in the intro sequence.
- Replaced current Screen Space Ambient Occlusion implementation with a Horizon Based one.
- Added animations and effects to the new crafting blocks.
- Created new Hawkeye blocks.
- Added Hawkeye GUI elements.
- Added Hawkeye Intro Mission animation.
Bug Fixes:
- Crash Bug Fixes:
- Fixed multiple crash bugs.
- Fixed intermittent crash on attaching or removing blocks.
- Fixed crash bug caused when a player has a SCU on their Tech, their Tech blows up and they choose to buy the previous Tech back again.
- Fixed crash bug caused when loading a saved game with an active invader
- Mission Bug Fixes:
- Fixed bug where certain seeds caused the player to spawn too close to the scenery.
- Fixed blank text box when running away from Tony and going straight to the Solar Generator at the start of the game.
- Fixed mission descriptions at the start of the Radar and Shield missions
- Fixed GSO Grade 1 crater missions spawning too close to the player’s start point.
- Fixed bug with missions disappearing from the Mission Log.
- Fixed getting rewarded for missions that the player hasn’t discovered.
- Block Bug Fixes:
- Fixed bug where the GSO Delivery cannon animation incorrectly opens when attached to a mobile Tech.
- Fixed issue where the GSO Static Generator would not work at night.
- Fixed issues with Delivery Cannons not animating when they deliver chunks.
- Fixed issue with the Venture Battery not accepting energy from Remote Chargers.
- Corrected Venture Bubble descriptions to remove mention of growing and shrinking, as they don’t have that behaviour yet.
- Base Bug Fixes:
- Fixed base direction arrows not displaying when graphics quality setting is below Good.
- Fixed issue with enemy bases not anchoring correctly.
- Fixed exploit allowing a single resource to be sold by multiple chained Delivery Cannons
- Fixed exploit allowing a single resource to be consumed by multiple chained Generators
- Fixed exploit allowing two adjacent Fabricators to process a single resource
- Other Bug Fixes:
- Fixed an issue with the ‘Back’ button being misplaced in some cases when playing in 4:3.
- Depth of Field reintroduced to graphics options.
- Fixed issue with large rocks appearing in R&D Test Chamber.
- Removed second speedo from Gauntlet and fixed the timer scaling issue.
Known Issues:
- Playing with older game saves may bypass certain new game content. Older game saves will continue to work, but players are highly recommended to start a fresh game to experience new content.
- GSO Anchored Furnace Generator doesn’t function.
- Gaps in the terrain may be visible on rare occasions.
- Hawkeye Laser Targeting block doesn’t fully function yet.
- Twitch stream integration is currently not working as a result of an API change on their end.
- Graphical issues with red projector on terrain when enemies spawn in.
- Some radar markers may point towards things that are missing in the world.
- Some arrows in certain base designs incorrectly point in the wrong direction.
- Geothermal Generator is fixed, but state of terrain does not save, so vents can disappear once the generator is placed on top of them.
- Markers for missions and bases when playing in 4:3 are offset slightly.
Patch 0.6.5 (19 August 2016)
- A minor update to 0.6.4 with a series of HUD improvements and refinements along with some important crash bug fixes.
HUD Improvements:
- Added ability to toggle XP bars on and off by clicking on the bar.
- Added more tooltips to the HUD elements to explain what various icons are for.
- The Payload Terminal & Trading Station buy blocks & Techs panel now has a dedicated close button.
- The inventory now gets hidden after taking a snapshot of a Tech to prevent the Tweet panel overlapping it.
- Adjusted the Twitch notifications to fit in with the new style of the HUD.
- Revised various HUD elements to make them clearer against the various backgrounds.
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed several crash bugs.
- Updated the AI radial menu to stay circular at all aspect ratios.
- Fixed the altitude value in R&D to be close to zero for the Tech when it’s on the ground instead of being at 330 feet and above.
Known Issues:
- Playing with old game saves may bypass certain new game content. Older game saves will continue to work, but players are highly recommended to start a fresh game to experience new content.
- Geothermal Generator is fixed, but state of terrain does not save, so vents can disappear once the generator is placed on top of them.
- Certain types of base set ups can duplicate resources.
- Markers for missions and bases when playing in 4:3 are offset slightly.
- Players can incorrectly end up with more than one SCU Storage block when continuing a saved game.
- Depth of Field has been disabled due to a Unity issue with DirectX 10 graphics cards.
- The Delivery Cannon shouldn't open up when attached to a moving Tech.
Patch 0.6.2 (12th July 2016)
New features / content / improvements:
- Added GeoCorp missions Grade 1, 2 & 3. Unlock these missions by completing the GeoCorp License mission during GSO Grade 2.
- Added Venture missions Grade 1, 2 & 3. Unlock these missions by completing the Venture License mission during GSO Grade 3.
- GeoCorp and Venture licenses are now unlocked by completing their license missions instead of picking up a block belonging to that corporation.
- Added new Tech loader UI to Gauntlet tracks.
- Double-clicking on a saved game will now load it.
- Conveyors now auto-reconnect their links in response to structural changes.
- Conveyors no longer support the 'push' behaviour (purple arrow) which is phased out in the upcoming crafting release. Instead, use a filter to pass between conveyor loops.
- Added GSO Corner Conveyor, for building bases that transfer from one axis to another.
- Multi-stack Silos (eg GSO 2x2, GSO 3x3) function as a single unit. Previously they emulated several connected single-stack silos.
Game Design tweaks:
- Reduced the size and amount of enemy Techs that appear in some GSO missions.
- Increased the Radar scale. Radars now show precise positions of objects 300 units around the player and up to 350 around the outer ring.
- Increased range at which new encounters can be seen on compasses and radars.
- Graduated the EXP Alternator Conveyor to GSO Grade 2 and moved the GSO Filter Conveyor to GSO Grade 2.
Art tweaks:
- Tweaks to the Conveyors, Filter and Alternator.
- Addition of 2 "Edge Conveyors" to do concave and convex 90 degree transitions.
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed various crash bugs which may occur when continuing your playthrough from previous game saves.
- Allow new missions to be triggered when continuing your playthrough from previous game saves.
- Fixed question marks remaining on radar for some missions if the enemy Techs wander off.
- Fixed Repair Bubble not being invulnerable during Solar Generator mission.
- Fixed objective marker not being attached to the Trading Station when purchasing the Tractor Pad.
- Increased rotation options for GSO Half Block, Venture Gyro Stabiliser and GeoCorp Plasma Cutter.
- Fixed resources disappearing or being having an incorrect scale when leaving a refinery.
- Fixed issue where the camera would be locked and no Tech would respawn if they used Save and Quit while their Tech was destroyed.
- Fixed crash that happened if you loaded a save and hit exit before the screen faded from black.
- Fixed too many enemy Techs spawning in base missions when saving and reloading.
- Fixed collision error on GSO small plough.
- Fixed crash bug that occurs when connecting Venture conveyor blocks.
- Various small UI fixes where the back buttons would not return to the expected screen.
- Prevent snapshots uploaded to Twitter not loading into game (note: snapshots uploaded by older builds of the game may still not load).
- Fixed bug where redesigning saved Sumo Techs would not work.
Known Issues:
- Playing with old game saves may bypass certain new game content. Older game saves will continue to work, but players are highly recommended to start a fresh game to experience new content.
- New dynamic mission system may sometimes fail to generate suitable enemy Techs. As a stopgap measure, missions may spawn Big Tony Techs, while we enhance the enemy Tech generation process.
- Markers for missions and bases when playing in 4:3 are offset slightly.
- Players can incorrectly end up with more than one SCU Storage block when continuing a saved game.
- Refineries may sometimes output resources that are smaller than expected.
- Gaps may appear in the terrain depending on the random seed chosen.
- Depth of Field has been temporarily disabled due to a Unity issue with DirectX 10 graphics cards.
- The Delivery Cannon shouldn't open up when attached to a moving Tech.
Patch 0.6.1 (29 June 2016)
New features / content / improvements:
- New Gauntlet Mode added to the game with 2 tracks; Rolling Thunder and Home Run.
- Old checkpoint and flight challenges have been retired, to be replaced by the new Gauntlet tracks.
- First iteration of new Front End UI.
- Random Encounter spawning - provides randomly-generated mission encounters for the player to discover and engage in. These currently include hunting enemies, capturing and destroying bases. Different encounter types will be added over time. Players are rewarded with XP and blocks for completing these encounters. Question marks appear on the radar when players get near them.
- GSO mission progression reworked as follows:
- Added new random encounter missions to all grades.
- Trading Station mission unlocked after completing Radar, Shield and Battery missions.
- Moved SCU block mission to GSO Grade 3
- Removed all previous Grade 2 and 3 missions; these will be replaced with improved versions or alternatives over time
- XP System changed as follows:
- XP can now only be awarded by completing missions and encounters
- XP is no longer awarded by killing population Techs
- XP automatically ticks over to next level instead of maxing out at end of a level
- XP thresholds have been adjusted to increase exponentially.
- Block painting enhancements:
- Block painting filters are now selected as an individual category or all.
- Double-tap ALT to remove current selection in Block Painting UI.
- When painting or dragging, attach point gathering biases towards the current position first.
- Added several new blocks to the game:
- Venture Zero G Hover Plate
- Venture 5-way Steering Hover
- Venture Payload Terminal
- Venture Delivery Cannon
- Venture Conveyor
- Venture Receiver
- Added new colour blocks to the game, as chosen by winners of the Pixel Art Challenge.
- Graduated EXP Buzz Saw to GeoCorp.
- Added Danish to the language selection.
- Updated translations from the TT Translator team (many thanks to Calvin, Django, Jakub, Moisés, Olivier, Stig, Viktor and Zwip-Zwap Zapony for the recent translation updates).
Game Design Tweaks:
- Improved the generic GSO 1-3 missions to spawn randomly selected enemies based on filters (each mission is different now).
- Added an entry to the Mission Log during GSO Grade 2 to explain how to find more missions and earn XP.
- Set invaders to spawn from GSO Grade 2 onwards.
- Increased the chance of enemy population spawns to have new or undiscovered blocks.
- Reduced the range of all lights and adjusted their intensity (aiming to reduce FPS drops at night).
- Wheel balancing tweaks:
- Increased grip for all GeoCorp Wheels.
- Updated Venture wheels' turn speed to allow them to turn faster, without losing control.
- Reduced torque on all Venture wheels, except the landing gear, which has a slight power increase. Venture wheels are a bit easier to control now, with little loss of speed.
- Added the GSO Payload Terminal to the list of items available to buy from Payload Terminals.
- Moved GeoCorp Cab to its correct category.
- Increased thrust of all boosters, but also increased fuel burn rate.
- Decreased refill rate of all fuel tanks by a tad.
- Balanced the Venture wings to be less twitchy (flap angles and lift power).
- Reduced the corrective power of the Gyro by half (you can add more of them to restore back to same power as before).
- Permanently re-added the GSO, Venture and GeoCorp Fixed Light blocks to the game.
- Updated the Recipe Table and Block Unlock Tables:
- Moved GSO Cow Catcher to Grade 3
- Moved all non-GSO Refineries to Grade 2
- Moved GSO Refinery to Grade 3
- We will be keeping the GSO Silo 212 instead of the Silo 111 which will be phased out.
- GSO Shield moves to Grade 2, it will soon also be removed from the starting craters.
- Expanded basic set of blocks for all grades to be more of a treat when upgrade happens and to allow the enemy population more blocks to use.
- GeoCorp grade 1 mission disabled temporarily, while new GeoCorp grades 1-3 are in progress with the new mission system.
Art Tweaks:
- Art related optimisations:
- Asset and shader optimisations to improve batch rendering in game.
- Various blocks have been optimised for performance.
- Improved and optimised collision on some of the more common blocks in the game.
- Switched the projectile and casing shader to the standard no 2nd UV shader to allow the objects to batch.
- Added projector onto terrain to show where Techs are about to land before they fall from above.
- Visual tweaks have been made to some GeoCorp blocks to bring them up to par with the newer blocks.
Bug Fixes:
- Mission related bug fixes:
- Fixed question mark appearing on radar when the player first spawns.
- Fixed objective markers not correctly pointing at blocks during missions.
- Fixed the Battery Tree sometimes spawning inside another tree.
- Fixed shield and radar blocks being able to be destroyed during their respective missions.
- Fixed enemy in shield mission being invulnerable occasionally.
- Fixed Trading Station appearing as an enemy on the radar.
- Fixed multiple Trading Stations appearing when saving and loading during its mission.
- Singularity Containment Unit (SCU) related bug fixes:
- Fixed messages looping when saving and loading during the SCU mission.
- Fixed issue with the SCU not picking up blocks correctly.
- Fixed SCU trying to pick up resources.
- Fixed bug where SCU disappears after block painting then trying to move the SCU. If your SCU has disappeared then a new game is required to get it back again.
- UI related bug fixes:
- Fixed prompts with buttons automatically disappearing after 8 seconds.
- "Save Options" text in Graphics Settings no longer gets cropped for non-English languages.
- Fixed issue with being unable to switch to Blocks tab in Payload Terminal after entering the Techs tab.
- Fixed issue where EXP blocks were not available to purchase from the Payload Terminal or Trading Station (only applies to R&D Pack owners).
- Fixed issue with GeoCorp cabs breaking the physics of the Tech it's attached to so you can now build working Techs with GeoCorp cabs.
- Fixed occasions where sending an invader would not return control to the player after flying up.
- Fixed the issue that made GSO Cabs cost 0BB.
- Extended cab vision range all around, eradicating the blind spot behind cabs where guns would not aim.
- Updated the Flamethrower effect to reduce blowback when moving at faster speeds.
- Fixed issue with Geothermal Generator not working at night.
- Fixed EXP blocks not flashing when damaged.
Known Issues:
- Playing with old game saves will bypass certain new game content. Older game saves will continue to work, but players are highly recommended to start a fresh game to experience new content.
- New dynamic mission system will sometimes fail to generate suitable enemy Techs. As a stopgap measure, missions may spawn Big Tony Techs, while we enhance the enemy Tech generation process.
- Markers for missions and bases when playing in 4:3 are offset slightly.
- Players can incorrectly end up with more than one SCU Storage block when continuing a saved game.
- Refineries may sometimes output resources that are smaller than expected.
- Gaps may appear in the terrain depending on the random seed chosen.
- Depth of Field has been temporarily disabled due to a Unity issue with DirectX 10 graphics cards.
- The Delivery Cannon shouldn't open up when attached to a moving Tech.
Patch 0.6 (24 March 2016)
New features / content / improvements:
- Added new SCU Storage block which acts as the player's inventory.
- Added a slide-on block palette (player's inventory) for standard building and block painting.
- Block painting has a button to expand / collapse the UI.
- Or press Tab to toggle display of the block palette - needs a new user profile to work.
- Select a block to enable painting.
- To disable painting, either collapse the block palette, click on the selected block or click on the "cancel block painting" icon.
- Hold Left Alt to temporarily revert to grabbing blocks.
- Added new GSO Grade 1 mission to introduce the SCU Storage block.
- When the Mission Log is active, it ensures one mission is always selected when there are missions available.
- New corporation blocks added:
- GeoCorp AI Module added.
- GeoCorp Remote Charger added.
- GeoCorp Terminal added.
- Venture AI Module added.
- Venture Remote Charger added.
- Enemy Techs can now drop from orbit.
- Improved positioning of Tech description pins.
- Added warning when the SCU Storage block is attacked.
- Updated translations from the TT Translator team (many thanks to Moisés, Olivier, Sir - Rekington, Viktor and WastedRhino for the recent translation updates).
Game Design Tweaks:
- When the player Tech is in Beam Mode, the camera can now pass under the terrain to allow better access to the Tech's underside.
- Made player healing more apparent when entering the repair bubble in the Solar Generator mission.
- Prevent situations where the Wireless Charger mission might not be completable.
- Removed the chance for any stones / rocks to spawn from any resource givers.
- Moved all Venture Wings to the Flight section of the Terminal.
- Set enemy guard behaviour to pursue the player within 100 units of its spawn position before returning.
- Now ensure the player respawns a safe distance away after blowing up.
- Graduated several blocks from EXP to their corporations:
- EXP Speedometer now joins Venture.
- EXP Gyro now joins Venture.
Art Tweaks:
- Refined the cursor icons.
- Battery and SCU Storage block LEDs will now light up when it's dark.
- Added damage VFX to the colour blocks.
- Added end caps to the scenery items so they look fine when the camera goes under the terrain.
- Refined animation and VFX on the SCU Storage block.
- Refined some of the older GeoCorp blocks.
- Fixed the Refinery VFX.
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed bug that causes Delivery Cannon to damage itself when delivering.
- Fixed bug where EXP Radar was not showing in the Terminal.
- Fixed issues with the shop grid not scrolling correctly.
- Fixed bug in GeoCorp missions where objective marker would point at the ground instead of at the enemy Tech.
- Fixed bugs with the Trader Troll, Harvest Boss and GeoCorp Trader Beast sometimes fleeing from the player instead of attacking.
- Fixed mapping issues with some Venture blocks.
- Fixed minor bug when building your first Tech where the same message would appear twice in succession.
- Fixed missing "Current Speed" in racing challenges.
Known Issues:
- Players can incorrectly end up with more than one SCU Storage block when continuing a saved game.
- Markers for missions and bases when playing in 4:3 are offset slightly.
- Techs with a GeoCorp cab do not drive properly.
- Depth of Field has been temporarily disabled due to a Unity issue with DirectX 10 graphics cards.
- The Delivery Cannon shouldn't open up when attached to a moving Tech.
Patch 0.5.22 (1 March 2016)
New features / content / improvements:
- Optimised initial load time from disclaimer screen to main menu.
- 16 colour blocks have been added to R&D Test Chamber.
- Added new blocks:
- Venture Repair Bubble
- Venture Shield Bubble
- Venture Tractor Pad
- GeoCorp Repair Bubble
- EXP Buzz Saw
- EXP Dynamo Generator (not working yet)
- Added new blocks to main game - promoted from R&D Test Chamber:
- GSO Ground Clearing Wheel
- GSO Static Generator
- GeoCorp Anchor Fixed
- GeoCorp Large Armour Plate
- Venture Regen
- Venture Landing Gear
- Venture Radar
- Venture Battery
- Venture Flamethrower
- Venture Tractor
- Venture Wing Tail
- Venture Wing Middle
- Venture Wing Expander
- Megaton Cannon shells now explode on impact (use with extreme caution).
- New block painting mode in R&D Test Chamber:
- In R&D Test Chamber, press B to enter beam mode and start block painting mode.
- A palette is displayed of all available blocks.
- Select desired block and start "painting" with it.
- Press Alt to de-select block and toggle back to standard build mode.
- Updated translations from the TT Translator team including new language options for Chinese and Japanese (many thanks to André, Demind, Dr.E, Honcharuk, Kitty, Martin, - Moisés, Mr.E, Olivier, Sir Rekington, Tamaster, Viktor for the recent translation updates).
Game Design Tweaks:
- Buffed the carry load and speed of Venture Springer Wheels.
- Nerfed the capacity of the GeoCorp Battery.
- Increased the power of all boosters and decreased their drain too.
- Added explosive damage to Mortar and Cannon projectiles and balanced the impulse and size of all explosions.
- Fixed missing attach points on some GSO base blocks.
- Reduced XP values for completing GeoCorp Grade 1 missions.
- Graduated several blocks from EXP to their corporations:
- GSO Small Plough
- GeoCorp Plasma Cutter
- Venture Zoomer Wheel
- Venture Pip Machine Gun
- Venture Battery
- Removed Tech called "Cab-cab" from the game.
- Reduced the value of selling all uncraftable blocks to BB100 each.
- Tweaked all tractor pad holding strengths according to corporation.
- Reduced GSO Flatbed Tractor Pad capacity per stack from 10 to 3.
- Reduced both GeoCorp Tractor Pad capacity per stack from 10 to 5.
- Optimised block rotation sequence.
- Blocks can be rotated in air, before placing on a Tech.
- While being placed, blocks remember their orientation when dragged between attach points.
- GSO Cab can now fire if it has a clear line of sight.
- Blocks reassigned to different grades.
- For further details, please refer to the TerraTech Release Notes[www.terratechgame.com]
Art Tweaks:
- Clouds and celestial bodies have been added to the sky.
- Improved blend between the sky and the ground.
- Moved all corporation materials over to the "No 2nd UV Shader", which will improve batching especially at night and help performance.
Bug Fixes:
- Various crash bug fixes.
- Fixed issue of resources that are blocked from getting onto tractor pads applying a force that flips the Tech over.
- Fixed missing Attach Points on some GSO base blocks.
- Fixed crash bug during the Woodstock quest when the 3 harvesters are destroyed.
- Fixed a bug where enemy bases would spawn as allies.
- Fixed a bug causing some game saves to load in at the wrong time of day e.g. night time instead of day time.
Known Issues:
- Depth of Field has been temporarily disabled due to a Unity issue with DirectX 10 graphics cards.
- The Delivery Cannon shouldn’t open up when attached to a moving Tech.
- The Delivery Cannon incorrectly causes damage to itself when it delivers things.
