Patch 6.1.8 - Better Building on Controller, Menu Stuck Fixes
Patch 6.1.8
QoL:
Build Menu is now bindable
Copy Build is now bindable
Building/Copying/Destroying with the controller should feel more natural
Bugfixes:
Fixed an issue where pressing escape too quickly could cause the player be unable to put in any more input
Fixed an issue where destroying a building could cause the player to be unable to pu
Fixed an issue where copying a building with the controller would leave a permanent build reticle on the screen
Fixed an issue where non-hosts could get stuck with reticle until rejoining the game
Fixed an issue where copying and building at the same time could cause a lot of input and visual problems
Fixed a lag spike that would happen when building and copying buildings as a non-host
Previous Hotfixes
Fixed an issue where some players with saves could not get to Planet 6
"Getting Started" Personal Missions will now disappear after all are completed.
"Getting Started" Personal Mission for grappling hook will now complete if done out of order (all mission will now technically).
"Getting Started" Personal Mission for grappling hooks will now complete on loading a game if you already have the grappling hook.
Leaving Early Access!
Hey all, BlueFire here. Its launch time! I wanted to take the time to thank the over 1000 players who played during Early Access and provided feedback, bug reports, reviews, and their time. As a small team it means the world to us that you took a chance on us when we only had a single planet and a grappling hook "finished" and the game was in such a rough state.
We're proud of what we've accomplished in the last 3 years as we've finished 6 planets and revised them hundreds of times. We went from three puzzles to around a hundred puzzles in the game. Salli has evolved from just saying a couple things to feeling like a partner on the journey with you. As of today you'll get some final answers to what happened to the previous crew and reach the conclusion of the journey. Our team has learned a lot through this journey with this being the first game for most team members.
For those new here, Lodestar tells a short story of a crew that went missing during interstellar travel and the trouble they ran into. Its a shorter game(10-20 hours) with puzzles, crafting, and light combat.
From here on out we plan to fix bugs and any significant gameplay issues based on feedback. Keep reporting through the in-game feature and we'll keep crushing bugs. We also plan to add a patch that makes offline play possible to try to allow the game to have the longest shelf life. Feel free to hop on our discord via the store page or in-game menu (Valve doesn't like discord links in these messages). You'll also be the first know about new games and have opportunities to weigh-in on what game we make next.
Thanks again for everyone who gave us a shot and feedback. We look forward to making great new games for you.
FAQ:
Q1: Will my previous saves work? A1: Yes. As far as we know we've never broken saves since the launch of Early Access. The game has changed significantly so what Salli says to you might be strange at some points but it should work.
Q2: Will you release on other platforms? A2: Probably not, but with enough success anything is possible.
Q3: Are you going to continue working on the game? A3: We plan to fix major bugs and gameplay issues but will likely not add any new content. Launch for us represents finishing the game. If the community can generate enough sales we may be able to afford further development.
Q4: I'm press/influencer how can I get in touch? A4: I am happy to personally assist in any way that I can. Hit me up on discord @bluefiresr
Patch 6.1.2 Planet 6, New Lore, New Multiplayer Tutorial, Controller Support
Patch 6.1.2
This patch is the candidate for leaving early access and completing our goals with the game. It brings us to the final boss planet and the inclusion of a lot more lore as well as the ending of the game. We expect to only add full controller support and hopefully simplified chinese language support. After launching we'll try to address all of the bugs and most of the feedback, so now is the chance to leave any feedback on discord or in reviews for us to work on! We plan to fully release the game on August 17th.
Hotfixes:
6.1.0 - Full controller Support Added 6.1.1 - Fixed an issue where some players could not complete planet 5 with previous saves 6.1.2 - Fixed an issue with "Getting Started" missions and the grappling hook.
Major Features:
- Planet 6 with final boss and conclusion of the story! - New player tutorial added (tutorial that is player specific, mostly for multiplayer on-boarding) - Tons of new lore dialogue spread throughout the game - Full controller support added, please submit any bugs hit.
Minor Features:
- A few new puzzles - New monster added on planet 3 - Seeker eyes have been added to the game - Greenhouse has been reworked at the top of the ship - Foliage update on planet 1 with new critters - New sniper scope that doesn't cover up as much of what you are aiming at - Cool new environmental critter on planet 2 - Navigation updated and should be more reliable for monsters - Achievements added for Boss 5 & 6 and beating the game
Bug Fixes:
- A handful of fixes for the music player - Grapple gems will no longer pass you through the terrain occasionally - You can now press the back button on the credits - Fixed a crash that could occur if you died while firing the SMG - Fixed a texture bug on planet 4 boss where it would look horrible on lower end graphic settings - Fixed a bug that could prevent you from beating the game
Patch 6.1.0 Planet 6, New Lore, New Multiplayer Tutorial, Controller Support
Patch 6.0.4
This patch is the candidate for leaving early access and completing our goals with the game. It brings us to the final boss planet and the inclusion of a lot more lore as well as the ending of the game. We expect to only add full controller support and hopefully simplified chinese language support. After launching we'll try to address all of the bugs and most of the feedback, so now is the chance to leave any feedback on discord or in reviews for us to work on! We plan to fully release the game on August 17th.
Major Features:
- Planet 6 with final boss and conclusion of the story! - New player tutorial added (tutorial that is player specific, mostly for multiplayer on-boarding) - Tons of new lore dialogue spread throughout the game - Full controller support added, please submit any bugs hit.
Minor Features:
- A few new puzzles - New monster added on planet 3 - Seeker eyes have been added to the game - Greenhouse has been reworked at the top of the ship - Foliage update on planet 1 with new critters - New sniper scope that doesn't cover up as much of what you are aiming at - Cool new environmental critter on planet 2 - Navigation updated and should be more reliable for monsters - Achievements added for Boss 5 & 6 and beating the game
Bug Fixes:
- A handful of fixes for the music player - Grapple gems will no longer pass you through the terrain occasionally - You can now press the back button on the credits - Fixed a crash that could occur if you died while firing the SMG - Fixed a texture bug on planet 4 boss where it would look horrible on lower end graphic settings - Fixed a bug that could prevent you from beating the game
Patch 6.0.1 Planet 6, Tons of new Lore, New Multiplayer Supported Tutorial,
Patch 6.0.4
This patch is the candidate for leaving early access and completing our goals with the game. It brings us to the final boss planet and the inclusion of a lot more lore as well as the ending of the game. We expect to only add full controller support and hopefully simplified chinese language support. After launching we'll try to address all of the bugs and most of the feedback, so now is the chance to leave any feedback on discord or in reviews for us to work on! We plan to fully release the game on August 17th.
Major Features:
- Planet 6 with final boss and conclusion of the story! - New player tutorial added (tutorial that is player specific, mostly for multiplayer on-boarding) - Tons of new lore dialogue spread throughout the game
Minor Features:
- A few new puzzles - New monster added on planet 3 - Seeker eyes have been added to the game - Additional controller support added. We have a couple of UIs to fix to work with controller before full support is unlocked. - Greenhouse has been reworked at the top of the ship - Foliage update on planet 1 with new critters - New sniper scope that doesn't cover up as much of what you are aiming at - Cool new environmental critter on planet 2 - Navigation updated and should be more reliable for monsters - Achievements added for Boss 5 & 6 and beating the game
Bug Fixes:
- A handful of fixes for the music player - Grapple gems will no longer pass you through the terrain occasionally - You can now press the back button on the credits - Fixed a crash that could occur if you died while firing the SMG - Fixed a texture bug on planet 4 boss where it would look horrible on lower end graphic settings - Fixed a bug that could prevent you from beating the game
Patch 6.0.1 Planet 6, Tons of new Lore, New Multiplayer Supported Tutorial,
Patch 6.0.1
This patch is the candidate for leaving early access and completing our goals with the game. It brings us to the final boss planet and the inclusion of a lot more lore as well as the ending of the game. We expect to only add full controller support and hopefully simplified chinese language support. After launching we'll try to address all of the bugs and most of the feedback, so now is the chance to leave any feedback on discord or in reviews for us to work on! We plan to fully release the game on August 17th.
Major Features:
- Planet 6 with final boss and conclusion of the story! - New player tutorial added (tutorial that is player specific, mostly for multiplayer on-boarding) - Tons of new lore dialogue spread throughout the game
Minor Features:
- A few new puzzles - New monster added on planet 3 - Seeker eyes have been added to the game - Additional controller support added. We have a couple of UIs to fix to work with controller before full support is unlocked. - Greenhouse has been reworked at the top of the ship - Foliage update on planet 1 with new critters - New sniper scope that doesn't cover up as much of what you are aiming at - Cool new environmental critter on planet 2 - Navigation updated and should be more reliable for monsters
Bug Fixes:
- A handful of fixes for the music player - Grapple gems will no longer pass you through the terrain occasionally - You can now press the back button on the credits - Fixed a crash that could occur if you died while firing the SMG - Fixed a texture bug on planet 4 boss where it would look horrible on lower end graphic settings
Patch 5.1.55 - New Puzzles, Bosses Reworked, Visuals Polished
Gameplay: - Mining Vessel now has v7 of controls. Would love to get feedback. - Turtle has been reworked to be more clear and challenging - Tons of new puzzles on every planet with a new mechanic of regrowable walls (note: some re-use upgrades previously findable just on the ground) - You can now middle-click while pointing at a building to build another copy (you'll see a blue crosshair)
Planets: - Planet 5 visuals have been significantly changed - Planet 5 boss is now vulnerable for longer to give players time to find him in the maze - Planet 3 now has floating pollen and a different atmosphere - Planet 2 now has ocean mushrooms to heal up in case you have not purchased regen yet - Response (the spaceship) has been adjusted visually to be more coherent - Armory has been redone
Lore: - TONS of new lines on completing missions and other triggers - New Altar on Planet 3 - New lore elements around Planet 5 - New source of radiation in Planet 2 - New lore pickups for planet 5 - New kitchen area for the Response
Upgrades: - Bomb has a new upgrade that will buff buildings
QoL: - Store page on Steam should now be localized - Boss health bars will now be outlined gold when they are invulnerable - Second type of stronger bat near some unlocks - Many typo and localization fixes - Bomb significantly improved usability - Pedestal Puzzle has been adjust to be easier - Lava should be more consistent in multiplayer - Shotgun now has higher spread and higher damage per bullet. DPS remains similar. - Small Production UI improvements. - Guns should be easier to find on the planet - Chests containing cosmetics now glow and are easier to find
Bug: - Fixed beacons so they now properly save - Fixed a crash when using new ship teleporters - Fixed a crash when closing the game while shiny is exploding - Fixed a game lock that could happen when repairing the engine immediately after loading a game - Fixed Waypoints regularly not appearing (especially in multiplayer)
Next patch: - This will include personal missions, planet 6, and be the patch candidate for us leaving Early Access if all goes well. The last planet will feature a boss immediately with the conclusion to the story. After the boss is defeated you'll have access to some excruciatingly difficult puzzles if you'd like to try your hand at some we love, but thought were too hard or strange for the standard game.
Patch 5.0.57 - Path to Planet 6, Ship Teleporters, and Lore
We'll use this announcement to keep you updated as we approach patch 6.0.0. We want to be able to ship you improvements sooner so patch 6 will include all these notes but this is to help you understand what's changing in the interim. View the previous announcement for full 5.0.0 changes.
Gameplay:
- After unlocking the teleporter near the first boss (or in saves that have already done this) you will get access to teleporters on the ship. We'd love to have feedback on if this makes the game better or worse in your opinion on discord or the steam forums. - Two new upgrades dropped without puzzles on planet 5. These will be moved into puzzles in the future, potentially on other planets. - Dash strength upgrade removed (it was breaking puzzles) and replaced with an extra dash upgrade. If you previously unlocked this, you will already have the extra dash upgrade.
Puzzles:
- City of Z pedastal puzzle made slightly bigger at end to help make landing on it easier. - Atzlan deep truesight puzzle adjusted to make more clear and prevent an accidental cheesy puzzle solution.
Environment:
- City of Z trees are now orange/yellow by default to make the green area stand out more. - Performance increased while on spaceship - You now snuff out the light in bats eyes when killing them - Fixed a bug where some truesight rocks appeared as black.
Lore:
- Salli one liners added by some teleporters - Fixing grammatical errors - Lots of localization update and fixes. - Bomb now has a GED decal referencing Zehra - Turtle shells are now on Kitzeh to guide you to boss and help you understand how to beat it. They will be destructible soon. - New remains added on City of Z near boss. - New altar near the top of Atzlan - More line available at cockpit
UI:
- Lore tab and journal adjustments - Aluminum ore should no longer overflow in some of the UI. - Ubermenu color adjustments. - Production UI color adjustments.
What we're working on:
Right now we are leveling up the way we tell the story now that much of the gameplay has been decided. They'll be a lot more interesting things to see and read as you traverse the planet. We also plan to keep enriching the game with techniques we've learned. Additionally we're making fast progress on the final planet to wrap up the story in patch 6.0.0. Patch 7.0.0 will be the full launch of the game with us leaving early access in a couple months.
Patch 5.0 - New Planet, New buildings, French/Turkish Added
Explore and discover the secrets of the Lost Planet of Z with new puzzles, resources, monsters, and upgrades for you to discover. We're continuing to fulfill our early access promise of 6 planets with the addition of our 5th planet. We've take you to exploration, wonder, despair, and danger. The Lost Planet of Z will now take you to terror. Part of that is the unknown so we will avoid spoiling too much. Good luck out there captain!
Sight Beyond Sight
Unveil the hidden secrets and areas utilizing a new ability that will change the way your play and have you reevaluate the journey so far.
Dozens of new Puzzles, some involving S.B.S., have been added to planets 1-5 with additional upgrades to unlock.
French and Turkish have been added to the games. Thanks to @Sokoul
The building system has been reworked to make it more intuitive and easier to align
New cosmetics are now available to build on the ship. Many are interactable to configure or use. Find one in each planet!
Minor Feature:
Upgrade UI has been significantly improved
HUD UI has been made more slick and sci-fi
Improved progression tracking on analytics
Monsters on planet 4 now have an appropriate cooldown on their fireballs and navigate better
New beacon puzzle type has been added
New invisible wall puzzle type has been added.
Dozens of new Salli lines and additional lore have been added to the game
Lava will no longer be as dark, so you will have more opportunity to survive inside it
Salli will now warn that you don't have the correct equipment to solve certain puzzles.
Lore rewritten to add a new demolitions expert, Zehra.
Planet 3 and 4 have significantly improved visuals.
Water is now more watery.
Environment Shield Visuals improved along with new upgrades.
Improved Subtitle UI significantly.
Performance generally improved in many problematic areas of the game
Hotfixes:
Patch 5.0.3
- Fixed an issue where titanium recipes would not appear in foundries/refineries. - Fixed an issue where one mining upgrade required Tungsten - Fixed an issue where environment shield would constantly active when not on cooldown even when you were not in lava until the game was restarted.
Bugfixes:
Placing buildings should no longer hitch as badly on low-end CPUs
Planet 4 should have increased performance.
It should be much more difficult to accidentally double-trigger a sound crystal
Sound puzzles should no longer repeat the same crystal
Upgrades and Unlocks in multiplayer should no longer disappear on load
Firespitter sounds will not have attenuation
Rock-timed closing puzzles have been adjusted to avoid getting stuck as often
Building should materialize and de-materialize more reliably and correctly in multiplayer
Many strange collision bugs have been fixed. Please keep reporting any you run into via the in-game report feature
Let's get growing quest should now properly complete at each step.
Shiny pop VFX will now play even on last mine.
Planet 1 Boss Lore area should no longer create weird texture stretching on the player
Fixing many areas where localization was not working
Darkened caves will no longer permanently darken a player's game until reloading.
Crabs no longer float in the air and have collision on death
SMG no longer has an infinite firing rate when rapidly clicking
Fixed a bug that would cause Salli to say some of her lines twice
Picking up the mushroom unlock will correctly progress the mission immediately now instead of waiting for a player to harvest one mushroom
Unlocking plants via the cheat menu should no longer cause the player to be unable to complete the relevant missions
Fixed a bug where some planets would occasionally be at half their intended FPS.
Introduction can now be localized. Additionally filled in a lot of missing localization.
What's next?
We have two more big goals we want to hit before leaving early access with patch 7.0.0. First, we need to create the 6th "planet" which will primarily just be an epic boss fight and potentially a handful of extremely challenging puzzles that may require you to have nearly every unlock to complete. We don't want to focus as much on a large level here so we can put all our effort into final boss fight.
The second goal is to fill the world with more lore and story. This will include a lot more Salli lines and lore files. Additionally you'll see more "flavor" added to the planets that will allow players to infer details about the story that are not explicitly stated. We'd love to hear your thoughts on these additions and theories about the truth of the Lodestar story.
Finally we want to polish all existing systems to reflect the higher quality we are now able to deliver on after multiple years of development. Some of been a little left behind and we want to raise the minimum bar across the board before the full release. We think that the final boss will be released in a couple months with full launch following shortly after we have resolved all bugs. Thanks again for coming on this early access journey with us and as always please let us know your thoughts via reviews and discord!
Patch 4.6.0 - Planet 4 Rework, Spanish+Portuguese, New Crab AI
Major Features:
- Planet 4 Reworked with all new puzzles and lava - Environment shield will now autoactivate - A ton of new dialogue has been added to the game to assist the player - Beginning of game reworked to reduce walking back and forth to the spaceship. Guns are now picked up at the beginning of planets. - New Puzzle on Planet 3 - Crab AI reworked to be more interesting to fight - Spanish and Portuguese translations have been completed.
Minor Feature:
- New motion sickness settings! Check out its own tab. - Mushrooms more jiggly and look better - Brightened the ship up slightly to account for the recent darkmetal look reducing light bounces - A lot new optional missions to help players learn about recently added features like weapon pickups and teleporters. - UI updates for clarity in text and icons - Water sound effects improved - SMG reworked and will now function better in multiplayer - New effects on planet 1
Bugfix:
- A handful of sounds will now attenuate properly - Fixed bug of keys not appearing on prompts - You can no longer get infinitely stuck when fighting boss 4 - Boss 4 should no longer have reduced FPS
Regarding EULA and Privacy Policy update:
We've added our own EULA and Privacy Policy at the advisement of our lawyers and to fulfill requirements. Read it to get all of the information but the short of it is that we are now using Google Analytics, GameAnalytics, and Epic Online services to get more data about how far players get in the game. We may use additional services in the future.
