Patch 0.3.4.0

Patch Notes: Early Access (EXPERIMENTAL) - v0.3.4.0 - Build 119583. This patch was released on April 15, 2020.

The original post can be viewed on Satisfactory's Discord and Reddit.

Intro
Hi Pioneers!

We are doing a little update to Experimental with a bunch of fixes and improvements. A new feature we are introducing with this update is Multiple Hotbars! You will be able to switch Hotbars with the arrow keys by default (those standard bindings are likely to change in the future) and fill up a total of 10 Hotbars.

It took a while longer than it should have, but the fluid capacity of Trains and the Buffers is also increased. They should no longer be trash, thanks for reminding us Kibitz. Sorry to everyone that has been waiting for this.

Something to note for this version is that we dropped support for saves that have not been played since before Early Access started. That means saves from the Alpha and the weekend before release. If you have a save that started at that time but has been saved after Early Access has released this will not affect you. Remember that it’s always good to BACK UP YOUR SAVES just for safety. We could have messed something up.

Apart from this there are a lot of small but sweet improvements and potentially a good number of new bugs. Check out the patch notes below for the improvements and let us know about whatever bugs you find on the questions site.

https://questions.satisfactorygame.com/

Hope you all have a good time with the patch! <3

PS: If you are playing multiplayer you will see some placeholder UI in the join menu when you are connecting to your friends. You can ignore that, we are just trying some stuff out.

Balancing

 * Increased storage capacity for the following:
 * Fluid Freight Platform, from 500 to 2400m3
 * Fluid Freight Wagon, from 500 to 1600m3
 * Fluid Buffer, from 300 to 400m3
 * Industrial Fluid Buffer, from 1200 to 2400m3

Quality of life

 * It should now be easier to build stairs downwards
 * Added multiple hotbars (currently hotbars can be switched with the up and down arrow keys)

Optimisation

 * Performance improvements for Freight Platforms
 * Triangle amount optimisation for Pipes
 * Optimised and updated a large amount of visual effects
 * Optimised Conveyor Belt visuals

UI

 * Added a tooltip for head lift in Pipeline Pumps
 * Updated descriptions, naming, and categories of various buildings, equipment, and unlocks
 * Search bars now detect multiple search words when applicable
 * Added a standby switch to the AWESOME Sink menu
 * Improved visibility of Space Elevator requirements for Tiers in the Hub Menu

World

 * Polish on encounters, enemies, jump puzzles, and collectables in the Dune Desert
 * Improved some ambient sound areas in the Dune Desert

Factory

 * Updated Conveyor Pole meshes and all Conveyor wall attachments and Conveyor Walls

Equipment

 * Updated Chainsaw look
 * Updated Object Scanner look
 * Updated Chainsaw sounds

Localisation

 * All languages were updated
 * Added Vietnamese

Player character

 * Added ladder climbing animations

Vehicles

 * Tweaked sounds for all vehicles

Bug fixes

 * Fixed some further flow issues in fluid networks
 * Potentially fixed a crash that can occur when a client player builds a building in multiplayer
 * Fixed some missing meshes in a Dune Desert cave
 * Train timetables should now work for client players in multiplayer
 * Fixed tractor gearing sounds
 * The onboarding button prompts now properly show the key bindings set by the player on the options menu
 * All the mushrooms in the Northern Forest should be back on the ground
 * Hotbars should no longer disappear for client players when logging out and joining back in
 * Fixed some fog bugs in the world