Hey Prospectors,

Matt here with another update!

There are new areas to test out in the R&D Labs (the new name for the R&D Test Chamber):

• 14 Unique Campaign Biomes Including Grassland, Rocky Ridge, Mountains, Salt Flats
  
• Testing Apparatus area with Speed Trap, Weighing Scales, Damage Calculator
  

There are also 2 new skin packs to purchase. Each pack includes a brand new skin and a set of bespoke blocks for 2 corporations:

• To The Stars: Space Race & Roswell (GSO & Better Future)
  
• Weapons of War: Iron Hunter & Warbird (Hawkeye & Venture)
  

Check them out!
https://youtu.be/1-wGdBGPxAI

Updates to R&D Labs

Important note:
All existing R&D Test Chamber game saves are very likely to load into the new R&D Labs with peculiar consequences; mainly Techs falling from great height or just hanging in the air if they're anchored. So any Techs that you want to keep for the new R&D Labs, please snapshot in the current version 1.3.5 before updating to this version.

• Updates are currently in progress so do let us know what you think as we refine what we have and add more features to R&D Labs.
  
• Some of the new features are:
  
  • Biome Areas - to test how well your Tech drives on the different terrains.
    
    
    
  • Speed Trap - to test how fast your Tech is travelling as it crosses the laser line.
    
    
    
  • Weighing Scales - to measure the mass of a Tech or multiple Techs or individual blocks.
    
    
    
  • Damage Calculator - see how much damage each weapon causes
    
    
  
  

Design Tweaks:

• The GSO Anchored SCU Storage Device has been moved from GSO Grade 3 to GSO Grade 2.
  
  • It will now appear as a rare mission reward for completing missions from GSO Grade 2 onwards.
    
  
  

Art Tweaks:

• Graphics options Draw Distance slider has now been extended to almost 3 times the previous distance.
  
  
• There are also separate graphics options sliders for Detail Distance and Shadow Distance.
  
• The radar has become semi-transparent.
  

Localisation:

• Translations for new text have been added for Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian and Spanish.