Update: 1.0.100 (Fast Forward, Pause, ...)

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Overview of new Time Controls (Pause, Fast Forward), QoL improvements, balance tweaks, and various fixes across performance, simulation, and gameplay systems.

▼Nerfs3

Balance & Gameplay
- Slightly decreased strength of solar storms.→Weaker
- Lower gravity inside the Black Hole Tunnel by 100 units.→-100
- Radiation radius of the Hazard Barrel reduced.→Smaller

✚Bug fixes12

Performance & SimulationFixed movement artifacts that could slowly push you out of a landed spaceship.→Fixed
Fixes
- Fixed the Seat outline visual issue.→Fixed
- Fixed some components not appearing in the Objectives inventory tab.→Fixed components not appearing
- Fixed knobs on some components not having reduced sensitivity while holding Control.→Reduced sensitivity while holding Control
- Fixed incorrect tree colliders at the Moonstep base.→Fixed
- Fixed the default Field of View for the Camera With Zoom and Rotational Telescopic Camera.→Fixed default FOV
- Fixed an integer overflow when placing an extremely large amount of mass in the building area.→Fixed
- Fixed thruster heat areas being offset by 0.01m, addressing floating-point precision at edges.→Offset by 0.01m fixed m
- Fixed incorrect Red Tank description text.→Fixed
- Fixed packages disappearing from the spaceship after a Time Rewind if they were outside the spaceship prior to rewind.→Fixed when outside spaceship before rewind
- Fixed packages not being able to be taken out from the spaceship during spacewalks.→Fixed
- Fixed Wind Shield wind absorption being incorrectly applied to physics.→Not applied to physics

◆Other changes14

Time Controls
- Pause now available in Time Controls menu (default: P) and works in both singleplayer and multiplayer.→Added
- Fast Forward added to Time Controls menu (default: P) and speeds up the entire simulation by 3x.→Added
- Simulation runs at 3x speed when Fast Forward is active, with all simulation aspects accelerated accordingly.1x→3x
- Fast Forward may reduce FPS due to higher CPU usage.→Potential FPS drop
Objective Audio CueA blinking sound now plays when you are about to complete an objective as the required item begins glowing.→Blinking sound at objective glow start
Inventory UXRight-clicking an item in the inventory now moves it directly to your hand, bypassing the need to assign it to the hotbar first.→Direct to hand
Gyro-LineMiddle line of the Gyro-Line is highlighted to improve center-of-screen visibility.→Highlighted middle line
Performance & Simulation
- Overall game performance improved by around 10%, noticeable with very large spaceships.→Improved ~10% %
- Determinism of simulations improved for more consistent results.→Improved
- Packages such as Tree Lid or Hazard Barrel no longer glitch out of the spaceship when moved by hand.→Improved
- Distance meter calculations improved from float to double precision to better detect distant/very small planets.→Double precision
Balance & Gameplay
- Solar Shield absorption simplified; now uses degrees instead of flux values for clarity.→Simplified to degrees
- Tutorial ship now uses only one electric circuit to prevent new players' confusion when core systems shut off after ~13 minutes.→Single electric circuit
FixesUpdated the description of the Ducted Fan speed port.→Description updated

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Approximately Up · Aug 21, 2026

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