A new Surviving Mars update 1.30 (Hotfix 4) is now available to download on PS4, PS5, PC, and Xbox One. According to Surviving Mars version 1.30 patch notes, the latest update increased the elevator colonist cap to 250 and added a new warning notification. Apart from this, today’s Surviving Mars patch 1.30 also includes various bug fixes and quality of life improvements.
Previously, a big update added new features, new areas, new buildings, and much more. Recently, a hotfix was also released.
Unfortunately, since the last patch, players are experiencing several issues when trying to play the game online. Surviving Mars version 1.30 will fix a few of these issues.
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Surviving Mars 1.30 Patch Notes – October 12, 2021
Gameplay Improvements
- Elevator colonist cap has been increased to 250
- New warning notifications when trying to launch a lander with colonists while not having a ‘habitat’ on the asteroid or when the habitat does not have enough resident slots
Bug Fixes
- Addressed ‘no disasters’ rule not working
- Addressed ‘no terraforming’ rule not working
- Addressed disabling ‘no Below and Beyond content’ rule awarding ‘Space Explorers’ achievement
- Addressed a crash on starting a new game on macOS
- Addressed a crash when sending a planetary expedition that requires an RC vehicle
- Addressed a crash when a lander rocket returns to mars with cargo containing a transporter that carries resources
- Addressed a crash when requesting colonists from an asteroid
- Addressed a crash after the event ‘rough touchdown’ when drones unload the payload
- Addressed a rounding error on resources prevent the lander rocket from launching
- Addressed a Waste Rock value being incorrect during landscaping
- Addressed event anomalies spawning under resource deposits
- Addressed the amount of surface polymers being very high
- Addressed ‘The last War’ event preventing the loading of cargo onto asteroid landers
- Addressed not being able to send multiple drones through the elevator by right clicking
- Addressed the lander rocket request payload tooltip showing the ready status for prefabs that the player does not have
- Addressed the issue where the number of requested colonists gets reset to 0 in the lander rocket cargo menu
- Addressed where one drone gets transported through the elevator when assigning multiple drones to the elevator as drone controller
- Addressed maintenance getting stuck on certain buildings (fusion reactor and electronics factory)
- Addressed where drones were active in drone hub extender range while the extender wasn’t powered
- Addressed the effect ranges remaining visible after refabbing a building
- Addressed rovers leaving the lander rocket twice
- Addressed the issue where multiple capital cities could be built after terraforming (Old saves will continue to contain multiple capital cities, but the option to build more is now restricted)
- Addressed the RC explorer continuing to scan queued surface anomalies while the RC explorer has been transported to the underground
- Addressed incorrect landing angle of the supply pod on a landing pad
- Addressed the asteroid banner not working without the Space Race DLC
- Addressed the issue where landscape cursor does not show
- Addressed the colony being automatically renamed to ‘missing text’ in the planetary view
- Addressed the concrete extractor not being able to build underground at specific coordinates
- Addressed domes not being built underground because drones stop delivering resources
Download free Surviving Mars patch 1.30 on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
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