Update History (Subnautica): Difference between revisions

Revision as of 20:37, 1 March 2017

This article's aim is to provide a timeline of the various updates to the stable version and the most important additions of certain updates.

Upcoming Updates

Note: These updates have not been implemented into Subnautica, and changes are bound to happen. All information is taken from Trello.

Prison without Aquarium - March 2, 2017

Launch XB1 and PC simultaneously if possible (practice process)
Prison Exterior
Lost River Precursor Base interior
Fix performance after 10-20 hour save game
Silent Running Cyclops tech
Make Scanner Room more useful (range, etc.)
Internal
Fill in some empty spaces
Make escape pod cinematic
Play cinematics but disable camera for VR?
New UI
Investigate Terrain Seam Fix

Aquarium Experience - March 28, 2017

Craftable Time Capsule
Prison Aquarium
Prison Antechamber
- Prison moonpool room
Redo Crafting Icons
Try fade checkbox to reduce pop-in
FOV Slider
Fix 1 second pause between switching Tools
Tune algorithm for choosing what to load next to reduce pop-in
Rework some of the Crash Zone area near the edge of the Aurora
Detailing Remaining Sandy Areas
Internal
Start PS4 Port?
Unknown Worlds team retreat to Orlando

New UI & Cutefish - April, 2017

Cutefish (for people who bought before V1.0) (Special Edition)
Communicate price increase?
Fix terrain seams
Rework Game Modes Into Custom UI
Compress Save Files
Pass on Grassy Plateaus
Fix missing and extra coliders near Aurora (esp, getting in)
Polish Constructor and usability
Pass on a couple lower-detail Kelp Forest areas
Internal
Prep Special Edition
Design and start filming trailer
Start design of launch site
Prep Soundtrack Files

Final Story Mode & v1.0 - Mid-May, 2017

Polish Polish Polish
Price increase at v1.0
Blast Off Sequence
Launch Trailer
Subnautica China Launch
Possible firewatch style event at the box
Credits screen
Fix the void or make it dangerous to be in (Ghost Leviathan, Sea Dragons, etc.)
Cyclops Trademark Notice
Nice Launch Site
Internal
End Game Tasks
Xbox Trailer

2017

Castles & Coffee Update - January 26, 2017

Precursor Thermal Power Generator implemented
Lava Castle revamped and polished
Coffee Vending Machines implemented
- You can now get Coffee
Alien Drones implemented
Blue Precursor Artifact implemented
Dunes Crater, Blood Kelp Dunes Transition And Blood Kelp Mountains transition added
New Vending Machine model
Snacks added
Ping Manager implemented
Oxygen warning shortened
Ion Power Cells and Ion Batteries implemented
Halved Seaglide light energy cost
Quartered Seaglide active energy cost
Removed frame-rate dependence problem with Seaglide energy usage
Removed Kyanite from Blood Kelp Zone (only drillable now)
You can now skip time by sleeping in Beds
New Gravsphere model and features
Removed Bases terraforming land
Luggage Bag storage implemented
Lab Trash Can and Trash Can now work
Blood Kelp Zone and Dunes Precursor Caches implemented
New Airbladder model and animations
Added Kyanite to recipe for 3rd stage of the rocket (resource sink)

2016

Precursor Update - December 15, 2016

Sunbeam implemented
- Avery Quinn
Ion Crystals added
Quarantine Enforcement Platform added
Precursor Teleporters added
Purple Precursor Artifact added
Precursor Artifact terminals added
Floating Island and Lost River polish
More Floating Island Beaches added
Fall Damage added
You can now use the PDA in vehicles
Sparse Reef Precursor Cache implemented
Mountain Island's caves are expanded
HUD notifications for radio messages
New PDA updates for Wrecks
Continued work on optimization & stability improvements
Land-based movement improvements
Extensive loot balancing for player progression
Constructable Improvements
Special Giveaway Items

Bones Update - October 27, 2016

Lost River Ghost Tree Chamber added
Lost River Bones Field added
Lost River Junction added
Lost River Precursor Base exterior added
New Pipe models added
New Reefback additions and improvements added
Mesmers are more mesmerising
River Prowler implemented
New models for Reinforced Dive Suit and Stillsuit added
Subnautica now works on the HTC Vive

Dangerous Creatures/Tree Cove - September 22, 2016

Lost River - Tree Cove added
Sea Dragon Leviathan added
Warper added
Crabsquid EMP blast added
Heat damage added
Reinforced Dive Suit added
Ghost Ray added
Crimson Ray added
Deep Grand Reef Abandoned Seabase added
Kyanite Crystal added
Main Menu Logo updated

2016 August 23: PRAWN UPDATE

Prawn Suit added
Lava Larva added
Lava Lizard added
Lava Eyeye added
Lava Boomerang added
Crashfish eggs added
Sprint ability added
Cyclops cameras now have lights
The Encyclopedia now has icons after scanning
Inactive Lava Zone and Active Lava Zone both get massive overhauls
Kitty, Prawn Suit and Aurora Posters added
It is now possible to quit to the Main Menu

2016 June 1: POWER NAP UPDATE

Beds added
Sea Treader added
Power Cell Charger added
Battery Charger added
Seamoth Gas Torpedo added
New Solar Panel model
Starship Souvenir added
Wall Shelves added
Single Wall Shelfes added
Arcade Gorge Toy added
Luggage Bag added
Caps added
Trash Can added
Lab Trash Can added

2016 May 6: MACHINERY UPDATE

Scanner Room
Bioreactor, Nuclear Reactor and Thermal Plant remodeling
Cyclops 2.0
- The default depth has been increased from 200m to 500m
- Proximity sensors have been added to assist with navigation
- Lockers on lower deck are now functional
- Added exterior stationary hull cameras that can be accessed while driving
- New hatch animations means the hatch opens and closes when approached
Crabsquid
Added the Northen Blood Kelp Zone
Fauna that are eaten or killed will respawn
Waterproof Locker gets new model, features and animations

2016 April 5: OCULUS UPDATE

Oculus Rift is now fully supported
You can now sit in all the Chairs and on Benches
Sitting in Chairs and on Benches slows down food and water depletion
Airsack, Boneshark, Reefback, Stalker, and the Reaper Leviathan have new and better animations
Fragments will now spawn mostly within Wrecks
Oxygen is now only produced when your Seabase, Seamoth, and Cyclops has power
Different sound effects for multiple Tools
Main Menu has a new background

2016 March 16/May 17 (Xbox One release): CRASH SEQUENCE

Intro Sequence added
Fire Extinguisher added
Medical Kit Fabricator added
You can now fully repair Lifepod 5
- You can also repair the Communications Relay
New PDA boot up sequence

2016 February 25: FARMING

Abandoned Seabases implemented
Large Aquarium added
Farming added
- Nearly every Flora can be harvested now
Spotlight added
Planter Shelf added
Exterior Growbed added
Interior Growbed added
Plant Pots added
Living Wall added
Light Stick added
Eggs added
Location accurate lighting (Part of Flood Of Dead Bugs)
Many more Wrecks added

2016 January 28: FLOOD OF DEAD BUGS

Floodlight added
>50 bugs fixed
Location accurate lighting (lots of objects now don't reflect the Safe Shallows anymore)

2016 January 14: H2.O UPDATE

Massive overhaul of water graphics
Scanner added
Ocean environment updated
Items now have proper 3D models
Subtitles added
Language support added
New Fragment system
PDA Data Bank and Encyclopedia added
Message log in PDA

2015 ALPHA STAGE

2015 December 15: GET WRECKED

The first Wreck added
Laser Cutter added
NS2 Poster added

2015 November 20: WATER FILTRATION MACHINE

Water Filtration Machine added
Big Filtered Water added

2015 November 5: SHOCKING UPDATE

Shocker added
Seaglide now has a topographic map
Picture Frame added
Volume controls in the pause menu added
PDA Log section added
PDA gallery added
PDA Animation added
Crabsnake added
Ladders can now be placed in more places in the Multipurpose Room
Blood Kelp Zone added
Blood Biter added
Cave Crawler reskinned
Spinefish added
Blood Crawler added
Blood Oil added
Bloodvine added
Blood Cave Root added
Deep Shroom added
Gabe's Feather added

2015 September 10: SEAMOTH UPDATE

Seamoth now has an upgrade panel
Vortex Torpedo added
Seamoth Perimeter Defense System added
Seamoth Sonar Module added
Seamoth Hull Reinforcement Module added
Battery Expansion Module added
Armour Plating Module added
Seamoth can now be customized
Upgrade Console added
More Caves added
- Mountain Range Caves added
Biter added
Oculus added
Mountains Biome added
- Mountain Island added
Koosh Zone extended
Mushroom Forest extended
Underwater Islands extended
Kelp Forest extended
Jelly Shroom Caves lighting improvements
Creative Mode added
PDA Operating System updated

2015 August 6: HABITAT UPDATE

Moon Pool added
Observatory added
Multipurpose Room added
Bulkhead doors added
Small locker added
Signs and Seabase names added
I-Corridor Glass and L-Corridor Glass added
Vertical Connector added
Grand Reef expanded
- Deep Grand Reef added
Magnetite added
Creepvine Seed Clusters added

2015 June 19: MACWORLD UPDATE

Subnautica is now playable on Apple (Mac) computers
Underwater Islands added
Sparse Reef added
Repulsion Cannon added

2015 May 28: ALTERRA SCIENCE UPDATE

Workbench added
Propulsion Cannon added
Survival Knife, Tank, and Fins can now be upgraded.
- Heat Knife added
- Diamond Knife added
- Swim Charge Fins added
- High Capacity Tank added
- Plasteel Tank added
- Ultra Glide Fins added
New Cyclops additions
- Cyclops's doors now open/close
- Cyclops now has an upgrade console
- Cyclops's lights improved
- Cyclops now has upgrades
- Cyclops can now be customised with colors
Beacons are now nameable

2015 April 30: CRASH SITE UPDATE

Aurora now explodes
Aurora now explorable
Radiation now spreads over time
Reaper Leviathan added
Radiation Suit added
Cave Crawler added

2015 March 13: BASES UPDATE

Seabases added
- Habitat Builder added
- Buildable Fabricators added
- Foundations added
- Hatches added
- Corridor added
- L Corridor added
- T Corridor added
- X Corridor added
- Ladders added
- Windows added
- Reinforcements added
- Hull Integrity added

2015 February 25: NEW LOOT SYSTEM

Loot system updated

2015 February 5: CYCLOPS INTRODUCTION

Cyclops added
- Seamoth can now be docked (inside Cyclops)
- Cyclops is nameable

2015 January 16: DEV UPDATE 8

In-game feedback system added
Stasis Rifle added
Terraformer added
Load/Save added
Menu updated
Pipes added
Air Bladder added
Bleeder added
Boneshark added
Compass added
Current Generator added
Inventory system updated
- You can now dump unwanted loot much easier
Beacons are added and craftable
HUD elements updated

2014 PRE-ALPHA STAGE

2014 December 23: DEV UPDATE 7

Gravsphere added
Lifepod 5 storage added
Now supports Oculus Rift DK2
Storage Cubes added
Oxygen replenishes faster
Lifepod Beacon now doesn't disappear from far distances
Gasopods now release more defensive gas when you approach them
Fixed the problem when PCs with Nvidia SLI setups don't see the oxygen bar
Lifepod 5's Beacon is now visible from farther distances
Oxygen now replenishes more quickly at the surface
Large Creature's AI is now improved

2014 December 16:

Subnautica Early Access released

2014 December 7:

Flare and Sand Shark added to Subnautica

2014 November 22

Floater added to Subnautica

2014 November 14:

Deformable environment added

2014 November 5:

Experimental Mode is added to Subnautica

2014 September 27:

Gasopod is added to Subnautica

2014 September 5:

Cyclops flooding is being developed

2014 August 23:

Cyclops is announced and being developed

2014 July 8:

Aurora is added to Subnautica

2014 April 24:

Subnautica release at PAX still in Pre-alpha stage

2014 April 11:

Subnautica created still in Pre-alpha stage

2013

2013 December 15

Subnautica first announced

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 '''''Note: These updates have not been implemented into Subnautica, and changes are bound to happen. All information is taken from [https://trello.com/b/KbugnSRJ/subnautica-roadmap Trello].'''''
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+'''Prison without Aquarium - March 2, 2017'''
 * Launch XB1 and PC simultaneously if possible (practice process)
 * [[Primary Containment Facility|Prison]] Exterior