2.4 IS NOW LIVE!

The 2.4 update is now being beamed to your devices.

Here is everything that has changed:

Highlights

• Time Trials - New map and game mode. Starts with three active Time Trials, each week one of them goes away and a new one appears. There are a total of 22 Time Trials rotating. Outside of the Time Trials the map functions like a typical Sandbox map.
• Controller Improvements - Virtual Cursor.
• Twenty (20!) new blocks!
• Two new outfits, three hats and three new hairstyles (bald is a hairstyle right?!)

New Blocks

• Aiming Sensor
• Panel 1x3
• Panel 1x4
• Panel 2x3
• Panel Corner 2x2
• Panel Corner Cut 2x2
• Panel Rounded 1x1
• Panel Rounded 2x2
• Corner Wedge 1x1x1
• Corner Wedge 2x2x2
• Wedge 1x1x1
• Wedge Corner 1x1x1
• Wedge Corner 2x1x1
• Inverted Corner 2x1x1
• Inverted Corner 3x1x1
• Inverted Corner 4x1x1
• Quarter Cone 1x1x2
• Rounded Wedge Corner 2x1x1
• Cylinder 2x2x1
• Cylinder 2x2x4

Outfits

• Bald
• Wavy Hair
• Hi-Top
• Business Suit
• Casual Outfit
• Rounded Transparent Glasses
• Rounded Glasses
• Sixpence Hat (oi mate)

Changes

• Pioneers Tutorial - Master Sapo is now voiced by Game Designer Victor Majorin in the tutorial.
• Pioneers - Added the new 2.4 Blocks to Pioneers Campaign crates.
• Builder - Greatly optimized the Block and Blueprint Inventory view.
• Builder - Optimized the performance of the Build Slots UI.
• Builder - You can now see the name of any Blueprint Folders you have created.
• Builder - Added Build Complexity to the tooltip when hovering over a Blueprint so you can see that at a glance without needing to spawn it in.
• Builder - Slightly changed the ordering of some blocks in the inventory to make more sense.
• Danger Zone - Added a new Spawn Point to the Dock area.
• Race Island - Removed the thing that took control of your camera when you entered a Race Start Zone.
• Race Island - The four races that are on Melvin Island and previously only active during the Racing Festival are now a permanent fixture.
• Decals - The seasonal Decals that were previously rewarded for completing these Seasonal Events are now just available to everyone.
• Great Carrier Reef - made some slight tweaks to the smaller islands around the outskirts of the map.
• Great Carrier Reef - Extended the Deathmatch max repair time slider from 20 to 60 seconds.
• Added in World Icon on player so you can see when they are controlling a remote control structure.
• Made it so you can see the ammo counter for remote controlled structures.
• PlayStation - If you are playing the PlayStation 4 version of the game on the PlayStation 5, we’ll now notify you.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed cases of the Main Menu video and some Campaign Introduction videos having playback issues.
• Fixed the weird colliders on the Side Mirror Accessory blocks.
• Fixed some clientside issues related to the upgrade/downgrade Online Profile flow.
• Frozen Tracks - Fixed some BOTNAK Sentries that had gotten stuck inside terrain.
• Fixed the Landing Wheels not having a unique wheel trail.
• Fixed some cases of block particles not correctly rendering when part of a remote controlled structure.
• Fixed an incorrect button prompt being shown on Accessory Blocks you had not yet unlocked.
• Fixed a bug with the Tank Steering Device where it would continue to slowly rotate after receiving input.
• Fixed some cases of a new profile incorrectly defaulting to having white block, outfit and character colours rather than the intended defaults.
• Fixed opening the Map with the Drone Overlay enabled not removing the Drone Overlay.
• Fixed the Underwater Propeller incorrectly still making a sound when not receiving input if moving via Sails.
• Fixed cases of trying to rotate blocks on the Mirror Plane in Mirror Mode creating overlapping and ghost blocks.
• Fixed a bug where entering the Configurator very quickly during structure spawn would cause values to not load/display.
• Fixed some incorrect info being present in the description for the Tone Generator block.
• Fixed cases of some blocks that were previously mission rewards in original Pioneers saves not correctly being rewarded in Pioneers 2.0.
• Fixed text being incorrectly center-aligned in Workshop/Gallery.
• Fixed the Forces Warning indicator being incorrectly positioned in the Builder.
• Fixed some sunken Crates in Pioneers.
• Fixed some cases of opening the Edit Folder UI blocking some shortcuts working.
• Fixed a bug with dust trails appearing from the last point you were on the ground to the spot you landed.
• Fixed a crash that could occur on Xbox when quickly switching between different Rally races.
• Fixed friends on Leaderboards not correctly being highlighted.
• Fixed yourself not correctly being highlighted on PS4 leaderboards.
• Fixed an issue with the nubs on the Rounded Wedge 2x4 incorrectly have collision.
• Fixed a selection issue with three of the old Panel blocks incorrectly getting selected when clicking the empty space in front of them.

Modding (Steam Only)

• Spawned objects with custom meshes will now default use “Asphalt” physics material (instead of “Stone”) making the material feel like the floor in TestZone Features
• Added function to return ModStructure for players who are standing near structures and are prompted with Press F to enter.
• Added function to remove any ban- and/or limit of a blocktype
• Added new enum for physics materials
• Each spawn custom object function now has an optional argument for setting the physics material of the custom mesh.
• Added 2 new spawnables
• PFB_ExclamationMark
• PTC_MegaDrill_DestroyedAndBurning

Fixed

• UI elements in mod windows is now more white similar to prior 2.3.
• Label texts in mod windows are now centre aligned.