Version 1.5 brings a major engine upgrade, new graphics options, performance improvements, a reworked controls system, harvesting improvements, and a large collection of fixes across inventory, weapons, vehicles, multiplayer, and persistence.
[p align="start"][p align="start"]One of the biggest changes under the hood is the move to Unity 6.3 LTS. Alongside the engine upgrade, we've spent a significant amount of time reducing unnecessary work on both clients and dedicated servers, improving world streaming, cutting temporary memory allocations, and optimizing a number of systems that were doing more work than they needed to.DLSS 4.5, FSR 3 and New Anti-Aliasing Options
[p align="start"]Version 1.5 introduces NVIDIA DLSS 4.5 support and updates AMD FSR to the FSR 3 upscaling integration.[p align="start"]We've also expanded the available image-quality options with DLAA and Native AA, improved the way DLSS and FSR quality presets are selected, and added separate sharpening settings for each upscaler.[p align="start"]Graphics settings should now behave more reliably when switching between presets or different upscaling technologies.[p align="start"]Frame generation remains temporarily disabled while we continue investigating frame-spike behavior.A Completely Reworked Controls Menu
[p align="start"]The Controls menu has received a substantial overhaul.[p align="start"]Bindings are now displayed using a cleaner two-column layout, keyboard and mouse rebinding has been improved, conflicts are easier to identify, and reset controls have been cleaned up.[p align="start"]Controller players also get several new options, including:Separate controller look sensitivity
Controller invert-Y
Hold or toggle aiming
Hold or toggle crouching
Direct access to Steam Controller Configuration
Choose What You Harvest
[p align="start"]Harvesting now has a new right-click loot menu.[p align="start"]Instead of automatically collecting everything from a harvestable object, you can inspect the available resources and choose exactly what you want to take.[p align="start"]Individual items can be collected separately, or you can still use Take All when you want to grab everything.[p align="start"]This brings harvesting closer to the normal container-looting experience and gives players much more control over inventory management while gathering resources.Performance Improvements
[p align="start"]A major focus of this update has been reducing unnecessary processing across both the game client and dedicated servers.[p align="start"]We've optimized nearby item selection, trader animation processing, world streaming, mod checks, interior scene checks, AI spawn points, loot containers, harvest objects, navigation links, and several recurring input systems.[p align="start"]Dedicated servers now avoid loading or processing a number of presentation-related systems that aren't required without a graphical client.[p align="start"]We've also limited the number of sectors that can be streamed simultaneously to prevent large world-streaming spikes.[p align="start"]These improvements touch many different parts of the game rather than one single system, and we'll continue profiling and optimizing throughout the Experimental period.Persistence, Weapons and Vehicle Fixes
[p align="start"]Version 1.5 also contains a significant round of fixes aimed at item reliability.[p align="start"]We've addressed cases where items could disappear when merging with spawned loot stacks, interrupted placement could leave objects missing, anchored world objects could duplicate, and valid saved objects could potentially be removed while only part of the world was loaded.[p align="start"]Weapon attachments received additional persistence fixes when moving weapons between the inventory and world, as well as when recovering equipment from death backpacks.[p align="start"]Vehicle storage and item placement have also been improved, particularly around physics, anchors, cancelling placement, and switching rapidly between placed and equipped objects.Multiplayer and Reconnection Improvements
[p align="start"]Several multiplayer cleanup systems have been updated.[p align="start"]Stale player sessions should no longer interfere with reconnecting to a server, authentication cleanup has been improved, crafting sessions are cleaned up correctly when respawning, and clients should no longer attempt certain network requests after disconnecting.[p align="start"]We've also fixed several disconnect-related errors involving containers and audio.Save Database Update
[p align="start"]Version 1.5 uses a new V8 save database.[p align="start"]Existing V7 progress is not automatically loaded into V8.[p align="start"]Your previous V7 database files remain on disk and are not modified by the new database version.Patch Notes - 1.5
Highlights
Upgraded the game to Unity 6.3 LTS.
Added NVIDIA DLSS 4.5 upscaling and updated AMD FSR upscaling.
Improved client performance and reduced dedicated-server overhead.
Reworked the Controls menu, with improved key binding management and additional controller options.
Added a right-click harvest loot menu, allowing players to choose which items to collect.
Multiple fixes for item persistence, weapon attachments, vehicle storage, and reconnecting to servers.
Save Compatibility
This update uses a new save database version. Existing V7 database progress is not automatically loaded into V8.
Previous V7 database files remain on disk and are not modified by the new database version.
Graphics & Upscaling
Added NVIDIA DLSS 4.5 upscaling for supported hardware.
Updated AMD FSR to the FSR 3 upscaling integration.
Added DLAA and Native AA options alongside upscaling quality presets.
Improved the quality selection menu for DLSS and FSR.
Added separate saved sharpening settings for each upscaler.
Improved graphics setting persistence when changing presets and switching upscalers.
Frame generation is temporarily disabled while frame spikes are investigated.
Controls & Input
Reworked the Controls menu with a clearer two-column binding layout.
Improved keyboard and mouse rebinding, conflict feedback, and reset controls.
Added separate controller look sensitivity and invert-Y settings.
Added hold and toggle options for aiming and crouching.
Added a Configure Controller button to open Steam's controller configuration.
Improved controller input recovery after reconnecting a controller.
Improved input prompt handling when switching between keyboard, mouse, and controller.
Fixed Escape not correctly closing the inventory after the input-system update.
Harvesting
Added a right-click loot menu for harvestable objects.
Harvest loot can now be viewed before choosing what to take.
Added individual item collection alongside the Take All option.
Added searching feedback while harvest loot is being retrieved.
Inventory & Item Persistence
Fixed player-added items being lost when combined with spawned loot stacks.
Fixed cases where failed or interrupted placement could leave items missing.
Fixed duplication involving anchored world objects.
Fixed inventory hotkeys acting on stale item selections.
Fixed item hover information remaining active after an inventory slot was removed.
Added safeguards against removing valid saved objects when only part of the server world is loaded.
Weapons & Attachments
Fixed weapon attachment persistence when moving weapons between the inventory and world.
Fixed attachment recovery through death backpacks.
Fixed death-backpack population stopping at empty inventory slots.
Improved server checks for container deposits involving attached items.
Removed repeated attachment tutorial hints when returning attachments to the inventory.
Fixed layout errors in the weapon attachment interface.
Vehicles & Placement
Improved physics handling when placing items in vehicle storage.
Fixed horizontal item placement on vehicle anchors.
Added safeguards against items being left attached to missing vehicle anchors.
Improved recovery when cancelling placement or repeatedly switching between placement and an equipped item.
World & Environment
Improved forced weather transitions when using long day lengths.
Weather ambience now follows the same transition timing as the weather visuals.
Fixed planter soil appearing in the wrong wet or dry state when loaded.
Improved the visual transition between wet and dry planter soil.
Month and weather changes made through the toolkit now save correctly.
Fixed AI spawning inside vehicle obstacles.
Updated the server navigation mesh.
Performance
Reduced recurring input-processing work and temporary memory allocations.
Improved nearby item selection performance.
Reduced unnecessary animation simulation on distant traders.
Removed unnecessary client checks for server-only interior scenes.
Reduced unnecessary mod asset checks and replacement scheduling.
Reduced dedicated-server overhead from loot containers, AI spawn points, harvest objects, and navigation links.
Removed unnecessary presentation assets and visual processing from dedicated servers.
Limited simultaneous streamed sector loads to avoid overloading world streaming.
Multiplayer & Stability
Fixed stale player sessions interfering with reconnecting to a server.
Improved authentication cleanup when players disconnect.
Fixed crafting-session cleanup when respawning.
Prevented container requests from being sent after disconnecting.
Fixed errors caused by attempting to play sounds after a client had disconnected.
Improved compatibility handling for older mod catalogues following the Unity upgrade.
UI & Notifications
Fixed repeated stuck notifications while using menus, vehicles, ladders, and other states where movement is intentionally blocked.
Improved stuck detection so opposing movement inputs do not incorrectly trigger the hint.
