The Heat and Fire update - aka Trial by Fire - is finally out!!!

Among many other things, this update contains - as many of you already know - full simulation of thermodynamics, including fire and melting when particles reach their burning and melting points. The new thermodynamics sub-system is fully coupled with the other physics sub-systems, meaning that heat and fire interact with pretty much everything else, from bombs and lights to water and air. Heat and temperature exchanges are governed by quite a few new parameters, and a thorough explanation of the new settings that may be used to control these parameters is now available on this page.

The full list of changes in this update is:

• Added heat and combustion physics sub-systems, and coupled them with most of the other sub-systems (bombs, springs, electrical, decay, etc.)

  • ...including new tools for playing with heat and fire!

• Improved repair tool

• Smoothened move tool

• Added more options for ocean and land rendering

• Improved behavior of tools when the game is paused

• Tidied up settings window

• Added a few new materials, including electrical heat generators

• Accelerated speed with which particles rot underwater

• Added automatic check for updates, which will display a notification when a new version is available for downloading

• Bug fixes:

  • Sometimes sea disappears when waves become too tall

  • Wavemaker sound does not pause when game is paused

• 64 new ships

• ...and a few more small improvements here and there

We sincerely hope you will enjoy this update as much as we enjoyed coding every single line of it!!!