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Floating Sandbox
3 years ago

1.17.2 Is On Its Way!


Dear shipmates,

Long time, no post! We're updating you today with some good news - we're done with the 1.17.2 update and we plan to release it in a few days!

This update is mostly about new materials. Over the past few years we've realized that the simple "hull/no hull" dichotomy for materials made it difficult to create easily-floating ships, due to the heavy weight of hull materials. To address this shortcoming, we've re-structured all metals and woods into five variants, which include two new hull variants with smaller weight than the "normal" hull.

On top of this we've been adding a few new materials, including - but not limited to - sodium and transparent glass, bringing the total number of structural materials to almost 700!

Just for comparison, here's a screenshot of the old materials database:

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...and here's a screenshot of the new one:

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Many new variants, many new colors, and many new materials altogether.

That's all for today shipmates, stay tuned for the 1.17.2 announcement!

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