SAND: Raiders of Sophie heads into maintenance ahead of Update #2

SAND: Raiders of Sophie has entered server maintenance ahead of Update #2. The studio said the window should last 30 to 45 minutes, after which the patch will go live and players will need to download it before heading back in.

The new build focuses on movement and traversal, with fixes for the character controller, parkour, hit registration, expedition flow, and a broad balance pass that touches cannons, shotguns, ammo, loot, and sell prices.

Patch Notes

General Fixes:

• Another round of improvements to the character controller. Including but not limited to:
  • Fixed issue with getting stuck on difficult terrain
  • Fixed several issues with parkour
  • Fixed different issues with movement
  • Fixed issue with flickering names on the landing cutscene
  • Improvements to the hit registration
• Improved occlusion for the compartments on the trampler
  • There are still some cases where compartments might occlude, and we’ll fix them in the upcoming updates
• Grenade pin no longer gets pulled automatically in Outlaw controls
• Improved upiors’ behavior
  • Now has collision with player
  • Their movement is now less twitchy
  • The overall behavior is more responsive and more natural
  • Upiors can now use cannons (except shotguns)
  • They will leave the cannon when the player gets close to them
• Added a gas giant next to the Sophie
• Improved design for some of the pop-ups
• Fixed issue for some of the crew compartments where character would respawn outside of the compartment
• Fixed exploits where items could be duplicated:
  • When put into the fridge in the captain’s compartments
  • When picked during the trampler extraction
• Fixed the issue when some doors may be restored improperly after fixing the Compartment with a Repair kit
• Fixed the issue where, visually, the door is displayed as broken after being fixed with a repair kit
• Fixed the issue where the expedition will end for the player even though their teammates are still alive. This would also cause issues with receiving the loot after the expedition
• Fixed the issue where players could get into the compartments by sliding on the entrance group ladder
• Fixed the issues where Toggle and Combine Sprint settings didn’t work as intended
• Fixed the issue where matchmaking preferences were not saved between Expeditions
• Fixed the issue where incorrect crew sizes were shown during loading

Possible Fix:

• We have implemented a potential fix for groups appearing in solo Storm Dive. We will need player confirmation to confirm that this has been resolved, but the issue is no longer present in our internal tests.
  • If this issue has not been resolved, please let us know so that we can continue to investigate.

Balance changes:

• Increased Recoil for 80mm Cannons
• Increased T3 80mm cannon reload time from 2.5 to 3 sec
• Base and low recoil 40mm ammo now have slightly better range (150m/s -> 200m/s and 100m/s -> 150m/s)
• Added 20% more projectiles for regular 70mm Ammo (42 -> 52)
• Decreased siege damage of regular 70mm Ammo by 20% (30 per pellet -> 25 per pellet)
• Added 5 more meters before the damage starts decaying for regular 70mm Ammo (35m -> 40m)
• Decreased fire rate of Triple Barrel shotgun by 30%
• Projectile amplifier radius decreased from 15m to 5m
• Manually loading turret from the container now transfers shells from the container into the turret’s inventory instead of actually loading it (thank you for the tip Peanut) This is now called “Transfer Content” instead of “Load Turret” to avoid confusion
• Loot containers will spawn slightly less pneumatic parts
• Increased Canned Sea Deer XL sell price from 100 to 500
• Decreased MedKit sell price from 50 to 20
• Increased Sell price of Small Valuables and Valuables by 1 crown (3 -> 4, 6 -> 7)
• Ironclad Crate slot changes (12M -> 1L and 11M)
• High-tier resources orbital stack size increase (50 -> 75)

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Source: Steam