SAND: Raiders of Sophie Update #7 Adds Pings and a Heap of Fixes

The patch adds a middle-mouse ping, addresses anti-cheat and turret problems, and documents several issues that remain.

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SAND: Raiders of Sophie Update #7 artwork showing a desert city street with the words Update #7 Out Now

SAND: Raiders of Sophie Update #7 is now live, giving players a much-requested way to communicate and fixing problems across Tramplers, turrets, crafting, terrain, and character behavior. Hologryph and tinyBuild Games detailed the changes in the Steam update post.

The biggest addition is an in-game ping system. Players can now use the middle mouse button to mark points during an expedition, which should make coordinating with a crew easier when voice chat is not an option.

Character death behavior has also been reworked. The patch improves where defeated characters appear and fixes a problem that could respawn someone outside their Trampler. Teams of four can now select Small Crews, while a new sound effect plays when someone interacts with a Trampler ownership device.

Turret handling receives several fixes as well. Packed turrets are now grabbed, incorrect auto-cannon firing speeds have been fixed, and players should no longer be able to mount the same turret at the same time. The update also fixes a problem that prevented turret ammunition from being loaded when a different ammo type was already stored inside.

Other changes cover island crafting, map positioning, terrain seams on Low and Medium settings, broken-compartment visibility, ladder interactions, Repair Kit effects, and the tutorial restarting after a game restart. Hologryph also fixed an anti-cheat false positive that could happen while respawning on a moving Trampler.

SAND: Raiders of Sophie Update #7 Patch Notes

Update #7 focuses on smoother expeditions and fewer frustrating edge cases. The new ping tool improves team communication, while the Trampler, turret, respawn, and anti-cheat fixes target problems that could disrupt a run or interfere with combat.

The developers also kept a list of known issues, including invite problems during the tutorial, visual clipping, inconsistent Upior damage feedback, shotgun damage at close range, and a possible ban triggered by jumping on an enemy character’s head.

Changelog

Added in-game ping system
- You can ping with the middle mouse button
Refactored the system for the character’s death
- Improved the position of the killed character
- Fixed an issue when the character would respawn outside of the trampler
Added SFX when someone is interacting with trampler ownership device
Fixed that teams of 4 players couldn’t choose “Small Crews”
Fixed exploit where auto-cannon would shoot faster than intended
Fixed anticheat false positive while respawning on the moving trampler
Fixed the issue that crafting on islands didn’t work correctly
Added pulse animation when zooming on the map, so that it would be easier to find your position
Now turrets will be grabbed after packing them
VFX improvements
Trampler will continue moving if there’s any player
Fixed the issue that the character could clip through terrain/obstacles when interacting with a ladder
Fixed the issue that damaged hatches would be displayed as unharmed
Fixed the issue that the kick option becomes unavailable when the captain presses Ready
Fixed the issue that marked items become unmarked after disconnecting and reentering the Loot Division screen
Fixed the issue that terrain can be occluded in some cases
Fixed the issue when on Low and Medium settings, “seams” can be seen on the terrain
Fixed the issue when Repair Kit VFX is displayed in the wrong position from 3rd POV
Fixed the issue when some parts of the environment can be seen through broken compartments
Fixed the respawn timer for objects that had a 30-minute timer
Fixed the issue that turret ammo from the Player’s Inventory cannot be loaded into the Turret if another type of Ammo is already placed in the Turret’s Inventory
Fixed the issue that multiple players could mount the same turret
Tutorial will no longer start again after restarting the game
Additional fixes on the backend

Known Issues

The character cannot enter the Expedition if the Invite has been accepted at the Tutorial pop-up background
Items may be displayed inside the character’s body in some cases
Large items may float around the character
Character may become invulnerable to melee damage while interacting with turrets or the steering wheel
Bullets can pass through the character on speed-boosted trampler
Upiors positioned may be different between client and server
- On the client, it looks like Upior doesn’t receive damage, but you might see their “shimmering/blink” body near them
Shotgun might not deal damage at close range distance
Ironclads can be triggered multiple times by reentering the trigger area
Item prompt in Storage has too many hotkey options
Blueprint can’t be deleted
Character can become occluded in some cases
Jumping and staying on the enemy character head can give you a ban
Character might get broken animations on turrets and steering wheel after using Orbital Strike on Smuggler control scheme
- Walkaround: get any tool or weapon in hands or respawn

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In an alternate 1910, scavenge the sands of Sophie in towering Tramplers. Build your highly customizable walking base. Squad up or go solo. Gather loot, weapons, precious artifacts. Clash with other players in a brutal procedurally generated desert forged by history and chaos.