Patch Notes/Archive

This page contains the patch notes archive for older patches of Dyson Sphere Program. For the most recent patches, see Patch Notes.

Early Access Patch Version: 0.6.17.6137 - April 2nd, 2021

A message from the developers

Hi Engineers,
CentreBrain can't dismiss the problems that occur on your way to power it, so we fixed them! The development of new content will be a long journey full of inspiration. We are also looking forward to the future of the Dyson Sphere Program universe just as you, dear engineers. Let's take a look at today's update:

Features

Added a confirmation option (double-check box) before dismantling the Storage/Tanks/Logistic Stations. You can turn the pop-up box on/off in the Setting.
Added a function where you can press and hold [SHIFT]+[DELETE] to delete the held items directly.

Changes

Power Statistics Panel UI: changed the colors of Discharging power and Charging power

Bug fixes

Fixed the bug where sometimes you may receive an empty Accumulator after removing a fully charged Accumulator
Fixed the bug where sometimes a solar sail was not generated after removing the Dyson sphere frame and Dyson shell
Fixed the bug where the heat value in the Thermal power station did not change after the heat value of fuel was changed

Early Access Patch Version: 0.6.17.6112 - April 1st, 2021

A message from the developers

Hi engineers,
With the coming of April, we are about to enter the rhythm of medium / large scale content development, and a new round of difficulties, and an intensive development schedule. It will take a lot of time, but we will forecast the content of the upcoming patch earlier to facilitate you to plan and prepare in advance. For example - the quick copy of the sorters is on its way. Let's see the update log today:

Features

Added system framework of item drop/pick up
Optimized the Assembler GPU Rendering cost by adding the LOD1 and LOD2 to rendering detail levels
Optimized the models of logistics drones and vessels and the rendering costs on GPU

Changes

You won't lose your items due to "Inventory is full" anymore. Instead, they will fall on the ground or float in the space!

Bug fixes

Fixed a bug where mecha walking may be interrupted when pressing S from the perspective of God in the Construction Mode
Fixed the bug where the customized celestial bodies' names may not be updated in the production statistics panel
Fixed a bug where a facility may be built in the wrong place because of failure in the calculating of building placement distance
Fixed the bug that it may report an error when the Logistics Station is dismantled

Early Access Patch Version: 0.6.17.5972 - March 19th, 2021

A message from the developers

Hi Engineers!
Spring is coming! Icarus can't feel warm or cold, but we human beings can still be cold at spring. The Chinese old saying ask people to keep warm so that everyone can be healthier in the summer. Have a try!
We also brought you some new features and fixes today. Let’s take a look!

Features

Now you can customize the names of celestial bodies. You can either rename them on thumbnail in the lower left corner, or on and the information panel on the right side of the planetary view / star map interface.
Added the celestial body operation interface in the star map. Now you can view the celestial bodies easier, and you can decide to turn on/off the space labels of the celestial bodies.
Added the heading indicator line of your target celestial body. You can open the heading indicator line after you find the target celestial body.

Changes

Optimized the logic of takeoff / landing / acceleration / deceleration of Logistics Vessel to make it faster and in line with scientific principles after upgrades.
Modified English translation of some item and technical descriptions.

Balance

Hydrogen fuel rod should have higher combustion efficiency. Increased the energy value of Hydrogen Fuel Rod: 40MJ - > 50MJ
Adjusted the energy consumption of Logistics Vessel: when the sailing speed is upgraded to more than 3000m/s, no additional energy consumption will be increased according to the maximum sailing speed

Bug fixes

Fixed the bug where the rocket could not catch up to the node around some large-mass black holes due to the Dyson spherical node's capture range is not large enough.
Fixed bugs where the game menu will pop up directly when pressing ESC in dismantle mode and upgrade mode.

Early Access Patch Version: 0.6.17.5932 - March 12th, 2021

A message from the developers

Hi Engineers!
Today is the tree planting day in China. Although we cut down a lot of trees in the game, please be eco-friendly in reality ;). We heard your voice of the quick copy of the Sorters, Blueprints, etc. Don't worry, they are on their way - as big fans of factory games, we understand your needs!

Features

The Mass Upgrade / Dismantle function is now available! You are now able to define the scope of batch upgrades/demolitions in the same way as laying foundations. Please notice the red mark in the screenshot above.
LOD1 and LOD2 are added to the rendering to optimize the GPU Rendering cost of the Smelter.

Changes

Remade the model, texture, and VFX of Thermal Power Station, and the interface position for Sorter is fine-tuned.
Remade the model, texture, and VFX of Mini Fusion Power Station, and the interface position for Sorter is fine-tuned.

Bugfix

Fixed the bug where the stored liquid may be mixed, when the liquid stored in the vertical direction with different kinds of liquid in each Storage Tank.

Early Access Patch Version: 0.6.17.5831 - March 5th, 2021

Related Game Announcement

Hi engineers,
We were just astonished to find that the power generation and power consumption of the facilities remained unchanged after a 'quick upgrade'. It is a bug and we are going to fix it soon.
We're sorry to inform that a decline in the electric power supply should be expected after the bug fix, and it may result in large-scale blackouts. Please understand that Centrebrain executes no half measures. So, Engineers! Please prepare your power supply plan and develop the power grid in advance to overcome the upcoming Centrebrain's firmware update.
We will also be adding a function for you to see how the savedata is adjusted after the game version is updated. Thank you for understand and support!
https://steamcommunity.com/games/1366540/announcements/detail/3064108587882671838

A message from the developers

Hi Engineers!
CentreBrain is ready for the bug fixes!

Bugfix

Fixed the bug where the facility power consumption was not upgraded after a 'quick upgrading'.
Fixed the bug where the facility animations were not upgraded after a 'quick upgrading'.
Added a function of 'Savedata Modification' log. You will be able to look up how your savedata was adjusted after the game updates. We added it In order to prevent the similar situation in the future and reduce some impact of facility data adjustment.

To rephrase the issue that was fixed here, if you used the 'quick upgrade' feature to upgrade an Assembler or Sorter prior to this patch, it did not properly adjust the power requirement to the newly upgraded version. This patch fixes that issue, and will therefor result in any Assembler or Sorter upgraded in that manner, to cost you more power. This could impact your powergrid loads.

Early Access Patch Version: 0.6.17.5827 - March 4th, 2021

A message from the developers

Hi Engineers!
Here comes our first update in March. And, an important functional update is also coming soon!

Features

From now on, the savedata will also save its creator's ID. The players will be able to see the savedata creator's ID in the right upper corner of the game.
Improved some UI interactive SFX.

Changes

Data reduction of Dyson shell. The length of archive data generated by Dyson shell is reduced by 50% ~ 60%, and the save/load time is reduced by 20% ~ 30%.
Data reduction of Sorters and Assemblers.
The research materials won't be returned immediately after the research list is suspended. This change is made to avoid the loss of items caused by the logic of "No item will be returned for fractions of a count".
The scene at the end of the prologue is improved.
Now you can storage/pick fluid items manually and check the information of fluid items.
Optimized the description of some items and technologies.

Bugfix

Fixed the bug where huge amounts of Mini-suns and Storages may make your planet flicker too much.
Fixed the bug where the first frame of the game is incorrect by modifing the loading process.
Fixed the bug where sometimes the mecha may fall into the land after skipping the prologue.
Fixed the bug in calculating the quantity of items when holding Ctrl to operate items in Fractionator.

Early Access Patch Version: 0.6.16.5780 - February 19th, 2021

A message from the developers

Happy new year to all the Dyson Sphere Program engineers!
The Chinese New Year holidays has gone, and the first update log for 2021 is already here! For the Roadmap, we are doing final sorting and adjusting, and it will be updated as soon as possible. Happy Dyson Sphere Program 2021!

Features

Add new soundFX for labs

Changes

Optimized UI of smelters/assemblers. The mecha inventory will no longer display if no recipe is selected. Reduce the soundFX volume of smelter and optimize its attenuation range.

Bugfix

Fix a thread safety issue in random planet generation algorithms. Fix a rendering glitch when building a massive number of labs. (more than 2,048)

Early Access Patch Version: 0.6.16.5775 - February 10th, 2021

A message from the developers

Hi engineers,
We know we said yesterday would be the last update, but... here we go again!!
We simply can't help it when we discover something to improve, we do it to bring you better gameplay experience. Many of your suggestions have been incorporated into our plan. We intend to work rigorously to optimize and make adjustments to them one after another until we are satisfied. Of course, it still takes a lot of time before we can launch new functions and content. Let's keep looking forward to it together!.
This is definitely the last update before the holidays!
Happy 2021!

Change

Removed the keybinding restriction for zoom in/out camera.
Removed the keybinding restriction for move forward and backward.
Optimized the operation experience of keybinding. Now you can cancel the key-binding response status by click left mouse button or click the blank space.
Now the mouse picking detection will ignore the sorter in construction mode.
Now it will automatically optimize the conflict when View Rotate button and Move to Target button are the same.

Bugfixes

Fixed the bug where the panel may open automatically when copying a facility in construct mode.
Fixed the bug where the Mecha panel may open at Ctrl + C (custom) operation.
Fixed the bug where the star map may open at Ctrl + V (custom) operation.

Early Access Patch Version: 0.6.16.5759 - February 9th, 2021

A message from the developers

Dear engineers,
Chinese New Year is just around the corner and we wish to extend our best wishes to all of you! Despite that, the journey towards the starry sea will continue, so don't forget to replenish and re-energize yourselves while awaiting our return!
As a going-on-holiday gift, we present to you our last update before Chinese New Year's eve! As promised a few days ago, Keybinding and Quick Upgrade functions are now launched in this patch. And guess what, we also brought you an extra present - the Chain Dismantle function!
We're taking a short break and will be out of the office for a few days to celebrate Chinese New Year before returning to bring you more anticipated and fancy game updates. After the holidays, we will begin work on delivering a multi-language patch. Stay tuned!
~Best wishes and Happy Chinese New Year~

Features

Quick Upgrade: You are able to upgrade the conveyor belt, sorter, and assembling machine by directly putting the new ones (cover/overlap/move) on the lower grade ones.
Chain Upgrade and Chain Dismantle: You are able to upgrade or dismantle a whole conveyor belt directly with this new function.
Keybinding: You are able to rebind hotkeys.
Add a hint message of pressing 'SHIFT' to accelerate while sailing.

Changes

We modified the planet generation to make it easier to start. From now on, there must be 6 iron and 6 copper beside Icarus's landing place.
We changed the saving process to relieve the memory pressure. The savedata will be written directly to the hard disk

Balance

Reduce the energy consumption of deceleration and steering in sail mode.

Bugfix

Fixed a bug where the lights of the energy exchangers flash for no reason.
Fixed a bug where the arrow on the energy exchanger panel might be reversed.

Early Access Patch Version: 0.6.15.5706 - February 3rd, 2021

Hi engineers,

We are bringing one of the promised short-term goals: 'Framework of logistics management system' to you in the update today!

All types of Logistics Station: Now you can decide a minimum distance for a Vessel to equip a Warper.
All types of Logistics Station: Now you can decide whether warpers must be equipped on Vessels before departure when the minimum distance above is reached.
All types of Logistics Station: Now you can set the transport distance for Drones and Vessels.
All types of Logistics Station: Now you can set the minimum load for Drones and Vessels.
All types of Logistics Station: Now you can choose whether the Vessels will pick up cargos from the Orbital Collector.
Some English item and technology descriptions have been reworked.
Now you can hear the working sound of Smelter.

Thank you for your continuing support! Looking forward to your feedback in Discord and Google Form! See you next time!

References

Steam: Dyson Sphere Program: Patch Notes: 0.6.15.5706

Early Access Patch Version: 0.6.15.5686 - February 1st, 2021

Hi engineers,

Have you “put on” new “clothes” for the Sun today? We’re excited to announce that Dyson Sphere Program has ranked first place in Steam’s weekly global Top Sellers! This achievement is made possible by you and we will keep moving on with your love and support!

IMPORTANT FIX: Autosaves will be automatically delayed until dynamic loading of planets and planetary systems is complete to prevent thread conflicts.
Icarus now glows with enhanced color and brightness at night.
The minimum UI layout reference height has been changed to 900.
Some English technology descriptions have been reworked.

Thank you for your continuing support! Looking forward to your feedback in Discord and Google Form! See you next time!

References

Early Access Patch Version: 0.6.15.5678

A message from the developers

Dear engineers,
Some of you encountered a problem while demolish conveyors or building after updating to version 0.6.15.5677. We have fixed the bug now, sorry for the troubles.

Bug Fix

Fix error message when deleting the 'ghost' of an incomplete structure.

Early Access Patch Version: 0.6.15.5677

A message from the Developers

Hi Engineers,
Nice weekend! Good rest for both you and us！

Features

Now you can hear the demolition of building.
Now you can hear the working sound of 6 kinds of facilities, such as Ray Receiver and Fractionator.

Changes

Optimized mouse picking operations.
You can find a brand new pick-up collision frame for Satellite Substation and Particle Collider. It's easier to distinguish the range of mouse picking now.

Bug fixes

Fixed the bug where the ambient volume did not change with the main volume.
Fixed the bug where sometimes the power UI may display incorrectly when the thermal power station was working under a low workload.
Fixed the bug where the color of the switch button for the storage tank was incorrect.
Modified the collision size of the Tesla tower to solve the problem where sometimes the conveyor belt was not able to connect to it.

Early Access Patch Version: 0.6.15.5666

A Message From The Developers

Dear Engineers,
How’s your galaxy factory going? It has been a week since the launching of Dyson Sphere Program. We’re so glad that Dyson Sphere Program can be liked by such a lot of players, and didn't expect it to reach 350,000 sold copies in one week! It's such a surprise that both encouraged us and pressure us. At the moment, the team is still busy in the game development and debugging to answer the support questions we have received from every single individual, and to make the game have less problems and more fun.
Your expectation on Dyson Sphere Program's potential was provided to us by the feedback and suggestions. Don't worry, most of the expectations are already in our roadmap. But Rome wasn't built in A day, neither the 'Combat', 'Assembly Space Platform' or 'Workshops'.
Today we are going to tell 'what we are going to done before Chinese New Year' (the holidays will begin at 11th February). Most of them are the burning problems from your feedback. Let's take a look:

What we are going to done before 11th February?

Quick Upgrade: You will be able to upgrade some of the buildings and conveyors by directly build (cover/overlap/displace) the higher grade facilities on the lower grade facilities, instead of demolish the lower grade one in advance.
Keybinding: It's a very important function for many of you, engineers. We will finish it before 11th February.
Framework of logistics management system: A basic management framework will be setup to the logistics system. Of course, it will be still 'basic' at February that may only bring 'basic' logistic solution for you, such as the farthest transportation distance and the quantity requirement of delivering goods. The logistic system will be fleshed with the progress of game development in the future.
A more detailed Game Development Roadmap will be published after Chinese New Year holidays. Tons of contents you are looking forward are included in it - such as "Combats", "Assembly Space Platform", "Workshops", etc.

At the end of the letter, from the bottom of our heart, thank you!!!

Feature

Smart Warp: From now on, your mecha will not miss or hit on the planet - It will decelerate and turn off the warp engine automatically as it approaches to a planet in warp. Thanks to the latest warp firmware!

Bug Fix

Fixed the bug where sometimes the vessels can't catch up with the planets with a fast revolution.
Fixed the bug where sometimes the rockets can't catch up with the Dyson Sphere with a fast rotation.
Fixed the bug where sometimes the mecha walked with the wrong VisualFX and SoundFX.
Fixed the accumulator UI layout so that the words don't overlap

Game Setting

Now you have more choices on Max FPS Options, such as 30fps, 144fps, etc.

Early Access Patch Version: 0.6.15.5655

A message from the Developers:
Hi engineers,
Thanks to all of your efforts, the amount of Dyson Sphere is increasing in the galaxy while the bugs are vanishing one after another. Your support are encouraging us to move forward. Thank you!

Improved

You will find that the UI is running more smoothly in manual research, technology tree and research queue than before. The UI efficiency has been optimized 0.5ms/frame.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug where the distance may not judged correctly while constructing a logistic station.

Early Access Patch Version: 0.6.15.5651

A message from the Developers

We wonder that if our dear engineers still stay up late after the CentreBrain have release the clock from real life yesterday. Engineers, remember to take care of yourselves, improve their immunity and eat good, rest good.

A Prompt: if you can't launch the game with a "not responding" error under Windows 10 system, we suggest to check Window Update to get the latest Windows 10 version. It is known that Windows 10 1709 version may not be able to run Unity engine games.

Feature

The advisor is bringing 2 new guidelines for you.
Add a readable XML file for game option saving. This file can solve the game crash caused by an error on initial game options while launch the game.
Add a path override file which can be used to solve the problem that some players are not able to launch the game due to the system disk directory.

(If you can't start the game, try the following steps: Find [Game installation path / config/ path.txt ], fill in 'archive' in [path.txt], save and exit it. and then start the game again.)

Changed

Some texture and map have been modified in order to adapt to certain resolutions

Balanced

The probability of Deuterium Fractionation has been increased from 0.5% to 1% (only apply to the new facilities build after this patch)
Increase the generating capacity of Dyson swarm from 30kW/Solar Sail to 36kW/Solar Sail

Early Access Patch Version: 0.6.15.5642

A message from the Developers

Hey Engineers!
How is everything going? A reminder before today's update note: It's ok for you to sneak off for a travel, but a long-distance travel without enough fuel and warp flight may not be a good idea. (The exhausted Icarus will float in the universe for a while to recover its power.) Anyway, out team will look into the early stage travel and see what we can do for it.

User Interface

Now the local time in real life is displayed in Dyson Sphere Program - Don't be confused by the 'CentreBrain'!

Function

Now you can switch on/off the glow on Icarus at night.

Bug Fixes

Now the '0 mineral' icon will no longer show in the map.
Fixed the bug where the number count of items collected may not be displayed correctly.

Early Access Patch Version: 0.6.15.5636

A message from the Developers

Hey Engineers!
It's already 3 days since Dyson Sphere Program launched into Early Access, and a brand new week is coming! Thank you for all of your support! and - don't forget to strike a proper balance between Dyson sphere engineering and get some rest!

New Feature

Icarus is growing for you! Now it can shine your way at night.

Changes

The Logistics Station is called Planetary Logistics Station now, in order not to mistaken it with the Interstellar Logistics Station.
The maximum range of the Foundation cursor is increased to 10x10.
Now the Storage Tank panel has a different color on its switch button when it is off.

Balance

The recipe of manufacturing a Planetary Logistics Station is modified - you can save some cost from it!
The recipe of manufacturing a EM-Rail Ejector is modified - you can save some cost from it!

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug where the game window may not display correctly under some resolutions on certain types of monitors.
Fixed a bug where the hotkey may remain active while renaming/inserting English text for buildings.
You may meet an error when you were planning a long-long conveyor under construction mode. Now the error won't come out again.
The logistics vessel can't be placed on orbit collectors now.
Now the item count will be shown correctly when you add items to the Energy Exchanger manually.

Early Access Patch Version: 0.6.15.5629

A message from the Developers

Hi Engineers!

How far have you been on the way toward Dyson sphere? We are also moving forward just like you, engineers! Let's take a look at the update today:

Changes

Descriptions of some technologies and items are improved.

Bug Fixes

You are now able to create a new Dyson swarm orbit after you delete an orbit from a full Dyson swarm orbit.
Fixed a bug where an error may occur if there's more than 4,096 pre-built points on conveyors - roller coaster time!!
Fixed a bug where the craft time may show as negative.
Fixed a bug where some texts may deviate at high graphic resolutions.
Fixed a bug where the 'veins restore' may not work near the buildings.
Modified some English text in Technology Tree.
You could still see Chinese characters in English version - now they are gone!

Quick Disclaimer regarding external trainers/hacks/modifiers/editors

These are not recommend. The game problems caused by trainer/hack/modifier is not included in the normal scope. Dyson Sphere Program is not responsible for fixing the problems caused by trainer/hack/modifiers.

Early Access Patch Version: 0.6.15.5618

A message from the Developers

Hello engineers,

Still we are working on replicating and fixing problems and issues. Feel free to submit a report via #bug-reports or Google Form

Thank you for your support to Dyson Sphere Program!

Bug Fixes

Fix a bug where the mouse pointer is sparkling/flashing/repeat appearing and disappearing on certain monitors.

Early Access Patch Version: 0.6.15.5610

Features

Added a "Research speed too slow" tip: You can use multiple Matrix Labs to research at the same time to improve research speed.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug that was causing framerate to degrade severely in some cases.
Fixed a bug that made it impossible to bury minerals.
Fixed several English translation errors in the Tech Tree.

Early Access Patch Version: 0.6.15.5602

A message from the Developers

Hello engineers,
Thank you very much for your support of Dyson Sphere Program. We have already heard a lot of suggestions for the game from our player community.
Dyson Sphere Program is a new born game that still needs to be improved!
The whole team is working hard to fix the problems to make it a better game, so please do be sure to let us know of any problems you find. (#bug-reports or Google Form)
Also, many of your suggestion have been contained in our plan, you won't wait too long before seeing the roadmap!
A new FAQ is on its way to answer some of your burning questions.
Thank you for your support!

Bug Fixes

Conveyor belts can connect the oil extractor correctly.
Technologies in technology tree can be shown correctly in 4K resolution.
Language of 'Control' tag was now fully switches after changing language in the game Setting.
UI size now fits 4K resolution.
A bug that sometimes caused an error when entering game Setting has been fixed.

Early Access Patch Version: 0.6.15.5594

Changes

Modified the animation of the space capsule landing.

Early Access Patch Version: 0.6.15.5566

Features

Added guidebook (G).
Added 12 new guidelines and its trigger.
Added 6 facility sound effects, 3 operating sound effects and several UI sound effects.
Added control key list in options panel.
Added resource multiplier settings at the start of the game.
Added ocean world planets visible only in new games after this build.
Added 8 vegetables to the oceanic jungle.

Changes

Modified the advisor stereo sound point.
Optimised the atmosphere of the jungle planet.
Modified the interface of the matrix lab. It will show the progress circle when research is stuck to avoid misunderstanding.
Added restrictions on sail of the space capsule in the prologue.
Modified the textures of the space capsule.
Changed the terrain textures of the oceanic jungle.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug that caused the advisor's voice volume to not change after changing volume settings.
Fixed the bug that the building information window pops up at wrong z-level.
Fixed a bug when applying the settings; the UI layout reference height settings could not be automatically calibrated with the resolution height.
Fixed a bug that the white line is misplaced in the key list.

Early Access Patch Version: 0.6.14.5420

Features

Added consume statistics of foundation.
Added camera sensitivity and movement settings.
Added display settings of building warning icon and research queue.
Added building view mode settings. It can be set to Third Person Mode or God Mode. The default is Third Person mode.
Added the UI loayout reference height settings.
Added advisor guidance system.
Added 58 new instant guides with Chinese and English text and voice.
Added a prologue scene.
Added model and textures of the space capsule.
Added the portrait of the advisor.

Beta Patch Version: 0.5.13.5261

Features

Added operation: Press [Q] when the mouse is hovering over veins to pick up the corresponding mining facility.

Changes

Reduced some details of Icarus.
Modified the icon of Stone Ore and Plasma Refining.

Beta Patch Version: 0.5.13.5248

Features

Added the appearance of the black hole and its accretion disk.

Changes

Optimized mouse picking operation on buildings and added 2 building's mouse picking collider.
Optimized the effect of energy exchanger.
Modified 6 mineral icons and several building icons.

Bug fixes

Fixed an item loss bug in Multi-layer Matrix Lab when adding a new lab on top or reset/paste another recipe.
Fixed a bug that caused buildings on your minimap to not disappear after demolition.

Beta Patch Version: 0.5.13.5213

Changes

Modify 24 item icons.

Bug fixes

Fixed a bug that prebuilds cannot be demolished.
Fixed a localization bug in Save Menu.
Fixed bug that causes the screen to switch into 4K resolution for the first game (Default height is automatically limited ≤ 1440) (Experimental)
Fixed a bug with angles of more than 90 degrees during the sorter port matching.
Fixed a bug where the fractionator panel did not close after pressing the ESC key.

Beta Patch Version: 0.5.13.5222

Bug fixes

Fixed an error in the options panel.
Fixed bugs in build mode that can cause the camera to move after the game loses focus.
Fixed a localization bug in Matrix Lab's UI.
Fixed an error that may occur in the Fuel Chamber UI.