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Rebuilt conveyor automation, Brewing Station effects, and Gearbert

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Starground v0.14.1 was released on August 20, 2025 as a stable release in the Early Access v0.14 update series.

Additions

  • Introduced sounds, particles, and vfx to the Brewing Station
  • Completely rebuilt all Conveyor, Splitter, movers, and underground belts in order to improve performance
  • Introduced the ability to rotate conveyors without consuming items
  • Introduced Gearbert (for the tutorial right now)
  • Introduced a tutorial for visiting Tyria
  • Introduced sounds to all UI elements
  • Introduced a volume slider for UI sounds
  • Introduced track Light Beams to the main menu
  • Introduced a menu to view previous tutorials
  • Introduced a button to the options menu to reset tutorials
  • Introduced weapon part previews to the toolbench

Changes

  • Enhanced the appearance of corner conveyors (now uses a shader)
  • Changed the game so items saved in the dungeon are cleared on load
  • Changed the game so the game version is always printed to console on launch
  • Changed the game so holding down the item grab button (F) will continue to grab items every 0.25 seconds (instead of only once)
  • Changed the game so replacing a conveyor will now no longer drop the item on it
  • Enhanced displaying and switching of keybinds with various bodies of text
  • Reworded various tutorial texts
  • Changed the game so cooldowns will always process regardless of movement limitations
  • Introduced more information to Steam error messages
  • Refreshed all translations
  • Changed the game so tutorials are now no longer linked to worlds, but instead are now global (linked to your userdata)
  • Changed the game so some inventories can no longer be sorted

Fixes

  • Corrected a problem where farm plots would show the mushroom for a frame when placing
  • Corrected a problem where hydrogen bombs didn't show up on multiplayer
  • Corrected a problem where tiles on Opis could be consumed multiple times on multiplayer
  • Corrected a problem where the blueprint selection would appear for everybody when someone on multiplayer activated it
  • Corrected a problem where building a blueprint ghost on multiplayer would remove items from everybody
  • Corrected a problem where the calorus monument had no description
  • Corrected a problem where the item pickup indicator was not translating item names
  • Corrected a problem where movers would grab items from buildings on load
  • Corrected a problem where bees with multiple items could sometimes fail to deposit them
  • Corrected a problem where tiles would not sync initially on Opis in multiplayer
  • Corrected a problem where Calorus can be hit while already dead, causing a crash and improper spawning of corpses
  • Corrected a problem where a dungeon could be instantly cleared as soon as it is generated
  • Corrected a problem where the game could crash while starting a new world with controller
  • Corrected issues with tutorial translations being the wrong language
  • Corrected a problem where food was not properly consumed on multiplayer clients (thanks DevNinYa!)
  • Probably fixed an issue where gas masks were not working properly on multiplayer
  • Corrected multiple incorrect translations
  • Corrected a problem where right clicking a stack and left clicking would duplicate items when transferring large stacks from Vault (Thanks DevNinYa!)
  • Corrected a problem where changing a recipe on a recipe building (Crafter, refiners, etc.) would break any connected movers (Thanks DevNinYa!)
  • Corrected a problem where you can put a special weapon component on a ranged weapon, and activate it with 0 cooldown (Thanks DevNinYa!)

Optimizations

  • Enhanced the performance of player object hovering
  • Enhanced the performance of bees
  • Enhanced the performance of Researcher
  • Enhanced the performance of all crafting buildings
  • Enhanced the performance of sound emitters
  • Enhanced loading times for very large factories with lots of conveyor belts

Official announcement

https://steamcommunity.com/games/2793380/announcements/detail/539988756861550682