Icarus Week 246 adds Metal Weapon Rack, teases Newton patch

Icarus's Week 246 update is out now (build 3.0.23.156115-rel-DangerousHorizons) with a new Tier 3 Metal Weapon Rack, a stack of fixes, and a first look at the free Newton patch coming alongside the next Elysium Great Hunt.

Crafted on the Machining Bench, the new rack uses aluminium pipe and screw construction. It improves on the Homestead-era Tier 2 Wooden Weapon Rack with higher durability and no flammability. The patch also corrects display positioning for several tools, including the Mining Laser, Jackhammer, Nailgun, Shovels, Launchers, and Shears.

Other highlights:

• Chocolate Cake can be deployed and collected/eaten normally again.
• The Dry Run mission drill's electricity state now updates correctly, fixing a potential stall after reconnecting.
• Grenades now stack to 10, preparing for upcoming launchers.
• The Server Browser shows the game version with cleaner list alignment.
• A big optimization pass on ambient and weather audio, including rain, hail, and biome ambience.
• Various client-side fixes for building cleanup and missing corpse inventories.

Last Friday's livestream was cut short by a studio-wide power outage. Breakers tripped, and when an electrician finally reset the external box, a spark ignited a wire fire below the server room's electrical box. The box was full of metal shavings (swarf), a common cause of electrical fires. The breaker cut power again, the wires cooled, and the electrician replaced the cabling. The studio's servers came back up without any perforce database corruption.

The next Great Hunt is coming to Elysium for owners of the Great Hunts Campaigns DLC, accompanied by the free Newton update for all players. Highlights teased:

• A new T4 multi-barrel launcher with more ammo capacity than the single-shot launcher.
• Radioactive creatures will have their own craftable vestiges and trophies.
• A new achievement set focused on the hunt, plus new equipment and events.

Newton is still in internal testing, with a closed external test underway.

The Slinker gets 8 new saddle options in next week's update.

The Dangerous Horizons expansion and Complete the Set bundle are available on Steam.