Moon Sweepers 1.0.4 Patch

Update 1.0.4 brings major J.O.O.N.A.S. improvements, new suit gear, a better Moon map, much faster saving on big bases, automatic save backups and a long list of multiplayer and bug fixes.

NEW FEATURES

• New

  Night Vision Goggles: New $350 suit upgrade. Press N to cycle between helmet lamp → goggles → off. Nights look like daytime without shadows. Goggles are also visible on your astronaut.

• Changed

  Improved Moon Map: Right-click to set waypoints, focus or teleport. All robots now appear on the map with their current activity. Toggle each robot type on or off.

• New

  Teleport Panel: View and teleport between the stations you've discovered.

• New

  Suit HUD Icons: New indicators next to the dust gauge for lamp/goggles, jetpack boosts and gravity boots.

• New

  Helmet Lamp Upgrades: Moved to the supply wall.

• New

  Capsule Catcher: The glass now shows the collected dust, and capacity is increased to 100 kg.

J.O.O.N.A.S. IMPROVEMENTS

• Changed

  No More Dock Trips: J.O.O.N.A.S. cleans a sector and launches capsules to the nearest catcher from anywhere while moving on to the next sector.

• Changed

  2x Faster Cleaning: Cleans one hex at a time from the outside in until it's 100% done. Less circling and much less idle time.

• Changed

  Smarter Navigation: Finds its way around buildings and skips hexes it can't reach.

• Changed

  Always Working: Keeps cleaning even when no players are nearby.

• Changed

  Improved Bin Indicator: The gauge flashes red when full. Look at J.O.O.N.A.S. to see its information panel.

• Changed

  Sector Tracking: Shows which sector J.O.O.N.A.S. is currently cleaning.

SAVING & BACKUPS

• Much Faster Saving: Saving large, heavily cleaned bases now takes a fraction of a second instead of up to half a minute.

• Faster Quitting: Quitting the game or returning to the main menu no longer leaves you waiting on "Saving your progress...".

• Automatic Backups: Each save slot now keeps up to 5 full backups of your world, taken a minute into every session and then every 30 minutes. They are stored outside Steam Cloud, in: C:\Users[user-name]\AppData\LocalLow\DragDropGames\MoonSweepers\Backups

• Automatic Repair: If a save or part of it is ever damaged, the game restores it from your backups when the world loads and lets you know.

• Crash Recovery: After a crash, the game checks your save files on the next start and repairs any that were damaged.

MULTIPLAYER

• Ground Synchronization Reworked: Everyone now sees the same cleaned ground, including robot trails and manual cleaning. No more dust reappearing.

• Shared Belt Building: Any crewmate can place splitters and mergers on belts built by other players.

• Changed

  Improved Mergers: Mergers now alternate between their inputs.

BUG FIXES & PERFORMANCE

• Fixed

  Fixed all machines pausing with "Could not pack a capsule" even with power and materials available.

• Fixed

  Fixed players falling through the Moon, including after teleporting between stations.

• Fixed

  Fixed foundations not being placeable next to ramps.

• Fixed

  Fixed machines failing to build when snapped side by side.

• Fixed

  Fixed the map not showing full section payments, including the Region Bounty.

• Fixed

  Fixed duplicate chess pieces appearing at stations.

• Fixed

  Fixed overlapping key hints near vehicles.

• Fixed

  Fixed freezing when switching tools while many robots are working.

• Fixed

  Fixed capsules falling beneath foundations after removing belts.

• Fixed

  Fixed a J.O.O.N.A.S. error when re-planning the middle of a hex.

• Fixed

  Steam Deck / Linux: Fixed startup issues with older Proton versions.

• Fixed

  Windows / AMD: DirectX 11 is now the default to prevent AMD GPU crashes. To use DirectX 12, add -force-d3d12 to your Steam launch options.

Note: Saves made in 1.0.4 can't be opened in older versions of the game.

Found a bug? Please report it in our Discord so we can fix it quickly. Thanks for playing Moon Sweepers!