Whether it’s making honest-to-god computer systems out of Minecraft redstone or developing elaborate rube-goldberg machines in Garry’s Mod, it appears unavoidable that any given sandbox game will ultimately add advanced mechanical methods. Well, now we are able to add Astroneer to that lineup with this week’s Automation replace, which helps you to sit again in your area lawnchair and let the game do all of the busywork for you.
Assuming, after all, you know the way to piece collectively a fully-automated mining, processing, and energy manufacturing setup.
Released at no cost this week, Astroneer’s Automation Update provides half a Factorio‘s price of turbines, printers and robotic arms to the cutesy area sim. Automatic extractors can now be positioned to carry out the tedious job of mining assets for you at an accelerated fee, all with out deforming the terrain. Mechanical arms can then pop these supplies into new useful resource canister, with an entire collection of buttons, repeaters and cabling obtainable to create ever-more-elaborate pipelines.
Astroneer is among the nicer space-bound survive ‘n’ craft ’em ups on the market, although it was just a little slight in stuff to do when it left early access last year. That’s slowly been alleviated with updates that added jetpacks and glowsticks. Automation ought to offer you extra purpose to stay round on its neon-tinted planets just a little longer, perfecting industrial layouts earlier than jetting off to the following world.
The replace additionally provides an Exo-Outfitters in-game retailer, shelved with new hats, masks, visors, and palettes to outfit your cute little spacefriend with. Full patch notes might be discovered over on the Astroneer subreddit, whereas Astroneer itself might be picked up on Steam or the Humble store.
