hotfix · December 13, 2023

Ostranauts Hotfix 0.13.0.4 Fixes Missing Ships and Save Corruption

Ostranauts version 0.13.0.4 fixes a bug that caused save corruption and missing stations or docked ships during transit. The hotfix works by abandoning objectives tied to unloaded objects rather than crashing the save process.

Blue Bottle Games released a hotfix for Ostranauts, addressing a bug in version 0.13.0.4 that caused players to lose access to OKLG and docked ships after using transit. The update prevents data loss by abandoning broken objectives.

Transit and Save Corruption Fixes

The hotfix addresses an error that occurred when objectives pointed to targets on maps being unloaded from memory. Previously, this failure halted the save process before the previous map finished writing, which corrupted save data and made locations like OKLG inaccessible. The game now abandons the affected objective to prevent data loss.

Compatibility and Limitations

Saves from version 0.13.0.0 and later work with this update. While this patch prevents further corruption, Blue Bottle Games notes that existing damage in older saves may persist depending on the root cause.

Why this patch matters

This hotfix stops a data loss bug during transit, securing saves against missing map errors while developers work on a permanent solution for objective tracking.