patch · November 21, 2024
Ostranauts Patch 0.14.1.3 Overhauls HUD Menus and Camera Controls
Blue Bottle Games has released patch 0.14.1.3 for Ostranauts, addressing floating menu behaviors, tooltip boundaries, and adding middle-mouse camera panning. Saves from version 0.14.0.0 and newer remain compatible.
Blue Bottle Games released patch 0.14.1.3 for Ostranauts on Steam. This hotfix follows the Across the System update and targets interface quirks involving quick actions, tooltips, and keyboard shortcuts.
Interface and Menu Adjustments
Quick Action Buttons and tooltips stay open when you access your inventory. Both elements stop at screen boundaries instead of disappearing off-screen when their target moves out of view. Pinned locations for Quick Action Buttons remain locked until you manually change them. Unrecognized action types display legible text instead of dark buttons. Quick Action Buttons no longer pop up on paperdoll wounds, and dragging them avoids clicking through to pathfind to underlying tiles. Comms rumors for redacted ships fail to appear in the menu when selecting yourself.
Input and Camera Controls
The Esc key follows a strict priority order for closing interfaces. It exits the PDA, control panels, deselected items, inventory, the Esc menu, and zones UI sequentially, rather than closing multiple windows at once. Pressing Esc deselects the current object, which closes the Quick Action Button and MegaTooltip. Middle mouse button dragging pans the camera across the screen.
Why this patch matters
This update makes Ostranauts menus much more reliable to navigate by keeping tooltips onscreen and streamlining keyboard shortcuts.