Fail States Are Less Punishing
In high-stakes co-op shooters, few things sting more than spending 20 minutes on a mission only to wipe at the extraction point and leave with empty pockets. Keepsake Games is addressing this pain point directly. With Hotfix 13, failing or abandoning a mission now grants you 75% of your salvage rewards, in addition to your standard experience and credit rewards.
This is a massive shift for the game's economy. It encourages players to attempt riskier missions, knowing that a total party wipe won't completely invalidate the time spent grinding. It softens the blow of a bad run and keeps the progression loop moving forward even when you don't secure the win.
A Safety Net for Crashes
Perhaps more importantly, this reward logic now applies to technical failures. If your game crashes, you disconnect, or you're forced to quit unexpectedly, the game now issues partial rewards similar to the "abandon mission" rate.For a game relying on peer-to-peer connections and complex physics, stability issues can be a progression killer. This change effectively acts as insurance for your loot, ensuring that a desktop crash doesn't erase your session's effort.
Fixing the Desync
On the technical side, the developers identified and patched a critical low-level networking bug within Unity. This specific issue was responsible for a cascade of problems, including severe desync between crewmates, memory allocation errors, and hard crashes. If you've noticed your teammates warping around the ship or items not registering correctly, this patch should smooth out those interactions considerably.
Additionally, the update includes optimizations to reduce RAM usage and fixes a specific UI bug where mouse and keyboard players couldn't access the pause menu while using the Jump Seat or Toilet.
When is the update coming to Xbox?
While PC players on Steam can download v0.5.11.28 immediately, Xbox Series X|S players will need to wait a little longer. The patch is currently pending submission approval and will be deployed to consoles as soon as it clears the certification process.