Coffee Stain Studios has announced that Satisfactory's 1.1 update will exit the experimental branch on June 10, making the new content available to all players. The latest experimental patch (v1.1.0.5) brings numerous bug fixes, controller improvements, UI changes, and localization updates as the team prepares for the official release.
What's Coming in Satisfactory 1.1?
The experimental update addresses several critical issues, including a bug that allowed players to teleport items across long distances using Splitters/Mergers without building connecting belts. Other fixes target crashes related to shaders, chainsaws, and older save files, particularly after the Reversed Lift fixes.
Players experiencing the Personnel Elevator will find numerous improvements, including fixes for audio issues where sounds would play without power or linger after dismantling. The update also resolves multiplayer synchronization problems with elevator music and blueprint sharing between players.
Controller Enhancements and UI Improvements
Controller users receive significant attention in this update with fixes for navigation focus issues, camera axis inversion values, and text field interactions. New quality-of-life features include automatic switching to keyboard and mouse when a controller disconnects, a "Hold to Zipline" toggle option, and the ability to look up Space Elevator required items in the codex by pressing Left Thumbstick Click.
The update also reorganizes the Accessibility menu, improves option menu text, and adds button prompts for various functions like Copy Paste Settings on Extractors. These changes aim to create a more intuitive and consistent experience across input methods.
What Should Players Know Before Updating?
Coffee Stain Studios strongly advises backing up save files before trying the 1.1 Experimental update, as unexpected issues may arise. If the experimental version proves too unstable, players can always switch back to the stable version and restore their saves.
For those encountering major issues, the developers encourage reporting bugs on the QA Site, which they check daily. This feedback will be crucial as they prepare for the June 10 full release.
Audio and Localization Updates
The update tweaks ElevADA voice-over behavior to make it feel more integrated with the world, with audio now seeming to come from the speaker in the Personnel Elevator. Localization has also received attention with updated community translations, refreshed language completion rates, and fixes for various string table and localization issues.
As Satisfactory continues to evolve, these quality-of-life improvements and bug fixes demonstrate Coffee Stain Studios' commitment to polishing the factory-building experience ahead of the 1.1 update's full release.