From Space (Switch): all the updates

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On this page, you will find all there is to know about the various updates for From Space on Nintendo Switch (originally released in November 2022 in North America and Europe, and December 2022 in Japan)!

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From Space – Ver. ???

Release date: February 6th 2024 (North America, Europe, Japan)
Patch notes:

Horde Mode

2 DLCs – Molten Iron & Concrete Jungle.

Story mode DLC – Operation: Clear Skies.

New skins for Story Mode

Network improvements.

Gameplay and UX improvements.

Single-player sessions can be paused by opening the game menu.

Cutscenes are skippable.

Changes in save system and Multiplayer.

Chat Wheel + Voice overs during gameplay.

Horde Mode

6 Free Horde Mode maps with unique traps and hazards in 3 different themes

28 Unlockable characters with different capabilities and 30 additional skins

24 weapons, 33 items and 32 perks, all unlockable using tokens and energy

12 different types of medals to earn while playing missions

12 different challenges to complete for earning medals

26 unique player ranks

New music tracks to match the high-energy horde mode missions

2 DLC packs, each with 2 unique maps, as well as a unique character, weapon, item and perk

Molten Iron

2 Maps – Steelworks and Crucible

Character with 4 variants

Weapon – Plasma Shotgun

Item – Beartrap

Item – Napalm Mine

Perk – Protective Clothing (Protect against different damage types: Fire, Electric, Toxic)

Concrete Jungle

2 Maps – Rooftop and Hospital

Character with 4 variants

Weapon – Healing Gun

Item – Decoy Soldier (Placeable attracts aliens)

Item – Cryo Cannister (Placeable freeze trap)

Perk – Resurrection Perk (Revives player instantly)

Clear Skies DLC

Embark on a journey to three beautiful environments overrun by aliens

Fight for survival with crashed alien vessels to explore and unique challenges to overcome

Immerse yourself in a heart-pounding, all-new soundtrack that’ll have you grooving as you obliterate wave after wave of extraterrestrial foes!

Interact with a multitude of characters, each with their own secrets waiting to be unraveled!

New exciting storyline to uncover

Harness the power of two brand-new specialists: The cunning Scavenger and the Xeno Expert, both armed to the teeth with specialist weapons and game-changing perks!

Patch 5

Improvements

Revamped the way the game saves progress: Save data will now be split into two separate sections, Progression save data and World save data. The Progression save datacontains your character’s level, inventory (such as items and perks) and your weapons. You will now be able to choose which character to bring into a session, whether you are playing solo, or if you’re joining a friend in multiplayer. It also means that your character’s progress won’t be lost anymore if you’re joining a friend in multiplayer.

The World save data contains your mission progress and your character’s location in the game world. Whenever you join a friend in multiplayer, a version of their save data will be stored locally on your system as well.

This way, you can always choose to continue playing, even if your friend isn’t online. Keep in mind: This data is only created and updated when your squad saves use the radios in one of the Safe Zones.

Fixes

Fixed an issue where players at the maximum level with the maximum XP were unable to using crafting perks (e.g. Medkit Crafter)

Additional Heavy Keys have been added within the Central Station location to prevent players from becoming stuck behind doors that require these keys

Text is no longer cut off from the XP and Energy sections of the HUD when using lower resolutions with the ‘Large Text Size’ option enabled

Fixed an issue where players could become stuck behind the Specialist boxes within the Camp Reagan location

Patch 4

Improvements

Updated our multiplayer code/infrastructure to improve network quality and stability Note: This also lays down the foundations for our future plans on multiplayer matchmaking and more.

Added an accessibility option to increase the size of text

Improved visibility on the indicator showing other player locations in the HUD

Improved the Hopper alien animations

Fixes

Fixed an issue where some controllers may not be detected when multiple USB devices were connected

Fixed an issue where items unlocked by levelling up were inaccessible after changing Specialist

Fixed an issue where ‘Assassination’ tasks were not displayed correctly on the map

Fixed an issue where some loot boxes were clipping through the environment

Fixed an issue where players could become stuck in the environment within the kitchen location of the Metro Station

Fixed an issue where NPC characters could fall through a small section of the environment in the Research Lab

Fixed an issue where players could climb on top of a loot box within the City Center location

Patch 3

Improvements

A “Catch Up” feature has been added allowing lower level players joining a higher level player session to level at an accelerated rate

Polish localisation for Achievements has been added

Drop Pod health has increased when the squad consists of 3 or 4 players

Player character animations have been improved with more dynamic movements while navigating the environment

Alien animations have been improved

Replaced one of the bandage items for one of the Merchants in the Research Lab with Barbed Wire

Price for Level 1 Perks have been increased slightly

Increased the upgrade cost for Perfected Weapons

Rebalanced audio levels

Fixes

Weapons remain visible after upgrading them at the Workbench

Placeholder text is no longer displayed for the Captain Andrews NPC when playing in Traditional Chinese

The Skip Cutscene prompt no longer overlaps text in the Alien introduction videos

Resolved a minor animation error in the Gooper’s introductory video

Fixed an issue where multiple sound effects played simultaneously, and some SFX were skipped

Patch 2

Improvements

Autosave – Progression now autosaves when you are no longer in combat. If KIA, the player will respawn at their last manually saved Safe Zone. Mission, Level and Item progression will be retained.

Note: We have added a setting to toggle this off if you would like to play with the original save game design (manually saving at Safe Zones)

The Stash – Stashes have been added throughout the world where players can store their weapons, items, and perks outside of their inventory

Chat Wheel – A new Chat Wheel has been added so you can communicate with your squad in-game and give them a thumbs up! Press (Spacebar) to activate this

The Map can now be accessed by pressing (M)

When hovering over icons on the map, a description of that icon is displayed. Other player icons will show their name

Icons have been added for the Merchants, Workbenches and Specialist Lockers for easier identification

Fixes

Fixed an issue where crafted perks do not give the items at higher levels

Waypoints of an active mission no longer disappear when an inactive main mission task updates

Fixed an issue where reloading a level before using a Safe Zone one would reveal the entire map

The tutorial prompt for “Assassinating Aliens to Lower Influence” is no longer displayed during combat

Fixed an issue where an invisible wall blocked the player from navigating behind a building in the Suburbs near the entrance to the Metro Station

The Medkit Crafter perk now shows the correct energy cost

Fixed an issue where NPCs could get stuck on a certain ramp within the Metro Station

Patch 1

Improvements

Tutorial messages will now appear after combat when it is safe

A waypoint marker is available to guide players to the “Inner Crater”

Single-player sessions can be paused by opening the game menu

The crosshair can be customised with additional shapes and colours
(Note: The crosshair is tied to your operating systems cursor, this was a design decision to help reduce latency with the cursor movements in-game. If you alter your cursor size in Windows, your cursor in-game will also adjust to match it)

Cutscenes are skippable

Improvements to prevent players with restricted network conditions from being stuck on a loading screen while connecting to a session

Additional SFX added to the Energy Harvesters within the City Center, Research Lab, and Metro Station

Energy Harvester balancing adjustments (Ammo pickup cooldown reduced, ammo locations increased, Harvester healing cooldown increased)

Added Chinese social media QR links to main menu when localised to Simplified Chinese

The Film Grain effect level has been increased

Launch sequence music has been decreased

Invulnerability of revived players increased to 2.5 seconds

Health warning indicator threshold raised

Chromatic aberration value is no longer a fixed value, now adjusts to the post strength of the CA and post-processing resolution

Fixes

The game no longer crashes when changing display mode on a Steam Deck

The “Fauna” achievement now unlocks as intended

Fixed an issue where players could become stuck on the roof during a drop pod event in the City Center location

The Electrician’s Specialist Weapon now damages the “Buffer” enemy

Multiple Perks of the same type can no longer be equipped after upgrading at a workbench

Mission waypoint indicators for missions in locations A remain visible after travelling to location B

Fixed an issue where players could become stuck in the corner of a tent in one of the Suburbs Safe Zones

Fixed a bug where loading save data after completing the game caused the player to be stuck in the end-game area

The Electrician’s “Electric Wire” Perk Lvl 2 and 3 now display correctly

Fixed an issue where players could become stuck on the boxes near the Commander Wilson NPC within the Research Lab

“Threat Neutralised” and “Level Up” banners no longer overlap when the player meets both criteria at the same time

Fixed an issue where players could become stuck on the roof near the Safe Zone generator within the Suburbs

Fixed an issue where the Engineer Specialist receives too many shield bars in a level up

The Skip Cutscenes voting prompt no longer remains on screen when joining a multiplayer session if you already had a cutscene playing in your own session

Additional notes: none
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How to download updates for From Space for the Nintendo Switch?

To download the updates for From Space, you have three options:

let the console do its thing if you have automatic downloads activated, and didn’t completely turn it off

If not…

try to launch the game from the Home Menu while being connected to the internet. You should get a prompt when doing so: simply follow the instructions on screen;

select the game > press either + or – to go to the Options page > select Software update > select Via the Internet.

To check that you have the latest version installed, simply select the game on the Home Menu, and press – or + to go to the Options: the version number is displayed just below the game title.