Welcome to Beyond Contact Public Feature Suggestions and Bug Reporting
We are using this public feature upvoter and bug tracker to allow our community to help identify potential bugs and also have a voice in determining which features will make it into the game.
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Before you add an entry, please use the search function to see if your feature suggestion or bug already exists in the list.
When adding a Suggestion write [Feature] in your feature suggestion title.
When adding a bug write [Bug] in your bug report title.
Please use English and be polite.
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Bug reports marked as Needs More Info will be closed if there is no player response after 30 days.
Please Keep in mind that we will do our best to prioritize your additions based on their place in the list, but we also have to consider development time and resources when deciding how we schedule in new features and bug fixes.
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[Bug] Example bug report
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Description - a short explanation of the issue
How to Reproduce - steps taken in-game that cause the bug to occur
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[Feature] Language Suggestion - Korean
Hello. I'm one of the person who excited this game a lot.
Genre, trailer, game play, etc... everything is interesting for Korean people,
cuz they love Space, ...
Under consideration
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Stop all oxygen and stamina depletion while talking to a NPC.
Got very low oxygen and had to click through the story to survive and missed some lore because of it.
Not planned
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Placeable Container Bigger
The first chest you can place is 6 slots, I recommend it being 8 or 10 (even if its cost more to make) as making 10 chests just to storage stuff is a little annoying ...
Under consideration
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Approach items instead of swinging at air when attempting to pick up items out of range.
When you click items on the ground that are slightly out of your pick up range, you currently swing your weapon, locking yourself in an animation.
Ideally the ...
Under consideration
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Add less hardcore, and more casual Campaign AND Endless modes.
Oxygen, hunger rates drop ridiculously fast...PERMADEATH! I understand the challenge appeal to this for people that are hungry for punishment. However that niche of ...
Done
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Keybinding
Keybinding would be great.
Also: Holding middle mouse button to rotate the camera with mouse.
Done
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Add option to repair armor
Adding the option to repair armor would save time because you wouldn't have to keep collecting variety of materials for higher grade armor.
Under consideration
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Rechargable Powered Tools
Something i've noticed with the game is that tools tend to break quite often and you have to make new ones.
So it would be nice once you've gotten far enough into ...
Under consideration
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] More Playable Characters
(Jackson the male pilot)
Beyond Contact is a Co-op game which is good, starting with that idea, I do suggest to add Jackson, the male pilot seen into the intro of ...
Done
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Language Suggestion - Portuguese
Portuguese language please.
Under consideration
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Items rot, one at a time instead of a stack
Really annoying when you harvest a berry that gets added to a stack of 9 and all 10 rot a second later.
I know having items rot one at a time it harder, but would ...
Not planned
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Dedicated Server
Me and four mates love this game (All in the same city so no lag)
But having to match the playtime of the host is annoying. We got around this by 'faking' a host on ...
Under consideration
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Connection possible via LAN
Wife and I play a fair few coop games and some have absolutely terrible pings or unstable connections even though we're in the same room, would be great if it somehow ...
Under consideration
Feature Suggestion
[FEATURE] Point & click control scheme.
In a PC game using the mouse to control the movement or using the mouse to control the camera and WASD keys to move in that direction is a must, so we don't have to ...
Under consideration
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] MP - Shared Quest and Research, Decrease food and oxygen consumption
- Shared quest - Host and client use the same quest line and also share for entire team.
- Shared research - Host and client use the same research tree and data ...
Done
Feature Suggestion
[FEATURE] cryogenic chamber that protects you in base
other games have a way for you to preserve your body while in multiplayer.
a chamber that stops your health, hunger & oxygen from depleting while you stand up and ...
Under consideration
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Color-Code/Naming Containers
The ability to name containers or color-code them so people can easily differenciate between containers, so they don't have to waste time looking into various built ...
Under consideration
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Rotate camera by mouse button
Press right mouse button or middle mouse to rotate camera
Done
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Save option without leaving game (Singleplayer)
Would like to save the game without leaving to the main menu everytime.
Under consideration
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Make all achievements soloable
Let me unlock all the achievements in single player.
Adjust this to be able to unlock in solo and co op 🙏
Not everybody have people to play with
Not planned
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Automation - Ability to pull up component from nearby container for crafting
As title say, I think the ability to automatically pull up components from nearby containers when crafting could be a good addition, because it's quite cumbersome for ...
Not planned
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Camera Angle
Would it be possible to offer a bit more camera angle when nearing 'over shoulder' view and when zooming out? For a beginner the game is a bit overwhelming and the ...
Not planned
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Deconstruct return's completed structure
Instead of only getting parts of a structure the whole thing is returned to our inventory.
Done
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Adding some sort of techbike, to explore faster (in mid/lategame)
I know that there is teleportation already, but what if you add a technological motorbike or something like that? Obviously it will need fuel (electrical or not) and ...
Under consideration
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Add option for a 'large biomes' style map
An option, particularly for multiplayer, to have larger biomes and a larger map overall would increase the need for exploration to find specific resources and make ...
Under consideration
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Steam Deck Support
Hi,
Please add Steam Deck support for this game!
Thank you :)
Under consideration
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Civilization like research tree.
It would be nice, if player will be able to see all techs links, so you would know where you wanna invest your research points first. For know its kinda not obvious ...
Done
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Armory for upgrading ExoSuit & ExoHelm
Create an armory base object you can place down that allows you to drop in a set of armor or helm and combine effects, such as the AirSynth Mask or the Head Torch and ...
Under consideration
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Custom Waypoint
Add the possibility to add a waypoint ( anywhere you want on the map ) that doesn't dissapear when you get to that place. We could choose if we want to see the arrow ...
Planned
Feature Suggestion
[BUG] Items in slots turning invisible.
Initially had an item in my last slot (?) and then I thought I'd lost it, but turns out it was just invisible. I could swap another item into that same slot and it ...
Done
Bug
[Feature] Previous Backpack needed to make next tier
Was thinking of having the previous tier backpack needed as one of the crafting components to make the newer version, that way your old one's not just laying around.
Done
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Mid Tier container
A mid tier container that could hold 9 item's would be a nice in between the Locker and the Vault. Seeing as the Vault require's a Research Module 3 and the most ...
Under consideration
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Have prefered slots for tools/equipment in inventory
I like keeping my tools in my backpack slots, so they're separate and I know where they are. It's a little annoying when mining at night I have to keep moving my ...
Under consideration
Feature Suggestion
[FEATURE] Add Option to Make daylight last longer please :)
"I'm thinking, if it's popular enough, that it could be default set to "normal" and then you can do like "x0.75" or "x0.5" day/nigh cycle."~Shievo(STEAM GAME DEV)
Under consideration
Feature Suggestion
[Bug] Some Obelisks are not working
When clicking some obelisks nothing happens and still says "not activated"
[Feature] Adding a Codex of plants / animals / minerals, etc
Many games include a codex or dictionary that gets filled out the more you play. Beyond Contact would benefit really well from this.
The codex would list plants, ...
Under consideration
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Freezing an NPC in place during a dialogue
**11. When talking to an NPC, he can run away or he can be moved and this stops the dialogue!**
*Comment: Limit the movement of creatures that the character ...
Under consideration
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] A more intuitive research menu/layout
I would be nice to have the research progression in a tree or table (something different to the crafting and objectives menu), it might be part of the learning curve ...
Done
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Hovering mouse 'wooom' sound
Would it be possible to create a way to disable it? It gets a lot annoying after a while and while streaming it also raises an eyebrow on viewers.
Done
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Indicators for NPC's when you have to talk to them for Story
Right now a lot of people are confused for when a NPC is done talking to you or when you have to talk with them.
A indicator system like:
Small blue arrow for ...
Planned
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Foundations
Foundations not only make your base look better but also make it easier to place structures over it and snap/align them to other surrounding structures just like in ...
Done
Feature Suggestion
[Bug] Cannot progress story as left pillar is not spawning
Description - Once we found 4 components of the world forge, the Forge heart stops detecting. We tried starting a new game, and ran into the same issue. Both times we ...
Done
Bug
[Feature] Linux support for Beyond Contact
Beyond Contact deserves to have a Linux port.
Under consideration
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Base Groundwork and Minor Landscape Shaping
Despite having proper base building, Beyond Contact lacks groundwork for it. These things will make it complete:
- Ability to build concrete/metal slabs as ...
Under consideration
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] domestication
Taming and raising wildlife. For food, combat and cog pack beasts. To travel around and hold stuff for you. Feeding and healing them.
Planned
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Add options to break down void weapons
The number of void weapons you get from defeating the corrupted Brachylons creates a significant pile of unusable resources. You're not likely to ever burn through ...
Done
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Advanced Oven & Temporary Food Buffs
Add an advanced oven that has multiple slots for ingredients and allows for the creation of new food and/or drinks that apply temporary buffs.
Under consideration
Feature Suggestion
[Bug] Dailies Not Claimable
I have a couple dailies that are not being claimed, unable to be interacted with, or giving the credits after being completed. I have exited my save, exited the game, ...
With Developer
Bug