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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When adding a Suggestion write [Feature] in your feature suggestion title.
When adding a bug write [Bug] in your bug report title.
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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.
[Feature] Medical Structure
Would like to be able to build a medical structure inside shelter or habitat that would allow healing.
Under consideration
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Lock Items On Bar
It would be useful to be able to lock items on the inventory bar, preventing dragging or even replacement with different items. (An unlock with an 'are you sure' ...
Under consideration
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Conquest variant (possible pvp)
Now I am not one for pvp but I have a few friends who are. the conquest mode made me think of a possible minor pvp mode maybe corrupted as a player or just a who can ...
Under consideration
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Grenades
I mostly use mines as some form of grenade.
It would be cool to craft grenades as well, which hit on impact.
This could also be a molotov like, made of whatever ...
Under consideration
Feature Suggestion
[Features] Phychical Oasis Upgrades
Would be cool to see the Oasis psychically change as upgrades are bought at the merchant, rubble cleared, buildings fixed, some farms here or there etc, etc.
Under consideration
Feature Suggestion
[Bug] Sandstorm ignores the Own Build Basewalls
Description - The Sandstorm on the Surface ignores the Base that i Build. There is no Base Save Heaven
How to Reproduce - Build your base, enclose it and wait for ...
Under consideration
Feature Suggestion
[BUG] Mouse disappearance after switching monitors
Alt tabbing between one and the other, after coming back to the game, the mouse is gone.
Done
Bug
[Feature]The ability to turn on the construction grid at any time.
Sometimes you want to bypass the base, calculate whether it's all the same or calculate the amount of space for other buildings and every time you take with you what ...
Under consideration
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Configuring the map and changing the minimap
**8.Make it possible to make the map more transparent and smaller (not full screen)**
*Comment: The game is quite difficult to navigate, sometimes I just had to turn ...
Under consideration
Feature Suggestion
[Bug] Waste of spotlight energy in the daytime
**7. The spotlight spends energy even during the day when it is not working.**
Load on the network when the spotlight is turned off
Done
Bug
[Feature] The exit button from the safe \ buildings
.Add a setting- close safes/vaults when pressing ESC
Comment: I've been trying to close the vault with the ESC button all game, it seems to me I won't be the only one.
Done
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Ability to customize the main menu
Very interesting, the main menu is more demanding on the PC than the gameplay itself .
I would not like the PC to work just like that in a simple way on the main ...
Not planned
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Cheaper Medigel reqs
give how often we need these, 3 bioshrooms is too costly. especially considering ONE powers my base for a good length of time. overall balancing needs a good going ...
Under consideration
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Change Crystal Data received from Bloom Crystals.
Since Bloom Crystals are rarer than Ember Crystals I think it would be better if they didn't both give 3 Crystal Data from the Data Lab.
I suggest making Bloom ...
Under consideration
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] System Clock Displayed
This is something all games need, but very few have.
Full Screen you're denied access to seeing your system clock and unless you tab out you can very easily lose ...
Not planned
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Dynamic map for Trader quests
I started to notice certain parts of the maps having mines and things, would be great if these started showing up when you have complete the Text quests for the ...
Under consideration
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Add option to require standing on a transporter to transport elsewhere
Combined with larger maps and biomes, this could increase the survival/exploration element of Beyond Contact. Could be part of an overall map style for a more ...
Done
Feature Suggestion
[BUG] Menus in Start Screen and on Mission Following Screen moving from entry to entry without stop
Every time I start a Gamem, on the Start Screen, the Courser Jump from entry to entry.
If you press return in the Right Time you can choose the entry that you want. ...
Done
Bug
[Bug] Launch button/Quick start don't working
I buy the game on Steam. I load the game and I press the "Quick start" button, or I create a "New game" any dificulty, after this I choose a character, and I press ...
Under consideration
Bug
[Bug] In-game audio becomes slow and distorted
The audio in the main menu is good, this is also the case after a game has been started but while in-game, if the FPS goes down around 30-44 the audio begins to ...
Done
Bug
[Bug] Waypoint Not Disappearing
When you set waypoint ( tested on mobs and resources ) and that thing disappears, the waypoint stays and you can't interact with it in any way, so i basically have ...
Done
Bug
[Bug] Not Scanned Problem
After i scanned Shock Sprite ( if i remember correctly, i scanned it when it was catched with the net ) i have it already scanned ( when i hover on one of them, it ...
Done
Bug
[Feature] Storing artifacts should make the Forge Heart down prioritize the piece.
After finding a Forge Piece, it can be confusing that you have to have it in your inventory for the Forge Heart to point to the next piece.
I think it would be ...
Under consideration
Feature Suggestion
[Bug] Crash when using net to capture chitterling.
Games crashes regularly when using net to capture chitterling. I'm able to use the resume game function on main menu which places a short time before crash.
Done
Bug
[Bug] Cutscenes play at full volume
Description - I have all of the sound sliders around 50% or less. Cutscenes seemed to play at full volume and were quite jarring
Done
Bug
[BUG] Crafting menu frequently fails to show some of the craftable items.
Sometimes when I want to craft an item, a battery or an Airsynth, for example, the item does not appear in the craft menu. Save-and-exit followed by reload generally ...
Done
Bug
[Bug] Shopkeeper disappears on reload
In singleplayer campaign mode, the market shopkeeper, upon saving, quiting the game, reopening, and reloading, the shopkeeper becomes a normal worker and begins ...
Done
Bug
[Bug] close rift device
I have lost the device, I spoke to cence and I can create another one with 10 void crystal, but when I give it the option to obtain a device, nothing happens.
Done
Bug
[Bug] Insta Heal Heath
All damage I take I insta heal it back. I have no armor equipped. Like I'm just face tanking 4 mobs right now tabbed out with 0 armor and I'm insta healing it all ...
Done
Bug
[Feature] Research Tree Order
Wind turbine is too far down the tree. It's right before Geothermal power.
Under consideration
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Make Mini-Turret repairable and recyclable
Make Quinn's Mini-Turret repairable with Plasma Welder when deployed. Often the turret still has almost full ammunition after the battle, but already is heavily ...
Under consideration
Feature Suggestion
[Bug] Placable objects auto repair when picked up
Description -
I noticed on stream today that if you have something damaged. In my case a solar panel that is about to break and you pick it up and set it back down ...
Under consideration
Bug
[Bug] Wind Turbine is not affected by snowstorms/sandstorms
Wind Turbine is not affected by snowstorms and sandstorms when placed not in windy places.
When it is placed in wind places, it produces 14 energy and in sandstorm ...
Under consideration
Bug
[Bug] Crash in fire biome during certain circumstances.
I managed to recreate a crash in the biomes that contain lava. If your character is "on fire" and tries to mine etc the game will crash. I also had issues with the ...
Under consideration
Bug
[Feature] LT + dpad for quick slots
Could also be button pad or stick flicks. Or the ability to map these. Better controller support = better chances to be ported to consoles ;)
Under consideration
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Automated Turrets
Just a single recharging turret that shoots mobs in range. Its meant to allow players to build their base and not have to worry about respawning hostile mobs. ...
Done
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Get resources from buildings in a backpack , not on the ground
**5. Take half of the resources from the buildings by pressing Ctrl into your backpack and not on the ground.**
*Comment: When you press Ctrl, half of the divisible ...
Under consideration
Bug
[Bug] Nets
The nets barely work now. I have tried many times and gotten countless bullseyes and the skitterlings always infuriatingly run away. Please fix this now.
Done
Bug
[Bug] Closing Rift Quest Bug
If the players dies while trying to close the rift, the quest is "not completed" and u have to run back to your corps but the rift disappeared and there is no way to ...
Done
Bug
[Bug] Clawtooth won’t take the first aid kit
Anyone else have this problem? I made 3 first aid kits, i have the objective to gove one to Clawtooth, but when I talk to him he says, “What?” And then it gives me ...
Done
Bug
[Feature] Discord Rich Presence
Display days survived, the biome you're in, and potentially other information.
Planned
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Cancel or swap Research
I just realized on a second playthrough that there's no way to cancel research, even if it's just in the queue. Feels like a great QoL to me, I would like to switch ...
Under consideration
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Shovel sucks
I can not stress enough how frustrating it is that the power shovel, as well as the normal shovel take 3 digs.
I want 1 dig out of my power shovel.
The super is ...
Under consideration
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Void Seed spawning is too fast
Conquest, normal.
The time it takes for a new void seed to be fully created by the void peeps is too fast.
Double the time would still be sharp.
Right now you can ...
Under consideration
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Void Axe Devastator lame
The damage output of the special is lame, basically same as the base attack.
The attack itself is nearly impossible to land as it just freezes you forever in place. ...
Under consideration
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Destroyed Void Seed collision box just annoying
I don't see any use for the void seed collision box once it is destroyed except annoying me.
I want to pick up the items and not run around the stump or wait until ...
Under consideration
Feature Suggestion
[Feature] Researched unlocks, or any unlock should remain yellow dot unless clicked
I find it very difficult figuring out what I just researched.
It would be nice if new items would have a yellow dot like the category has, and have it until you ...
Under consideration
Feature Suggestion
[Bug]Building in the Frozen Peaks/other natural blizzard areas
First is that I have a heated habitat in the Frozen Peaks. My plants are still taking blizzard damage inside despite being sealed, heated, and oxygenated.
Second ...
Under consideration
Bug