Satisfactory Update 1.2 Adds Weather, Overhauls Vehicle Paths
The weather system and vehicle path overhaul are the two biggest functional additions to Satisfactory since its 1.0 release, giving players more environmental immersion and logistical control.
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Coffee Stain Studios released Satisfactory update 1.2, adding a fully enhanced weather system with wetness effects, wind, fog, and lightning. The update overhauls the vehicle path system with straight-line build mode and per-vehicle-type settings, upgrades to Unreal Engine 5.6.1, and adds dynamic gamepad swap and customizable controller key bindings.
The weather system, which has been in development since Update 6, now includes wetness effects on buildings and the pioneer's suit, plus wind, fog, variable rain density, and lightning. Rain is blocked by structures, creating distinct audio and visual differences between indoor and outdoor spaces. Players can adjust weather frequency and intensity in a new World Settings tab, choosing from six presets including Dry, Clear, Raining Cats and Dogs, and Extreme. Fog density can also be set independently in video options.
The vehicle path system has been rebuilt from the ground up. Players now place Vehicle Routes with the build gun and assign vehicles to them, with straight-line build mode and separate path settings per vehicle type. The UI shows available stations and routes when entering a vehicle, and path colors are customizable. Manual driving feel has also been improved. Existing automatic routes carry over automatically.
Under the hood, the game has migrated to Unreal Engine 5.6.1, which Coffee Stain says will bring overall performance improvements. Controller support, developed in cooperation with Fishlabs, now includes Dynamic Gamepad Swap for seamless switching between controller and keyboard/mouse, plus fully customizable controller key bindings accessible from the options menu when a controller is active.
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