Hotfix 44 — Heart of the Machine Steam update #604734

Fix to a loading bug in the prior update. There may be a few more things I still need to resolve, but I wanted to get this out very fast. Hotfix 44...

Steam App
Heart of the Machine (2001070)
Event type
patch note
Published
4 May 2026 - 16:55:38 UTC
Source
steam_community_announcements
Fix to a loading bug in the prior update. There may be a few more things I still need to resolve, but I wanted to get this out very fast. Hotfix 44 Changelog Bugfixes Let Me In!: Added a backstop for long "Final Calculations" that could get stuck in update 75. If that finalization runs for 10 seconds, then it will just proceed with the game and log a warning into the log, rather than blocking you permanently. This is the safety feature to keep anyone from getting softlocked on loading from one savegame to a different one, even if something goes wrong (and to provide information about what went wrong if it does happen).Don't Forget To Count: Fixed an issue where during the "Final Calculations" phase from update 75, where the buildings portion of it could legitimately refuse to start because of some internal cross-thread timing that it had negotiated, but then it wouldn't actually start af...

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