Excavator Gamepad, Dirt Chunks and Prompt Fixes - Sep 17 — Digger Sandbox Playtest Steam update #7846158

Excavator - Gamepad support fixed: with the left shoulder held, the boom and second arm now move on the sticks. Bucket curl and body rotation were...

Steam App
Digger Sandbox Playtest (4966540)
Event type
patch note
Published
17 September 2026 - 04:15:36 UTC
Source
steam_community_announcements
Excavator - Gamepad support fixed: with the left shoulder held, the boom and second arm now move on the sticks. Bucket curl and body rotation were already working; the arms were not. Hold left shoulder to dig, release it to drive and look around. - The on-screen prompts now show the real keys for bucket curl (Q and E) and for leaving the excavator. They used to read "Any". Dirt chunks - Dirt chunks landing on the terrain now dig into it reliably. Only glancing, tumbling hits were registering before; a chunk that landed flat did nothing. - The hole a chunk makes now appears where it landed. When a chunk had been thrown or dumped by another player's machine, the hole could appear back where the chunk was first picked up. Skidsteer - Reversing over terrain with the bucket down no longer spawns dirt chunks inside the bucket. Digging while reversing still cuts the ground. - The arm and bucket...

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