Hey Builders, 
The 8 Player Lobbies & Costumes Update v4.0 for Dumb Ways to Build released today on Steam, introducing a highly requested feature!

We’ve expanded the lobby size so you can now assemble a crew of up to 8 players, and put your friendships and construction skills to the test. Expect more chaos, sabotage and hilarious fails. Please do keep in mind that this feature is currently in Beta, so we are still continuing to optimize server performance, and you may encounter some other unexpected issues. Continue to report [playside.helpshift.com]any bugs you encounter to our team and we will get onto the job!

To get into the spirit of Halloween, we have introduced full-body costumes for players! Transform your bean-sona into an Alien, Skeleton or perhaps a character you may recognise from the Dumb Ways to Die song.

This free update also includes a spooky takeover of the lobby, extra accessories and plenty of bug fixes and quality of live improvements. Check out the full Update Notes below! Happy building!

Update v4.0

Steam

• Build ID: 26119457

Feature Updates

• Gather a crew and get to work in 8 Player Lobbies

  • Lobbies have expanded to be able to play with up to 8 players. 

  • Please note, that as this feature is in its beta phase, lobbies with a player count of 5 or more may experience some instability.  

• Brand new full-body Costumes and cosmetics

  • Costumes are a new cosmetic type that fully replaces your character's body. 

  • You can still equip additional cosmetics on top of these Costumes, but certain types will have a more limited set of customization options. 

  • To celebrate Halloween, every player will get a Skeleton Costume for free

  • To unlock additional Costumes, you will need to complete every certification for a Crisis Job to earn that level’s Costumes.

    • Complete the 5-Star Service certification in Hotel Hapless unlocks the Hapless Costume

    • Complete the Life’s a Beach certification in Beach Breach unlocks the Buff Bean Costume.

    • Complete the Sanitary Conditions certification in Drain Strain unlocks the Doomed Costume. 

    • Complete the Cloud Nine certification in Crane Climb unlocks the Alien Costume.

  • Customize your character further with new cosmetics: Witches Hat and Fangs. 

• A spooky Halloween takeover in the Lobby awaits!

  • Get into the spirit of the season with bats, coffins and spiderwebs.

  • An unsettling seance and fishing pier added to the pre-built structures in the Lobby. 

Quality of Life Improvements

• Building materials can now be pinned to movable platforms, such as Cranes. Once the Crane begins to move, all pinned items will be unpinned.

• Improvement in tools effect on Pirahnas, Sewer Slimes and Crabs. These creatures will now die in one hit when using a hammer or demolition charge.

• Increased the randomness of objects you can get from floating object piles in Hotel Hapless and Crane Climb

• Added extra building materials to various areas in Drain Strain.  

• Extended the wave collider in Beach Breach Master Builder to lower the chance of being stunned while hiding behind rocks.

• Improved the colliders on the broken boat in Beach Breach for better traversal.

• A new billboard has been added to the Lobby to celebrate one of our players. 

• Improved visual clarity of oil in Beach Breach. 

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where levels would not load if the host of the lobby was shooting other players.

• Fixed a bug where Bluetooth headset microphones were not detecting input correctly.

• Fixed an issue where the “Shark Bait” certification was triggering when players were thrown on solid ground above shark infested waters.

• Fixed an issue where a player affected by “Shonky’s Shrinky Drinky” would be off centre when picked up by another player

• Fixed an issue where attempting to “Suck” using the Blow-Vac while it is full caused controllers to continuously vibrate.

• Fixed an issue where player’s hands animations were snapping back into place incorrectly.

• Fixed an issue where dead player’s bodies could float in mid-air after being retrieved with a Plunger Gun.

• Fixed an issue where objects were not correctly being affected by the cars knockback in Hotel Hapless.

• Fixed an issue where schools of fish would appear above the water in Beach Breach.

• Fixed a desync issue when a player was thrown while under the effects of Alien Zero-G.

• Fixed an issue where pulling out the Nail Gun after picking up another player would cause visual desyncs.

• Fixed an issue where the player's mouths would continue to move after dying.

• Fixed an issue where players would become invisible after dying.

• Fixed an issue where the incorrect text was being displayed above some revive stations in Crane Climb.

• Fixed a bug where the throwing bar UI would disappear if another item was highlighted while the first item was being thrown

• Fixed a visual issue with the scrollbar in the customization menu.