# Brick Rigs Patch #1

- Product: Brick Rigs (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/brick-rigs)
- Vendor: Fluppisoft GmbH
- Date: 2021-08-10
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/552100/view/2961665719731849359
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/brick-rigs/releases/2021-08-10-patch-1

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- **changed** — Simplify and make UI design more intuitive
- **added** — Add UI scaling slider
- **added** — Add color display names for the colorblind
- **added** — Add ability to spawn on vehicles from free cam
- **changed** — Make barrel length affect projectile velocity
- **changed** — Reduce glass refraction and refraction artefacts
- **changed** — Reduce projectile penetration
- **changed** — Make small scalable connections stronger
- **added** — Add ability to add tags to vehicles and search by tags
- **fixed** — Fix piston actuators not working when built extended
- **fixed** — Fix vehicle selection category not saved after closing the game
- **fixed** — Fix drag strip tire stacks being solid objects
- **fixed** — Fix movement speed and walking animations not synced in multiplayer
- **fixed** — Fix vehicle movement not synced after host drove
- **fixed** — Fix adding ammo to a vehicle not reloading its guns
- **fixed** — Fix exhaust and pump bricks not being controllable by input channels

The first patch after the new update has been released! I tried to address a lot of the initial feedback about the overall UI design as well as various bugs and issues that have been found.

The patch includes:

- Improvement: Simpler and more intuitive UI design
- Improvement: UI scaling slider
- Improvement: Color display names for the colorblind
- Improvement: Ability to spawn on vehicles from free cam
- Improvement: Barrel length affects projectile velocity
- Improvement: Reduced glass refraction and refraction artefacts
- Improvement: Reduced projectile penetration
- Improvement: Made small scalable connections stronger
- Feature: Ability to add tags to vehicles and to search by tags
- Fix: Piston actuators not working when built extended
- Fix: Vehicle selection category not saved after closing the game
- Fix: Drag strip tire stacks are solid objects
- Fix: Movement speed and walking animations not synced in multiplayer
- Fix: Vehicle movement not synced after host drove
- Fix: Adding ammo to a vehicle doesn't reload its guns
- Fix: Exhaust and pump bricks cannot be controlled by input channels
+ More small fixes and improvements