# Oxygen Not Included [Game Hotfix] - 652372

- Product: Oxygen Not Included (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/oxygen-not-included)
- Vendor: Klei Entertainment
- Date: 2025-02-03
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/457140/view/524207770906395376
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/oxygen-not-included/releases/2025-02-03-game-hotfix-652372

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- **changed** — Bionic Duplicants whose oxygen tanks are low during scheduled downtime will refill in cells whose values are at least above the Breathable threshold
- **changed** — Critical/involuntary tank refilling now only starts when the oxygen tank is completely empty
- **changed** — Bionic Duplicants now play the Gasping for air animation after refilling their oxygen tanks from empty
- **changed** — Reduced the frequency with which Bionic Duplicants will reconsider their options when selecting the best cell to refill from
- **changed** — Bionic Duplicant suffocation breath recovery behaviors further aligned with Standard Duplicants
- **changed** — Bionic Duplicants will avoid stacking on top of each other when selecting where to refill their oxygen tanks
- **fixed** — Fixed alert indicator not clearing on the building category if The Frosty Planet Pack or The Bionic Booster Pack are installed but not enabled in the current save
- **fixed** — Fixed crash that could happen when a Duplicant digs solid Tallow tiles painted in with sandbox tools
- **fixed** — Fixed a bug causing the game to freeze when entering the Temporal Tear or self-destructing a rocket with a significant amount of single-unit objects on board
- **fixed** — Fixed issue preventing the Plant Pulverizer from dropping the dirt byproduct of Phyto Oil production
- **fixed** — Fixed crash that can occur when Flydo empties Interplanetary Payloads

**Changes**

- **Bionic Booster Pack**

- Improvements to Bionic Duplicant oxygen tank refilling behaviors
- Bionic Duplicants whose oxygen tanks are low during scheduled downtime will refill in cells whose values are at least above the "Breathable" threshold (see Oxygen overlay).
- Critical/involuntary tank refilling now only starts when the oxygen tank is completely empty.
- Bionic Duplicants now play the “Gasping for air” animation after refilling their oxygen tanks from empty.
- Reduced the frequency with which Bionic Duplicants will reconsider their options when selecting the best cell to refill from.
- Further aligned Bionic Duplicant suffocation breath recovery behaviors with Standard Duplicants for a better “near death” experience.
- Bionic Duplicants will avoid (though still consider) stacking on top of each other when selecting where to refill their oxygen tanks.

**Fixes**

- **All versions**

- Fixed <!> not clearing on the building category if The Frosty Planet Pack or The Bionic Booster Pack are installed but not enabled in the current save.
- Fixed crash that could happen when a Duplicant digs solid Tallow tiles painted in with sandbox tools.

- **Spaced Out! only**

- Fixed a bug causing the game to freeze when entering the Temporal Tear or self-destructing a rocket with a significant amount of single-unit objects on board.

- **Bionic Booster Pack**

- Fixed issue preventing the Plant Pulverizer from dropping the dirt byproduct of Phyto Oil production.Fixed crash that can occur when Flydo empties Interplanetary Payloads.