Patch Notes

^{Released April 29, 2024}

v0.2.0 – Combat, Fixes and Enhancements.

This patch introduces combat to the basic game along with a load of enhancements (based on Pre-Alpha testing suggestions) and bug fixes (for items found in the testing phases).

Combat

• Combat is prohibited in government space… you can’t even target people… but outside it’s a free for all!
• The in space HUD has been updated to include new combat related items, including:
  • Weapon slot views, with SNG (Single Shot) and CON (Continuous Fire)
  • Target Lock information (who you have locked) and whether you’re LOCKed as well.
  • PDT and SHLD buttons to activate PDTs (which try to shoot any incoming missiles or torpoedos) and SHLDs (which try to shield any incoming laser fire).
  • New Bar displays including SHLD (to show shielding available, when activated), HULL (to show hull integrity) and POWR (to show power output available).
• Weapons and Munitions
  • Weapons and Munitions can be bought on the market…
  • … Weapons must match the ship class they’re being fitted to AND be of the right size for the slot they will be fitted to (Small, Medium or Large slots)…
  • … check the ship hull for the ship you’re piloting to see what slots are available.
  • You will also find that some weapons have munition requirements too:
    • Missile and Torpedo launchers require missiles and torpoedos and feature target tracking technologies
    • Railguns need railgun munitions
    • Coilguns (PDTs) require coilgun munitions
    • Energy weapons require available power
  • Munitions come in specific sizes to fit the weapon they go into (limited to the weapon size, rather than the ship size).
  • TOP TIP: Make sure you load your ammunition into the weapon before departing … it’ll give you more space in your cargo to transport other goods. You can only load ammunition into a weapon that is already present in your ship cargo.
• Updated System Explorer
  • New “Target” icons can be found next to Sensor Contacts in the system explorer.
• Updated Tactical Map
  • Ships that you are hostile towards in a system, or are hostile to you, will be marked in red
  • You can also see missiles in system too (red denoting that they’re hostile missiles)
• Combat Logs
  • Basic Combat logs are shown top right of the screen (where docking/undocking/etc. notifications are shown…
  • … in depth logs are found in the combat logs, bottom left of the chat window.

Changes:

• Government Space:
  • Created 25% more government systems
  • Created new hubs that will move people away from the center and to provide trade outposts for new colonies.
• Ship Parts:
  • General Wear and Tear increased x10
  • Ensured the order of item properties is the same every time, wherever you look at a part.
  • Reduced maintenance costs (divided by 5).
  • Prevent accepting a coupling request if another move has started since the request was sent.
  • Disable hex command menu items and system explorer action buttons when any manoeuvre is in progress (including coupling).
  • Improved autopilot route finding for destination point when moving to and fixed stellar body or structure. Update algorithm finds a point on the same side of the object as the play approaches from it minimize travel times (effective from system explorer and space scape hex menu).
• Level:
  • Increased XP requirements post Level 10 per level.
• Market:
  • Can now cancel market sales
  • Added another resource sub drop down to filter between refined and unrefined resources.
  • Hulls are split into their own subjection now.
  • Weapons and Munitions have their own subsections to make searching easier.
  • Can now search/filter for specific blueprint types
• General UI:
  • Tool tips have been added to a large number of areas of the game interface…
  • … they can be disabled in the options.
• System Explorer:
  • Search now added to the system explorer, to make finding things in system easier.
• Jobs and Reputation System:
  • New reputation system added to the game, higher reputation at a station will increase the number of jobs available… likewise, lower reputation will reduce the number available
  • Cancelling jobs is now possible … but cancelling a job will mean that the reputation at the job provider will reduce.
• When undocking or arriving in a system…:
  • Automatically open the system explorer panel.
• Colony:
  • Refinery shows available resources in the colony at the top of the list
  • Colonies no longer available in government space
  • Research now enabled at Colonies
• Blueprints:
  • Manufacturing time now shown on blueprints – and is taken into account when manufacturing goods
  • Evolution of a blueprint (the number of times it has been improved) shown on blueprint details… and parts that have been manufactured
  • Blueprint copying enabled

Fixes:

• Ensured there are no duplicate station names anywhere
• Flatpack distances on the market now show correctly.
• Partial name searching works correctly now (across all market types).
• WSMS-SS Drive blueprint has been fixed.
• Fixed original time set up for a colony command center.
• Colony power available no longer takes into account reactors that are being constructed.
• Fixed cargo split, so it works at colonies correctly now.