Tweaks & updates:
All industries now present a little bit grabby arm once they use one thing from close by
Added extra cosmos identify components (they appeared a little bit repetitive)
The cosmic database can now be searched
The cosmos identify is now displayed once you’re totally zoomed out
Objects beamed into lithrogen at the moment are destroyed
Mines and extractors now harvest assets from close by as an alternative of solely from immediately under (that is in all probability what I had actually wished for again after I added them 5 years in the past, however it took me til now to get spherical to this)
Numpad 5 can now even be used to flip which aspect of an entity you are viewing (only a comfort I discovered myself wanting whereas testing out taking part in with the numpad)
Numpad + can now be used to dock and interface with tiles
Asteroid era has been utterly overhauled – there at the moment are distinct sorts, they give the impression of being much less certain to a sq. map, they usually can have lava on them too
Shopping for and promoting in outlets can now be carried out with numpad + and numpad –
Bugs mounted on this model:
Mounted not having the ability to maintain Ctrl to purchase or promote most in bars
Mounted entities with out atmospheres exhibiting as having them whereas rendered within the background of one other context
Mounted Ctrl+J attempting to beam down in Unity variations
Mounted left parenthesis not working in Unity variations
Mounted crater edges not rendering correctly on flat entities
Mounted a crash on firing vitality funnels at a destroyed entity
Mounted a crash on flagging a destroyed entity
Startron actually feels prefer it’s coming into maturity now with these adjustments to automation and asteroids. A few of these issues all the time felt a bit rushed (as a result of they have been) earlier than, however now I’ve obtained time and a fleshed out recreation, I can work on these extra quality-of-experience updates.
Nonetheless gearing up for the principle Steam launch sooner or later within the not too distant future; I am unable to decide to a set date but due to the previous 9-til-5, however the record of issues remaining earlier than I would be completely happy placing Startron on Steam correctly could be very brief now certainly. (Don’t fret, updates will proceed as ever as soon as this occurs; the Steam launch is only ceremonial.)
