Developer posts and news about this game.
I don't usually post updates on this forum because I thought that you would mostly be on the KS or Discord but I see some are not, so I'll post here too for everyone to keep up with development :) I said at the end of last month's update that by the end of the month, we should be
New / Changes Added some very simple reactor controls to the Engineering station on the Magellan's bridge. The Caravella Class is now completely flyable, and has functional NPC's on the bridge. Upgraded Unreal Engine to version 5.7.4. Started building the A Deck bathroom on the M
New / Changes You can now refuel the ship from the bridge! We don't have volumetric gas giants yet, so for now you simply need to be within 1.25-1.75 of a gas giant's radius to be in effective fuel scooping range. Ice giants are the best fuel sources, with effectiveness falling o
New / Changes The Bridge NPC's dialogue will now show in the chat box and in a speech bubble above their head. (Toggleable in the future) Added a little arrow under the speech bubble. Added the ability to spawn an NPC Captain. The captain will autonomously direct the ship to sear
New / Changes Added a bit more in the way of outgassing to stars. Tuned the Sun Flare so that it fades out entirely as you approach a star closely. The Long Range Holo-Display will now immediately update the display of Org ships when zooming in/out. Not Yet Implemented Significan
New / Changes Added a dev-only debug mode to the game for testing, which greatly speeds up FTL/Scans. The Autopilot will now actively avoid flying through planets and moons. The Autopilot will now exit FTL alongside planets, ensuring to keep them on the Port side. The Autopilot w
New / Changes Your ship will now report its number of fully scanned systems to the website. Changes made to your ship details via F3 will now sync with the website. Added the Description field to the F3 ship customisation menu. Updated the layout of the F3 ship customisation menu
New / Changes The ability to use gameplay effecting debug commands is now gated behind staff account authorisation. The Target and Actual speeds shown on the Helm now transition to showing LY/H above 8,766 C (1 LY/H). The reactor draw value now shows voltage on the Helm UI, but i
New / Changes Added a new "Breadcrumb Trail" to the holo display (GPS & Long Range), which will update every time FTL is disengaged. Added an "Account" section to the game settings. Built a new framework for connecting the game to the Starship Simulator online portal. The (ve
New / Changes Updated the "looking at nothing" Radial Menu to inherit your department colour instead of being grey. Updated the chairs so that the radial menu will always appear if you click them with E held, even if there is no NPC. Optimisations Reduced the instruction count of
New / Changes Significantly improved how moons are generated, enforcing Roche Limits and Hill Spheres. Added Roche Limit and Hill Radius data points to the holo display. Added a "System Overview" view mode to the Holo-Display on Medium Range mode. Created some generic planet-type
New / Changes Added 16 new generic NPC skills on the Sensors Station. Added the ability to ask the Sensors NPC to "Search For Tech Signature" Added the ability to ask the Sensors NPC to "Search For Earthlike Candidate" Added Command Tasks to the command console. Added "Objective
Fixed the FTL not working due to power loss.
New / Changes Added the ability to cancel Shipwide, Helm and Sensor orders on the Command Console. Hooked up the Command Console's Holo-Display buttons so that they operate the Holo-Display properly. Updated the Radial Menu so that it gets its colour from the thing you are lookin
New / Changes Added a new radial menu to replace the NPC and Holo-Display popup menus. Clicking the left mousebutton while looking at objects in the world will now trigger the most relevant default action for that object. Pressing F (Action Key) while looking at objects in the wo
A quick hotfix to fix bug 2514 - Clients joining a multiplayer game reset the ship position and break its FTL.
New / Changes Updated the probes so that they actually leave the ship and come back with some test cargo. Just press the launch button on the probe body. Improved the Icy Body planet rendering so that edges perpendicular to the star's light are properly shadowed. Updated the Holo
New / Changes Created v0.01 of the Probe system, which currently can only find pumpkins. Updated the Probe Facility with new exit/entry airlocks and a scattering of test probe models. Updated the player character so that it does not go to ragdoll when falling. It will do an impac
Stopped the blue FTL coil glow from injecting into Lumen, because it keeps lighting up the ship when it shouldn't. Fixed the YouTube player not sharing the URL properly in multiplayer. Optimised the skeletal meshes in the bridge chairs as much as I can. Created a new macro for "G
Fixed the Holo-Display pop-up UI not working properly for issuing shipwide commands. Fixed bug 2254 - Multiplayer - Holo-Display pop-up UI's not usable by clients Fixed bug 2418 - UI - Mission timer not there Fixed bug 2387 - Character Customisation - Can't change hair Fixed bug