Greetings Pilots!
I would like to inform you about some recent changes post release. I heard a lot of feedback about your experience, and applied the much needed changes within the game.
Game Optimization - The new inventory system is now 50% faster
Item sorting is now snappier, and the inventory response is now 50% faster compared to the previous inventory version.
Game Optimization - Disabling Hints
As per player feedback, there is too much hand holding in the tutorial, primarily with pop up tips that gets annoying overtime. It also defeats the purpose of exploring and navigating the game by your own. As such, a feature to disable tips and hints has been added.
Game optimization - All localization rewritten
All localization text files were corrected and resubmitted.
Game rework -Inventory/building/crafting system reworked
I reworked, overhauled all inventory related systems, and used less calculations once players enter their inventories. Before this change, every item was recreated over and over again once players open their inventories which is no longer the case. Since each item contains 10 images, it almost took a full second for the system to calculate and show it on screen.
This initially was done to improve performance, however the new system no longer creates or deletes items. Every item now exists in your inventory and whenever you open it, it only checks and updates all items. Though, this update is still far from perfect and requires more work, it is now much better performance wise.
Bug Fix - User settings being overwritten by steam update
Data was temporarily stored in the XML database of the game folder, and every update rewrites this database. For some reason, the user settings was not correctly copied over to the user folder. Now, the data is stored correctly and player settings (including controls), will no longer be overwritten.
Bug Fix - Cursor stuck in main menu
The mouse cursor was not correctly unlocked when entering the main menu. This bug has been fixed.
Bug Fix - Mega-laser was not visible in the cockpit view
Previously, the mega-laser was not properly tested while players were in the cockpit view. I added a new item in the cockpit to check laser visibility.
That is all of the patch noted for now, but stay tuned! There is always more to come. Thank you again for your feedback and please feel free to continue sending it over!
Martin,
ANG People
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