Fixed Bugs
- stellar objects which go out of universe boundaries will send to current player location (before: center of universe)
- fixed graphic bug where player black hole lost the dark blue shimmer effect and went completely black
Added Features
- player black hole has now much smoother surface and shimmer effect
- 3 new unrealistic galaxy forms: Cube, Octahedron, Star
Universe Boundary
I saw for a few players that the center black hole grew faster than the player themself. It happened as they shoot stellar objects around them, which lead these objects to the border of the universe. Before, it was set that those objects will be send back to the center of the universe, where the center black hole is.
Now, at the moment where it exceeds the universe boundary, it will be send to the player position instead. This change reduces the growth of the center black hole, will increase the amount of roaming stellar objects and in the last state of the game helps the player to gather the remaining stellar objects, if the player stands still.
Player Black Hole
Furthermore, I saw that sometimes the player black hole went completely black and lost its dark blue shimmer effect. This bug is now fixed and in addition to that I increased the amount of polygons used for the player black hole to achieve a smoother surface and better looking shimmer effect.
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After:
New Galaxy Forms
Last but not the least, I added three new unrealistic galaxy forms. Open the images in a new tab to be able to zoom in, especially for the first star picture.
Cube
Octahedron
Star
Next Update and Volunteers
For the next update I will work on VR support. I think to see this universe in VR will be a great experience.
Regarding to this, if you call yourself a volunteer, you can write me in the comments if you have a VR headset and which one. This would help me to know which one I could ask to test the VR feature, as I don't have all VR headsets by my own. Thank you.
Nevertheless, have fun with this new update and delight yourself in void!