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Patch Notes - v0.3.2/a05

Moin,

we have made a few changes.

Fixed bugs

  • Resource Views: Fixed issues with pipe’s resource specificity on special occasions.
  • Graphical Glitches: Corrected earth clouds appearing in front of the moon.
  • Turret Building Rotation
  • Fixed issue where deconstruction of stations parts could get stuck when there were modules inside.

Changes

  • Pioneer Model optimisations: Reduced disk storage usage, updated appearance.
  • You can now cancel research tasks.
  • Cost Dependency: Construction costs for pipe tracks and cables are now lengthdependent.
  • Increased max length for pipe, heat pipe and cable segments.
  • Cable connector can now support up to 5 cables at batteries and solar arrays.
  • Maintenance Module: Efficiency independent of station parts integrity, minimum of 20% efficiency when unpowered.
  • Prestige System:
    • Renamed Reputation to Prestige.
    • Removed Reputation Points.
    • Licensing now requires initial credits and a recurring license fee per item used, payable daily.
    • If the Prestige towards a company falls below the initial Prestige cost of a station part or module, it is not constructible as long as this is the case.

  • Marketplace Renamed to Market.
  • Resident Satisfaction: Moved from the bottom menu to the resident tooltip.
  • Navigation and Camera Handling:
  • Camera no longer moves automatically when selecting a station part, can be reenabled in settings.
  • Camera is always in orbit mode, switchable to free mode by holding the shift key.
  • Added 'H' and 'G' keys for home view.
  • You can’t use the overview it there is no running scanner.
  • Free mode is switched of when zooming out into overview.
  • Wages: Now paid on a daily basis.
  • Credit Balance: Interest accrues daily if balance falls below zero. Game lost when credits drop below -100k or all residents leave.
  • Processes: Water cleaning, Algae growing an Making Food from Algae now need less power.
  • Living quarter now shows if it is heating.
  • When building a station part or a module, the stored and reserved* resources are shown. (* by other construction tasks)

New features

  • Overhauled Tutorial: A completely revamped tutorial to enhance beginner experience, including six new scenarios in various locations for new challenges.
  • New Quest Menu: Featuring a streamlined task display.
  • New Station Parts:
    • Heat Decoupler
    • Various Braces: Medium Long Brace, Long Brace, L-Brace, T-Brace, X-Brace, TXBrace
    • L-Type Station Part

  • New mineable resource: Space Debris, mineable similarly to ore but found on drifting scrap,
    not asteroids.

Various

  • Warning in Settings: If not all keys are assigned.
  • Added company filter in Prestige Menu.
  • Changed station part selection shader.
  • Removed top menu quest button.
  • Saving/Loading optimisations and fixes.