v0.5018, November 5, 2013
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Another update is ready to go. The main focus of this update is the Garage. As requested by you ladies and gents, the garage allows you to store up to five ships so you can freely switch between them on the smallest of whims ;).
Implementing the garage made progress in other fields a touch slower than anticipated, but we feel it was well worth it. The next update will bring quite a bit more to the table as we plan on fully activating Perks and the Reputation overview among other things.
LIST OF CHANGES
- FIXED: Several scripting errors that could cause memory leaks and crashes.
- FIXED: Several script function errors that prevented accessing database tables from scripts.
- FIXED: A bug where an energy beam weapon effect was left "hanging" if a ship firing the weapons was destroyed.
- FIXED: AI bug where a Trader ship didn't respond to attacks.
- FIXED: Ship prices on station and planets are now proper values from station/planet parameters, instead of default database values.
- FIXED: Objects can no longer be targeted by clicking on them through the context menu.
- FIXED: A crash that occurred when scrolling to the last commodity on the list after destroying a commodity in your Cargo hold.
- ADDED: Garage
- You can store up to 5 ships in your "garage".
- The garage can be accessed on any station and you can freely switch between ships.
- Currently you can only store captured ships in the garage, but the next update should make it possible to store newly purchased ships as well.
- ADDED: Grappling ships is now possible. Visual effect included. Required for towing captured ships to stations/planets.
- ADDED: Hiring panel on stations/planets. Here you can hire Troopers. Hiring Officers (on the same panel) is not yet possible, but it is planned for the next update.
- ADDED: Several script functions. Changes posted on modding.starpointgemini.com
- ADDED: Recommend button on the Main menu
- ADDED: Several warnings and hints.
- ADDED: Text lines in the game text files
- UPDATED: Boarding is now fixed and improved, but it is not yet balanced.
- UPDATED: Notepad++ plugin files. Changes posted on modding.starpointgemini.com
- UPDATED: Lowered base price for ships: Luna and RaQaan