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Update 0.651 Pre-Alpha

Hello! Today we have prepared some hot fixes and improvements.
Also there is few small animated tutorials:
Ion engine (6Mb)
Crew management (12 Mb)
How to get food (7Mb)

Change log

Improvements

  • Now mining laser makes a pause between rays (caused by overheat)
  • Tractor Beam is improved. It can be activated by hotkey. It have limited range, added "range circle". It requires energy, the amount on consumed energy is depends on pull force. It can grab object in specified point (not only in center) that is allows to rotate the object.
  • Added "Add crew member" button in sandbox tools
  • Sandbox mode is disabled by default. "Sandbox Tools" button is hided when sandbox mode is disabled. For new players added a hint that sandbox mode can be enabled in options.
  • Now you can deconstruct command modules, but you will receive a warning when you try to deconstruct the last command module.
  • Added warning when your crew members don't have a food or starved to death.

Bug fixes

  • Mining laser works again
  • Power monitor in top-right corner is slightly resized for display larger values
  • Now the game correctly remembers the previous video settings