We’re hitting the live game with another update! This time bringing the new portable batteries and the heavy railgun.
The heavy railgun is exactly what the name implies, a larger version of the railgun we already have. The railgun fires heavy rail gun ammo, made from tungsten, and the newly added titanium. Inflicting even more damage it’s heavier and requires more power, but it’s also a significant upgrade in firepower.
The light and heavy railguns next to eacht other for size reference
Additionally we are introducing a new method of power storage. Small handheld batteries that can be used to power systems or even small ships for short periods of time. New resources have been added which are required to construct the highest tier of said batteries.
The batteries themselves can be built using the 3d printer, and need to be placed in a new device called a portable battery charger, to be either charged or discharged.
Portable batteries are new, and can be charged in these wall mounted devices
Resources distribution across all star systems has been changed as well. Rare resources should be a bit more common, as they always spawn 1 of each tier now.
Efforts have also been made to increase device stability, and some fixes have been added to prevent players from falling through the floor if disconnects or crashes happen during teleportation. We’ve also optimized the construction and modification of ships, and general performance should be a little better.
Stars now have a visual flare that shows them from great distance
There are also new resources that can be named and spawned by server admins to be used in any way they’d like. These come stackable and non stackable versions.
As always, we’d appreciate any feedback you’re willing to provide, it will only help us make the game better. We have a fairly busy discord server which you can join!
Feel free to drop by and have a chat, we’d love to hear your opinion and feedback!
Thank you all for playing and see you starside!
-The Split Polygon Team