"While working on the next big update, we also added a few more quality-of-life features. We're releasing a small patch with a selection of those features that are already done."
Beta Branch Note: These changes are currently available on the beta branch. The beta branch is for testing experimental changes and for finding and fixing errors.
This is how you get access to the beta branch (USE AT YOUR OWN RISK):
Right-Click on Avorion in your Steam list, Properties -> Betas -> Select branch 'beta'.
Client
- Lights of wreckages can now flicker independently for each block & material type
Building Mode UI
- Silhouettes of real-world monuments can now be shown in building mode for an improved sense of scale
- Silhouettes can be modded
- Block template brush's blocks are no longer all red while selecting a new anchor block
- Improved controls for scaling blocks and shapes
General UI
- The amount of goods of a ship is now directly visible in the fleet tab
- Improved coloring of cargo overview in the fleet tab
- When commanding ships, sectors reachable via gate are now highlighted
- Claimed asteroids now show up on the map
- Added sorting of DPS/Slot
- Guidebook for captains and its introductory missions can no longer be abandoned
Server
- Added new game settings variables for maximum ships & stations of an alliance
- Added file clustering options to server.ini
- When enabled, packs small files into larger ones on shutdown of server
- Added a notification for when a player is assigned to be the new leader of a group
Scripting API
- All setValue() functions for objects now return the previously set value
- Player.craftFaction now returns the player faction if the player is not in a craft
Bugfixes
"As always, fixes marked with [UBR] are bugs that have been reported through our in-game bug reporting tool. Thanks to everyone who reported and keep it up!"
- [UBR] Fixed an issue where directing ships over the galaxy map wasn't working correctly for bought maps
- [UBR] Fixed a rare crash in building mode
- [UBR] Fixed several issues in missions
- [UBR] Fixed an issue where alliance ranks with empty names could be created
- [UBR] Fixed research satellites showing nil chatter after reload
- [UBR] Fixed an issue where upgrades would remain on ships after being removed from the game (ie. through enabling/disabling mods)