Hey Everyone,
Major Sale Event
To celebrate the major milestone update, we are putting Stars End on it`s biggest sale to-date with 58% off. This is a great time to get into the game, as the world and visuals are finally on the level.
Update 41
We are finally ready to bring you the long awaited update 41. We had a number of a delays - as we kept on adding new features, and also had to spend couple of weeks with this update in beta testing. But finally - it`s ready...
Please keep in mind, that we only had only a few players help us test the beta, and this is our biggest update so far... So we still expect a few issues to pop-up during the next few days. But we`ll be working on the fixes as soon any issues are reported, and expect a couple of follow up updates later this week.
Visual & Audio Rework
The main features of this update is the completely redesigned planet environments. Combined with ability to display hundreds of terrain objects like trees on screen, and better performance, we were able to transform how the game looks, starting from the main Beta Prairie planet. We have also redesigned audio system and reworked how player now locates objects in the world – hold the Middle Mouse Button to discover this feature.
If you play it - please keep in mind that you need to hold middle mouse button to activate spotter ability and see nav points.
And here`s the patch notes for Update 41:
Major New Features
- Fully redesigned Beta Prairie planet with new trees, grass, terrain and more
- Fully redesigned environmental sound engine with individual sounds from objects
- New day, night, weather and rain sound effects
- New spotter system – hold Middle Mouse Button to scan for resources and nav points
- Resources completely rebalanced for an easier access
- New engine terrain features allowing placing large number of terrain objects
- New engine features greatly increasing performance
- Added new Spotter item system that allows scanning for resources
- Updated material used on most buildings on Beta Prairie
- Redesigned most building exteriors and interior walls on Beta Prairie
Fixes and Additions
- Reworked hand combat – simple left mouse button click now
- Reworked melee combat – longer range, hits always land
- Can now sneak up on AI creatures, out of line of sight, or by using crouch or prone
- AI creatures will stop chasing player if he`s far enough from them
- FOV setting max value decreased to 90.
- Mining and cutting trees now easier with longer range
- Improved the look of the roads with grass going all the way towards the asphalt
- Update to main menu news and other sections
- Updates to Compass GUI
- Fix for land mines not expiring and not removing when destroyed.
- Players who disconnect do not get spawned in another player's vehicle.