Week 42 (14.10. – 18.10.2019)

Here are the progress notes of week 42.

Design

Features

• New mining backpack design improved, UI tweaked to match the new design
• New economy settings configured for a new trading station
• Resource economy and insurance math tweaked
• Storage systems UI and interaction design worked on
• Station inventories UI worked on, new possible solution for some interactions
• Spaceship Creator multiplayer tested

Stations

• Center pillars in main hall and storage floor updated in VIS rebuild
• Stacked lots worked on, higher grid slots tested
• Slot connector module worked on, taller connectors tested, test-build in Mega Station Creator
• Ship Trading Station A built and added to the game universe

Ship Creator

• Multiplayer testing session, interactions between client and the host tested
• Auto-bolting tested, currently works when bolted in multiple steps instead of all at once
• FPS improvements when working on bigger ships, after some issues were found
• Tested building using large modules
• Socket creator added to the Ship Creator, basic mode and secondary placement mode currently working
• YOLOL script editor updated, some possible issues tested

Code

Gameplay

• Support added for replacing objects in Scene Fixer (editor tool)
• Exact name matches now available instead of just contains-substring matches in Scene Fixer
• Support added for a looping hit effect for the mining laser (previously spawned in intervals)
• Lots are now taking less time loading
• Ship Creator assert regarding YOLOL chips fixed
• UI support for lot/station inventories underway
• Generic audio support added for objects
• Chair exit positions adjusted
• Cargo collisions implemented
• Object placement and collision issues fixed

User interface

• Visual rework on the Social tab in the making
• Chat screen boundaries are no longer affected by resolution
• Grouping option works now and can be applied to any feature requiring social activities in Starbase
• Korean language support added

Starbase Spaceship Creator

• Socket tool for the ship creator added
• Error messaging when loading/saving blueprints improved
• Issues in the blueprint spawn terminals fixed
• UI performance optimizations with very large ships
• Economy core tech and the shop server refactoring
• Estimates done on theoretical memory requirements/scaling of shop and price servers

Renderer

• Volymetric fog improvements
• Applying texture range/offset optimized
• Triplanar texture mapping for meshes enabled and support added for objects

Art

Stations

• Terminal and showroom entities placed and some deco polishing done
• Mega station level art updates and tweaks
• Maintenance hall module updates, missing railings and details added
• Lights fixed and new ones added in Kingdom’s ship showroom

Ships

• Ship weapons: looks finalized, high poly models created for the fixed mounts

Other

• Reaper and Arclighter magazines have been updated and both guns’ textures updated with a slot for inserting the magazine
• Grid slot collision errors fixed
• Missing SSC icons for grid slots rendered
• Asteroid rock texture and placement tests underway
• Entity replacements tests
• Decoration updates for command center.
• Decal blending improvements and old decals replaced

Gallery of the week

Videos

That was all for now, until next week!

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