Starbase

by Frozenbyte

Hello everyone! Here are the progress notes of Week 24, hope you enjoy!

Features

Weapon properties were tested to see which ones aren’t currently used
Grabbing tool carry limit bugs have been tested in various situations, these issues have been fixed
Configurations to make Assembly Job terminals look identical with Mining Job terminals and the new instruction terminal have been started
Building Tool has been tested for repairing damaged objects, both with processed material and ore
All infantry weapon damage values have been fixed
Economy design: preparations worked on for new crafting values, testing and planning
Economy configurations, all prices in economy have been set to static values and outpost configurations have been updated to work better in static values
New configurations have been made to most of the items in crafting data, this has major effect on value of some items, like weapons, tools, beams and plates (and some electronics)
Auction House sell page, listing logic and selling order has been worked on
Designs for more cohesive in-game editor UI’s are underway
Removable railgun ammo in Marketplace is now static and properly glued in
Collision error threshold was adjusted in one curved plate (curved end 60x60x12), it now fits/snaps inside (curved 108x108x12)

Stations

Lot Designer hall modules are being remodeled to better fit their designated lot area sizes.
New module “Small hall 7” has been added to Lot Designer

Spaceships

Ithaca v4: More bolts added to fix durability issues when all doors were open
Pioneer: Bolt added to fix a durability issue when both doors were open, radiator added to the ship
Vector: Bolts added to fix a durability issue in one propellant container when both doors were open
Gofer: Bolts added to the pilot chair, the chair was failing durability when moved on the slider

Gameplay

Active input not being disabled when leaving a chair by sitting on another chair has been fixed. This was due to an issue where levers that were being pulled would not center etc.
Changing a device field name to nothing now results in it resetting to its default name
An issue fixed where lot building holograms appeared on top of built objects, potentially preventing further building due to doorway connection restrictions
An issue causing crashes when performing a modulo operation with a divisor of zero has been fixed
Grabbing a rail mover not updating its device network connection status has been fixed
Server support for player-to-player trading has been finished
Players are now set not to accelerate falling after a certain threshold velocity
Heavy objects now remain kinematic when hit by an impact sufficient to make them move
Durability now includes the mass of Modular Ore Cargo Crate contents (although fails to register its changes in many cases, and the implementation is likely replaced with another approach later)
Lots of moving objects colliding should now affect the frame rate less than before
Autobolter can now add a bolt on existing, partially bolted attachment plates
Some devices can now be assembled without bolts (e.g. boxthruster), some issues related to this still need fixing

User Interface

A chat message “Trade Cancelled” now shows up when trade window is closed and no trade happened
Trade cancelling happening twice has been fixed
Magazine duplication has been fixed in Assembly Job
Syncing the rewards now works from leaders to members and vice versa
Feedback tool’s screenshot editor has options for tools, including a color picker, slider to adjust line thickness and font size, and various fonts for the text tool

Spaceship/Lot/Interior Designer

The interior designer is currently being worked on
An issue where clients were not being able to leave while in test mode has been fixed
Load autosave temp GUI has been removed from the File menu; Autosaves can be accessed from the load blueprint dialog
Selecting modules hidden behind other components has been fixed
Input bugs in station designer system box have been fixed
Button inputs have been added to naming and renaming blueprints

Animations

Stations

Holograms updated in Starting station: All the holograms have been visually tweaked to better match the shape of the station’s beam structure. Exterior hologram decorations added to Command center, Ship Designer Workshop and Spaceship shop. Positions for holograms in the Ore Storage Towers have been updated to prevent offsetting and clipping with the grids, decorations and other physical objects
Exterior decorations and LODs for “Small hall 5” have been updated, due to said module not fitting the small LotArea properly
LODs added for the updated Spaceship designer work area decorations in Ship Design Workshops
Command center’s LOD/farLOD model has been updated
Irrelevant barricade tape decals have been removed from numerous modules used in mega station structures

Other

Icons updated for Small Gas Container, Medium Gas Container, Large Gas Container and Fuel rod
Sparrow armorset’s textures have been added
Sharp medium size rocks for ice asteroids have been made
Work-in-progress models for medium-sized ice rocks, and ice rock placement tests have been made
Ice rock placement tests for ice asteroids ongoing
Small changes made to tonemap, resulting in less contrast between dark and bright areas. Bloom values still waiting for modification support
Laser rifle’s projectile and muzzle flash have been updated
The 10mm bullet hit and projectile effects have been modified
Laser turret effects have been updated and the projectile now matches the updated laser rifle effect