Week 31 (July 27th -31st)

Hello everyone! Here are the progress notes of week 31:

Design

Features

• Improved tooltips that show materials and extra information have been worked on
• The new auto reload feature with Buzzsaw in the Demolition Job has been tested: the scrap attractor mass limit in the Demolition Job has been increased by 5%
• A new version of the mining backpack has been designed: 6 additional slots, all item slots dynamic, can hold small (one handed) items or medium (two handed) items
• Armor weigh and density adjustments and tests have been made
• Spaceships have been modified to be used in the Demolition Job

User Interface

• The color picking submenu for the Cosmetics Shop UI has been worked on

Other 

• Visibility range of Bolt Profile highlights has been increased
• Fixed Weapon mount 2 Bolt Profile has been updated: bolts now snap to all positions found in the profile

Code

Gameplay

• Beams can now be welded together using the Welding Tool. Beams are also welded when fixing them in ship blueprints using the Building Tool

User Interface

• Correct functionality has been added to the browse/buy/sell view
• Auction house UI integration to the Auction Client continues
• Chat messages have been added for “already in a group” / “already invited” situations
• Invites now get removed if the invited player leaves the game or the invite expires

Spaceship / Lot / Interior Designer

• Player station tech is being worked on, technical support for player created stations and lots has mostly been added
• Material tool raycasting now ignores all non-plate and non-beam components
• Minimum brush size has been reduced from 0.5 to 0.1

Art

Animations and Emotes

• Animation has been made for aiming at a resource port and when a successful connection can be made (1st person)
• All 1st person “relaxed” animations are being updated

Stations / Lot Designer

• Market station exterior holograms have been added
• Final market station exterior decoration update is underway

Weapons

• Plasma turret’s muzzle flash has been modified to be even closer to the handgun version, with bigger side effects etc.
• Reload effects have been made for Shotgun and Gauss Rifle
• Rocket Launcher VFX have been updated and smoke trail reduced
• Assault Rifle VFX have been updated and reload effects have been added
• Flame Thrower VFX have been updated: stream is more connected, idle effect has been added
• Wrong offset on side lights on autocannon muzzle flash has been fixed

Other

• Dreadnought armorset texture polishing is in progress
• The flickering on the purple ship thruster effect has been fixed

Gallery of the week

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