Ostranauts News

[p]Hey Folks![/p][p][/p][p]Update v0.14.5.17 is now available on Steam, and your clients should be updating shortly.[/p][p][/p][p]This is a hotfix update to our "Inventory Overhaul" update, which adds a load of new sprites, quality of life improvements, and some fixes.[/p][p]
Saves from v0.14.0.0 and later should work. Note that if you were experiencing issues in the older save, this patch may fix some, but others may persist depending on the cause.[/p][p]
Note: 📢 indicates changes inspired by community feedback![/p][h2]General Changes[/h2]

• [p]New item sprite art for food and drinks.[/p]
• [p]New item sprite art for medical injectors, EVA supplies, batteries, and O2 candles.[/p]
• [p]📢Main Menu and Quit buttons now have a confirm dialog.[/p]
• [p]📢Options Screen now has a Reset All Settings button, to restore all default game settings.[/p]
• [p]📢NAV station ship labels no longer overlap.[/p]
• [p]NAV and other UIs no longer close after using super fast-forward and then unpausing.[/p]
• [p]MegaTooltip no longer blocks clicks in the world where it is invisible.[/p]
• [p]MegaTooltip item list now scrolls instead of overflowing down screen.[/p]
• [p]Dropping an item on an incompatible slot no longer traps it behind the inventory UI.[/p]
• [p]Training manuals now report/display correct skills.[/p]

[p]Over the past few weeks, the team's priority has shifted more towards 0.15 development. But that doesn't mean we're done with 0.14![/p][p][/p][p]Today's update includes a large batch of new item sprites, continuing our effort to get clearer artwork for smaller items in the game. This batch includes most of the foods and drinks available in-game, plus several of the other consumables and personal batteries.[/p][p][/p][p]We also added some player-requested features to the main UI. The game will now prompt you for confirmation when exiting to the main menu and exiting the game. And for cases where the game has stored settings that are hard to find or edit again later, we added a nuclear option to wipe all user settings data for Ostranauts on the machine.[/p][p][/p][p]In the NAV station, you'll now notice that ship labels will adjust to avoid overlapping, hopefully improving legibility in crowded spaces. The UI will also remain open if you've used super fast-forward and then unpause.[/p][p][/p][p]The Megatooltip has also received a few updates. First, we fixed the issue where it would block mouse clicks in areas where it was invisible. And we changed the way it lists multiple items in the same spot, so it uses a scrollbar instead of an endless list crossing the screen.[/p][p][/p][p]Finally, we fixed training manuals showing the wrong skill, plus a case where the item on the cursor got trapped behind the UI, getting stuck.[/p][p][/p][p]As always, there's plenty more for us to fix, change, and add! And we'll be continuing in roughly that order. In the meantime, let us know if this patch helps you out, as well as if it reveals new problems![/p][p][/p][p]Best,[/p][p]Daniel Fedor[/p][p]Founder, Blue Bottle Games, LLC[/p][p][/p][p]PS: Also, Ostranauts is on sale this week. So if you (or a friend!) has been eyeing-up the game, now is a good time to pick it up. And if you know anyone who might dig what we're making, please spread the word![/p]

[p]Hey Folks![/p][p][/p][p]Update v0.14.5.15 is now available on Steam, and your clients should be updating shortly.[/p][p][/p][p]This is a hotfix update to our "Inventory Overhaul" update, which fixes some ship loading issues, panning while dragging selections, and the whodunnit plot.[/p][p][/p][p]Saves from v0.14.0.0 and later should work. Note that if you were experiencing issues in the older save, this patch may fix some, but others may persist depending on the cause.[/p][p]
Note: 📢 indicates changes inspired by community feedback![/p][h2][/h2]

• [p]Dragging a selection rectangle will now stay put in the world while camera pans/zooms.[/p]
• [p]Ships with items falling on the floor should once again load correctly.[/p]
• [p]Ships should once again be getting their full names, instead of missing the first word.[/p]
• [p]Closing a whodunnit case file on a victim that was also an enemy should no longer crash the game.[/p]
• [p]Station maintenance techs will be more gentle when refilling gas canisters now, to avoid detonating the station.[/p]

[p]Some players noticed that the new selection dragging feature would follow the camera around, instead of staying fixed in world space. So we adjusted the code for that to behave more intuitively.[/p][p][/p][p]We also fixed a bug that could cause an out of sync error when loading ships that had dying NPCs or breaking items. The removing/adding of parts on the ship as it loaded caused errors, and this should now work more reliably.[/p][p][/p][p]Some ships were being spawned with part of their names blank, and this was due to an error loading ship names. All future ship spawns should have full names now.[/p][p][/p][p]The whodunnit plot could cause a stack overflow in cases where the victim was an enemy, which would often freeze then crash the game. This should once again work now.[/p][p][/p][p]Finally, we toned-down the maintenance tech refill actions, so they would be less likely to refill canisters beyond explosive pressures.[/p][p][/p][p]As always, there's plenty more for us to fix, change, and add! And we'll be continuing in roughly that order. In the meantime, let us know if this patch helps you out, as well as if it reveals new problems![/p][p][/p][p]Best,[/p][p]Daniel Fedor[/p][p]Founder, Blue Bottle Games, LLC[/p]

[p]Hey Folks![/p][p][/p][p]Update v0.14.5.14 is now available on Steam, and your clients should be updating shortly.[/p][p][/p][p]This is a hotfix update to our "Inventory Overhaul" update, which includes several requested quality of life enhancements, plus fixes for tutorials, UIs, and other bugs.[/p][p][/p][p]Saves from v0.14.0.0 and later should work. Note that if you were experiencing issues in the older save, this patch may fix some, but others may persist depending on the cause.[/p][p]
Note: 📢 indicates changes inspired by community feedback![/p][h2][/h2]

• [p]📢PDA Orders now work by dragging a selection box that fills with the order, instead of painting like a pencil.[/p]
• [p]📢Holding F now force-walks to a tile, instead of picking up item in that tile.[/p]
• [p]Crew on different ship than captain should once again be able to pick up items in inventory UI.[/p]
• [p]Ships with even-sized placeholders should no longer glitch on loading, causing rooms, walls, and pathfinding to break.[/p]
• [p]Tutorial should no longer get stuck if the user restarts their game without closing the app.[/p]
• [p]Equipping a lamp in the left hand while a PDA is in the forearm will correctly affect lighting now.[/p]
• [p]📢QAB now has an option to manually resume task on that object, if applicable.[/p]
• [p]📢QAB install keeps game paused until item is placed now.[/p]
• [p]Crew shouldn't interrupt captain with work complaints if the captain is busy now.[/p]
• [p]Prox and tracking alarms now work for crew when captain is on another ship.[/p]
• [p]📢Clicking an inventory window anywhere now brings that window to the front.[/p]
• [p]Shift clicking large items on the floor no longer swaps with dolly in drag slot, if dolly has room.[/p]
• [p]Right-clicking with PDA order on cursor clears cursor first, then closes PDA.[/p]
• [p]Right-clicking portrait once again opens the MTT.[/p]
• [p]Selling cargo no longer gets the cargo UI stuck.[/p]
• [p]Aerodynamic walls no longer cause NAV UI to stutter as much.[/p]
• [p]AI pilots should run out of fuel less often now.[/p]
• [p]AI ships shouldn't yo-yo near docking targets any more.[/p]
• [p]Yellow coveralls now have an inventory action.[/p]
• [p]More UI feedback if player attempts to walk while paused.[/p]

[p]One of the bigger changes here is to how the PDA orders work, and has been a long-time player request. It is now possible to paint orders/installed items by dragging a box, and that box will fill with the order. Previously, users had to paint individual tiles like using a pencil, and this could be very time-consuming. Hopefully, now it'll be much faster to do large tasks and ship layouts, while still allowing precision work with individual tiles and dragging straight lines.[/p][p][/p][p]Right-click also now clears the cursor first, instead of clearing the cursor and closing the PDA while in PDA orders mode.[/p][p][/p][p]Players also requested a way to force walk to a tile that is occupied by an item. With the inventory open, the character would default to picking up the item if the tile was occupied, making walking in messy environments harder.[/p][p][/p][p]Furthermore, there was a bug preventing crew from picking up items if they were too far away from the captain. This is now also fixed. And some players noticed inventory windows could get stuck behind others, making them hard to separate, so we made any clicked window pop to the front for easier repositioning.[/p][p][/p][p]And, at long last, shift-clicking large objects will no longer swap with the dolly in the drag slot, if there's room![/p][p][/p][p]A more subtle bug with big implications was also fixed. Sometimes, if a ship had a placeholder on it of even tile dimensions, that ship would incorrectly load, causing all kinds of gas, pathfinder, and other issues. This is now fixed.[/p][p][/p][p]Our tutorial system had a bug after the last big patch which prevented tutorials from completing if the user quit to main menu and started a new game. This should now work normally again.[/p][p][/p][p]The left hand slot will now appropriately show lighting effects if there is a lamp in both the forearm PDA slot and hand slot.[/p][p][/p][p]The QAB had two player suggestions implemented. One is a button to manually resume a task that was abandoned, which previously wasn't possibly without using AUTOTASK. The other was to keep the game paused when Install was chosen, until the item was placed.[/p][p][/p][p]Plus several other fixes to ship AIs, UIs, etc.[/p][p]
As always, there's plenty more for us to fix, change, and add! And we'll be continuing in roughly that order. In the meantime, let us know if this patch helps you out, as well as if it reveals new problems![/p][p]
Best,[/p][p]Daniel Fedor[/p][p]Founder, Blue Bottle Games, LLC[/p]

Hey Folks!

Another quick hotfix (0.14.5.12) to address an issue where users could no longer right-click to select placeholder items (e.g. an object being installed).

This patch should restore that ability. Thanks again for your patience and help in chasing down these issues!

Best,
Daniel Fedor
Founder, Blue Bottle Games, LLC

Hey Folks!

This is just a hotfix for the recent patch to address several null exceptions that could occur during the tutorial, particularly when saving/loading during the tutorial:

• Loading a save that lacked IDs for target objects no longer causes null exceptions, and will fall-back on using the player as a target object instead.
  
• Quitting or hot-loading a game will no longer cause null exceptions as the tutorial tries to clear listeners.
  
• Hot-loading or starting a new game after one game has been played in the same session no longer causes missing objective targets.
  

Sorry for the inconveniences these errors caused! Hopefully, this stabilizes most of the issues players have been running into, so they can get back to enjoying the game.

Let us know if you run into any other issues!

Best,
Daniel Fedor
Founder, Blue Bottle Games, LLC