Dyson Sphere Program News

[h2][Feature][/h2]

• Added [Pile Sorter] and related upgrades. Upgraded "Pile Sorter" can simultaneously load and unload stacked cargos, maximizing the sorting capacity.
  
• Added [SR Plasma Turret]. It is a plasma turret for ground and it uses Energy Capsule as ammo.
  
• Added [Jammer Tower] and related upgrades. [Jammer Tower] can use ammo to reduce enemies' movement speed periodically.
  
• Added Icarus Energy Shield Burst skill. Press and hold in [Combat Interface] to accumulate power and cast this skill.
  
• Added Icarus Throw skill. Icarus can manually throw items like [Combustible Unit], [Jamming Capsule] and [Water] in [Combat Interface], deal damage to enemies or reduce enemies' movement speed.
  
• In the Dyson Sphere Panel (Y), added an option to hide empty Dyson Spheres in the selection combobox.(enabled by default)
  
• Added upgrade level 7 for "Inventory Capacity," providing an additional 2 columns of item inventory slots and 1 column of logistics list slots for Icarus.
  
• Added interaction with Dark Fog Relay Stations in Starmap (V).
  
• Added [System Broadcast Volume] setting in Audio Settings.
  

[h2][Change][/h2]

• No longer display upgrades for [Sorter Mk.III] and it can no longer be upgraded for "cargo stacking" (saved upgrades will retain their values).
  
• Modified the automatic material cache quantity for each production facility (based on the recipe, producing duration, and producing speed).
  
• Added tips about "Output per Base" in the Dark Fog drop rate information panel.
  
• Icarus can now set weapons to "auto fire" and/or "manual fire."
  
• Refactored construction and repair system code, reducing performance overhead when laying out large-scale blueprints.
  
• Construction/repair tasks will prioritize dispatching drones from the nearest object (mecha or Battlefield Analysis Base). Repairing attacked buildings is more stable and reliable.
  
• Optimized prebuild model of Conveyor Belt and it optimized performance overhead of rendering massive Conveyor Belt prebuild.
  
• After picking up items, the Battlefield Analysis Base will prioritize placing them into slots with the same item.
  
• The red slots of the Battlefield Analysis Base (limited automation input) have been changed to blue slots. Items placed in blue slots cannot be retrieved by automated facilities. Base cannot put picked items in blue slots either.
  
• A non-copied built Battlefield Analysis Base will default to 10 blue slots at the bottom.
  

[h2][Balance][/h2]

• Now, [Core Element] will only drop after [Antimatter Fuel Rod] is unlocked.
  
• Changed the maximum loot quantity from a single Dark Fog drop from 1 stack to 20 stack.
  
• Icarus space shield radius multiplier: 5x->10x. The Energy Shield Burst damage in space is related to its radius.
  
• Ammo amount of [Plasma Capsule] and [Antimatter Capsule] sprayed by Proliferator Mk. III will be rounded off to 13.
  
• Ammo amount of 3 Ammo Boxes: 20 -> 30. Reduced the amount of raw materials of these ammo boxes.
  
• Blast radius of Shell Set: 13m -> 11m; blast radius of Crystal Shell Set: 13m -> 15m.
  

[h2][Bugfix][/h2]

• Fixed a bug where the [Battlefield Analysis Base] on a planet might fail to recall combat drones when the number of buildings exceeded 32767.
  
• Fixed a bug where threat monitoring entries disappeared when a Dark Fog Space Hive was not completely destroyed (despite the Hive building being fully destroyed while units like Lancers still existed).
  
• Fixed a bug where an attacking Dark Fog Planetary Base on non-local planets had a higher aggression.
  
• Fixed a bug where the last grid connection of a conveyor belt would become excessively long when pulled far.
  
• Fixed a bug where the prompt panel after a Space Hive assault might get stuck without ending.
  
• Fixed an issue where missile turrets might lag under certain conditions.
  
• Fixed a bug where ETA calculation for navigating to a Seed was incorrect.
  
• Fixed a bug where right-clicking to extract liquid from a Storage Tank automatically returned two items to the backpack.
  
• Fixed a bug where the space navigation did not display the hive's name.
  

Hi engineers,

Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening.

It's been three years since the launch of Dyson Sphere Program. Time flies, but our adventurous journey among the stars continues. What fades away with the passage of time is only time itself, while the great miracles we collectively forged stand eternal in the cosmos.

It starts with every small step. The first miner, the first smelting, the first Electromagnetic Matrix, the first launch of solar sails, the first operational space transport – countless firsts have made the Dyson Sphere Program a reality. Thank you all.

With the update of the Rise of the Dark Fog, the combat system has been introduced. The upcoming Dyson Sphere Program will be even more exciting.

In the next phase, the Dyson Sphere Program will revolve around "Vehicles" (we haven't defined a name for this version yet) and "Space Stations". Of course, Dyson Sphere Program is an automation factory game, so updates in this part will continue to appear.

"Vehicles" and "Space Stations" will have extremely high freedom, providing engineers with the joy of freely constructing. This is a major update that requires much development time. So, be patient and continue to contend with the Dark Fog.

You can get a sneak peek through the images below.



At the same time, with the arrival of the Spring Festival, we will be taking a break. After the Spring Festival, our team will kick off an internal game development competition lasting two months.

This is a tradition in our team to maintain the vitality of exploring new ideas (perhaps ideas for future new projects) and improve our production capabilities. Please look forward to us creating more interesting content. During this period, functional updates will be paused, but optimizations and bug fixes will still take place.

As for updates, we have prepared a substantial update before the Spring Festival, including new sorters, new defense towers, Icarus's new skills, and more. Please stay tuned for further information.

Finally, thank you once again for your support. Wish you an Happy New Year in advance.

Hi engineers,

We have added 5 new songs of Rise of the Dark fog into「Dyson Sphere Program - Soundtrack」DLC.

These songs are composed by Elecrystal. We hope you like them.

New track list:

• Rise of the Dark Fog
  
• Seed
  
• Observation
  
• Detection
  
• Battle Plan
  

Youthcat Studio、Gamera Games

[Feature]

• Added interaction with Dark Fog Hives and Seeds in Starmap(V).
  

[Change]

• If a missile loses its target in space, it will try to reacquire one within a range of 1000m.
  
• Optimized the targeting logic of Turrets, now the enemies with a low hp will be more easily locked onto.
  
• Added "building armor" and "tower damage" for Enemy Information Panel.
  

[Balance]

• Decreased the EXP transfer rate between Dark Fog Hives, additionally decreased the EXP transfer rate between those Hives located in different Planetary Systems.
  

[Bugfix]

• Fixed a bug where the sfx of Laser Turret's distance attenuation and fade in/out were not applied.
  
• Fixed a bug where the value of Space Unit Armor is incorrect (display issue only).
  
• Fixed a bug where a Laser Turret may not attack enemies after overlapping construction.
  
• Fixed an issue where a Relay Station may disregard Core Driller and build a new Planetary Base on it, causing a bug where two planetary bases overlap.
  
• Fixed a bug where the Lancer forms' stat is incorrect.
  
• Fixed a bug where causing significant lag when placing large-scale blueprints.
  
• Fixed a bug where the flying sfx is not synchronized with action.
  
• Fixed a bug where the amount of proliferator points of drop items is incorrect after the Logistics Stations was destroyed.
  
• Fixed a bug where the sfx of Implosion Cannon will not stop after power is off.
  

[h3][Change]
[/h3]

• Adjusted "Pitch Limit" for Gauss Turret and Laser Turret to prevent situations where those turrets may not attack when Dark Fog units enemies and turrets are too close.
  
• In order to better accommodate grids of varying latitudes (widths), slightly reduce the colliders of Spray Coaters.
  

[h3][Bugfix]
[/h3]

• Fixed connection errors caused by hidden technologies before and after [Information Matrix] in Tech Tree.
  
• Fixed a bug where missiles may fly to space (Universal Origin) from a planet.
  
• Fixed a bug where Seed cannot set off to create a new Hive.