Space Architect News

Hotfix resolving some games stuck on the loading screen

The bug was happening only when a visiting ship was near the station in the saved game.

More extensive than usual update - steaming through Tier 2 production, only Graphene left to introduce.

Also, the big introduction of auto refueling pumps, they will automatically sell the fuel you produce.



Changelog:

• New Device: Pump Station LH2 LOX - fill it with LOX & LH2 to automatically sell it, vessel comes every 5 min
  
• New Device: Acid Plant - produces Acid
  
• New Device: BioPlastic Plant - produces BioPlastic
  
• New Device: Gas Giants Mining Drone - mines nearby planet for Raw Gas, required to produce Xenon
  
• New Device: Xenon Separator Plant - converts Raw Gas to Xenon
  
• Added nearby planetary system
  
• Change: Rebalanced power - less power draw when not producing
  
• Change: Rebalanced construction cost - use more relevant item types
  
• Change: Mining devices now use power
  
• Change: Mining laser now have alerts when full storage or low power
  
• Change: Improvement to UI scaling
  
• Fixed: Tech tree after loading game
  
• Fixed: Situation when crew member is just outside the station and can't move - caught by Kapudd im Kopp
  

This update marks a significant milestone in the game development - the first item of the 2nd Tier was added - Microchip. The final game is planned to have 4 item Tiers, each progressively more complicated to produce and pricier. Also, we're getting close to automated trading :)

Changelog:

• New items - Silicon & Microchip
  
• New tech - Silicon & Microchips
  
• New devices - Silicon Arc Furnance & Microchip Plant
  
• Updated tech tree
  
• Redoo device categories - production separated into tiers
  
• Redoo item prices - higher tier items will be worth more
  
• Remove device - Gaquss Ammo Factory
  
• Changed the way of displaying item lists in panels
  
• Fix loading getting stuck at 10%
  

This update was cooking for some time now. A lot of small changes were added, but mainly the big bad guy came for their $$, so it's time to think about paying them back.

Main changes:

• Added trade tax (collected by Black CORP Inc.) and tech points corruption
  
• Paying off Black CORP Inc. reduces trade tax
  

Changelog:

• Take into consideration food/water in dispensers when showing in main UI or checking for a low amount
  
• Notification about the low amount of raw resources
  
• Spawn asteroids immediately around the station at the game start
  
• Easier to distinguish interactive elements by showing them in blue
  
• Redone UI panels to better scale
  
• Some UI panels are now scrollable if they have a lot of content to show
  
• Devices are supplied with more input materials when in continuous production mode
  
• Custom cursor during manual mining
  
• Crew consumption increased x2
  
• Crew ignore full toilets when trying to relieve yourself
  
• Crew ignore empty water/food dispensers when looking for water/food
  
• Items dropped by crew are no longer removed during loading
  
• Prevent spacebar from interacting with in-game buttons
  
• Prevent researching already researched tech
  

Expect more content related to trade. Also some game content being unlocked after paying off part of the load taken from Black CORP Inc.