Astro Colony News

Hello Colonists!

The long wait is over! Get ready to play Astro Colony on Dedicated Servers!
Thanks to the collaboration with GPortal about 50 public servers are provided!



When joining the server, pick the one closest to your location:

• Europe
  
• US West
  
• US East
  
• China
  
• Japan
  

Each provided server has unique number in the name.
Remember it to rejoin and to continue your adventure.



Together with dedicated servers, many improvements and fixes are already there.
The advantages are numerous: more stable connection between players

Please keep in mind that the Dedicated Servers are currently experimental.
For now, it's not yet set how long one public server session should last and how often servers should be restarted.

If you have suggestions, please let me know on the Discord #multiplayer channel.

Further patches will be released in the coming days with more functionalities for the servers.
You will be able to download savegames from the running server, so you can continue in a local game or a private server. This way you won't lose your progress, and you have access to the backup savegame.

[h2]Local Machine[/h2]
If you have access to the local machine, where you can run Window Server build of the game, follow the guide I prepared for you ;) https://bit.ly/AstroColonyDedicatedDoc
Each dedicated server is created autosaves, so you can access them in the /savegame directory.

[h2]GPortal[/h2]
To get your private server, please check Astro Colony on GPortal:
https://www.g-portal.com/astro-colony


Thanks guys so much for your support!
Tefel (Terad Games)

fixed issue where asteroid catcher after upgrade would have invalid state
fixed issue saving attracted asteroids
fixed issue with player position not being saved
fixed issue where legacy savegame data would be lost after rejoining
fixed localization issues with missing icons
fixed rover not showing actions
fixed player rotation not being correct after loading in multiplayer
fixed issues with construction not updating warehouse state for other clients
fixed issue where other player would not be pinned after rejoining

Hey Astro Colonists!
[h3]The second Major update is here! You can already download it from Steam![/h3]



[h3]What's new?[/h3]


There is a new menu where you can find Player Servers & Dedicated Servers (soon).
When creating a server, you can also protect it with a password.



It really took long to bring the game to the state where all single player mechanics are working in the multiplayer game.

Here are features which got implemented:

• In game chat
  
• Blueprint Designer
  
• Vehicles Designer
  
• Stargate construction
  
• Parallel universes
  
• Cosmic events (ex. black holes)
  
• Screen player markers have nicknames, so you know where your friends are
  
• Independent chunk creation, so each player can explore and discover new planets.
  Depending on how far away the generated planet is, it will appear on the map. All planets modified by other players will also appear.
  
• Asteroids for every player - when generating asteroids, the location of each player is checked, so each player has asteroids around him
  
• Players assigned to their Steam accounts - each player is recognized by its unique Steam ID, so each time you re-join the game, your progress will be automatically restored.
  
• Each player is visible on the map
  
• Clients can now join mid-game and progress is synchronized.
  

It's already confirmed that dedicated servers by GPortal will be enabled soon!
They are making a huge difference when it comes to game synchronization and additional features like joining during the session.


Finally, to celebrate this moment with you, Astro Colony is starting a discount week (-25%).

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1614550/Astro_Colony/

Have fun grounding new colonies together!

Invite Your friends to play and join Our community:
https://discord.com/invite/EFzAA3w

To all single players, don't worry! New content features are already planned for Terraforming update.
Feel free to share your ideas on Discord #suggestions.

Thank you for all suggestions which made this update possible!
Tefel (Terad Games)

Hello, Astro Colony explorers!
Just a quick update about the work in progress over the last few months, after the Architecture Update!

As you may already know, and as I have mentioned dozens of times, I am working on the dedicated server, which is the next major update!

[h2]When can you expect a new update?[/h2]
9th of October 23rd of October


The dedicated update was basically ready this month, but I decided to push development to another level, transitioning to Unreal Engine 5! The new version of the engine gives new ways to solve existing issues like world origin rebasing, with which multiplayer has had tons of problems in the past.

[h2]What are the upcoming features?[/h2]

There are plenty of changes and improvements in stability and QOL.
Let me just share some of the upcoming changes:

• independent chunk creation, so each player can explore and discover new planets. Depending on how far away the generated planet is, it will appear on the map. All planets modified by other players will also appear.
  
• asteroids for every player - when generating asteroids, the location of each player is checked, so each player has asteroids around him
  
• players assigned to their Steam accounts - each player is recognized by its unique Steam ID, so each time you re-join the game, your progress will be automatically restored.
  
• each player is visible on the map
  
  
• screen player markers have nicknames, so you know where your friends are
  
  
• game simulation running on a dedicated server, so you can join mid-game and your progress is synchronized. You can also rejoin if you lose connection without losing progress
  
• loading savegames on dedicated server - both single player and legacy multiplayer are compatible!
  
• in game chat
  
  
• multiplayer blueprint & vehicle designer
  
• multiplayer cosmic events - black holes, stargates
  
• travel to parallel universe with your space station

If you have friends with whom you would like to play multiplayer, tell them that the game is now at a 25% discount, if they want to get acquainted in the meantime :)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1614550/Astro_Colony/

Thanks guys, so much for your support!
Tefel (Terad Games)

Hey, Colonists!

The Summer Sale is slowly coming to an end, but if you still haven't decided to add Astro Colony to your Steam library, we have a small surprise for you!
You can now get Astro Colony in a bundle with Havendock - cozy colony sim, where you try to survive in the middle of the sea.

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/33580/Havendock__Astro_Colony/

If you want to create your own settlement both on the ocean surface 🌊 and in space 🪐, check out our bundle!

I would love to invite you to Architecture Dev Stream #6 (the last one).
Feel free to comment if you want to see something in particular.

Start today (Wednesday) at 20:00CET (8PM)

For people who have Steam broadcasting issues, I am also streaming on Twitch:
https://www.twitch.tv/Tefel


Thanks guys so much for support!
Tefel (Terad Games)