Star Control: Origins News

In a galaxy as vast and varied as the one in Star Control: Origins, we can't always see everything. That's why we appreciate whenever our incredible community shares their crash reports with us! We do our best to get into the game quickly and fix the problems so that we can ensure your experience protecting the galaxy is a fun one.

In v1.62, we address some issues that caused some strange crashes, including one that would trigger when your lander was destroyed while carrying cargo, or one that occured when you enter certain systems after 10 or so minutes of playing.

While we were working on things, we discovered that the Commander went missing from our German, Russian, and Chinese versions of the game - whoops! - so we made sure to get her back in there. Who else are you going to turn to for advice when things get dicey? Well, we suppose there's always Wymdoo...

Check out the changelog at the bottom of the post for full details on the update. Thanks for sending in your reports - we appreciate all your help in making Star Control: Origins the best game it can be.


[h2]Star Control: Origins v1.62 Changelog[/h2]
[h3]Fixes[/h3]

• Fixes a crash if your lander gets destroyed when it has cargo
  
• Fixes a crash that happens on some systems after 10 min of playing
  
• Fixed graphic corruption when loading a game form within a game
  
• Fixed a crash when exiting planets
  
• (1.62) Fixed an issue where the commander didn't show up in German
  
• (1.62) Fixed an issue where the commander didn't show up in Russian
  
• (1.62) Fixed an issue where the commander didn't show up in Chinese
  

[h3]Balance[/h3]

• (1.62) Sped up the Earthing ship when in a solar system
  
• (1.62) Fixed the turn radius in hyperspace
  

Stardock released a v1.6 update for Star Control: Origins today. The update includes a major visual overhaul for the aliens and starships. The memory footprint of the game was simultaneously reduced thanks to new updates to Stardock’s Cider engine.

Star Control: Origins is set in the late 21st century. The player is the Captain of Earth's first interstellar starship with the mission to explore the galaxy, find allies to help protect Earth from hostile aliens, and find the resources necessary to help Earth expand to the stars.



The v1.6 update makes significant improvements to the game’s rendering technology. Players will enjoy finer details and smoother framerates when talking to alien leaders, while also gaining boosts in performance thanks to reduced memory usage. Ships benefit from this visual overhaul with more detail and an overall better performance during battles.



In addition to the visual improvements, v1.6 reduces the game’s memory usage by about 40%, depending on the player’s graphics card and computer system.

“These improvements make it so that the finer details can be more appreciated by players across the board,” said Brad Wardell, CEO of Stardock. “The performance boosts and reduction in memory usage will improve the overall visual experience for everyone, whether you’re running a cutting-edge system or something that’s a little older.”

https://store.steampowered.com/app/271260/Star_Control_Origins/

The memory footprint of the game was simultaneously reduced thanks to new updates to Stardock’s Cider engine.



The v1.5 update makes significant improvements to the game’s rendering technology. Players will enjoy finer details and smoother framerates when talking to alien leaders, while also gaining boosts in performance thanks to reduced memory usage. Ships benefit from this visual overhaul with more detail and an overall better performance during battles.

In addition to the visual improvements, v1.5 reduces the game’s memory usage by about 40%, depending on the player’s graphics card and computer system.

[h2]To enable the patch, please do the following:[/h2]

• Select Star Control: Origins in your Steam Library list
  
• Right-click and select Properties
  
• Select the BETAS tab
  
• From the drop-down, select "opt-in" and click Close (if you don't see this option, restart Steam)
  
• Steam should pull down the changed files; if you ever want to go back, do the same as above but select "default".
  

Please note: The opt-in is an early preview of the next update and you might experience bugs or other issues. We encourage players who try the opt-in to report any issues to the forums.

[h2]Changelog[/h2]

• Major visual overhaul of the leader's conversation graphics. Not only you can see more detail but the framerate is much smoother.
  
• Ships also benefit from this visual overhaul. You'll see more detail and have a better performance during battles.
  
• Significant reduction in memory usage.