Starground Alpha v6.0.0 Released

v6.0.0 of Starground is finally released! This is the biggest update yet, which includes entirely new mechanics for both dungeoning and automation.

[h3]Power[/h3]
Power is now in the game! This involves specific machines needing to be powered to function now. These machines can be linked up with the new Tesla Coil.

[h3]Research[/h3]
Research is now fully implemented. This lets players unlock new technologies to slowly improve their factory over time.

[h3]Rolling[/h3]
You can now roll in the dungeon, which aids in avoiding enemies and general navigation.

[h3]Sounds and Effects[/h3]
All of the machines in Starground now have their own unique particle effects and sounds. The word is more alive than ever!

Below is a full changelog of every change and addition:

[h2]Additions[/h2]

• Added Buldogghi to the list of translators.
  
• Added an option to use a regular font instead of the pixel font.
  
• Added breakable decorations that spawn in dungeons and drop hearts.
  
• Added the ability to roll with SPACE.
  
• Added Starground energy (SE).
  
• Added the power tab in the building menu.
  
• Added tesla coils that transmits power from generators to consumers.
  
• Added fuel cells (double the fuel time of biofuel).
  
• Added coal and coal ore rocks.
  
• Added sounds to the crafter.
  
• Added welding effects to the crafter.
  
• Added sounds to the furnace.
  
• Added buzzing sounds to bees.
  
• Added grinding noises to the shredder.
  
• Added particles to the shredder.
  
• Added keyboard number indicators to the hotbar.
  
• Added functionality to researchers.
  
• Added an animation to researchers.
  
• Added particles to researchers.
  
• Added an animation to the burner when working.
  
• Added sounds to researchers.
  
• Added power usage indicators to the build menu.
  
• Added another section in the build menu to indicate building power usage.
  
• Added researches that unlock different items and buildings.
  
• Added the treadmill.
  
• Added a sort button to grid inventories (chest, collector, inventory etc.).
  
• Added boss doors for rooms connecting to a boss room.
  
• Added new sprites for v2 conveyors.
  

[h2]Changes[/h2]

• Made it so that long words now wrap in the building menu.
  
• Made it so the Simplified Chinese localization defaults to Noto Sans SC.
  
• Swapped out static font sizes for size types (large header, medium header, etc.).
  
• Made it so that item names don't expand with the slot when hovered over.
  
• Changed the backing color of the slot item name from a plain square to a designated sprite.
  
• Made it so that the toolbench can only accept a stacksize of 1 item.
  
  • In refactoring this, inventories can now have any stack size, which opens us up to upgrades to increase chest slot stack size.
    
• Changed the sprite for splitters.
  
• Made it so movers can move an item directly onto a splitter without needing a conveyor inbetween.
  
• Made it so movers can take an item directly off of a splitter.
  
• Made it so splitters can move items into other splitters.
  
• Changed the dungeon background color to be darker.
  
• Changed the biofuel sprite.
  
• Made it so crafters require 5 SE to craft an item.
  
• Made it so that the burner produces 20 SE when fueled.
  
• Changed resource spawning to a weighted system, allowing for the change of spawn rates.
  
• Made it so that shredders require 3 SE to shred items.
  
• Made it so that collectors require 8 SE to operate.
  
• Made it so lamps require 1 SE to operate.
  
• Made it so lamps turn off during the day.
  
• Decreased the amount of required hits for splitters from 5 to 2.
  
• Changed the conveyor belt descriptions to make more sense.
  
• Changed the burner description to make more sense.
  
• Changed the mover description to make more sense.
  
• Changed the long range mover description to make more sense.
  
• Changed the toolbench description to make more sense.
  
• Changed the starlauncher description to make more sense.
  
• Made it so bees now hold the items they mined.
  
• Decreased the volume of picking up items.
  
• Significantly changed the research menu layout.
  
• Made it so researchers now consume 8 SE to operate.
  
• Rearranged the order of the crafter in the build menu.
  
• Made it so the day indicator turns to a moon during nighttime.
  
• Made it so that placeholder sprites go invisible when an item is in the slot.
  
• Locked multiple buildings and items behind research.
  
• Made it so players can walk on splitters.
  

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed an issue where the fps counter setting was not saved.
  
• Fixed an issue where selected language was not saved.
  
• Fixed an issue where the inventory UI was covered by the chat box on large UI scales.
  
• Fixed a depth sorting issue where the inventory would interweave into the health bar.
  
• Fixed an issue where item slots would not expand .
  
• Fixed a potential crash related to building objects.
  
• Fixed an issue where splitters would not grab items.
  
• Fixed an issue where long item names would permanetely increase the background length.
  
• Fixed a crash related to taking an item from a mover.
  
• Fixed an issue where burner inventories didn't work on multiplayer.
  
• Fixed an issue where switching a crafter recipe could cause a crash.
  
• Fixed an issue where movers would try to insert items into inventories with no item filters even if there wasn't insertable slots.
  
• Fixed an issue where the research menu and an object inventory could be open at the same time.
  
• Fixed an issue where clients would sometimes be unable to initiate dungeon rooms.
  
• Changed the door sprites to look more sideways when going left or right.
  

[h2]Optimizations[/h2]

• Optimized scene layout of item slots (better control over behavior).
  
• Significantly improved performance of conveyor belt tiling.
  
• Significantly improved performance of conveyors.
  
• Switched building multiplayer updates to the MultiplayerSynchronizer node, making them more reliable and efficient (only 2 bits per packet!).