Starground News

[h3]Its now officially been 1 year since Starground first launched on Steam![/h3][p]I (Jesse) want to personally thank everybody who has bought the game and supported our development in Early Access. Starground has been so much more successful than we ever could have imagined, and that's thanks to all of your support. We also want to thank our publisher 2 Left Thumbs for helping our tech demo become reality.

In the time since we've been on Steam, we've accomplished:[/p]

• [p]6 major content updates[/p]
• [p]3 new planets[/p]
• [p]Countless new bosses, enemies, items, recipes, and more[/p]
• [p]Hundreds of bug fixes[/p]
• [p]Over 9000 new stargrounders[/p]

[p]We can't wait to get working on what content we still have planned out, and get Starground ready for full launch next year! Expect another 3 planets, a whole load of new items and weapons, and tons of bug fixing and QOL!

Tomorrow (August 20th), expect a new update and sale to go along with this important milestone.[/p][p][/p][p]Thanks again, and Ad Astra[/p]

[h3]The second 14.1 experimental update has dropped! This update continues to improve and refine conveyors, as well as a variety of new content (new tutorial system!).[/h3][p][/p][p]Tutorials are now globally stored instead of attached to the world data. This allows for much more tutorial flexibility, and just makes more sense for multiplayer. You can also now view previously completed tutorials by pressing T while in-game, or clicking the tutorial button on the main menu.[/p][p][/p][p]Tutorials also now have a new friend Gearbert! Gearbert is sort of the Big Boy Games mascot, and will tie more closely into the story later on.[/p][p][/p][p]UI also now has sound for hovering and clicking, alongside a new slider to change their volume.[/p][p][/p][h2]Additions[/h2]

• [p]Added Gearbert (for the tutorial right now)[/p]
• [p]Added a tutorial for visiting Tyria[/p]
• [p]Added sounds to all UI elements[/p]
• [p]Added a volume slider for UI sounds[/p]
• [p]Added track Light Beams to the main menu[/p]
• [p]Added a menu to view previous tutorials[/p]
• [p]Added a button to the options menu to reset tutorials[/p]

[h2]Changes[/h2]

• [p]Improved displaying and switching of keybinds with various bodies of text[/p]
• [p]Reworded various tutorial texts[/p]
• [p]Made it so cooldowns will always process regardless of movement limitations[/p]
• [p]Added more information to Steam error messages[/p]
• [p]Updated all translations[/p]
• [p]Made it so tutorials are now no longer linked to worlds, but instead are now global (linked to your userdata)[/p]

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• [p]Fixed an issue where tiles would not sync initially on Opis in multiplayer[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where Calorus can be hit while already dead, causing a crash and improper spawning of corpses[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where a dungeon could be instantly cleared as soon as it is generated[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where the game could crash while starting a new world with controller[/p]
• [p]Fixed issues with tutorial translations being the wrong language[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where food was not properly consumed on multiplayer clients (thanks DevNinYa!)[/p]
• [p]Probably fixed an issue where gas masks were not working properly on multiplayer[/p]
• [p]Fixed multiple incorrect translations[/p]

[p]This experimental update for Starground introduces a massive behind-the-scenes change to how logistics work. This involves a complete rebuild of conveyors, movers, splitters, underground conveyors, and lots of changes to every building in the game. Let me know things run, and if you run into any issues, feel free to report them on Steam forums, or on Discord. Thanks![/p][p][/p][h2]Additions[/h2]

• [p]Added sounds, particles, and vfx to the brewing station[/p]
• [p]Completely rebuilt all conveyors, splitters, movers, and underground belts in order to improve performance[/p]
• [p]Added the ability to rotate conveyors without consuming items[/p]

[h2]Changes[/h2]

• [p]Improved the appearance of corner conveyors (now uses a shader)[/p]
• [p]Made it so that items saved in the dungeon are cleared on load[/p]
• [p]Made it so the game version is always printed to console on launch[/p]
• [p]Made it so holding down the item grab button (F) will continue to grab items every 0.25 seconds (instead of only once)[/p]
• [p]Made it so replacing a conveyor will now no longer drop the item on it[/p]

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• [p]Fixed an issue where farm plots would show the mushroom for a frame when placing[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where hydrogen bombs didn't show up on multiplayer[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where tiles on Opis could be consumed multiple times on multiplayer[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where the blueprint selection would appear for everybody when someone on multiplayer activated it[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where building a blueprint ghost on multiplayer would remove items from everybody[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where the calorus monument had no description[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where the item pickup indicator was not translating item names[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where movers would grab items from buildings on load[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where bees with multiple items could sometimes fail to deposit them[/p]

[h2]Optimizations[/h2]

• [p]Improved the performance of player object hovering[/p]
• [p]Improved the performance of bees[/p]
• [p]Improved the performance of researchers[/p]
• [p]Improved the performance of all crafting buildings[/p]
• [p]Improved the performance of sound emitters[/p]
• [p]Improved loading times for very large factories with lots of conveyor belts[/p]
• [p]Massively improved the performance of movers[/p]

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[p]This quick hotfix for Starground fixes an issue that would prevent modified tiles from syncing on multiplayer.[/p][h2]Fixes[/h2]

• [p]Fixed an issue where modified tiles on multiplayer would not get synced[/p]