Starground News

This hotfix for Starground addresses a couple of minor issues with modding, crafting buildings, dungeons, and more. Thanks to those who found bugs!

[h2]Additions[/h2]

• Added a starting room for dungeons
  
• Added lights to braziers
  

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed an issue where player inventories would be duplicated on load. Games saved since 11.1 will stop duplicating after being loaded and resaved one or two times. (thanks Duckerdoo!)
  
• Fixed an issue where using the starlauncher on multiplayer would not dismount players from skateboards (thanks Duckerdoo!)
  
• Fixed an issue where the create command did not work with multiplayer
  
• Fixed an issue where recipe selection messed up item slots, and could cause synchronization issues with multiplayer (thanks Duckerdoo!)
  
• Fixed an issue where the blacklist button on Movers would not sync on multiplayer, and players could not see each other changing it (thanks simonthegarnish!)
  
• Fixed an issue where boss doors would not turn red for clients
  
• Fixed an issue where dungeon doors on multiplayer were not updating (thanks simonthegarnish!)
  

[h2]Modding[/h2]

• Added a signal that emits an ID for when an item is consumed by a player
  
• Added the add_player_ui() function in ModAPI to instantiate scenes into player UI
  
• Fixed an issue where loader.gd in mods would run after resource table defaults are configured
  
• Added in a dungeon room dictionary for modding. This allows you to specify a loot table ID for dungeon rooms, making dungeons way more moddable. Similarly, all dungeon rooms are now inside of loot tables.
  

This quick hotfix fixes an issue with the new add_recipe_entry() function for modding and some other minor modding issues.

[h2]Modding[/h2]

• Changed the add_recipe_entry() function to fix a crash when adding in recipes and prevent the function from deleting all other recipes for that building. This function now also requires a recipeID in addition to a buildingID
  
• Changed the add_loot_recipe() function in order to make it possible to add loot without overriding all other loot entries
  

This quick hotfix addresses a small issue that made items no longer apply status effects.

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed an issue where items didn't apply their effects on consumption
  

[h3]Starground v0.11.1.0 is here! This update circles back and adds in some things that were initially meant for the big v11 update. Alongside new content, some backend stuff has been refactored, improving stability with Steam multiplayer and modding.[/h3]



[h2]Fish Sizes[/h2]


Caught fish will now have a size that can stray away from an average size set. This also includes a new popup for when player's pick up items.

[h2]Space Hub NPCs[/h2]


The Space Hub now has randomized NPCs that walk around and liven the place up a bit. While they don't add any gameplay as of right now, they can be expanded later to interact with the player or serve a purpose other than decorations.

[h3]As always, let me know on the Steam forums, or on Discord if you run into any new issues. Enjoy![/h3]



[h2]Additions[/h2]

• Added an item pickup bubble
  
• Added a "fish caught" state to the player once they catch a fish
  
• Added sizes to fish (lies on a normal distribution)
  
• Added voices to shop NPCs
  
• Added NPCs that walk around the space hub
  
• Added warning messages for mod compatibilities
  

[h2]Changes[/h2]

• Made it so shop NPC lines now progress instead of being visible all at once
  
• Made it so fences and fence gates can be broken in one hit
  
• Made it so large stack size items will instantly be picked up
  
• Made it so shift click will take as many items as possible
  
• Increased the wandering time for fish
  
• Improved the animation for large fish
  
• Made it so fish animate slower when not moving
  
• Improved the animation for medium fish
  
• Made it so player inventories save when joining through Steam
  
• Updated translations
  
• Made it so fish will go directly into your inventory as long as you have space
  

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed an issue where the tree of wisdom could show up multiple times in the same dungeon, and way too often
  
• Fixed an issue where fences played a stone sound instead of wood when being broken
  
• Fixed an issue where troughs were renamable
  
• Fixed depth sorting issues with the fishing shop
  
• Fixed an issue where the purchase button would not get disabled correctly in shops
  
• Fixed an issue where items on the ground wouldn't update their count when picked up with a mining laser
  
• Fixed an issue where picking up an item from a mined resource node could permanently set its drop amount to 0
  
• Fixed an issue where fishing line breaking didn't work on multiplayer
  
• Fixed an issue where the game can freeze when joining through Steam and the connection fails
  

[h2]Optimizations[/h2]

• Slightly improved performance of movers
  
• Corrected a previous optimization related to disabling entity pathfinding when out of view
  
• Optimized various networking-related functions
  

[h2]Modding[/h2]

• Added the add_recipe_entry function to add recipes
  
• Added the add_region_entry function to add regions
  
• Added the add_shop_entry to add shop items
  
• Changed the effect tag to be an array called Effects
  
• Changed add functions to always include an ID, and create functions to not include them
  
• Added more documentation on variables and examples in ModAPI
  

This small patch addresses some major issues related to being able to select the fishing rod and shovel, as well as issues with fishing on multiplayer. Animals have also been fixed up, with breeding now working as intended.

If any other issues come up, let me know on the Steam forums or on Discord!

[h2]Additions[/h2]

• Added heart particles to breeding animals
  
• Added an indicator for what items are required to breed an animal
  
• Added a noise that plays when breeding is successful
  
• Added the mature command, which instantly makes all animals grow up or revert to babies
  

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed an issue where tools were inaccessible after unlocking
  
• Fixed an issue where fish had incorrect offsets
  
• Fixed an issue where sodstars would always revert to babies on load
  
• Fixed an issue where breeding did not require any items
  
• Fixed an issue where the fishing license didn't take any money when purchasing
  
• Fixed a crash that could happen when a disconnected tesla coil is loaded
  
• Fixed an issue where sodstars and fences were invisible on multiplayer
  
• Fixed an issue where fishing was broken on multiplayer
  

[h2]Optimizations[/h2]

• Greatly improved the performance of all animals, specifically fish (thanks to rain for pointing it out)
  
• Improved performance of loading on singleplayer and especially multiplayer