Starbase News

The Starbase Boltcrackers Fleet PVP tournament continues!

This latest tournament video is a battle between Bufferisfull and Senksquad. Bufferisfull is a team that consists of our QA team members, so let's see if a team of devs can hold their own against a team of regular players!



Check out who emerged victorious in this matchup by watching the video here:
https://youtu.be/A-T_VcqSTiI

Join the discussion on the official Starbase Discord.



And don't forget to wishlist Starbase on Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/454120/Starbase/

[h2]Progress Notes Week 36[/h2]
[h3](August 31st - September 4th)[/h3]

Hello everyone! Here are the progress notes of week 36 - hope you enjoy!

[h3]Design[/h3]

Features

• Design for being able to adjust auto-generated LOD detail in Spaceship Designer has been worked on
  
• First version of the Demolition Job has been finalized
  
• Repair Job design has been updated
  
• Ore Collector has been tested and reconfigured, it can now be found from shops and the Spaceship Designer
  
• Material distribution design has been worked on
  
• Radiation and scanner design continues
  
• Iteration on factory devices is underway:
  
  • Blueprint projector basic feature testing and design iteration
    
  • Design review and iteration for robot arm tools
    
  • Reworking old design for factory printer field devices
    
• Design for bolt-less attachment system and joint attachment/detachment feature is in the works
  
• Floating and overlapping pieces on Demolition Job ships have been fixed
  
• Design for controller support and keybind layout has been worked on
  

Stations

• New player spaceships and spaceship shops added: Rando 3 and Okim Industries 2
  
  • Starting station's layout has been changed accordingly
    
• "Hallway End" -modules have been updated: Missing priority snaps added and exterior made to match other hallway modules better.
  
• "Hallway ramp" -modules have been added to Lot Designer
  
• Work hub direction sign updated to match the new station layout
  
• The issue of PvP Station not showing up in the build has been fixed
  

Spaceships / Spaceship Designer

• Spaceship Designer:
  
  • Windows frame 192x36x24 is now in "Windows Frame" folder, the default color has been changed to match with other plates
    
  • Crafting data has been fixed for Curved window Frame 120x120x24 cm, Window Frame 96x36x24 cm, Window Frame 144x36x24 cm and Window Frame 192x36x24 cm; these plates are no longer considered as windows
    
  • Socket tool cable/pipe now counts towards Cable limit in Spaceship Designer
    
• Spaceships:
  
  • Ithaca IV: overlap issue in the beam structure has been fixed
    

[h3]Code[/h3]

Gameplay

• Automatic scrap deletion inside safe zones has been enabled
  
• Durability now considers unbolted parts to belong in a structure (especially in Spaceship Designer editing) if they are connected in-game via two bolt-less connection technologies
  
• Mass center calculations of single-entity structures of reasonable size have been fixed
  
• Cargo mass locations experiencing semi-random lag, causing especially faster carrier ships to behave oddly, has been fixed
  
• Bolting now supports thinner object combinations than before
  
• Blueprint projector basic functionality is done
  
• Issues with weapons with single-shot magazine not reloading successfully after the first shot have been fixed
  
• Remote explosives implementation is underway
  

Audio

• First iteration of trigger device has been added
  

Spaceship Designer

• Save confirmation has been added before resetting or loading a new scene
  
• Potential fix for infinite Multi-user System overlap loop bugs has been worked on
  
• Overlap debugger rendering only one of the overlapping components has been fixed
  
• Action execution speed has been increased for many actions that used to check for overlaps without actually needing to, this used to cause lag spikes especially on large ships
  
• Lot blueprint holograms not showing up the first time after a lot is rented and edited has been fixed
  

[h3]Art[/h3]

Animations and Emotes

• Work on remote explosive animations continues
  
• 3rd person animations for resource port nozzle are in the making
  

Stations / Lot Designer

• Grid slot decorations have been updated due to legacy asset removals
  
• 2 animated holograms for the upcoming "Second hand spaceship shop" have been made
  
• Holograms for the upcoming "Advertisement Designer" have been categorized
  
• FarLOD texture maps of Demolish Hall have been updated
  
• Legacy assets have been removed and replaced with proper ones in Command Center
  
• Legacy assets have been removed and replaced with proper ones in Small Hallway modules
  
  • Icons for the following assets have been made
    
  • Basic and Angled outer plates
    
  • Rail objects
    
  • Office chair parts
    
• Logo hologram mesh for the upcoming DURΛTΞCH spaceship shop has been added
  
• Hologram LODs of Starting station's red sector have been updated
  

Weapons

• Explosive drill textures have been added
  
• Mining Saw sparks have been adjusted by making them more constant in direction along with numerous other tweaks
  
• Laser Cutter hit point and effects have been adjusted
  
• Mounted AutoCannon shoot and hit has been updated
  

Other

• New asteroid belt optimization and configuration is underway
  
• Wrong texel density on "Plate Basic 432x432cm" has been fixed
  

[h3]Gallery[/h3]

[h3]Videos[/h3]
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

Don't forget to check our official Starbase forums and our blog for more pictures and videos of the weekly development.

Until next time! 🪐

As the Starbase closed alpha continues on, so does the Boltcrackers Fleet PVP tournament. The latest video showcases a huge number of player-designed ships in a heated matchup between Solar Predators and Plums!



Check out the latest state of Starbase PVP and look at some pretty explosions:
here.https://youtu.be/1wgRfG4aEgY

The quest to find the team in the Starbase Closed Alpha with the greatest spaceships, best pilots and most seamless teamwork continues! A new video from the third match in the Boltcrackers Fleet PVP Tournament is now available.



Watch the highlights from the match between Collective: Carnelian Team and The White Knights here:
https://youtu.be/G-tJq24RN08

Stay tuned for more footage from the ongoing tournament. AND if you want to join the Closed Alpha yourself...don't worry, there will be additional invite waves soon :)

[h2]Progress Notes Week 35[/h2]
[h3](August 24th - 30th)[/h3]

Hello everyone! Here are the progress notes of week 35 - hope you enjoy!

[h3]Design[/h3]

Features

• Two versions of Urchin have been added to the Demolition Job
  
• Demolition Job rewards have been tested and balanced
  
• Refuel terminals have been added to ore towers
  
• Radioactive materials and trade design have been worked on
  

User Interface

• The foundations of the Advertisement Designer were tasked
  
• The finalization of the Ship info page design is in the works
  

Stations

• Work Hub update:
  
  • Assembly hall has been removed
    
  • Hall for the upcoming repair job has been placed
    
  • Platform for landing and take-off has been added
    
• Weapon and Ammunition -terminals' locations have been adjusted
  
• Take-off terminals and instancing areas have been placed to various landing platforms
  

[h3]Code[/h3]

Gameplay

• Cargo Beam devices properly update their power consumption and no longer lock onto their own structure
  
• Torque deadzone adaptation should now be stable also in ships with multiple FCUs
  
• Cables and pipes in ship blueprints can be fixed using Cable/Pipe Tool
  
  • Cables and pipes layers have been added to blueprint tab in Universal Tool, uncategorized layer has been merged with miscellaneous layer
    
• Bolts, cables and pipes should no longer be worth extra credits when in stacks
  
• Ammo stack creation now also sets the primary material for the stack instead of leaving it invalid
  
• A bug with item collections not being listed in sell terminals has been fixed.
  

User Interface

• Density calculation has been fixed
  
• A bug with tooltips values not being initialized, causing UI to sometimes show incorrect values, has
• been fixed
  
• A bug that allowed moving ores and items too big to fit inventory slots from stations / world to the player inventory has been fixed
  

Audio

• Item pickup sound, when picking up items with a shortcut key, has been fixed
  

Spaceship Designer

• Budget window now counts cables and bolts towards the total voxel volume
  
• An exception has been added to allow cable sockets to overlap with other objects
  
• Ship integrity visualization can now be toggled on/off from the button
  

[h3]Art[/h3]

Animations and Emotes

• Aiming at buttons/monitors animations have been improved
  
• New pickaxe hacking animations have been worked on
  
• Stop animations have been polished
  

Stations / Lot Designer

• Work hub level art and holograms have been updated
  
• Updated Workhub sign has been added for Demolition Job
  
• Missing farLOD from demolish_hall found in the work_hub_station has been re-added
  
• Duplicate farLOD pieces found from some grid_slot_scenes have been removed
  
• PvP Station colors have been updated: clear team starting points and neutral areas
  
• Lighting has been updated in Mass Transit Corner Stop and Mass Transit Side Stop
  
• Legacy assets have been removed from station hall small modules and level art checked and fixed
  
• Level art in medium and large Spaceship Designer Halls have been updated due to legacy assets being removed
  

Weapons

• Updated inventory icons have been added for: Sentinel Rifle, Tactical Shotgun and Grenade Launcher
  
• Empty shell asset has been created for Long Rifle
  
• Mining Saw spark texture has been worked on and electrical arc reload effect has been added
  

Other

• Updated mining backpack texturing is in progress
  
• Mesh and textures have been created for blueprint projector asset
  

[h3]Gallery[/h3]

[h3]Videos[/h3]
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

Don't forget to check our official Starbase forums and our blog for more pictures and videos of the weekly development.

Until next time! 🪐