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Starbase - Progress Notes Week 32 (2020)

[h2]Progress Notes Week 32[/h2]
[h3](August 3rd - 7th)[/h3]

Hello everyone, here are the notes of week 32 - hope you enjoy!

[h3]Design[/h3]

Features

Demolition Job: Pincer shipwreck has been designed and added to the spawn list
Demolition Job: the scrap attractors position has been adjusted so collected parts won't float through the floor
Damage model tests and adjustments have been made
14 new ships have been added to the game's economy configurations
Inventory tooltips for items have been improved to include more information
Design for Cosmetics Shop UI is underway
Design for the ability to change the position and properties of quickbar(s) is underway
Design for the ability to create custom advertisement signs in-game has been started

Stations / Lot Designer

Robur station has been added for the on-going PVP event

Spaceship Designer

New modules for Spaceship Designer are under design
Material Tool has been tested and fixes and improvements requested
Design for the ability to add decals to spaceships is underway

Other

FCU (all models) and MFC now have matching device field names by default

[h3]Code[/h3]

Gameplay

Object thickness and hit angle now affect projectile damage
Fixes made to scrap detection and deletion system
Lifeline warp and stun are disabled upon an Insurance transfer, and locking a Lifeline-bound chair with a Cargo Frame unbinds it
Tractor Beam related bugs disabled, needs a refactoring for proper multiplayer support
Players standing on ship cargo no longer push the cargo (or the ship)
An issue that prevented picking up welded beams has been fixed

User Interface

Mining backpack now correctly updates its slots when using a shop
Work on adding additional slots to backpack is underway
Work on fixing levers not being droppable is underway
Company Roster not sending group invites fixed
Work on adding Audio support for Resource Bridges is underway

Audio

Socket tool audio support added
Cargo beam and frame audio support added
Thruster sound tweaks have been made

Spaceship Designer

Some of the bugs in the newly introduced station system have been fixed
An issue where buying custom ships created new saves when they weren't needed has been fixed
Item descriptions should now show correctly in Spaceship Designer
Paint tool brush visualizer now ignores hidden layers and raycasts hit the paintable parts
Parts' durability is now updated when material type is changed

[h3]Art[/h3]

Animations and Emotes

Work on updating all 1st person "relaxed" animations continues
1st person animations polished for: Antigel, Assault rifle, Battle rifle, Gauss rifle, Laser rifle and Rail rifle
Emote_chestpound and emote_ayy are in the making

Stations / Lot Designer

VIS HQ LOD and farLOD models updated to floors: Sky deck, Office, Office base, Generator room and Loading dock B
Marketplace updates: "Observation deck" and "intersection room" LODs have been updated,
LODs have been created for exterior holograms

Weapons

Reload effect has been made for Pistol
Rail Rifle: the particle spawn and scale rates adjusted to work better at greater distances and a "shock/pulse" has been added to the weapon
Flame Thrower: the particle spawn and scale rates adjusted to work better at greater distances
Bolter: new reload added, particle spawn and scale rates updated to work better at greater distances and a "shock/pulse" has been added to the Bolter
Long Rifle: reload and shockwave effect added, the distance settings of particles tweaked
Mini Gun: reload and shoot exhaust added

Other

Moon fogs adjusted to not be so heavy
YOLOL chip should no longer clip through the device rack chip reader
Dreadnought armor set texture quality polished and paint jobs updated
Red Brigand unique armor set coloring adjusted slightly because of the Dreadnought paint job update
Juggernaut armor set texture quality update in progress

[h3]Gallery[/h3]

[h3]Videos[/h3]
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Don't forget to check our official Starbase forums and our blog for more pictures and videos of the weekly development.

Until next time! 🪐

Starbase - Progress Notes Week 31 (2020)

[h2]Progress Notes Week 31[/h2]
[h3](July 27th - 31st)[/h3]

Hello everyone, here are the notes of week 31 - hope you enjoy!

[h3]Design[/h3]

Features

Improved tooltips that show materials and extra information have been worked on
The new auto reload feature with Buzzsaw in the Demolition Job has been tested: the scrap attractor mass limit in the Demolition Job has been increased by 5%
A new version of the mining backpack has been designed: 6 additional slots, all item slots dynamic, can hold small (one handed) items or medium (two handed) items
Armor weigh and density adjustments and tests have been made
Spaceships have been modified to be used in the Demolition Job

User Interface

The color picking submenu for the Cosmetics Shop UI has been worked on

Other

Visibility range of Bolt Profile highlights has been increased
Fixed Weapon mount 2 Bolt Profile has been updated: bolts now snap to all positions found in the profile

[h3]Code[/h3]

Gameplay

Beams can now be welded together using the Welding Tool. Beams are also welded when fixing them in ship blueprints using the Building Tool

User Interface

Correct functionality has been added to the browse/buy/sell view
Auction house UI integration to the Auction Client continues
Chat messages have been added for "already in a group" / "already invited" situations
Invites now get removed if the invited player leaves the game or the invite expires

Spaceship / Lot / Interior Designer

Player station tech is being worked on, technical support for player created stations and lots has mostly been added
Material tool raycasting now ignores all non-plate and non-beam components
Minimum brush size has been reduced from 0.5 to 0.1

[h3]Art[/h3]

Animations and Emotes

Animation has been made for aiming at a resource port and when a successful connection can be made (1st person)
All 1st person "relaxed" animations are being updated

Stations / Lot Designer

Market station exterior holograms have been added
Final market station exterior decoration update is underway

Weapons

Plasma turret's muzzle flash has been modified to be even closer to the handgun version, with bigger side effects etc.
Reload effects have been made for Shotgun and Gauss Rifle
Rocket Launcher VFX have been updated and smoke trail reduced
Assault Rifle VFX have been updated and reload effects have been added
Flame Thrower VFX have been updated: stream is more connected, idle effect has been added
Wrong offset on side lights on autocannon muzzle flash has been fixed

Other

Dreadnought armorset texture polishing is in progress
The flickering on the purple ship thruster effect has been fixed

[h3]Gallery[/h3]

Starbase - July Closed Alpha News Video

A new Starbase video is here! Another month or so of the Starbase Alpha has come and gone, with new features added to the game, new player-made ships, and new events.This video showcases new features that have been added to the game and includes a collection of clips from the gunship battle events we have held.
https://youtu.be/a1PtxjGAYeI
Find out what's been going on in the Starbase universe lately by watching Starbase - Closed Alpha News July from the link above!

Join the discussion on the official Starbase Discord.

And don't forget to wishlist Starbase on Steam!

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

Starbase - Progress Notes Week 30 (2020)

[h2]Progress Notes Week 30[/h2]
[h3](July 20th - 24th)[/h3]

Hello everyone, it's time for progress notes again. Here are the notes of week 30:

[h3]Design[/h3]

Features

Work on the Demolition Job continues: instancing area and instructions terminal have been added, and the job has been tested
Design work for beam welding continues
New pyramid plates have been added to economy
Material progression and balance design has been worked on
Damage model update design has been worked on
Asteroid belt material distribution planning is in the works
Blueprint design is underway: blueprint obtaining and progression have been worked on

User Interface

Design for the Cosmetics Shop item and cart pages has been worked on
Updated mockups have been made for the Decal Tool

Spaceship Designer

8 new Pyramid plates have been added to the Spaceship Designer

[h3]Code[/h3]

Gameplay

Work on ship beam welding continues, beams can now be attached without snapping a beam to a blueprint first

User Interface

Feedback Tool's screenshot editor now uses correct tool icons in the toolbox
Support has been added to Feedback Tool's screenshot editor for creating, duplicating and deleting tools with a context menu and rearranging existing tools by dragging

[h3]Art[/h3]

Emotes

Emote_halt has been finished
Emote_slap is in the making

Stations / Lot Designer

Large hall 5 has been redesigned to fit the large lot area, and added back to Lot Designer with an updated thumbnail
Minor visual fixes and tweaks to nearly all of the Lot Designer Hallway modules

Weapons

Saw's hit effect has been tweaked, and the amount of sparks has been increased
Plasma rifle's projectile and muzzle flash have been tweaked
Laser turret projectile's texture, hit effect and muzzle flash have been updated
Front/side texture tests have been made for projectiles
Axe melee weapon's textures have been fixed slightly
Grenade Launcher VFX have been updated: new reload, shoot, projectile and hit effects
Repeater Pistol has been updated, projectile and hit effect updated
Rail Rifle VFX have been updated

Other

Inventory icons have been added for: Flamer, Reaper Cannon, Combat Shield, Axe, Kukri and Khopesh
Hunter armorset's texture quality has been polished and paintjobs updated
A new version for Sunny Ship Center sign has been created and a damaged version has been made for the second hand ship shop
A proper desktop shortcut icon has been added

[h3]Gallery[/h3]

Starbase - Progress Notes Week 29 (2020)

[h2]Progress Notes Week 29[/h2]
[h3](July 13th - 17th)[/h3]

Hello everyone, here are the notes of week 29, enjoy!

[h3]Design[/h3]

Features

Design for a HUD editor is being worked on
Blueprint tab design for Universal Tool is underway
Demolition Job has been tested: technical core features are mostly ready, polishing will start next week
Design work for Decal Tool has started
UI design for Auction House's blueprints is underway
General shop page has been updated: outdated sorting elements have been changed to up to date ones
The shop page layout has been reworked to accommodate the design of the item info screen

Stations / Lot Designer

Medium Hall 17 has been remodeled to fit the "Lot size - Small" -category, and is now called Small Hall 11
Medium Hall 18 is now called Medium Hall 13, due to the previous 13 being updated into a large one

Spaceship Designer

30 Degree plates have been moved to "Special Plates" (Plates)
30 Degree beams have been moved to "Special Beams" (Beams)

Other

Cable & Pipe tool magazine capacity has been increased (100->300)

[h3]Code[/h3]

Gameplay

Lamps are now buildable and unweldable in lots
Players can now use one-handed tools and weapons while Universal Tool is open and crosshair mode is on
Material tab now shows what material the pointed object / blueprint is made of

User Interface

An issue with removing mining backpack when ores are vacuumed has been fixed
The building layout and styling in the refuel menu have been updated

Spaceship Designer

LOD generation options have been added to Spaceship Designer
Save module tooltip being drawn wrongly has been fixed
Module folders being closed when a module is selected has been fixed

[h3]Art[/h3]

Animations and Emotes

Work on remote explosive related animation continues
Emote_point animation updated
Issue with emotes not playing correctly in pilot chair has been fixed
New emote_knock1 has been finished
Emote_halt is underway

Stations / Lot Designer

Exterior decorations on the biggest hall of the marketplace shops set is underway
Holograms/lightstrips have been added to VIS_empire_hq
Updated farLOD model and texture maps have been added to Command Center (Large)
Updated farLOD models and texture maps have been added to parts of VIS Headquarters A and Empire VIS Headquarters (tower models vis_office_floor and vis_office_floor_base)
Imperial capital station holograms have been updated to match the new gridslot changes
Large hall 4 has been redesigned to fit the large lot area and has been added to the Lot Designer
Small Hall 9 has been added to the Lot Designer

Weapons

Flamer VFX has been updated, and FPS drop issues resolved
Gauss Rifle FX has been updated
Autocannon muzzle flash has been updated
Plasma turrets projectile and muzzle flash have been updated
Inventory icons have been updated for Arclighter, Bolter, Plasma Rifle, Laser Rifle, Long Rifle and Rail Rifle
Gauss rifle ADS fire animation recoil has been reduced
Mounted weapon and autocannon textures have been updated with better quality versions

Other

Image asset has been added for the Spaceship Designer Material tool icon
Player Ship shop variation 2 is in the making

[h3]Gallery[/h3]