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Starbase - Progress Notes Week 33 (2020)

[h2]Progress Notes Week 33[/h2]
[h3](August 10th - 14th)[/h3]

Hello everyone! Here are the progress notes of week 33 - hope you enjoy!

[h3]Design[/h3]

Features

Design for a more customizable quickbar system has been done:
Basic movement and resizing features have been designed as well as the ability to bind each quickslot individually without having to go through the settings menu
Material tooltip design has been updated
One new Spatha shipwreck has been added to Ship Demolition Job
Tooltip descriptions for crystals have been fixed from "Ore" to "Crystal"
Design for Ship Demolition Job tutorial phase is progressing, programming tasks have been created
Tweaks in material and blueprint tabs of the Universal Tool have been done, testing is currently underway
Beam welding design has been tweaked, testing is now easier to find optimal results on what kind of connections can be allowed
More material and damage tests have been done, new exploit fixes have been implemented and different damage configuration values have been tested
Economy configurations have been made for station beams, they now use Valkite+Bastium in 90:10 ratio
Player progression and exploration design is underway
Material progression related design is being worked on, structural integrity and durability on beams with different materials has been tested

User Interface

Design for the ship detail/info page is underway
Design for Durability view for Universal Tool started

Stations

Shops that sell player-made ships - Rando 1, Rando 2 and Okim Industries - have been added to the game
Player spaceships are removed from the original Spaceship shop, "Laborer" ship has been added
"Arrowhead" has been raised in Rando 1 Spaceship shop, to disable its hatch from hitting the floor
Design for the first phase of player-made stations continued
Station Foundation unit has been created
A collision in Large Hall 05, which disabled its usage in Lot Designer, has been fixed
Small Hall 12 has been added to Lot Designer

Other

Triangle thruster extension/Booster design is in progress

[h3]Code[/h3]

Gameplay

More fixes have been made to scrap detection and deletion system
Torque deadzone adaptation has been redesigned; highly maneuverable ships hopefully fly straight better and encumbered ones are able to maneuver
Cargo Frame mass center bug potentially deteriorating ship controls during flight has been fixed
Audio support added for ships about to fail structurally due to motion, and a sound for such a failure
When detecting the ship frame, Durability no longer transfers from Thruster Bases to Beams via non-bolted connections such as cable pieces
An assert fixed where the Lifeline bound chair is locked onto a Cargo Frame
Components previously ignored when calculating the Building Budget volume are now correctly considered also in-game and by Durability
Thruster blockedness scanning now originates within the thruster, not next to it
An issue where beams were incorrectly highlighted in certain welding situations has been fixed
Spaceship Designer's beam welding tool is now finished
Autoreload is disabled while in the inventory to allow easier moving of magazines
Various bugs in the new station lot loading system have been fixed
Tech for player station building is being planned
Large lots not blocking player movement on the far borders of the lot has been fixed

User Interface

An issue with ore tower resource bridge not syncing correctly to other players has been fixed
Asserts and a crash fixed when logging out while ores are being vacuumed
Company Rank Right overrides added for members

Spaceship Designer

Auto bolt and weld action execution speed has been optimized
An issue that broke 'Save as' dialog in Spaceship Designer has been fixed
Confirmation added when deleting modules and folders
A shift-button selection for modules should now work
Version history should now show correct blueprint types in different editors
Mouse wheel input no longer leaks through asset browser
Moving multiple modules with one drag & drop is now possible
Support added for moving and deleting multiple modules with context menu as well
Drag & drop -feature for moving single modules between folders is finished and committed, modules within folders are also now ordered alphabetically
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

New animations made for bow emotes (/bow1 and /bow2)
New midair death animation is in the works
Work on updating all 1st person "relaxed" animations continues
1st person animations polished for: Rail rifle and Long rifle
Animations added for interacting with buttons while seated
Rummage animations have been polished

Stations / Lot Designer

Updated LOD + farLOD models to VIS HQ floors: Main hall, Storage and Loading dock A.
New LOD + farLOD models added to Spaceship shop's side-shops (Bolt, Starsol, Sunny ship center), and level art.
Hologram LODs created for Command Center, Spaceship Design Workshop, Spaceship Shop and Empire VIS Headquarters
Imperial capital station holograms have been updated to match the new Rando player ship shop
Level art for Auction House has been added to Marketplace and Command Center

Weapons

Minor tweaks made to Laser cutter's heat distortion
Buzzsaw's FX has been updated
Plasma rifle's reload and idle effects updated

Armors / Player

New upcoming armor set Battalion is in the making
Juggernaut armorset texture quality polished and paintjobs have been updated
Pioneer unique armorset coloring has been adjusted slightly due to the Juggernaut paintjob update
Small color fix has been made for the Red Brigand large shoulder piece
Battalion armorset texturing is 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 - Closed Alpha Fleet PVP Tournament

The Starbase Closed Alpha has been running for a few months and players have designed countless ships, each more formidable than the other.
A number of PVP events have taken place, where players have been able to test their ships and piloting skills in combat... but now it's time for something more!

The leading scientific minds of the Starbase world, the Boltcrackers have decided to host a special Fleet PVP Tournament! Twelve different teams have signed up and are putting their own ship designs, piloting skills and team tactics to the test.

To find out more about the tournament and to watch the highlights from the first match between Collective: Crimson Team and the AF Fleet, check out the Boltcrackers Fleet PVP Tournament Intro video below:

https://youtu.be/oxUv32Zk8Bo

Stay tuned for more highlights from the upcoming matches!

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]

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/