Star Explorers Updated to Version 4.6.4
[h3]Ultrawide Monitor Support[/h3]
The new version supports ultrawide monitors, and will more easily scale to any desired screen resolution. Menus are no longer fixed to the window size, and are more flexible as a result. Here's what ultrawide Star Explorers looks like...
[h3]Screen Resolution[/h3]
In a related story, the game has been updated with a more intuitive screen resolution dialogue. Now, instead of a limited list of options to choose from, the menu offers every available screen resolution based on the monitor being used.
[h3]New Interactive Guide[/h3]
In this update, Star Explorers has gotten its first, proper tutorial!
If you want to try it out, go ahead and start a new game, and keep the interactive guide button set to "on" when you are typing your name in.
Right now, it will introduce you to all the main steps you need to complete the first mission. It offers some freedom of movement, but will limit what you can do while performing some specific tasks.
[h3]Percentage Counter[/h3]
It also provides a "Percentage Complete" counter, so you will know how far you have to go till the guide is finished.
[h3]What Does it Cover?[/h3]
Right now, the Interactive Guide covers the following:
That's all the basics of the game. After this, it leaves you alone to explore and learn on your own. The whole thing can be completed in a few minutes if you already know what you are doing, for testing purposes. Or, for new players, it could probably be finished in a 30 minute session.
It is broken up into small sessions, but there is some freedom of movement between these sessions once you start warping to stars and exploring planets.
[h3]Old Version[/h3]
If you were already playing Star Explorers, and do not need widescreen monitor support, you may want to activate version 4.5, the previous default build, if you have any trouble with the new version. To do this, go to "Star Explorers > Properties > Betas" and select "version4" from the drop down menu.
The new version supports ultrawide monitors, and will more easily scale to any desired screen resolution. Menus are no longer fixed to the window size, and are more flexible as a result. Here's what ultrawide Star Explorers looks like...
[h3]Screen Resolution[/h3]
In a related story, the game has been updated with a more intuitive screen resolution dialogue. Now, instead of a limited list of options to choose from, the menu offers every available screen resolution based on the monitor being used.
[h3]New Interactive Guide[/h3]
In this update, Star Explorers has gotten its first, proper tutorial!
If you want to try it out, go ahead and start a new game, and keep the interactive guide button set to "on" when you are typing your name in.
Right now, it will introduce you to all the main steps you need to complete the first mission. It offers some freedom of movement, but will limit what you can do while performing some specific tasks.
[h3]Percentage Counter[/h3]
It also provides a "Percentage Complete" counter, so you will know how far you have to go till the guide is finished.
[h3]What Does it Cover?[/h3]
Right now, the Interactive Guide covers the following:
- The Help Menu
- Opening the Computer Console
- The Star Chart Overlay
- Ship Movement
- Combat Mode
- Warping
- Accessing the Star Chart
- The Target Sector
- Orbiting Planets and Leaving Orbit
- Landing on Planets
- Planet Exploration
- Cave Exploration
- Finding Acknexium Crystals
- Launching the Homing Beacon
- The Details of Charting Stars and Planets
That's all the basics of the game. After this, it leaves you alone to explore and learn on your own. The whole thing can be completed in a few minutes if you already know what you are doing, for testing purposes. Or, for new players, it could probably be finished in a 30 minute session.
It is broken up into small sessions, but there is some freedom of movement between these sessions once you start warping to stars and exploring planets.
[h3]Old Version[/h3]
If you were already playing Star Explorers, and do not need widescreen monitor support, you may want to activate version 4.5, the previous default build, if you have any trouble with the new version. To do this, go to "Star Explorers > Properties > Betas" and select "version4" from the drop down menu.