Star Explorers Testing Branch Updated to Pre-Release 0.0.5
[h3]Fixes[/h3]
The last few updates have brought along their share of bugs and other issues, I spent a lot of time repairing those.
1. Star Names - Star names now appear at the man console at the ship's helm, in addition to the star chart. There was a problem where they would not appear correctly if you had not visited the star's sector (either with your ship or in the star chart) and it would show up as "NOT IN DATABASE." This should be corrected, and the star name should appear correctly.
2. Planets crash when loading - After adding sand planets, I introduced a bug that would prevent certain other planets from loading. I was able to identify the cause of this and resolve the issue.
3. Sideways rain - After updating the way rain works, I forgot to update the actual rain model in the Steam version, so rain would have appeared incorrectly. This should be resolved.
[h3]New Features[/h3]
1. New landscaping - There are six new types of "landscape" objects. These are the large scale rocky outcroppings that appear on some planets. The image above shows one of the new types.
Here are a couple more images of the various new types of landscape...
Natural arches...
Craters...
The last few updates have brought along their share of bugs and other issues, I spent a lot of time repairing those.
1. Star Names - Star names now appear at the man console at the ship's helm, in addition to the star chart. There was a problem where they would not appear correctly if you had not visited the star's sector (either with your ship or in the star chart) and it would show up as "NOT IN DATABASE." This should be corrected, and the star name should appear correctly.
2. Planets crash when loading - After adding sand planets, I introduced a bug that would prevent certain other planets from loading. I was able to identify the cause of this and resolve the issue.
3. Sideways rain - After updating the way rain works, I forgot to update the actual rain model in the Steam version, so rain would have appeared incorrectly. This should be resolved.
[h3]New Features[/h3]
1. New landscaping - There are six new types of "landscape" objects. These are the large scale rocky outcroppings that appear on some planets. The image above shows one of the new types.
Here are a couple more images of the various new types of landscape...
Natural arches...
Craters...