Starship EVO News

Here is a new devlog video on all the latest improvements on Hovercrafts! As some of you will discover the game in a few days I think Hovercrafts represent a perfect opportunity to learn the game while having fun.
I show you the best and craziest Hovercraft design from the community, then we will make a quick one and we will finish by digging into the detail of the Hovercraft computer settings.
See you in the next one!

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Also please note that the final wave of closed pre-alpha is opened of a few days! Lets hunt bugs!

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I wanted to inform those of you who dont follow the youtube channel: I chose to postpone the early access launch for a month. I am really sorry for this!
In the last month I have been working with the actual backers on many aspect like bug fixing, new player onboarding and polishing of the overall experience.
While we were successful in fixing a lot of issues it appears that we are still uncovering new ones on a daily basis. This month should allow to considerably smooth things out.
I also want to add more content on the combat side and do more communication around the game!

Thanks you all for your understanding!

Francois

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The road toward Early Access continue - only two weeks left! On top of many bugfixes I have added a lot of content and features, please check this out:

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Please check the patch notes on github:
20w19c : Laser and Volumetric Sensor, Message Gate 20w19b : Text Input Screen comeback. 20w19a : Canopy collisions and Item Stand 20w18f: Hovercraft physics 20w18e: Entity Button in CODEX 20w18d: Children Entity hotfixes. 20w18c: Autopilot and shipyard 20w18b: Small Thruster Improvements 20w18a: Combat balance, Hotfixes 20w17d: Build on Terrain!

Features added:

• Teleport button added in CODEX
  
• Laser sensor added
  
• Volumetric sensor added
  
• Help message gate added
  
• Text input screen added
  
• Text input can choose font, font size and wrap mode
  
• Shield capacity and recharge rate decreased
  
• Laser range and velocity increased
  
• Laser spread decreased
  
• Gatling barrel now fires continuously. Values tweaked
  
• Recoil barrel now fires bigger shot less frequently.
  
• Side addons are now consuming heat only
  
• Volley mechanism removed.
  
• Charge side addon now fires bigger shot less frequently.
  
• Patch Notes on Title Menu
  
• Turret Setting: Min Max ship category for Auto Target turret.
  
• Ship category are reversed.
  
• Collisions shape like canopy, seat or corner fence improved
  
• Item stand block added.
  
• New entity button in CODEX.
  
• Ship power and heat balance HUD info
  
• Starting block open load screen directly
  
• Ship preview quality improved
  
• Gravity on Shipyard added
  
• Spaceship target selection improved
  
• Autopilot UI widget added
  
• Autopilot will messages
  
• Autopilot cancel button, default keybind is X
  
• Rigidbody sleeping condition improved.
  
• Small Thruster rescale no longer uniform.
  
• Small Thruster model improved
  
• Small Thruster cube added.
  
• Targeting Selection improved.
  
• Starter block can be build on terrain.
  
• Can build any block on terrain if close to an existing terrain building (current radius of 16m).
  
• Clear Item Bar row button feature.
  
• Clear item from Item Bar by Shift-Click