Starship EVO News

The docking connector have been given some love.

• New texture. The docking status now shows up as a glowing color.
  
• Can initiate a docking manually by using a button when near another dock.
  The connector will aling the entity and complete the docking procedure automatically.
  
• Can break the docking manually too.
  
• New "Is docking available" event, that trigger when a docking procedure can be started.
  
• New docking alignment setting: locked, 90 degree lock or free. Adjust whether and how the entity should align.
  
• Connect to a screen to view the different status: Off, Docking available, Docking Proceeding, Docked.
  
• docking port now can connect to pipe/conveyor and allows inventory sharing
  

Hotfixes:

• #5728 Hair still present when changing character from human to alien
  
• #5726 Crash when building on a moving platform
  
• #5719 Prefab and item stands
  

Thanks for playing!

The character rendering logic has been refactored: it is now fully integrated to the batched renderer.
It means it greatly reduce CPU time and improve GPU performance through culling.
This is the first step toward bringing large amount of npc (crews, crowd or mobs) to the game.

Character lag when stopping walking at low fps is fixed.

Suggestion:
#5704 Tank can now connect to more than one display

Hotfixes:
#5712 Collisions with world items
#5711 #5721 Ship locks direction when boosting from a standstill
#5713 Tank UI setting is not saved correctly

Thanks for playing!

This build improves the collisions with world objects like trees.
Tree will now fall off when hit (still to be improved).

Hotfixes:
#5702 Performance issue when looking in a specific direction.

The player animation has been improved.
New achievements have been added:

It's a-me, Mario!
Link a reactor to a tank with pipes.

For Future Reference
Export a blueprint.

Voila!
Upload a blueprint to the workshop.

Put a ring on it!
Visit the planetary rings of a gas giant.

Beam me up, Scotty!
Use a Teleporter for the first time.

Thar be treasure
Mine 10 crystals.

Light this candle!
Complete your first spaceship and reach space!

Green Energy
Produce 1000 e/s on a entity with only wind or solar.

Fort Knox - ha - it's for tourists!
Stash 1000L of gold ingots in a container.

Dangerously Elite
Spend 5 minutes travelling in Lightcruise.

Now we're cruising!
Spend 30 minutes travelling in Lightcruise.

Ludicrous Speed!
Spend 120 minutes travelling in Lightcruise.

A small step...
Step on another world.

I am going on an adventure!
Step on 10 different planets.

All these worlds are yours...
Step on 50 different planets.

Hotfixes:
#5689 #5680 Player ejected from seat when exiting
#5693 Player alignment issue on elevator

A first wave of achievements have been added to the game.
Some achievements will be used so newcomers can get an idea of what to do when starting in survival.

You can check these survival progression tab in the Player Progression tab.
It is still wip, more achievements and features will be added.

Hotfixes:
#5673 Starter block spawn not aligned with player
#5675 Player ejected from ship when seat is on a children entity
#5685 Life support power consumption too high

Achievements Added:

• Hovercraft Enthusiast: Travel with hovercrafts for a distance of 5km.
  
• Hovercraft Journeyman: Travel with hovercrafts for a distance of 50km.
  
• His Airness: Travel with hovercrafts for a distance of 500km.
  
• Oh, scrap!: Collect 200 scraps.
  
• What's it worth?: Collect 5000 scraps.
  
• Scrap Rat: Collect 50000 scraps.
  
• Mad Scientist: Produce 1000L of Hydrogen with the Electrolyser.
  
• Rock on!: Mine 100 ores.
  
• Oooh Shiny!: Mine 2000 ores.
  
• Rock N Roll!: Mine 10000 ores.
  
• Home Sweet Home: Create a base with a crafting table and a furnace.
  
• Industrialized: Create a base with an assembler, crate and arc-furnace
  
• What a piece of junk!: Build a spaceship out of scrap hull.
  
• Punch it: Warp to another system.
  
• A new frontier: Visit 5 different systems.
  
• One more time!: Visit 50 different systems.
  
• Wanderer of the Sky: Visit 200 different systems.
  

Thanks all!