Starship EVO News

Hotfixes build.

New Features:

• Build Options: New Material Remove Paint toggle.
  

Bugfixes:

• #4055 Cannot export some blueprints.
  
• #4058 Docking Controller freeze while in menu.
  
• #4053 Material cannot be applied to decals.
  
• #4045 Multi-plane symmetry allows overlap.
  
• #4048 Multi-plane not compatible with prefabs / copy-paste.
  

Thanks for playing!

It is now possible to create custom docking port made out of several smaller Docking Connector.

To do so:

• Link a Docking Config Gate to all the Docking Connectors of the custom design
  
• Inside the Config Gate toggle the "Composite Mode" flag to "Merge Docks".
  
• Assign a Tag if necessary, in case several different are being used.
  

Other changes:

• A Faction tag has been added to the Codex Entity.
  
• Station Module type setting is now at the level of Codex Entity.
  
• Station spawn algorithm has been improved with better module collision check.
  
• Station starter block is removed. A new way to test stations design will be introduced.
  

Upcoming changes:

• The current cylindrical docking port will be removed.
  
• A new ship friendly universal port will be introduced.
  
• An iris door design will be introduced.
  
• Community Suggestion:
  
• #3672 Pipe can clip through girder.
  

Bugfixes:

• #3711 Windows Arch incorrect size preview.
  
• #4012 Teleport menu not showing text.
  
• #3669 Fuel tank mass scales incorrectly.
  

Thanks for playing!

Hotfixe build.

Bugfixes:

• #3989 Rock have no texture.
  
• #3979 Incorrect local grid placement on pipe corner.
  
• #3973 Brick scale preview icon in the codex preview.
  
• #3997 #3998 Children entity delete causes issue.
  
• #3996 Box Delete cannot undo selection.
  
• #3983 Lattice girder do not fully delete after a copy/paste.
  
• #3974 Gravity is not restored when deleting starter block.
  
• #3730 Collision precision issue.
  
• #3984 RGB Gate crash when tweaking values.
  

Thanks for playing!

This build introduce the new docking port and a new Docking Controller allowing you to spawn decorative prefabs in a random fashion.
Check out the upcoming post to learn more about the new docking philosophy.

Docking New Features

• New Docking Connector brick. It can grid-resize.
  
• New Docking Controller brick.
  
• Configure "spawning sub-modules" inside the controller.
  
• Add tags to be spawned with a given weight for the randomized draw.
  
• Any entity with a docking module can be used as a sub-module, to be configured inside the codex entity windows.
  

Still to do:

• Connector size check for spawn
  
• Station Module docking uses new docking port.
  
• Kiosks spawning for stations
  
• Spaceship universal docking port.
  

Also new due to popular request:

• Chain link: simply holding Left-SHIFT during a link action will hold-on to the current link.
  
• Box delete tool: select a volume like with the copy/paste. Then right click to delete the selection.
  
• F3 Option: disable NPC spawn
  
• F3 Option: peaceful NPCs mode.
  
• Bugfixes:
  
• #3987 Station Starting block name.
  

Thanks for playing!

Another hotfixes build for the road.

Bugfixes:

• #3914 Sequence show range data from previous command.
  
• #3878 Glow bricks are too white.
  
• #3891 Wrong texture on a few bricks.
  
• #3918 Damage decals are not showing.
  
• #3951 Exporting blueprint shows old workshop button.
  
• #3954 Exiting Camera Mode opens the codex
  
• #3956 Ship preview does not update.
  

Thanks for playing!