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LOST CHRISTMAS (Update 0.8.8)



"LOST CHRISTMAS" UPDATE


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Hey folks!

Space Santa got a bit delayed this year... His GPS was confronted with some major bugs, so he spent the Christmas days in the tool shed fixing them. Now that everything is back on track, we can finally get to the unboxing part! :) šŸŽ

Miguel has been in the tool shed as well by the way – he just released the original Gaia Beyond soundtrack on bandcamp, check it out!




New Quests!


šŸ”„ Main quests: The Caduceus arc is finishable now!
šŸ”„ New sidequests

An FTA shared cargo container and Rajid's cargo container!


Capital Ships!




Capital Ships for J12 and the Atlantic Alliance. Both come with a new slot type for extremely powerful weapons. We're also having thoughts about a "carrier" feature and slot types that spawn small ships. We will extend on this before making these giants purchasable.

Controller support for all HUD windows


Ship HUD for Rajid's Garage


New weapons
  • X-mas content: Remains once unlocked. Snowball Cannon – releasing deadly balls of highly-concentrated H2O.
    Yellow Snowball Cannon – you really don't want to get hit by one of these.

  • More mining lasers!

  • J12 & Atlantic turrets: Laser (capital slot type), Spam, Missile




Other Stuff

  • Background snowflakes (seasonal)


  • Allow shooting down enemy missiles
  • Improve turret weapons precision
  • Re-enable the laser end drawable
  • Weapon optimizations and fixes
  • Controller: Support map movement
  • Dialog improvements
  • Projectile glow FX
  • Icon rework – Mining laser distinction, new colony icon etc.
  • Airlock drop animation visibility improved
  • Bacterius fight should prevent the use of a circle tactic
  • Some local asteroid spawners added
  • Chests added to the first wreck, 'Prometheus'
  • Add a kuff to the last transporter pirate wave
  • Only show the landable location name on hover
  • Hokucho and Nancho mass increased




  • Pluto Colonists shuttles are empty when leaving
  • Hokucho locations are twice for older saves
  • Random cargo for shields is broken
  • The health bar is hidden before the player shield fully recharged
  • Wrong mouse cursor texture can be displayed
  • Placeholder shuttle removed from landing overlay
  • Tyrell Wharf doesn't respawn after being destroyed
  • Ben does not sell shields
  • Special asteroids mass and hull are the same
  • Use a story var for the memorials read counter
  • Free XP (+1XP from dying asteroids)
  • Ships are spawned on every savegame load
  • Controls: Select does not work with the keyboard
  • Correctly default and load unassigned input controls
  • Savegame upgrade: remove the old Memorial location
  • Autopiloting to an Asteroid in map mode crashes
  • Nebula can have a wrong texture when video options change
  • Only update the image cache if in dev mode
  • Inventory HUD: Selection is discarded on cargo changes
  • Trade HUD can crash when re-opened with an old Tooltip still active
  • Quest HUD: Don't allow setting a finished quest to active
  • Controller back in Start menu does not show the logo again
  • Controller: Drop Button is not updated in the Inventory HUD
  • Trade HUD: Show Tooltip on Controller select
  • Person death event can be fired twice
  • FTA quick travel: camera stays on the old location when in map mode
  • Sounds are not limited to the global volume when played simultaneously
  • Music/Sound channel volume could be set without the group volume





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Learn more & stay tuned!