Update 1.2
Heya space travelers!
A lot has happened in the last month – new sidequests, a new ship and a lot of general improvements to the world and gameplay are here! Also, we got rid of some older tasks and did some cosmetics. Thanks to the great community feedback! Another update is already in the making and we won't stop - so stay tuned!
Anyway, have fun and let us hear your thoughts here or on Discord!
[h2]Fulfill the brutal quest for music[/h2]
This new sidequest finishes the mini storyline we began last year about the band from the future - BG5000. Discover the location of all four band instruments and retrieve them. Rumors have it that a cult of Seraphim monks got their hands on RADIOAKTIV MNNN's bass!
All the instruments come with unique sounds – most of them played by the band itself, and if you become friends with the guys, they might even play a little (and very loud) concert for you! ;)
Any other space games that feature a Casio VL-1?
[h2]Hear the tale of the lost luggage[/h2]
Help Kenak's Assistant to retrieve the lost luggage, meet an eccentric fashion designer and decide the fate of an obsessive luggage thief.
[h2]New ISA ship: Magellan[/h2]
A heavy cruiser designed by the ISA for exploration and research purposes... but easily turned into a powerful battleship with the right weapon loadout – all for science!
[h2]Weapons[/h2]
[h2]World[/h2]
They're extra BIG and extra GREEN to make it easier for your exhausted little explorer eyes! ;)
[h2]Images for readable items[/h2]
The content of readable items (what is displayed via the 'Inspect' button) now allows the use of in-text images. There already are some first ones in use, but we don't want to spoil the graphics here. However, here are some hints where you can find them – look out for:
[h2]Portraits[/h2]
[h2]Stats & balancing[/h2]
[h2]First (small) FTA changes[/h2]
[h2]World[/h2]
[h2]Portrait polishing & quick fixes[/h2]
[h2]Waechter hacking[/h2]
[h2]Mission icon visibility[/h2]
In order to avoid losing track of the mission targets, we have taken some measures:
[h2]Other UI improvements[/h2]
Let's have a chat on Discord:
Learn more & stay tuned!
A lot has happened in the last month – new sidequests, a new ship and a lot of general improvements to the world and gameplay are here! Also, we got rid of some older tasks and did some cosmetics. Thanks to the great community feedback! Another update is already in the making and we won't stop - so stay tuned!
Anyway, have fun and let us hear your thoughts here or on Discord!
[h2]Fulfill the brutal quest for music[/h2]
This new sidequest finishes the mini storyline we began last year about the band from the future - BG5000. Discover the location of all four band instruments and retrieve them. Rumors have it that a cult of Seraphim monks got their hands on RADIOAKTIV MNNN's bass!
All the instruments come with unique sounds – most of them played by the band itself, and if you become friends with the guys, they might even play a little (and very loud) concert for you! ;)
Any other space games that feature a Casio VL-1?[h2]Hear the tale of the lost luggage[/h2]
Help Kenak's Assistant to retrieve the lost luggage, meet an eccentric fashion designer and decide the fate of an obsessive luggage thief.
[h2]New ISA ship: Magellan[/h2]
A heavy cruiser designed by the ISA for exploration and research purposes... but easily turned into a powerful battleship with the right weapon loadout – all for science!
[h2]Weapons[/h2]
- New weapons: Plasma Missile & Plasma Missile Turret (available at ISA traders)
- Custom plasma hit FX for missiles
[h2]World[/h2]
- Containers from FTA ports now have custom-labeled container graphics
- Container freight drops are now improved
- Keycard drop graphics
They're extra BIG and extra GREEN to make it easier for your exhausted little explorer eyes! ;)[h2]Images for readable items[/h2]
The content of readable items (what is displayed via the 'Inspect' button) now allows the use of in-text images. There already are some first ones in use, but we don't want to spoil the graphics here. However, here are some hints where you can find them – look out for:
- A "kid's" drawing ;)
- Van Gaan's exclusive fashion collection
- Harrison Cruise's movie covers
[h2]Portraits[/h2]
- Just in time: This new guy jumped on the update at the last minute and increases the Companionship of Commerce portrait count by 1.
- Van Gaan
This guy is not your average space citizen – he's a fashion pioneer, a true visionary who doesn't accept any kind of failure. Find out what he's so upset about, and maybe you can give him a helping hand!
- FTA male head pants variation
(too ridiculous to spoil here... :D)
[h2]Stats & balancing[/h2]
- Some ship and weapon balancing thanks to roogun!
- Gylva view range increased to 1150
- Jah-One view range decreased to 1200
- Rook view range decreased to 800
- Rook radar range increased to 1000
- Kujirame engine acceleration decreased to 115
- Potemkin engine acceleration increased to 60
- Patriot engine eacceleration decreased to 45
- Patriot max speed increased to 100
- Albion engine acceleration decreased to 135
- Prophet max speed increased to 138
- Europa max speed decreased to 107,5
- Genbu turn rate max decreased to 0,75
- D-2 Launcher now has the correct amount of upgrade levels
- Gylva view range increased to 1150
- Spray paint items reduced to container level 1
- Quest items tradable settings reworked
- Increase the Inner Aegis hull regeneration
[h2]First (small) FTA changes[/h2]
- New agents in preparation for FTA trade mission improvements
- Every station now has its own and correct leading person (removed the old, faulty leading persons)
- Some dialog improvements, especially the introduction @Agent Xander
- Added O'Maley and the Lost and Found Chest to FTA Samson
[h2]World[/h2]
- Enable radiation damage to NPCs in outer space
- More shields and devices for Marcel Wallas to sell in case you've chosen "shield shop" or "devices shop" as option
- Added some dialog for Buren for his trade contract option
- Added a cheap J-12 shield for Sub-Members
- Added more Auxilium and Cameron dialog about pirates
[h2]Portrait polishing & quick fixes[/h2]
[h2]Waechter hacking[/h2]
- To make the impact of your dialog decisions during the hacking event more obvious, we've added an indicator that highlights the hacking progress bonus gained from each answer.
[h2]Mission icon visibility[/h2]
In order to avoid losing track of the mission targets, we have taken some measures:
- Mission icons don't scale down while zooming out
- Nearby target's mission icons are moved back to the screen if positioned off-screen
- Main mission icons are highlighted to make them stand out more
[h2]Other UI improvements[/h2]
- Improve the inspect box auto layout
- When a mission target is visible, limit the icon pos to the screen rect
- Quick Travel mission icons added
- Unique target icon for "destroy target" mission counter
- Global draw buffer corruption after loading (rare)
- Battleship and Capital ship classes should not AI trade
- Quest item counter doesn't show the correct number when dropping/selling something
- Removed the Raym's Runner drop from the BG5k group
- Jurgen's mission has to be active for the game to try to add any progress to the quest at the Ganymede Log Node
- Paranoid Pirate Hunting: misplaced pirate spawner
- Weapons/Shields/Devices should not draw in map mode
- Brutale Reunion: last stage is crossed out, and swapped with title, when mission is finished
- Ship damage emitter continues when Inventory is opened (with autopause)
- Ship selection is drawn behind asteroids
- Weapon has different price in comparison tooltip
- Rare level unload crash
- Selection hints: Changing the font size refreshes the window with a wrong text
- Dropped items disappear on second save
- Weapon/Shield/Device tooltip should be without the price coloring
- Only show the fire rate for laser tooltips if it is over 0
- Show the full range for weapon accuracy
- Death Seeker rockets are now labeled correctly as pirate weapon
- Readable item corrections (spelling, weight)
- Date display cut off in some resolutions
- Blueprint producer assignments corrected
- Shock Turret wrong inventory icon
- Imperial Justice turret had no label
- Some dds files removed and link corrections
Let's have a chat on Discord:
Learn more & stay tuned!