ΔV: Rings of Saturn News

This is a very special update. In a time of a global crisis, there are causes that need your contributions more than we do. Today I’m lifting all the restrictions of the demo version, making it essentially a full game. Instead of buying ΔV, spend your money on something important and help someone in need. You can get the full version of ΔV when we have peace again.

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[h3]Maintenance Logs[/h3]

• Removed all demo restrictions, making the demo essentially a full game. There are more important things than games you should be spending your money on now.
  
• Additional story event.
  
• A new gravimetric readout shader for EIME and Bald Eagle HUDs make the readouts much less noisy and more useful.
  
• You could not click on tabs in the Hardware menu if your monitor resolution was small.
  
• Adjusted audible warning levels on Elon Interstellar Model E heads-up display to not trigger warning sirens when fitted on a fission craft.
  
• Eagle Prospector HUD will now fit well on 1280x720 displays.
  

[h3]Joint space program[/h3]
Our most iconic spaceship - the Rusatom-Antonoff K37-TNTRL - is a product of joint-venture between Ukrainian and Russian companies. It makes me uneasy in times like this, but I won’t be changing that. Peace will come, and in times of peace there will be rebuilding of the economy, and eventually new friendships and a new space program. I’m leaving that in as a symbol of hope.



[h3]The Progress in Numbers[/h3]
2022 is a wild ride, but we managed to get some progress in.
We fixed 86 bugs, polished up 56 aspects of the game and added 27 new features.
All these changes were released in 110 experimental versions (average of 1.9 per day), and 11 of them were promoted to a stable release (averaging a stable update every 5 days).



[h3]Notable changes[/h3]

• New ways to interact with pirates, including dialogue during combat, ways to de-escalate hostilities, business dealings and some quests you can perform for them.
  
• A new soundtrack.
  
• Performance enhancements for multi-core systems and AMD graphics cards make the game run much smoother when other ships are around.
  
• User manuals that explain the function of your hardware in-game make it easier for new players to understand the equipment they buy.
  
• The ability to choose seed for your new game and re-roll your starting ship, combined with starting at Enceladus, allows you to experience different crew stories and different events if you opt to re-play the game.
  
• A streaming friendly mode and streaming assets in our free DLC, should you like to stream your exploits.
  
• The storyteller module is now more aware of the events occurring around you and will deliver a more engaging experience.
  
• Numerous adjustments and additions to quest dialogues, allow you to finish or experience the quest differently if the circumstances are right.
  

[h3]Language support[/h3]
Thanks to the community efforts we managed to add Dutch language support this year. Here are our current language support stats:



[h3]Peek behind the Scenes[/h3]
Most of the concept work starts with a doodle on paper. Here is a sneak peek into what’s on the drawing board for the near future.



[h3]Upcoming Sale[/h3]
I’d like to take this opportunity to give you a heads-up on an upcoming sale. I really hate when I get a game and it gets a sale the next day, so I’m going to give you a heads-up: ΔV: Rings of Saturn will be on sale soon. If you think about buying it now, play the demo instead, and transfer your save once the sale starts.

In a time of a global crisis, there are causes that need your contributions more than we do. Today I’m lifting all the restrictions of the demo version, making it essentially a full game. Instead of buying ΔV, spend your money on something important and help someone in need. You can get the full version of ΔV when we have peace again.

Sale is still coming, but please, use that money better. You can play without any limits for free here:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/949730/V_Rings_of_Saturn_Demo

If you, however, opt to buy the game at full price, it will be greatly appreciated, and all the extra funding goes towards developing it even more.

Remember to pick up our free DLC with supplementary material!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1211880/V_Rings_of_Saturn__Tales_from_the_Rings/

• New story event.
  
• New ways to interact with pirates, including trade and job opportunities.
  
• Mechanics that are not on your active crew will still contribute their skills when repairing your ship on Enceladus.
  
• Improved pathfinding. Recent optimizations had a side-effect where ships, in some cases, would not detect a possible collision with nearby massive asteroids, ships or stations and would ram them.
  
• Lifepods won’t have processed ore aboard.
  
• The Space Bar could have its fission reactor overheated easily and would explode in a rather unimpressive explosion.
  
• Exploding Cothon-212 would leave a radiator glow sprite visible for a few moments after the explosion.
  

[h3]Digital Mimas performance[/h3]
The classical music performance will be held next week in the netspace of Enceladus. The Digital Mimas Orchestra, conducted by renowned R2D7, will perform classical works of Bach, Penderecki, Jarre and Moloney, as well as some modern pieces by both digital and organic composers. Performance bandwidth allocation will be limited to 5000 attendees and ticket sales will start this midnight.



[h3]Man-Hub adjudicated legal across Sol[/h3]
The Interplanetary Court of Sol has passed a judgement in a century-old dispute on the legal standing of controversial information and manual database. With a stated goal of providing free and unrestricted access to information, Man-Hub was sued for violating intellectual property laws by multiple corporations. In closing, the jury proclaimed that the release of manuals shared by the service was already mandatory for all affected parties and the whole case was based on a technicality. The judgment is not final.



[h3]Thruster burns are a basis for weregilds[/h3]
In today's press conference the spokesmen of the Vilcy formation revealed that the bounty-hunting organization considers thruster burns as a fully-fledged basis for posting weregilds. Exhaust-based damage was often disputed as mere accidents, and this release opens up a shortened path for offended parties to seek compensation.



[h3]Maintenance Logs[/h3]

• Additional soundtrack.
  
• New User Manual tab for all equipment, detailing in-game usage of your hardware.
  
• If you don’t agree on a trade, but still dock at habitat, they won’t tell you that ore transfer is in progress.
  
• Some portions of the screen could not be interacted with using the mouse.
  
• Consistently burning ships or stations with your torch drives will be considered a hostile act now. Accidental burns might still be forgiven.
  
• In some situations, you could get a salvage option for a lifepod of a ship rather than for a ship. If successful, this could corrupt your savegame.
  
• Fixed some typos.