Big List of Updates

Hello all since my last post in january, I have been continuing to work on the game and have been doing lots of updates, but often I just seem to get absorbed in doing it and it never seems to be a good time to do a post, so I am sorry about that. I do, however always post about it on the Discord, so if interested, please come and join myself and other players here: https://discordapp.com/invite/DCnp3Vp

I've been asked about when the game will be finished and the general plan - really I just intend to keep working on it until it feels complete. I enjoy adding things to the game, so if im tired etc, will often add a new anomaly, or weapon etc just for fun. In general though, I am planning on adding 2 more "capital" star systems with a new non playable race in each I also intend at least 2 more races other than those.

I also am working on some occasional events - these will generally be some king of tough "mega" boss ships that I hope players will need to team up to hunt down and take on. With some unique loot.

Longer term I would like to also have some special star systems where player can build their own stations and battle for territory.

Aside from that I would like to add more mission types.

[h2]Highlights since January[/h2]

• Ara - Aralien capital system. Safe haven for those friendly to the Aralien Empire, Harsh challenge for enemies
  
• Church of Megmos - Religious group that reside in Ara that have weapons more designed to heal each other and pacify enemies rather than destroy. Giving you a few more "support" options
  
• AI hunters - occasionally if you destroy a high level ship in enemy territory, a hunter will be despatched to come and hunt you down - these hunters are always custom designed legendary ships
  
• some ultra rare AI only weapons to spice things up usually a more different version of an existing weapon
  
• Lots of new weapons and items. Now up to: 1432 weapons, 1945 items total
  
• Annihilator - big Aralien ship, now 96 playable ships, 172 total
  
• New in station humanoid/aralienoid characters - look better, have new animations and actions e.g. salute, dance, wave
  
• New planets, structures, skins, anomalies, random sector events, random encounters. Wandering black hole is a recent addition. Lots of rare things to stumble across sometimes
  
• Loads of balancing changes/tweaks all thanks to the excellent game community
  

Check out this wiki made by players if you want to know more about stuff in the game: https://starfighter-infinity.fandom.com/wiki/Starfighter:_Infinity_Wiki



[h3]Beta 0.33.7 Changes:[/h3]

• 2 New sector events
  
• Fixes to offline Mode
  
• New Weapon: Piranha Rocket
  
• Fixes to survey mission rewards
  
• New Red Mist Augmentations: Accelerator, Strafer and Reloader
  
• Stealth should now hide all parts of ship when there are multiple parts e.g turrets and forkworms
  
• Old news should get deleted properly now
  
• AI NPR ships should no longer equip 2 deathtraps and other aug restrictions
  
• Fixed problem with retargetter
  
• Fixed some mission editor issues
  
• Asteroids will now bounce off barrier walls, (but not reliably)
  
• New Race progressed
  
• Some minor fixes
  

[h3]Beta 0.33.6 Changes:[/h3]

• More storage
  
• New Utility: Mining Charge
  
• Fixed issue with bounty in offline mode
  
• Fixed a way to switch to high mass ship in low mass system using cargo screen
  
• Tank shield now reduces a few points of projectile damage per projectile - making it useful against vulcan & scatter cannon
  
• Fixed an error with the mission editor
  
• Fixed a problem with missions reloading as low level missions
  
• Fixed an issue with the ammo harvester & large weapons
  
• Fixed issue with hunter facing the wrong way when entering your sector
  
• More planet text thanks to ReThink
  
• Minefield generator should now give you xp/credit for your kills with it
  
• Ai ships should hopefully no longer have multiple deathtraps equipped
  
• Fixed an issue with broadside/radial weapons
  
• Mining lasers should have range affected by nebula sectors again
  
• Fixed an issue with the tractor beam sometimes being too strong
  
• News race & capital star systems progressed as well as the megabosses
  
• Some typo fixes
  
• Stat changes to dephase, fast charging shield, tank shield
  
• Some other small fixes
  

[h3]Beta 0.33.5 Changes:[/h3]

• New leaderboard for bounty + monthly leaderboard for a few things
  
• New leaderboard terminal in stations
  
• Mission should now all save progress over sessions
  
• You can now view stats etc of weapons not in station before locating
  
• Replaced Cluster Mine Bomb with Minefield Generator
  
• New weapon: Interceptor Torpedo
  
• New Augmentation: Turret Overdrive
  
• New Weapon: Roid Wrecker
  
• +100 more to storage cap
  
• Fixed error with tyraan decoy
  
• Fixed some issues with vendetta + crossing sectors
  
• Fixed some issues with Volleys
  
• Some new planet lore, thanks to Rethink
  
• Fixed issues with signal booster
  
• New Races + Capital Systems progressed
  
• Retargetter and solarion barrier stats changed
  
• Other fixes
  

[h3]Beta 0.33.4 Changes:[/h3]

• New station humanoid actions, try primary fire, secondary fire, augmentation when in stations. + some new dances
  
• New Devimon Relic
  
• New Planet
  
• New achievements based around level/rank
  
• Storage cap increased
  
• Fixed issue with weapon exhausts on torpedos mounted on ships
  
• Fixed issue with shield indicator on ship pointers
  
• Fixed a booming sound issue when in coop squads
  
• Fixed issue with heavy bolt volley firing invisible projectile and stopping firing on hit
  
• Fixed some other loot issues
  
• Fixed rear black light bombard
  
• Fixed neck seam issue on station humanoids
  
• Stopped it telling you you lost your bounty when in fact you claimed it
  
• Mega bosses progressed
  
• Capital star systems progressed
  
• New race progressed
  
• Other small fixes
  

[h3]Beta 0.33.3 Changes:[/h3]

• New motion captured waving animation for station humanoids
  
• Triple teleporting stinger removed, teleporting javelin added
  
• Fixes to offline mode tutorial
  
• Bounty now saved so should remain between sessions
  
• Hopefully fixed assassination missions finishing suddenly
  
• Fixed a problem with crafting telling you you didnt have enough of a mineral even though you did
  
• Jump gates recharging your hyperspace: should now remember that its done this after death
  
• Weapon tweaks: Murk, Hammerhead
  
• Minor fixes
  

[h3]Beta 0.33.2 Changes:[/h3]

• Adjusted how hyperspace/ recharger booster works
  
• Fixed: Chain laser not chaining
  
• Fixed: Red mist horn error
  
• Heavy bolt volley fixed (now fires full volley)
  
• AI Hunt error message fixed
  
• Triple Teleporting Stinger added
  
• Teleport jammer fixed
  
• Some other small fixes
  

[h3]Beta 0.33.1 Changes:[/h3]

• New Church of Megmos boss ship
  
• New church large weapon: Sanctuary Barrier
  
• Some other small fixes
  

[h3]Beta 0.33.0 Changes:[/h3]

• Aralien Capital Star System: Ara - Safe for Integrationists, Harsh for all others
  
• New Bounty System - build up bounty by killing random enemies and cash in by docking.
  
• New Non playable faction: Church of Megmos (needs more work)
  
• Deathtraps now make a sound
  
• Adjusted how Effect Nourish works - now intensifies effects rather than extending duration
  
• New Mission types
  
• Fixes to hunters
  
• Fixes to solarion shield
  
• Some new surpises added
  
• New planets
  
• Stat changes: Null Cannon, Null Bolter, Intensifying Tractor Beam
  
• Front Facing shield, Back Facing shield
  
• More torpedo exhausts
  
• Other minor fixes
  

[h3]Beta 0.32.7 Changes:[/h3]

• Higher level ships should now spawn in higher level systems
  
• Adjustments fixes to loot/crates dropped during missions and in warzones
  

[h3]Beta 0.32.6 Changes:[/h3]

• Can now stack up to 10 items in a (non mineral) storage slot (storage, not cargo)
  
• Some more craftable blueprints added to stations including 2 new weapons: HV electrojectile and Plasma Broadside
  
• New dances added - can change via options menu, but they dont yet save
  
• Fixed some errors with legendary loadouts + should hopefully give a nicer error if they do break
  
• New disruption visual effect, pretty cool i think
  
• Ammo harvester now works for larges that only allow 1 ammo
  
• Dartian sphere fits in scanner window + possibly in background of adjacent sectors
  
• New Relic
  
• Some mission editor fixes
  
• Sticky mines should now go through dephased things
  
• Some other small things
  

[h3]Beta 0.32.5 Changes:[/h3]

• New Humanoid/Aralienoid models in stations + new animations (try holding secondary fire button)
  
• New Weapon: Field Hop mine
  
• Hunters now on by default
  
• Fixes to ammo harvester, let me know if theres still issues with large weapons
  
• Fixed issue with joypad start button toggling hud (hopefully)
  
• Fixed issue with getting a free shot if holding down secondary fire while weapon reloads
  
• Co-op mission fixes
  
• Mission editor fixes (sector events + other minor things)
  
• Fixes to Mining droids (thanks darty)
  
• Fixes to issues with shooting asteroids to get ore out
  
• Andromedan Ram Fixes
  
• New Races progressed
  
• Megabosses progressed
  
• Few weapon stat tweaks that i forgot last time
  
• Other small fixes
  

[h3]Beta 0.32.4 Changes:[/h3]

• Lots of stat changes to primary weapons to make them faster and more useful
  
• Changes to ascendant weapons + shield
  
• 2 new ghost weapons
  
• New anomaly in GV
  
• Fixed error with collecting sensitive cargo when cargo is full
  
• Ascendant shield now also affects damage done by ship effects applies by NPR weapons
  
• Minor fixes
  

[h3]Beta 0.32.3 Changes:[/h3]

• New Gilded skin added
  
• Refine/Enrich missions added
  
• Fixed the problem with endless waves of ships spawning at stations during coop squad missions
  
• Ammo harvester now can restock large weapons + fixed an issue with how long it takes
  
• Can now shoot asteroids with primary/dumbfire weapons to get minerals out of them
  
• Fixes to errors caused by AI Hunt/Named legendary
  
• New levels of burst weapons added
  
• Sticky MCB fixed
  
• Burst vulcan cannon removed
  
• Burst Sheenite Chevron added
  
• Sector change cooldown now only applies to vendetta targets
  
• Fixed age old problem with hyperspace being jammed messing up autopilot
  
• Mining droids adjusted to pick better targets i.e. not ones zooming past or out of sector
  
• Fixed some issues with ammo refunding sometimes giving wrong amount
  
• Fixed hyperspace harvester
  
• Ascendants have a location in the Chaos Engine, but will only be there sometimes
  
• Fixed issue with red mist horns being wrong angle on hydra
  
• New star systems progressed
  
• Lots of minor tweaks and fixes
  

[h3]Beta 0.32.2 Changes:[/h3]

• New Refining quantity drop down to make refining/enriching easier
  
• Return to Sender, scrambler etc now have a max range
  
• New Augmentation: Radar enhancer
  
• Portals adjusted (+ sneaky new portal)
  
• Proton Beam and Salvager beam now no longer hit an invisible item in the centre of the sector
  
• Ingi Onagers no longer collide with each other
  
• Strange issue with unexploded bombs going off in next sector fixed
  
• Dartian mining droid should now get the more efficient rate that it claims
  
• New Ascendant Broadside
  
• Ascendant Investigation spawns no longer part of the human alliance
  
• Tractor beam stat adjustments
  
• Probably some other things, I lost track a bit
  

[h3]Beta 0.32.1 Changes:[/h3]

• New Race added
  
• New sector event added
  
• Some fixes to the AI Hunt system
  
• Can now cancel hyperspace if quick enough with the key again
  
• Fixes for issues with getting outside spacestations (on foot) sometimes
  
• New Turret Beacons: Gao, Tobor, Tyraan
  
• New Relic
  
• Some New Tobor Adverts thanks to TmickyD
  
• Fixes to stuff being in loot that shouldn't be
  
• Deep scan and stealth status now dont show at the same time
  
• Fixes to oculus quest 2 tutorial (I hope)
  
• Other smaller fixes
  

[h3]Beta 0.32.0 Changes:[/h3]

• AI Hunters: opt in via options, beta occasionally have an AI ship trying to hunt you down across sectors. Hunts are activated sometimes when destroying high level ships in a high threat rating sector (when not doing a mission)
  
• Some new Rare asteroids
  
• Bunch of ultra rare AI use only weapons: Flaming Onager, Radicane, Radii Slug Barrage to name a few
  
• New devimon weapons: Curse Seeker, Fire Blast
  
• New random encounter
  
• Bunch of grammar fixes
  
• Jammer guard formations should only be at jammers now
  
• Lots of other minor fixes
  

[h3]Beta 0.31.4 Changes:[/h3]

• Fixed issues with microgates dropping that shouldnt (hopefully) + shouldnt keep getting IB gates if you already have one - let me know
  
• Hopefully fixed the issue with spawning on a crate causing issues - let me know
  
• PvP matches should now tell you why you cant join when you mouse over the sector
  
• Some new surprises
  
• New planet
  
• Background stars/dust working again
  
• Planet: Sanaras visible again
  
• Can now hack effect jammers
  
• Battles (orange sectors) now removed
  
• Lots of error fixes
  
• New races progressing
  

[h3]Beta 0.31.3 Changes:[/h3]

• AI ships will occasionally launch escape pods on death (as if run out of lives)
  
• 4 new random sector events
  
• New relic (a fun one)
  
• Fixes to coop mode missions
  
• Fixes to issues with chronos and other exhausts + them not disappearing during stealth
  
• Whirlers nerfed a bit
  
• Fixes to some errors coming up
  
• Some other small bug fixes
  

[h3]Beta 0.31.2 Changes:[/h3]

• New Ship: Annihilator
  
• New visual effects for shield repair, energy recharge
  
• New mission: Station Defence
  
• New mission type: Challenge - this is to be some missions to be done in a particular ship. I will add extra secondary objectives to them later
  
• Igni Onager no longer collides with your own onagers
  
• Progress to new race
  
• Weapons mounts added to imposer and diomedes
  
• Guided friendly teleport disc now works properly
  
• Fixed issue with burst weapon accuracy
  
• Some minor fixes
  

[h3]Beta 0.31.1 Changes:[/h3]

• Work done on stealth systems/ai sight - hopefully will resolve some issues - but might cause new ones, fingers crossed
  
• Tweaks done to custom missions: will no longer give money reward unless approved. On end events will happen at the end. regardless of the time. Reward values capped.
  
• Minion count will be shown next to friendlies
  
• Hopefully fixed bug with tornadian storms finish missions early
  
• New races progressed
  
• Lots new legendaries from iNSaNiTY
  
• Red mist booster adjusted