New Stars DevLog #22 - Pathfinding, Optimizations, New Galaxy Sizes, and more...
Ship movement and pathfinding has been redesigned and is now a lot more stable.
Previously ships often got stuck when moving around planets.
Ships now curve around planets instead of following a polygon around the planet, resulting in smoother movement.
Ships also better avoid collisions with other ships in battle, or while in formation.
New multithreaded optimizations are being introduced for heavy CPU calculations with a lot of potential to reduce lag spikes, implementing parallel processing.
Fleet pathfinding now uses parallel processing and large lag spikes no longer occur when pathfinding across long distances.
Huge: Now spawns with 300 stars instead of 500. Large: Now spawns with 250 stars instead of 400. Medium: Now spawns with 200 stars instead of 300. Small: Now spawns with 150 stars instead of 200. Tiny: Now spawns with 100 stars instead of 150. Galaxy sizes were way to large, and increments of 100 stars didn't make much sense for the size of the game. [h4]Duel - New Galaxy Size[/h4] In addition, a new 50 player map has been added, which is most suitable for 1v1 scenarios or quick games.
There is significant potential with parallel optimization in terms of reducing lag, however it requires an extensive codebase redesign, but I believe it'll be worthwhile. Hence, updates during this period may be slower than they were before. View all changes at newstarsgame.com/changelog. New Stars continues to be in active development, so if you would like to inform future updates/improvements you can do so via this form. [hr][/hr]
Feel free to comment your suggestions below. View the Changelog: newstarsgame.com/changelog. Playtest New Stars: adamjr.xyz. Wishlist New Stars to support development. This page is intended to be a development preview, which may not reflect the final state of the game.
[ 2024-02-01 23:59:07 CET ] [ Original post ]
This is a summary of development for New Stars in January. The 'Meta' update focuses on stabilizing and optimizing the game with long-term improvements, while also implementing some features based on player feedback. Last January focused on reworking core calculations to support a client/server model, but this January focuses on reworking core calculations to use parallel processing for long-term performance improvements.
Improved Ship Pathfinding
Ship movement and pathfinding has been redesigned and is now a lot more stable.
Before
Previously ships often got stuck when moving around planets.
After
Ships now curve around planets instead of following a polygon around the planet, resulting in smoother movement.
Ships also better avoid collisions with other ships in battle, or while in formation.
Multithreaded Optimizations
New multithreaded optimizations are being introduced for heavy CPU calculations with a lot of potential to reduce lag spikes, implementing parallel processing.
Fleet Pathfinding Optimizations
Fleet pathfinding now uses parallel processing and large lag spikes no longer occur when pathfinding across long distances.
Galaxy Size Changes
Huge: Now spawns with 300 stars instead of 500. Large: Now spawns with 250 stars instead of 400. Medium: Now spawns with 200 stars instead of 300. Small: Now spawns with 150 stars instead of 200. Tiny: Now spawns with 100 stars instead of 150. Galaxy sizes were way to large, and increments of 100 stars didn't make much sense for the size of the game. [h4]Duel - New Galaxy Size[/h4] In addition, a new 50 player map has been added, which is most suitable for 1v1 scenarios or quick games.
What's to come...
There is significant potential with parallel optimization in terms of reducing lag, however it requires an extensive codebase redesign, but I believe it'll be worthwhile. Hence, updates during this period may be slower than they were before. View all changes at newstarsgame.com/changelog. New Stars continues to be in active development, so if you would like to inform future updates/improvements you can do so via this form. [hr][/hr]
Stay tuned for more updates...
Feel free to comment your suggestions below. View the Changelog: newstarsgame.com/changelog. Playtest New Stars: adamjr.xyz. Wishlist New Stars to support development. This page is intended to be a development preview, which may not reflect the final state of the game.
New Stars
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New Stars is a 4X strategy game, on a galactic scale. Explore new worlds, build mega-structures, and found prosperous interstellar colonies. Go head-to-head with alien empires and build the greatest empire to survive the test of time, or be the last remaining in the galaxy to succeed.
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Customize your empire from world preferences, eight different ideologies with their own bonuses, hundreds of empire icons and more. Customize a unique galaxy based on your preferences. There are five different galaxy sizes to choose from.
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Unique empires, species, and clans exist within a customizable and procedurally generated galaxy with limitless possibilities, and thousands of unique planets, stars and worlds. Some planets have valuable resources that can be collected.
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Explore star systems and discover new secrets of the galaxy, and find clues to your lost home. Discoveries such as white dwarfs, ancient ruins, lost ships, and much more can be found within the abyss. Some planets have hidden features that increase their value.
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Expand your empire across new stars to new frontiers, and build strong colonies that will power your galactic economy. Collect natural resources from planets and stars using starhubs. Beware of pesky space pirates that may plunder your resources for their own gain.
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Merge ships into one fleet, and combine them against your adversaries. Defend against attacks by upgrading starbases, or fortifying your colonies. Research new ship types or advanced military capabilities to get an edge over your alien foes.
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Declare wars, trade resources, make agreements, declare friendships, share intel, forge galactic unions, and much more. Some empires may be openly hostile or require appeasing, others may be cooperative, and some may be integrated into your empire.
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Construct military starship presets with unique turrets. Unlock larger ships and more powerful turrets to allow your empire to get an edge in interstellar warfare.
There is much to do in New Stars and you choose how to play.
New Stars is in development, so there is more yet to come...
Customize your empire from world preferences, eight different ideologies with their own bonuses, hundreds of empire icons and more. Customize a unique galaxy based on your preferences. There are five different galaxy sizes to choose from.
Unique empires, species, and clans exist within a customizable and procedurally generated galaxy with limitless possibilities, and thousands of unique planets, stars and worlds. Some planets have valuable resources that can be collected.
Explore star systems and discover new secrets of the galaxy, and find clues to your lost home. Discoveries such as white dwarfs, ancient ruins, lost ships, and much more can be found within the abyss. Some planets have hidden features that increase their value.
Expand your empire across new stars to new frontiers, and build strong colonies that will power your galactic economy. Collect natural resources from planets and stars using starhubs. Beware of pesky space pirates that may plunder your resources for their own gain.
Merge ships into one fleet, and combine them against your adversaries. Defend against attacks by upgrading starbases, or fortifying your colonies. Research new ship types or advanced military capabilities to get an edge over your alien foes.
Declare wars, trade resources, make agreements, declare friendships, share intel, forge galactic unions, and much more. Some empires may be openly hostile or require appeasing, others may be cooperative, and some may be integrated into your empire.
Construct military starship presets with unique turrets. Unlock larger ships and more powerful turrets to allow your empire to get an edge in interstellar warfare.
There is much to do in New Stars and you choose how to play.
New Stars is in development, so there is more yet to come...
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