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Release Update 4 - Auto Expanding Asteroid Belt!

The last update had some unfortunate crashes for some folks - here's the known fixes to those issues - and another BOATLOAD of additional improvements (see below). We're also making things more robust with our build system, with nightly builds going to the open beta branch on Steam - so if you're having trouble with the default branch, try switching over to beta. We might have fixed it since!

Most notable updates this time around:

Automatically expanding Asteroid Belt with workshop scenes
Hopefully fixed new crash bug
New editor tutorial scene to explain triggers
New wearables, reactors and new armored skeleton blueprints

Full changelog:

Trap Grider: PS stop on death. Dies when area < 10%
Door Dungeon: Removed globals
Coalition Turret: Increased durability and ammo
Bot Spot: Fixed lua error Bot Flip: only triggers io once Bot Phoenix: removed debug wire
Fixed lua error in pioneer
Removed hud.add_zone_tip everywhere and deprecated functions
Ship landing fuel tanks don't explode again (works on planium)
Removed planium from AB since there is no goal
Plutas and Samroid updated
Made trigger tutorial Data Realms scene
Tweaked physics behaviour of grappling hook
Fixed globals in primoid endings + beginning scripts
Fixed issues with defendoid and reactor custom code with new globals rules
Fixed errors with voiceover if voice volume set to zero
Modified asteroid belt ui script stopped using self overzealously - and many global functions turned local
Fixed extensive issues with wrangloid
BP menu: Fixed lua error
Rover Shocks: Removed globals
Added Construction Elevator Concrete Constructs: Reduced density so windows can be damaged by the machine pistol
Coalition Turret: Fixed turret getting stuck at some angles
Pioneer: Fixed lua error @ line 3531
Removed test junk from Blank Planetoid
Recomputed day light anim for planium
Prototype Drone Defense: Fixed lua error
Fixed Planium beginning area, could not get out of pit
Made Test Scene Tentacle not Mappable
Fix: added activating zones also by camera position if camera is used by script
Plutas new version from pptest and resaved undiscovered
Fix PS heat on fly set to 0 for older versions
Fixed last man standing bug
Fixed: pioneer doesn't move reactors and triggers anymore when jumping
Fix: speed of rotating construct with mouse wheel was dependent on FPS
Fix" intro video was not rendered at all occasionally
Fix: stops all burning PSs of MO when changed AllowBurning to false, the same with melting
Showing target string value up to 16 chars in game viewport
Added tip to screen how to disable / enable lua output
Including Todd's work on blueprint edit page tips
Added ability to disable/enable showing lua errors to screen with Shift + L
Added PS feature - Heat / Cool on fly through (not on collision)
Todd's updates on scene editor tips
Fixed radars now not colliding with non-colliding MOs
Doors: Can open and close again. Radar is only created in auto-control mode
Pop Plant: Applied velocity to the pioneer is now the same when a tool held by a pioneer touch the plant as when just the pioneer touch the balloon
Fixed weird light map in menu scene when zoomed out
Polished game menu button colors
Race: Omni and ray lights are 10% of original
Changed look of game menu, buttons still need to improve
Pioneer: Can no longer ride a tool like a pogo-stick
Removed globals and unused locals
Removed debug print from Lua/bp_Door
Polished editor colors
Fixed coop blueprint share recategorize for all on completed.
updated pp_bpmenu.lua to use tables instead of c++ bound structures for added blueprint info
Added random reactor
Added and bound assy:GetConnectedTargetNames, fixed GetAllTargetNames
Added and bound assy:GetAllTargetNames()
Fixed seat and wheel component
Removed global from ship landing seat
Removed more globals
Loot Orbs: Updated sprites
Trap Doors: Reduced the risk of the door penetrating TOs
Golems: Adjusted mass to 999kg
Bot Acid, Mecha, Phoenix, Wrom & Walker now follow the Pioneer that printed the bot
Machine Dropper: Joints of cargo is set not to break on spawn. Bot Guard Box & Bot Spot: Can hibernate
IO: Debug no longer throws errors if an assy have no master MO
Lua Docs: Added tips about pointers to some classes
Added wip seat component
Made components work proper by looking through whole mount pile for ctrl with input
Correctly loading script of tether
Tweaked joint stability, size and texture of concrete structures
Removed Globals Coalition Turret: The body no longer rotates on its own when not mounted to terrain
Added reactor trigger repeatedly, added to trigger tut
Added trigger tutorial scene
Removed go external button from editor window, changed editor color
Now making backup of log file into Logs folder, if the log contained error message. polished out of memory error catching
Added one more borderless window mode with ctrl+shift+enter, fixed loading windows layout
Added features to select PS, Light, TO or Activity blueprint that are far away from scene, not visible in view, but causing quad tree to be huge
Fixed io debug things collidable
Finished sound source twins optimization
Fixed rope set BG done wrong
Added io.isTriggeredOnStart(asm, connector), fixed door bug with it
Added text trigger to info terminal to replace zone
Disabled auto control by default on most doors
Made exception to play ambient sound loops via sound streams
Bot Spot: Can follow waypoints and allied pioneers
Reactor Set Waypoint: Can set AIs to follow assemblies
Adding workshop scenes when reaching end of Asteroid Belt
Flying AIs stay above friendly assemblies when following them
Fixed Wrangloid and Wrangloid Easy to run with new Lua rules
Set mem align always to 32 - runs faster. and more error log polish
Birds: Added some more target circles
Rover Carrier Hover: No longer rotates when parked on the ground
Silverback: Eats its victims properly again
Auto DL of workshop scenes now fully working with addWSPlanetoid()
Removed globals in bpmenu, terminal
Reenabled save delete when scene completed
Fixed atomizing object right after it was assembled whn holding a button and it was a construct that was assembled partly before or was a construct included in scene
Optimized grid algo and eliminated one lag on fade to game
Fixed atomizing through door
FIX in sounds (huge memory consumption eliminated), lots of updates in error logging, updated memory consumption logging
Skeleton Armored: No longer rolls around when dead
Pioneer AI no longer run out of ammo
Concrete Window: Increased durability Concrete support: Decreased joint strength Pioneer AI: Bug fixes
Fixed and unified physics units labels in editor
Made all things in grazer vacuum local
Made some activties local
Removed old act_collect activity
Mega Worm Long: Removed debug code
Zoom Map: Removed global funciton
Pioneer don't duck when standing on a trap door
Pioneer: Does not duck when standing on an MO tagged "Interactible" that also have a onInteractibleDownPress() function
Optimization: eliminated many memory allocs and reallocs for better performance
Power Core: Removed globals
Made _G metatable unchangeable, disabled rawset()
Made act_race and act_coliseum local
Made act_primoid and act_acid_zones local
Loot sphere drops whole pioneer blueprints
Fixed MO sleeping and Awake when any particles collides with the MO
Eliminated the rest of break sounds when atomizing objects
Removed globals from golems, tools & grenades
Removed Globals from all Fauna
Removed Globals from all bots
Removed globals and redundant locals from various scripts in the Lua folder
Made Pioneer Imperatus better suited against heat, so player has a use for it in core
Some improvements to imperatus to make it stronger
Made a weareable space helmet blueprint too to attach
Armor set bps to put on creatures seperately
Removed some globals
Fauna Skeleton Armored: Can walk again & has stronger joints. Does not get knocked out by riding Knuckles. Vomit is stronger
Fauna skeleton armored with plates (new bp)
Editor colors change
Fixed whole game broken
Moved global lock to the right place and defined globals Blueprints, Assemblys, Presets lua side
Fixed text layer not getting show/hide/blur/focus events, not checking for Blueprints, Activitys and Presets table when creating objects in lua
Fixed multiselect in list in editor
Added warning when global gets created
Removed a ton of globals
Hiding on-screen lua error message after 15 seconds
Turned ON back the optimizations that work well
Set a lot of accidental globals local
Turned off sounds stream optimization
Added counting opened files and active sound sources
Maybe fixed a bug in pioneer_ai
Calling blueprint log functions, removed previous function
Added and bound functions to log currently builded or updated assembly - name
Added c2d_update.getLastUpdatedBP()
Not require()ing debug
Removed gpu memory info reading (works for nvidia only so far) and added files open/close counter to check files stay open
Fixed race lua error
Turned OFF recent four optimizations, added more info to memory log

[ 2018-04-08 20:38:36 CET ] [ Original post ]

Release Update 4 - Auto Expanding Asteroid Belt!

Most notable updates this time around:

Automatically expanding Asteroid Belt with workshop scenes
Hopefully fixed new crash bug
New editor tutorial scene to explain triggers
New wearables, reactors and new armored skeleton blueprints

Full changelog:

Trap Grider: PS stop on death. Dies when area < 10%
Door Dungeon: Removed globals
Coalition Turret: Increased durability and ammo
Bot Spot: Fixed lua error Bot Flip: only triggers io once Bot Phoenix: removed debug wire
Fixed lua error in pioneer
Removed hud.add_zone_tip everywhere and deprecated functions
Ship landing fuel tanks don't explode again (works on planium)
Removed planium from AB since there is no goal
Plutas and Samroid updated
Made trigger tutorial Data Realms scene
Tweaked physics behaviour of grappling hook
Fixed globals in primoid endings + beginning scripts
Fixed issues with defendoid and reactor custom code with new globals rules
Fixed errors with voiceover if voice volume set to zero
Modified asteroid belt ui script stopped using self overzealously - and many global functions turned local
Fixed extensive issues with wrangloid
BP menu: Fixed lua error
Rover Shocks: Removed globals
Added Construction Elevator Concrete Constructs: Reduced density so windows can be damaged by the machine pistol
Coalition Turret: Fixed turret getting stuck at some angles
Pioneer: Fixed lua error @ line 3531
Removed test junk from Blank Planetoid
Recomputed day light anim for planium
Prototype Drone Defense: Fixed lua error
Fixed Planium beginning area, could not get out of pit
Made Test Scene Tentacle not Mappable
Fix: added activating zones also by camera position if camera is used by script
Plutas new version from pptest and resaved undiscovered
Fix PS heat on fly set to 0 for older versions
Fixed last man standing bug
Fixed: pioneer doesn't move reactors and triggers anymore when jumping
Fix: speed of rotating construct with mouse wheel was dependent on FPS
Fix" intro video was not rendered at all occasionally
Fix: stops all burning PSs of MO when changed AllowBurning to false, the same with melting
Showing target string value up to 16 chars in game viewport
Added tip to screen how to disable / enable lua output
Including Todd's work on blueprint edit page tips
Added ability to disable/enable showing lua errors to screen with Shift + L
Added PS feature - Heat / Cool on fly through (not on collision)
Todd's updates on scene editor tips
Fixed radars now not colliding with non-colliding MOs
Doors: Can open and close again. Radar is only created in auto-control mode
Pop Plant: Applied velocity to the pioneer is now the same when a tool held by a pioneer touch the plant as when just the pioneer touch the balloon
Fixed weird light map in menu scene when zoomed out
Polished game menu button colors
Race: Omni and ray lights are 10% of original
Changed look of game menu, buttons still need to improve
Pioneer: Can no longer ride a tool like a pogo-stick
Removed globals and unused locals
Removed debug print from Lua/bp_Door
Polished editor colors
Fixed coop blueprint share recategorize for all on completed.
updated pp_bpmenu.lua to use tables instead of c++ bound structures for added blueprint info
Added random reactor
Added and bound assy:GetConnectedTargetNames, fixed GetAllTargetNames
Added and bound assy:GetAllTargetNames()
Fixed seat and wheel component
Removed global from ship landing seat
Removed more globals
Loot Orbs: Updated sprites
Trap Doors: Reduced the risk of the door penetrating TOs
Golems: Adjusted mass to 999kg
Bot Acid, Mecha, Phoenix, Wrom & Walker now follow the Pioneer that printed the bot
Machine Dropper: Joints of cargo is set not to break on spawn. Bot Guard Box & Bot Spot: Can hibernate
IO: Debug no longer throws errors if an assy have no master MO
Lua Docs: Added tips about pointers to some classes
Added wip seat component
Made components work proper by looking through whole mount pile for ctrl with input
Correctly loading script of tether
Tweaked joint stability, size and texture of concrete structures
Removed Globals Coalition Turret: The body no longer rotates on its own when not mounted to terrain
Added reactor trigger repeatedly, added to trigger tut
Added trigger tutorial scene
Removed go external button from editor window, changed editor color
Now making backup of log file into Logs folder, if the log contained error message. polished out of memory error catching
Added one more borderless window mode with ctrl+shift+enter, fixed loading windows layout
Added features to select PS, Light, TO or Activity blueprint that are far away from scene, not visible in view, but causing quad tree to be huge
Fixed io debug things collidable
Finished sound source twins optimization
Fixed rope set BG done wrong
Added io.isTriggeredOnStart(asm, connector), fixed door bug with it
Added text trigger to info terminal to replace zone
Disabled auto control by default on most doors
Made exception to play ambient sound loops via sound streams
Bot Spot: Can follow waypoints and allied pioneers
Reactor Set Waypoint: Can set AIs to follow assemblies
Adding workshop scenes when reaching end of Asteroid Belt
Flying AIs stay above friendly assemblies when following them
Fixed Wrangloid and Wrangloid Easy to run with new Lua rules
Set mem align always to 32 - runs faster. and more error log polish
Birds: Added some more target circles
Rover Carrier Hover: No longer rotates when parked on the ground
Silverback: Eats its victims properly again
Auto DL of workshop scenes now fully working with addWSPlanetoid()
Removed globals in bpmenu, terminal
Reenabled save delete when scene completed
Fixed atomizing object right after it was assembled whn holding a button and it was a construct that was assembled partly before or was a construct included in scene
Optimized grid algo and eliminated one lag on fade to game
Fixed atomizing through door
FIX in sounds (huge memory consumption eliminated), lots of updates in error logging, updated memory consumption logging
Skeleton Armored: No longer rolls around when dead
Pioneer AI no longer run out of ammo
Concrete Window: Increased durability Concrete support: Decreased joint strength Pioneer AI: Bug fixes
Fixed and unified physics units labels in editor
Made all things in grazer vacuum local
Made some activties local
Removed old act_collect activity
Mega Worm Long: Removed debug code
Zoom Map: Removed global funciton
Pioneer don't duck when standing on a trap door
Pioneer: Does not duck when standing on an MO tagged "Interactible" that also have a onInteractibleDownPress() function
Optimization: eliminated many memory allocs and reallocs for better performance
Power Core: Removed globals
Made _G metatable unchangeable, disabled rawset()
Made act_race and act_coliseum local
Made act_primoid and act_acid_zones local
Loot sphere drops whole pioneer blueprints
Fixed MO sleeping and Awake when any particles collides with the MO
Eliminated the rest of break sounds when atomizing objects
Removed globals from golems, tools & grenades
Removed Globals from all Fauna
Removed Globals from all bots
Removed globals and redundant locals from various scripts in the Lua folder
Made Pioneer Imperatus better suited against heat, so player has a use for it in core
Some improvements to imperatus to make it stronger
Made a weareable space helmet blueprint too to attach
Armor set bps to put on creatures seperately
Removed some globals
Fauna Skeleton Armored: Can walk again & has stronger joints. Does not get knocked out by riding Knuckles. Vomit is stronger
Fauna skeleton armored with plates (new bp)
Editor colors change
Fixed whole game broken
Moved global lock to the right place and defined globals Blueprints, Assemblys, Presets lua side
Fixed text layer not getting show/hide/blur/focus events, not checking for Blueprints, Activitys and Presets table when creating objects in lua
Fixed multiselect in list in editor
Added warning when global gets created
Removed a ton of globals
Hiding on-screen lua error message after 15 seconds
Turned ON back the optimizations that work well
Set a lot of accidental globals local
Turned off sounds stream optimization
Added counting opened files and active sound sources
Maybe fixed a bug in pioneer_ai
Calling blueprint log functions, removed previous function
Added and bound functions to log currently builded or updated assembly - name
Added c2d_update.getLastUpdatedBP()
Not require()ing debug
Removed gpu memory info reading (works for nvidia only so far) and added files open/close counter to check files stay open
Fixed race lua error
Turned OFF recent four optimizations, added more info to memory log

[ 2018-04-08 20:38:36 CET ] [ Original post ]

Planetoid Pioneers

Data Realms Developer

Data Realms, LLC Publisher

2018-02-08 Release

Indie Singleplayer Coop Tags

Game News Posts: 33

🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
🎮 Full Controller Support

Mixed (349 reviews)

http://www.planetoidpioneers.com

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The Game includes VR Support

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Planetoid Pioneers Linux [398.91 M]

DISCLAIMER: Do NOT buy this special edition UNLESS you want to get your hands dirty in the ongoing development of Planetoid Pioneers, which is inspired by classics such as Blaster Master (‘88), Metroid (‘86), and Exile (‘88). At this point, we are looking for those with a genuine interest in creating and remixing content within the unique Crush2D engine and the modular game structure we have already established.

If you simply want to experience a polished physics-driven game (nothing wrong with that!), feel free to add Planetoid Pioneers to your wishlist and wait until it exits its Early Access period. By that point, it will contain a complete yet expanding action-exploration adventure, hand-built by not only us on the official development team, but also in collaboration with the Contributor Community.

However, if you do choose to purchase the Contributor Edition today, you will:

Become part of the emerging Contributor Community, where you can collaborate and directly share content with the development team and your fellow contributors.
Be able to submit your creations for consideration to be integrated into the official shipping game, with your name then appearing in the credits.
With a single button press, have the ability to publish whatever you make to the free Steam Workshop, for anyone to rate, comment, and subscribe to.
Be among the first to have your very best Blueprints and Scenes considered for the Curated Item Workshop on Steam - where you would earn money on them!

About the first ‘Primoid’ Planetoid that will initially ship with Planetoid Pioneers:

After your space yacht undergoes an irksome Rapid Unplanned Disassembly, you find yourself marooned on a large Planetoid outside the orbit of Mars. To overcome this interplanetary Robinson Crusoe scenario, you need to use your Atomizer and Assembler tools to gather local resources and turn them into various vehicles, contraptions, and even organic life forms.

Explore, survive, and ultimately build a resource-intensive spacecraft to escape the dangers and mysterious caves of this circular world. Onto the next uncharted Planetoid for a completely different adventure - built by us or anyone in the Contributor Community!

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