StarMade v0.199.152 Optimizations, Memory optimizations, and fixes

Greetings citizens, This update should bring more stability to the game, and multiplayer servers in particular.

Optimizations

Physics

Physics are heavily upgraded now, as promised in the last update. Colliding or getting close to bigger structures should show a drastic improvement. This will bring down general load, and remove some of the high ping issues. The only remaining bottleneck is two structures getting close with lots of smaller rail docked entities on them, but that should also be fixed soon.

Blueprints

There was a problem with blueprint handling in the last update, where a change to the Catalog would cause a full read of every entry, causing high pings for a long period of time.

Memory

Several memory issues have been fixed. One was that, as mentioned before, the catalog read and cached every ship, which resulted in a lot of wasted memory. There were also some other minor to medium leaks that caused high memory usage such as when using lots of missiles at the same time, and physics data sets not being cleaned up properly when thrown back into the pool for reuse.

Model Export

Ships can now be exported as 3D models (.obj format) that can be read by most common 3D editing programs (3ds max, maya, blender, etc). With how our game engine works, most of the necessary elements were already there so we decided to turn it into a feature. To export a ship, go to your catalog as if you want to save a ship and click on the export as 3D model button. You can then choose a name for the export which will be added to the modelexport folder in your StarMade directory. Make sure, when loading it up in a program to use the alpha channel of the textures to get transparency on blocks and sprites. Smaller Changes The game will now automatically set the resolution to what the desktop resolution is on first start on a fresh install. The game will now warn you if you play with in 32bit.

Bug Fixes

T1807 Dropped meta items stack when picked up
T1791 Creative mode can’t be turned off in singleplayer
T1785 Shipyard fail to load designs
T1782 Can no longer dock to a shipyard with core beam
T1698 Log files have an unexpected file extension
T1692 Catalog manager deletes wrong blueprints when not sorted as numbered list
T1689 Settings reset when starting a dedicated server
T1641 Collision detection in docked entity pilot mode has severe performance issues
T1544 Shoot out rail undocks too soon after direction change
T1407 /destroy_entity and overheat despawning makes some entities non physical
T1198 unfactioned ships will get stuck on pickup rails when re-docked without a pilot inside
T1148 Tooltip shows incorrect names for swapping meta item places
T574 Improper orientation of blocks when using undo in advanced build mode
Several typo fixes

T1698 means that our log files have changed names. ~ log.txt.# changed into logstarmade.#.log ~ serverlog.txt.# changed into serverlog.#.log We’ve also changed the asteroid size server config value from chunk to block radius. Default value is set to 64: ~ ASTEROID_RADIUS_MAX = 64 //Asteroid max radius in blocks (from -x to +x) Furthermore, due to fixes in the FactionConfig.xml, servers might have to adapt their custom configs. Should the custom config fail to load, the game uses the default as a fallback. As always, all languages have been updated to the latest translations. Thanks to all the translators on http://translate.star-made.org/! Thanks for playing StarMade, ~ The Schine Team

[ 2016-08-12 21:12:51 CET ] [ Original post ]

StarMade
Schine, GmbH

Developer

Schine, GmbH

Publisher

2014-12-04

Release

Action Indie Strategy RPG Adventure Simulation Singleplayer Multiplayer Coop EA

Key Features:

Procedurally generated infinite universe, with quadrillions of galaxies - The universe is massive. It'd take approximately 10,000 years to cross from one end to the other! Singleplayer and Multiplayer worlds can be heavily customised with our extensive config options.
Developed for scalability- We have a broad range of graphical and performance options that cater to our low-end users as well as those with heavy rigs and servers.
Advanced Build Tools - Powerful and easy to use building tools, quickly design awesome ships, stations and bases. Including functions: Copy & paste, undo, redo, replace, symmetry modes, shape assistance systems (spheres, cycles, torus and more) and rotation of templates.
Modular Weapon Systems - Combine weapon systems for countless configurations of weapons. From sniper beams to swarm missiles.
Comprehensive Rail & Logic Systems - Use the rail system to build moving parts. You can do anything from simple elevators, sliding or rotating doors, to complex cranes.

Tinker with our logic systems to control any system in the game, be it weapons, lights, rails, or explosives. Logic covers all basic gate types for convenient use (AND, OR, NOT, DELAY, Flip-Flop), allows in flight control and wireless connections between entities. You can use it for simple things like timers, switches, buttons. Or, build complex systems like working clocks and even a real CPU.
Community multiplayer (dedicated servers) - Play with others in our community hosted servers. Our configs allow administrators to customise core game mechanics for a tailored experience. Most settings can be tweaked to squeeze the best performance out of hardware.
Platform independent (Windows, Linux, Mac) - StarMade is completely platform independent. We support the three most widely used operating systems.
Free to play in alpha - We offer the full game free to play while in alpha development. Play our game through this period for free while in return we receive invaluable feedback and bug reports.

MINIMAL SETUPOS: Ubuntu 14.04 - 64 bit
Processor: Intel Core i3 (2nd Generation and above) | AMD FX 6xxx or equivalentMemory: 4 GB RAM
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 260. 275. 280. 460 SE. 550 Ti | AMD Radeon HD 4870. 5770. 4890. 5830. 6770. 6790 or equivalent with OpenGL 2.1Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 3 GB available spaceAdditional Notes: 2GB of memory must be available for StarMade. Lower specs may work by modifying graphics and other performance options. Try out our demo to get an indication for your system. System components such as Integrated Graphics cards may not be supported. Requirements may change in further updates.
RECOMMENDED SETUPOS: Ubuntu 15.04 - 64 bit
Processor: Intel Core i7-2600 @ 3.4 GHz | AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core @ 3.5 GHz or equivalentMemory: 8 GB RAM
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 560. 650 Ti. 750 | AMD Radeon HD 5850. 6870. 7790 (or equivalent)Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 3 GB available space

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