Hello players, This update contains some fixes for problems with the last update, as well as a new advanced system for reactor design.

Reactor Dimension

Our goal with this system is to make every entity shape equally viable. Stabilizer care about the distance between themselves and their reactor, which encourages you to build in one dimension. We worked on a method to allow this distance to be influenced indirectly by the size and placement of additional stabilizer groups. This mechanic does not change your existing ships but it allows you to now put the reactor in different positions with multiple stabilizers closer to it. How it works A reactor has 6 relative sides (Front, Back, Right Left, Top, Bottom) and we simply provide a bonus to your overall stabilization for every additional side that contains a stabilization group. The maximum bonus provided by a side, is set in the config so we can balance it if needed. You don’t immediately get the maximum bonus though, as that would be exploitable. To calculate the bonus of 1 of the 6 sides, we take the stabilizer group with the most efficient of that side and compare it with the most efficient group on the entire ship. If they’re equal sized, then you get the full bonus, else only a fraction. The bonuses add up where the maximum one would be used if you use all sides with equal stabilizer groups. Max bonuses: 1 stabilizer side used: -> normal efficiency at 100% of regular distance 2 stabilizer sides used: -> normal efficiency at 50% of regular distance 3 stabilizer sides used: -> normal efficiency at 33% of regular distance 4 stabilizer sides used: -> normal efficiency at 26% of regular distance 5 stabilizer sides used: -> normal efficiency at 22% of regular distance 6 stabilizer sides used: -> normal efficiency at 20% of regular distance This will not mean that a cube ship will be able to place stabilizers at 1/6th of the distance when using all 6 sides for bonus, but you will be able to place them a lot closer to make that shape comparable with a long ship in terms of efficiency, and therefore viable. The same goes for any other basic shape. The examples below normally require 100 meters distance between the reactor and the stabilizers. All 3 examples have the same stabilization and regeneration. 1 group of 200 stabilizers at 100 meters.

2 groups of 100 stabilizers at 50 meters.

4 groups of 50 stabilizers at ~25 meters.

Stabilization Axis

The bonus system works on fixed axis for simplicity. However, it is possible to modify this axis freely. There is a new tab “Reactor” in the advanced build mode, which lets you do that. These are also applied and saved by individual reactor. You are only required to modify it if your stabilizer groups are in the “corners”, as then the game can’t really decide to which dimension it belongs to.

Fixes and Additions

Fixed a bug that would fill up VRAM slowly (causing fps drops)
Added a system to search an entity by block type. Select a block in the dropdown in “Selection” in advanced build mode and hit the “highlight” button. All blocks of that type will be highlighted, which will help a lot when refitting ships
Turret aiming left click will now focus fire (like beams) if your cursor is on a structure. Right click will be unfocused fire.
AI now prefers to aim on reactors, chambers and stabilizers (will use the scanning system in the future)
Fixed several crashes
Fixed some chunks not being editable anymore
Fixed some ships not loading due to memory optimization using compressed chunks
Fixed warp-gates not loading due to data discrepancy
Fixed sector import failing with certain entities
Fixed reactor HP removal on block destruction issue
Fixed reactor overcapacity issue
Fixed energy stream not always disappearing
Fixed old blocks still appearing in factories (set deprecated to false to bring those back)
Fixed RHP not deducting correctly on integrity explosions
Overdrive, Ion, Piercing and EMP Effects are disabled now as they don’t work fully and will be replaced in the weapons update.

Work is continuing on the weapon update. There will be some news soon amongst other things on new mechanics making armor a lot more viable. Thanks for playing StarMade, ~ The Schine Team

[ 2018-02-03 09:50:56 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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