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After a short break to realign orbits Element v1.4.1 'Nebula' is available now. This is a systems update for Steam, input and sound libraries, and Unity. We have also made some rendering optimisations using gpu instancing and updated shaders, optimised some of our model data, and reduced loading times with assorted memory trickery. There are also some changes under the hood to address problems with deferred rendering on Linux using Unity's new graphics APIs. Windows and OSX platforms will continue to use the primary deferred renderer that enables lighting and post-processing effects as normal. We are experiencing a few problems compositing multiple deferred rendering passes on Linux, so on Linux platforms we instead use the alternate forward renderer with reduced effects. The graphics detection can also be overridden for all platforms using a commandline option. Edit the Element launch options in Steam and use one of the following options; -highgraphics -mediumgraphics -lowgraphics -defaultgraphics On all platforms, using '-highgraphics' will use the deferred renderer with all effects enabled. Using '-mediumgraphics' or '-lowgraphics' will fall back to using the forward renderer with reduced effects. Using '-defaultgraphics' will respect Unity's automatic graphics detection which will vary by platform and graphics card. Without using any launch options, Windows and OSX platforms will respect Unity's automatic graphics detection, and Linux platforms will use the '-lowgraphics' option. Check the Player log to confirm what rendering path and quality settings Element is using. Please let us know what you think - leave reviews, start a thread or leave a comment in the discussion forums, or tweet @flightlessnz. Enjoy. cheers, Greg & John Flightless

Element v1.4.1 'Nebula' Changes

Performance

Enabled gpu instancing for selected model components (eg. weapons, health).
Added fallback water shader for D3D9 / shader model 3.
Added graphics bootstrap to detect graphics hardware and change the default rendering path. (Windows and OSX will default to deferred rendering with effects enabled. Linux will default to forward rendering with reduced effects.)
Updated mine models in main menu.
Optimised more models to share mesh data.
Updated skybox memory handling to reduce load times.

Plumbing

Updated to Unity v5.5.1.
Updated Steam libraries.
Updated input libraries.
Updated sound libraries.
Updated build pipeline.
Optimisation and bugfixes.

Element v1.4 'Nebula' Changes

Full Element v1.4 release notes.

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Element v1.4.1 update.

Element v1.4.1 'Nebula' Changes

Performance

Enabled gpu instancing for selected model components (eg. weapons, health).
Added fallback water shader for D3D9 / shader model 3.
Added graphics bootstrap to detect graphics hardware and change the default rendering path. (Windows and OSX will default to deferred rendering with effects enabled. Linux will default to forward rendering with reduced effects.)
Updated mine models in main menu.
Optimised more models to share mesh data.
Updated skybox memory handling to reduce load times.

Plumbing

Updated to Unity v5.5.1.
Updated Steam libraries.
Updated input libraries.
Updated sound libraries.
Updated build pipeline.
Optimisation and bugfixes.

Element v1.4 'Nebula' Changes

Element v1.4 release notes.

Element v1.3 'Kuiper' Changes

Element v1.3 release notes.

Element v1.2 'Corona' Changes

Element v1.2 release notes.

Element v1.1 'Aurora' Changes

Element v1.1 release notes.

[ 2017-01-28 00:41:02 CET ] [ Original post ]

Element

Flightless Developer

Flightless Publisher

2018-07-26 Release

Action Indie Strategy Singleplayer Tags

Game News Posts: 20

🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
🎮 Full Controller Support

Mostly Positive (39 reviews)

http://elementgame.com

Steam Store

The Game includes VR Support

Public Linux Depots:

Element Linux64 [78.81 M]

Element is a realtime strategy space game for people who don't have time to play realtime strategy space games.

Home no longer provides a means to survive.
A fight for resources to escape our system has begun.
The future lies beyond…

Element is a visually stunning realtime strategy space game with a focus on sharp, accessible gameplay.

Element is for lovers of beautifully crafted, original looking games. It is for people who are into space and strategy games but don't have hours of time to invest. It's also for gamers who enjoy launching missiles and blowing things up :)

You are escaping a decaying solar system. You must visit each planet, mine enough element, and defeat the enemy to progress to the outer planets and beyond.

Generate energy, mine element, build attack and defence units, and destroy the enemy while maintaining a balance between earth, air, water, and fire.

Notes:

Our preferred control method is currently a game controller. Element supports keyboard, mouse, keyboard and mouse, and a game controller. Community feedback will help us to refine our game controller scheme and device support. Game controllers should be attached before launching the game. Additionally, some game controller device buttons will toggle a free-flying camera mode.

The game speed can be adjusted using the -/+ keys while playing to super-slomo and accelerate time. Use '0' to reset to normal speed. The energy button also acts as an in-game pause button.

Currently Element starts with a screen settings dialog to select your desired resolution and window mode - in a future update these will become options inside the game. On a Mac these settings can be optionally hidden from the dialog itself. To show them again hold Alt/Option when launching the game via Steam. Big Picture mode is fully supported on Mac when the screen settings dialog is hidden. The game requires a vertical resolution of at least 640px.

Linux support for Element Early Access is considered experimental. Community feedback will help us to further refine the system requirements.

MINIMAL SETUPOS: Ubuntu 12.04+ or later (64bit)
Processor: Intel/AMD with SSE2 supportMemory: 512 MB RAM
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Graphics: Shader model 4.0+
Storage: 150 MB available spaceAdditional Notes: Minimum vertical resolution 640px. 720p+ recommended.
RECOMMENDED SETUPProcessor: 2 GHz or faster processor

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