Hey guys, This is the patch for the economy update, that should resolve lots of issues that we didn't get around to fix for the first update to the beta branch. We've also made quite a few performance improvements, which you should especially feel during battles and when building ships. If everything goes well, we'll set the update live on the main branch during the next week. Beta Branch Note: These changes are currently available on the beta branch. The beta branch is for testing experimental changes and for finding and fixing errors. This is how you get access to the beta branch (USE AT YOUR OWN RISK): Right-Click on Avorion in your Steam list, Properties -> Betas -> Select branch 'beta'.

Gameplay

Relations to AI factions can now be worsened in diplomacy tab for players and alliances
Added new factories: Coal Mine and Oil Rig
Hangar starting positions now always stick out 150 meters over the bounding box of the craft
The spawning of traders now depends on the prices set at factories

Low prices: More traders that like to buy
High prices: More traders that like to sell

Missing ranking officers no longer prevent players from buying crew

Instead, morale drops over time

In turret factories, independent targeting can now be enabled with Targeting Systems
Factories can now be upgraded in their config menu

Balancing

Reduced amount of reputation loss when smuggling by 50%
Biotope buys plants now

Graphics

Adjusted ambient lighting on ships to be less bright and blinding when lots of light blocks are in the same area

Performance Tuning

Collision data in building mode is now calculated asynchronically for better performance while building
Improved performance of building stats preview when placing/removing a block
Auto-saving of ships is now done asynchronically for better performance
Stats for ship/station plans, shields, integrity and collision data are calculated asynchronically now for better performance throughout the entire game
Improved performance of plan deserialization and thus loading screen, block deletion, shipinfo update, ctrl z, ctrl y, etc.

UI

Increased amount of UI background threads to 4
Added several more loading screen tips concerning building and crew
Added warnings depending on the available amount of vram
Added a hint for pressing ALT to select attachment block for templates
Tabbing through textboxes in multiple places works as intended now
Auto-save of builds in build mode can be turned on/off
When a local dedicated server is started, singleplayer button gets disabled
Collected all buy/sell turret, upgrade and fighter windows in one "Trade Equipment" window
Collected all (potential) good trading windows in one "Trade Goods" window

Mines no longer have 2 separate options "Buy/Sell" and "Sell"

Shortened bulletin board interaction from "Electronic Bulletin Board" to "Bulletin Board"
Added ship problem messages for low morale and missing ranking officers
Added warning icons for crew issues to crew tab
Factories can now be configured when the player is inside them

Server

Removed printing of .svg file from /status command (.html file is still there)

Scripting API

Reenabled client IO and OS libraries with security checks in place

Client-sided IO can only write to the %appdata% path

Added an Entity function to wait for async work
Fixed a crash when registering a new script interaction during an ongoing script interaction
Server no longer returns non-initialized players in getOnlinePlayers() function
When AttackState is set to attack an entity without a plan it switches to its parent or no target
Caption of windows can be read out now
Tabs in tabbed windows can now be moved all the way to the right
Scripts can now re-register for the same window that another script already used, enabling them to receive window-related function calls for that window

Bugfixes

"As usual, we mark bug reports by users with [UBR]. Thanks again for all the help and reporting, and keep 'em coming!"

[UBR] Fixed an issue where fighters could pick up crew leading to huge amounts of crew brought back and required by fighters
[UBR] Repairable wreckages claimed by alliance ships now actually belong to the alliance
[UBR] Fixed an issue where camera movement didn't update if entering strategy mode while pressing left mouse
[UBR] Fixed an issue where turrets were being returned to the player twice on lower difficulties
[UBR] Fixed an issue where borders of inventory selections were resetting
Fixed an issue where data packages for the player would sometimes get discarded during loading screen
[UBR] Fixed an issue where good prices wouldn't be displayed correctly for alliances
[UBR] Fixed an issue where fighter-related scripts could crash when interacted with the drone
[UBR] Fixed an issue where consecutively interacting with a fighter factory as player and alliance would not update the price
Fixed error message argument in smuggler's market
Fixed a few spelling errors
Fixed an issue where client wouldn't shut down correctly when a UI thread was still running
Fixed an issue where the maximum volume per ship could be circumvented via "modify entire ship"
Fixed a few script documentation issues
[UBR] Fixed an issue where transforming a block would also change its color
[UBR] Fixed an issue with the display of atmospheric fog on Intel devices
[UBR] Fixed an issue with the display of point sprites
[UBR] Fixed an issue where items would only be picked up on the server
[UBR] Fixed an issue with error sending in fighter factory
[UBR] Fixed an issue with jittering of fighters with very high agility
[UBR] Fixed an issue with fighters getting lost on client side when pressing "Transfer All" buttons for fighters
[UBR] Fixed an issue with wrong prices in trading after selling or buying goods
[UBR] Fixed an issue with trading routes not updating their prices correctly for the current sector
[UBR] Fixed an issue where turning speed and independent fire of turret loot wasn't saved
Fixed an issue that could lead to overflow in faction payments
Fixed overheating displayer showing black bars instead of yellow/orange
[UBR] Fixed damage going down for some turrets in turret factory
[UBR] Fixed an issue where seeking missiles fly to the wrong target in co-op steering

[ 2017-11-26 00:16:49 CET ] [ Original post ]

Avorion
Boxelware

Developer

Boxelware

Publisher

2020-03-09

Release

Indie Simulation Singleplayer Multiplayer Coop

Combat

Equip your ship with chainguns, lasers and other weaponry to take on your enemies and enjoy the sight of completely destructible ships breaking at the exact points where you hit them. Defend your allies from pirates, hunt down enemies for coin or even participate in wars between entire factions. Build hangars and command squads of fighters in your battles or destroy enemy freighters to steal their cargo.

Explore

Fly through beautiful nebulas and dense asteroid fields in search of hidden treasures and meet the many factions that populate and control their portion of the galaxy. Each faction has its own characteristics, such as peaceful, intelligent or aggressive, and has its own ship styles, meaning their ships and stations have a distinct look.

Explore the galaxy at your own pace to find valuable goods in old ship wreckages, undiscovered asteroid fields rich of resources, unchartered asteroids which you can claim for yourself, or clues as to what happened during the event a few hundred years back.

Build Your Fleet

There are no limits to ship size or complexity besides your resources. You're not bound to the standard voxel style and while building an awesome ship in Avorion you won't get lost in lots and lots of micro-management. You can focus on building a great looking ship, without having too much trouble to make it work. But make sure you still keep an eye on your ship’s maneuverability or energy requirements. Adjust your ships perfectly to their operational purpose by building light and agile or heavily armored ships.

Build specialized transport ships with lots of cargo space or heavily armored battleships with strong shields. Collect loot from defeated foes which you can use to upgrade your ship: New turrets, resources, trading goods or system upgrades. Install system upgrades that allow more weapons, ease asteroid mining or trading systems which detect trading routes over multiple sectors.

And why build only one ship? Hire captains to fly your ships for you, manage your crews, weapons, hangars and fighters and build your own fleet of space ships!

Trade

Extend your ship with a cargo bay, find profitable deals and haul over a hundred trading goods through the galaxy to make a profit and buy your way up the food chain: Build up a trading corporation and extend your influence in the galaxy by founding asteroid mines and factories that attract NPC traders who will buy and sell their goods at your establishments.

Co-op Multiplayer

You don't have to fight the galaxy alone! Avorion features co-op multiplayer, so team up with your friends to build stations together and destroy pirates and enemy factions! Work together to extend your influence in the galaxy and build your own empire. Or, you know, blow them apart in large PvP battles. It's a sandbox, you can do whatever you want.

In Avorion you choose your personal playstyle. Haul cargo, find profitable trading routes and found factories. Or maybe you're sick of being the good guy? Build your own battleship, equip it with powerful weaponry and blow away your enemies. Be the aggressor that starts wars with entire factions, raid freighters, smuggle illegal goods and scavenge old wreckages. Find your way to the center of a galaxy that gets more hostile, but also more rewarding the closer you get to its core.

MINIMAL SETUPOS: Ubuntu 12.04 or higher
Processor: Intel i5 @ 3.0 GHz or AMD equivalentMemory: 4 GB RAM
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia Geforce 550 or equivalent (full OpenGL 3.0 support required)Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 1 GB available spaceAdditional Notes: Middle mouse button. mouse wheel required. No Internet connection required for Singleplayer.
RECOMMENDED SETUPOS: Ubuntu 12.04 or higher
Processor: Intel i7 @ 3.3 GHz or AMD equivalentMemory: 6 GB RAM
Memory: 6 GB RAM
Graphics: NVidia Geforce 1050 / Radeon RX 460Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 3 GB available spaceAdditional Notes: Middle mouse button. mouse wheel required. No Internet connection required for Singleplayer.

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