Beta Branch Patch 0.17 Patchnotes - UI Crash Reports

While working on the Combat Update II, we've realized that we have a lot of changes in the pipeline that we could easily release before the second part of the Combat Update. Since we also want to aim for more but smaller updates, this seemed like the right thing to do. There's also one very important feature in this update, that we wanted to roll out as soon as possible: Automated crash-report sending, which gives us a quick, anonymous info of a crash. No more bug reporting with first finding logs etc, all the important info is sent to us automatically. This will help us A LOT with improving game stability in the future. And if you don't want to send the anonymous crash reports, then you can just disable that in the main menu. Apart from that, you'll mostly find polishing and issues that you've raised over time, and now we've addressed them. 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

Salvage & mine commands are now persistent and restart when new wreckages/asteroids appear

Balancing

Player start sectors are now placed closely to their first ally faction's home sector

This avoids problems with missing gates

Made some VERY small adjustments to how ship costs are calculated, might resolve in slightly (below est. 0.1%) higher, but more consistent costs
Reduced glow-block durability by 75% to match reduced maintenance cost

UI

"Most importantly: UI Scaling and a back-button for station interaction windows."

Added icon that shows the current order to the indicator of a selected ship
Added different answers for NPCs if their home sector lies inside a rift
Building Mode

Hide blocks window: Added filtering by material and block type at the same time
Turrets can now be focused in building mode
Ambient shield animations are now disabled in building mode

Added greying out tabs in ship window as long as they're not yet relevant
Added a first version of UI scaling

Still testing here, please report issues if you encounter any!
Issues related to this could include: Mouse cursor not working properly, transparent/too bright windows

Irrelevant stats are not shown in stats overview
Added back button for ui windows, which enables fast switching in the interaction dialog
Added scrollable UI for smuggler's markets
Improved pixel-perfect rendering of lines
Fixed rendering of target indicators, steering indicator and pro-/retrograde markers
Shield bar at the bottom of the screen flashes when hit by an EMP torpedo
Color of the selected block is now visible in building mode

Server Browser

"We've updated the server browser to allow favorites, a search function and a history."

Added favoriting of servers
Added history of last played servers
Added a search function to search server list
Added a filter for creative servers
Added a filter for server/client version
Improved general behavior of Server Browser Window

Scripting API

Added a CargoBay component
Added sending of anonymous script crash reports to improve bug hunting (configurable)

These are only sent for vanilla scripts, modded scripts (including dependencies) will not trigger crash report sending

Misc

Client and server now send anonymous crash reports to improve bug hunting (configurable)
Several minor performance improvements

Server

Added a command line option --send-crash-reports to configure crash report sending (default & recommended: enabled)
Improved RCON interface, supports the RCON protocol of Rust as well as Valve's RCON protocol
Added graceful Ctrl-C and console-closing shutdown for AvorionServer

Bugfixes

"As usual, [UBR] marked fixes are User Bug Reports. Thanks for reporting and keep it up!"

[UBR] Fixed turret orders being reset
[UBR] Fixed an issue where players were put in their drone instead of their ships on sector switch
Fixed an issue where the game might crash when a sector can't be loaded
[UBR] Fixed an issue in building mode where mirroring via multiple planes showed the wrong price
[UBR] Fixed an issue where torpedo warhead types weren't localized in the target displayer
Fixed a potential crash in logging
Fixed several minor UI issues
[UBR] Fixed an issue where delivery and organize goods mission rewards were paid to the player even when in an alliance ship
[UBR] Anti-Smuggle ships investigating ships without a player in them only take the cargo and don't attack any more
[UBR] Relations only worsen to ai factions, not players, when telling a civil ship to dump its cargo
[UBR] Fixed an issue where resource shortages at resource depots weren't synched to new clients
[UBR] Fixed an issue where Avorion or the AvorionServer would keep running in the background even though it was exited
[UBR] Fixed an issue where keybindings for the same key with and without modifier would conflict
[UBR] Fixed an issue where the transformation brush didn't update a block's unpainted material color
[UBR] Fixed Ctrl-Z costing resources or money sometimes
[UBR] Fixed a crash in docking AI
[UBR] Fixed relation drops for shooting down torpedoes

[ 2018-04-19 16:27:29 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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