Beta Branch Patch 0.18 Patchnotes - Combat Update pt. II

We're ready to deploy the first public build of the Combat Update II. We've got some more polishing and tweaking to do, but we want you to try out the build so we can fix errors and adjust things. Have fun! 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'.

Turret Building Mode

"We've finally implemented the option for you guys to make your own turret designs and give your turrets custom looks, matching the ship you're flying! Disclaimer: For a multitude of reasons, mostly balancing related (but also development scope) turret designs are purely visual."

Players can now design their own custom turrets
Turrets consist of three parts: base, body and barrel

The base is placed directly onto the ship
The body is connected to the base and can rotate horizontally
The barrel is connected to the body and can rotate vertically
These parts can be rotated to get a feel for the design

Players can also design their own custom coaxial guns

These consist only of a single part

Players can choose the size of their turret

Using Turret Designs

Turret designs can only be used on top of Turret Base blocks

Select a Turret Base block in building mode and press the "Enter Turret Design Mode" button

A ghost preview of all inactive designs is rendered in building mode

Place an actual turret on the desired Turret Base to activate the design

When editing an inactive turret design the side of the Turret Base block it is going to be built on is the one you are looking at

This side is highlighted when the Turret Base is selected
The ghost preview of the selected Turret Base is put on this side

Coaxial Guns

"We've still got some fine tuning to do with these, so please give us feedback!"

Weaponry that would take 5 slots or more, is considered coaxial weaponry
Coaxial weapons deal 3x the damage of normal weapons that would take the same amount of slots
Coaxial weapons are always rigid and cannot turn

Collision Damage

"We've tuned collision damage to make it feel more natural and less threatening. All in all, your ships should no longer just explode after hitting a small asteroid."

Added a threshold for collision damage
Collision damage is no longer directly applied to ship HP, but in relation to the blocks that are damaged

No more immediate death by collision, except for when your ship only consists of a handful of blocks

Collision damage is applied in a cone, potentially damaging interiors as well
All blocks have a structural integrity, which is a percentage of their health which is subtracted from incoming collision damage

Armor has a high structural integrity of 75% percent, meaning that an armor block with 1000 hp will always reduce its collision damage by 750 points

Workshop

"Several adjustments to the workshop, especially considering the uploading of turret desings and ships including turret designs."

Added uploading of turret designs to the workshop
Ship Designs include their Turret Designs when uploaded to the workshop

Balancing

"In order to make the end-game a little more interesting, all Xsotan ships in the center of the galaxy scale with the strength of the player(s)' ships."

Massively increased damage and reach of the mobile energy laboratory
Xsotan ships inside of the barrier remember the player's strength and send ships with higher firepower
Added a 50% chance of getting a lower-slot turret drop in high-level areas
Activating the teleporter to the center spawns strong Xsotan ships

Client & Graphics

Updated Credits
Added a separate button for firing torpedoes (default: right-click)
Added a texture for Torpedo Storage Blocks
Added a neutral version of the editor with neutral lighting

The neutral version is only available when the game can be (and is) paused as to avoid confusion
The neutral version of the editor can be switched on and off

UI

Renamed 'Saved Ships' window to 'Saved Designs' window
Reworked design of Saved Designs window to use less buttons but instead a right-click context menu
Added a folder structure to 'Saved Designs' window
Added a prominent [Game Paused] message
Added a dark background to error and info message on the bottom right
Improved performance of Saved Designs window by creating thumbnails for ships
Uploading to the workshop shows better error messages
Saved designs window now no longer shows unknown files
Galaxy Map Improvements

Fixed markers not getting deleted on empty sectors (except when manually tagged by a player)
Fixed old ships still being visible in old markers, even though they're with you

Added folders to the Saved Designs Window
Improved handling of Double-Click
Made color of untrained crewmen brighter
Added french community translation of Avorion

Thanks to 'Ribosome' for administrating the french translation!

Scripting API

Added a new TurretDesign class
Added a dbg function to give players CoAx Guns Guns Guns
Implemented a script variable check to disable transfer of entities through wormholes or gates

Setting the value called "untransferrable" to true prevents the entity from travelling through wormholes or gates

Implemented a script function check to disable transfer of entities through wormholes or gates

Misc

Added better translation handling of several plurals, more to come
Renamed several instances of "Unknown Ship" to "Xsotan Ship"

Bugfixes

"Most bugfixes have been added in the 0.17.X update, but that doesn't mean you should stop keeping them coming! All user bug reports are marked with [UBR], as usual!"

[UBR] Fixed energy suppressor satellite tooltip
Fixed turrets making sounds in strange places
Fixed an issue where the keys for mirroring a plan in BlockTemplateBrush were hardcoded
[UBR] Fixed an issue with the splash screen not showing correctly
[UBR] Shooting down your own torpedoes is only possible for torpedoes targeting the shooting ship
[UBR] Fixed several crashes related to Turret AI and automatic targeting
Fixed a crash when enabling the debug text output
Fixed a crash in EnergyTab when player is not inside a ship
[UBR] Fixed an issue where hails couldn't be reliably answered with Return key without opening chat window
Fixed a script crash when trader stations have too many goods for the UI
Fixed a script hang when trying to transfer goods with neutral/unowned ships
Fixed explore sector mission hanging sometimes with no sector to explore
Fixed an issue when spawning persecutors in sectors with objects without owner
[UBR] Fixed an issue where player owned ships fired torpedoes without launcher blocks
Fixed several issues with quality of font rendering

[ 2018-07-04 14:29:01 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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