Beta Branch Patch 0.20 Patchnotes - AI Map Commands

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'.

Map Commands

"You will now be able to order your ships over the galaxy map now. You can give commands, enchain multiple commands and even loop them. Ships can now also buy and sell goods for you to stations and others."

Added sending orders to your ships via the Galaxy Map
You can tell your ships to:

Jump to a certain sector
Buy goods for a specific price margin X% until they have Y on board
Sell goods for a specific price margin X% until they have Y left
Attack Enemies
Patrol a sector
Mine Asteroids
Salvage Wreckages
Loop with other commands

These commands can be enqueued by holding Shift so your ships can move over large distances
Routes for crafts will be rendered to the Galaxy Map
Indicators for alliance crafts are now rendered on map
Added switching to sector into a specific craft or drone
Alliance ships are now listed in sector tooltips on the galaxy map
Added checkbox to galaxy map to hide alliance information
Added little dots for commandable ships in a sector

General AI Improvements

"We improved the flight behavior and AI of ships, they are now much faster and a lot more dangerous since they will get to players a lot faster."

Improved flight behavior of AI ships
AI ships can now use boost
AI ships can now drift to change their flight direction

Instead of braking, standing still, turning, accelerating

Improved pathfinding behavior of AI ships

AI ships won't get stuck as easily
AI ships will now fly a lot better through asteroid fields

Docking AI now flies near the target station while no dock is currently free yet
Fighters on attack order who don't have a target any more are now set to defend the mothership
Stations with docks now push away lifeless obstacles to keep docking areas free
Stations with docks now push away objects that can move on their own after they have blocked a dock for over 5 minutes
Repair fighters now heal the mothership when set to defend
TurretAI now shoots down torpedoes that are targeting friends, if none are targeting the mothership

Harvest AI

"We added a completely new harvest state to the AI that is a big improvement for automatic mining and salvaging. It makes use of the new pathfinding algorithm to maneuver around asteroid and wreckage fields quickly and safely. Bigger wreckages are now favored over smaller ones. The ship will now stay stationary as long as its lasers are in range. If a turret is facing the wrong way the ship will roll around its longitudinal axis to always face the target. This means it is best to place all turrets on the same side of the ship. We also added a detection if ships get stuck, in which case they change position or try the next target. You might not notice all these details but harvesting will work a lot more smoothly now."

Added a new Harvesting AI specifically for mining and salvaging

Harvest AI now rolls so that the turret can hit the target
Harvest AI picks a new waypoint if the current one cannot be reached
Harvest AI turns in place if weapons are out of range but firing long enough
Harvest AI now picks the target's closest block
Harvest AI now uses the appropriate turrets and sets independent turrets to autofire

Salvage AI now prefers big wreckages over small ones that are close by
Salvage AI now ignores tiny wreckages

Player Fleet Window

"It was about time to rework the old, dusty UI of the fleet window and give it a new design and more features, such as renaming your ships."

Improved layout of Player Fleet Window
Ships now have a preview image
Ships now have their cargo displayed in full detail
Ships now have their status what they're currently doing listed
Ships can be shown on the map
Ships can be renamed

Gameplay

"From now on you'll be able to communicate with stations without actually docking to them, a feature that a lot of players have requested. We also improved map managing of alliances."

Newly founded alliances now have their founder's current sector as home sector coordinates
Added new alliance privilege: Edit Map

Players with this privilege can edit the alliance map just like their own, players without just edit their own

Alliance map note is now shown if it is different than the player's note
Switching between crafts is now allowed no matter the distance

Exception: From drones or fighters to other crafts

Added a new Transporter Block

Transporter blocks are available in Xanion and upwards
Transporters will allow players to interact with stations over distances as if docked
Transporters require a system upgrade "Transporter Software" to function

Added a new System Upgrade "Transporter Software" required for long-distance transports

Only works in combination with a transporter block

Implemented auto-reloading of torpedoes to shafts

Note: Only works for newly bought torpedoes

Balancing

When boosting is stopped, maximum velocity of ships drops by 200 m/s per second, instead of a percentage falloff
Salvaging and mining laser range now scales more with size
"The AI" (the boss) now has bad relations to AI factions by default
Added a minimum directional thrust to ships to ease AI steering
Added low inertia braking to AI ships to ease AI steering

Scripting API

"VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR MODDERS: We've added extra security for calling functions remotely, this *will* break your mods if you're using remote invocations. Also, those changes listed here are probably not complete, there should be more."

IMPORTANT: Implemented "callable" tag for remote invocations

Functions that are to be callable from remote clients must have been tagged as callable!
Example: callable(namespace, "functionName")
See existing scripts for more details
For compatibility reasons, this behavior can be disabled in the server settings (HIGHLY DISCOURAGED): Flag "ExplicitCallables"

Added a ControlUnit class
Added several new callbacks to client Player class for Galaxy Map
Galaxy Map can now be used to create UI via scripts
Added order infos for crafts representing their current orders
Added functionality for calling functions of scripts in another sector
Added functionality for executing lua code in another sector (server to server only)
Added functionality for calling functions remotely in another sector
Added a new AI state: HarvestState, explicitly for collecting resources from Asteroids and Wreckages
Added script functions to Entity: jumpPossible(), get/setHyperspaceJumpReach()
BlockPlan can now force a material transformation where higher blocks are transformed into hull blocks
Added functionality to Galaxy to load sectors and keep them in memory
Added a property to get data folder of Server
Added several status properties to Server
Added a "onChatMessage" callback for Player and Server whenever a chat message is received from a player
Added ControlActionBit enum
Added a CraftPortrait class which renders a circle with a ship in it
Added an ArrowLine class which renders a line with arrows
Added a MapArrowLine class which is the ArrowLine for the Galaxy Map
Added a MouseButton enum for mouse buttons
Added a KeyboardKey enum for keyboard keys

Keyboard now accepts both string keynames as well as KeyboardKey codes

Added reading of ship hyperspace reach in Player and Alliance
Added reading of ship cargo in Player and Alliance
Added reading of ship status in Player and Alliance
Added lots and lots of callbacks to Alliance and Player on client
Added counting of registered functions to a callback
Fixed "userdata" being wrongly given as a bad type for parameters when invoking c++ functions
Sector:getEntity() now accepts both strings representing a uuid and Uuids
Added an isStuck property to ShipAI

Works only while the state is set to Flying

Added new callbacks "onCraftSeatEntered" and "onCraftSeatLeft" for Entity and Sector
Invocation of functions on scripts by index instead of name works correctly now
Added a Label property "shortenText" to enable shortening of texts with "..."
Added a Slider property "showMaxValue" to show the max value in its caption
Removed displayName/displayPlural/translatableName/translatablePlural/translatableDescription properties from TradingGood
Added displayName(amount) to TradingGood which returns the translated name in correct numerus
Added displayPlural(amount) to TradingGood which returns a userdata object that can be sent and translated on the client

UI

Changed Anti-Grav to Antigrav to make it consistent throughout Avorion
Added a "friends" tab to Serverbrowser
Free and occupied weapon slots are now listed in the ship tab
Improved showing and hiding of hints, depending on what the player is doing
Building mode tooltips now don't get rendered when occluded by a window
Removed redundant noble metal mines from Found Station Window
Hyperspace cooldown and HP are now shown for alliance ships as well
Improved displaying of tooltips so they don't block existing UI as much
Building state shows a notification for hotkeys upon opening
Increased size of building hotkeys window
BuildingUtilities have a text hinting towards F1 for showing building hotkeys
Added a warning when transporting problematic goods with and without licenses
Increased brightness of the indicators in explore sector mission
Improved game settings layout
Improved graphics settings layout
Alliance crafts now have their own indicator color
Improved tackiness of several icons
Removed "Tagged" line from galaxy map sector tooltip
New script-based menus in the top right corner are now highlighted
Added hint for accepting missions at bulletin boards
Added input box to Hire Crew menu

When hiring crewmembers the other rows are no longer reset

Misc

Fixed wrong year in script documentation copyright
Fixed wrong company designation in script documenation
Changing control style is only possible while flying, no longer while building etc.
Added anonymous game statistics sending to make better decisions about balancing and feature priorities

This can be disabled in the settings.ini file

Implemented correct conversion in documentation for bitsets and VectorTableCopy
Several smaller performance improvements
Added PointDefenseLaser and AntiFighter to turretfactory
Added several new bugs
Added merging of hangar & edge blocks
Added tons of more correct plural translations

Bugfixes

"Fixes marked with [UBR] were brought to us by the community. Thank you very much and keep up the good work!"

Fixed several crashes in scripts
[UBR] Fixed bad beam and muzzle colors when custom shot colors are used
[UBR] Fixed an issue in shield recharge tooltip
[UBR] Fixed an issue in turret factory that allows people to create turrets with higher rarities than expected
[UBR] Fixed hyperspace price and energy being calculated wrongly
Fixed an issue where scaling turret parts didn't work
Fixed several instances where scripts were wrongly added to objects multiple times
[UBR] Fixed MAD science lab dropping extreme turrets
Fixed an issue where the title of a mine's trade window was translated incorrectly
Fixed an issue where blocks of invincible entities could be destroyed by collisions
[UBR] Fixed an issue where sometimes the wrong station was founded
Fixed an issue where the color wasn't applied when modifying the whole turret part
Fixed several spelling mistakes
[UBR] Fixed issues with marking last line of inventory as favorite/trash
[UBR] Fixed inventories being too far scrolled down to see contents
[UBR] Fixed zooming out causing the ship to rotate
[UBR] Fixed a few crashes in Group UI
[UBR] Fixed color selection window not showing any colors when first opened with hotkey
[UBR] Energy Suppressors from alliances no longer spawn with non-iron materials
Fixed auto-selection no longer working after targeted object was destroyed
[UBR] Fixed an issue in mining system where other ships were wrongly detected as the player's ship
[UBR] Fixed several issues where uncritical errors were falsely logged when entities didn't exist
Fixed an issue where component script callbacks were not sent
Fixed an issue where muzzle positions of custom coaxial turrets were wrong
Fixed an issue where restoring the explore sector mission did not work
Fixed an issue where the handle of a ui slider could partially protrude over the side of the bounding rect
Fixed a crash in ShipSystem when fetching an upgrade from a slot that doesn't exist
[UBR] Fixed permanent upgrades disappearing from a ship when founding a station
Fixed an error where ships stopped after they were destroyed instead of their wreckage flying on
[UBR] Fixed reduction for pilots (via upgrades) not working with script functions
Fixed an issue where an expanded combobox's clickable area was only as wide as the box itself

Known issues

"These are smaller issues that will be fixed while the update is on the beta branch. They have been postponed because we thought releasing the update had priority."

We are currently still working on ordering ships to escort other ships over the map
We are aware that AI ships won't use transporter blocks yet, we're working on that
Some mission texts are not translated correctly

[ 2018-12-04 11:40:18 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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