"The building UI structure has remained mostly unchanged over the years, getting more complicated over time. Feedback from you and our experience at GamesCom, Dreamhack etc. confirms that it has a steep learning curve. To tackle this problem we went back to the drawing board. Almost every element of the UI has been reviewed with usability, discoverability and meaningful placement in mind. A lot of work has been put into improving the building UI and we hope you like it. There might still be some rough edges. Please let us know what you think!" 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'. The old Building Inventory has been broken up into separate specialized windows:

Blocks Window

"Being able to quickly find and select the desired block and material is extremely important. Also, for new players, discovering the button that opens this window should be easy."

Added big "Blocks" button that shows the current block to the top left
The window now always shows all the blocks
Unavailable blocks in the current material are shaded
Scrolling changes the material
All available shape variations for the current block are shown below
The blocks selection can be filtered
Transform and Match functions can be toggled in the blocks window
Implemented new advanced block functions:

Select all blocks of the current type
Transform all selected blocks

Turrets Window

Added big "Turrets" button below the "Blocks" button that shows the current turret
Added "Mark Installed Turrets As Favorite" button to make them easier to find e.g. when they temporarily need to be removed from the ship

Colors Window

Added big "Colors" button below the "Turrets" button that shows the current color
Implemented new advanced color functions:

Select by color
Apply color to selection. With these functions color schemes can be changed quickly

Repair Window

Block-by-block repairing can now be enabled by pressing the button in the top left of the repair window

Saved Designs Window

Templates have now moved to the "Saved Designs" window
Designs can now be saved and loaded from the clipboard
Added combobox to change the material of a design
Added filter bar

Workshop designs can be filtered by tag

Designs can now be renamed

Stats

"Most of the time, always seeing the FULL stats of your ships was both overwhelming and unnecessary. To improve this we added several options for you to configure. Influence of Crew and Energy problems can be toggled, as well as the influence of System Upgrades. This means you can see the stats of your craft in full glory, even if you don't have the full crew yet."

Stats are now configurable
Categories can be shown or hidden
Only the most important stats are shown by default
Improved colors to better differentiate between minor changes and potential problems

Quick Selection

"This is the thing at the bottom of the screen."

The Quick Selection supports Blocks, Turrets and Designs
It can be filled via Drag & Drop or by pressing a number when hovering a Block, Turret or Design
The most common context-sensitive shortcuts are shown above the quick selection

Additional UI Changes

Grid Size and Scale Step can now be set via text boxes
All View options are now combined in a small View Settings window
Same goes for Mirroring options

Performance

"Your prayers have been heard. Building performance has been greatly improved on both server and client."

Improved performance of the ship editor

Greatly improved performance of multi-block operations (remove, add, colorize, change block type)
Greatly improved performance of undo, redo and repair
Greatly reduced the performance impact of all of those operations on the server

Scripting API

"Modders rejoice: We finally got around to adding a search function in the Scripting API docs!"

Added a search function for the scripting docs
Several building-related callbacks now support batch processing. The functions in question were renamed and now have variable arguments for the affected block indices

Renamed onBlockAdded to onBlocksAdded
Renamed onBlockRemove to onBlocksRemove
Renamed onBlockRemoved to onBlocksRemoved
onBlocksRemoved now transmits all the removed blocks, including their removed orphaned children, as opposed to onBlocksRemove, which only transmits the blocks chosen to be removed by the player

invokeFunction can now be called with script path or index
Fixed an issue where client sector's invokeServerFunction() was directed to the player, not the sector
Renamed runRemote[Entity,Faction,Sector]Code and invokeRemote[Entity,Faction,Sector]Function to run[...]Code and invoke[...]Function

Improved documentation of these functions

invokeEntityFunction now optionally accepts a table instead of two arguments name and factionIndex
Added search function to documentation

Bugfixes

"Bugs marked with [UBR] are user bug reports. Thanks to everyone for reporting and keep it up!"

[UBR] Fixed an issue where turrets could be selected even if they were obscured
[UBR] Fixed some events starting even though game is paused
Fixed an issue with remote sector calls crashing the server
[UBR] Crew payment timer is only reset to 0 on payment or destruction, no longer on crew leave
[UBR] Fixed upgrades sometimes being invisible in system upgrade overview
[UBR] Fixed some issues with ship AI and docking to stations
Fixed possible server hangs on login
Fixed player events starting even though game is paused
Fixed an issue where the ship builder's safe-mode permitted deletions even if they would remove additional blocks
Fixed potential crash when boarding

[ 2019-11-06 15:24:01 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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