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

Escorting ships can now passively shoot nearby enemies as long as their protegee wasn't harmed yet
Reduced overall bounciness of physics
Fighters can now heal their mothership if ordered via fighter orders
AI piloted ships can now heal themselves when they have repair fighters

Balancing

"We adjusted the pricing of turrets. Work in progress. There were some pretty harsh outliers, with salvaving, force or mining turrets selling for a price higher than most stations. Other turrets, like point defense cannons, almost cost nothing at all. You can still get crazy turrets for crazy prices, but it'll fit more to the kind of turret. Pricing is now more equally distributed and we removed some of the super harsh outliers, which we think is healthier for the game overall."

Adjusted prices of turrets

Pricing is now more equally distributed over all turret types
Fixed several issues with massive outliers in turret pricing
Fixed several outliers where turrets would cost / sell for nearly nothing at all

Energy suppressor now suppresses pirate attacks as well as xsotan and head hunter attacks
Reduced power of force fighters since they could be used for griefing a lot
Reduced probability of "free slaves" mission on bulletin boards
Increased damage of laser turrets
Increased damage of lightning turrets
Increased damage of tesla turrets
Increased damage of Laser Point Defense turrets

UI

Workforce bars in the Crew Tab are now correctly updated to show the influence of the current morale
Added icon for "your cargo bay isn't configured to collect this"
Added a hint to crew tab about automatic crew payments
Disabled "Situational" turret targeting since it was mostly glitchy and unintuitive
Improved german translation
Classes of own ships are now shown on galaxy map and the fleet window
Added a button to change a ship's class from the fleet window
Improved the color "Orange" (yes really)
Added warnings for when inventory is full
The "Found Ship" button on the top right gets a highlight when a player tries to enter build mode while in the drone
Added quick transfer of items between alliance and player by holding shift
Improved the IME input (still not perfect, but we're on it!)
Added new stations pictures to encyclopedia and updated some descriptions
Improved visibility of name and emblem on ghost blocks in building mode
Added loading screen tip that talks about the detailed turret tooltip option
Lost fighters are now shown in sector tooltip on the galaxy map
Updated icon for resource depot
Added error messages for craft orders: heal, heal target, attack, attack enemy, guard, patrol
Updated encyclopedia

Client

Increased visual size of fighters when they're big fighters
Added more debug logging to find more issues
Improved performance of alliance emblems
Added particle effect to crew loot to better recognize them
Added one more bug for you to find
The tutorial is now automatically terminated if the player loses his ship in building mode

Scripting API:

Added clearValues() functions to all objects that can have values set
Added a listFilesOfDirectory() function
Added a deleteFile() function
removeFolder(): only removes empty directories now
Added callback "onSectorGenerated" similar to "onRestoredFromDisk" for sectors being generated for the first time
Added a Galaxy:isFactionLoaded(...) function to check if a faction is currently in memory
Added a UIRect class
Added "slots" and "automatic" properties to fighters that always return 1 and false to simplify some code
Added a stoneDamageMultiplier property for armed objects

Bugfixes

[UBR] Fixed an issue where after boarding a ship, the ship would still count as pirate, head hunter, etc.
[UBR] Fixed several issues with pirates, xsotan and head hunters spawning where they shouldn't
[UBR] Fixed an issue where craft designs didn't restore their saved turret designs

Yes, they were supposed to do that from the very beginning

[UBR] Fixed several issues with german translation in missions
[UBR] Fixed an issue where every dialog with an entity started the exodus mission if a exodus beacon was in the same sector
[UBR] Fixed ingredients list not being restored correctly
[UBR] Fixed an issue where asteroids and other objects would jitter around while mining them
[UBR] Fixed an issue where scrapping license duration of alliances wasn't shown in scrapyard
[UBR] Fixed an issue where player wasn't put in the correct location after a jump
[UBR] Fixed an issue that led to only factories of size S being generated
[UBR] Fixed an issue that led to unarmed AI ships flying off into nothingness
[UBR] Fixed an issue where hull polarizer would remove too many HP
[UBR] Fixed an issue where expanded combo boxes weren't clickable when they expanded outside the window they were in
Fixed an issue that prevented reclassing of ships in some cases
Fixed an issue where Headquarters couldn't get missions on their bulletin board
Fixed an issue where explore sector couldn't be returned to stations except military outpost
[UBR] Fixed an issue where compare window wasn't shown over other windows
[UBR] Fixed an issue where several AI states didn't remember their last target over a game shutdown/reload
[UBR] Fixed an issue with generated ships not being able to turn correctly
[UBR] Fixed an issue where high-tier turrets could be placed on too low material blocks
[UBR] Fixed an issue where notifications for new mails were sent on every login, even if there was none
[UBR] Fixed several issues with several introductory missions
[UBR] Fixed several issues with mirroring of emblem and ship name blocks
[UBR] Fixed a few exploits where maxmimum inventory size could be exceeded
[UBR] Fixed an issue where damage malus between client and server was desynced, leading to wrong repair costs
Fixed an issue where no "you can't pick this up because..." notification was displayed for full inventory
[UBR] Fixed an issue where morale jumped between good and bad if crews weren't paid on time
[UBR] Fixed an issue where turret AI was sometimes picking targets incomprehensibly
Fixed shipyard build ship stats still being shown after back was pressed
[UBR] Fixed an issue where after selecting a new language, loading screen tips weren't changed to the new language

[ 2020-03-07 16:43:25 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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