Hi Everyone, Well it has been a very busy two weeks since the Shopping Update, and we think you are going to really appreciate these changes. We reworked the entire ship construction system based on extensive user feedback, and here is what we came up with. The TL;DR is, you don't need the tractor beam to build anymore. Important note: The initial building tutorial is not yet aware of these changes, and we plan to change its flow to teach the new methods listed below. We figured that people would want to get their hands on this new tech right away though, so we are releasing it now. Also, there may be some bumps with this new system. There was a titanic amount of code and rework to get this new building method in there and unlike the old tractor version which had almost 4 years of testing, this has had about 5 hours of testing. As we find problems we will hotfix as usual. Also the old tractor construction method is still intact and can be used as a fallback. Here we go! (this is pulled directly out of the ship building tips button in the inventory level) SET COMPARE MODE: Click any part with the Right Mouse Button/Right Click Stick. The part will glow green showing that it is selected as the compare part. When in compare mode, if you hover your mouse over any other part, it will show how the stats compare. CLEAR COMPARE MODE: To clear compare mode, Click empty space with the Right Mouse Button/Right Click Stick. SWAPPING IN A PART: Find a loose part that has the desired stats. Set that part into compare mode. Hover the pointer over the part in the current ship design that you wish to replace. Click the Right Mouse Button/Right Click Stick. The compare part will swap places with the selected ship part. SWAPPING OUT A PART: Set a part on your ship to be in compare mode Hover the pointer over loose parts. Click the Right Mouse Button/Right Click Stick. The compare part will swap places with the selected loose part. SWAPPING SIZES: It is possible to swap a large part for a small part and vice versa if space is available. SWAPPING TYPES: In some cases it will be legal to swap an engine or a wing for example into the same position. Swapping supports this. HOT SWAPPING: Compare parts can be swapped with other parts currently attached to your ship. INSTA-SNAPPING PARTS: When selecting a compare part that is floating in space, arrows will appear in all locations where that part can attach. Move the pointer to the desired attach location, and the compare part will snap to this position. Click the Right Mouse Button/Right Click Stick to confirm the new position. INSTA-MOVING PARTS: When selecting a compare part that is attached to your ship, arrows will show all valid locations where that part can be moved instantly. This is a great way to quickly reconfigure ship spine shapes. SMART BREAKING: Instead of removing parts one by one with the tractor beam, if you select a part to remove using the tractor button, all parts that rely on that part will be automatically removed as you hold it. Selecting the mothership root core will cause all attached parts to be removed in a cascade. CLEANUP AREA: Pressing this button will reset all the positions of all loose parts in the current level. AUTO FILL SPINE: Pressing this button will fit the best loose parts into empty slots on your current ship spine. This is very useful to snap on the remaining parts once you have placed your key components. The auto fill algorithm tries its best by weighting 192 different construction variations and is usually able to find spots for all your parts, but not always. CLEAR TO SPINE: Pressing this button will remove all noses, wings, and engines as well as causing a cleanup area. This is useful for quickly adjusting spine shapes for your ship. CLEAR SHIP: Pressing this button removes all parts from your ship and causes a cleanup area. We hope you all enjoy this new update, and thanks very much for all the feedback! It has given us the clarity we needed on issues like the building system being too unwieldy as well as the need for the catalog. Please stick with us, we are committed to making SPAZ 2 better and better. Here's a list of what is next on the agenda: https://steamcommunity.com/app/252470/discussions/0/364042262889515926/