Overview

Hello again everyone! First I would like to thank everyone who has purchased the game in Early Access. The amount of feedback I have received over the last week has been insane and has helped me substantially improve the game. In the past many updates haven't been forwards/backwards compatible, but I am now following the convention that all 0.3.X patches will be compatible. This means that these patches are likely to only contain bug fixes, all new major features will be added to the 0.4.X branch which I will start working on towards the end of this week. Also I will start posting updates about smaller updates since a lot of people are curious what has changed. The last 4 updates have only contained bug fixes, no new major features.

Fixes

Anyway, here a short list of the fixes for 0.3.1: - Save files are now ordered by the last time they were opened/played - Fixes for ultra wide displays (up to 5760x1080 tested) - Cache chest fixes, all known bugs fixed, cache requests should now be saved - Fixed an issue with miners not mining the right ores when on a chunk seam - Fixed an issue where the AOE indicator of power poles is generated incorrectly when placed over water - Fixed an issue when 2 players try to cut down the same tree at the same time - Fixed an issue that caused buildings not to render in the minimap after loading - You can select a tech before building the habitat which breaks the game - Items inside of transport tubes are now saved - Tons of cache chest fixes (there are some bugs remaining, which I will fix) - Transport tubes will be optimized properly after loading (not more mangled tubes after loading) - An issue where items would go through tubes really slowly has been fixed - Family Share + Cafe play enabled - Fixed major network issues caused by a fluid pipe bug - Fixed an issue where enemy health bars would remain on screen after death - Transport tubes now use approximately 1/5 of the network updates compared to 0.3.0 - Error feedback when you try to destroy a tree/rock that is too far away If you've watched the stream you'll know that I basically rewrote a large portion of the transport tube logic which allowed for some massive network savings. There are however still some known network bugs that I will continue to work on.

Technology Tier 2

Tons of people have asked about the Technology Tier 2 content. This content is coming August 1st and will substantially increase the content in the game. I'm estimating that it will about double the content in the game but I don't want to make any firm promises on this as that's a pretty bold statement. I will say there will be a new world/region in this new update and there will be changes to the transport tube system. There will also be new buildings available to help increase tube bandwidth and more options for transporting items. This is obvious as well, but there will be new items to construct and new technologies to research. Unfortunately its likely that bases built in 0.3.X will not be forward compatible to 0.4.X as the changes that are planned affect the terrain generation system which is not easy to backport to earlier versions. I think many players will want to start over anyway because there will likely be new early game content as well.

Conclusion

Thank you again to everyone who has purchased the game and helped support me with this game. Also a special thank you to players who have joined the discord and given me feedback (constructive criticism is always appreciated!) Many of the requested features and fixes from the discord have been included in today's patch. Also for anyone who is interested, I'm streaming most of the development on Twitch. If you are interested in seeing the progress on the game or you want to learn more about game development feel free to give me a follow! Thanks again everyone, - John Discord: https://discord.com/invite/yY9wHNn Twitch: https://twitch.tv/boppygames Streaming Schedule: https://www.twitch.tv/boppygames/schedule Website: https://boppygames.gg

[ 2021-05-26 01:05:08 CET ] [ Original post ]