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28/1/2017
Patch 0.10.2
"In this patch we focused mainly on fixes and server stability, not on new features. You can expect new features further down the road."
Server
"Our public test server helped us gain some valuable insight into several server issues and we're confident that we fixed the worst of those."
All server ports are now configurable via command line
Improved server stability
Added an option to enable/disable VAC authentication
/players command prints the number of players and separates them with commas
Added a /status command that prints out some information about the server's current status
Server sectors are saved one by one now, this might take longer but will use up less memory
Added a text field for passing additional arguments to dedicated server
Renamed --name parameter to --galaxy-name and added a --server-name parameter (for later use in the server browser)
Balancing
"Integrity fields now work more the way they were intended to in the first place. And we made some QoL improvements, hyperspace blockers have a range of 20km now and you won't get shot down in your start sector when just starting out."
Integrity field blocks only increase durability and no longer make blocks invincible. Blocks inside integrity fields can now take 10 times as much damage before they explode. This does NOT change the ship's overall HP or damage taken, it only makes the blocks harder to destroy.
Hyperspace blockers now have a range of 20km
Increased max distance to ships in order to trade with them to 200m (You don't have to be super close to other ships that longer)
AI ships prefer attacking armed ships as long as you didn't attack them (Less getting shot down in start sector while building)
Scripting API
Added stop(), save() and hasAdminPrivileges(player) functions to script server API
Misc
Added more logging
Some problematic characters are now forbidden in ship names
Achievements are disabled in creative mode
Removed "Previous Target" control binding option, previous target can be selected by holding Ctrl while pressing "Next Target"
Hyperspace recharge bar turns red when blocked
Added hints for bad brake thrust
Added hints for hyperspace blocking
Added some loading screen tips related to drift
Updated "Buy Turrets" and "Buy Upgrades" to "Buy/Sell Turrets" etc.
Bugfixes
"Thanks to everybody for taking the time for reporting those issues, you guys are awesome!"
[UBR] Fixed several server stalling issues and crashes
[UBR] Fixed MouseSteering being unselectable in controls
[UBR] Fixed a bug in insurance where players were damaged by enemies but didn't get payouts
[UBR] Fixed "invalid name" error in game settings window
[UBR] Fixed an exploit that would allow building of insanely large blocks for free
[UBR] "Apply Plan" now correctly applies the plan to the built craft, not the flown craft
[UBR] Fixed ScriptConsole appearing whenever ' was pressed
[UBR] Fixed blur shader failing to compile on low-end graphics devices
Known issues
"We know about these issues and we're working hard on fixing them, but they simply didn't make it into this patch."
Several achievements don't unlock
Slow allied ships
Client crashes when loading a galaxy after previously working fine
Impaired server performance for higher player counts
Turrets twitching
Auto turret orders s resetting on sector change
Planned Features
"Apart from fixing the above issues, we've got several other features planned for the immediate future, to give you an outlook on what's going to come next."
Player Groups (see players from the same group on the map and in sectors)
Safe Sectors where players can build, fly and log out in peace
Compression of server data, both when sending (making loading screens shorter) and saving to disk
Safety in loading screen
A teleport command to move players to different sectors
Flight vectors
No-Flight-Support mode
Regeneration of broken docks
Console interface for windows dedicated servers
Respawn sector changing
Server browser
For the not-so-immediate future we have our next big update planned: The Alliances update! This will, in addition to groups, allow players to form an alliance, that counts as its own faction and that has its own resources and ships. Alliances will basically be what guilds or clans are in other games. We're also planning to host official servers for you to play on, so you can look forward to that as well!
22/1/2017
Patch 0.10.1
"Let's do a quick patch before release."
Features
Added a first version of the Scripting API documentation
The documentation can be found in the SteamApps/Avorion/ folder
The documentation is automatically generated and still work in progress. There are several places where documentation is missing, but we're constantly working on improving here.
Server settings are saved on /save
Access list status is printed in server settings
Research station respects auto-fire properties
Added some comments that boarders and security logic is not yet in the game
Adjusted several window sizes so players with lower resolutions can still use the UI
Bugfixes
"A few bug fixes. User bug reports are marked with [UBR]."
Fixed spawning of Swoks in start sector
[UBR] Fixed a crash on startup for high resolutions
[UBR] Fixed a few issues with Ctrl-Z and coloring/transforming blocks
[UBR] Resolved bleeding of blurred backgrounds over their texture borders
[UBR] Fixed reading of access list mode from server settings
[UBR] Ship Tab is now updated correctly when adding/removing turrets
14/1/2017
Patch 0.10
"This one is a big one. Lots of QOL improvements, performance improvements and new gameplay features. Basically improvements on all ends. This is all the stuff we absolutely wanted in before the Early Access Release, so here you go!"
Gameplay
"Turret rotation can be locked and we added faction wars in addition to several quality of life improvements such as easy camera adjusting when changing between ships. Factions will also start wars against each other and players can choose a side."
Turrets can be rotated before placing
New Block: Turret Rotation Lock
Turrets built onto this block can't turn
Turrets built onto this block won't check if they would hit the ship and will always fire (but shots won't have any effect if they hit the player's ship)
Aggressive Factions will now start wars with factions around them
During the first combat a player encounters between two factions, he can decide which one to side with
"This guy attacks our ships!": After attacking a ship of one faction, this faction will become an enemy immediately
"This guy is helping us!": After attacking a ship of one faction, the other faction will become an ally immediately
Added an equipment dock to start sector which doesn't sell fighters
Prices of trading goods are now influenced by the relations to the buying/selling faction
Pirate attack is cancelled when there's only one player, the player is in his home sector and his play time in this galaxy is less than 30 minutes
Mined resources immediately lock on to the craft that mined them
Tweaked ship generator to allow more different builds and less idiotic ships
Added 10 more randomly selected colors to starting block colors
Added a button (Left Alt) to configure the position of the camera easily
Improved fighter returning AI
Turret AI and Ship AI now aim at the geometric center of blocks, not the middle
Auto-Turrets
"These took quite a while to get right, since they previously were hilariously overpowered. They still are against fighters, and we're currently working on a solution to that, too."
Some turrets have "Independent Firing", meaning they deal less damage but aim on their own
You can control these turrets from the turret control panel on the bottom
Turrets have 4 fire modes: Player, full auto, semi auto and attack target
Player: The default shooting mode, Player controls the turrets
Full Auto: The turret aims completely on its own, prioritizing dangerous targets such as fighters
Semi Auto: The turret detects whether it can shoot where the player is currently aiming. If yes, it's player controlled. If not, it aims on its own.
Attack Target: Similar to fighters, tells the turrets to attack a specific target.
Turrets in Auto-Mode will choose their targets based on their weapons
Mining lasers will look for asteroids with resources
Salvaging lasers will look for wreckages
Armed turrets will look for enemies
Repair turrets will look for damaged allies
A new group "Auto-Turrets not in a group" has been added to the bottom turret groups
Graphics
"We made a few changes to the renderer, which allow us to add more cool effects such as more volumetric fog and screen space reflections. Enjoy!"
Added experimental screen space reflections in the "High" shader configuration
Mirroring plane in building mode is now a grid
Improved clipping of space fog in "High" shader configuration
Improved visuals of space fog
Improved overall fog (exponential instead of linear)
Improved preview of blocks in inventory, better scaling, better light angle
Reduced brightness of engines
Reduced reflectivity of Trinium
Tutorial
"Several QOL improvements to the tutorial, more error resistance and some explanations about less obvious, but important mechanics in Avorion."
Different stages of the tutorial can now be selected
Added a tutorial lesson for braking behaviour of ships
Added a tutorial lesson explaining exiting into the drone
Added a tutorial lesson that returns the player back to his home sector
Added a tutorial lesson for configuration of camera
Tutorial can only be played in the home sector
Added scaling and deletion explanations in Tutorial
Safe mode can't be deactivated during tutorial
UI
"Mainly adding more clarity to why certain situations happen the way they do."
Research station now actually moves items around for better clarity of what's happening
Added rendering of exit regions on hangar blocks
Ship in current ship tab now shows turrets as well
Fake distress signal pirate leader creates a dialog when player enters the sector
Size of damage numbers can be configured
Added a time limit that has to be reached before a ship problem message can make a beep again
Added hints for why fighters might not start
Added warnings to scrapyard when your time is running out
"L Mouse", "R Mouse" etc. is now "Left Mouse" and "Right Mouse"
Added a sound effect when fulfilling a goal in the tutorial
Added a title to dialog window to see who/what you're talking to
Reworked all windows in main menu
TextBox text is greyed out when ineditable
ComboBox no longer gets highlighted when inactive
Default UI color is now brighter
Added side-scrolling in normal text boxes
Tooltip headlines are no longer bold
Added display for energy weapons: How much energy they currently require
Balancing
"A few adjustments to make batteries and some other things more viable, and AI shields and damage up (depending on difficulty). Background: AI ships deal a lot less damage to players. This is mainly since the player is usually up against multiple, equally armed ships, and usually spent a lot of time creating and refining his ship, and we want to avoid frustration. But right now combat isn't really a challenge, so we upped the damage dealt to players. Please tell us your feedback of the new perceived difficulty, this is important to us. Thanks!"
Increased the basic battery storage from 2GJ to 20GJ
Increased storable energy of battery blocks from 2.5 to 10 times the energy yield of a generator of the same size
Increased damage of AI ships to player
In percent of actual damage capable
Beginner: Remains at 2.5%
Easy: From 5% to 7.5%
Normal: From 10% to 20%
Veteran: From 20% to 40%
Difficult: From 40% to 60%
Hard: From 75% to 80%
Insane: Remains at 100% damage
Increased damage of AI ships to other AI ships so battles are over quicker
Doubled the reward for the pirate killing mission
Players always get 10.000 credits in the beginning, regardless of difficulty
Reduced probability of petty system upgrades
Maximum shields of AI ships increased from up to 50% of HP to up to 100% of HP
Mining laser's damage scales less with rarity
Increased time that damage to an object is remembered from 1 minute to 5 minutes
At least 1 mechanic is always required now
Performance
"As usual several performance updates, this time mainly to rendering and shot collision updates. We had some problems when big fire fights were happening away from the origin of a sector, but those are resolved now!"
Lots of performance improvements in rendering (client) and updating (client & server)
Added a near infinite grid collision structure for better performance, especially when moving far away from the center (0, 0, 0) of a sector
Server & Hosting
"We added a separate Steam tool for hosting dedicated servers and made hosting more clear (it's an explicit button instead of a small confusing "public" check box)."
Added a separate dedicated server tool on Steam
Added a window in the main menu which incorporates the tool for hosting a dedicated server in the client
Improved handling of connection problems with server on TCP and Steam protocols (no more hanging!)
Improved handling of server startup and shutdown
Servers can always be shutdown from localhost, using the dedicated server window or tool
Added more config options for server, such as verbose output, startup script and startsector script
Server accepts all command line arguments multiple times and uses the last
Updated a few option descriptions in server cmd line interface
Scripting API
Font of UIListBox can be set
Labels can be set to active or inactive
Implemented deferred callbacks for scripts
Selection returns table with ivec2s as keys for getItems()
Added equality comparison with == for inventory items
Added an enum for ChatMessageType
Misc
"German localization is in! We're currently looking into how to do localization for other languages we don't speak. The problem is that Avorion is still constantly evolving and texts are always rewritten and have to be constantly updated."
German localization is finished, as well as a template for further localizations
Implemented detection and setting of language from steam client
Adventurer spawns in less friendly areas as well
Xsotan traits are now all unknown
Adjusted sometimes deafening sound effects
Lasers start flickering once they have no more energy
Increased spawning area of Swoks and The AI
Removed a story dialog that doesn't actually tell the player anything
Added a description to hidden mass detection upgrade
Distress call missions can be abandoned now
Improved logging
Bugfixes
"As usual, some bug fixes. But this time we've decided that we'd like to highlight player bug reports to thank those players for taking their time to report errors and help us improve Avorion. User bug reports will be marked with [UBR]."
Fixed a lua stack overflow issue leading to mysterious crashes all over the place
Fixed a bug where the client would hang in "Saving Galaxy" on shutdown
Fixed a crash on shutdown
Fixed an error in trading manager when initializing secondary trading scripts
Fixed a crash in blocker script
Fixed a few issues where enemies wouldn't be recognized correctly by AI ships
Fixed pitch black being selected as default color
Fixed wrong directional thrust braking which didn't take into account orientation of the ship
Fixed overheating lines being too wide sometimes
Fixed strategy mode order lines disappearing after sector change
Fixed z-buffer issues in building mode preview blocks
Fixed flying through gates in strategy mode
Fixed "Connection Lost" menu is no longer scaled wrongly with super sampling enabled
Fixed a few events happening in sectors where they shouldn't
Fixed a bug where factions would be duplicated in diplomacy tab
Fixed a bug where sender of chat messages would always be "Server"
[UBR] Destroying a ship no longer worsenes relations to factions that helped destroying that ship
[UBR] Fixed continued flying when changing sectors
[UBR] Fixed UI buttons on the top right not displaying properly when adding/removing upgrades/scripts
[UBR] Fixed wrong display of number of ships in sector
[UBR] Amount of assignable crewmen is now determined by workforce of officers, not number
[UBR] Probability of system upgrades in equipment dock is the same as the dropped ones
[UBR] Fixed several Achievements "Into the Unknown" "Historian" "Center of the Galaxy" not unlocking
[UBR] Fixed missing default interactions for founded stations
[UBR] Fixed issues with the delivery mission when delivering to the same sector
[UBR] Fixed several pathfinding issues
[UBR] Fixed a few crashes in shipyard
[UBR] Fixed several cases of ${variables} instead of text
[UBR] Fixed a crash in transfer of crew and goods
[UBR] Fixed several mystery crashes in the regions related to Operation Exodus
[UBR] Fixed UI buttons on the top right not displaying properly when adding/removing upgrades/scripts
"Thanks to everybody who took the time to report these issues, you guys are great!"
19/11/2016
Patch 0.9.7
Features
"Mainly, we reworked the way crews work. We've added specialists which can level, there's no longer a hard cap on crew sizes, and instead your crew has a morale."
Crafts send a notification when they lost track of their followed target
Crafts send notifications on destruction and being damaged
Added a window for current block size
Added a block transformation brush
Refactored crews into normal crewmen and specialists
Non-specialized crewmen don't differ from previous crewmen
Specialists are limited to a single profession
Specialists provide additional workforce
Specialists level up over time when morale is good, gaining additional workforce
Specialists must be hired at a station
Added crew morale
Morale reflects general happiness of your crew
Not paying your crew decreases morale steadily over time
Overpopulating your ship decreases morale after 10 minutes
Removed hard cap of crew size
Instead: Too big crew decreases morale after 10 minutes
Updated descriptions of several crewmen
UI
"We're paving the ways for internationalization. While we don't have any useable translations yet, we're now able to translate the game."
Added API for localization
Added "Immune to Electricity Weapons" tooltip to stone blocks
Added color parsing to ChatMessages
Write \c(f00) or \c(ffff0000) for red, for example
Added more clarity to dialog when being caught smuggling
Added some more missing descriptions to several trading goods
Tabbing through objects now sorts by distance to the player's ship
Story
Added some more hints on how to beat the science lab
Balancing
"We went a little overboard with the nerf to salvaging laser prices, they have been adjusted to be more normal now."
Increased price of salvaging lasers to normal amounts
Decreased probability for very rare turrets
Stone Blocks now cost only 1/200th of their previous value
This is in relation to some issues with Ctrl-Z, Ctrl-Y on founded mines
Performance
"This one is a pretty big internal upgrade to the way the engine calculates ambient occlusion. You'll be happy to hear that there will be a lot less block ghosting and CPU load, especially on weaker machines."
Massive improvements in ambient occlusion calculation for incremental changes
Less block ghosting
Ghosting blocks are marked as deleted in building mode
System
Client exits with correct return code 0
Bugfixes
"Thanks to everybody who reported all these!"
Added missing icon for "your ship is damaged" warning
Fixed a bug where beams with increased range didn't have the correct FX length
Fixed a bug where projectile weapons with increased range didn't actually have increased range
Fixed a typo in alienattack
Fixed -0 omicron display for crafts without weapons
Fixed an issue in repair dock when user interacts while in a drone
Fixed an issue in shops that would allow players to dupe items
Fixed an issue where turret generation would not be deterministic
Fixed an issue where the very center of the galaxy could be blocked by hyperspace rifts
Fixed broken laser beams for ships with shields
Fixed wrong icons for turret selections
Turret group selections are preserved over hyperspace jumps
Fixed dropping cargo too early when upgrades would extend cargo bay
Fixed some issues with crew payments
Fixed force- and other fighters being free
9/11/2016
Patch 0.9.6
"A few bug fixes, quality of life improvements and a new block type: Hyperspace Core."
Features
"In order to make your life easier once you've reached the center, we've added Hyperspace Core blocks, which, when built with Avorion, will allow you to jump over rifts. We also added a lot more clarity for the Operation Exodus mission."
Research Station items are now sorted by rarity and type
New "Hyperspace Core" block
Increases jump distance
Avorion Hyperspace Cores allow players to jump over rifts
Fighters can be destroyed by dragging and dropping them out of the window
Weapons are assignable with the same game keys as they're selected with
Added more clarity to Operation Exodus
Added a "New Mission" display
Found beacons are logged
The next beacon locations can be shown on the map
Final beacon blinks
System
Made "Saving Galaxy..." screen more responsive so it doesn't feel like the program crashed
Balancing
"There is a specific tactic we want you to use against the Mobile Energy Lab, which is why we're cranking up its firepower. A lot."
Increased fire power of the Mobile Energy Lab by 1500%
Bugfixes
Additional range in beam weapons now affects visual lasers as well
Fixed beams of fighters not being shown
Fixed fighters wiggling while flying
Fixed several crashes in server CLI
Fixed radar upgrades not working immediately
Fixed a bug where colors were displayed when adding/removing upgrades
Fixed ludicrous prices for higher salvaging turrets
Fixed a bug where ships wouldn't stop shooting after enemies are defeated
Fixed smuggler rendez-vous point being generated into unaccessible sectors
Fixed research station not requiring to dock
Known Issues
Deleting stone blocks from a claimed asteroid and then pressing Ctrl-Z or Ctrl-Y doesn't restore money correctly
The same goes for repairing claimed asteroids
22/10/2016
Patch 0.9.5
"Lots of bugfixes, one of those was very important as it lead to strange behaviours with script restoration, resulting in broken saves and broken stations, ships, everything all over the place. We also toned down the resources you gain from salvaging normal blocks, such as hull blocks. Salvaging more technical or advanced blocks still yields the original value of the block (assuming your salvaging laser's efficiency is 100%)."
UI
"We added a new, more situational hint system, which will display messages with highlighted objects for better clarity. These hints can be disabled one by one when they're shown."
Added arrows for the dialog window when answers are scrollable
Replaced the hint system with a new system for more situational hints
Added tooltips for weapon group assignments
Re-enabled drag & drop in systems tab
Left-clicking a system no longer immediately inserts it
Right-clicking still does
You can drag & drop a system upgrade into the slot of your choice
Balancing
Reduced salvaging resource yield of non-special blocks, such as hull, cargo bay or housing
Resource yield of advanced & more expensive blocks such as thrusters, engines, generators remains untouched
Displayed mineable material respect this factor now as well
Bugfixes
Fixed a severe bug that would lead to crashes, corrupted saves and strange game behaviour all over the place
Fixed crew of station founders going MIA when founding a station
Fixed mines not doing anything when no cargo bay is present
Fixed a crash when clicking "Dump Cargo" buttons too quickly
Fixed a crash when collecting more cargo than the cargo tab can display
Fixed a crash in turret factory when switching to launchers
Fixed a bug where clicking "Show Location" in missions would show a random location
Fixed a bug where players wouldn't deal full damage to other players
Fixed a bug where mine and station founding would return player to his home sector
Fixed a bug where auto-crew-assignment was trying to assign pilots
Fixed interactions with factions not working as they were intended
18/10/2016
Patch 0.9.4
"We've enabled co-op building! You can now grant a player permission to build your ship together with you, and we added a new 'Build' interaction for all ships."
Gameplay
Improved steering of ships, won't steer up/down as much when left right is enough
Enabled co-op building
Grant a player a building permission in the permissions window and he can build your ship together with you
System
Added more debug output on crash
Several stability improvements
Performance
Several minor performance improvements
Bugfixes
Improved handling of rotation, which should fix a bug where ships were rotating extremely fast
Fixed a bug where system upgrades could cause negative overflow of required energy
15/10/2016
Patch 0.9.3
"In this update we've got salvaging lasers for wreckages, better pickup behaviours and the first balancing adjustments. Also massive performance improvements!"
Gameplay
"Gameplay-wise you can look forward to salvaging lasers, so you can finally recycle your latest ship after you successfully smashed it into an asteroid. You'll also be able to build turrets on slopes now, and we added story hints from friendly NPCs for you, in case you get stuck. Last but not least: The cargo pickup behaviour for stolen cargo can be set in the cargo tab."
Added salvaging lasers
Salvaging lasers work similar to mining lasers but can harvest metal, but not stone
Stolen cargo is no longer picked up by default
Turrets can now be built on slopes
Turrets can now be built on materials better than themselves
Added dialogs for story hints to all civil ships (miners, cargo transports)
Cargo is only dropped when cargo bay becomes actually too small for the ship's cargo
Shipyard's single block's size is now 2,2,2 instead of 1,1,1
Starter turrets have uncommon (green) rarity instead of common (white)
Balancing
"Since the game is not getting more difficult as quickly as we'd like it when you approach the center, we've adjusted the size scaling of enemy ships. AI ships scale more linearly towards the barrier, and are slightly weaker in the beginning. Shields of enemies have been tuned down, since they would usually just lead to less exciting, drawn out long fights."
Tripled the money reward for the pirate attack event
All weapon types can be found ~25 sectors farther away from the galaxy center
Adjusted size growth of AI ships towards the center of the galaxy to be more linear
Size growth is now steeper in the outer regions, and less steep in the central regions
Reduced sizes of enemies in the very beginning
Reduced shields of generated enemies
UI
Added a combo box in ship cargo tab for specifying stolen cargo loot pickup behaviour
Improved the shipyard price UI
Shipyard supports string seeds in addition to numeric seeds
Moved "Report Bug" button to the top right with the other buttons
Added an error message when specialist crew can't be hired
Yellow content indicators no longer override green map content indicators when a green content indicator is correct
Added a tooltip for yellow map content indicators
Added an icon to sectors with notes on the map
Added an icon to sectors with missions on the map
Trading UI input box doesn't reset to 0 when the goods of the station change
When an interaction with a station is impossible, the interaction will still be shown but the station will tell the player why it's not possible
F3 debug info now shows an FPS counter
Graphics
Improved flickering of blocks of generated ships and stations
Performance
"We finally got around to implementing a major performance boost in the collision libraries, leading to massive speed-ups at all ends. Enjoy!"
Massively improved performance of ray-intersection
Sectors with lots of turrets should have a lot better performance now
Combat should have a lot better performance now
Ambient occlusion calculation should have a lot better performance now
Improved performance of object-object intersection
Fixed some performance issues with UI rendering (it's a lot faster now)
Modding API
Implemented a Sector function for gathering all entities with a specific script
Added a function to check if UIVerticalLister has enough space for an element
Crew():getMembers() returns all members of the crew as a table
Added special Crew accessors for each crew member type
Bugfixes
"Lots of bugfixes, but most importantly, we realized that AI ships were only ever using 2 of their turrets. This issue is now resolved, so beware the next time you fly into combat (against stronger enemies)! All enemies and bosses will be as hard to beat as they were intended to be!"
Fixed a bug that prevented AI ships from using all turrets (careful now!)
Fixed several issues with the "Bloom" setting
The AI won't spawn twice in the same sector
Generated stations will now always have enough room for their crews
Fixed wrong "Mission Failed" display for organize goods mission
Fixed a bug where founding stations was impossible after an error
Fixed a bug where building a dock block would sometimes crash the client
Fixed a bug where drag & drop in the hangar tab was impossible
Fixed a bug where buying cargo was impossible in creative mode
Fixed a bug where shipyard wouldn't charge for insurance or crew
Fixed a bug where shipyard wouldn't add a captain to the crew of the new ship
Fixed a bug where shipyard wouldn't load the currently produced ship when game was shut down while producing
Fixed a bug where ship would continue flying in mouse mode when interacting with a station
Fixed buyback not working for travelling merchants
Fixed a bug where the smuggler wouldn't find the suspicious goods when the player had other cargo as well
Fixed flickering of the player's ship
Fixed a bug where the player's ship would sometimes turn invisible
Fixed text cursor in text boxes not blinking
Fixed a crash when fighters didn't find their correct target
Fixed a crash when a ship in escort mode couldn't find its protegee
Fixed a bug where after a crash a ships turrets would disappear
Improved wording of Xsotan attack event infos
Fixed several minor issues related to multithreading
4/10/2016
Patch 0.9.2
"Fixing more issues, repairing ships has been overhauled and Titanium can be found in outer regions in small amounts. This should allow players to have an easier/quicker start."
Gameplay
"Reconstruct Broken Blocks" has been changed to "Repair Ship"
Repairing ships now restores its health as well
Repairing ships is only possible when you haven't been damaged for at least 30 seconds
Repairing ships only removes turrets which have been built onto the damaged ship and would be inside blocks
Small amounts of Titanium can be found in Iron regions
UI
Removed the loading screen tip for resetting the camera behind the ship
Added more tips to the loading screen
Opening windows or the building mode is no longer possible in the galaxy map
System
Failed server command line interface initialization error is written to log as well
Server sends crash dumps when it crashes
Modding API
Implemented Sector callbacks for players leaving & entering sectors
Bugfixes
Fixed an issue where the state of the player wasn't saved on linux on shutdown
Bloom is disabled as a hotfix when intel drivers have been detected
Fixed undismissable vanilla crewmen
Renamed misleading carrier ship names to cargo ship names
Fixed removing turret systems not deactivating turrets
Fixed wrong "Exotic" display in turret factory
Key-Up events are correctly detected while Pause Menu is active
Ship-Tab stats are updated correctly when a system is added or removed
1/10/2016
First Hotfix Patch
"First hotfix is online. This fixes a startup issue on linux, and stolen cargo stays stolen."
Gameplay
Dumping stolen cargo no longer removes the "stolen" property
Reduced prices of force turrets by 90%
Relations don't worsen when fighting pirates, even if the observing faction is very empathic
Resetting camera in 3rd person mode works again
System
Fixed a startup issue for linux users
Fixed an issue where logfiles wouldn't be written after a crash
30/09/2016
Early Kickstarter Beta Launched!
Hooray! The Early Kickstarter Beta has officially launched! We're happy to tell you that we sent out the beta keys to everyone eligible for the beta. This means everybody who backed the CORVETTE or higher tier during the Kickstarter.
We're super excited to see how you guys like it so far. Please don't be shy and report everything you might find, such as inconveniences, general feedback or bugs in the forum.
13/05/2016
Kickstarter Funded!
Great news! Avorion has been funded on Kickstarter! We want to thank all the great people who backed us and who secured the full development of the game. You guys are awesome!
We will now focus on the development of the game as much as we can, to make sure we meet the schedule. In the meantime, check out the Demo!
- koonschi
01/05/2016
Avorion Demo 0.8.5 Hotfix
Hotfix for the demo is out. The demo on the website has already been updated. As always, you can download it in the Demo section.
Fixes
Fixed turret pictures not being shown in some cases
Holding CTRL will stop ship from steering while you're looking around
Added CTRL controls to tutorial
- koonschi
26/04/2016
Avorion Demo 0.8.5 Patch
The 0.8.5 patched version for the demo is here! As always, you can download it in the Demo section.
"Faster pace. Faster ships. More Damage. More Weapons. More explosions. More action. More awesome."
Visuals
Reduced maximum light intensity
Implement dithering for lensflares to prevent banding
Fixed solar panel block appearance
Gameplay
Added Lasers
Added Super Action Mode
Start with a fully equipped, medium sized ship
Endless waves of enemies, one wave of allies
How long can you last?
Added a warning message when pirates attack
Increased frequency of pirate attacks
Increased frequency of general events happening
Added defenders to home sector
Added pirate attacks to home sector
Tutorial checks if players leave the ship during moments where they should be in a ship
Reworked and improved placement of player when being destroyed
Building Mode auto-saves ships
Pirate attacks give turrets + upgrades in addition to money
Implemented an attack by an unknown species
Attacks by pirates and others are disabled in creative mode
Added secret stashes with money, turrets and upgrades
Added radar and engine booster upgrades
Claiming asteroids can be done from 100m away
Repair dock lets you repair with 1km distance and won't let you repair when your ship is whole
Turret restoration: When a player has no ships and no turrets he gets starter turrets for free
Improved tutorial: Continue after docking if there are enough crewmen
Balance Adjustments
Increased default weapon DPS by 100%
Increased base velocity by 25 m/s
Increased max velocity by 50%
Increased available system upgrade slots to 3
Thrusters of drone are stronger for easier strafing
Buffed solar panels
Reduced mining laser efficiency for very high tech levels
Arbitrary TCS is working more understandably
Resource generation in asteroid fields is more stable, less RNG
More passing ships have cargo
Increased start amount of money for easier difficulties
UI
Implemented a warning displayer for ship insufficiencies
Added more tooltips to blocks to clarify how they work best
Added explanation of targeting circles to tutorial
Added stats preview to shipyard
Added display of tech level of turrets
Fixed font glyph overlap
Game tells player he must found a ship in order to build
Editing a damaged ship error message tells player to repair ship first
Add tutorial quickmenu tooltip
Improved tutorial texts, clamp text to screen height
Misc
Added timestamp to log
Add additional roll left key 'z' to support US layouts by default
Bugfixes
Fixed resource trader being generated too far from asteroid fields
Fixed a bug where 0 engineers and mechanics would create bad stats
Fixed a crash in ship window when exiting into drone while crew menu is open
Fixed a crash in building mode when selected turret is no longer present
Fixed F displacing the camera when a non-scripted entity is selected
Fixed shipyard ships potentially spawning away
Fixed crash on destruction of ships
Fixed crash on adding a system upgrade to a locked slot
As always, your feedback is very appreciated. Check out the forum for troubleshooting and suggestions.
Please continue reporting bugs in the bug tracker. This has been very helpful so far, a big thank you to everyone who reported so far!
Cheers guys!
- koonschi
14/04/2016
Avorion Demo 0.8.4 Patch
The 0.8.4 patched version for the demo is here! As always, you can download it in the Demo section.
"Improved mining and added some error messages for clarity for trading."
Visuals
Increased glow visibility of rich asteroids
Gameplay
Increased efficiency of mining lasers by 20%
Increased damage of mining lasers to asteroids by 100%
UI
Error messages when you can't trade due to insufficient cargo space or credits
Bugfixes
Fixed goods traders crashing when trying to buy with drone
As always, your feedback is very appreciated. Check out the forum for troubleshooting and suggestions.
Please continue reporting bugs in the bug tracker. This has been very helpful so far, a big thank you to everyone who reported so far!
Cheers guys!
- koonschi
13/04/2016
Avorion on Kickstarter
Avorion is now on Kickstarter! Since Philipp and I want to focus on the game full-time, and the game sadly isn't ready for Steam Early Access yet, we need your help to ensure the development of the game in the coming months. Our private funds are starting to run low and the Kickstarter would help us a great deal.
Please spread the word or help us by backing the game.
- koonschi
13/04/2016
Avorion Demo 0.8.3 Patch
The 0.8.3 patched version for the demo is here! As always, you can download it in the Demo section.
"This patch does some updates all around. It fixes the super-powerful planet-penetrating suns, improves the ambient lighting and adds a more space-like font to the game.
It also increases the size of the starter area (yay!) since it became clear quickly that the demo is not that much fun when you can't go anywhere.
Also, AI ships are smarter now."
Visuals
Improved ambient light
Implemented planet intersection for lens flares
Added some more variation to generated asteroids
Gameplay
Increased size of accessible area to 9x9
Players' start sectors are placed next to a faction's home sector
Fixed super-rotation of AI ships
"Parking AI": Ships steer more carefully when very close to each other
UI
New Font!
Notifications are moved to top on refresh
Indicators disappear when ships are out of sight
Velocity display blinks when boosting
Added kickstarter link to main menu links
Added qui_sum twitter link to main menu links
Updated logo in full version screen
Changed "full version only" to "unavailable in demo :("
Server
Added crash safety if a bad client logs into a server
Implemented cmd line options for redirecting std err and std cout to log in server
Server Identification checks for patch version
Added split logging to cout, cerr and log
Client
Client settings split up into ini and xml file for easy editing
Improved performance of ship and station destruction
Implemented post processing for full canvas screenshots (Ctrl + F12)
Critical graphics settings require game restart
Building other ships except your own no longer possible
Applies to demo only as it was confusing most of the time
Bugfixes
Fixed several memory leaks
Fixed a server crash if a bad client logs in
Fixed double loot collection bug
Fixed unicode textbox problem
Fixed several crashes
Fixed crash on Intel graphics when using high shaders
Misc
Supplied linux server.sh and client.sh are now executable
As always, your feedback is very appreciated. Check out the forum for troubleshooting and suggestions.
Please continue reporting bugs in the bug tracker. This has been very helpful so far, a big thank you to everyone who reported so far!
Cheers guys!
- koonschi
11/02/2016
New Website
Well, if you can read this, then you're already on the new website! It has been modernized, optimized for mobile and should be more intuitive to use.
We hope you guys enjoy it as much as we do.
Basically 50% of the content is the same as the old site.
But we added better visuals such as a better layout and more pics.
What has been updated is the About section,
the Media, and now there's also a FAQ.
- koonschi
05/02/2016
Avorion Demo 0.8.2 Patch
The 0.8.2 patched version for the demo is here! As always, you can download it in the Demo section.
This patch will include reworked mouse steering controls, a tutorial and some graphics improvements. See the list below for details.
Controls:
Note: "Considering the controls, I completely rewrote the controls for mouse steering. They felt clunky and were basically unuseable.
Ships couldn't turn around as fast as their thrusters would allow, the camera would shift bizarrely, and you wouldn't be able to move the mouse normally."
"What's it like now? Now you can look around just like you would expect it, and your ship will turn towards where you're looking, precisely and without dangling around.
Easy right?"
Complete rewrite of mouse steering of ships
Camera behaves normally while in mouse mode
Ships turn towards the mouse as fast as they can
Ships no longer dangle in mouse mode
Added mouse sensitivity setting
Added controls for strafing up and down
Added hotkey for releasing mouse
Losing focus of window shows mouse and deactivates mouse steering
Visuals
Added sun blinding lens flare effect
Greatly improved Atmospheres of planets
Pimped station generator to create more complex stations
Improved visuals of sparks
Increased default minimum saturation of sectors, a lot less ugly grey sectors
Adjusted lighting to no longer require gamma setting of 1.2
Gameplay
Increased probability of non-marked sectors
Founding ships costs 500 Iron instead of 7500 credits
UI
Added VSync check box
Added tooltips for blocks in building mode
Added window for building mode hotkeys
Added description for crew jobs
Added sounds for warnings and info notifications
Added a shadow to UI windows
Added more contrast to stone textures
Default key for console is now #
Key bindings window auto-selects current control scheme
Moved warning and error notifications to notification bar on the right
Warnings, Infos and Errors are no longer shown in chat
Fixed weird HUD and Menu overdraw
Improved centering of font in buttons
Changed "Repair Ship" tooltip to "Reconstruct Broken Blocks"
Energy tab now shows turrets as energy consumers
Mouse pointer is visible while chat window is active
Server
Added cmdline options for redirecting server output to log
Client starts server with output redirection in singleplayer
Server Identification checks for patch version
Server has a fixed update step with maximum of 5ms
This should fix the hardcore-spinning ships and stations
Server settings split up into ini and xml file for easy editing
Client
Client settings split up into ini and xml file for easy editing
Improved performance of ship and station destruction
Bugfixes
Fixed camera moving sluggish in 1st person
Fixed several memory leaks
Fixed a server crash if a bad client logs in
Fixed a crash in consumer script
Fixed disappearing mouse pointer in connection lost menu
Fixed ambient occlusion option not getting saved to file
Fixed some crashes in crashed scripts (yes this is for real)
Fixed some formatting in game settings window
Fixed mouse clicking on UI in mouse steering mode
Fixed rendering crash when rendering a moon as first object in the game
Fixed a bug when being returned to start sector and re-inserted into a drone
As always, your feedback is very appreciated. Check out the forum for troubleshooting and suggestions.
Please continue reporting bugs in the bug tracker. This has been very helpful so far, a big thank you to everyone who reported so far!
Cheers guys!
- koonschi
20/12/2015
Linux Demo and 0.8.1 Patch
The next patch for the demo is here! As always, you can download it in the Demo section.
And good news for linux users: The Avorion Linux Demo is out!
Features and Improvements
Added adjustable camera
Added a tracing mode
Added loading screen tips for mining lasers
Added loading screen tips for solar panels and thrusters
Added [Work In Progress] tag
Improved faction name generation
Improved visuals of asteroid belts
Improved tracing and error logging
Improved intelligence of traders when docking
Optimized performance of spark particles
Bugfixes and Adjustments
Adjusted life support killing crew members
Old ship is stopped when exited
Player's craft stops steering when interacting with something
Reduced strength of thrusters
Adjusted probability for sectors with content
Increased strength of engines
Blocks are no longer black when loaded with empty color from XML
Improved strafing smoothness
Fixed a bug/crash in factories and consumers
Fixed a bug in galaxy where ships would not get saved
Fixed several rendering bugs
Fixed a bug with resolution on start up
Fixed bad 3D listener position
Fixed several possible script crashes
Fixed a crash on exit
Fixed strafing and its thruster particle effects
Fixed ships flying with double velocity doing weird physics things
As always, your feedback is very appreciated. Check out the forum for troubleshooting and suggestions.
Please continue reporting bugs in the bug tracker. This has been very helpful so far, a big thank you to everyone who reported so far!
Cheers guys!
- koonschi
20/12/2015
New Up-To-Date Demo
Up-To-Date Demo with current Graphics
The new demo is now finally here! Check it out in the Demo section!
This new demo is now really just a demo, stripped of a lot of content. The full version will soon be available on Steam as an Early Access Version.
As always, your feedback is very appreciated. Check out the forum for troubleshooting and suggestions.
I also created a bug tracker. Report bugs and help erase them!
Cheers guys!
- koonschi
14/12/2015
Greenlit!
Avorion has been greenlit by the community! Thanks to everybody who voted and helped spread the word. You guys are awesome!
My next goal will be to release the demo as fast as I can so you guys can try it out.
I'll be looking forward to delivering you guys a great game!
But now I'm off to get some paperwork done...
- koonschi
05/12/2015
Greenlight
Avorion is now posted on Greenlight!
If you like the game, please support me and make sure I can keep developing it.
All you have to do is go to the Greenlight Page and vote yes!
Trailer
Avorion now has an official trailer! Check it out to see the lastest features which will hopefully soon be available:
If you want to provide feedback (which is, as always, highly encouraged) you can do so in the Forum:
