Starbase Progress Notes: Week 9 (2020)

[ElluFB]

Starbase Progress Notes: Week 9 (2020)
Hello everyone! It's time for Starbase progress notes again.
February 24th - 28th

Design

Features

• Hauling Hall instances fixed: they now support group instancing
• Ship ownership menu for companies reworked: filters improved and new lists made
• Economy configs worked on for virtual manufacturing: calculations for different kinds of resource crafting data
• UI design worked on for Station storage
• Component configuration and testing for utility connection devices

Stations

• SafeZoneDespawnAreaEntities' dimensions have been updated
• Spaceship Factory is now called Spaceship Design Workshop
• Grid slots now have their locale names added into the Mega Station Designer
• "Work Hub" grid slot now has its base structure done, level art and LODs pending
• Hall base has been made for the upcoming "ship demolition" job
• Trading hall modules have been removed from Station Designer, leaving only empty halls and hallways for purchase
• Priority snap issues caused by the previous station asset rotation update have been fixed
• Elevators have been removed from stations

Spaceships

• Gofer variant worked on for a mining upgrade
• Spaceship sell values adjusted

Code

Gameplay

• Tractor beam snapping issues and cable tool fixes made
• Inventory server issue fixes made
• An issue where grabbing was not working in third person if no tool was equipped has been fixed
• Grabbing doesn't allow dropping objects on top of players anymore
• Disconnection has been added to beam effect when too far away or when player takes off the mining backpack. Offset and scale added too for putting the beam in the right direction

User Interface

• Item dragging now works with the Station Storage

Audio

• Multi-position audio system refactored for distance and priority tracking

Spaceship Designer

• Entity warping issues in Spaceship Designer have been fixed
• Developer saving features have been fixed
• Rare multi-user undo system issue that caused Spaceship Designer to freeze indefinitely has been fixed
• UI layout loading being registered as an undoable action has been fixed
• Interior creator access has been removed from the station creator
• Cable placing getting stuck mid-air if object is removed/moved after first placement has been fixed
• Asteroids can no longer be spawned if a player is standing within the spawn area
• Despawn button has been added to Spaceship Designer terminals
• Station creation selection choosing all pieces from behind of what's being pointed at has been fixed
• Spaceship Designer cable/pipe tool now uses the same visualization as in-game one
• Multiple ships should no longer be able to be bought in a single Spaceship Designer Terminal session

Planets

• Static collisions added to moon terrain objects

Art

Stations

• Mega Station level art has been updated
• Issue with decal bleeding fixed on the floor, elevator and pillar skyscraper pieces
• Lighting tweaks and optimizations to stations underway
• Spaceship Design Workshop's farlods have been updated
• Models have been updated with voxel collision fixes and LOD updates

Moons and Asteroids

• Large rocks, large cluster and large flat updated
• Rock collisions have been implemented and tested
• Asteroid fog belt tests underway
• New variations of large asteroid rocks and rock formations have been created
• Asteroid cluster concept work is in the making

Other

• New animated signs have been created
• A new window version of basic plates has been made
• Cargo crates: Roughness maps fixed to match better between the crate assets
• Resource Port Hose Nozzle: Design, high poly, low poly, UV's and bakes finished
• UI: Inventory icon for the saw has been created
• New rig and basic 1st person animations made for Saw Tool
• Jump animations are being worked on
• Aim animations have been fixed

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Videos

As always, feel free to ask any questions regarding these progress notes!
And if you haven't yet, go add Starbase to your Steam wishlist!

 

[Blue]

I checked through the list, there's nothing too difficult, but just a lot of basic work. It's also mainly bugs now. - Lauri
Were almost there

 

[Senkii]

First?
Edit: Nope, sad
Edit 2: SUPER MAD HYPE FOR ANIMATED SIGNS!

 

[Mr. Extinct]

YESSSSS

 

[Kenetor]

glorious new update, give me more!

But until we get more here is my weekly video!

 

[Rake]

We gotta be almost there.

 

[WolfiAUT]

We gotta be almost there.

Don't hold your breath... it's still going to be a while.

 

[SAMIN]

YAY

 

[Atsuい]

Jump animations are being worked on

Here's what I thought of first. Please don't make human acrobatics in robot disguise y'know?

 

[Eviltek2099]

all this means nothing till we get to play!!! 3 months over due now!!!

 

[MrZangetsu1711997]

all this means nothing till we get to play!!! 3 months over due now!!!

Don't be an arse, the devs are hard at work to make sure the game they release is stable and as smoothe as possible, if they launched the game now, many things would be broken and the game unplayable, find something else to fill your time until then rather than create a negative pressure on the devs

 

[SubtleSloth]

all this means nothing till we get to play!!! 3 months over due now!!!

This all means EVERYTHING. 99% of developers will not give their fans any sort of progress notes until the Open alpha has started. The fact that FB is giving us as much as they do is a huge reflection on how dedicated they are to getting this game out to us so they can give us more. When they feel comfortable, they will let us in to help them out.

 

[CatTram]

I am totally going to do a video with Unholy Duck and Cabbage Man on this. Along with a Mixer livestream.

 

[MattheoAR]

yes. finally

 

[CalenLoki]

Disassemble job sounds sweet. Great way to teach noobs how a working ship is built.
What kind of ships will be disassembled? Dev-made ships? Wrecks that players sold to station as salvage?

 

[Zuckerkome]

Is the "Resource Port Nozzle" used for refueling, etc. ?

 

[quantin]

So good！But I really want mouse control to fly a ship not all keyboard!Please complete it!

 

[deur3]

Elevators have been removed from stations

oof, do we have to use stairs now? lol

 

[Duke_Ironhelm]

Gofer variant worked on for mining upgrade

Another ship we haven't seen? nice

 

[Vexus]

Soon!