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VO 1.8.194
VO 1.8.194 includes:
- Updated universe map background.
- Updated textures for Leviathan, Hornet, Centaur, Wraith, Atlas, Ragnarok, Revenant, and some station components.
- Updater times out on Linux and Android platforms if the connection stalls for more than 40 seconds.
- Added different default settings for various Android devices.
- Consolidated Bounty Hunter news reports to once a week.
Graphics Updates - Texture resolution and detail have been improved where possible. In other cases, we simply improved efficiency and compression to reduce the memory footprint and give better performance. The new universe map background blends in better with the overall look of the game.
Updater / Game Launcher tweaks - We've made some changes to the timeout behaviour of the update client that patches the game, in an effort to improve network error handling. For the moment, these changes are only present on Linux and Android, but will eventually be added elsewhere. If you have any problems, please let us know via forum post or (if critical) a Support Ticket.
Bounty Hunter Consolidation - The automated bounty posts have been saturating the in-game news for some time, and we've now consolidated them to a single post which will appear once a week. This has been done in advance of making more significant use of the in-game news system, for special gameplay, more involved RP stories and other upcoming features.
- Updated universe map background.
- Updated textures for Leviathan, Hornet, Centaur, Wraith, Atlas, Ragnarok, Revenant, and some station components.
- Updater times out on Linux and Android platforms if the connection stalls for more than 40 seconds.
- Added different default settings for various Android devices.
- Consolidated Bounty Hunter news reports to once a week.
Graphics Updates - Texture resolution and detail have been improved where possible. In other cases, we simply improved efficiency and compression to reduce the memory footprint and give better performance. The new universe map background blends in better with the overall look of the game.
Updater / Game Launcher tweaks - We've made some changes to the timeout behaviour of the update client that patches the game, in an effort to improve network error handling. For the moment, these changes are only present on Linux and Android, but will eventually be added elsewhere. If you have any problems, please let us know via forum post or (if critical) a Support Ticket.
Bounty Hunter Consolidation - The automated bounty posts have been saturating the in-game news for some time, and we've now consolidated them to a single post which will appear once a week. This has been done in advance of making more significant use of the in-game news system, for special gameplay, more involved RP stories and other upcoming features.
Note: the new universe background is not terribly exciting. I had very little time and we needed to ship these assets and move on. It is at least cleaner, for now.
Note II: the "some station components" referenced in the MOTD actually includes a whole other station that we haven't used in the game for a few years (but was present in the assets all along). The assets haven't gotten a full update, but they're usable and now compressed, with an eye towards using then in more "dynamic station" type game content. Like the whole "moving pirate station" thing we discussed on Suggestions, etc.
Note II: the "some station components" referenced in the MOTD actually includes a whole other station that we haven't used in the game for a few years (but was present in the assets all along). The assets haven't gotten a full update, but they're usable and now compressed, with an eye towards using then in more "dynamic station" type game content. Like the whole "moving pirate station" thing we discussed on Suggestions, etc.
Are Ceres stations coming back? That would be super-awesome!
Cheers.
EDIT: I would love to before/afters for clarity's sake.
EDIT: I would love to before/afters for clarity's sake.
NPC pirate stations :) hehe
Good progress , thanks Inc.
I look forward to to trying it out.....
- Consolidated Bounty Hunter news reports to once a week.
Thanks! Now I will check the news again....
and Grats for continuous effort updating ingame assets. Seems 4th faction is on the works... someone is restoring itani's Ark? ;)
Thanks! Now I will check the news again....
and Grats for continuous effort updating ingame assets. Seems 4th faction is on the works... someone is restoring itani's Ark? ;)
Very nice!
Loving it! Had to wait until I came home from work on Saturday to update my phone over WiFi. Vendetta on laptop + mobile = holographic experience.
It would be cool if the nav map background were changeable via plugins or skins. Like you could make/pick your own background color or picture in some way. But, its awesome having updates again and stuff's changing in what one can only deduce is in a "better" direction so, keep up the good work devs!
Give up [whistler will delete this one too]