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[HissinhWalnuts]

Joining the server. I know the basics but really haven't played the game.

[Facekillz058]

Yay, 4 minutes and the updates I missed are up to 1%,

[NullForceOmega]

New Update is up, and I mysteriously cannot purchase any of the newer variants of Eidolon in SP.

[Blaze]

Spoiler: Update News (click to show/hide)

Turning speed now depends on ship dimension

The turning speed per axis now depends on the dimensions of the Ship. This means if you build a long stick for example, you will have a good speed to roll, but less speed to look around. Mass does also still play a factor, but much much less than before

Pirate station difficulty

newly spawned pirate stations are now fixed and also get a random difficulty level to be more challenging: Turrets will be more powerful, and or have shields (as well as shields for the station itself)

Quick search and quick switch for inventories

inventories will now have a search bar. All blocks not containing the search term will blend out on the fly. Also you can now put an object in a chest and back when shift-clicking it.

Undocked objects now get velocity of mothership

If you fly in a direction and undock, the undocked object will now continue to fly in that direction. This could be used to build your own torpedo with docked disintegrator filled ships.

Ship search and more navigation filters

In the navigation filler, turrets and/or docked ships can now be filtered for the list. You can also now search for the last ship you have entered, making it a lot easier to find your ship if you die unexpected.

Notice for servers suffering from block chunk corruption

There is now a server config entry called FORCE_DISK_WRITE_COMPLETION, which should help with the problem. It's adviced for servers to turn it on in any case, except for servers that have problems/lags with disk IO operations

 

 
And lots more

Explaining every point in detail would take too much time, and most points are relatively self-explanitory. If you have questions, feel free to ask.

- fixed god and invisiblity mode admin command causing docking area ignore mode
- added profiling for sector loading to find source of lag spike
- fixed naming bug when saving blueprints locally
- fixed loading of locally saved blueprints
- turret data now also force written to disk before saving as blueprint
- fixed source of ghost objects (with no collision and no indicator): error when docking target UID does not exist
- possible fix against raw block file corruption (for specific operating systems that have the problem)
- sped up initial loading (check if object has any blocks is done progressively, and not forced). Reduces sector loading lag if there are lots of objects in there
- eliminated frame rate drop from drawing shield hits on large structures
- disabling GUI will now be reset on startup (disabling the GUI was often mistaken for a bug)
- implemented fast invetory switch for storage (hold left shift, changable in key mapping options)
- added server cfg option to make player invulnerable after death for an amount of time (spawn camping protection)
- fixed undocking position snap back (as well as probably a few other glitches, since the network transformation controller reset the position on control change)
- undocked objects now inherit velocity of mothership
- chat can now be done in spawn menu
- added quick search for inventories
- shield is now synchronized from the server at a certain amount of percent (modifiable in server.cfg) changed, as well as always on full/empty
- power is now synchronized from the server at a certain amount of percent (modifiable in server.cfg) changed, as well as always on full/empty
- fixed faction permission for blueprints not working
- overheating core status is now saved and persistent
- server.cfg option to change way to buy blueprints from credits to total blocks of the blueprints
- players can now search for the last ship they entered (last entered value is also saved in player state)
- added background for advanced build mode orientation to make it easier to distinguish
- cockpits now respect the orientation they were placed in (still a little wonky)
- ship turning speed now directly depends on ship dimension (build a stick: great roll, not so good yaw and pitch...) balanced to be a bonus.
- debug mode restricted to admins
- fixed docks of pirate station (fixed for new generated stations)
- added random diffculty to pirate stations to increase turrets size, and add shilds
- docked entities will now be cloaked/jammed if the mothership is cloaked/jammed
- fixed shield hits not showing on bottom faces
- turrets no longer target NPC shops directly (friendly fire could still happen)
- AI will no longer try to target overheating ships (and being reset because of it later in the FSM. Caused inactive AI)
- AI now includes all missile modules in the check of engagement range (missile ship without amc only had 50 range)
- fixed targeting (fire and forget) missile for AI usage

- fixed connection bug (came with new method of reading the stream)
- fixed (older) bug where initial connection tranfer to client wasn't fully completed (structural bug)
- fixed fast inventory switch with existing stacks
- moved option to force write all open files after writing operation to server config (as it was only relevant for some OS)
- implemented base of system to increase amount of different orinatations for corner blocks (in place but not active, as the orientations have to be added individually, and that takes some time to do)

- server cfg option to drop credits on death into space
- turning speed now displayed in build mode stats
- refined new turning speed model
- fixed buying blueprint with blocks option
- server shutdown more gentle to the database (waiting for unfinished buisness of other threads)
- fixed bug where docked objects (turrets) would stop flying with the mothership (looks like lag, but was the object stoping to transfer its position to the turrets after switching to lightweight physics objects when the object is in another sector than the player on the client)
- fixed bug where owners of the ship could only take items if they had enough credits to theoretically buy it
- setting 0 for a price in a personal shop will no longer crash when trying to buy
- fixed a compile error for a shader for some graphics card (game would not load)
- fixed bug that would add a bad physics object on client (and make the client being stuck)
- fixed blueprints loading wrong types of wedge blocks
- fixed game crashing when adjusting sound volume
- sound volume of entities is now updated on the fly
- scaling of tuning speed vs ship dimension is now exposed in server config

Tougher pirate stations? About time.

I have mixed feelings on the turn rate change. On the plus side, hull is not the giant lead weight it was before. On the other hand, cube ships are now even more effective.

New Update is up, and I mysteriously cannot purchase any of the newer variants of Eidolon in SP.

Is there an error message there or is it just not showing up? Could be that the new update caused corrupted blueprints or incompatibility with older blueprints.

[forsaken1111]

Server updated

[NullForceOmega]

No error messages, it just will not spawn the credits are deducted from my total, but no ship appears. I've tested all of my blueprints, and the only ones I cannot get to show up are my latest Eidolon saves.

[Facekillz058]

I had that problem. The save is most likely corrupted.

[Blaze]

Yep, sounds like BP corruption. ALWAYS use "Create New Entry" when saving a BP, the blueprint may become corrupt if you use Save to Local. It seems the bigger the ship, the more often it'll get corrupted.

Spoiler: Fix (click to show/hide)

Go to
"StarMade\blueprints\shipname\DATA",

The file names get replaced by gibberish instead of the proper one. Sometimes there are two .smd2's, and sometimes there's just one, that seems to be completely normal

Rename them to"ENTITY_SHIP_shipname.0.0.0.smd2"
 
Reupload them to the catalog and try spawning them again.

[NullForceOmega]

Actually, I think I found a completely different bug than the BP corruption.  I just went in and saved Eidolon in a new entry, tested on the server by buying one named Eidolon_target; went into SP and attemted to buy one as Eidolon, no-go, tried again. no-go, tried as Eidolon_01 and the ship appeared immediately.  Hooray for alpha.
Edit: Yah, I looked around the Starmade forum and couldn't find this one, my guess is it is probably related to the BP corruption bug.

[Blaze]

Weird, attempting to create a ship with the same name as an existing one should just fail to happen; and take no credits. That's what it's been like in the previous version.

[NullForceOmega]

I just had the most nerve shattering pirate battle since the very first time I fired up Starmade.  For some reason I cannot fathom, I failed to prevent the Pirates from using the Eidolon blueprint, cue me tensing up and freaking out a bit as my nav screen lists a nearby pirate Eidolon accompanied by two frigates and a couple of Isanths.  Thankfully I am an adequate shot with my AMC spars, and I managed to core the Eidolon from out of sector, the 16 turrets on the other hand nearly fried me while I tried to clean out the other pirates.

[Blaze]

I think I hit the limit on how much dakka a single weapon comp can handle. 

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

The left side doesn't fire at all, despite being the cannons having that purple flashing outline and lagging the hell out of my screen. I have over 2-million recharge and over 200-million storage so power is not the issue.

I'm having problems with the heavy turrets. I used green docking modules instead of turret modules so they don't turn and get all derpy; but whenever I try to attach them to the underside, they are turned backwards. Does anyone know of a workaround that doesn't involve building them in reverse?

[Eric Blank]

Lastly, before the reset, I want to have a duel with Eric Blank.  My latest revision of Eidolon against any ship he has that masses no more than 9500.

That's not going to be feasible, due to my currently-available desktop computer being a useless hunk of plastic when it comes to anything with actual graphics (it especially despises starmade) and the fact that my ping is in the thousands. The cost of this shitty internet is similarly atrocious, but the list of possible providers is very short, none of them can offer decent coverage, and all of their prices are high. Ask Glloyd for a duel, maybe? He should have access to most of the vessels floating around my homeworld and their blueprints unless he got sick of my absence. I can also build a vessel in single-player that should meet the requirements and someone can upload it.

[edit]

Also, just what have you done to the Eidolon in recent months? And does that mass include or exclude the mass of the turrets?

[Glloyd]

Lastly, before the reset, I want to have a duel with Eric Blank.  My latest revision of Eidolon against any ship he has that masses no more than 9500.

That's not going to be feasible, due to my currently-available desktop computer being a useless hunk of plastic when it comes to anything with actual graphics (it especially despises starmade) and the fact that my ping is in the thousands. The cost of this shitty internet is similarly atrocious, but the list of possible providers is very short, none of them can offer decent coverage, and all of their prices are high. Ask Glloyd for a duel, maybe? He should have access to most of the vessels floating around my homeworld and their blueprints unless he got sick of my absence. I can also build a vessel in single-player that should meet the requirements and someone can upload it.

[edit]

Also, just what have you done to the Eidolon in recent months? And does that mass include or exclude the mass of the turrets?

Yup, I can always take one of the things floating around Eric's place or something else he uploads to duel you if you really want, haha.

[NullForceOmega]

That's okay Eric, it was a half joke.  As for what I have done to the Eidolon, it boasts 16 all new turrets (horrifyingly dangerous bastards) 9 single dock fighters (due to Schema's update of the docking mechanics I can't dock anything larger so it would have been wasted room) the main guns have been upgraded for higher damage ( like almost 400k DPS per gun) and huge revisions to her power gen, storage, and shields.  Basically, scariest warship ever, of all time, forever.