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[miauw62]

Probably not harder than making immense ships, because you're really just building a statue, not something that has to work and pew pew.

[Mech#4]

Apparently there's just been another update to the program.

Change Log:

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StarMade dev update
Hello,
just a little note one what I'm working on: I took a long tour into the graphics code and did research on various methods and functions I'm using. I found that I'm always reserving data on the graphics card for the absolute worst case (a checker-boxed chunk). The average data used is much much smaller. So I implemented a dynamic size rearrangement for the graphics buffers which for a normal planet (about 1500 visible segments (chunks)) reduced the memory need on the graphics card from more then 500mb to 18mb. This not only improved performance, but also opens a whole new set of possibilities for effects and enhancements, as well as possible performance upgrades (precomputing more data to take away work from the graphics CPU)
 
Also, on a entirely different note, StarMade now has the ability to use UDP. While not yet stress tested, it might improve network performance (read more here: http://gafferongames.com/networking-for-game-programmers/udp-vs-tcp/ if you are interested). A TCP fallback is will remain.
 
I also already fixed a count of bugs, and will do more research on the bottlenecks in multiplayer and memory consumption.
 
thank you for playing StarMade,
- schema

[Urist McScoopbeard]

Did the server just break again?

[BigD145]

Has anyone tried putting turrets inside a bowl-shaped depression and put a plexdoor over top? Would it shoot through the plexdoor or does the plexdoor need to be open for the AI to see enemies?

Turrets take power from the host ship so I'm guessing you could make large manned ships that could cloak while attached to a mothership. Anyone up to testing this?

[cerapa]

Just finished my first ship.

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http://puu.sh/3tvF0.png
http://puu.sh/3tvU4.png
http://puu.sh/3tw0j.png

It isn't actually really finished, cause I'm gonna put a few more turrets on it and smooth it out a bit.
As for stats, it has a mass of 615, 160205 power regen and 1856 shield regen. The guns have a damage of 370.
At full load it should also have 6 turrets and a small ship docked into the bay on the back.

[Urist McScoopbeard]

I like your style kid. Nice job.

370 damage on both guns or one?

[cerapa]

They both have 370 damage.

[forsaken1111]

Going to update the server in half an hour.

[Alkhemia]

Oh wow it actually runs on my computer that surprising   

[forsaken1111]

Going to update the server in half an hour.

Hm, its not showing a new version.

[ank]

If you re-read the note you will notice him say that he is working on this update... it is not actually here yet.

[Alkhemia]

Seems pretty hard to find people in this I did find a bunch of stations though

[forsaken1111]

If you re-read the note you will notice him say that he is working on this update... it is not actually here yet.

Indeed! My mistake.

[Urist McScoopbeard]

its a pretty big galaxy, to find some peeps you can check co-ords under faction hub, go sight seeing!

[Graknorke]

I sometimes find planets with ships crashed on them. That's the most player contact I have had on the server.