The server seems to crash if I try and connect two stargates which are ~2,000 km. Didn't test too much since I didn't want to keep crashing the server, but I guess that means long-range stargates won't work. Too bad because it makes them a LOT less useful compared to a jumpdrive - I guess you can use them to get out of gravity easier, but that would really require a reason to go into the gravity in the first place :/Edit: Further testing suggests stargates crash the server no matter how far apart they are. I can't seem to get them to work at all.
Markets are in and fully functional!
You can now buy and sell most items, including Stargate mod materials, at two NPC trade zones near earth. These are in invincible structures with LCD screens that list prices, and have access to a public medical bay. There are basic instructions for buying and selling goods as well. Prices at the NPC zones are very steep, so as to encourage the use of player markets- just use the NPC to get your starting capital. You can create your own trade zones which are tied to a beacon, and set prices on any good. Here's the tutorial page with full details.
GPS:Market:-88097.54:13249.28:-58243.62:
GPS:Market 2:59277.55:-1023.24:89425.84:
So I checked it out and 200,000 space doubloons is not enough. I sold a bunch of spare garbage I had in my base and cleaned it out. The NPC shop is the only "faucet" of credits, so I've effectively got
all the money now and nobody else can have any (please don't "gravel tax" me again I sold legitimate stuff not useless stone this time D:). Especially with the higher prices, there needs to be a lot more money going around.
Also You forgot to stock ZPMs (or didn't stock very many and someone bought them all). They are listed, there's just 0 stock in both shops. Also -There's literally not enough money in the economy to make a ZPM hub. It takes 3 ZPM modules at 100,000 each to make a hub, but there's only ~200,000 space doubloons in existence. To be clear - I'm fine with the 100,000/300,000 price tag (though the sell price should
really be more than 100) there just needs to be more money in the economy to support it.