Week 3 (January 13th – 17th) Here are the progress notes of Week 3: Design Features All the Mining Job UI screens now support localization and dynamic key binds in the instructions. Mining Job tested, issue regarding a delay when grabbing things investigated and improved. Mining Job UI configured and some bugs fixed. Assembly Job visual instructions mock-ups designed, the visual instructions screen in Assembly Job workstation setting tested. Mock-ups made for various station inventory grid arranging solutions. Design for company social features (chat functions and commands) worked on. Stations The stem wall modules and corridor entrance modules adjusted to […]
Weeks 1-2 (December 30th – January 10th) Hello everyone! It is time for the first Starbase Progress Notes of 2020. We apologize for the silence over the last couple of weeks, but now the developers are back at work after the holidays! We hope you continue to enjoy these snippets of the development progress this year as well. Design Features Local tests done on the initial weapon balance. Player to player trade design being worked on. Necessary sub components added to the new Cargo Crate assets. All components of the new Cargo Crate assets configured and tested. Calculations made for […]
Weeks 51-52 (16.12. -27.12.2019) Hello everyone! These are the last progress notes of 2019 for both week 51 and 52 Design Features VoxelMaterialTypes configured for material cubes: This will fix misbehavior in some situations like bolting. Bolt profiles added to all of the refined materials and laid out the materials in such a fashion that the profiles are easily updated if needed later on. Stations Collisions caused by the station asset’s pivot point update have been fixed. Spaceships Overlap issue in Kodiak ship map fixed by increasing collision error threshold for asset. Pincer: YOLOLs that were controlling generator updated to […]
Week 50 (9.12. – 13.12.2019) Here are the progress notes of week 50: Design Features New test entities added to a cargo beam test map, the beam power consumption tested again. Object rotations in carry mode tested, axis lock threshold adjusted for better user experience. Cargo lock beams power consumption tested, the power consumption levels adjusted for better balance. Cargo lock beams power consumption tested in test environment and with Nautilus cargo ship in real gameplay situation. Four new mining backpack variants created. UI screen issues in asteroid mining job fixed, all the screens are working again. Economy configuration updates: […]
Week 49 (2.12. – 6.12.2019) Here are the progress notes of week 49: Design Features Testmap built for cargo lock frame and cargo beams: electricity consumption tested for both cargo solutions. Mining backpack tested: compression rates and processing speed for the backpack configured. Ship weapon prices adjusted to more reasonable values and crafting material requirements updated. Economy adjustments: material and resource value calculations and price corrections and profit margins adjusted in configurations. Improvements to joint motor behaviour design to prepare for new types, allowing cable connections on both sides for data and power. New UI created for creating and joining […]
Week 45 (04.11. – 08.11.2019) Here are the progress notes of week 45: Design Features Player damage (when colliding) with ships tweaked: players receive damage when colliding with objects at high speeds. New values adjusted for player taking damage when being hit by objects. New mock-up of main CV profile page worked on. Bank statement positive and negative colours updated to be more colourblind friendly. Destructible station tested in the developer test universe. Missing battery cable slot fixed. Sell terminals set to ask best selling prices available on station. Economy configs updated to match new features. Economy design: Ship prices […]
Week 44 (28.10. – 01.11.2019) Here are the progress notes of week 44: Design Features Instancing tested on ship spawn locations (docks and landing pads). Grabbing Tool’s throw mechanism tested and tweaked. Mining laser now takes the armor of plates into account when trying to cut through them (strong armor plates take longer to cut through). Economy configuration fixes and updates. Missing locales added to the Ship Creator. New battery modular plugs tested. Configurations that the new updated rechargeable battery asset works with existing ships. Updated battery configured to support modular power plugs. Ship maps updated with new battery configurations. […]
A new Starbase video has been released. This video shows the smallest ship, the Vasama, being disassembled in reverse to show what kind of a structure and what parts the ship needs to work. This is done by hand, outside the game’s ship/blueprint editor. If you wish to know more about the inner workings of a spaceship in Starbase, check out the video below. Join the discussion on the official Starbase Discord, and don’t forget to wishlist Starbase on Steam!
A new Starbase feature video was just released with its focus on the game’s Companies and Factions. Being an MMO, a huge part of Starbase is the social aspect. In order to succeed in whatever it is you wish to achieve, you’re much more likely to do so while being a part of a group. Those groups are called companies, and the much bigger ones are called factions. Are you willing to help Empire or Kingdom in their cause? Or just interested in learning more about how to create and manage a company of your own? Then head over to watch Starbase – […]
Week 43 (21.10. – 25.10.2019) Here are the progress notes of week 43: Design Features Collision damage design: players take damage depending on the amount of impulse they receive when colliding with other players or objects Asteroid Mining Job tested for any known issues Building Tool UI worked on Locale, resource and economy configurations and fixes Locales added for Starbase Spaceship Creator devices and broken locales fixed Storage system and universal tool UI; Iterating on universal tool storage mode UI design, updating general universal tool UI design and unifying interaction logic between modes Gas canister reactions and explosions; testing an […]
Week 42 (14.10. – 18.10.2019) Here are the progress notes of week 42. Design Features New mining backpack design improved, UI tweaked to match the new design New economy settings configured for a new trading station Resource economy and insurance math tweaked Storage systems UI and interaction design worked on Station inventories UI worked on, new possible solution for some interactions Spaceship Creator multiplayer tested Stations Center pillars in main hall and storage floor updated in VIS rebuild Stacked lots worked on, higher grid slots tested Slot connector module worked on, taller connectors tested, test-build in Mega Station Creator Ship […]
Hello everybody! From now on we’ll be uploading our progress notes both on our official Starbase Forums and here. We have already published some of our earlier weeks’ progress notes starting from week 36, so if you’re interested in reading them first, do check out the thread here. Week 41 (7.10. – 11.10.2019) Here we have the weekly progress notes for week 41. Design Features New design and UI for the mining backpack Asteroid Mining Job tested in the editor and in DTU Cargo Crate durability issues tested, bolt connections need tweaking Assembly Job testing with different objects Economy configurations updated […]
