Space Impossible 7.0.0 - Beta версия

Details
NOTE: Changes marked with ? were inspired by feedback or bugs found by the community!
Additions
Added ability to spawn items via region template, can now see items floating in space
Dialogue can now have requirements to appear, ex: requiring a tractor component before showing a tractor dialogue response
Added "foreign tile" concept to a vessel's tiles. This can be seen most obvious in the new distress calls where ice must be removed from a vessel before it can be saved. These foreign tiles will not trigger a hostile response from the vessel.
Shipwrecks can now spawn belonging to factions that is not the current region faction
?Added a 'boss' discovery icon for Madd's Fleet when in System View
Added data logs, these can be found among the items of a wreck. When picked up they will produce some dialogue, and can then be sold.
People are now items. Certain distress calls can spawn evacuees that require inventory space. These people can be handed in at friendly (or certain not friendly) stations for rewards.
Entering the range of certain vessels can now prompt dialogue, this is in addition to the existing on-enter-region prompts.
Added ESC Menu button to top right button tray.
Added ability to have tooltips for items and codex entries within dialogue to be more informative.
Players can often utilize a "hey, wait" type of hail to encourage temporary peace from potentially hostile vessels. Hostiles actions during this period will cancel any temporary peace.
Tractored objects will now remain tractored on exiting warp.
Tractored objects will now remain tractored on passing through wormholes and jumpgates.
Can now close tutorial window with ESC
?Added a distinction between item pickup and manufacturing completion notice. Completion now shows the recipe instead of the output count.
Vessel hand in area lasts for 2 minutes, can be re-displayed if needed with another hail.
For distress calls where the vessel asks to be freed, AI can now tolerate minor damage before becoming hostile when you tell them you'll help.
CTRL + clicking a region icon while at warp will now add the region UID to chat (mostly for development and administrative uses).

Changes
CHANGE: Overhauled wreck generation, it is now modular, allowing for more control over what the destroyed vessel looks like.
CHANGE: Altered how player->ai dialogue is selected and processed
CHANGE: Changed order of tile killing in the algorithm that calculates AOE damage from reactor explosions
CHANGE: Did a number of behind-the-scene data loading and processing improvements for the new dialogue capabilities
CHANGE: Improved faction calculations related to tile destruction. Bridge tiles are now fully accounted for.
CHANGE: Dialogue will now evaluate their opinion of you when responding, so if they're currently shooting you, they're going to respond a bit differently than if they weren't.
CHANGE: Items removed by dialogue will now use "Lost X" instead of "Received -X" phrasing
CHANGE: Changed how dynamic regions (like distress calls and fleets) were calculating their time-to-live. This should eliminate any future regions from being "stuck around" even well after they should be removed. Also existing "stuck" dynamic regions should now decay properly once the universe is upgraded. NOTE: Regions with uncontrolled player vessels in them at game load will be immediately removed due to the changes, this should be a one-off event.
CHANGE: Minor modification AI path patroling radius, affects mostly situations with large and fast vessels that weren't patrolling very well.
CHANGE: Adjusted navmesh calculation for AI vessels. This should result in better patrolling and fleeing behavior.
CHANGE: Adjusted AI rotation calculations. Hopefully this discourages the AI from over rotating in some specific scenarios.
CHANGE: Adjusted AI local collision detection. Vessels should be more capable of squeezing into areas that are tight, but still passable.
CHANGE: Overhauled warp transitions and inset window. Vessels should now be better centered and the camera position should better reflect who is present. Slight performance improvement due to removing any physics simulating objects that were present.
CHANGE: Keybind displays in text and dialogue should now correctly fade with along the rest of the window.
?CHANGE: Min craft speed clamped to 0.1, this mainly affects the use of certain enhancements and the resulting "23 days" craft times.
CHANGE: /runcmd Command now supports variables. Variables can be inserted by putting '%<VarIndex+1>' in the script. e.g. "/spawn %1" will become "/spawn venture" if the file is run with "/runcmd file venture". The line "wait 1;" added to a script will make the client wait 1 second before executing the next line.
CHANGE: /spawnai and /spawn now have an optional "check position placement" argument.

Fixes
FIX: Fixed languages using older single file method not showing up correctly in options
FIX: Fixed an issue with Traders possibly losing ability to trade, this should also improve trade template picking
FIX: Fixed a bug in warp spoolup checks where the wrong system coordinates were being checked, causing other players to possibly not see the spoolup correctly.
FIX: Fixed F1-F12 keys, and several others, not working when chat is in focus
FIX: Optimized a number of dialogue related networking elements.
FIX: Fixed several ship and station templates missing correct metadata, this may have been causing certain unintended mission or trader behaviour in the past.
FIX: Fixed a major cause of menu related issues that were requiring multiple ESC presses to open/close menus.
FIX: Fixed an issue with the CRC32 checking for multiplayer, this should be a tiny bit faster than before.
FIX: Fixed an error that occurred when viewing a hail from a vessel that no longer existed.
FIX: Fixed tractor beams not always displaying if they were forced on.
?FIX: Fixed a significant issue where on pressing the "X" for any Error popup window was preventing any further building/construction from taking place.
FIX: Fixed an issue where players would possibly respawn in the default Venture instead of their correct saved ship when being forced out of a region (such as after a crash, tractor drop, or multiplayer shutdown).
FIX: Fixed an issue with tractoring where tractoring data wasn't always being cleared correctly, mainly in multiplayer. If player 1 is tractoring player 2 and disconnects, player 2 should now be correctly untractored and free to move again.
FIX: Fixed an issue with dynamic region spawning that prevented the region from despawning under certain conditions (if the game crashed when the region spawned, on reload the region wasn't fully saved and would have been broken).
FIX: Fixed map screen when linking jumpgates requiring "X" being pressed twice to close.
FIX: Fixed mouse item showing behind inset warp view.
FIX: Fixed an issue with region discovery that in specific situations wasn't behaving correctly.
?FIX: Fixed an issue with manufacturing recipes incorrectly consuming input items and never producing output when a lab was removed.
FIX: Fixed an error when receiving tractor data but in an EVA suit
FIX: Fixed an issue with vessel orientation during tractor in warp if the tractoring player leaves game.
FIX: Fixed engine trail display on/off state when in warp while tractored
FIX: Fixed a graphics issue, this was occasionally seen in hanger enter/exit effects but also with the new vessel hand-in effect.
FIX: Fixed linear splash direction, was incorrectly using world space instead of local tile space.
?FIX: Fixed item mass not be recalculated when sorting/transferring/component swap shortcut(via shift + click)
FIX: Fixed placement of a fresh build area. It should be better at finding a nearby suitable area.
?FIX: Fixed enter key opening chat instead of accepting trade when trade slider window is open.
?FIX: Fixed cooldown display after the UI is hidden and later re-enabled.

AdditionsNavigation has received a significant overhaul. Navarrows are no longer the only game in town. There is now an active and passive scan when in a region. Beacons are now an item that can be manufactured cheaply, and used in either warp or normal space to serve as a distinctive reminder. Information panels have been combined together for easier use, and see the addition of a "beacon library". There is now a star system map. Also added is a discovery system.

Components and their mounts now generate a signature that shows up. Certain components, like engines and weapons, when active, produce a larger signature that is always visible. Additionally, there is a scan (default key P) which will scan for nearby objects kind of like an old fashioned real world radar system. Larger objects, like planetoids or large wrecks will have a much larger signature. No more limited navarrow ranges. We are still tweaking the speed and duration of these scans, so please let us know what you think. Eventually this system will be affected by components.

Beacons are items that can be manufactured cheaply (1 tritanium casing) and can be placed in both region and star system. They are private by default--meaning no one else can see them in multiplayer, but can be made public. The other settings, faction and team currently do not work. Pick from a selection of icons or change the name (max 256 characters) for additional information. They can't be collided with, so don't worry about hitting them, nor can they be hit by weapons. You must be near them to delete them. They can be bookmarked even if its not your own beacon, and tracked (which will create a navarrow) pointing in the direction. Beacons near a region, but outside, will also generate navarrows.

To place a beacon, have one on your mouse and right click in open space, or create a shortcut on the action bar and activate. It will create the beacon at the center of your occupied vessel. The home station now starts with 10 beacons for easy play during the alpha phase.

The Beacon Library is part of an overhaul to the player's available information. Accessible via "L" you can manage your beacons from here. Accessing your faction info and missions should be easier now too with convenient tabs located at the top.

The Star System map (default key M) shows neighboring star systems, as well as all known regions and vessels within the star system. We feel this is a good accommodation for showing what's going on around you, without negating the whole view while at warp.

Finally, the most complex system is the discovery system. Similar to, but significantly more complex than that from ALPHA 4, all regions now have a per player state. This ranges from "completely unknown" where you won't know the region is even there until you stumble upon it, to "completely known" where you will know the full details of the region, even if you haven't been there before. This can be tied to faction standings, where gaining or losing faction can affect what you know about the region (if you aren't directly near it). As part of this system there is now a scanner range on your ship while at warp, represented by a clear radius amidst a sea of grey.

For this test build the settings are still pretty rough: all non distress and ship regions are completely unknown by default. The faction links are not 100% defined.

Other Additions

• Added the ability to open and access your inventory and components while in warp. Currently removing your engines will not stop your ship, but that will change in the future.
• Added navarrow that points towards your home.
• Added home display to the map.
• Added beacon display to the map.
• Added "map button" to extras button shelf (top right).
• Added a number of language file entries for previously hardcoded text.
• Added "Repair All" button (finally) to building screen. Doesn't use any resources, only repairs (set health to 100%) existing and present tiles.
• Star system map is now viewable while in a region.
• Your ship should assuredly point tangentially from the region it just exited when going into warp.
• Warp Button now shows a progress indicator. Can now be cancelled once started.
• Orbit rings now show up (in map and system view) when you know the name of the region.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue that's been around for a while, where occupied mounts wouldn't drop their component on destruction if following a previous split.
• Default player standing with the Ticeroy Navy is now "apprehensive".
• Loading templates only show and load JSON files now.
• Improved tooltips for building UI.
• Should auto go to warp when flying beyond the region's bounds
• Fixed an issue where game preferences were empty, causing the game to fail in loading proper menu text and menu buttons.
• Fixed shift+r-click destroying all but one item in the source vessel inventory.
• Fixed a zoom issue with star system map when opening (thanks for report Hard ???????).
• Fixed sort order for some UI issues.
• Fixed mission complete causing an exception.
• Fixed ship glowing in regards to certain situations when in an EVA suit.
• Fixed "wiggly" regions, mostly multiplayer related.
• Fixed an issue where orbit rings were appearing incorrectly when transitioning between star systems.

Removals

• None

COMING IN ALPHA 13

• Starsystem conflicts - allowing the player to influence faction control over a specific system
• Jumpgates and Wormholes - Making exploration to the far reaches of the universe more interesting (and possible)

Additions
Reactor and energy overhaul. No more global energy pools, but rather every tile is now energized by nearby reactors. The energy patterns are determined by the type and strength of reactor. Every component with an active ability (weapons, engines, shields) has an energy cost that must be met or exceeded by the tile or tiles they sit on.

Components and component mounts now come in a variety of sizes. Micro and small are 1 tile, medium is 2x2, large is 3x3 and gigantic mounts are 4x4 tiles.

We've also are testing out some beam weapon balance changes with the addition of Escort, Heavy and Fleet Heavy lasers. These lasers have significantly different weapon ranges, cooldowns and damage from the existing beam weapon balance curve. Existing beam weapons also have minor range changes as well.

All components have been rebalanced in some capacity--mainly focusing on energy costs and mass--as part of these energy and mount size changes. All existing object/vessel templates that have components have had a pass on their components. All vessel refits have been temporarily removed from game until we're happy with the base versions.

Manufacturing recipes have been added for all small and medium reactors. Large and gigantic reactors will have to be salvaged or scrounged from wrecks or AI ships.

Energy and Mount Specifics:
Multi-tile mounts use a sum of available energy from tiles.
Most components become disabled when a tile is destroyed/removed. Engines will still operate at a very low power.
When more than 50% of a mounts tiles are destroyed, the component will be unseated and dropped as an item.
Reactor mounts can be rotated with R and Shift R.

Other Additions
Reactors produce an energy pattern that energizes tiles. They can also produce negative energy effects, though none do so at this time.
Based off player feedback, we now show weapon damage in the tooltips. We're interested if this is too much information, or satisfies better than before.
Warp spooling. There is a default 3s spool up when warping now. This can be interrupted by having a tile destroyed or leaving the vessel. Can be changed with "sv_spooluptime" variable.
Labs will pause production when they lose energy. They should resume queue when regaining enough energy.
Added "Energy Overlay" button to cycle through overlay state.
Added "Range Indicator" button to toggle display of weapon range indicators as it can become pretty busy.
Added "Missing Tile" visual to paper doll for mounts that are missing tiles.
Added "Inventory Toggle" button to hide/unhide inventory when inspecting a vessel/object.
Fixed an issue where some items weren't being returned correctly when manufacturing entries were cancelled.
Added ability to display images in tooltips. Used to visualize reactor energy patterns.
Did some changes to rotation calculation. Reactor mounts no longer aid in rotation.
Engines now aid in rotation based on their relative position and orientation. Thrusters are definitely a benefit here.
Saved templates should now remove overlapping mounts if they are now overlapping. The oldest (first placed) mount will remain.
Improvement to placement algorithm. While they were uncommon, overlaps in object spawning was occurring. Should be much much less frequent now.
Added some additional logging of menus. We're still occasionally seeing ESC button requiring multiple presses to work, and we want to eliminate that ASAP.
Fixed an issue where if you were already in a game session, and received a steam invite to another game session, it would bug out.
Fixed an issue where inventory scroll was getting stuck when switching between objects. Should always reset to top now.
Fixed an issued where having the lab window open and swapping labs wouldn't update the display.

NOTE: Due to new station AI and other factors it is recommended to create a new universe to experience all new features, however Alpha 2 & 3 universes should still be compatable with this version.

New Trading system
Added currency to the game. This is seen in your inventory, below your current vessel's name
Added the trading system. This allows you to buy and sell with AI controlled ships and space stations. To access a vessel's store, there is a OPEN STORE button below its name. To sell, pick up items with the mouse, and click on the SELL area on the center bottom left. Right click will sell one item at a time, left click to sell a whole stack.
Different factions will sell some general basics as well as some specific items. Of most interest, each faction will now sell a limited supply of ship kits for their faction ships.
Sell prices for items in inventory should appear on the tooltip while in your inventory and browsing a shop.
Added trader hub component to ships and stations.
Added new trader ships to each faction. You should see these flying about now instead of Tradesman everywhere.
Other
Added basic Station AI. Stations that spawn in a region now generally belong to the same faction as that which controls the region. If hostile, they will shoot at you if/when possible.
Modified region templates to allow larger diversity of stations spawning.
Fixed a bug from Alpha 3 where warp chambers were being ignored on tile death.
Some improvements to AI movement. They will now attempt to engage in combat at different angles better, and will react to what weapons they have.
Kal'giri ships start off with Comblastors
Fixed a stackoverflow bug where resuming objects under construction weren't capable of finishing.
Changed some core logic for the repair graphics to better detect edges of the ship/station.
Repairing vessels like the K'Eziru should no longer be able to repair portions unconnected to the current tiles.

Bug Fixes:
Added fix for broken universes. These were universes that would fail to load on any subsequent game load. This was due to high fragmentation of asteroid data in a region after several hours of play.
Fixed Reinforced Kelbium Roll -> Reinforced Kelbium Sheet Recipe
Balance:
Reduced sheet->roll costs
Reduced quantity of CPUs required for lasers
Reduced sheet costs for reactors