0.43
2021-12-12
- 2 new festive paint skins
- Festive decorations throughout the game
- Rammer does x5 the collision damage instead of x3
- Fixed T1 Nano Healer not stopping when destroyed
- Fixed multiplayer respawn cooldown not displaying the right amount of time left
- Fixed medium-sized blocks having the wrong capacity mentioned in their description
- Fixed some blocks in the Main Menu shop not having the right transparency cutout
0.42
2021-09-03
- T1 Nano Healer: Fires a laser-like beam that will slowly heal blocks it comes in contact with. Cannot heal destroyed blocks.
- Reworked and improved multiplayer synchronization of Thrusters, Momentum Wheels, Connectors, Solar Panels and Mining Lasers
- Server IP bans
- Player list
- Increased all 2x2 block's capacities by 25% to make them more worthwhile
- Reworked damage and destroyed blocks' mechanics in a way that should provide for more fun destruction-themed gameplay, make melee weapons useful again, and make it easier to remove leftover vehicle debris from other players
- Destroyed hinges now break off, providing for more realistic physics, and patching one of the most popular lag machines
- Destroying blocks in multiplayer is now authoritative to the client who spawned it in, instead of all clients handling it locally themselves
- Reworked server disconnect messages (i.e. server full)
- Server-client 5-way handshake
- Server is (more) crash-resilient against clients who are using mismatching or modified versions
- Reworked client-side joining of custom servers, including support for custom ports and a UI redesign
- Reduced respawn delay
- Connecting and verifying clients is now server-authoritative
- Server will kick modified clients impersonating others
- Server will kick duplicate clients using the same user ID or username
- Redesigned Small and Large Crate textures, and Wooden and Metal paint skins
- Subtle camera visual effect when rotating
- Purple paint color
- Pink paint color
- New damaged texture
- Updated some of the confirmation popup UI for better readability
- Reworked game space background
- Updated app icon
- Visual effect when blocks are destroyed
- Fixed Hinges and Separators not connecting to non-1x1 sized blocks
- Fixed supporter button's background image in the Main Menu not stretching properly on some aspect ratios
- Fixed opening the chat panel when the status menu was already open requiring 2 presses
- Fixed missing paint texture in a T1 Fuel Tank in one of the Challenge 7 assets
- Fixed typo in one of the loading screen hints
0.41
2021-07-23
- Support for block sizes other than 1x1
- Wedge 1x2
- Station Block
- T1 and T2 Fuel Tanks replaced with Small and Large Fuel Tank, with the large variant now being a 2x2 block with a capacity of 80L
- T1 and T2 Crates replaced with Small and Large Crate, with the large variant now being a 2x2 block with a capacity of 20 items
- T1 and T2 Batteries replaced with Small and Large Battery, with the large variant now being a 2x2 block with a capacity of 80 units
- Multiple spawnpoints for multiplayer sandbox
- Metal and Wooden skins
- 'Fuel' and 'Salmon' paint colors
- Weapons cannot be fired within 50m of a spawnpoint to prevent spawnkilling
- Setting for disabling the 0.40 improved visuals to increase performance on lower-end devices
- Nerfed all ranged weapons in terms of damage and range
- Decreased Mining Laser range from 10 to 5 meters
- Chat messages pop up under nametags in multiplayer
- Multiplayer nametags redesign
- Increased chat message character limit from 50 to 150
- Changed the Momentum Wheel and Structure Block's textures to look enclosed
- Using a cheat code will now reload the game to the Main Menu instead of the current gamemode
- Editor button for flipping blocks with sizes other than 1x1
- Multiplayer key editing filter also checks decimal block positions and modified rotations
- When another player was kicked or banned, it will be displayed in chat
- Pulse Laser and Mining Laser subtle gradient beam colors
- Say and sayraw commands for servers
- Ores have different buy/sell prices at each station, making cargo hauling a new useful way of making money
- When being banned without a reason, the reason no longer shows at all instead of saying 'Reason: None given.'
- Replaced the loading icon with a Momentum Wheel
- Loading screen on start
- Small arrow in the rotate block button in the Editor, making it easier to view the default rotation (up)
- Whois command for servers
- Fixed Camera Blocks still working after being destroyed
- Fixed Iron ore having a higher sell than buy price at Alpha station, by increasing the buy price
- Fixed T2 crate block button in the Editor not rotating
- Fixed Editor paint panel not automatically closing when opening chat and vice versa
- Fixed modded vehicles launch error message in multiplayer referring to 'sandbox' instead of 'singleplayer'
- Fixed Pulse Laser and Mining Laser beams causing a weird visual effect when overlapped
- Fixed Drills being invincible to all damage while drilling (Instead of only asteroid collisions)
- Fixed weapon projectiles going through Iron asteroids
- Fixed sent chat messages being able to contain formatting tags
0.40
2021-06-10
- Chat in multiplayer with profanity filter
- Camera Block max range and signal strength UI meter
- Colored multiplayer nametags for staff and supporters
- Spectator mode for server moderators in multiplayer
- Becoming a supporter is now available again!
- Greatly improved overall visual effects
- Rebalanced integrity values for most parts
- Parts have categories and manufacturers
- Overpowered Thrusters and Momentum Wheels, and stacked blocks using key editing exploits are now limited to Sandbox only
- Editor grid overlay scales to the size of the build area
- Hinges and Separators can connect diagonally to Structure Blocks
- Block sounds (like Thrusters and weapons) from other drones are muted while you're in the editor
- Iron Ore can be sold at Alpha Station for 50% more credits
- Improved occupied spawn point detection
- Refuel outpost in asteroid field near Alpha Station
- User IDs: A unique identifier for all players that stays persistent across username changes for dealing with multiplayer player management (Find yours in settings)
- Players with special roles can hide them from other players (In settings)
- Username profanity filter
- Other player's weapon projectiles don't fire (for you) if you're in the Editor
- Updated color scheme for objective pointer arrows
- Error messages in the editor fade out
- App logo has rounded corners
- Jiggly animation for the Supporter subtitle
- Updated the Discord logo according to their new branding
- Increased the amount of interstitials
- Temporarily removed UI blur because it broke and I don't know how to fix it
- Fixed AoE weapons not dealing splash damage if the object hit was anything other than an alive block
- Fixed AoE weapons damaging their own vehicle
- Fixed weapons and the Mining Drill shooting through asteroids and some parts of stations
- Fixed refueling Connectors not working in multiplayer
- Fixed T2 Batteries having 20 units of electricity instead of 40
- Fixed new players spawning at DIT instead of Alpha Station