I'm still working on the upcoming major update, extending it with a few more noteworthy features. Let's take a look!
New Tutorials
The Wrecked scenario had a built-in tutorial that didn't cover enough of the game. It was completely removed in favor of a brand new tutorial system. I've accumulated a large amount of feedback about the current tutorial, and applied a lot of it when building this new system.
There will be multiple new tutorials, each covering a single aspect of the game, and you will be able to move back and forth through the tutorial messages.
Tutorials will be optional, but highly recommended even for the seasoned players, as they will reveal certain tips and tricks that are quite difficult to figure out on your own. I've seen players with over 100 hours of play time getting surprised to find out you can hold shift to build floors in a circle.
New Universe and Starmap Mechanics
There are a few big changes in the Starmap:
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[*] Universe generation is now less random and based on Biomes to distribute resources and faction presence. You will have to leave the first star system to find Uranium and the planet closest to your ship will be guaranteed to have common resources very much needed in early game.
[*] Star systems will have visual trajectory rings. Planets won't be moving around stars just yet, but that option is now on the table.
[*] You can enter planets, star systems and galaxies while the ship is still moving. It was annoying to have to wait for the ship to get to full stop.
[*] You will have to fly your ship outside the outermost ring to exit planets, star systems and galaxies. While the instant exit button was convenient, it was confusing, immersion breaking and required ugly hacks like not allowing to exit the system while an asteroid was incoming.
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These changes made the previously generated universe pretty much obsolete, therefore if you will load an old save file, the universe will be regenerated from scratch. This means that all shuttle expeditions and copters will be returned, any planet terraforming progress will be lost. It's inconvenient, but necessary, and I do always recommend a fresh new run with every new major update anyway.
Improved Charts
The charts will now be much easier to read. You can also clear them and toggle the view between 0-max and min-max.
Freeze of v0.9
You may have noticed that the v0.9 version is getting almost no updates. This is because the v0.10 has diverged to a point where backporting changes to v0.9 is becoming inconvenient. I want to move fast and release the v0.10 update sooner, therefore I encourage you to switch to the `experimental` or v_0_10_rc branch in `Steam Betas` and try the upcoming updates today. Any issues reported in v0.10 release candidate are fixed with top priority.
Both experimental and v_0_10_rc are currently pointing to the same build.
That's it for now, see you in the next development update that will bring the v0.10 to everyone!
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