Astrox Imperium news & patch notes

Build 0.0156 This update focuses mainly on the Missions database. You can test this out in the momoslab MOD. Once all the balancing changes are applied and tested, They will be moved to the main default MOD folder, making these changes live for everyone. All bug fixes and code tweaks are applied immediately and are live for everyone. You do not need to switch to the momoslab MOD to enjoy. - Fixed issue with Sandbox Warpgate Links. Link are now created properly with WarpGate Link option controlling the number of cross links that connect the linear clusters. - Fixed Mining harvester turrets shooting at salvage. Mining harvestors will no longer fire when their target is resource salvage. - Fixed bug allowing mission generator to create a mission for the DELIVERY,COLLECT,TRANSPORT,REFINE, and FABRICATE missions in the station you are currently docked at. This would allow for instant completion without undocking. - Fixed reported NullReferenceException in list_module_script.Update function. - Fixed Sector panel error causing null reference when frame is unable to detect the systems nav panel for toggle GPS call. - Fixed small memory leak in module UI icon image reloading itself during update function. - Adjusted Player Level bonus for mission credit reward when generating missions. (Slight reduction). - Adjusted Jump bonus for mission credit reward when generating missions. (Slight increase to the payment bonus based on number of jumps in the mission). * Mission Database first balancing pass. - Adjusted all time requirements for all generated missions. The Tutorial and Quest missions have not been touched and will keep their old time requirements. - Adjusted all base credit rewards for each mission. Most of these have been drastically reduced, based off time to completion. - Adjusted all skill point rewards for all missions. This does not include special missions and quest missions. - Adjusted all Collection mission generation data for required item quantity values. - Adjusted all Harvest mission generation data for required item quantity values. - Adjusted all Salvage mission generation data for required item quantity values. - Adjusted a number of the Raider missions generation data. (Number of Raiders and Level of raiders generated).

Build 0.0155 These ship can be tested via the momo's labs MOD. Just open MODTOOLS, then MOD MANAGER. Select Momo's Lab MOD and then head back to the title screen for a new game. Yay!, first pass thru on the ships rebalancing has been completed. A second soft pass thru the ships, and mission database rebalance will be coming next Saturday along with a number of small bug fixes. All changes to ships in this update are applied and only available from momoslab MOD. This will prevent these adjustments from effecting your current saves. Once all the balancing changes are applied and tested, They will be moved to the main default MOD folder, making these changes live for everyone. - All Frigate Class ships have been adjusted. Model and Modslot positions and scaling has been adjusted. Image icons updated to reflect base coloration. Base prices, Scan Ranges, Active and Passive module slots. Additional adjustments to various ship stats. Specials types and Special values. Added revised shuttle class description. New ship names - Missile Enforcer, Tyrant, Executioner, Mining Frigate, Mining Frigate T2, Mining Frigate T3, Tsetse, Recluse, Sovacraft, Bandit star, Striker, Assimilator, Osmorph, Envisioner, Redeemer, Restorer, Deliverer, Hexalon, Heptalon, Octolon. - All Cruiser Class ships have been adjusted. Model and Modslot positions and scaling has been adjusted. Image icons updated to reflect base coloration. Base prices, Scan Ranges, Active and Passive module slots. Additional adjustments to various ship stats. Specials types and Special values. Added revised escort class description. New ship names - Predator, Mining Cruiser, Megastar, Sail Stormer, Priest, Bishop, Excavo - All Carrier Class ships have been adjusted. Model and Modslot positions and scaling has been adjusted. Image icons updated to reflect base coloration. Base prices, Scan Ranges, Active and Passive module slots. Additional adjustments to various ship stats. Specials types and Special values. Added revised escort class description. New ship names - Drone Piranha, Mining Carrier, Abductor, Correlator, Demolisher, Starjacker. - All Destroyer , Battlecruiser, and Dreadnaught Class ships have been adjusted. Model and Modslot positions and scaling has been adjusted. Image icons updated to reflect base coloration. Base prices, Scan Ranges, Active and Passive module slots. Additional adjustments to various ship stats. Specials types and Special values. Added revised escort class description. New ship names - Gemini, Blacknova, Devastar, Nova Reaper, Titanous.

Build 0.0154 I got thru about half of the ship this weeks, and plan to finish them up for build 155. To test these ships, you will need to swap your MOD to the momo's test lab MOD in the Mod Manager of Mod Tools. If you run into any issues with the scaling or model adjustments, let me know in the forums. - Added Scale Lock to the ship part editor of the ModTools Ship Editor panel. This allows you to toggle the scale lock, allowing the aspect of the model scaling to adjust the Y and Z scale by entering text in X field. - Fixed missing file item_special_red in momos_lab objects folder causing white panel behind fabricator materials in the station fabricator panel. All changes to ships in this update are applied and only available from momoslab MOD. This will prevent these adjustments from effecting your current saves. Once all the balancing changes are applied and tested, They will be moved to the main default MOD folder, making these changes live for everyone. - All Shuttle Class ships have been adjusted. Model and Modslot positions and scaling has been adjusted. Image icons updated to reflect base coloration. Base prices, Scan Ranges, Active and Passive module slots. Additional adjustments to various ship stats. Specials types and Special values. Added revised shuttle class description. New ship names - Starclass Shuttle, Shuttle Cabi, Shuttle Mosquito, Silverfish Shuttle, Combat Shuttle, Scan Shuttle, Arcane Shuttle and Dexta Shuttle. - All Escort Class ships have been adjusted. Model and Modslot positions and scaling has been adjusted. Image icons updated to reflect base coloration. Base prices, Scan Ranges, Active and Passive module slots. Additional adjustments to various ship stats. Specials types and Special values. Added revised escort class description. New ship names - Invector, Squire, Metatronis, Mining Escort, Basic Escort, Excavo, Salvage Escort, Dragonfly, Mantis, Eleventor, Bandit, Coravel, Intergrator, Harmonizer, Unifier, Commander, Drone Seer, Bot Druid, Phoebus, Helios, Apollo - All Utility Class ships have been adjusted. Model and Modslot positions and scaling has been adjusted. Image icons updated to reflect base coloration. Base prices, Scan Ranges, Active and Passive module slots. Additional adjustments to various ship stats. Specials types and Special values. Added revised escort class description. New ship names - Gunner, Sniper, Spire, Extractor, Scavenger, Collectrox, Peritax, Scorpiox, Corsair, Dagger, Gemini, Curator, Consercator, Seeker, Archaris, Stacius, Racinus, Hauler, Sirius, Packard.

Build 0.0153 I spent a good amount of time preparing for these next 4 updates. Spreadsheets and flashcards, I will be spending the next 4 weeks working on balancing. I will start with the ships and go from there. This update focused on polishing up a few things before switching gears for the big balancing pass. - Fixed Refine mission bug that was preventing proper mission completion check. - Fixed Fabricator mission bug that was preventing proper mission completion check. - Fixed GPS bug when using Warp Drive module while in auto GPS mode. - Adjusted mission qualification level calculations for the station mission generator. - Adjusted Refine mission code to check for proper refinery station before mission check is initiated. - Adjusted Fabricate mission code to check for proper fabricator station location before mission check. - Adjusted Passive Scan panel resize code to stretch the filter options panel instead of the scanner ring display when resizing the panel. - Adjusted Passive Scan filter list buttons to shift vertically if panel is resized, thus showing maximum number of filter items in available space. ** Warp and Warp Drive stuff. - Adjusted Warp drive panel layout, text sizes and background to be consistent with the other UI panels. ( Custom player coloration included ). - Adjusted Warp fx displacement wiggle value. +0.15 - Adjusted Warp pitch scale for length on the ship warp drive. - Adjusted Warp variable movement with and increase of 25 percent. - Adjusted Warp timer calculation to reduce the warp distance calculation and thus overall warp total time. Distance means a little less than before. - Adjusted warp drive fuel consumption max from 2000 to 3000; - Adjusted Warp drive fuel consumption calculations to reduce overall fuel required based on warp distance. 20 percent reduction. - Adjusted Warp drive calculations for fuel requirements based on the number of mercs in your fleet, has increased by 20 percent. - Adjusted Warp drive calculations for total time of warp. Has been reduced by 50 percent. - Adjusted code for warp drive activation to clear all GPS pathing and disable current GPS if enabled before warp drive activation.

Build 0.0152 No luck with the cloud saves yet. I think I will take a break from it for a bit as I am burning a lot of time testing and researching. I will come back around to it in a few more updates. - Fixed rockcloud generation in sandbox to reduce camera clipping on background rocks when rotating camera. - Fixed sandbox generator bug causing warpgates to generate a to and from gate on itself. No longer will start sector have gates to itself. - Fixed material flicker bug when opening passive scanner from targeting panel. - Fixed button highlight on options panel when opening for the first time after changing screen size. - Adjusted mission overview panel layout to better feature Payment, Deposit, Space Required, and Faction at the top of the overview panel. - Adjusted mission qualification level scale. Reduced additive bonus to 35% of player pilot level. - Adjusted targeting panel code to remove all passive scanner functions and moved them their own file. - Adjusted code for passive scan range and speed calculations on the ship passive scanner. - Added skillpoint bonus and Faction rating bonus to the mission overview panel in station. ** New passive scanner panel. I finally got into the passive scanner filter, and I have rebuilt the entire system to function in it's own panel. This panel has a much better look and feel, as well as additional functionality. I may be polishing it up a bit more in the next couple of updates. - Added new breakaway panel for ship Passive Scanner to replace the old small passive scan panel attached to the targeting panel. - Added drag, drop and resize functionality to the new passive scanner panel. - Added active scan ring to the passive scanner, now showing the current distance of the active ping and current progress of the scan. - Added scan object indicator to the passive scanner. Scanned items will now appear in the ping box and show relative position to the scanning ship. - Added color coding to the object indicators for the passive scanner. Base categories all have a unique color. - Added object indicator counter to the passive scanner panel to show the total number of detected objects per scan. - Added scroll-able filter list to the passive scanner panel. - Added rotation to scanner panel ship indicator icon. Rotation will show relation of scanned item to position and rotation of ship. - Added ability to filter for all 11 types of resources. - Added ability to filter for all 10 types of salvage.

I am still doing some testing with the Steam Cloud saves. There is a hard limit of 5000 files, and you can easily pass that with a few pilot accounts. I will be doing some testing to see if there is a way to just transfer the last played account, instead of all of them. This could be a factor in the other issue with the cloud randomly skipping files on the transfer. Converting everything to Unity 6 could change something, but I highly doubt it, as it is too far detached from the core issue of save files being skipped during transfer. Anyway, the quest shall continue. Build 0.0151 ** Converted project into Unity6. This included some clean up and removal of old unneeded graphical assets. - Fixed bug with font not showing properly on item USE on ship cargo panel. - Fixed calculations for SANDBOX_economy_buy_item_mod when generating pricing for markets. Now allows full scaling up to 5x and no longer clamped at 2.5x. - Fixed ESC key to now close galaxy map if opened like other panels and message boxes. - Fixed mission panel option settings. Panel is now correctly remembering it's active state on reload, and is attached properly to the stats panel unless dragged away. - Fixed sandbox bug not showing gates links properly during generation sequence. - Fixed white background on pilot panel for older pilots prior to background update. - Adjusted Cargo Item object to show 'LAUNCH' when selecting drones on cargo panel. - Adjusted Cargo Item object to allow click functionality on the Fabricator Materials list. - Adjusted max text size on cargo item objects for better readability on steamdeck. - Adjusted sandbox layout generation, sandbox now generating various layouts properly. Further improvements coming. - Added new button onto the Mission Panel to allow you to easily resize and re-attach the panel to the stats panel (The default setting). - Added button to Station Fabricator panel to allow players to move required qty of all materials and components for the recipe. - Added button to Station Fabricator panel to allow the ability to click each material recipe item to add it to fabricator inventory if found on ship or in station storage. - Added error message when trying to move items into the fabricator via the new quick move buttons but those items are not found on ship or in storage. - Added indicator to the Station Fabricator panel that allows you to view the maximum number of production runs available with the materials and components provided. - Added visual color indicator to the the missing materials on the Station Fabricator panel. Missing materials are now marked in Red. - Added Bounty Mission Contracts to the gun platform structure. You can now grab Kill raider contracts with 3 degrees of difficulty from a mission NPC on the structure. - Added sector labels to the 3d sector objects during the sandbox generation sequence. - Added active camera to the sandbox generation galaxy panel, you can now use the mouse to rotate and zoom in and out of the galaxy as it is being created. - Added color change to the sectors that generate stations on the galaxy sandbox generator panel during galaxy generation. - Added Refine Mission Contracts to the machine structure. You can now grab refine contracts with 3 degrees of space required from a mission NPC on the structure.

Build 0.0150 I have been working all week on getting the Cloud saves with cross platform compatibility working... it was a fail. I am extremely close, but for some reason, random files are being ignored during the save folder transfer. I suspect the reason for these issues revolves around the large number of files that create the Astrox universe, but I am not sure yet. I will keep working on this in the following weeks, but just wanted to give everyone a heads up on what is going on with that. ** Unity 6 Astrox Imperium Beta Branch. If you would like to test out Astrox Imerpium in the new Unity 6 you can do so by right clicking the game in your library, and then Properties. This will open up a panel that will have an option for BETAS. Click that tab and in the Private Betas area, enter 'unity6astrox' in the textbox. This will create a branch for Astrox Imperium allowing you to test the new Unity 6 version before the launch next week in build 151. - Fixed Refine missions to calculate space required and prevent you from accepting the mission without proper cargo space. - Fixed Fabricate missions to calculate space required and prevent you from accepting the mission without proper cargo space. - Fixed issue with sandbox difficulty layout alignment. Button position now scales properly. - Fixed scripting command for BUY_SKILL_LVL. was not functioning properly due to mislabeled command. - Fixed Null Reference Bug caused by cloak timer on the active player ship. Recently removed objects will now be ignored and no longer will the code try to access their script. - Fixed Bug that caused replacement of start skills with profession skills in the sandbox. Duplicate skills are now added together. - Fixed bug showing tactical sphere orb around sector when tactical sensors mode is activated. - Adjusted autoscaler for UI when game detects steamdeck resolution. - Adjusted Temple station in Void Starcross to offer missions and university services. This will only be visible on new campaign games. Existing games will not be adjusted. - Adjusted combat module fire to ignore crates. Non combat / damage related modules like Tractors still work. - Added new Scripting Editor Commands list to pull from internal list of available commands rather than the static list with descriptions. - Added Command list descriptions to each command in the internal command list array. These descriptions are displayed in the Script Editor's New Command panel. - Added 6 missing scripting CMDs to the master display list so your can add these commands via the UI panel instead of having to hand code them with notepad. these new commands are WARP_KEY, DOCK_AT_STATION, UNDOCK_STRUCTURE, BUY_SHIP_BASESTAT, BUY_FACTION, NPC_ESCORT.

Build 0.0149 - Fixed Salvage module bug that was removing double value from the resource per salvager ammo collider. Now fixed for proper salvage mission generation. - Fixed RESOURCE_base_harvestability value for RESOURCE script to reintroduce harvest value modifiers for each individual resource. - Fixed remember panel state option for mission panel and fleet panel. - Fixed Sector panel drag and drop on non native resolution settings. Now is dragging properly and not jumping to mouse offset. - Fixed station highlight button for INFO, FLEET, DRONES tab buttons. Was showing uncolored grey box. - Fixed weapon modules firing at crates. All weapon modules will ignore crates and no longer fire at them. - Adjusted item_database.txt for RESOURCE_base_harvestability values on all RESOURCE items. (0.83 - 1.0) This means low level resources are easier to harvest than high level ones. - Adjusted main module tooltip for better readability and overall layout. - Adjusted tooltip text size for all cargo item panels and the skills pilot panel. - Adjusted text sizes for missions panel, and all pilot subpanels. - Adjusted layout on ships panels for better scaling on steamdeck and other non-native resolutions. - Added new scripting Command for NPC_ESCORT which will allow an NPC ship to join your fleet. - Adjusted main button layout for the pilot panel. They now properly scale with the panel itself. - Adjusted pilot panel images to now show selected background image from campaign pilot creation screen. - Adjusted the main buttons on the Journal panel to allow for better scaling at various resolutions. - Adjusted the main buttons on the in game Options panel to allow for better scaling at various resolutions. ** Added new missions to the mission generator, mission panel, and mission contract panel at the station, allowing players to better utilize some starting profession skills. - Added new Mission type Salvage. The mission generator will now create Salvage Missions. These missions function much like the harvest missions, but instead require salvage modules and larger cargo bays. - Added new mission filter Salvage onto the mission filter dropdown. - Added new Dialog mission mode for new 'Arrest-Escort' dialog mission. Arrest-Escort missions require a dialog with the target npc, and upon success, they will join you for an escort to the completion station. - Added new mission stat for Salvage missions complete on the Pilot stats panel. - Added 10 Salvage missions to the mission_database.txt file that span levels 1 thru 10. - Added new Mission type Refine. The mission generator will now create Refine Missions. These missions function like delivery missions, but upon arrival to the target station, you are required to refine the resource. - Added new mission filter Refine onto the mission filter dropdown. - Added new mission stat for Refine missions complete on the Pilot stats panel. - Added 10 Refine missions to the mission_database.txt file that span levels 1 thru 10. - Added new Mission type Fabricate. The mission generator will now create Fabricate Missions. You are provided a blueprint document, the required components, and then sent to produce an item at the target location. - Added new mission filter Fabricate onto the mission filter dropdown. - Added new mission stat for Fabricate missions complete on the Pilot stats panel. - Added 10 Fabricate missions to the mission_database.txt file that span levels 1 thru 10. - Added new mission icons for Salvage, Refine and Fabricate missions. - Added new mission icon and scripting file for the new Arrest-Escort mission. - Added 3 Arrest-Escort missions to the mission_database.txt file that span levels 1, 3 and 6. - Added new mission icon and scripting file for the new Transfer-Pilot mission. - Added 4 Transfer-Pilot missions to the mission_database.txt file that span levels 1, 3 ,6 and 9.

Build 0.0148 - Fixed bug in ship editor preventing ship engine parts from loading in the OFF state, fixed ship engine toggle as well. - Fixed scaling bug on sandbox launcher panel. Launcher game options are no longer clipped at smaller resolutions. - Fixed sandbox launcher scrolling text description scaling to support smaller resolutions. (no more small text when there is room to expand). - Fixed a number of sandbox panels input field boxes to support scaling for smaller resolutions. (no more cut off text). - Fixed bug in Mod tools preventing proper load of structures with video screen objects. MOD folder is properly dealt with between MOD tools and Game. - Fixed Mod tools issue for images in item editor. Proper MOD folder pathing has been implemented. - Adjusted Title screen option Random Background to change to Random Background Music, toggle controls whether or not the title screen music is fixed or random. - Adjusted profession bonuses for all professions in the profession_database.txt file. - Added new replacement icons for all professions. ** Added new MOD MANAGER panel to allow switching between mods onto the MODTOOLS area. More details provided on MOD MANAGER page. Added momos testbed mod for balance testing and such that players can use and give feedback. Added button to the MODTOOLS panel to open the new MOD MANAGER panel. Added Mod image and description files to the MOD folder along with functionality to the MOD MANAGER to display MOD thumbnail and description. Added MOD card to title screen showing currently installed MOD folder and MOD thumbnail image if not the vanilla default MOD folder. Added Reset MOD button to put the game back into the Vanilla default MOD. Added Mod folder name to the in-game options panel. ** Added new Pilot Character creation panel to the intro on the Campaign creation section. Added ability to move freely between all stages of the Pilot creation sequence on one single panel. The animation sequence has been shortened to streamline that area and provide a simple but improved introduction to the game. Added the faction chart to pilot creation screen on the campaign panel. Added new professions list display with improved layout and detailed descriptions. Added new skill bonus display for all professional skills. The icons , skill name and level are all show. Adjusted console output window onto the character creation panel.

Slow and steady, I'm getting back in a groove. Build 0.0147 - Fixed Bookmark panel bug causing the right click camera rotation to be blocked by an invisible canvas layout. - Fixed bug causing raider ships to lose there default material when spawning in while tactical sensors override is true. This made the ship glow like a ghost ship. - Fixed bug causing bookmarks to show up during warp when warping while tactical sensors is on. - Fixed bug allowing bookmarks to be shown during warp animation when tactical sensors is toggled. - Fixed refinery bug that prevented the bonus received from Refinery Mechanic from affecting the cycle cost properly. - Fixed bug with station storage not remembering the sort by options when moving items into the panel. - Fixed engine trail time bug. Options will now refresh the engine trail of the ship without having to save and reload. - Adjusted title screen animations , lighting, and assets. Removed unused assets from the scene and cleaned up the title_screen code a bit. ** Added 5 new audio tracks to the game playlist. An additional 12 minutes with a new track fixed to the title screen. These tracks can be found on my YT channel. - The title screen introduction music is now fixed to a single track. ** Added new faction view to the Pilot faction panel. You can now view the Faction chart showing the relations between all factions, as well as your current faction rating. - Added new faction view mode buttons to the pilot faction panel, allowing you to switch between modes. List or Chart. ** Added new faction adjustment system. In 147, Faction adjustments during gameplay operate a bit different. If you do a mission, or kill and NPC or do anything that would adjust your faction standing, The new system will not only adjust the rating of the target faction, but other factions will react as well. This means if I do a mission for ALPHA, then the subfactions CIVIL, and SCIENCE will receive a bonus as well. However TEMPLE, MISSIONARY and ORTHODOX factions will not like that you are working for their sworn enemy. If you do a mission for a sub faction like CIVIL, then the parent faction ALPHA will also receive a bonus, and the enemy factions will be slightly adjusted negatively. Allied factions of ALPHA, (LAW and TRADE) will both receive a smaller bonus as well, but NOT the allied sub factions (FINANCIAL, COMMERCE, ENFORCEMENT and JUDICIAL). No negative penalty to enemy faction allies, only the parent faction TEMPLE and it's sub factions. This new system will still provide the ability to maintain high faction rating will all game factions, but your choices will matter more than they did before. Visit the forum for more details and numbers. ** Added new Sector Details panel onto the galaxy map ** No more flickering stats panel for the sector while mousing over Sector icons. New Sector Stats panel can be dragged and dropped and can be moved freely around the galaxy map and no longer locked onto the right side covering other panels. This Revamp was to introduce a scrollview panel to allow all of the sector objects to be displayed, regardless of max panel size due to screen height. No longer does mouseover open Sector Details panel, Allowing for Drag, Drop and additional buttons on the panel. Left click a Sector icon on the galaxy map to Set GPS as before, this will open the Sector Panel to allow for interaction. Right click a Sector to open the Sector Panel WITHOUT setting GPS. This allows you to preview the sector without changing your GPS destination. The Sector panel can be resized vertically. - Added faction standing change report to the mission complete notification. You now see all faction adjustments that were applied. - Added Warpgate AutoGPS targeting. You can now Click a warpgate from the Sector Panel, and your ship will travel to the destination sector map, approach the gate, and wait for your jump command. If autojump is enabled, this will disable the autojump when you reach the sector with the targeted gate. This allows you to get ready to enter the sector. - Added Structure AutoGPS targeting. You can now click on a Structure from the Sector Panel, allowing you ship to travel thru the sectors until reaching the destination sector, then approaching the targeted Structure. - Added Bookmark AutoGPS targeting. You can now click on a Bookmark from the Sector Panel, allowing you ship to travel thru the sectors until reaching the destination sector, then approaching the Bookmark location. - Added check to prevent docking at a station, opening map, and selecting the same station to AutoGPS target.

Happy Valentine's Day! Build 0.0146 - Fixed audio bug that warns you when mercs are low on health, playing for raiders and other NPC ships during combat. - Fixed Issue with Alpha faction data not loading properly on campaign character creation. - Fixed confusing text about crates on the combat tutorial text that implied there would be a crate to collect after dispatching the target drone. - Fixed major issue with UI right click of objects and NPCs in tactical sensors mode. There was a ton of wonky stuff going on there, not anymore. - Fixed issue with level 10 salvage item (Hull Chassis) no properly loading the mesh and material. - Fixed bug with sorting on targeting panel causing soft error when one of the objects no longer exists on the map, is docked, or inactive. - Fixed UI issue opening radial right click menu on your own Ship when zoomed out in tactical sensors mode. - Fixed Stats panel bug showing text flicker due to unrounded numbers for ship stats when stats numbers are toggled. - Adjusted Campaign mode so that panels will auto open when undocking from the biomate station, making it easier for first time players to see all the panels available. - Adjusted the Station icons. some of them were just too similar looking, and without the perma-text labels, needed some love. - Adjusted Market remote pricing on station market panel, by default it will now show ALL the markets regardless if you have visited the sector. - Adjusted the Faction Rating message the shows when prevented from docking at station due to bad faction rating. the -7.5 has been along with your current rating. - Adjusted the way that the galaxy map processes mission start and end sectors for the station mission overview. - Adjusted the Abort Button on the Pilot Missions panel to display the abort Fee. This shows the penalty fee you will be charged if the selected mission is aborted. - Adjusted the layout and text sizes on the Pilton Mission panel. - Adjusted the Galaxy Map filter box to automatically focus the Search input field when Search icon is clicked. - Added new icon for the Station University and Fabricator. Removing a number of duplicate icons used on other panels. - Added the functionality for a single merc to carry the cargo of a Transport, Delivery, or Collect mission. The mission will now complete properly when merc carries the entire mission load. - Added functionality for multiple mercs to carry the cargo load of a Transport, Delivery, or Collect mission. These missions will complete with mission cargo spread across them. - Added functionality mercs and your ship to carry the cargo load of a Transport, Delivery, or Collect mission. These missions will complete with mission cargo spread across all mercs and your ship. - Added new mission check to determine of your faction rating is sufficient to dock with the stations the mission requires. If not, a warning message will appear preventing you from accepting the mission. - Added progress bars to the mouse over panel on the galaxy map for Sector Stats. - Added filter at the station university to list only skills that you can currently train. These are skills that meet all the required conditions for immediate training.

Long time contributor and friend to the Astrox project, Arquebus X has posted a new Season 5 video, walking you thru the sandbox setting in the newly release build 145a. If you are a veteran player, head on over and show him some love. If you are new to Astrox, I highly recommend this video as a good overview of what this game is all about. While you're at it, Check out his other 4 seasons of 'Let's Play Poorly' series. These are chalked full of infomation, tips and tricks to get the most out of your Astrox Imperium experience.

Build 0.0145a - Fixed issue causing sandbox warpgates to not generate proper ID tags, thus prevent warping to return sectors. - Fixed bug causing ship to dump you into the center of the map, instead of at the return gate in sandbox.

WTF happened to momo... I've had a few unfortunate things happen that remind me what is really important in life... and video games ain't it. I am very lucky to be where I am now, and walking normally. My plan is to solidify what I have here into an enjoyable sandbox experience, transform the Campaign into the tutorial mode, release the game as complete... and bid farewell to you all. I know some of you want more personal details, but I will no longer be sharing like I used to, I've learned a hard lesson and will not repeat my mistakes. I don't suspect I will be releasing any other games here on Steam. It was fun while it lasted, but the fun is over for me. I hope you all understand. Here is the plan moving forward. https://steamcommunity.com/app/954870/discussions/0/592888933793160991/ Build 0.0145 - Fixed audio bug preventing proper volumes from being saved on existing accounts prior to build 144 audio update. - Fixed scripting bug withe quest system preventing proper destination locations for quest delivery missions. - Fixed a number of small grammar and formatting errors. - Fixed issue with transfer all cargo on the NPC cargo transfer panel. Mouse over no longer transfers instantly. - Fixed bug with HSE sandbox mode preventing initial raider spawns, thus clearing the sector when map is saved prior to spawning. - Fixed issue with raider spawn timer for all gamemodes except the freeplay mode (id 0). - Adjusted loading and saving of Factions database file to support tab formatting for easier external modding of the file. - Adjusted Factions database file to standardize the faction score decimal format. - Adjusted the faction list in pilot panel for better display of faction score against background. - Adjusted lounge to display faction colorized text based off of the faction colors defined in the faction database file. - Adjusted Station mission list to show small level indicator on each mission item listed. - Adjusted the base volume levels for Ship Comms Chatter audio channel. Small boost. - New scaling system for title screen. - New scaling system for UI on New sandbox Panel. - Adjusted Launcher module cycle rate values in items database file. - Adjusted service manager fee for mercs when installing merc into station management position. * Ship Overworld Scaling. Player have asked me to adjust the scaling of the overworld. This is now a thing that you can mod yourself. This build introduces the ability for modders to scale all ship sizes and speeds using 2 variables. WORLD_OPTIONS_ship_scale;1.0 - This parameter will control the ship scale (range 0.05 to 3) WORLD_OPTIONS_ship_scale_speed;1.0 - This parameter will control the ship speed (range 0.05 to 3). The smaller the ship, the less distance it will travel per second. - Added new variable in player_options.txt to allow for testing of new ship overworld scaling. - Added new variable in player_options.txt to allow for adjustment of overworld ship speed to offset scaling adjustment. Adjusted all ship effects to match overworld scaling of ships. Adjusted camera limits for overworld ship scaling. This helps to maintain the sensitivity feel of the camera functionality when ship is scaled small. * New Sandbox Launcher / Generation. I have setup a new sandbox launcher panel that will allow you to easily modify, and or create game modes, difficulties, and settings. - Gamemode are now selectable from main sandbox launcher panel. - Added new transition from sandbox gamemode into the sandbox settings, to allow for adjustedment to loaded gamemode before launching generator. - Added new background images for sandbox generation screen. No longer pulling from screenshot folder. - High res wallpaper backgrounds for sandbox generator now located in MOD/sandbox/backgrounds folder. (nice DT wallpaper too!) - Added new system to allow for difficulty settings for each of the 4 active gamemodes. - Added new visual galaxy as the sandbox generator creates the universe. - Adjusted galaxy layout and sector branching during sandbox generation. - Adjusted sector lighting and coloration for sector generation. - Fixed UI scaling and layout of sandbox panels when using ultrawide monitor resolutions. - All gamemodes, gamemode images and text are now exposed for modding. - Gamemode difficulty settings are also exposed for modding and can be found in the MOD/sandbox folder. - Sandbox generation code has been tweaked and adjusted for better early sector creation. - Adjusted how raider are distributed in the sandbox HSE gamemode.

Merry Christmas everyone. I hope you all have a safe and happy holiday. See ya in 2024! Build 0.0144 - Fixed bad mouse over UI on Journal main menu buttons. - Fixed bad mouse over UI on fabricator and refinery buttons in station panel. - Fixed bad mouse over UI on station mission panel. - Fixed bad wormhole warpgate model not properly showing correct model and animation. - Fixed bad path to MOD folder when saving changes to the sector map using the map editor. - Fixed bug where Merc would not follow thru the warpgate when Warp FX animations are disabled. - Fixed bad path to MOD folder on station services panel when assigning station services under alternate MOD folder. - Fixed Delivery mission bug preventing proper generation of delivery missions on the station Missions panel. - Fixed a number of typos here and there. - Fixed bug causing warp drive module to throw errors when no exit gate it available. - Adjusted station panel button mouse over graphics to match for consistency across all station panels and sub panels. - Adjusted remote market prices to reflect recent event updates to market items prior to docking at remote location. - Adjusted general tooltip to allow for multi-line and colors. - Adjusted functionality and UI layout of the Map Editor. Now matches the Skybox Editor. - Adjusted Pilot panel to remember last viewed tab instead of resetting to skills view when re-opening the Pilot panel. - Adjusted drone engagement to preform a check of the target type before sending the drone. If target type mismatch, done will remain at ship. - Adjusted the loot drop formula to prevent higher level ships from dropping lower tier loot from the raiders loot table. - Added autoscale UI for steamdeck resolution. Loading new player will auto adjust the UI so all panels are visible. - Added sell pricing information to the remote prices panel on the markets. - Added tooltip to GPS quick link on the remote prices panel on the station markets. - Added ability to enter values using keyboard into the Alt-Drag popup box when transferring items. - Added (Move all to Storage) button onto the fabricator panel next to the (Move all to Ship) button. - Added button to mission display panel that will open the pilot mission panel showing active missions. - AUDIO STUFF - Adjusted all 3d audio settings for every module object in the game. - Adjusted all 3d audio settings for every prop object in game. - Adjusted all 3d audio settings for every fx object in game. ( Thank God that is over with!) - Added new slider for station ambience volume control under Audio Options. All station sound effects have been moved to this new audio channel. - Added new slider for communications chatter volume control under Audio Options. - Added new audio for mouse clicks and mouseover on all station panels. New mouse over audio for all Market panel buttons, and market overview buttons. New mouse over audio for all Market Buy and Sell panel buttons. New mouse over audio for all buttons on the station Garage panel. Garage module overview and extra garage options. - Added missing audio for mouse clicks and mouseover on station Shipyard and shipyard subpanels. - Added missing mouseover tooltips and audio onto the Refinery and Lounge station panels. - Added missing audio mouseovers to all items on the station Mission panel. - Added missing audio for mouse clicks and mouseover on Lounge and Market panel. - Added missing audio for mouse clicks and mouseover on Station Storage panel and sub panels. - Added audio to mouseovers to office list items on station Office panel and station Services panel. - Added audio to mouseovers to NPC Dialog panel. - Added tooltips and audio on the specialty buttons for free floating NPC Dialog box. - Added new ambient audio system for all stations. new system takes over 2 unique ambient sounds and sprinkles them into the background. How busy the station is will affect how often these audio samples are added to the station atmosphere. - Added new audio for station trams, utility ships, personal vehicles. - Added the ability to collapse and expand drone groups and categories on the Fleet Command panel. - Added ability to expand collapsed drone group by clicking header. This will not select all drones from that group, but expand the group. - Added dynamic audio samples for all Projectile impact explosions. - Added dynamic audio samples for all Missile impact explosions. - Added dynamic audio samples for all Laser impact explosions. - Added dynamic audio samples for all Beam impact explosions. - Added dynamic audio explosions for Crates. - Added audio for warp drive module, and fuel requirement notification. - Added new dynamic audio system for all warpgates. New sounds for warpgate charging, launch, transit, exiting and aborting. New audio system uses warpgate charging timer to adjust pitch of the charging sound effect. New system uses warpgate transit timer to adjust pitch of the transit sound effect when exiting the warp. 6 New warpgate charging sound effects for each of the 6 main factions. 6 New warpgate transit sound effects for each of the 6 main factions. - Added new sound effects for Buy Ship, hire Merc, Train Skill, Buy Entertainment. - Added new sound effect for Merc payroll deductions. - Added ship AI vocal warnings for low energy, life support, shield and armor. These are timed in sequence as not to overlap each other. - Added ship AI vocal triggers for toggles of, Auto dock, Auto warp, Auto scan, Auto target and orbit. - Added ship ai vocal triggers for Missions. Objective complete, Accepted, Aborted, and Expired. - Added ship AI vocal triggers for Mercs. Hire, Retire, Standby, Killed and Abandoned fleet. - Added ship AI vocal warnings for Mercs. Low hull, needs repair, and gained a level.

Devlog 107 covers the new additions of the Drone grouping panel and the Quickbar. The new drone grouping system will allow you to select all drones of a given type. This makes for easy access to the drones you want without the use of drone groups. If you decide to create a drone group, Drones from the group will no longer be displayed under their respective category, but under a new group header instead. I have also made a number of changes to the drone code and how they are handled when docking and undocking. The new Quickbar (or bottom bar) can now be modified using the new Quickbar Options panel. This panel will allow you to select what buttons will be displayed on the Quickbar. The new addition of the spacer button will allow you to visually group buttons together making them easier to access. All 6 of the main factions have received updates to the warpgate models. The warp animations an alignments have also been reworked a bit. A lot of time was spent tweaking the UI to prevent unwanted actions when dragging items around the UI as well as clicking through UI panels to the objects displayed behind them. There is now a standardized tooltip system that has been implemented making it easier to read the tooltips. Nearly all the panels with the old tooltip code have been replaced with the new system. There were also a number of panels themselves that required updating to better match the layout of the other UI panels. I added a few new progress meters to the station mercs overview panel. These progress bars give you a visual presentation of your current faction rating and the required rating. The mission panel will also show some new progress meters representing the Qualification level of your pilot. This level controls what level of missions are available to you at the stations. The bottom meter show the current progress towards the next qualification level. The next update will focus on the audio additions and responsive command stuff for the mercs and npc ships. This fall will focus on the sandbox revamp and the character creation in both the sandbox and the campaign. Build 0.0143 - Fixed gps link button on mission panel. Was not properly aligned when dragging and resizing the missions panel. - Fixed text in mission database for raider kill missions. Removed the double (Raiders raiders) in the mission descriptions. - Fixed issue with npc and law enforcement kill off mission raiders before the pilot can reach the targets causing mission complete without firing a shot. - Fixed bug while activating warp and attempting to dock at a station while warpgate is charging. - Fixed bug while attempting to dock at a structure while active warpgate is charging. - Fixed bug on stats panel that prevented clicking area to the right of SHIP STATS title text. This area will now toggle the STATS panel properly. - Fixed bug with sandbox harvest ratio parameter. No longer will low sandbox harvest ratio values prevent harvest missions from being completed. - Fixed bug with sandbox starting cargo script. Cargo will now be properly placed in the starting ship when generating a new sandbox game. - Fixed text display on cargo item when dragging items to ship cargo or ship storage panel. - Fixed text overflow on mission logs for Expired missions and Aborted missions. The text will now be cut to 25 characters on the mission log display. - Fixed input field on Comms box in station Offices to prevent triggering of hotkeys when entering data. - Fixed bug preventing double click on tactical objects allowing the autopilot to engage properly. Bad overlapping hitboxes between tactical and targeting hud objects. - Fixed bug blocking merc from sending dock command from right click command box on fleet panel. Merc will now dock properly when command is sent. - Fixed bug in pilot panel causing null reference to the remote merc indicator. - Fixed death panel bug not resetting the panels properly after clicking continue after death when open merc panel is being closed. - Fixed right click radial menu to respond to alternate right click set via keybindings. - Fixed right click radial menu bug that allowed for right clicking objects thru the UI and opening the radial menu. - Fixed and adjusted layout and drag code for bookmark panel. - Adjusted fleet command panel to remember the current view (Fleet / Drones) when docking and undocking. No longer will it refresh the Fleet mercs list if drone list was open when docking. - Adjusted ship position when leaving warp mode to align the ship and exit trajectory with the exiting gate. - Adjusted NPC damage modifiers for mission NPCs interacting with regular local NPCs. Locals will no longer wipe your mission targets for you. - Adjusted layout on life support panel to prevent text overflow for sector data when using a high UI scale factor. - Adjusted code and UI elements for radial right click menus on all intractable map objects. - Adjusted and removed old command that may be causing issues with corrupted font in search input fields. - Adjusted mission level unlock formula to ease the introduction of more difficult missions when progressing thru mission levels. - Adjusted code that controls the harvest_ratio when harvesting mission generated resources. This only affected sandbox games with adjustments to the harvest ratio. - Adjusted warpgate map code to allow for warpgate faction parameter to adjust default faction for the gate when generated. Now overrides sector faction ID when gate Faction ID is present. - Adjusted player ship warpgate alignment during pre-warp activation sequence. - Adjusted faction database colors, mainly the Alpha, Civil, and Science as well as Labor, Excavators, and Contractors. - Adjusted skill effect values in the skill database. - Adjusted mission panel in stations to display mission qualification levels and their progress. - Adjusted how the mission levels are calculated when generating missions for your pilot. - Adjusted Active scanner panel layout. - Adjusted the garage live data to match the numeric format of the ship details panel live data. No longer does the rounding of numbers cause differences in the numbers displayed. - Added new drone category headers to the active drone list. Click these headers to select on drones of that type. - Added new warpgate models for all 6 main factions. - Added new warpgate animated light runway effect for static and active warpgates. - Added new warp tunnel that uses lighting colors of the sectors to generate the warp tunnel. - Added new range indicator onto the module HUD component. This indicator will show red when the module is out of range, and green when the module is in range. - Added new display option for the Stats Panel. You can now switch between actual ship values or percentages. - Added new tactical sensors panel layout to match other UI panels. - Added new standardized tooltip for the general UI buttons. This new tooltip will replace existing panel tooltip text. (This will take time to get them all). Replaced tooltips system for Ship Stats panel replacing old panel specific tooltips. Replaced tooltips system for Active Missions panel replacing old panel specific tooltips. Replaced tooltips for Cargo panel and Storage view, replacing old tooltips. Replaced tooltips for the System Nav panel. Replaced tooltips for the Autopilot panel. Replaced tooltips for the Targeting panel. Replaced tooltips for the Fleet Command panel. Replaced tooltips for the Drone Command panel. Replaced tooltips for the NPC command panel. Replaced tooltips for the NPC cargo panel. Replaced tooltips for the Bottom slide-in QuickBar menu. Replaced tooltips for the tactical sensors filter icons menu. Replaced tooltips for quickbar icons menu. - Added tooltip text to all Radial right click menus for all interactable map objects. - Added new QUICKBAR system that replaced old static bottom bar. - Added QUICKBAR settings panel that allows you to adjust and modify the QUICKBAR buttons. - Added QUICKBAR save data into the player_data.txt file format. Old saves will not have this parameter, and will not save your quickbar settings. (it can be added manually) - Added ability to open right click radial menus on tactical icons in tactical mode, as well as targeted items on the HUD. No longer are you forced to click the actual 3d object to open the right click menu. - Added new icons for all mission types. The new icons are less cluttered and easier to identify with eeach mission type. - Added new help page for the quickbar and linked the help button on the quickbar to the new page. - Added player ship icon to tactical sensors (not for override mode). Your ship will now show up on tactical sensors making it easier to see your location when camera is focus on other sector objects. - Added module mouse over details to the ship details panel. Now will display live data like the garage. Build 0.0142 - Fixed sort order bug caused by null target data when sorting targeting panel list. - Fixed issue with sector map loading of npc faction id. sector map now references actual faction id and not array element id (id-1). - Fixed bug when changing sort order of the mission list at the station. No longer will the filter be replaced with mission code title, will now display properly. - Fixed pricing bug when selling multiple types of special items in the multi-sell window. Special items will now sell at their baseprice instead of zero. - Fixed bug when mission title is less than 25 characters causing a soft error on substring length. - Fixed alignment text bug on all log display areas. No longer is the left size cut off when sized to various UI scales. - Fixed issue with faction tax, base tax and discount on market mouse over not showing proper values after 141 update. - Fixed alignment issue with module mouse over panel header bar allowing for background to show through the gap. - Fixed bug where text on cargo icons still show when option is set to remove text when first loading the player save file. - Fixed alignment issues with text cut-off on mission contract list item in the station mission panel. - Adjusted market pricing system for better balancing of pricing from the market events generator. - Adjusted Skybox nebula cloud rotation to accept x,y,z parameters instead of a single Z axis rotation value. Both types on sector maps are supported. - Adjusted Skybox editor to handle new x,y,z parameters allowing for better nebula rotation. Replaced the slicer with Input text field with validation. - Adjusted skybox generator to use new nebula rotation system when generating sectors for the sandbox. - Adjusted mission database titles for all kill raider missions. This will allow the code to determine proper text for singular or plural number of raiders. - Adjusted a number of (s) tags in the missions database to allow for the code to handle quantity and other text formatting for mission titles and descriptions. - Adjusted the mission database text for all recover missions. Now shows quantity and name of items to recover. - Adjusted fog particle system for station interiors to better optimize. - Adjusted market code for supply and demand items to limit quantities based on class and type of item. This prevents run away quantities for valuable items. - Added new Help panel that is accessible from a number of other panels. This panel will display help information about various elements of the game. I hope to build out this Help panel to make it the goto place for all Astrox Imperium data. Obviously this will take some time, so if you would like to assist, head over to Astrox Discord. - Added code for new HELP browser panel that will parse and display plain text files using a basic html style formatting for displaying images, text and buttons in the help browser. These help files are located in the MOD / documents / help folder. With images stored in the / images folder. The help panel itself has a file to explain the html syle formatting that is used to style the information. - Added markup language to the help panel for Text, Images, And Buttons. - Added markup language to the help panel for horizontal table alignments, allowing for content to be displayed in columns. - Added markup language to allow INCLUDED files within the help pages using the tag. This can be used for headers and footers on the page. - Added new planet 3d mesh to replace the old chunky one. Planets now have a smoother surface when scaled. - Added default button that will launch the help menu from the options panel home page. - Added new data into the save game format to save all adjustments to the tactical sensors. New games will retain the options you have selected between saves. - Added new data to the save file that will retain all optional settings for the ship cargo panel. Filter, sort, order by and icon size. - Added new data to the save game file that will retain the sorting options for the targeting panel. sort by and order by. - Added new data to the save game file that will retain the sorting options for the Market panel in the station. Filter, sort , order by and items per page count. - Added new data to the save game file that will retain the sorting options for the University panel in the station. Filter, sort , order by and items per page count. - Added new data to the save game file that will retain the sorting options for the Mission panel in the station. Filter, sort , order by and items per page count. - Added faction coloring to the pilot panel Factions tab. - Added color formatting to the pilot mission panel. Important target information, and locations are marked accordingly. - Added color formatting to the station mission panel. The main list as well as the mission overview panel now have coloring to indicate target information and location. - Added color formatting to the pilot panel missions tab. The format follows that of the mission panel and station mission directory. - Added new GPS button to the Mission HUD panel. If the mission is Incomplete, the GPS button will activate your GPS and take you to the target location. If the mission is complete, the GPS button will take you to the return location if the mission requires one. - Added new icon size mode tot eh cargo panel that allows for largest icon with no text label. This mode shows only icon and quantity. - Added new ship parameter that will prevent the events system from propagating the ship throughout the save game universe. (SHIP_prototype;True) will block the ship from the events generator. - Added SHIP_prototype stat to the ship stats panel in the ship editor. The default is set to False, and will only effect ship files that have the SHIP_prototype parameter. This winter will be the quest update along with the new campaign map.

Build 0.0141a * Hotfix for bad dock with structure button. - Fixed bad background image on quantity slider for drag and drop cargo. - Fixed sandbox station generator lounge display counter and randomized chance for spawning lounge in station. - Fixed raycast target area for merc fleet list command panel for individual mercs. - Fixed issue with basic combat tutorial drone getting killed by other NPC pilots in Void Starcross. - Fixed issue with basic combat tutorial drone using crate_drope_chance option instead of forcing crate drop when killed. - Fixed bug preventing proper calculation of jump distance bonus for missions. - Fixed galaxy map camera drag on UI bug. Resizing or dragging UI elements on galaxy map will no longer pick up map when dragging quickly outside of UI area. - Fixed mouse over glitch on market history tooltip. - Fixed a few spelling errors and typos. - Fixed bug with sorting by distance and damage on targeting panel. Now will auto sort properly in ascending or descending order. - Fixed ship editor bug when saving edited ship data inserting duplicates of ship scan and skill level stats at the end of the file. - Adjusted auto targeting system to pull target from sorted list on targeting panel. - Adjusted sandbox station generator to always activate station offices. (Allows other services to be unlocked). - Adjusted merc command panel to prevent mercs from changing autotask commands when remote. This will prompt a notification. - Adjusted mission quest scripting to allow for quest missions without a free mission slot available. - Adjusted merc cargo panel to autoclose on mercs that are no longer in the sector. This will prompt a notification. - Adjusted calculations for mission payments based on number of jumps ,current player level, explored status. - Adjusted market log values to show a 2 decimal point value instead of rounding to whole number if price is under 100 and 1 decimal point value if under 1000. - Adjusted market log values to show no decimal value if price is over 1000 with a comma currency format. - Adjusted camera code for the addition of camera dampening on mouse drag for main camera and map camera. - Adjusted the inspect icon for warpgates. The icon now shows a Buy Key icon instead of the default inspect icon. - Adjusted market default list ALL to exclude the Buy Orders and Sell Orders. These are now only listed when filtered for them. - Adjusted and revamped the galaxy map filter layout. Now takes up less space. Added new system for galaxy map search. - Adjusted default values of the newplayer_options.txt file to balance out change made to the code. Baseline default values for many options are now at 1.0 - Added new sandbox color palette system that uses image tiles to select color values from a palette when generating sector skyboxes. - Added new sandbox color_palettes folder to the MOD/sandbox/ folder that players can add or adjust colors for their sandbox games. - Added small ship alignment shift to the warpgate when charging for warp. - Added merc autotask state to the save game routine. Mercs will now remember what they were doing on reload if autotask was enabled. - Added slider for Camera drift dampening to the options panel. This option will remove the drift of the camera when released from a rotation drag. - Added ability for mercs to now be left behind in a sector while they are on autotask. - Added ability to sort market items by discount is ascending and descending order. - Added color indicator on fleet panel for mercs that are not in current sector. - Added color indicator on NP overview panel, and station fleet panel to show when a merc is remote. - Added new right click option to galaxy map sectors. This will display a list of all stations in that sector. Ones marked in grey indicate a non-visited station. Clicking these will set your GPS there. - Added new GPS search panel to the Galaxy Map Filter. This panel is draggable and resizable. You can search as before with a few new button for full lists of all explored sectors, visited stations, and active bookmarks. - Added filter dropdown to GPS search panel for Sectors, Stations, Bookmarks and All. - Added sort dropdown to GPS search panel for Name, location, and type. Ascending and Descending order. - Added ability for GPS search panel to remain open when not view galaxy map. - Added new ship file format to the modtools ship editor. Special thanx to (DragonSlayer). - Added new icons to replace all 10 level of salvage in the items database. Special thanx to (DragonSlayer). - Added new ship textures to replace all old one in the MOD/ship_parts/textures/. Special thanx to (DragonSlayer). - Added new market panel for remote market prices. This panel will allow you to see where an item can be found from a list of stations in explored sectors. If the station market has been visited, then the prices will update for those remote market entries. Data will remain accurate for some time, but game events may change quantities and prices unexpectedly prior to docking, especially in high traffic sectors with a good economy stat. The list of stations will provide you a quick GPS link, as well as the Price (if known), the number of Jumps from your current location, the Quantity, and Discount. - Added the ability to sort the remote market prices by Station name, Sector name, Qty, Price, Jumps and Discount. - Added new system for market events that adjust the quantity of market item available. These are now separated by class , type and subclass to help markets maintain reasonable numbers for each category. An example of this, Ammo will fluctuate in higher numbers where items like documents and special usable items will not be stocked in large numbers. This will reduce the exploiting of market quantities, and may take some time for the game to balance out existing saves in progress. Markets that currently have large quantities due to player interaction, or event generation will slowly adjust over time as you play and balance down to their max limits via the event system.

This update introduces the Quest system that ties together missions for storyline advancement. I have also made a number of changes to various game panels that now allow for sorting info in ascending and descending order. I have added new info to kill pilot and kill recover missions that now show the target faction, and the current rating for that target faction in addition to the benefactor faction. Build 0.0140 - Fixed structure effect range on warpgate generator. - Fixed station services images to load correctly with new MOD folder access. - Fixed bug with drone registering a null reference when docked at station and managing drones. - Fixed MOD folder path bug for the pilot journal when using the active scanner module. - Fixed engine scaling issue in ship editor and in game. Engine effects now properly scale with the engine mesh. - Fixed mouseover hotspot on scripting editor main buttons rollover highlights. - Fixed missing texture from bad MOD image on bookmark editing screen on the Journal panel. - Fixed spelling on warpgate activation notification. - Adjusted spacing layout for Journal panel and Pilot panel main horizontal navigation buttons. - Adjusted market base calculation values for supply and demand items. - Adjusted Modtools Menu layout. - Adjusted radial menu for ship hud to close on right click as well as the standard left click. - Adjusted title screen background panel for better clarity of text and font contrast. - Adjusted university skills list layout for better clarity on current skill level, what level is being trained, and how long left to train. - Adjusted station interior layouts on stations interiors B and C. - Adjusted Scripting Editor list item blocks. Now shows block labels much larger for custom identification. - Adjusted a number of engine textures and particle effects for afterburners. - Adjusted missions overview tab on the Pilot Panel to include new layout data for quest missions. - Adjusted the way missions choose targeted factions for scan, kill, and kill recover missions. These now align with faction chart. - Added Ascending and Descending sorting for Ship Cargo panel. (Order by Name, Class, Level, Price, Qty) - Added Ascending and Descending sorting for Ship Targeting panel. (Order by Name, Distance, Damage, Type, Level, Time Stamp) _ Added Ascending and Descending sorting for the Pilot panel Skills tab. (Order by Name, Type, Class and Level of training) - Added Ascending and Descending sorting for Market panel. - Added Ascending and Descending sorting for Mission panel. - Added Ascending and Descending sorting for Storage panel. - Added Ascending and Descending sorting for University panel. - Added new improved lighting to replace old placeholder volumetric lights for station interiors. - Added improved station traffic particle effect systems. (Can be disabled in options). - Added mousewheel zoom in and out for scripting panel in Modtools. - Added new display info for the faction penalty when viewing Kill, Kill recover missions. - Added Ascending and Descending sorting for Journal panel scan files. Sort by Name, Sector and Timestamp. This took an entire rework of the code that handles how the journal files are loaded. Journal files are now preloaded into a list that can be sorted prior to displaying the information. The old timestamp list is now one of the options, but is no longer default. - Added new Quest mechanic. The new quest mechanic allows missions to be chained together as a whole. There is no limit to the number of missions that can be connected to form a quest. Each mission of the quest will still retain all the functionality as normal generated missions. Credits, bonuses and special items can all be received as rewards. Completing all missions of a quest can trigger dialog events, scripting events as well as general completion rewards. Quest missions will show up in the mission box just like the other mission do. They will have a special orange label showing how far you have progressed thru the quest mission. - Added Asty's intro quest. 1 single recovery mission - Added Asty's Trial quest. 3 various supply run missions.

Build 0.0139b * Fixed broken ship path file allowing players to sell there active ship bricking their save game. (easy fix on forums) - Fixed market station exploit to prevent stations from buying items for more than they sell them. (Regardless of skills and market values) - Fixed bad image for locker after 138 moved the MOD folder from the assets. - Adjusted cloaking skills and calculations for energy recharge after cloak field has dissipated. - Adjusted cloak module mechanic. You must now have an active cloak module to maintain the cloaked field. Turning off the module will dissolve the cloak field regardless of how much power it has stored. This will allow you to disabled the cloak to regain the ability for the ship to recharge its energy. - Adjusted cloak field mechanic. When using more than one cloak field generator, once the cloak field is established, turning off one of the cloak modules will collapse the field until the second active module can spawn a new one. - Adjusted the naming of the Active Shield modules, from booster to re-charger to help avoid confusion with passive modules of the same name. - Adjusted mining and salvage drones AI to check if the parent ship has cargo space to continue operations. If not, they will return to the parent ship but remain active on their task. Clearing cargo will send them back to work.

Build 0.0139 - Fixed auto-targeting bug with new drone commands. - Fixed market exploit involving maxed skills and faction standing. - Fixed all render textures for Shipyard camera, Garage camera, and Ship Details camera. No more stretching on odd aspect ratio monitors. - Fixed pilot panel overlay anchor position when using resolutions with height greater than 2400. - Fixed tactical turret overlay when uninstalling one module when having another selected. - Fixed bug when clicking arrow to cycle merc on offices manager panel in station. - Adjusted mass reduction modules in items database. - Adjusted mass ,scan, and engine burn modifiers to provide bonus reduction to the current value, instead of the base value. - Adjusted market skills , their stats and bonuses. - Adjusted mouse scroll speed on resolution dropdown menu in title screen options. - Adjusted the way that merc ships filepath data is stored in the player_data.txt file. absolute and relative paths now work. - Adjusted the drone pathfinding code to help prevent drones from getting stuck on larger objects like stations and rocks. It is by no means perfect, but it should prevent your drones from getting stuck on big objects most of the time. - Added drop down for ship editor to allow sorting of ship classes as well as type. You can use both in combination to filter only a particular class within a selected type. - Added new mod_config.txt file. This file sits outside of the default MOD folder and contains the path to the MOD folder the game will use. This is still being tested, so if you run into any issues, please report. You will find a copy of this file inside the default MOD folder. Just move it up a folder to Astrox_Imperium_data to activate. - Added new title screen menu with animated background and props. This new centered version should function better with larger resolutions and other odd display sizes. - Added new system for scaling the windows on resolutions larger than 2k. The new system will now adjust the width of each panel window based on the overall width of the display. This will keep things focused more in the center of the screen, but allow for some scaling room. The way that the UI scaling in options will adjust these panels will allow for more control over how the UI is displayed across all display resolutions. * Removed a large chunk of unused assets from the build repositories associated with the project. This should decrease some of the required resources when launching the game. This may however increase some of the 'first time loaded' screens. i will be monitoring this on the forums and discord channels for any issues that may popup. Hopefully this will improve the overall stability of the game once I get the kinks worked out. Bare with me, I will hotfix any major issues within hours.

Devlog 104 covers a few new additions and a number of tweaks over this past month. I hope you enjoy it over this holiday season. I have added a new mechanic to the targeting panel. It will allow you to instantly re-target your active modules to any active target on the list. When you mouse over an active target on the targeting panel. 2 small icons will appear. These will give you a bit more control in combat,making it easier to assign modules to a target. Drones got some love this update. Drones now have stances. This will control how the drone behaves. These work in a very similar way to the Merc tactical stances. There are 3 modes, Defensive, Neutral, and Aggressive. The Defensive mode will cause the drone to remain in orbit of your ship, while working their target. The drone must be in range of the target to complete it's duty, otherwise it will just hang out until your ship is close enough for the drone to engage. The Neutral stance functions much as drones used to... with one major difference. They will remain within their range. As they break the range barrier (on their way to the target) they will return towards your ship until they are in range again. They will hold this pattern an not extend their range outside of the drone base range. The Aggressive stance is almost identical to how drones worked before. They will charge at the target, and do what they do regardless of range. This allows for a few new ways to play with drones. I had fun testing them. I hope you do too. I also fixed a number of little annoying bugs. The merc crate bug. Merc cargo panel bug along with a handful of other. I didn't make a number of tweaks to a variety of 'game knobs' that control the progression on the campaign map. Big changes coming on that front. Stay tuned for a special video coming soon, and then perhaps a new devlog at the end of this month / year. Build 0.0138 - Fixed part scaling issue with loaded ship on the hangar market. - Fixed text overflow on active target items and prescan items on targeting panel with long names. - Fixed issue wih drone dock distance being set lower than the drone orbit distance, prevent drone docing on larger ships. - Fixed NPC Merc Overview panel buttons for autotask not showing proper mouseover when over the icon image of the autotask button. - Fixed NPC Merc cargo panel capacity bug when first opening a new mercs cargo panel for the first time. Now shows proper capacity. - Fixed NPC crate collect autotask spamming the notifications when the Merc cannot remove oversized cargo from the crate. - Fixed UI panel showing on top bar when using larger than average resolutions. - Fixed a number of spelling error on the drone tutorial script, and a small tweak to the combat basics tutorial. - Fixed bug where 3d tool widget would show after using whip editor then loading the structure editor. - Fixed scripting file spelling error on missions_debt_collection.txt and one on the missions file. - Fixed bug allowing for merc cargo panel to remain visible after assigning the merc to a service position at the station. - Adjusted NPC merc crate collect autotask. AI now will check the crate for any items it may be able to fit before returning to ship. - Adjusted the descriptions , base level and skills point rewards for all collection missions. - Adjusted the way passive modules bonuses are stacked up when applied to each ship stat bonus. - Adjusted target sorting code on the targeting panel. - Adjusted drone stats for all salvage drones, leech and burglar drones. - Adjusted stats of a number of passive resistance modules in the items database. - Adjusted all base sizes of the life support items in the database. - Adjusted NPC base crate item drop chance when checking for loot drops when NPC ship explodes. - Adjusted a number of default world options for better balance when starting a new campaign save. - Adjusted a few UI elements on the targeting panel list items with raycasting issues preventing proper mouse clicks on active targets. - Adjusted UI scale slider to allow for larger settings when using 4k or higher resolutions. - Adjusted mining and salvaging drone stats. - Adjusted UI elements on hotkeys options panel. Removed (left alt W S pitch controls). - Added new sort drop down filter for the targeting panel to replace the sorting cycle button. - Added new dropdown options for autopilot panel. Orbit distance has dropdown (And manual entry). - Added dropdown menus for orbit angle and orbit speed. (no manual entry). - Added dropdown filter for sorting cargo panel inventory. - Added filters for Trade Good, Document, and Usable to the cargo filter dropdown options. - Added new mouse over info onto targeting panel list items for all Stations, Structures, Warpgates, Crates and Ships. - Added (All Modules to Target) on targeting panel list. You can now set all active module to a target without changing your ship's target. - Added (Travel to) button on targeting panel. You can now set autopilot target without changing your ship's target. - Added new ship directional pie plate to the ship editor in ModTools. - Added a toggle for direction pie plate on ship editor bottom panel. - Added new ui layout to bottom right panel of ship editor. Controls for camera views, zoom. - Added new Controls in ship editor for lighting and engine effects. Toggles for both of these have been added to the new Ship Editor Options panel. - Added color hightlight to the parts selection panel. Select parts now hightlight the button green. - Added new save image option to the ship image preview. No longer will the image be replaced instantly, confirmation is required. - Added drop down sorting for the Ship editor types on the Load Ship panel. This has replaced the old button list. - Added new camera control system to the ship. now matches setup of garage, main space and ship details window. - Added new pie plate to the Garage, Ship Details and Ship yard ship cameras. Each can be toggled off. - Added ability to use skillbooks when docked at a station. - Added drone tactical stance system. Allows for control over how the drone behaves when active. . Defensive stance will keep the drone in orbit around the parent ship, only performing it's action when target is within drone range. . Aggressive stance will cause the drone to head out after the target, and continue to do so even if the drone goes out of range. . Neutral stance will let the drone move around freely within drone range, but will not stray out of range to chase a target. - Added drone tactical stance cycle button to the drone icon on the Drones Command Panel. - Added new beam effects for ranged mining, salvaging and combat drones. - Added garage camera focus on active modules when managing ship upgrages in station garage.

Devlog 103 covers builds 136 and 137. The biggest addition in 137 is the new Life Support System. Life support items will now drain, giving them limited usage and requiring you to purchase new Life Support items as you progress deeper into more dangerous environments. Once a Life Support item is installed, and the item begins to drain, you will not be able to un-install the item without losing the remain life the item had. If the item has not been used at all, it can be removed from the LS panel back into the cargo bay. I have also added the ability to search your pilot journal for ships. This will allow you to locate a ship from any station you have visited, and then set your GPS like you would with items and skills. A number of players were asking about the ability to change the parameters of player owned stations. This has been added in 137. You can now access a new panel under Offices called, Owner Admin. This new owner admin panel will allow you to change the name , owner, faction, station type, interior color and dock fee. Once these changes are saved and the sector is reloaded, the station will reflect these changes. (I will be adjusting this in the future after testing). 136 features the new ability to scale the parts of the ships. This will allow you more flexibility and freedom over your ship designs. You can also scale the module slots, and this will in turn scale the module attached to that slot. I think this build puts me where I want to be moving forward with story line content. As long as nothing major crops up, it is go time on the story line updates :) Build 0.0137 - Adjusted the way that drones recharge when ship docks at the station. No longer instant max recharge. - Adjusted station garage UI placement of Active and Passive Modules. - Adjusted the color picker graphic image used for color selection on skybox editor. - Adjusted the galaxy map skybox background exposure. - Fixed bug with tactical GUI overlay objects returning null reference error when tactical object is destroyed while clicking. - Fixed drone dock energy recharge bug when drone is not in orbit of ship when docking at station. - Fixed bug that allowed you to accept NPC missions from structures even when you do not have the available mission slots. - Fixed double fade bug when first entering biomate from the welcome center. - Fixed bug with dock fee slider on sandbox creation panel not adjusting the dock fee rates for generated stations. - Fixed typo in station entertainment file. - Fixed start ship bug with module ammo indicators on pre installed energy weapons. - Fixed bug with news events clearing and showing white box on the station lounge panel. - Fixed bug where right click object UI radial menu shows when camera is rotated 180 degrees from the right click original position. - Fixed hardcoded typo on market mouseover panel for contruction platform special description. - Fixed Left Control keybinding option to apply when selecting or deselcting mercs on the fleet panel. - Fixed a number of mouse over issues on the ship editor. Unity 2022.1.12f1 made some changes to the way raycasting UI is set by default. - Fixed mouse over issues on the structure editor in mod tools due to unity update in 136. - Fixed typo on New journal note textfield when creating a new journal note. - Added ablility to search for ships in the journal panel. - Added new galaxy map lines and gps indicators. - Added overlay CRT style screen to the NPC dialog box when communicating. - Added new tactical turret overlay to the station garage. Now shows elevation and scaled range indicator. - Added notification reminder message on KILL_PILOT mission popup menu with instructions about friendly fire on non-raider ships. - Added notification reminder on KILL_RECOVER mission popup menu with instructions about friendly fire on non-raider ships. - Added new UI panel to Station Offices tab (Owner Admin) to allow for station owners to customize station. - Added access ability for station owners to view new OWNER button for station they own. - Added ability to set Name, Owner, Type, Color, Material, Faction, Main image, and Dock fee for stations you own. - Added new color picker to Owner Admin panel on Station Offices. - Added input validation on station panel to help minimize bad input data during station saves. - Added new station file boolean parameter for player_owned when player owned stations are created. - Added new life support system that now depletes life support items when life support activates. - Added checks for old life support data on ships to insert new charge values for ship data files. - Added new system that prevents life support items from being removed without discarding the remaining charges. - Added new check to remove used life support items when selling a ship with LS items installed. - Added new data parameter (sector_name) to all structure data files. - Added (sector_name) parameter added to the structure creation and save routines. (NOT added to already existing save game structures.) - Added player owned structure cargo to the Assets tab on the Pilot panel. - Added new color picker widget to the custom ship options panel in the station garage. - Added new layout for Life Support panel to support better scaling at larger resolutions. - Added new tool tip mouse over for installed items on the Life Support panel. 0.0136b * Hotfix for bad structure data load when docking at generated mission structures. * Hotfix for ship scaled parts data format. - Upgrade project to Unity 2022.1.12f1 - Updated space fog shader for 2022.1.12f1 - Fixed bug with farming structure lockerboxes not having unique ids and causing game crash. - Fixed refresh rate bug on main title screen no showing proper refresh rate when selected from dropdown. - Fixed insurance deposit bug for missions when player credits are below 0. - Fixed bench collider bug causing player to fall through floor of structure when trying to climb bench corner. - Fixed bug on market when selling upgrade documents, causing error with UI drag item icon. - Fixed item 2037 baseprice. Electromagnetic Emitter. - Fixed bug on community farm scripting file not delivering the correct food item when purchasing surf and turf. - Fixed old spec images stored in steamworks sdk content build folder. - Fixed bug allowing raiders to appear during warp sequence while traveling to another sector. - Fixed a few spelling errors in the missions_database.txt file. - Fixed a few spelling errors in the items_database.txt file. - Fixed a spelling error on warpgate KEY notification text. - Fixed a description label for construction platform in the item_specs.txt file. - Fixed missing data on SHIP_faction_id BCA-1 ship file. - Fixed shipyard bug when attempting to load ship with bad filename. - Fixed bug that occurs when ship formation leader is not available when formation is refreshed. - Fixed bug when deactivating or retiring a merc while their cargo bay is opened. - Fixed number of descriptions and spelling errors on the warpgate, medical, and habitat structure files. - Fixed market price refresh bug when buying demand items from the station market. - Fixed layout bug with lounge entertainment text overlapping other text. - Fixed bug with target list item allowing for click target code to run after target has been destroyed. - Fixed error caused by station bots when swapping ships in the station hangar. - Fixed bug where Journal, Ship Details and Ship Life Support windows didn't function properly with the ESC key to close panel. - Fixed a number of AABB errors that were revealed when upgrading the unity project. - Adjusted layout on crate panel so that the transfer all and scuttle buttons are not close to each other. - Adjusted mission generator to abort when encountering bad sector files or corrupted sector data. - Adjusted mission generator to catch errors within sector map before generating there. - Adjusted base ore prices for raw ore for better balancing with ore size. - Adjusted base damage harvest values for all active mining modules. - Adjusted Skybox toggle to ignore base color and starlight. Turning off Skybox will only remove bg clouds. - Adjusted the way new unique structure files are created and loaded when docking at structures. - Adjusted the way special items are generated. Duplicates will only start to occur after 50 special items. - Adjusted the Merc ammo reload code when out of ammo is triggered. - Adjusted pulse scan speed for Redeemer and Demi support ships. - Adjusted Kill NPC mission base level to prevent mission generation for very early level pilots. - Adjusted Kill and Recover NPC missions. Raised level to prevent mission generation for very early level pilots. - Adjusted a large number of the laser based weapons in the items_database.txt file. - Adjusted the way merc modslot data is saved on the merc ship file. - Adjusted cargo panel and and cargo storage scrollbars ui size an positions so that both function consistently. - Adjusted ship energy recharge rate to nullify when ship has an active cloak field. No more recharge while cloaked. - Adjusted engine code for ship engine parts better performance, and less required resources. - Adjusted all engine objects and particle systems for better z ordering, adjusted afterburner fx. - Adjusted the particle effect for the active scanner for improved visibility and overall look. - Adjusted and improved the code for the station logs columns view. Fixed flicker effect on UI. - Adjusted the way the the font scales with the UI for better readability on smaller text. Font text is more cripsy. - Added scale data to the ship parsing when loading ITEM code from ship data file. - Added scale data to the ship parsing when loading MODSLOT code from ship data file. - Added 3 scale sliders to the ship editor, allowing for part scaling of x,y,z. - Added modslot scaling of x,y,z parameters. Modules will be resized to the parent modslot. - Added construction platform document spec image. This was missing and used the old icon. - Added unique ammo icons for all 10 levels of 20mm ammunition. No more duplicates. - Added unique ammo icons for all 10 levels of 60mm ammunition. No more duplicates. - Added unique ammo icons for all 10 levels of Missiles. No more duplicates. - Added directional orientation pie plate to the ship editor. - Added new engine distortion effect shader to replace the old one that broke with project upgrade. - Added new warp distortion effect shader to replace the old one that broke with project upgrade. - Added ESC key will now close open windows when docked at the station. If no windows open, It will open options.

In Devlog video 102, I cover the revamping of the Mercs panel. The Mercs panel layout has been improved and you can now detach the Merc panel from the Fleet panel. You can also resize the panel with the layout inside adjusting to the new specified size. Mercs now will display an indicator to show when they are out of ammo. Any module that has no available ammo will trigger the merc to display this on the merc panel. A (Reload Ammo) indicator will also show up on the tactical HUD for that merc. Once the proper ammo has been added to the merc's cargo, the indicator will be removed from both the tactical sensors and the Merc panel. I have also made changes to the Bookmarks panel. This panel can now be resized as well as moved. There was a bug prior to 135 where the bookmarks were not saving data properly when multiple lines were added to the notes field. This bug has been fixed and will no longer cause the player bookmarks to save corrupted data into the player_data.txt file. I have added a number of new gate keys and gate connections to the campaign map. I have also added a new document to the welcome center for new players. Be sure to check out SplatterCat's YT channel. He showcases cool hidden indie games. He's got jokes too ;) https://www.youtube.com/c/SplatterCatGaming Build 0.0135 - Fixed bug with warpgate timer not properly waiting for charge before jump. - Fixed Wormhole overwrite sector data bug causing game map errors and weirdness. - Fixed Market Distributor skill bug and how it modified sell prices on the market. - Fixed bookmarks bug with multiline text breaking save format in player_data.txt. - Fixed warpgate charge timer bug introduced in build 133. - Fixed hole in welcome center floor. - Adjusted save routine for docking with stations and structures. - Adjusted welcome center scripting to include access to new (what is astrox) document. - Adjusted a number of station markets throughout the campaign map. - Adjusted a number of station shipyards on the campaign map. - Adjusted the market price calculations for selling items, instock, out of stock, in demand and in supply. - Adjusted market price flux when selling items on station markets. - Adjusted fleet panel UI, removed physical commands panel button (too confusing). - Adjusted drag resize icons across all UI window to match for visual consistency. - Adjusted the NPC load ammo function for better performance. Checks for out of ammo every 5 seconds if empty. - Adjusted module ammo load functions for NPCs and Structure modules for improved performance. - Adjusted layout of the bookmarks panel to make consistent with other UI panels. - Adjusted faction bonuses for station shipyards when purchasing new ships. - Adjusted a dozen of the campaign station services. Activated hangar and markets. - Adjusted journal bookmarks code to properly format saved bookmark data when editing. - Added Screen resolution dropdown to title screen options. Adjusted options panel layout. - Added market modifier to price setting calculation for buy_item_modifier. - Added ability to view station buy prices when browsing markets (Marked yellow). - Added ability to detach and resize Merc overview panel from fleet panel UI. - Added new layout for Merc overview panel. - Added right click ability to access command panel for mercs on fleet panel UI. - Added new document to the documents folder. What is astrox, contains basic info and my email. - Added new indicator for Merc panel to show when they are out of ammo on any module that requires it. - Added new HUD text indicator for out of ammo mercs. - Added new option to player_options.txt file for small notifications OPTIONS_notify_box_size. 0 for small, 1 for normal. - Added ability to drag and resize the bookmarks panel. Allows for larger notes to be edited more easily. 0.0134 - Adjusted UI scale position for market history filter dropdown. - Adjusted gate layout position for sector 94 Sea of Sorrows on campaign map. - Adjusted station dock code for smoother performance and transition. - Adjusted map editor code for better performance when saving map data to file. - Adjusted keyboard zoom function for better usability and responsiveness. - Fixed bug with Player created stations not saving to map file correctly. - Fixed station bug with double creation on null object error. - Fixed bug with map editor not properly retaining the warpgate scripting data when exporting map. - Fixed Autodock with structure bug when upgrading to station from large energy gen. - Added gate passkey for Archtelli - Sea of Sorrows gate in sector 74. - Added gate passkey for Sea of Sorrows - Archtelli gate in sector 94. - Added gate passkey for Allabentoris - Archon gate in sector 108. - Added gate passkey for Archon - Allabentoris in sector 84. - Added gate passkey for Alias Outpost - Janijo Lexa in sector 12. - Added gate passkey for Janijo Lexa - Alias Outpost in sector 46. - Added gate passkey for Vindicati - Forges of Mintar in sector 103. - Added gate passkey for Forges of Mintar - Vindicati in sector 9. - Added gate passkey for Zellis - Pindell in sector 27. - Added gate passkey for Pindell - Zellis in sector 54. - Added scripting files for gate key purchases for all above gate additions. - Added ability for ESC key to close open windows before opening game options. - Added game option to player_options.txt file allowing for Left Click camera drag. - Added new structure layout for structure_gun_1.txt - Added new structure layout for structure_gun_platform_1.txt

Devlog 101 covers a number of new additions and functionality that have been added in 132 and 133. A new module type has been added to the game. The defensive module is an active module that will counter incoming ammo from a particular type of weapon. Each weapon type has a defensive module, and their are 3 levels for each type. When the defensive module is activated, it will look for incoming ammo based on the type of module it is. When ammo is detected, the module will fire , attempting to eliminate the incoming missiles or lasers before they strike your ship. There are no skills attached to the use of these modules, I may add these as needed in future updates. I have also added a new station services panel UI. You can now launch, select, dock and recall drones when docked inside the station. There are new UI panels that will allow for better management of the drones and the fleet when docked at station. Markets have got some more love. You can now view market charts that will show the transaction history for any item the station carries. These are not limited to the station you are docked at, as you can select from a dropdown any station that currently carries the item. This makes price comparisons and item locations easier to access. Tons of little tweaks, and bugs fixes. Let me know if you run into any issues on 133. This one is a big update with lots of code changes. Build 0.0133 - Fixed bug with station services option showing office positions incorrectly. - Fixed bug with ship editor adding bad data to cargo inventory tag. - Fixed a few spelling errors on the events database file. - Fixed a few spelling errors on the items database file. - Fixed a number of spelling errors on ship files and structure files. - Fixed bug in ship editor showing structure module slot component. - Fixed masking bug on sandbox mercs settings panel. - Fixed autotask mining bug not allowing merc to locate closest silo correctly. - Added skil requirements to the structure skill descriptions to match descriptions of other skills. - Adjusted UI bounds for fleet and drone list items on the fleet panel and station services panel. - Adjusted economic event generator for more consistent parameters that match other game parameters. - Added new ability for NPC heads to focus on you when interacting with actors in structures. - Added new Defensive modules to the game. These modules will shoot down incoming projectiles, lasers, missiles, beams and torpedoes. - Added new Defensive modules to station supply markets. - Added 3 types of Defensive module game models. 1 for each tier (5 per) for a total of 15 available modules. - Added defensive modules to NPC raiders and ships. - Added Major performance update with the addition of LOD components. - Added LOD component to all npc ships, hiding ship model when ship gets too far from camera. - Added LOD component to all ship modules, hiding modules when ship gets too far from camera. - Added LOD component to all structures, hiding structure when ship gets too far from camera. - Added market history to the market items display panel allowing you to view all transactions across the universe. - Added ability to filter market history, showing current station, another station, or all station market transaction data. - Added market data point mouse over tooltip showing additional information about market transaction. 0.0132b * Fixed merc transfer all button not re-triggering autotask. * Fixed drone list display masking for station services drone tab. * Hotfix for drone list display masking. - Fixed a few spelling errors on the events database file. - Fixed a few spelling errors on the items database file. - Fixed spelling on mouse over tooltip for construction platform item. - Fixed spelling errors on orbit message and bomber drone description. - Fixed display text bug on market mouse over panel for upgrade documents. - Fixed bug in findClosestSilo code failing to locate available silo for transport mercs. - Fixed flicker of merc list items when loading the station fleet list panel. - Fixed flicker of merc and drone list items on main command panel when loading. - Fixed bad npc cargo id (147) on recon_utility_2 npc ship. - Fixed cloak module skill requirement text on market place not showing properly. - Fixed bug when using upgrade documents at fabricator when fabricator skills trained to level 10. - Fixed bug in ship editor preventing the save of shield recharge and base level on old ship files. - Fixed torpedo aoe bug so that it no longer destroys other torpedoes from the same ship owner when detonated. - Fixed raider missile damage from orphaned raider missiles. - Fixed bug preventing chance for burglar drones to recover item from target cargo bay. - Fixed old target drone npc ship for campaign tutorial. - Fixed turret material color bug on spawned npc ships when tactical overlay is active during spawn. - Fixed skybox editor bug not loading new skybox values when opening after warp. - Fixed skybox editor alpha (power) channels for top and bottom ambient lighting. - Fixed map editor save for planet data. Now saves data properly in the correct format required. - Fixed bug causing station duplication when upgrading structure to player owned station. - Fixed lighting bug when warping between sectors not adjusting for proper light intensity correctly. - Fixed a few issues with a number of structure interiors. Missing scripts and Z fighting issues. - Fixed bug with shield and armor display text on fleet overview panel. - Fixed bug with payroll calculation for mercs based on level and ship modules available. - Fixed a number of duplicate item names in life support database file. - Adjusted map editing mode to remove all game UI. - Adjusted character limit for ship description in text editor from 255 to 750. - Adjusted map inputfields to grab extra parameters 8-12 for text display. - Adjusted ship editor 3dtool to update part rotations on ship. - Adjusted scroll display on station to expand and collapse when enough items are present to show scrollbars. - Adjusted radial button background to match UI color setting 3. - Adjusted missile launchers to remove missile from cargo 1 by 1 as the launcher cycles. - Adjusted burglar , leech and scan drone special mode stats in items database. - Adjusted journal notes text input cursor for better visibility with any UI scale. - Adjusted faction tax and market discount to prevent reducing market item prices into negative numbers. - Adjusted and updated a number of UI elements and images. - Adjusted sandbox generator color picker for better variation on sector color selection. - Adjusted sandbox skybox generator to include additional 6 background texture clouds for nebula creation. - Adjusted sandbox generator to depreciate the use of fog highlight coloration parameter. - Added rotation to the 3D widget for the map editor and ship editor. - Added middle button camera drag for map editing mode. - Added radial right click menu to Stations, Warpgates and Structures for consistency (Unlock and Camera Focus). - Added cargo meter to fleet list objects on the fleet panel to show merc's current cargo capacity status. - Added option to player_options.txt file that allows you to lock station buttons in place, regardless of available services. - Added Station Button lock option to the extras options panel. This will show disabled services keeping buttons in same place. - Added Tactical Overlay Override to the extras options panel. This will prevent color and texture change on tactical sensors. - Added image icon to cargo transfer panel for better identification of who's cargo you are accessing. - Added cargo capacity progress bar to the transfer cargo panel for crates, npcs and structure lockboxes. - Added ability to launch drones when via cargo panel when docked at a station. - Added ability to right click drones in cargo bay to launch them from your ship. - Added ability to scale fog props using additional parameter on sector map files. - Added Technical Specs document for fabrication of construction platforms to the spec_database file. - Added Salvage Autotask for salvage capable mercs. Any merc with salvage modules if flagged as capable. - Added Salvage Autotask buttons to ship right click radial menu, and fleet panel command box. - Added message box warning when trying to drag red cargo from merc cargo bay when mec loyalty is too low. - Added option to prevent mouse wheel from zooming the camera all the way in to the pilot view. - Added double click targeting / autopilot functionality to the targeting list objects. - Added cycling icons for each autotask on the command bar for mercs on the fleet panel list. - Added flashing police lights to law enforcement. They flash when attacking, stop flashing when on patrol. - Added new campaign galaxy map layout for easier navigation and readability. - Added new campaign map warpgate links that connect to adjacent faction sectors. - Added new sector map designs for a large number of sectors that need some love. more to come.

In devlog 100 video, I discuss the new addition of drone grouping, drone hotkeys, and the addition of ammo to the station garage panel. I have also added the ability to refine special items for a chance of recovering an upgrade document. This new document spec will allow the fabricator to produce valuable special items. A handful of bug fixes and minor tweaks have also been address in 131. Build 0.0131 - Fixed buy to station storage from market available space calculation bug. - Fixed storage inventory bug forcing module stack to bottom of the list when installing modules from storage. - Fixed garage bug when swapping module order with module slot 1 when dragging higher slot id onto it. - Fixed sandbox gate link generation bug causing duplicate gates and overflowing the max gate parameter. - Fixed bug when selling ship and leftover cargo items are transferred to station storage. Bad locker ID fixed. - Fixed bug with raider loot items popping up in cargo bay after clicking transfer all. - Fixed audio bug with station ambience not connected properly to sound_fx audio channel. - Fixed audio bug causing 3d stereo sounds to be reversed. - Fixed bug that allows spawned salvage and event resources to show up in station when docked. - Fixed mission panel toggle state bug not keeping the mission panel open on reload. Save extra options to reset parameter. - Fixed typo on merc panel when joining pilot due to high loyalty. - Fixed description of power generator to reflect actual range parameter of structure. - Fixed alignment issue with pilot fleet panel buttons for Retire, Activate and De-activating a merc. - Adjusted NPC ship load to resize cargo max limit if cargo assigned to ship exceeds the cargo bay capacity on load. - Adjusted player load code to prevent bad skill ids from sandbox from being added to player data. - Adjusted ship skills for mass reduction, thrust and afterburners. Reduced bonus per level. - Adjusted module mouseover panel to slide with mouse x position, and slide when module bar is exposed. - Adjusted and expanded the rotational limitation of the modules in the garage. from 120 degrees to 360. - Adjusted station tab code to remember last viewed station when switching tabs in the journal. - Added new station bot created to replace old station bot. Improved texture and model for better performance. - Added new UI layout panel for map editor. - Added new system for map editor to move and save sector item locations on the galaxy map. - Added new map editor system now uses live map data instead of preloaded map file info. - Added new ability to cycle and load ammo when docked at the garage. - Added new ui icons to show loaded ammo for each module in garage. - Added ability to view all bookmarks on the pilot journal panel. - Added ability to edit and delete bookmarks from the pilot journal panel. - Added ability to set GPS location to any bookmark from the pilot journal. - Added Drone grouping controls to the drone panel. - Added 6 Drone groups that can be selected by clicking group ID - Added ability to assign drones to a group by first selecting the desired drones, and CTRL+Clicking the group ID. - Added Drone group hotkeys to the options panel. Existing saves must manually add drone group parameters to player_options.txt file. - Added ability to fabricate special items using the fabricator and upgrade documents. - Added 18 new upgrade documents to the specs database file. Allowing upgrade of Active guns, lasers, beams, launchers, miners and salvagers. - Added chance to recover upgrade specs when refining special items at the refinery. Base 4% chance. - Added Fabricator Engineer skill and Refinery Mechanics skill bonuses to apply for max of 9% when recovering upgrade specs.

Devlog 99 covers the new sandbox changes. This new system uses a grid matrix to determine placement and linkage between sectors. This also allows for better distribution of sector security and environment. Factions are now clustered together on all layouts except the spiral layout. Build 129 has an improved ui when dealing with object selection on the main screen, tactical panel, and raw object clicks. prior to this build, all of these were providing different functionality. Now their functionality is consistent and not as confusing. The ship orbit system has been adjusted to incorporate some of the suggestions from the discord channel. You can now adjust the max range much higher, and there is now an option to include usable objects in the orbit calculations. Build 0.0129 - Fixed overlapping text on lounge event list when event title names are long. - Fixed ring prop artifacts on spiral texture. - Fixed bug with remote refinery and fabricator speed not properly calculating timer cycle. - Fixed bug with mouse wheel scrolling on unavailable mission items in the station. - Fixed bug causing error when clicking reload with garage open, and mousing over modules installed before reload. - Fixed skybox color and cloud layer bug preventing proper color change when warp fx is disabled. - Fixed bug with journal notes title text note showing overflow when ui is scaled about 1.0. - Fixed bug with beam weapon ammo not terminating after fail collision with untagged object. - Fixed bug when docking at structures and saving and quitting. Then game not properly processing dock with structure on game reload. - Fixed warp drive bug causing instant station dock upon arrival when gps is set to station and warp drive is activated. - Fixed pilot skill list inventory filter for skills in 'Training'. - Fixed university skill list filter. - Fixed fabricator bug not removing all empty cargo items with 0 qty when cycle is complete. - Fixed bug allow you to warp at gates, or dock with stations or structures when game is paused. - Fixed left over missile bug when warping away from combat. - Fixed tractor beam fx animation not connecting properly to the module turret. - Fixed tractor beam collider size for better connection to incoming missiles, which pops them. - Fixed duplication bug storage bug caused by bad locker id checks. - Fixe bug where modules would continue to process internal timers while game is paused. - Fixed move all cargo to storage from ship storage panel causing ghosted items. - Fixed market price bug not updating price display after buying or selling item to the market. - Fixed bug when item at station has no price modifier, and is purchased as a demand item, dropping price mod to 25 percent. - Fixed target hud item text blocking clicks to objects behind the text. - Adjusted mission cargo space requirements to allow accepting cargo based missions as long as your ship can carry the load. - Adjusted station journal data to update when docking at station, in addition to docking. - Adjusted station journal data to update live on all market transactions. - Adjusted mission spawn collision check to reduce mission item chance of spawning inside another object. - Adjusted a number of the ui sound fx to remove any high pitch frequency to soften the sound a little. - Adjusted mission generator to prevent all mission types from generating in wormhole sectors. - Adjusted ship orbiting system to allow for range from 300 - 10000 when toggled on. - Adjusted ship default approach distance to 300m when orbit toggle is disabled. - Adjusted npc miners to better detect when they can no longer mine a resource or salvage due to full cargo. - Adjusted item and skill mouseover tooltip position out from under the mouse cursor. - Adjusted refinery and fabricator max space calculations. Each now linked to half of total storage space. - Adjusted university, storage and market sorting to prevent shuffle when parameters match. - Adjusted Tractor beam module to no longer pull on an upgrading structure. The structure must complete it's updrade first. - Adjusted Tractor Drones to no longer pull on an upgrading structure. The structure must complete it's updrade first. - Adjusted GPS pathfinding system for better performance. (Thanks Amphos for all your help!) - Adjusted single click and double click autopilot options. - Adjusted missile launcher sequence to space out rapid launch to span 75% of the cycle rate. - Adjusted missile target warhead activation pull on target. - Adjusted all missile damage modifiers. - Adjusted market supply and demand table to show proper number formats for all range of prices. - Adjusted double click of object outside of it's target hud display to only autopilot IF double click autopilot is turned on. - Adjusted double click of object outside of it's target hud will no longer force autopilot to target when autopilot to target is off. - Adjusted tactical hud overlay buttons to function the same as objects and target hud buttons. (only clicking the hud icon with single click will activate autopilot to target). - Added Refinery and Fabricator space readout text to the station storage panel overview. - Added small dot icons for tactical view on unscanned resources when tactical override is active. - Added in-between selection on all inventory panels when using shift click. - Added ctrl + a click to select all items in an inventory panel. - Added new ship orbit system to detect warpgate, stations, crates and structures, and ignore orbit distance settings and default to 300m. - Added orbit toggle and orbit override for usable objects now shows notification popup when toggled. - Added ability to edit orbit distance manually by typing in an integer from 300 to 10000. - Added all orbit data to new player saves, loading, and save functions. (Old pilot saves will require orbit_data line to be manually added.) - Added new ship trail material to prevent trail slicing when camera is directly behind the ship. - Added auto targeting for all non parent function drones. Repair and defense drones ignore targets and stay with parent ship. - Added new sandbox layout modes. - Added sector faction blob for all sandbox games, creating pockets of faction types. - Added sector security blob for all sandbox generated games, central sectors are secure. - Added sector life support environment blob for all sandbox generated games, central sectors are safe. - Added the ability to load and save seeds to the sandbox generator. - Added player_options.txt parameter for OPTIONS_camlock_cinematic to prevent black bars when in pilot or camlock mode. - Added mouse left click steering for camlock mode.

Build 128 introduces the ability to save and load presets in the sandbox.You can now save the settings you wanted to try, and if you need to make changes, you are not forced to remember what you selected previously. I have also added a (Default) preset, in case you make some changes and want to reset the sandbox without having to load the title screen. I also made some changes to improve the marketplace. These changes now make the player interaction with the markets feel more alive. When supplying goods that are in demand, the qty of items will remain in the station market. Over time these items will slow deplete based on the sector's economic rating, and how long it has been since your last visit to that market. In build 128, NPC traders will seek out those large profit margins just like you. If you are too greedy, you may find they supplied the station before you did, thus undercutting you and taking the small profit margin for themselves. When this happen, the 'out of stock item' will become 'stocked' and the price will begin to fall, as the demand is fulfilled. Only when the item runs out, will the price begin to rise again. This prevents 'gaming' a lucky sandbox galaxy where one station supplies the demand for the other station, which happens to be very close. I have also adjusted all combat ammunition to freeze in space when the game is paused, preventing that last shot from killing you while paused. Build 0.0128b * Fixed mining merc bug caused by new cluster resource nesting objects for map editing. * Fixed bomber drones not able to carry bombs due to small cargo size. * Fixed tactical turret overlay not showing while in tactical sensors mode. * Adjusted ship resistance calculations in ship takeDamage function. * Adjusted sandbox extra options tab scrollview. * Fixed memory Leak on sandbox textures when scrolling through faces, factions and professions. * Fixed hidden player ship options. - Fixed bug with drone range ship bonuses not being applied to drone range stat. - Fixed bug allowing you to use duplicate pilot name in sandbox, causing error. - Fixed a few small spelling errors, item descriptions. - Fixed items names of life support items levels 5-10. - Fixed merc command list panel Toggle Tactical Stance button. - Fixed garage mouse wheel scrolling bug that allows camera zoom when mousing over other ui panels. - Fixed missing image for ecm-demi npc carrier. - Fixed bug causing bad modules from npc ships to throw error. - Fixed all npc ships and removed unwanted old modules and database id links to special items. - Fixed bug causing cargo inventory to duplicate strange items after inventory error caused by crates with bad item ids. - Fixed texture flicker bug causing small cluster rocks to ignore triplanular shader offsets. - Fixed resource mining event asteroids from ignoring gamespeed when orbiting center of sector. - Fixed npc miners without salvage modules trying to harvest salvage with mining lasers. - Fixed overlapping bug caused on market by multidrag selling while buy order details open causing overlap. - Fixed bug on university readout not showing the correct number of skill points available after training a skill. - Fixed bug showing leftover tactical rings on map while warping with tactical sensors on. - Fixed bug where merc is left in station panel when assigning to service. - Fixed a bunch grammatical errors on the sandbox options descriptions. - Fixed bug with power cable connection distance not properly set to ring range in tactical. - Fixed short distance bug preventing transport mercs from grabbing ore from silos depending on angle of approach. - Fixed bug with merc getting confused with transport and mining mercs when structure is super close to station. - Adjusted a few los res textures for higher level resources. - Adjusted torpedo modules in items_database for range and number of torps fired per cycle. - Adjusted mining merc to look for the closest silo with free space available. - Adjusted all sandbox coloration setting for generation of skybox colors and props. - Adjusted missile damage for all missile ammunition in the item_database.txt. - Adjusted torpedo damage for all torpedo ammunition in the item_database.txt. - Adjusted skybox bubble size. Increased to twice the size to prevent prop overlap. - Adjusted all combat ammo for combat module to stop mid flight when pausing the game. - Added planet generation into the sandbox generation routine. - Added market function that will allow NPCs to fill demand orders for profit when markup gets too high. - Added all new props and distribution calculations for all props in sandbox generator. - Added new sandbox panel for sandbox settings to the sandbox menu bar. - Added new ability to cancel a warpgate request while the warpgate is charging. - Added cancel warp button to targeting panel target display box when gate is charging. - Added lifetime variable to torpedo ammunition. Is now set from items_database. - Added new sandbox feature allowing you to save the current settings you have selected into a presets file. - Added feature allowing you to load previously saved settings into the sandbox generator. - Added mousewheel scrolling to garage ship details overview panel.

I will be focusing on the galaxy map and sandbox over these next few weeks. If you have any issues with the new planet stuff, be sure to leave feedback on the forums so I can fix em. Build 0.0127 - Fixed LS calculation for buffs on individual ls skills. - Fixed skill point rewards for structure npc based missions. - Fixed raider loot drop bug preventing special items from raider loot drops. - Fixed salvage harvest id items for levels 5-10 salvage resources. - Fixed bug causing active scanner error when scanning resources and stations. - Fixed bug in shipyard not showing correct sell pricing on both ship button and mouse over. - Fixed shipyard sell ship bug not refreshing highlight bar position onto ship dock button. - Fixed shipyard buy ship bug not refreshing highlight bar position onto ship dock button. - Fixed bug showing pilot widescreen bars when in galaxy map. - Fixed bug allowing for y axis camera control by triggering keyboard steering and left click hold. - Fixed bug with module swapping causing 2 sound fx to play at once. - Fixed bug preventing you from module swapping if you didnt have space available in cargo. - Fixed bug preventing non item related missions from displaying in station missions panel. - Fixed bug preventing bad station data from loading improperly causing index error. - Fixed and reworked the way that recover mission crates are generated. - Fixed and reworked the way that kill recover mission crates are generated. - Fixed bug causing damage effect particle system to remain attached to the ship after expiration. - Fixed bad scripting link in hideout structure. - Fixed bug with auto transport mercs getting confused with autotask transports when silo is super close to station. - Fixed mission complete status for recovery crate missions, crate will repawn only remaining mission contents. The objective is completed when last required item is removed from crate. Mission is complete when all items are gather and returned to mission destination. - Fixed kill recovery missions. Once pilot is killed, crate will respawn until remaining mission contents cleared. The objective is complete once the last required item is taken from crate. Mission is complete when all items are gather and returned to mission destination. - Removed END key binding for debug panel. (Numberlock minus will open debug). - Fixed bookmark keylock bug, locking ship steering if opening bookmark while steering manually. - Adjusted market sell baserate margin for better chance of profit selling. - Adjusted shipyard base sell rate for used ships. - Adjusted station service robot AI for ship repairs animation. - Adjusted raider loot table for better drop chances. - Adjusted npc ship modules to remove and replace bad ids left from new database build in 126. - Adjusted npc ship cargo to remove and replace bad ids left from new database build in 126. - Adjusted ship damage fx worldspace and duration time for particle system fx. - Adjusted all merc modules and cargo. - Adjusted merc levels, payroll costs, and faction requirements. - Adjusted basic intro tutorial text. - Adjusted basic combat tutorial text. - Added new procedural planetoid objects that are generated and loaded for data seed. A few test planets have been placed on a number of campaign sectors. These are just props atm, and have no functionality, yet. - Added a number of test planets to central sectors around the campaign map for testing. - Added new planet shader to allow animated textures for planetoid surface and atmosphere. (what is being tested) - Added new animated rings option to planetoid object. - Added terrain base textures, masks, secondary terrain textures and normal maps. - Added cloud textures and normal maps for planetoid atmosphere. - Added ring textures and normal maps. - Added cluster sphere object to parent all cluster resources for map editing. - Added 3d widget tool for map editing object movement and placement using drag and drop. - Added life support recharge script to medical facility structure script.

This is a big update that deals with the item database, the tech spec documents, refining and fabrication of items. I also made some major changes to the way the UI scales, as well as a few layouts on a number of panels. It is highly recommended that you play a new save... even if you just create a new save game and import your old pilot into that save. This will help to eliminate bug reports caused by bad migration data. If you have any prolems or questions about this, hit me up on the forums or discord and I will give you and hand. Lots of small bug fixes and tweaks. I have also made some additional changes to the raider loot tables, as well as the station economy tables. The markets and economy have had a few tweaks as well. These changes should balance out most of the profit issues with trying to profit from supply items being sold to other stations. All of the modules have tweaked, renamed, adjusted and balanced based on their level. All campaign markets have also been adjusted. Build 0.0126 * NEW SAVEGAME RECOMMENDED (Import old pilot to new save). - Fixed bug where cargo mouse over would show even when cargo item is no longer visible. - Fixed audio bug preventing correct volume for sound fx from loading on game load. - Fixed bug allowing you to drag installed module onto itself, uninstalling and reinstalling the same module. - Fixed tactical turret over in tactical sensors mode not properly representing mobility values. - Fixed overlapping text bug on passive modules in the station garage. - Fixed bad item ID causing error when loading missions with old database ID numbers. - Fixed UI scaling value bug not being saved propely in sandbox game generator. - Fixed market search function bug when page displayed is higher than search count. - Adjusted mission item display layout on station missions panel. - Adjusted the station lounge ui sound fx for main buttons. - Adjusted market buy and sell order text and colors on confirmation button. - Adjusted afterburner button from stats panel to the module underbar slide up panel. - Adjusted the special item generation chance, linked special chance drop to raider loot table. - Adjusted the save station log for the Journal panel to include new supply and demand system. - Adjusted percentage placements on main module mouse over panel. - Adjusted skill item layout for pilot panel and university panel. - Adjusted skill training completion code. No longer will univeristy refresh list when skill training is complete. - Adjusted life support system drain. Now drains when ship hull has damage. All other options still apply. - Adjusted and modified all projectile weapons stats. - Adjusted and modified all launcher weapons stats. - Adjusted sandbox to use new specs filat data for bp generations in station markets. - Adjusted mouse steering to only activate when you are in pilot view. - Adjusted items database to remove all technical spec documents into new specs_database.txt file. - Added new missile flight time var to the items_database.txt file under specials column. - Added New droploot mechanics to provide better variety of item drops. - Added New raider_loot.txt file format. no longer references individual items, now uses type, class, and subclass. - Added New market economy display. Now shows all text in column format with addition info. - Added New text scrollwindow object that parses data for aligned column format. - Added New vertical and horizontal scrolling for market economy details for station market. - Added New market economy system replaces old station_economy.txt file, no longer references individual items, now uses type, class, and subclass. - Added New market log system on the station market panel. - Added New station market panel layout. Better logs and cleaner layout. - Added New filter system to market panel. drop down menus for filter and sorting. - Added New market supply and demand code for better economic price fluxuations based on user interaction with station market. - Added New station refinery panel layout. Larger cargo bay and expanded refinery log. - Added New station lounge panel layout. less cluttered and easier to read. - Added New station fabricator panel layout. Larger cargo bay and expanded fabricator log. - Added New station shipyard panel layout. Better display of ships, and overview data. - Added New station garage panel layout. Adjusted button placement and mouse over layouts. - Added New station missions panel. Better logs and cleaner layout. - Added New station storage panel layout. Better logs and cleaner layout. - Added New UI icons for slideout panels. - Added New Life Support and ship overview panels. Wider and expandable. - Added New warp gate charging system requires gate charging before warp. Faction and security determine wait time. - Added New options added to the player_options.txt file for WORLD_OPTIONS_gate_charge_modifier and WORLD_OPTIONS_drive_charge_modifier. - Added New options added to the player_options.txt file for WORLD_OPTIONS_warp_wait_time_max and WORLD_OPTIONS_warp_charge_time_max. - Added New warpgate fx for gate activation and deactivation. - Added New log display system for the Journal logs panel. - Added New layout for the Ship Details panel. - Added new camera to ships details panel. - Added New layout for ship stats on the Garage panel. Now shows all info and matches layout for Ship details panel. - Added new text display for log types on the Journal panel. - Added new filter system to shipyard panel. drop down menus for filter. - Added ability to shipyard panel to filter docked, and remote ships as well. - Added logging for shipyard when remote ship is moved to the station you are doced at. - Added new filter system to storage panel. drop down menus for filter and sorting. - Added new filter system to missions panel. drop down menus for filter and sorting. - Added new warp sequence and animation between sector gates. - Added ability to alter gps route while in warp between sectors. - Added WORLD_OPTIONS_gate_warptime_modifier and WORLD_OPTIONS_drive_warptime_modifier to player_options.txt file. - Added new warp sequence and animation to the warp drive passive module. - Added skybox nebula cloud , fog and lighting crossfade when warping. - Added game time speed option to the warp sequence, to allow pausing and turbo during warp. - Added warp timer to show remaining time on system nav panel when warping. - Added tactical turret mobility lines to station garage, allowing you to see the rotation of the module on the ship. - Added new refining system now refines items based on level. Easier to mod and deconstruct. - Added new refining system balanced with output item value with base prices of all refinable items. - Added new refining of system salvagable items, breakdown of salvage is based on item level and value. - Added new Combat drones, Small, Medium, Improved, Large, Heavy and Titan class. - Added new Defense drones, Small, Medium, Improved, Large, Heavy and Titan class. - Added new Repair drones, Small, Medium, Improved, Large, Heavy and Titan class. - Added new Salvage drones, Small, Medium, Improved, Large, Heavy and Titan class. - Added new Ammo classes and levels. - Added debug script to allow for rebalancing generation of all technical spec documents in the game. - Added new spec_database file to hold all blueprint technical specs for crafting. - Added new image icons for all tech spec document items in game. - Added extra option in game options to disable warp fx animations. WORLD_OPTIONS_warp_fx - Added new market data to all stations in campaign mode.