CSC Alpha - 0.9.116

Updates:

• Massive UI update on the Gameplay screen, Station Hangar Screens, and the Profile
  
• The ESC Key now functions to exit the game, access Game options, access the Support portal, access the CSC Wiki, Clear Cache, and also copy your Player ID
  

• Can now filter through more types of items by clicking the icons
  
• Filters are: All, Modules & Equipment, Ore & Refined, Components (this includes Misc items), Personnel, and Ships
  
• If more than 9 hardpoints are on a ship, the UI can be dragged to the left or right to view the full hardpoint bar
  
• Docking drone speed has been increased
  

• User can now update their Profile icon and change the color of the CSC Username
  
• News Section
  
• Users can access the News tab through the Profile once in-game
  
• This section highlights new updates, sales, and a general store place
  
• Also added to the Profile Section is a new Store tab where users can look through sales and also any crates in their inventory to open
  

• New chat system has been enabled; you can toggle between Chat and Logs
  
• This is an early implementation with UI that is not final
  
• Users have the ability to link NFTS and FTS in chat by typing this formula: [nft:itemID] or [ft:itemID]
  
• Net tab has been removed
  
• Users now identifiable through last 5 numbers of Player ID being added to end of username
  
• Swear Filter enabled in chat
  

• The ability to chat with users in the same system
  
• When you travel to a new system, the previous messages in that chat will disappear and update to the chats of the new system
  

• This is Private Chat where you can talk to other users privately (DM).
  
• To start a Private chat, Click the gears icon in the Chat window and invite a user you see on the list by pressing "Add"
  
• You can also add multiple users for a group chat
  
• To accept Private Chat Invites- Click the Invites tab that is under that Gears Icon
  
• To leave a Private Chat - Click the Leave Button
  

• The purpose of this chat is for users trading with each other, this chat is global enabled.
  
• Global Chat
  
• In this chat, users can talk to any other users no matter what system a user is in
  

• In this section, you will see any active or inactive users in the same system you are in and this list will change when going into another system. The green or red circle dictates their status. You can filter users if you are looking for a particular user; users can search by name or CSC Player ID (SEAddress). If you want to send DMs to users then this is the place to do it.
  
• Currently, this shows first 100 users only
  

• You can search all users in this tab however it does not show you any users unless you do a search
  

• In this section, users will see any invites they receive to a Private Chat
  

• When looking at Missions in the Gameplay screen, if users click the icons of their Objectives- the GoTo feature will pop up
  

• Power Drain added when going over 100%
  
• From 101%-150%--1-10% base power value of a module is applied as a drain of power per second
  

• Users now have the ability to stop jobs
  
• Users can now choose if they want invention chance disabled (this option appears when you start a job)
  

• New Ablative Armor numbers for ships that have this pre-equipped mod
  
• Reaper Ablative Armor - 82,000
  
• Reaper Ablative Partial Armor - 30,000
  

• Ore zone respawn times have been changed
  
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• Super Jumpgates now cost 1 whole canister/2,000 TCF to use
  
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• New SE ships have been implemented (blueprints pending release)
  
• Carrier
  
• Packer
  
• Prospector
  
• Vanquisher
  
• All SE ships have crafting recipes now
  

• In Star Sytems where PvP is not permitted, users will receive pop-up warnings alerting them to disengage all hostile actions. After being warned a certain number of times, a fleet of GFI Security will be summoned to destroy the aggressor. Once the GFI is called, the aggressor will also become disrupted(Depending on the system).
  
• The GFI Security Fleet will only leave once the aggressor is destroyed or if the aggressor leaves the system
  
• Warnings will expire. However, for warnings that are close together before they expire, the time it takes for your last warning to expire increases exponentially. The first warning expires after 60 seconds, the second warning expires after 75 seconds, and the third expires after 120 seconds.
  

• Commanders get 3 warnings before the GFI Security Fleet shows up
  
• Users will not be EMP'd
  

• Commanders get 2 warnings before the GFI Security Fleet shows up
  
• Users will not be EMP'd
  

• Commanders get 1 warning before the GFI Security Fleet shows up
  
• Users will get EMP'd
  

• Guild System coming soon
  

• Containers hold X amount of resources and apply a weight reduction to the compressed ore or refined
  
• Containers are an NFT item that can be minted.
  
• These can be manufactured by manufacturing an Empty Resource Containers first
  

• EES modules enable users to escape on to a ship in their hangar bay when destroyed- note* users cannot choose which ship if there are multiple ships in a hangar bay of the same class.
  
• 4 EES modules: quality of module determines size of ship AND distance ship is dropped away from destroyed location
  

• A Mastery BP is a consumable way for users to boost their mastery for T1 creation
  
• Mastery BPs will ONLY get you up to mastery level (100 skill points for T1)
  
• if you have 90 skill point and use it you will go to 100
  
• if you have 100+ skill points it won't let you use it
  
• if you have more than 1 mastery skill blueprint in a stack and try to consume them it wont let you use it
  

• Reclaim is now Ship Insurance
  
• Filter by Pending Claims to see destroyed ships
  
• Currently, there will be no Insurance Costs and no Cooldowns for recovering ships. In the next few weeks we will be slowly rolling these insurance features out starting first with rolling cooldowns.
  

Fixes:

• SFX fixed on destruction impact from various weapons
  
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Known Issues:

• Jumpgates not showing in Target List
  
• Must use capital letters for FT items when typing itemID out to link in chat; using lowercase will give an error
  
• Jumpgate is not auto consuming canisters
  
• Mining logs sometimes not appearing- restart client to fix
  

All Fixes:

• Sell, send, deconstruct will only show for items in Station Hangar
  
• Fixed Details option not showing
  

• Fixed items quantity duping
  

All Fixes

• Hot fix for Workshop to block transfer of modules while job is in progress
  

New Features:

• SHIFT LEFT CLICK to transfer items between inventories
  

Changes:

• New model for super jump gates 
  
• New portal fx for all gates
  

• Auto Claim (Public Shops only)
  
• Updated claim function - Anything completed can be auto claimed every 1 hour
  
• Added ability to disable future jobs from shops (Public Shops only)
  
• Added Slot numbers for Access cards 
  
• slot numbers show up when you hover over them or if you go into Details
  

All Fixes:

• Various bugs - fixed
  
• Loadout is faster and more responsive
  

• Augment Yield modules fixed
  
• Vulcan Kaya Z1 Mesh  (T1 10% / T2 15%) Increases output yield
  
• One of each type of Augment modules can be used in your Workshop setup: decrease time, increase yield, decrease ore input needed
  
• Atmos, Radiance, Majoris station Workshops -  Infinite Loading fixed 
  
• Holo Icons for T2 ships - fixed
  

All Fixes:

• Various Bug Fixes & Stability Improvements
  

Changes:

• New skins have been added and can be seen in the marketplace and catalog. These skins will soon be available to users via the Marketplace and a new Skin Crate. Only standard skins will be available for direct purchase, rare and higher skins will only drop from the crate. Details on pricing and availability will be coming next week.
  

• GFI Network Popup 
  

• Updated Engine sounds for most ships
  

• Reclaim is now Ship Insurance
  
• Filter by Pending Claims to see destroyed ships
  
• Currently there will be no Insurance Costs and no Cooldowns for recovering ships. In the next few weeks we will be slowly rolling these insurance features out starting first with rolling cooldowns.
  

• Containers hold X amount of resources and apply a weight reduction to the compressed ore or refined 
  
• Containers are an NFT item that can be minted.
  
• These can be manufactured by manufacturing an Empty Resource Containers first
  

• EES modules enable users to escape on to a ship in their hangar bay when destroyed- note* users cannot choose which ship if there are multiple ships in a hangar bay of the same class.
  
• 4 EES modules: quality of module determines size of ship AND distance ship is dropped away from destroyed location
  

• in the Loadout view in the station new buttons have been added to the ship and station cargo tabs to allow users to stack all FT items
  

• A Mastery BP is a consumable way for users to boost their mastery for T1 creation
  
• Master BPs will ONLY get you up to mastery level (100 skill points for T1)
  
• if you have 90 skill point and use it you will go to 100
  
• if you have 100+ skill points it won't let you use it
  
• if you have more than 1 mastery skill blueprint in a stack and try to consume them it wont let you use it
  

• Drones can spawn in some systems while mining.
  
• All Drone spawns now have high (90%) chance of dropping BioHexium Gas
  
• Increased the quantities of each BioHexium gas drop
  

All Fixes:

• Raycast allocation causing hitches in the game - Fixed
  
• Home station popup to not auto save on cancel - Fixed
  
• Camera - When rotate speed was set high fast movements would cause mouse to get locked - Fixed
  
• Ship power bonus was adding the base power back onto the calculated result - Fixed
  
• Infinite loading when an error occurs after attempting to transfer a ship to a hangar module - Fixed
  

Changes:

• Download all Activity Logs to CSV (Limited to once every 2 hours)
  
• Blueprints Seeding for Presale ships and ships discovered in crate ships has been implemented (Ships do not need to be checked in to claim Presale BPs)
  
• FF
  
• To claim the blueprints that come with a ship, users must click on the FF ship and choose the Deconstruction option.
  
• FF ships provide blueprints for MP version ONLY. (FF ships cant be crafted)
  
• This will show a prompt that lets the user know they will be receiving blueprints for the MP version of the ship (FF cannot be crafted)
  
• Important to note that at no point is the FF ship going to be deconstructed
  
• If a ship has 150 Mastery Points then users will receive 30 blueprints that provide 5 Mastery Points each.
  
• MP
  
• MPs received through crates do not come with as many BP points as FF
  
• To claim the blueprints that come with a ship, users must click on the MP ship and choose the Deconstruction option
  
• This will show a prompt that lets the user know they will be receiving blueprints for the MP version of the ship (MP ships receive less Mastery Points Points than FF)
  
• After claiming the Blueprints, users can choose if they do wish to further deconstruct the MP ship for resources and 1 more Blueprint
  
• Crafted
  
• Ships that are crafted come with no bonus presale Mastery Points at all
  
• Any ship deconstructed before the update - those blueprints will be delivered to your Home station - This info will be in your Activity Log as well
  

All Fixes:

• Fix for docking issue that would cause the game to freeze on the loading screen 
  

• Power Core Issue - Fixed
  
• Users losing ships in FTL - Fixed (If you are still having any issues with not seeing ships in your FTL list please contact our Support portal)
  
• Results UI in Workshop - Fixed
  
• Ship Trails now run smoother
  

All Fixes:

• Sizing for Main Menu on Low Resolution screens - Fixed
  
• All mining ships that had a penalty to damage bonus has been zeroed out - this will be fixed at a later time
  

Changes:

• Module Loadout bar has new UI to rearrange order of modules
  ---Commanders can click the lock icon to rearrange even while outside of a station
  
• Updated UI Popups in Manufacturing & Workshop 
  ---Updated components popup to show decimals instead of rounding up
  ---Fixed UI displaying 0 qty on deconstruction popup
  ---General UI Updates 
  
• Asset Locator is a global item finder (only limit is that you cant search by item UID yet) 
  ---Commanders can access the Asset Locator from the Marketplace
  ---Use this to find where all of your assets are located
  ---If you see an asset that says Stored-In UID then that is telling you that it is in a ship or might be located in the Workshop
  
• Send Functionality - Directly send currency and Items to other users  
  ---Check your activity log for receipt of both sending and receiving
  
• Computer Voices Added 
  ---This function can be turned down or up through Options - Audio - SFX
  
• Gameplay Notice at launch of game 
  ---You must agree to terms each time before starting the game
  
• Destruction 
  ---When destroyed, the pod has the option to FTL back to the Home Station
  ---Simply Confirm and then while in FTL click the button Home Station
  [---The FTL option will not pop up if you are destroyed within the System your Home Station is located in
  ---Dialogue - communicating loss of items and FTL Home Station
  ---pop up wont come up if you are in home system
  ---When Destroyed users lose approximately 50% resources (refined and raw ore only)  
  ---In the Activity log users can see where the location of where they lost the items so they can go back and try to retrieve it
  ---emergency crates have no expiration - crates will not disappear at all
  ---You can now copy your SEID from your Profile
  
• Activity Log 
  ---Display Updated
  ---Can now view when you drop or pick up items
  ---Can now view when you send or receive items
  

All Fixes:

• Tram lines are not saved when checking 'Show All Tram Lines' then switching to System view - Fixed
  
• Icons for quest items fail to load when dragging and dropping into ship cargo - Fixed
  
•  When crafting 2 tier two components, The second one is ignored and you will get a regular crafted component. - Fixed
  
•  Client 1 sees Client 2's ship when qjumping before the warp bubble - Fixed
  
• When having windowed mode active and increasing the screen size the log in menu will be small (Mac) - Fixed
  

• NPCs now spot you after you disable cloaking 
  
• NPCs (Certain types) now use a scrambler to decloak users
  
• NPCs no longer firing before they are uncloaked 
  

• Vulcan Harvester FF: Reduce the damage dealt by all weapon modules by -50%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of all weapon modules by 50%, Increase total armor, or shields of a module by 25%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of all shield/armor modules by 25%, Reduced the cycle time of a mining beam by 75%, Increases the yield of all mining/harvesting beams by 75%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of mining beams by 50%, Reduces the Unit Weight of Ore and Refined by 90%
  
• Phoenix Cruiser FF: Increase the damage dealt by all weapon modules by 15%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of all weapon modules by 15%, Increase the capacity added by cargo modules by 100%, Increases the FTL LPH speed boost of FTL speed boost modules by 25%, Increase the GW capacity added by power modules by 25%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of all enigne (ftl/qjump/sublight) modules by 50%,  Increases the sublight speed boost of sublight boost modules by 50%, Increases the qJump distance of qJump modules by 50%, Reduces total Trilite Fuel amount of a jump by 50%
  
• Reaper Interceptor FF: Increase the damage dealt by all weapon modules by 50%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of all weapon modules by 50%, Increase total armor, or shields of a module by 25%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of all shield/armor modules by 25%, Reduced the cycle time of a mining beam by -50%, Reduces the yield of all mining/harvesting beams by -50%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of mining beams by -50%
  
• Hayato Cruiser: Increases the FTL LPH speed boost of FTL speed boost modules by 50%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of all engine (ftl/qjump/sublight) modules by 50%,  Increases the sublight speed boost of sublight boost modules by 50%, Increases the qJump distance of qJump modules by 50%, Reduces total Trilite Fuel amount of a jump by 50%
  
• CCB Pallas: Increase the damage dealt by all weapon modules by 100%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of all weapon modules by 100%
  
• Reaper Destroyer FF: Reduced the base and draw power amounts of all weapon modules by 50%
  
• Tradestar Nomad: Increase the capacity added by cargo modules by 25%, 
  
• Vulcan Harvester: Reduce the damage dealt by all weapon modules by -50%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of all weapon modules by 50%, Increase total armor, or shields of a module by 25%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of all shield/armor modules by 25%, Reduced the cycle time of a mining beam by 75%, Increases the yield of all mining/harvesting beams by 75%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of mining beams by 50%, Reduces the Unit Weight of Ore and Refined by 90%
  
• Phoenix Cruiser: Increase the damage dealt by all weapon modules by 15%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of all weapon modules by 15%, Increase the capacity added by cargo modules by 100%,  Increases the FTL LPH speed boost of FTL speed boost modules by 25%, Increase the GW capacity added by power modules by 25%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of all engine (ftl/qjump/sublight) modules by 50%,  Increases the sublight speed boost of sublight boost modules by 50%, Increases the qJump distance of qJump modules by 50%, Reduces total Trilite Fuel amount of a jump by 50%
  
• Reaper Interceptor: Increase the damage dealt by all weapon modules by 50%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of all weapon modules by 50%
  
• Reaper Destroyer: Increase the damage dealt by all weapon modules by 50%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of all weapon modules by 25%
  
• Reaper Vanquisher: Increase the damage dealt by all weapon modules by 50%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of all weapon modules by 25%
  
• Reaper Eliminator: Increase the damage dealt by all weapon modules by 50%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of all weapon modules by 25%
  
• Vulcan Dregger: Reduce the damage dealt by all weapon modules by -50%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of all weapon modules by -50%, Increase total armor, or shields of a module by 25%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of all shield/armor modules by 25%, Reduced the cycle time of a mining beam by 75%, Increases the yield of all mining/harvesting beams by 75%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of mining beams by 50%, Reduces the Unit Weight of Ore and Refined by 90%
  
• Vulcan Prospector: Reduce the damage dealt by all weapon modules by -50%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of all weapon modules by -50%, Increase total armor, or shields of a module by 25%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of all shield/armor modules by 25%, Reduced the cycle time of a mining beam by 75%, Increases the yield of all mining/harvesting beams by 75%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of mining beams by 50%, Reduces the Unit Weight of Ore and Refined by 90%
  
• Vulcan Scrapper: Reduce the damage dealt by all weapon modules by -50%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of all weapon modules by -50%, Increase total armor, or shields of a module by 25%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of all shield/armor modules by 25%, Reduced the cycle time of a mining beam by 75%, Increases the yield of all mining/harvesting beams by 75%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of mining beams by 50%, Reduces the Unit Weight of Ore and Refined by 90%
  
• Phoenix Nightsaber: Reduce the damage dealt by all weapon modules by -5%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of all weapon modules by -5%, Increase total armor, or shields of a module by 10%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of all shield/armor modules by 10%, Reduced the cycle time of a mining beam by 10%, Increases the yield of all mining/harvesting beams by 10%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of mining beams by 30%, Reduces the Unit Weight of Ore and Refined by 65%
  
• Phoenix Frostsaber: Increase the damage dealt by all weapon modules by -5%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of all weapon modules by -5%, Increase total armor, or shields of a module by 10%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of all shield/armor modules by 10%, Reduced the cycle time of a mining beam by 10%, Increases the yield of all mining/harvesting beams by 10%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of mining beams by 30%, Reduces the Unit Weight of Ore and Refined by 65%
  
• Reaper Dominator: Increase the damage dealt by all weapon modules by 55%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of all weapon modules by 30%
  
• Vulcan Crusader: Reduce the damage dealt by all weapon modules by -50%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of all weapon modules by -50%, Increase the capacity added by cargo modules by 200%, Increase total armor, or shields of a module by 50%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of all shield/armor modules by 50%,
  
• Sigma XRB-9134: Increase the damage dealt by all weapon modules by 50%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of all weapon modules by 25%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of all enigne (ftl/qjump/sublight) modules by 50%,  Increases the sublight speed boost of sublight boost modules by 50%
  
• VICE Vanguard SE: Increase the damage dealt by all weapon modules by 200%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of all weapon modules by 50%, Increase total armor, or shields of a module by 200%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of all shield/armor modules by 50%
  
• Sigma Corvette SE: Increase the damage dealt by all weapon modules by 200%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of all weapon modules by 50%, Increase total armor, or shields of a module by 200%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of all shield/armor modules by 50%
  
• Vulcan Voyager SE: Increase the damage dealt by all weapon modules by 200%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of all weapon modules by 50%, Increase total armor, or shields of a module by 200%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of all shield/armor modules by 50%
  
• Reaper Dominator HE: Increase the damage dealt by all weapon modules by 50%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of all weapon modules by 25%
  
• Vulcan Cursader HE: Increase the damage dealt by all weapon modules by -50%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of all weapon modules by -50%, Increase the capacity added by cargo modules by 200%, Increase total armor, or shields of a module by 50%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of all shield/armor modules by 50%
  
• GLAM Horizon: Reduce the damage dealt by all weapon modules by -50%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of all weapon modules by -80%, Increases the FTL LPH speed boost of FTL speed boost modules by 20%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of all engine (ftl/qjump/sublight) modules by 20%,  Increases the sublight speed boost of sublight boost modules by 20%, Increases personnel capacity of transport modules by 300%, Reduces the Unit Weight of Personnel by 99%
  
• GLAM Oasis: Reduce the damage dealt by all weapon modules by -50%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of all weapon modules by -80%, Increases the FTL LPH speed boost of FTL speed boost modules by 20%, Reduced the base and draw power amounts of all engine (ftl/qjump/sublight) modules by 20%,  Increases the sublight speed boost of sublight boost modules by 20%, Increases personnel capacity of transport modules by 200%, Reduces the Unit Weight of Personnel by 99%
  

Known Issues:

• If you get destroyed and you are in your pod and you do not see your emergency container - check your activity log and you will see the receipt of it there, restart client to see the actual container in space
  
• Directional Scanners lagging at times
  
• Pulse Scanner - When using pulse scanner if one of the asteroids that was scanned is empty then the "No Resources Detected" sound will play despite other asteroids not being empty
  
• When changing Fullscreen mode, the UI will enlarge sometimes and you will need to change resolutions to fix it
  
• Users will have to move a workshop module around and re-save before using workshops again
  
• Words may sometimes stack together in combat logs
  
• Transaction time UI shows UTC time, but not in military time
  
• GFI Security fleet still disabled
  
• FKD Disrupter Pulse ML 2 vfx when activated appears too bright.
  
• Certain missiles fired by NPCs will cause them to circle the users ship before they explode
  
• Surrounding ships are able to see NPC disruptions after getting EMP'd by another user in an Oscillator.
  
• Spelling errors in activity logs, these will be corrected moving forward and past logs will get updated in the next few weeks.
  
• Platinum Ore and Platinum show the same image
  
• When in FTL sound cannot be controlled via in-game options
  
• Mac Users- Sometimes the build will load up and only double clicking works - If this happens exit to Main Menu and go back in to the game- this should fix the issue