- Fix for issue with the "Clear the asteroids" mission where the asteroids wouldn't explode properly
- Fixes a bug with the final mission in Story mode which would cause it to not end
- Fixes the alignment of the mission dots in Story mode
- Visual fixes on the Story mode Outro
- Spaced out the ships in the left side display a bit more
- Added some explanatory text around selecting Allies in the Endless mode start menu
- Made some slight increases to the amount of scrap you get from destroyed ships
Eternal Starlight VR
Update notes for June 4, 2022
The Endless Mode update is here!
The Endless Mode update is rolling out today. It adds a brand new, fully procedural campaign with 5 flagships for you to take command of as you embark on your quest to reach the alien structure known as The Center. We've heard your feedback and we think players will appreciate the longer campaign, with more variety and more freedom to customize and grow your fleet. We've made optimizations so that battles can include more ships and we've made Permadeath optional in Easy and Medium mode to make it a less frustrating experience for those that found the game too challenging. For those that want more challenge, we've added modifiers to endless mode so you can choose to play with modified rules, such as only being able to repair at stores, or having a chance for systems to be permanently destroyed in battle. We've added a new resource to the game called Scrap, which will be used to repair your fleets. This change was made because some found it difficult to maintain their fleets and have enough money left over to upgrade them. Scrap makes it possible to do both.
Endless mode is a scored mode with your multiplier determined by your difficulty settings. We've added a leaderboard for Endless Mode, and also leaderboards for number of wins in the regular "Story" mode. We've also added 5 new challenge missions to the Skirmish menu, and plan to add more in the future. Almost every part of the game has seen updates in this release:
- Graphical improvements & new effects
- Balance changes
- Bug fixes
- New ships
- New items
- New and improved space environments
- New space obstacle placement algorithm
- More!
We hope you enjoy the update - If you do, we'd love it if you left us a review. If you encounter any bugs, they can be reported on our discord (https://discord.gg/NbZgQeuwc8) or send us an email on our website (https://www.starlight-vr.com/). Good luck out there!
Eternal Starlight 1.3 BETA available
A beta version for Eternal Starlight 1.3 (the Endless Mode update) is available on the Beta channel. This version doesn't yet have the full set of translations and may still see a few tweaks and fixes before launch, but players are welcome to start checking it out. This is our biggest update yet and features tons of new features. The biggest addition: The new Endless Mode, which is a fully procedural campaign with randomized fleets and missions with new options to tailor the experience to your liking. There are 5 flagships to unlock and play, including the new Entirrizi flagship.
Other big updates:
- Permadeath is now optional in all modes (except Hard difficulty)
- Updated ship art & effects
- Revamped items and balance changes
- 5 new skirmish Challenge missions
- New Leaderboards and Achievements
- New items & vessels
- New environments
- New Resource: Scrap, for repairs
- Optimizations and other improvements
- Much more!
Update notes for 11/4
Minor bugfix update:
- Fix for missing progress info on ship loadout unlocks (when starting a new game)
- Fixed issue with being unable to see item hover descriptions shortly after moving
- Fixed 'Fold' icon orientation so it matches your ship orientation
New languages & bHaptics support
Also in this update:
- Beam damage calculation bugfixes, and balance changes to beam items for better progression
- Increased max points for skirmish mode to 15
- Added DPS to item info display for easier comparisions
- Buffed EM Nova item (increased damage)
- Nicer text reveal effect, added skip to outro and updated outro text
- Bugfixes on the tutorial and final mission
The next version, 1.3, will feature some larger content updates. We will be adding "Challenges" to the skirmish mode which are more pre-defined missions for you to complete featuring some matchups that you wouldn't get in the single player campaign. We will also be adding leader boards and the new Endless mode. Endless mode will feature a more traditional roguelike experience with procedural missions, less dialogue, and more options for tailoring your run (more starting ship choices and difficulty modifiers).
Update notes for August 13th
- Rebuilt the game as 64-bit - This seems to fix a SteamVR issue when running the game on Linux under Photon and also an issue with hands not appearing on windows.
- Moved Turret asteroid spawn position further away from the center
- Removed 'shake to cancel' dragging behavior for now. Use grip instead to cancel.
As always, if you experience any issues or have suggestions, feel free to post them in the Steam community discussion area or email us directly (the address is on our website).
Update notes for 1.1
WHAT'S NEW:
- Added Grip Rotation (optional)
- The settings menu is now available in starting area
- Added grip height adjustment feature (to better support seated and laying down play)
- New voice cues in combat (For example: "System ready", "Ship damaged", etc)
- Hand menu improvements and fixes (New: teleport to enemies)
- Unlockable boosts for successive runs
- Revamped Tutorial with additional visual instructions
- Fixes to smoothed 3rd person cam
- Bugfixes
We appreciate the feedback and the great response the game is getting. Thanks for playing!
Update 1.0.522
What's new:
- Fixed bug with some weapons not firing
- Increased money given when destroying enemies
- Increased rewards on some missions and added more 'repair' rewards
- Slightly increased starting money on Medium
- Added new item drops for Grethon Drop ship,
- Increased item drop chance on some ships
- Reduced initial cooldown on Singularity item
- Increased cost / resale value for Energy Torpedo
- Increased cost of Heavy Mag Cannon
- Increased Proton Torpedo rate of fire (Kraya weapon)
Coming soon
For our next release, we are looking to implement some feature requests and quality of life improvements:
- Add settings menu to the starting (office) area
- Grip rotation option
- Better ways to compare items
- Tutorial improvements
Eternal Starlight is now available!
We started development back in 2016 for the HTC Vive. And now, Eternal Starlight has finally arrived with support for all Steam VR headsets. ES offers a unique experience for fans of sci-fi and strategy / tactics games. This is just the beginning - more updates to come! Drop by our community forum and let us know what you think.
Welcome to Eternal Starlight
Be sure to check out our website at http://www.starlight-vr.com/
Help is available here:
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