Fairspace
Fairspace Update 19th May 2015
Lots of small fixes in the update, Plus one major update.
The Database system has been overhauled, You can now see where you can buy the equipment,ships and commodites that you are looking at, Locations are sorted nearest first and an additional button jumping you straight to that location on the map, allowing you to set your target.
The database also now supports showing the raw numbers as well as the pictorial graphs.
The ships for sale at each planet have been reorganised, with fewer ships at each location.
Some locations have had there names changed.
Bug on charging for repairs when using wormholes has been fixed.
Fairspace Patch 14 May 2015
Parser system first launch, only certain tasks included:-
Go to jail for trading contrabands in any of the main systems, You will receive an initial warning before being Jailed.
Fixing your reputation with allies of planets your docket with.
Ship repairs now cost money, Unless you are well liked by the owners of the planet.
Certain planets and races will help you to upgrade your ships equipment up to and over your current level, for a fee.
Some people will offer to help you map the universe, You need to find them first and then follow there instructions.
These are repeatable adventure events, the more detailed story based events will be launched at a later date.
Quest have been removed from the game, being superseded by the adventure parser system.
All interface screens have been reengineered to appear centrally on all different sized screens, previously they were left oriented.
A few bits of icon snaz have been added.
Achievements removed and replaced for killing live players, These are now linked to parser events.
nebular cloud effect has been fixed, it had disappeared on a previous update.
Warn if trying to undock with a shield attached to your ship.
Fairspace Update 4th May
This is an unscheduled update, I broke something in the network code during the last update and have been forced to go early with this update. Apologies to anyone who has had trouble staying connected to the server for the past few days.
This update Allows the game to be played on your own local server alone, Just you and the AI. Your character is interchangeable between Local and the MMO, You can build a character and set of ships off line and then join the MMO server when you feel you are ready.
This is the Second last update before the planned exit from Early Access, Once I have launched the adventure layer and am happy with the performance of the servers I will exit Early Access.
Thanks.
Fairspace Update 29 April
This update will allow me to finalise the Local Server and Adventure parser systems which will trigger an exiting from early access once launched.
Fairspace Update 16 Feb 2015
Sound FX Modifications, Another round and another attempt, Not sure if its any better.
A rewrite of the explosion system and smoke trails, This has in my opinion greatly improved the explosions and impact effects of combat, Destroying enemy fighters is now far more satisfying to do. Space station are much more impressive when destroyed.
Laser weapons fire points and destination now have particle effects to improve the look.
Small tweak to improve the new bloom system, A little more natural.
Secular maps added to models, Secular was generally broken, it isn't anymore.
Planet surfaces removed the excessive secular that made them look glossy, I had been told about this some time ago but never reached it on my list of things to do.
Missiles and torps amended to the new trail and projectile methods. I am concerned about the Damage for missiles and have it under review.
There is a chance that some of the changes to the pixel shaders may not compile for all graphics cards, Posting your qbootlog.txt file will allow me to quickly resolve the issue, The last 20 lines or so will do.
Environment map amended / enhanced, stage 1, This adds to the model effects, I haven't yet decided to do dynamic environment maps, I don't know if its worth the effort.
After you have visited the teleport screen on a planet all the ship location will appear on your map, I will improve this and allow teleporting from the map screen on a later update.
The next round of updates will concentrate on content and adventure, as well as some specific requests.
Fairspace Update 27 Jan 2015
The folowing updates have been launched in this version 152 A. Please note that this is a mandatory update as the network protocol and ports have been changed.
Bug fix on map viewing - this caused a critical crash in certain circumstances.
Crash protection on character, If a crash occurs your character data will be retained, The feature can be turned off in the configuration screen.
Graphs graphic slight change.
Slight network protocol change to fix possible issue talking to worldserver.
Ping Test Implemented in the console / Whilst not connected to any server you can pop up the console and type 'PINGTEST' this will transmit 100 packets to both the account and worldserver testing the quality and speed of your network connection, A summary is presented after the test is complete.
Rewrite of the bloom shader / Reducing graphics memory while improving quality.
Change to the games port settings, Requiring a forced protocol update.
Initial ship changed, Due to feedback I have changed the first ship you get when creating a new character.
Thank you to all those who help push Fairspace forwards and apologies to those players hit by bugs.
Critical Update 30 Dec 2014
Apologies to all those players who were hit with this, The majority of which im sure didn't report it.
Small Joystick Update. 22 dec 2014
Whilst in flight mode, enabling look spring will let your joystick control the position of the firing point in a analogue way so that each movement extent is in relation to the screen. The alternative is for joystick movement to directionally move the cursor. This mode is only advisable for real joysticks rather than gamepads.
Enabling look spring will stop your mouse movement from functioning whilst in flight mode.
Mini Patch 16 Dec 2014
New graphics for 4 weapons. The Massier,Chemelion,rascal and miscreant.
Joystick / mouse integration issue fixed.
Mouse screen extents issue possibly fixed.
A small change to the welcome screen that.
Mini Patch - 30 Nov 2014
Bug fix for when first person view front and die by crashing into meteorites. Very obscure bug in the camera code.
Bug Fix in Debret field, Some rocks didn't exist to the collision detection engine.
Bug fix when killed by a Debret field, Narrative now names the nebular rather than just blaming the AI..
Amendment to FBO creation and Post processing.
Loot boxes graphical change. Loot boxes were previously rendered over bright and were difficult to see the details on them.