Possible fix for Tier 3 focus crystals disappearing prematurely when used in a Station Shield
Fixed error related to recently introduced caching
NOTES
Servers need to be updated
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Patch notes for Interstellar Rift 1.0.3.01
BUG FIXES
Fixed a dupe bug that could occur when constructing ships
Mitigated a crash related to the caching of ships in the game.db
NOTES
Servers need to be updated to mitigate the dupe bug!
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Patch notes for Interstellar Rift 1.0.3.00
FEATURES
Added a vault to ship teleportation mode
Can be accessed in the same way as the fleet and crew vaults
Can teleport resources and tools
Teleportation costs are 100 per tool/crate (will be tweaked during experimental phase)
BALANCE
Reduced the duration of the rift bubble around the ship from 25 to 10 seconds
BUG FIXES
Fixed small hallway door names in the editor
Fixed small hallway door sign facing the wrong direction on the left door
Fixed small hallway door blocker model not showing
Fixed small hallway door texture size on the bottom door panel of the left door
Fixed recipes for nano bots and laser cells which caused them to lose resources in the production process
Added functionality to kill and restart ghost clients if they don't connect in time
Reworked multiple systems behind the scenes to optimize memory usage and improve performance/stability
Fixed assembling machine sound positions
Fixed a bug with the shields not decaying when underpowered
Added extra logging to find any issues with the station shield crystals
Implemented ship caching to improve performance and memory usage
Fixed possible crash when a fire is started
Fixed crash on exit that could occur when the ship editor device edit UI was used
Removed some unused models and textures
Fixed explosions that spawn explosions always failing when reloading the save
Fixed scanner type of explosions
Fixed expanding explosions losing getting detached from their owner on reloading the save
NOTES
Servers need to be updated!
If you haven't already, make sure to check out our Discord channel for the latest updates, server notifications, support, and more!
Instant Transactions - Interstellar Rift development update 166
It's been a while since our last update, but we're happy to release another one after it's been spending some time in the experimental oven. The main new addition to the game in this update is the vault to ship teleportation. But we've also fixed some bugs and reworked some things behind the scenes.
Vault to ship teleportation is a new way of teleporting resources and tools from your vault to the ship without all that needless mucking about with cargo teleporters or, even worse, carrying things.
From the vault simply select a target ship and target storage and for a modest fee your resources will be teleported over.
We've also been fixing some long standing bugs and introduced a ship cache. This will store ship data for easy access and makes sure we don't have to load the ships more often than needed. Which should result in better memory utilization and improved performance. We wanted to test these changes to make sure nothing would break, which is why they've been in the experimental phase for some time.
For all the bug fixes and other minor changes, please see the patch notes.
If you haven't already, make sure to check out our Discord channel for the latest updates, server notifications, support, and more!
Patch notes for Interstellar Rift 1.0.2.21
BUG FIXES
Fixed a bug where the server could incorrectly think that a ghost client was already running
Added option to restart ghost clients if their initial connection is taking too long
Stopped the initial connection to logging server if AllowAnonymousDataGathering was disabled
Increased the buffer size for the logging server to reduce reconnection attempts
Shorten logging server initial connection timeout
NOTES
EU server issues were indirectly caused by the fire in an OVH datacentre taking down a relay server that was running there. The EU servers were running with the ghost client restart option mentioned in the changelog, so the server would shut them down before they tried to connect as the connection attempt to the relay server would take at least 15 seconds to time out.
Servers do not need to be restarted, but it is recommended as this patch should reduce initial startup time because of the logging server timeout tweaks.
Experimental version 1.0.3.00 is now live!
Hi everyone,
The latest update for Interstellar Rift (e1.0.3.00) is now available on the experimental branch.
This experimental version contains some major reworks of some of the internal game systems for saving ships and other memory oriented processes. This should lead to reduced memory usage and more stable servers with better performance.
It also includes the community poll feature from the beginning of the year.
For all the changes and bug fixes please see the patch notes linked below.
To enable the experimental branch, right click on Interstellar Rift in Steam, go to the beta tab, and select the "experimental IR beta patches" option
Please note that galaxy files opened in the experimental build, may turn out to be broken when going back to the regular build. It is recommended to start a new save file when trying the experimental build.
If you haven't already, make sure to check out our Discord channel for the latest updates, server notifications, support, and more!
Patch notes for Interstellar Rift 1.0.2.20
BUG FIXES
Fixed a crash in the ghost client handling
Disabled Droid Christmas hats and Jingle Bells in the Juke box
NOTES
Servers need to be updated!
If you haven't already, make sure to check out our Discord channel for the latest updates, server notifications, support, and more!
Patch notes for Interstellar Rift 1.0.2.10
BUG FIXES
Fixed a possible cause of players getting stuck on the "Preparing game..." loading screen
Requeue save data requests when the connection to a ghost client is lost
Start a new ghost client when the connection to the old one is lost
Disabled storing ships with an active station shield or destruction sequence
Fixed ships sometimes not being visible after autostored within a safezone
NOTES
Servers need to be updated!
If you haven't already, make sure to check out our Discord channel for the latest updates, server notifications, support, and more!
Patch notes for Interstellar Rift 1.0.2.00
FEATURES
Enabled Jingle Nells music on jukebox
Added Christmas hats to droids
Added original Interstellar Rift - Pre-Alpha Theme by Sir Xemic to Jukebox
Added new shader for all interior windows and doors
Added missing description to windows
Added offset version of benches
Added several types of room-to-room windows
Can be activated to switch between opaque and transparent mode
ADDED FREE CHRISTMAS DLC
Support for christmas DLC
Ships containing props that require the DLC can't be built or upgraded (unless to remove the DLC props) if the player doesn't have it installed
Christmas DLC contents
Added Fireplace
Added Snowman
Added several offset versions of christmas lights
Added icicle props
Added snowy and plain brick walls
Added christmas presents
Added several UI indicators pointing to the DLC
NOTES
Servers need to be updated!
2020 In Hindsight - Interstellar Rift Development Update 165
Welcome back to another Interstellar Rift development update! In this update we add the community poll winners; the interior windows. We are also adding in DLC support with the release of a free Holidays 2020 DLC pack. We’ve also made a couple of other small changes which we’ll detail below.
First up, the interior windows. We’ve added 8 new interior windows which can be placed between rooms. The placement works very much in the same way as doors. Placing them on a wall creates a new room behind them if there wasn’t a room already present. Removing a room on the other side also removes the windows.
To match with the new windows we’ve also updated some of the windows and walls that were already in the game. With this update they also gain the functionality that the interior windows have, to switch between transparent and opaque. The small doors and medbay doors have been updated to use the new glass look, but don’t have the functionality yet to be darkened. We’ll update these early next year.
To test our DLC backend for future DLCs we decided to release a small pack of Holiday Season related items in a free DLC. Among them you can find some christmas lights, a snowman, a fireplace, and more. We’ve also added an offset version of the dining benches so you can cozy up to the fire in the cold vacuum of space.
Our plans for future DLC are coming into focus and we decided that we don’t want them to impact the main gameplay features of the game. As such we will keep releasing free updates with new features and props. We will look towards offering some extra content in the DLC packs with which you can customize your ship in various new ways.
To go into detail about the DLC for ships, it will work as follows. You can place and look at the DLC props in the editor, but you won’t be able to construct or modify ships with DLC content on them that you yourself do not have. This means that other players can modify the ships for you, or you can purchase a ship with the DLC content already present. You can’t modify that ship any further at that point though, not without first removing the DLC content.
And with that we’ve come to the end of 2020, we at Split Polygon would like to extend our best wishes to everyone, we’re looking forward to what we can bring to Interstellar Rift in 2021.
Happy Holidays, and as always we’ll see you star-side!
