Star Merchant
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Derek
ATTENTION: Game is NOT broken.
Now, technical issues are a part of every PC game, at least most of them. A few systems will have issues running some games. Star Merchant may very rarely have issues with video cards with odd settings going on (the option to play 4:3 stretched on some Nvidia cards without changing resolution may cause occasional issues) or apps that force windowed mode on fullscreen apps. These may cause the game to not work or display right.
But Star Merchant has:
A. Hundreds of people playing it i've heard from and talked to and it works fine.
B. Over a dozen YouTube videos with it running and displaying fine, on a wide range of systems.
C. I had 22 beta testers with a variety of systems old and new, and all ran the game fine (1 had an issue relating to the Nvidia setting I described above, which fixed it when changed).
These facts should indicate the game is not "broken" in any way. It does use an older resolution, yes. But assuming your system/monitor is capable of displaying 1024x768 and your system is set to the proper font size (indicated clearly at the top of the Store listing), it more than likely will run just fine.
Users should ALWAYS read the system requirements before buying any game, on Steam or anywhere else. This may prevent game developers from aging prematurely, and save you a lot of headache if it ends being a game you can't run for some reason or another.
If you think I might be able to help with your issue...i'm always here! Friend me on Steam or email me: simprosestudios@gmail.com
Thank you for listening and happy gaming! ːsteamhappyː
Derek
Version 1.26 released!
FIX: Corrected some mouseover texts on the Main Menu.
FIX: Fixed a crash issue if you tried to buy an item and your 15 inventory slots were full.
FIX: Fixed a crash bug if you try to type in a huge number in text fields. Now it limits the player to 5-8 characters (depending on the box).
FIX: Cleaned up a visual bug where the yellow arrows on the stock screen stay after returning from buying or selling.
FIX: Closed an exploit loophole by not allowing stocks to be purchased with loans anymore; you must have the credits on hand.
FIX: Made the mouseover for buying fleet ships clearer to prevent confusion.
FIX: Fixed a exploit bug if you repaired your ship or bought a weapon at the Shipyard and then it may sometimes allow you to buy fleet ships
without having the money.
Have fun!
Derek
Version 1.25 released!
- NEW FEATURE: Missions! Randomly generated missions appear during the game and you can explore certain planets to find unique items for credit rewards.
- TWEAK: Greatly scaled up the stats of the generated ships in the Shipyard to make them more competitive with upgraded ships, along with a slight increase in cost as well.
- TWEAK: Adjusted passenger average amounts (now starting at half your max passenger cap as a minimum instead of just 1) and earnings up another 20% on average.
- TWEAK: Increased ship durability damage suffered after losing to pirates by 20-40%.
- TWEAK: Adjusted pirate fleet leader strength upwards slightly as you progress in the game. Later in the game, players were finding combats too easy if they focused on damage upgrades. Noticeable especially past Staryear 100 and 200.
Enjoy!
Derek
Version 1.07 released!
Changelist:
FIX: Corrected some rare issues with winning the game not working properly. Made the check for winning happen both
when you choose a planet AND when you exit a planet.
TWEAK: Tweaked breaking down and running out of gas to be more penalizing if your ship has higher stats on these
and they run out, making it so it isn't far cheaper to just break down or run out of gas vs. keeping them up.
TWEAK: If you run out of gas, you only get refilled up to HALF your maximum instead of maximum.
TWEAK: Made it so that loan interest cannot go below 3% if you have more than 50,000 in loans. This discourages
taking out a bunch of money if the loan interest dips to 1% for a period of time.
TWEAK: Made it clearer in the mouseover that buying a ship in the Shipyard replaces your current one.
TWEAK: Purchased shipyard vessels now have special abilities twice as often, making them more desirable. Added
5 new ship abilities.
TWEAK: Savings and loan interest rates change slightly more frequently.
TWEAK: Refactored some sections of code to increase speed by 3%-5%.
More major additions in next patch. Enjoy!
Derek
Version 1.05 released!
- FEATURE: Added a 'Fill Stock' button to enable you to buy enough of an item to fill your cargo hold with one click.
- FIX: Fixed a rare lockup/crash when entering a planet involving the Rogue Merchant.
- FIX: Fixed a rare lockup if you die or win the game and start a new game right away, clicking a ship caused a lockup.
- TWEAK: Changed the random event where you lose all of your savings to losing just HALF instead.
- TWEAK: Changed the planet economic algorhythm so that demand and economic conditions change a little more frequently than before, eliminating long stagnant
periods of shuttling between 2-3 planets hopefully.
- TWEAK: Altered stock price algorhythm so that they increase or decrease more often, making them potentially more viable as a strategy.
- TWEAK: Increased passenger revenue 30%, making it more viable as a strategy as well.
- TWEAK: Added an indicator of your current weapon underneath the offered weapon on the shipyard so you can compare them to see which is better.
- TWEAK: Reduced the chance of dying after combat and after using Suicide Volley by 50%.
Have fun!
Derek
Game released! Notes and such....
Star Merchant has been released to Steam! Just a few notes:
- The game requires 100% 'Normal' or 'Small' fonts (Win 7) in order to play properly. Otherwise, the game will look odd or "run off" the screen. Most machines are set to this by default.
- The game will set itself to 1024x768 full screen resolution when started, and return your desktop to its former res upon exiting. The language used to create it is older and doesn't have built-in (or easy to access or very reliable) support for multiple resolutions.
- There's lots of help with the Help buttons and by mousing over stuff. Between those two, it tells you pretty exactly what everything does.
- Any bugs, crashes, issues or whatever WILL be promptly fixed, as I have done for the past 2 years and 5 games i've developed on Steam.
If you have an issue, please let me know via the forums or my email: simprosestudios@gmail.com -- I kindly request you do not leave negative reviews over this sort of thing.
Thanks and enjoy!
Derek