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Progress Notes Week 14

April 5th - 9th

• Mining Backpack changes have been tested (two dedicated ore slots added and ability to store ore in normal slots)
  

• Company stations access control design has been worked on
  
• Ship controls, mining in space and building tutorials have been worked on
  
• Work on Auction House design for crafting continues
  
• Station Manager can now be used to control who is able to see your station transponder
  
• Station Manager can now be used to resign your station
  
• Player station and lot transponder Settings have been moved from Station Manager to Settings menu
  

• Moon City should no longer float above the planet surface
  

• Solid version of pipes and cables that can transfer resources and data has been worked on
  

• Tripod weapon rotations have been worked on
  
• Work on Easy Build Mode continues
  
• The implementation of Spaceship tutorial has started
  
• Station building multiplayer has been worked on; work on permissions continues
  

• Crafting UI has been worked on
  
• Fixes have been made to the mail system; the issue with loading the inbox, when it contained mail with a lot of attachments, has been fixed
  
• Interface for sharing spaceship access rights to others has been implemented, backend support still needed
  
• The Station Manager has been worked on
  

• Cargo Beams & Cargo Frames are no longer erroneously active in Spaceship Designer
  
• Automatic thruster naming no longer groups connected triangle thrusters
  
• Decal painting has been worked on
  

• New unarmed and rifle prone transitions finished, animations for others weapons to come
  

• Skyscraper entrance module 3 (light and dark) has been updated to Moon city
  
• Additional art has been added to Work Hub's job hall modules
  

• Work on polishing Viper armor set textures has continued
  
• Cliff materials for Moon type 2 and 4 have been worked on
  
• Large thruster connector has been updated to fit the station grid
  
• VFX updates for Antigel Rifle and Whiplash weapons have been worked on
  
• VFX work on Autocannon Tripod has started
  

Progress Notes Week 13

March 29th - April 2nd

• Triangle and Box thruster nozzles now affect thruster's total thrust
  
• Buying blueprint chips with custom blueprints has been tested and improvements were designed
  
• Design for registering spaceships as owned if they have been built outside of Spaceship Designer has been started
  
• Free-form building in moon has been tested and improvements have been designed
  
• Design for solid version of pipes and cables that can transfer resources and data continues
  

• Company medal awards and medal creator have been designed
  
• Company ship access control has been designed
  
• Using premade parts for Ship Designer purchases has been implemented
  

• Universal Tool optimizations have been made - Asteroid material queries should not cause FPS deflation
  
• Ship transponders color code have been expanded to stations and lots
  
• Two new ore slots have been added to mining backpack
  
• Tripod functionality has been worked on
  
• The objectives of the Demolition job tutorial have been revamped: All tools spawn right at the beginning and all four ships have separate objectives
  
• Being able to restart the tutorial after completing it without first resetting the progress in the settings have been fixed
  
• Jobs not being in tutorial mode after relogging with the tutorial active have been fixed
  
• The Demolition job tutorial now shows usage hint for the currently active tool
  

• Page for editing mission settings have been worked on
  
• Ship Manager's Access page has been worked on
  

• Work on new prone transition animations continues
  

• Windowed submodules have been updated in grid slots
  
• Skyscraper Roof module 04 has been finished
  
• Old window assets have been replaced in Skyscraper roof modules
  

• More rocks have been added for Moon Type 4
  
• Rock spawn logic adjustments have been made for Elysium
  
• Salvage collector asset has been created
  
• Inventory icons for station and ship blueprint chips have been created
  
• Auto snap icon for Ship Designer has been created
  
• Relative sizing of all explosive propellant VFX have been updated, visual and optimization updates have also been made
  
• Significant optimization/rework of remote explosive VFX when multiple detonations are combined up close
  

Progress Notes Week 12

March 22nd - 26th

• Design for solid version of pipes and cables that can transfer resources and data has started
  

• Naming policy has been updated to allow numerals for ships, companies and blueprints
  
• Design for new versions of company ship access pages has been worked on
  
  
  
  • Spawn, flight, build and deconstruct rights have been combined under operator rights
    
  • Operator is determined by rank/team/job
    
  • Rank may give deed, trade and decommission access to accessible ships
    
  
  

• Old windows of Lot Designer's medium halls have been updated with the new ones
  

• Ship thrusters no longer consume resources/power when they cannot function due to their structural connection, nor in the Ship Designer edit mode
  
• Cargo Frame's wall collisions now keep up with the ship during fast travel
  
• Magnetic Boots now lock on Cargo Frame fields
  
• Transponder colors were not shown properly, default color was corrected and priority was reversed
  
• Material Point Scanner code has been refactored to work with LOD asteroids
  
• Easy Build Mode has been worked on, ship blueprint saving functionality has been started
  

• Resource management UI windows have been worked on, all tabs (that should) are now scalable
  
• Company bank accounts have been worked on
  
• An option to show previews of mail attachments in the inbox has been added
  
• Refactoring of the tutorial gameplay logic has been finished
  

• Foundation modules should be same height when placed on moons (free-form building)
  
• Foundation modules should be able to be welded in place, instead of adding them to station automatically
  

• Work on new prone transition animations continues
  

• Details on the exterior of module hall c large 10 has been finished
  

• Finalization of Large Generator assets has been worked on
  
• Viper armorset texture polish has been worked on
  
• Exorium processing unit has been finished
  
• All explosive container VFX have been updated for improved chain reaction behavior
  

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Progress Notes Week 11

March 15th - 19th

• Ship Diagnostic Scanner has been finished and added to shops and Ship Designer
  
• Salvage Collector asset design has been finished
  
• Connector plug and resource plug components have been created and configured for Large Generator assets and tested
  
• Work on Easy Build Mode continues
  
• New armor mechanics for penetration depth based on material density have been tested
  

• New social tab for mission groups has been designed, can be split into units if needed
  
• Auction House introduction and additional tutorial choices has been worked on
  
• Naming policy for ships, chips and companies has been worked on
  

• Floating holograms have been removed from the Moon city
  
• Old windows have been replaced with the new ones in Lot designer's Small, Large and Hallway -modules
  
  
  
  • Medium halls and the rest of the buildings are in progress
    
  
  

• Pincer has been updated: second generator unit has been added
  
• Vasama purchasing terminal removed from Marketplace.
  
• The following ships have been removed from Duratech ship shop:
  
  
  
  • LYNGBAKER A, Beli DTX-BEL8-A, Sinthgut DTX-SGT5-A, Heptifili A DTX-HEP1-A
    
  
  
• Ships moved to Chemosh ship shop from Rando 3:
  
  
  
  • Chemosh Badger-28, Chemosh Ark I
    
  
  
• Rando shipshop changes:
  
  
  
  • MLS-8-252 "Truzhenik" added to Rando 3
    
  • Gourami removed from Rando 3
    
  • Marlin removed from Rando 2
    
  • Hype Van, Hype Van Autocannon Blue and Hype Van Autocannon Red removed from Rando 1
    
  
  

• Resource consumption order issues have been fixed
  
• Quick melee environmental hit detection while aboard a moving ship has been fixed
  
• The tech behind Cargo Lock Beams and Cargo Frames has been refactored, improving multiplayer functionality
  
• Thruster consumption improvements (affecting especially Plasma Thrusters)
  
• The very base gameplay for tripod weapons has been finished and bug fixing and adding remaining functionality has started
  
• Work with chain explosions has been finished
  

• Work on adding company bank accounts has continued
  
• Work on the mail system has continued
  
• First version of Mission overview page has been finished
  

• Snapping issues with certain beam combinations not snapping together in SSC have been fixed
  

• Work on improving midair animations continues
  
• New transition animations when entering/exiting prone are under work
  

• Hallway modules' connecting sides have been visually updated
  

• Trinity armorset textures and paintjobs have been updated
  
• Visual and performance updates have been made to Fast Travel Gate travel VFX
  
• Maneuver Thruster: Some of the stability and performance issues have been addressed and some minor visual updates have been made
  

Progress Notes Week 10

March 8th - 12th

• Weapons no longer leave empty magazines in inventory when the magazine is spent
  
• Players are no longer able to punch while in cursor mode
  
• Details on material refining process has been worked on
  
• Salvage Collector (part of the refining process) design has been started
  
• Material Point Scanner has been tested on asteroids, devices and other objects after committed fixes
  
• Work on Large Generator continues, current assets have been tested
  
• Missile design and launch testing, removing speed inherit fixed some issues with missiles colliding with ships
  

• Mission invitation and accepting logic has been updated, players accept mission and accepted players are invited by officer
  

• Floating resource bridges in one of ther Robur's refill stations have been placed in their correct location
  
• Several updates have been made to player ship shops: new ships have been added and some ship placements have been changed
  
• Kodiak and Serf spaceships have been updated
  

• Quality of life fixes to "facing to up" orientation bind have been made
  
• Initial resource network support for material gasses (not yet available in game)
  
• Server support for resource generating devices has been worked on
  
• Various issues with tripod weapon magazine handling have been fixed
  

• Mail server support for receiving attachments has been finished
  

• Initialization order related issues that occurred when opening certain maps in the Spaceship Designer have been fixed
  
• Issues that caused entering the Station Designer to get stuck with larger stations have been fixed
  

• Work on improving midair animations continues
  

• Level art for planet city barricade modules has been made
  
• OKI and Rando ship shop identifying holograms have been updated
  
• Work on Skyscraper Roof 04 interior has started
  

• Work on Exorium processing unit model is nearly complete
  
• Visual and performance updates to Warp Gate entry VFX
  

Progress Notes Week 9

March 1st - 5th

• Ship Diagnostic Scanner has been tested: working as intended, more throughout testing continues
  
• Refill Terminal UI re-design has been finished (support for multiple propellant types)
  
• Large Generators preliminary design has been finished, asset design has been started
  
• Work on easy build mode continues
  
• Weapon balance has been worked on, tests and adjustments to small weapons have been looked into
  

• New Company missions review system for individual participants has been designed
  
• Mission rating and medals and Company rank rights have been worked on
  
• Features to review mission success and giving feedback have been worked on
  

• Locations of Okim 1 and 2 shipshops in Origin station have been swapped
  
• Repair job shipwreck (Laborer) has been updated
  
• The following ships were removed from Sunny ship center:
  
  
  
  • Gofer
    
  • Mason
    
  • Ithaca V1
    
  • Ithaca V4
    
  • Ocelot
    
  • Vector
    
  • Peon
    
  • Vasama
    
  • Twin Vasama
    
  • Vasama Vanette
    
  • Tugger
    
  
  

• The addition of two new material slots to backpack have been worked on
  
• Tripod reloading has been worked on
  
• Ship Diagnostic Scanner has been committed
  

• Work on the mail system has continued
  
  
  
  • Work on the server side support for sending item attachments has started
    
  
  
• Company Mission overview page has been worked on
  
• Station Manager Access page has been worked on
  

• Using ship showroom test flight spawns the ship at the nearest ship spawn area
  
• Scene loading code placing certain ships out of bounds has been fixed
  
• Furniture-category not being visible in interior designer have been fixed
  

• 3rd person mid-air animations have been polished
  

• Skyscraper Roof Module 03 has been finished
  
• New windows have been made. Waiting for implementation
  

• Inventory icons for the updated ladder assets have been added
  
• Inventory icons for modular button assets have been added:
  
  
  
  • Button 12x12, button 12x24, light button 12x12, Safety Lid button (Round), Safety Lid button (square) and Switch 12x24cm
    
  • Some colors have been flipped to differentiate the button variants from each other
    
  
  
• Inventory icons for Ship Diagnostic Scanner have been added
  
• Plasma Thruster: Snap points to the nozzle support legs have been added
  
• A set of objects that connect large thrusters have been created
  
• Issues with unwanted VFX sometimes appearing behind Mounted Laser barrel have been fixed
  
• Work of player re-spawn effects for Reconstruction Machine has started
  

Progress Notes Week 8

February 22th - 26th

• Spawn orientation has been fixed on Reconstruction Machines: players will now face "away" from the machine when spawning
  
• Plasma Thruster exhaust damage effects have been configured
  
• Center of Mass and Center of Thrust indicators have been tested in Ship Designer
  
• Refill Terminal UI design update has been worked on
  
• Work on Large Generator continues
  
• Work on Easy Build Mode continues: module rotation, controls and binds have been tested
  
• Karnite propellant tanks and configurations for them have been made
  

• Work on Spaceship tutorial continues
  
• Design for new Company ship UI is underway: rank access, personal access and team access has been worked on
  
• Station and Ship Manager UIs have been worked on
  

• A new event space station "Pirate Outpost" has been created
  

• Two new buttons have been added: Safety Lid Button Round and Safety Lid Button Square
  
• Switch 12x24 cm has been added
  
• Several improvements to the decal editing in Spaceship Designer have been designed
  

• An issue with ship despawing when leaving the station while despawn window is visible has been fixed
  
• Scrap detection system when loading large amounts of static objects (for example stations) has been optimized
  
• Tripod weapon functionality has been worked on
  

• Work on adding company bank accounts has continued
  

• Decal icons and name localizations have been added to asset browser
  
• Automatic thruster naming not working for plasma thrusters has been fixed
  
• Several improvements to the decal editing in Spaceship Designer have been implemented
  

• Work on melee animations continues
  
• Work on decalizer & painter tool animations continues
  
• Missing prone transition animations are in the making
  

• Missing ramps at player shipshop entrances have been fixed
  
• Holograms have been added to player shipshop (Duratech, Okim and Rando) entrances and rooftops to help players identify them
  

• Signal booster device has been modeled and textured
  
• Moon ground materials have been updated with more variations
  
• More launcher related inventory icons have been created
  
• Icons for Virtual Mass and Thruster Field Name tools have been created
  
• First version of Large Plasma Thruster VFX
  
• Significant visual and behavioral updates to Box and Triangle Thrusters
  

Progress Notes Week 7

February 15th - 19th

• Cable and Pipe tools now place down cables and pipes from the center of the camera instead of the end of the tool, making placement easier in tight spaces
  
• Design on large generator has started (more powerful and efficient generator for larger ships)
  
• Plasma thruster configurations have been worked on
  

• Tutorials for spaceships controls and flying have been worked on
  
• Company Missions logic has been worked on
  
  
  
  • Public Missions log
    
  • Leaders being able to remove personnel mid mission
    
  • Accepting and denying missions
    
  
  
• Initial designs for new infographics have been worked on
  
• Work on Station Manager UI continues
  

• Missing Eydama A ship added back to Duratech store
  
• Removed Hildr A ship from Duratech store
  
• Various station asset names have been updated
  
• Collision issue with Station Designer's Angled Corners has been fixed
  

• Premade ships are being updated for the thruster changes
  
• More buttons and switches are being worked on
  

• Inventory handling for tripod weapons have been worked on
  
• The interactions and indicators with levers and other devices while holding tools have been improved
  
• A bug that caused ship shop ships to sometimes spawn at odd locations around the ship shop has been fixed
  
• Lot transponder pointed locations for player station contained lots have been fixed
  

• The addition of company bank accounts have been worked on
  
• Mail inbox can now be searched based on mail subject, sender, send date and various other filters
  
• The sent mail-mailbox now shows recipient instead of sender name. The opened mail view also shows the recipient's name in addition to the sender.
  
• Station Access Page have been worked on
  

• Scene view box can no longer select objects that aren't supposed to be selectable, such as (partially) built station grid slots.
  
• Editing player station lots now displays the LOD of the player station around the lot
  
• Fixed moons in the background appearing in wrong locations while in the Spaceship Designer
  

• Work on melee animations has continued
  
• Work on decalizer & painter tool animations has continued
  

• Work on Skyscraper Roof Module 02 interior has continued
  

• Watcher armorset have been polished
  

• Modeling for a signal booster asset is underway
  
• Created inventory icons for various torpedo and missile launcher related assets
  
• Work on the reconstruction machine effect have continued
  
• All Endo Hit effects have been updated