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- Ascent - The Space Game
Server-Side patch: New NPC Missions
New NPC Missions have been added: InfoSys education job at universities (used to install software etc) Install Operating System job In addition, NPC Missions can now be unique (i.e. can only be run once or one at a time…
Announcement2 changesFixGameplay - Ascent - The Space Game
Develop your own Operating System
There is a new NPC mission type: Develop New Operating System You can (so far) only have one OS per player account, but with upgrades will come many versions. Exploits and upgrades are next!
Announcement1 changeGameplay - Ascent - The Space Game
New NPC Missions, Update Season
In the first of a number of updates, there are new NPC missions available for training: Software Development Information Security These skills will be used in offensive and defensive Information Security missions within…
Security4 changesGameplay - Ascent - The Space Game
Unplanned service interruption (RESOLVED)
Update: This situation has been resolved. We have restored the service without needing any rollbacks and everything is operational again. Once again we apologise for the unexpected unavailability period. Our game server…
Announcement2 changesFixServer - Ascent - The Space Game
Small patch to resolve network issues some players were experiencing
After testing some different build options, we have found a combination that appears to resolve network issues some players were experiencing. We were never able to reproduce the problem ourselves, so this was a bit of…
Announcement1 changeServer - Ascent - The Space Game
NPC Crew Missions Are Live
A series of missions have been added for your NPC crew. You can now send crew on missions away from your ship. At one of your colonies or any other player's colony, new missions can now appear under your "ship and crew…
Announcement6 changesGameplayMaps - Ascent - The Space Game
Quick Patch
Biocomputers now increase ship traits 5% faster than regular computers Window opacity has been increased for most UI windows for readability’s sake The physics response to collisions has been toned down in some circumst…
Announcement1 changeUI/audio - Ascent - The Space Game
Ship Traits!
Ships can now earn special traits when you fly them and undertake activities in Ascent. So far players have discovered three: Miner - gives a small bonus to yield and a significant one to mining beam range per level Fas…
Announcement2 changesGameplay - Ascent - The Space Game
Scheduled Power Maintenance 20:30 27th June UTC to 01:30 28th June UTC
Ascent's power infrastructure will be undergoing maintenance from 20:30 27th June UTC to 01:30 28th June UTC. The window starts at 4:30pm 27th June for East Coast USA or 1:30pm west coast. (see UTC timezone conversions…
Announcement2 changesServer - Ascent - The Space Game
Small Patch
Re-enabled terrain detail effects with a workaround for the issue they were having A small, intermittent bug with combat explosions was fixed. Probably.
Announcement2 changesFixGameplay - Ascent - The Space Game
Skills Expanded
A number of new skills have been added to Ascent to enhance gameplay and reward varied play over and above monotonous "grinding" behaviours. Piloting - This skill is an aggregate of all other skills in the game and will…
Event4 changesGameplay - Ascent - The Space Game
Asteroid Mining and Visuals Update
Version 1.5021 of Ascent is out, and includes a series of visual improvements, a small engine update and a significant look-and-feel update for Asteroid Mining. The Game engine has been updated to the latest stable comp…
Announcement3 changesPerformanceGameplay - Ascent - The Space Game
Tiny update to fix EULA issue
A quick fix for an issue some players were having accepting the EULA.
Announcement - Ascent - The Space Game
Server Upgrades Complete
Server upgrades are now complete. There will be no further interruptions to service.
Announcement1 changeServer - Ascent - The Space Game
Server Upgrades
Over the next 120 minutes we will be performing server upgrades on Ascent, including fixes for several small server-side bugs. Players will experience some interruption to service during this time, but you will not lose…
Announcement2 changesServerGameplay - Ascent - The Space Game
President RAMs through local market changes
President RAM has instructed the UNCA controlled local markets to accept the following new goods: Beer at 600 credits Wine at 650 Graphene at 1,100 Cigars at 700 Electronics at 800 Mech parts at 750 Mining robots at 980…
Announcement2 changesGameplayCompatibility
