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- Astrela Starlight
The Astralecx Merge
This build is the follow-on to the Dev Omega build. All of the game's binary packages have been updated along with some bug fixes, more game and quest guidance, and some general playability tweaks. The Cetus combat tria…
Announcement1 changeGameplay - Astrela Starlight
Dev Omega
In late 2017, I started work on a small sandbox space game. There wasn't much to it. You could fly a ship, deploy mines, and build a few things. The star systems were auto generated. There were some wild creatures and y…
Store22 changesFixGameplay - Astrela Starlight
Quest Guidance
Today's release contains Quest Guidance. Quest Guidance adds indicators to the HUD, jump system, and Galaxy Map showing targets that are part of the quest. When starting a new game, the player will be asked if they wish…
Store11 changesFixMaps - Astrela Starlight
Experimental Branch
The experimental branch of Astrela Starlight is the last step before release. Everyone is welcome to use the experimental branch. If you wish to join the experimental branch, go to your Steam library. Right-click Astrel…
Announcement - Astrela Starlight
Celestial Alignment Update
The latest round of updates in mainly focused on some performance items, the HUD, and working with celestials. Several other items included below: Update to HUD for more usability. Overlapping HUD items further away wil…
Store9 changesFixPerformance - Astrela Starlight
Fall Update
The latest update has moved from the experimental branch into general release. This includes some changes to models, effects, and other general bug fixes. Changes included in this release If a vessel is permanently wrec…
Store8 changesFixGameplay - Astrela Starlight
Summer Update
Summer update is here with some community requests and other tweaks and cleanup. Community requests: Databank entries can now be set as a priority so they show at the top of the list, like mines. Copiae will show incomi…
Announcement11 changesFixGameplay - Astrela Starlight
Cleaning Celestia
An update has been released from the experimental branch with various player related fixes and some community requested features. The "next enemy" HUD algorithm has been updated to better find nearby hostile vessels and…
Store13 changesFixUI/audio - Astrela Starlight
Weapons Release
The latest set of updates has changed the way weapons are released from various ships. Several audio updates and cleanup of how asteroids and comets are named. Weapon mounts and locations updated on all ships in the gam…
Announcement7 changesUI/audioGameplay - Astrela Starlight
First Update
First update since full release. Some general functionality changes and weapon re-balancing. Most notably, the Level 2 mine schematics added in Obice. Level 2 mine added to the trade station in Obice. Lv2 will mine all…
Event14 changesFixGameplay - Astrela Starlight
Full Release!
After two years of development, Astrela Starlight has finally transitioned from Early Access to Full release! Lots of updates over the last two weeks. Work continues based on community feedback. Changes to several Cetus…
Store44 changesFixBalance - Astrela Starlight
Hullust - Update
Lots more audio and bug fixes this week. The NPC Hullust was moved to Thetan and a mission created for the Copiae resource station. Cetus Trade Station name updated. Ruby count on Kattaran updated. Mine on/off graphic u…
Announcement2 changesUI/audioBalance - Astrela Starlight
Echo - Update
Major audio updates this week as we continue towards full release. Fixed issue with purchasing shipyard schematics in Arae. Added Copiae station to Cetus station and Avar station. Added the Stardock recall system to two…
Announcement12 changesFixUI/audio - Astrela Starlight
One Ping - Update
Major updates this week to the radar systems. Both radar screens have been completely re-written and polished. The avatars for each object in the system have been updated and some issues fixed with scaling. The rotating…
Announcement1 changeFixPerformance - Astrela Starlight
The Journey - Update
The journey field, which is the dust surrounding the current vessel, has been updated. It should better track the active vessel and be more visible as vessels move. In addition, all vessels other than the Astrela, Tseri…
Announcement6 changesGameplayPerformance - Astrela Starlight
All Those Nebulas - Update
Major update to the various nebulae this week. Color and textures changes, along with a significant improvement in performance using a new type of particle system. Also this week: Significant changes to the build system…
Announcement2 changesFixPerformance
