Update 80 - Offline Solo Milestone Update - Live!

We are happy to bring you the 80th milestone update – now we can confidently say that all the games main features are complete and working well. With this foundation update out of the way we are returning to updating the game every couple of days – starting to roll-out new content, and final fixes and quality of life improvements.

To go over the main feature of this milestone update: offline singleplayer with optional CoOp mode, hosting games doesn`t require MySQL installation, Italian and Spanish translations, performance improvements and fixes to the last two dozen know bugs. Full details are bellow.

We have also updated all the game servers to the new format and naming. To locate your old server - just look for the number in the (), for example "Global 0 - PvE" that most of the players were playing on is now "Global Server 2 - (0)"

Please keep in mind that with update this large we expect some new minor issues that we`ll work on addressing over the next couple of days.

And as always - thanks so much for everyone`s support - we are truly blessed to have such an amazing community.

Now, let stake a look at what this milestone update has in store:

Offline Singleplayer and removing MySQL requirements

• Singleplayer Offline mode added - play the game singleplayer and offline

• Option to start Stars End in fully offline mode - no internet connection required

• New Self-Hosting menu that does not require mySQL setup for players to host games

• Singleplayer Offline and Self-Hosted menu have access to the same character and your game world, allowing you to change starting conditions and various gameplay properties

• Self-hosted menu also allows you to invite your friends or even random player to your singleplayer offline game

• Make your singleplayer offline game coop, public or fully offline again at any time

• Keep in mind that dedicated hosting tool still requires MySQL – as it allows your servers to host much large number of players

New Features and Improvements

• Improved Character creation and Selection screen

• Added Random character generator

• System Map now shows all player claims and vehicles

• General Fixes and Improvements

• Singleleplayer Online will no longer show outlaw players to others

• Various server stability improvements

• Renumbered the server numbers from 1 to 5 instead of 0 to 4

New Language Support and Translation Improvements

• Added Italian translation – still needs a little bit of improvement

• Added Spanish translation – also needs a bit of improvement

• 99% of game text is now localized, just a few missing instances left

• Game Control text is now fully localized in all languages

• Major improvements to Russian translation courtesy to Евгений Б

• Major improvement to German translation, courtesy of Caeries

• Major improvements to French translation, courtesy of Cygin

• Other translation help from Erazor and Zanarus

• Added support for Arabic translation – coming very soon