Game update

The game development is slowly catching up on the plans put down in the development roadmap for 2023 and as a result of that, a big v0.2.7 game update is coming next week! As usual, the update starts at 10pm UK time and shouldn't take longer than 1 hour.

This update is mostly based on the feedback from the players and brings a lot of game-changer features, such as the limited NPC shops with all equipment in standard quality only to allow players to get new pieces of equipment even without building the stations - although it is still cheaper to build your own stations - so be sure to save up a lot of Courons! Now is the best time to get back into the game to save as much Courons as possible to get the equipment/ship you want!

Simplified Station Spawner and better Starmap are also included in this update, which will help a lot in building the space station anywhere you want (*limitations apply, see the change log below) and the Starmap will show you where exactly are the stations, what's the type of the station, who's the station owner and what's the relation between your factions.

There is still some work on the bug fixes, but the change log is pretty much done already, see it below this text here. Please read the Important section of the change log below, thank you.

Regards, Lukas Tokar

v0.2.7 patch notes:

- NEW FEATURES:

• + 2 new HUD icons -> construct builder (new station spawner window) and communication (invitations window)

• + new HUD popup window for tracking calcululation time left when using hyper jump

• + new NPC shops in starting system 1-1 to provide players with equipment and ships in standard quality in exchange for Courons

  1. -> please keep in mind that these shops will be intentionally fairly expensive and with limited stock so that it is still cheaper to use player made space stations instead.

  2. -> When purchasing equipment items, be sure to check what size they are as you can only equip the same equipment size as is your current ship size.

• + big sized ships and equipment complete implementation

- UPGRADES:

• + HUD StarMap window rework:

  1. + new zoom in and zoom out effects when selecting sector / system

  2. + Starmap automatically zooms in on the current system upon opening the Starmap HUD window, no matter which system was previously viewed

  3. + you can now zoom in to the target system to see what the system offers (including info on player-made & NPC stations, your own location in the current system, planets exact location in the current system, asteroid borders [if the system has any] and danger zones [if the system has any])

  4. + new translations to reflect reworked hyper-jump mechanism

  5. + added info about time needed to calculate hyper jump route to the selected system

• + hyper-jump rework:

  1. + player selects a system for hyper jump through StarMap HUD window. If the selected system is within hyper jump range and ship tank has enough fuel, the hyper jump button will become available to click -> upon pressing the jump button, the hyper jump route calculation will begin, for which a new popup window will appear with information about time left for the calculation

  2. + once the route calculation is done, the player can then perform the hyper jump itself at any time he wants (in contrast to v0.2.6, hyper jump is no longer unstoppable once initiated, change